History & Criticism

In This Brilliant Work Of Historical Reconstruction Neil Macgregor And His Team At The British Museum, Working Together In A Landmark Collaboration With The...

Pierre Rosenberg, The Chardin Scholar And President-director Of The Mus+¬e Du Louvre, Had One Overriding Goal In Mind When Assembling The Exhibition Of Whi...

Over 30 intriguing stories from this rich and popular vein of fiction are collected here. The past, present and future all have important roles in stories f...

An Unusual And Thought-provoking Collection Of Biographies That Tell The Story Of The Two Great Movements In European History That Ushered In Modern Times. ...

Discover Egypt’s rich history, monument and artwork with this beautiful volume. Its detailed texts and superb historical and artistic illustrations and ma...

Award-winningfilm historian Patrick McGilligan follows hisacclaimed biographies of Alfred Hitchcock and Oscar Micheauxwith a revelatory look at the life of ...

Characterized by distinctive, curved surfaces and sleek, streamlined finishes, the elegant lines of Art Deco style influenced many aspects of art and archit...

Get the "Novogratz" look In this book, design duo Robert and Cortney Novogratz (stars of HGTV's Home by Novogratz) give us an inside look at twenty of the...

A youthful troublemaker, a world-class NCAA miler, a 1936 Olympian, a WWII bombardier: Louis Zamperini had a fuller life than most. But on May 27, 1943, it...

The fascinating story of camouflage: from nature to the military to the worlds of art, design, and popular culture. The animal kingdom provides examples o...

Described By Craft Digest As Beautiful And Very Inspirational, Connie Clough Eaton's Splendid Stained Glass Designs Are As Easy To Execute As They Are Attra...

All you need are plain white paper, scissors, glue, and 5 simple techniques. The four simple shapes can be easily transformed into finger-puppet people, ani...

In this technology-driven age, it’s tempting to believe that science can solve every mystery. After all, science has cured countless diseases and even sen...

For decades, readers throughout the world have enjoyed the marvelous stories and illustrations of Theodor Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss. But few k...

Revolution, Reform, And Modernity, 1900-1939. Brecht And The Critical Audience -- Deeds Not Words : Women's Propaganda And The Avant-garde -- Murals And Nat...

The pictures that made history as they traveled around the world on their only exhibition tour: more than a hundred masterpieces of modern French painting ...

The Story Of Painting Is One That Is Immensely Rich In Meaning, Yet Its Value Is All Too Often Hidden From Us By The Complexities Of Historians. We Must For...

This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive no...

epictetus Was Born Into Slavery About 55 Ce In The Eastern Outreaches Of The Roman Empire. Once Freed, He Established An Influential School Of Stoic Philo...

A riveting story of how dueling ambitions and the power of prodigy made America the cultural center of the world--and Picasso the most famous artist alive--...

Type fonts selected to add formal elegance, precision and grace to graphic projects that require a more reserved and thoughtful approach. Most of the fonts ...

Gracing the walls of automobile repair shops, army barracks, bedrooms and the like, pin-ups were once the epitome of "All-American" female beauty and sexual...

An Extraordinary Book That Explores How The Earth Itself Has Shaped The Western Imagination And How, As A Result, Our Interaction With The Environment Is Fa...

Asserting that creative expression is the natural direction of life, noted Hollywood screenwriter and director Julia Cameron presents an exciting method for...

growing Pains Tells The Story Of Writer And Painter Emily Carr's Life, From A Proper Canadian Girlhood, Through Her Artist's Training In San Francisco And...

From international drag superstar and pop culture icon RuPaul, comes his most revealing and personal work to date--a brutally honest, surprisingly poignan...

Takes a close-up look at America in the 1980s, from Star Wars and Iranscam to Rick and Joanie struggling with parenthood and Mike and J.J. pioneering in New...

Postsecret.com founder Frank Warren is back with a fresh and compelling companion to his wildly popular Los Angeles Times bestseller, PostSecret. For My Se...

This powerful short novel describes the events of a single afternoon. Alwyn Tower, an American expatriate and sometime novelist, is staying with a friend ou...

The manager who shepherded Van Halen from obscurity to rock stardom goes behind the scenes to tell the complete, unadulterated story of David Lee Roth, Edd...

Decorative, glass, and silk painting; paper crafts; woodburning; ink and wash techniques; embroidery—these more than 200 designs work for just about any c...

The films of Hitchcock, Welles and Godard; the aesthetics of photography and the technology of cinema; art and revolution in Russia and in Mexico; the avant...

one Hundred Twenty Pages Of Illustrations, Accompanied By Descriptive Captions, Depict One-piece Strapless Bathing Suits And Dresses With Plunging Necklin...

From soft, atmospheric effects to powerful images, this guide provides artists with the insight and instruction they need to illuminate their paintings with...

Early Republic / Stephen P. Oakley -- Power And Process Under The Republican Constitution / T. Corey Brennan -- The Roman Army And Navy / David Potter -- Th...

for The Last Twenty-five Years, Dr. James Gordon Has Pioneered An Approach To Healing That Synthesizes The Best Of Modern Scientific Medicine With The Bes...

readers Will Love Discovering Dozens Of Exciting And Colorful New Ideas For Painting On Anything In Their Closet Or Home That Is Made Out Of Fabric. Donna's...

Product Description New York Times bestseller An unprecedented behind-the-scenes view into the life of Anthony Bourdain from the people who knew him be...

Beliefs in mysterious underworlds are as old as humanity. But the idea that the earth has a hollow interior was first proposed as a scientific theory in 169...

With stunning illustrations from the Royal Horticultural Society's Lindley Library collection and concise text by Royal Horticultural Society archivist Dr....

A journey through a colorful period in history presents life in the latter part of the nineteenth century, from the small innovations that began to transfor...

In an intimate talk with his protégé, the great sculptor offers candid, wide-ranging comments on a diverse range of topics: the meaning of art; other fame...

hand Carved Folk Characters By 21 Top Woodcarving Artists.Categories: Crafts, Hobbies & Home Crafts & Hobbies Wood Crafts & CarvingCarving

For the past few decades Hal Foster’s critical gaze has encompassed the increasingly complex machinery of the culture industry. His observations push the...

Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture is a two volume collection of general art history written by Frederick Hartt.Includes:Volume I: Preh...

This stimulating book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman Empire and the rise of Christian art. Beginning in the sec...

The History Of Letters. From The Beginning Up To The Greeks. Norse Rock-tracing -- American Indian Pictograph -- Sumerian Word-pictures -- Chinese Word-pict...

Corpus Delecti is an unprecedented event in the history of Latino performance art. Assembled and edited by one of the foremost practitioners and theorists ...