The medieval mediterranean between islam and christianity

Christian–Islamic encounters through religious arts, architecture, and material culture in the medieval eraThe coexistence of Christianity and Islam in the medieval Mediterranean led to an interchange of knowledge in architecture and material culture that went well beyond religious and geographic...

Taft museum of art

Presents highlights of the Taft Museum of Art’s exceptional collection, which spans over 750 years of creative endeavour.

Rembrandt, vermeer and the dutch golden age

Louvre Abu Dhabi exhibition catalogue including over 100 artworks by Rembrandt, Vermeer and other leading Dutch artists, as well as essays by key curators.

Retrospective scenes from a sentimental world

This third book in the background illustration series takes us on a sentimental journey through the scenes of our most cherished memoriesDo you remember a moment in your life when you wished the time would stop? Artwork in this book captures precious moments such as these, evoking your own precio...

Dark & fetish art

A collection of dark and fetish art of more than 40 contemporary artists from all over the world such as Zdzisław Beksiński, Nicoletta Ceccoli, Ray Caesar, James Jean, John Santerineross, Popovy Sisters, and Elizabeth Mcgrath.Gothic taste, decadence, doll-like and Lolita-esque style － the world o...

Architectural diagrams 2

In the last few decades, the "diagram" has evolved into a constitutive, generative medium for the architectural design process and is now an everyday term used in the context of design. The diagram represents an imaginative process that enables architects to transform typologies, figures, and mod...

Art museums in australia

Step into a Burmese temple built between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth centuries and you are surrounded by a riot of color and imagery. The majority of the highly detailed wall paintings display Buddhist biographical narratives, inspiring the devotees to follow the Buddha’s teachings....

Living histories

A new and stimulating way of looking at Old Master paintings with a foreword by Hanya Yanagihara, contributions by Jonathan Anderson, Jessica Bell Brown, Christopher Lew, Jason Reynolds, Legacy Russell, and Russell Tovey, and works by Jenna Gribbon, Doron Langberg, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Salman Toor...

Eye

Craft across continents

A stunning survey of a wide-ranging and highly personal collection of major works in glass and clay by international artists.Craft Across Continents presents 50 objects in two-parts: the first 22 plates focus on works by Japanese makers; the second section of 21 plates on works by American and Eu...

Public humanities in architecture

Bertram brooker

Art against despair

A collection of inspiring and therapeutic works of art.Art therapy for the soul. One of the most unexpectedly useful things we can do when we’re feeling glum or out of sorts is to look at pictures. The best works of art can lift our spirits, remind us of what we love and return perspective to our...

Designing our future

See how the AEC industry is implementing GIS to improve efficiency and transform the way they plan, design, build, and operate in the built and natural environments.

Bold truths

20 unique prints encapsulating the most important lessons The School of Life has to teach. Bold Truths is a collection of philosophical lessons immortalized as 20 colorful art prints. From the UK's leading artists and designers, these ready-made posters can be easily lifted out and displayed. The...

Sustainable architecture

This paperback edition of our bestseller analyses the complex aspects of sustainable architecture and its sociological, environmental and economic impact.

Problem invention

Auspicious animals

The world of mythical creatures born from human imagination is presented in this beautiful collection of artworks that symbolize good luck.Many imaginary animals that are believed to be auspicious symbols of good fortune originated in ancient China. The most famous examples are the “Big Four”: th...

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Ralston crawford: air + space + war

Rome

In this book, Formation is ideal and utopian thinking, and Transformation is the adaptation of the ideal to the real or existing conditions. The book examines the dialectical relationship of these in the creation of the city. The subject is a contextual theory of urban design, utilizing Italian R...

Be seated

Laurie Olin’s interest in public outdoor seating in parks and civic spaces revolves around two poles: the first is a concern for aspects of the ordinary in our settings and actions, the apparatus and effects of the quotidian in our individual lives and experience; the other is the utility of publ...

Pareidolia

Public spaces and urbanity: construction and design manual

This book is about renewing the city with room for people, about historical overlay and respect for the building traditions of the past, and about new architecture on a human scale. The book takes its departure in the European tradition of the dense classic city. Focus is on physical and spatial ...

Doc/undoc

MacArthur Genius Guillermo Gómez-Peña and award-winning book artist Felicia Rice create a multi-media border-crossing hybrid: the book as performance art.

Harry clarke

In this comprehensive collection of Harry Clarke’s works now back in print, this beautiful book introduces his illustrations with detailed explanations. It is a must-have treasured book for fans of "The Golden Age of Illustration" (1880s - 1920s).(Mostly Japanese text, some English as supplementary)

Rome

In this classic study, surveying the city's life from Christian Antiquity through the Middle Ages, Richard Krautheimer focuses on monuments of art and architecture as they reflect the historical events, the ideological currents, and the meaning Rome held for its contemporaries. Lavishly illustrat...

The art of decadence: european fantasy art of the fin-de-siècle

A magnificent visual history of Decadence, Aestheticism and Symbolism.

Shock treatment

Expanded anniversary edition of this 1990 classic by America’s most provocative performance artist, as outrageous, insightful and relevant as ever.

Hell in japanese art

A collection of imaginative (and even humorous) illustrations of hell and other underworld realms in Japanese art works. A great reference for artists and illustrators.

How to render

Framed ink

From the animator and illustrator behind your favorite DreamWorks and Netflix films, this installment of the Framed series will instruct visual artists to set a scene’s emotion.Learn how to make the audience feel the story while they’re reading the story. Using his experiences from working in the...

How to draw

Museum websites and social media

This book provides a holistic approach where theory and practice are seen as essential to understand the broad range of online activities museums are engaged in. Includes a comprehensive historical overview of the development of online museum activities. A novel theoretical framework...

How to draw portraits in charcoal

Whether you’re an aspiring artist or new to the medium, seasoned instructor and accomplished artist Nathan Fowkes makes drawing portraits in charcoal not only accessible, but also a real pleasure! From stocking the best supplies to using them effectively, and composing a portrait while avoiding c...

Draw it

A compact, portable drawing resource book of over 200 highly illustrated pages of sketching and drawing techniques, the book is crafted to be a companion tool which is tucked in your travel gear and referred to regularly. The book is durable with helpful color-coded pages to cross reference with ...

Art and illusion

A groundbreaking account of perception and art, from one of the twentieth century’s most important art historiansE. H. Gombrich is widely considered to be one of the most influential art historians of the twentieth century, and Art and Illusion is generally agreed to be his most important book. B...

Front lines

Art can be more dangerous than words—especially when it marches, masks up, and takes to the streets. Front Lines: A Lifetime of Drawing Resistance is a vivid, image-rich memoir and archive chronicling six decades of Susan Simensky Bietila’s life as a movement artist, agitator, and cultural conspi...

Surrealism, bugs bunny, and the blues

Rediscover the most insightful and incendiary cultural commentaries from a leading figure in the revival of Surrealism. Surrealism, Bugs Bunny, and the Blues is a collection of Franklin Rosemont’s writings on popular culture over a period of more than forty years. Rosemont, a self-taught scholar,...

Against architecture

First published in 2008, (as Contro l’architettura), Against Architecture has been translated into French and Greek, with editions forthcoming in Polish and Portuguese. The book is a passionate and erudite charge against the celebrities of the current architectural world, the “archistars.” Accord...

Contemporary gothic and horror film

This book examines contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach by focusing on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic. The study will invoke its literary and filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed the modern filmic Gothic.

A shared global heritage

This book draws attention to new methods of preservation, conservation, and reconstruction in these times of danger and risk.

Today's comprehensive plan

A new model of comprehensive planning as a living process rather than a static documentHow does your community map out a long-term vision for the built environment? Most US cities and counties have long used the comprehensive plan for this purpose. While the plan was conceived to meet the existen...

Transitional territories

Ayse Güngör investigates art practices between art and anthropology in Turkey, as well as the implications of contemporary art for those disciplines.

Speculative taxidermy

Giovanni Aloi maps the discourses and practices that have enabled the emergence of taxidermy in contemporary art. Speculative Taxidermy contextualizes the resilient presence of animal skin, bones, and feathers in gallery spaces, films, and fashion as a productive opportunity to rethink ethical an...

Art and the creative unconscious

A landmark account of how artistic expression arises from the collective unconsciousThis book brings together four essays by analytical psychologist Erich Neumann, who explores the connections between creativity and the unconscious mind. The archetypes of the collective unconscious, he argues, ar...

Architectural history and contemporary preservation trends

This collection presents compelling studies of pivotal cases in architectural history, illuminating the multifaceted challenges facing the field today.

Botanical illustrated guide to hong kong native plants

This beautifully illustrated guide presents a carefully curated collection of 20 plant species native to Hong Kong, with scientific, detailed illustrations and morphological descriptions, together with botanical references, all essential for species authentication.