A polemic against America's architectural eclecticism, commercial skyscrapers, and misguided urban planning. It moves from a…

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An enriching collection of classical writings about how ancient Romans made-and thought about-moneyAncient Romans liked…

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A stunningly illustrated celebration of the world’s best bird photographyThe Bird Photographer of the Year is a competition…

Ana Enriqueta Teran is arguably Venezuela's finest poet. Celebrated throughout the Spanish-speaking world, she is almost…

Meng Chiao developed an experimental poetry of virtuosic beauty, a poetry that anticipated landmark developments in the…

Architects today incorporate principles of sustainable design as a matter of necessity. But the challenge of unifying…

Who branded painting in the Pop age more brazenly than Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and…

Melancholy is not only about sadness, despair, and loss. As Renaissance artists and philosophers acknowledged long ago, it…

Presents an English translation of the famous Chinese handbook, the Chieh Tzu Yuan Hua Chuan (original, 1679-1701). This…

Isamu Noguchi was one of the most prolific yet enigmatic figures in the history of twentieth-century American art. This book…

\nThe author presents an in-depth look at how democratic values have widened the American arts scene, even as it remains…

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Translation of: Rouge: histoire d'une couleur.…

Explores the 19th century's fascination with Dutch painting, as well as its doubts about an art that had long challenged…

A collection of notebooks, letters, treatises, and contracts dealing with the art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It…

Considers the nature of operatic performance and the acoustic images of performance present in operas from Monteverdi to…

The theory and practice of art underwent a number of fascinating changes between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries,…

Covers the works of David Coffin who was a leading authority on Renaissance architecture. This work features essays that…

Presents the life, times, and works of Albrecht Durer. This book covers Durer's career. With multiple indexes and more than…

Introduces the Rasa Lila, a dramatic love poem of exquisite poetry and profound theology to the Western world. This book…

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Interweaves biographical information about 5 renowned French artists - Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore…

Hadley Cantril\'s study was launched immediately after the broadcast to give an account of people\'s reactions and an answer…