The Arts books

An invaluable companion to the bestselling How to Read a Dress by the same author, this is the ultimate visual guide...  Read More >>

Creative Writing Unleashed situates creative writing in dialogue with other disciplines to suggest new ways of approaching...  Read More >>

Leading international film scholars chart the changing critical reception of Alfred Hitchcock's film and TV works...  Read More >>

Legendary Hollywood composer Elmer Bernstein is the only person to be nominated for an Academy Award in every decade...  Read More >>

Brings together leading design historians to explore and evaluate the role, purpose and success of a wide range...  Read More >>

In his first monograph, Libasse Ka brings together a selection of his recent work. In it, he continues his exploration...  Read More >>

The contributors to this volume examine musical instrument collectors and their reasons and means for collecting:...  Read More >>

This book pays homage to the illusory power of painting and at the same time takes a worldwide tour through the...  Read More >>

A step-by-step manual to creating collaborative projects, this book uses case studies, examples and a plethora of...  Read More >>

The only specialized textbook dedicated to plus-size patternmaking and drafting for both production and custom apparel....  Read More >>

Identifies how ""dangerous"" 1980s heavy metal can be analyzed through literary criticism, how heavy metal helps...  Read More >>

Take a tour of New York City as inspiration, place and context in the work of America's greatest playwright of the...  Read More >>

Brochures, billboards, websites, menus, and memes. We are immersed every day in the imagery of carefully-curated...  Read More >>

The closest fans will get to an autobiography of Freddie Mercury. Freestone's timeless memoir offers a touching...  Read More >>

The Historical Imaginary examines Quebec's French-language feature films through the lens of ""national cinema,""...  Read More >>

A volume about artistic processes and practices that do not pursue an explicit political or critical agenda, yet...  Read More >>

The interdisciplinary collection links in-depth close readings of central texts of the superhero discourse from...  Read More >>

Reflects on the dark rise and fall of an ambitious rock music collective in the upper Midwest. Matthew Pitt's...  Read More >>

This monograph explores the work of scholars and performance artists from the US and México to expose the dire realities...  Read More >>

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The Inner World of Artificial Intelligence offers a critical and interdisciplinary exploration of how artificial...  Read More >>

Useful Art explores how art can be a tool for activism and resistance against neoliberalism. Highlighting projects...  Read More >>