The Arts books

This beautifully illustrated instructional watercolor book will be perfect for beginning watercolor artists, artists...  Read More >>

Thank Oz! Discover the wonderful world of Wicked in this stunning pop-up book by world-renowned paper engineer Matthew...  Read More >>

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This book explores the history of the interrelationship between the bodily senses and the world of luxury, through...  Read More >>

Presents diverse, crowdsourced visions of unconventional fictional fashion systems, and explores the unexpected...  Read More >>

With extensive global focus, this book explores the urgent political implications of craft in relation to climate...  Read More >>

Explores stained and bloody cloth, textiles and materials in Ireland’s last 100 years, since partial independence...  Read More >>

A comparative history of aromatics, cosmetics and adornment and how they shaped civilisation across the Ancient...  Read More >>

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Reveals the subtle ways in which Roman patrons across the Mediterranean affected perception of change and continuity...  Read More >>

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A panoramic account of a single year uncommonly crowded with seminal works of performance. Surveying American drama,...  Read More >>

An in-depth analysis how men and masculinity are represented in contemporary science fiction television.  Read More >>

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In this paradigm-shifting study, W. B. Worthen shows how the dynamics of obsolescence and affective nostalgia that...  Read More >>

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This Element is the first scholarly study of the theatre of Lauren Gunderson, one of the most produced US playwrights...  Read More >>

This Element examines 'urban eco-performance', exploring how theatre and performance intersect with urbanisation...  Read More >>

The classic Guide to Baroque Rome was called ‘the greatest architectural guidebook ever written’. Over 300 entries...  Read More >>

Richly illustrated examination of the relationship between art and literature in English art from Hogarth to Constable....  Read More >>

Ask Haida artist and hereditary chief 7IDANsuu James Hart how long it took him to master the art of carving, and...  Read More >>

Explores a hip-hop pedagogy arising from the creative practices of Toronto artists whose insistence on originality...  Read More >>

""A biography of artist Oskar Stoessel""--  Read More >>

Here’s the definitive look at how fathers have been portrayed in the arts and how that reflects cultural and societal...  Read More >>

The first monograph on Jordan Casteel, one of the most critically acclaimed artists working today  Read More >>