Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667) employed an unusual variety of styles, techniques, and subjects, making him a particularly difficult artist to characterize. From his early days ...
During his lifetime, Auguste Rodin's name became synonymous with modern sculpture-- and sex. Rodin came to emphasize the importance of desire and the sexual ...
This handsomely illustrated volume focuses on Dalí's work after 1940, presenting it as a multifaceted oeuvre that simultaneously drew inspiration from the Old Masters ...
Christen Købke (1819-1848) was arguably the greatest painter of Denmark's 'Golden Age,' the period of the nation's supreme artistic achievement. He had the remarkable ...
Hull is one of the great historic trading centers of northeast England. Severely hit by industrial decline, it has recently begun to see substantial ...
A fully illustrated, comprehensive record of London's medieval Charterhouse, from its foundation in the 14th century to the present day, presented by the Survey ...
The most authoritative guide to the Lake District and surrounding area, this volume covers the outstanding vernacular architecture, unspoiled historic towns, and fine Victorian ...
Winner of the 2009 Barnard Hewitt Award for Outstanding Research in Theatre History, given by The American Society for Theatre Research. Shortly after the ...
Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic values that occurred in China ...
Andrea Palladio (1508-1580), one of the most famous architects of all time, published two enormously popular guides to the churches and antiquities of Rome ...
As a young man the American painter John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was passionate about the sea and deeply knowledgeable about ships and seafaring. Between ...
The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners soon became superior to simple builders ...
Elizabethan and Jacobean architecture - not the friendly unassuming architecture of the vernacular but the uniquely strange and exciting buildings put up by the ...
Winner of the 2008 PROSE Award for Excellence in the Humanities category, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers Winner of the 2008 PROSE ...
