The Arts books

A sweeping history of humanity’s most fundamental creation—the home—and its effects on the land, cities and people...  Read More >>

Fictional popstars and their fans - in tales of love and dangerous obsession - inspired by 2010's icons.  Read More >>

In Close Writing, Alice Butler reflects on the works, letters, and lives of the experimental writers Kathy Acker...  Read More >>

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Public Representations explores the reciprocal relationship between recent screen representations of politics and...  Read More >>

Brilliant examples of J.M.W. Turner's landscape prints, reproduced here in book form for the first time.  Read More >>

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This monograph explores recent American indie films that visualize the country's social inequalities spatially by...  Read More >>

China's remarkable journey from poverty to becoming the world's second-largest economic power is marked by extraordinary...  Read More >>

Explores the rich and fascinating history of Halifax through an examination of some of its greatest architectural...  Read More >>

First published in 1945, this historic collection of songs composed by Jewish victims of the Holocaust is being...  Read More >>

This study overhauls canonical accounts of Surrealism, demonstrating how one woman artist expanded its activity...  Read More >>

""Profiles more than 60 dwellings and monuments built by artists."" —Publishers Weekly From Miami’s Coral Castle...  Read More >>

Secret Kilmarnock explores the lesser-known history of the town of Kilmarnock through a fascinating selection of...  Read More >>

An unprecedented investigation of painting on stone in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Italy that considers the...  Read More >>

A nuanced and personal look at the Latino art world in New York from the 1970s to the new millennium In this deft...  Read More >>

A look at the imaginative work of artists and photographers who defied the aesthetics of realism in nineteenth-century...  Read More >>

Rare architectural drawings from the Gothic period uncover a flourishing tradition of design and draftsmanship,...  Read More >>

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A fascinating exploration of Lincolnshire’s historic churches. Will be of interest to all those who live in or are...  Read More >>

Considering whether the numbers in music add up  Read More >>

The Sordid Image theorizes the sordid as a unique image with its specific components, pleasures, and limits, while...  Read More >>

David Meara explores the enduring popularity of sleeper trains in film and fiction. Illustrated with many film stills,...  Read More >>

A landmark introduction to Etruscan art and society filled with groundbreaking insights and never-before-published...  Read More >>