Klein Jurgen Klein 
Shakespeare: Humanitaet im Spannungsfeld von Kontrast und Konflikt [PDF ebook] 

Eighteenth-century women told their life stories through making. With its compelling stories of women”s material experiences and practices, Material Lives offers a new perspective on eighteenth-cent …

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, there was a tubercular ”moment” in which perceptions of the consumptive disease became inextricably tied to contemporary concepts of beauty, playing o …

The general aim of this volume is to investigate the nature of the relation between pictorial experience and aesthetic appreciation. In particular, it is concerned with the character and intimacy of …

A compelling biographical study of a leading twentieth-century British artist, ”Graham Sutherland: Life, Work and Ideas” offers new insight into how he and his paintings developed. In the culminati …

The story of "The Adventures of Captain John Patterson" takes the reader on an exciting journey into unknown territories. It tells the story of Captain John Patterson’s exciting adventures …

Focusing on Algernon Charles Swinburne”s later writings, this collection makes a case for the seriousness and significance of the writer”s mature work. While Swinburne”s scandalous early poetry ha …

Hilton Kramer, well known as perhaps the most perceptive, courageous, and influential art critic in America, is also the founder and co-editor (with Roger Kimball) of The New Criterion. This comprehe …

Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books were produced by hand and their illustration using br …

An Illustrated Guide to Furniture History provides upper-level students and instructors with an alternative visual analytical approach to learning about furniture history from Antiquity to Postmodern …

‘Meticulously researched and beautifully produced.’ Times Literary Supplement ‘A big and beautiful book.’ Journal of British Studies ‘A definitive history of the sports shoe.’ Amber Butchart, fashion …