The Arts books

""The first comprehensive study of American artist Alan Dunn (1900-1974), whose incisive cartoons brilliantly satirized...  Read More >>

The science behind sound's influence on user perception and emotion-and how to design, evaluate, and enhance sound-driven...  Read More >>

The clock is ticking on the art of Eric Butcher. In 2020, motivated by environmental anxiety, the artist made an...  Read More >>

Travel around the world with 45 all-new line art images of unique and colorful city settings from around the world...  Read More >>

The story of a cultural touchstone and its impact Fiddlers, step dancers, storytellers, traditional singers,...  Read More >>

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A sophisticated colouring book for fans of Megan Hess’s iconic illustrations and the world of fashion.  Read More >>

Musik wirkt subtil und mit großer psychologischer Kraft. Dieses Essential zeigt kompakt und verständlich, wie Songs,...  Read More >>

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Research and Education in...  Read More >>

Unbecoming by Pam Concepcion is a collection of poetry and visual art about a young girl's constant search for herself...  Read More >>

Discover the Brooklyn Paramount Theatre, a 1928 landmark of film, vaudeville, jazz, and rock. Michael Hittman chronicles...  Read More >>

In 2010 Turin, Susanna Marino finds herself on the trail of an obscure short documentary starring cult film actress...  Read More >>

The region of Campania in southern Italy is famous for its remarkable beauty, but it is less known for its distinctive...  Read More >>

In Remember Pearl Harbor, Jasper Starkey, a Hollywood screenwriter-cynical, opportunistic, and not without charm-arrives...  Read More >>

Two wild, long-buried collaborations between legendary screenwriter Rudy Wurlitzer and iconoclastic filmmaker Alex...  Read More >>

Rather than treating the ""meta"" merely as a postmodern trick, clever rhetorical device, or symptom of cultural...  Read More >>

A wide-ranging exploration of comics, characters, and the visual language of KAWS and his contemporaries. KAWS....  Read More >>

This book offers a touching tribute to the work of Caroline Aherne, whose unforgettable characters and ground-breaking...  Read More >>

The Big Shot showcases over 100 rare photographs, featuring three decades of celebrity, entertainment and major...  Read More >>

Exploring the deep-rooted links between British artists and France during the Modernist period  Read More >>

The book examines Bernard Berenson’s influential connoisseurship, his complex character, and his methods for valuing...  Read More >>

This visually stunning volume is the first to document in its entirety Andy Warhol's graphically charged and occasionally...  Read More >>

Chapters 2, 3, 5 and 6 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives...  Read More >>

Sincerity, erudition, charisma . . . Roddy McDowall. Here is the comprehensive, first-ever biography of the award-winning...  Read More >>

The macabre, interwoven histories of art and punishment in eighteenth-century London  Read More >>