The Arts books

My father, Connell R. Miller Sr. (1918-1954), was a noted Dallas, Texas, photographer whose camera captured everything...  Read More >>

Unveils the life of the young Soviet piano prodigy, Alexei Sultanov—his upbringing behind the Iron Curtain, studying...  Read More >>

Explores the background of how the history of the American Southwest influenced a movie genre that became a worldwide...  Read More >>

This study of samplers—embroideries that are “first attempts at a new technique, color combination, or unusual material”—provides...  Read More >>

Thrillers, Chillers, and Killers is the first book to explore in detail noir storytelling in cinema and on radio....  Read More >>

Love and War Western Style presents three radio plays commissioned by the CBC in the early 1990s. Snappy dialogue,...  Read More >>

Fully illustrated, this account of the Nachtjagd, 1943–45, features pilots’ accounts.  Read More >>

Philadelphia, the Revolutionary City explores the lived experiences of Philadelphians leading up to, during, and...  Read More >>

For almost five decades, the band known as Riders in the Sky (“America’s Favorite Cowboys”) has entertained and...  Read More >>

The book documents the most exciting projects in Amsterdam's current architectural scene, including floating houses,...  Read More >>

Studies the shared artistic traditions of Scotland and Ireland, from the medieval to the modern  Read More >>

This exploration of the controversial polymath scholar Marcus Meibom (1630–1711) sheds new light on aspects of his...  Read More >>

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Explores the influence of the graphic user interface on contemporary screen media  Read More >>

Explores how Afro-Cuban women's visual art challenges dominant narratives of race, gender, and identity.  Read More >>

Argues that the experience of the ordinary film viewer and the investigations of the film scholar or film philosopher...  Read More >>

Artist-turned-amateur sleuth Nick Morris is back, and this time he's swapped the English countryside for beautiful...  Read More >>

Situates the remake as one of the primary responses to Bollywood's globalization and corporatization.  Read More >>

The work of a young French artist (daughter of Brigitte Macron) who combines art and DNA. An exceptional and fascinating...  Read More >>

The urge to claim one's voice in the visual landscape is one of the universals of literate societies, past and present....  Read More >>

Post-Holocaust Jewish thinkers argue that forgiveness and resentment are crucial in coping with national trauma....  Read More >>

Our knowledge of the ancient theatre is limited by the textual and iconographic character of the evidence available...  Read More >>

This book compels scholars, activists, artists and planetary citizens of all ilk to reconsider their relationships...  Read More >>

The research agency Forensic Architecture investigates war crimes and ecological as well as political crises and...  Read More >>

The story of the Knight of the Swan does not just fascinate us due to its otherworldliness and the ""forbidden question,""...  Read More >>