Baker Simon Baker 
Surrealism, History and Revolution [PDF ebook] 

"The Children of France" is a powerful slogan that evokes national identity, tenacity, and hope. His writing helps individuals connect with and understand one another. It has historically …

Francis L. Hawks’s "The Adventures of Daniel Boone" is an interesting biographical tale about the well-known lifestyles and adventures of Daniel Boone, a crucial American frontiersman. …

"Holland" is a historical novel written by Thomas Colley Grattan. The novel, set against the backdrop of the 16th-century Dutch War of Independence, provides a vivid and dramatic picture of …

Since the publication of Edward Said»s groundbreaking work Orientalism 35 years ago, numerous studies have explored the West»s fraught and enduring fascination with the so-called Orient. Focusing …

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 …

How are love and emotion embodied in material form? Love Objects explores the emotional potency of things, addressing how objects can function as fetishes, symbols and representations, active …

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 …

Neil La Bute: A Casebook is the first book to examine one of the most successful and controversial contemporary American playwrights and filmmakers. While he is most famous, and in some cases infamou …

The main themes of this volume are the identification of »visions», »messages», and »meanings» in various facets of Byzantine culture and the possible differences in the perception of these …

This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet have been largely …