Roy Willis 
Signifying Animals [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 …

In history, this grand arterial 1500-mile waterway was always seen as the natural frontier between the northern provinces of the Iranian empires and the outer Turanian lands. It was for centuries cen …

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 …

“I imagine its being rediscovered with delight in some dusty book case a century hence and hailed as a classic“ Spectator “A wonderful book, a hymn to the pleasurable process of making things“ Th …

Awarded an Honourable Mention by the Association for Israeli Studies. Exploring the politics of the image in the context of Israeli militarized visual culture, Civic Aesthetics examines both the omni …

Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal – physical access for the disabled – through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on desi …

First Published in 1997. This book is intended as a resource for anyone interested in the artistic contributions and activities of women in nineteenth-century Britain. It is an index as well as an an …

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 …

Norman Bel Geddes has long been considered the “founder“ of American industrial design. During his long career he worked on everything from theatre design, world fairs and cars to houses and produc …

This book argues that touch and movement played a significant role, long overlooked, in generating perceptions of ancient material culture in the late 18th century. At this time the reception of clas …