The enigmatic, polyglot Hypnerotomachia Poliphili'the inspiration for the bestselling novel The Rule of Four'has fascinated architects and historians since its publication in 1499. Part ...
A collection of techniques, shortcuts, work-arounds, and good advice for anyone who prepares desktop publications. The newest reference in the practical TIPS series, Computer ...
Malcolm Miles applies a range of critical perspectives which have emerged from different disciplines - art criticism, urban design, urban sociology, geography and critical ...
Structures abound in the world, both natural and constructed - trees, tables, cranes and bridges amongst others. This book, with numerous diagrams, explains how ...
This publication is devoted to the work of Antoine Predock, an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. This monograph includes previously unpublished images ...
Lavishly illustrated, this book is a glorious testament to the great genius of the Baroque. Using much previously unpublished research, Charles Avery traces Bernini's ...
Leonardo da Vinci was one of the most outstanding intellectuals of the Renaissance. An entirely self taught intellectual giant, he was endlessly curious about ...
This first survey of building types ever written remains an essential guide to vital and often overlooked features of the architectural and social inheritance ...
Including 30 miniature illustrations from "The Hasting Hours", an illuminated late-medieval manuscript from Flanders, this is a Book of Days, with floral border decorations. ...
This Stunningly Beautiful Colour-illustrated Luxury Engagement diary celebrates 1000 years of English literature, featuring unique manuscripts now in The British Library. Examples range from ...
This illuminated manuscripts engagement diary for 1999 features beautiful illustrations from The British Library's unparalleled collection of medieval manuscripts. Handsomely produced, with a doth ...
Examines the natural and artificial illumination of interior and exterior spaces and the scientific and aesthetic background to light and color theory in architecture.
