Richard Fletcher & Johanna Hanink 
Creative Lives in Classical Antiquity [PDF ebook] 
Poets, Artists and Biography

After the Roman empire fell, medieval Europe continued to be fascinated by Rome itself, the “chief of cities“. Once the hub of empire, in the early medieval period Rome became an important centre f …

A Natural Theology of the Arts contends that the arts are theological by their very nature and not simply when they are explicitly religious – thereby constituting a distinctive kind of “natural the …

Caravaggio was one of the most important Italian painters of the 17th century. He was, in fact, the wellspring of Baroque painting. In Hibbard“s words, Caravaggio“s paintings ’speak to us more pers …

Since young male players were the norm during the English Renaissance, were all cross-dressed performances of female characters played with the same degree of seriousness? Probably not. Spectrums of …

Contemporary Photography and Theory offers an essential overview of some of the key critical debates in fine art photography today. Building on a foundational understanding of photography, it offers …

Janis Birkeland presents the innovative new paradigm of “Positive Development“ in which the built environment provides greater life quality, health, amenity and safety for all without sacrificing r …

Arts of Perception offers a new account of a key period in Spanish history and culture and a fundamental reassessment of its major writers and intellectuals, including Gracián, Quevedo, Calderón, Saa …

Moscow Art Theatre Letters tells the real story of the Moscow Art Theatre, from its origin at the turn of the century through its first forty years. Jean Benedetti presents the historical record firs …

Made in Brazil: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive and thorough introduction to the history, sociology, and musicology of twentieth-century Brazilian popular music. The volume consist …

Stillness in Motion in the Seventeenth Century Theatre provides a comprehensive examination of this aesthetic theory. The author investigates this aesthetic history as a form of artistic creation, ph …