Historia del arte

"A Final Reckoning" is an ancient Historical Adventure story book written by G. A. Henty. "A Final Reckoning" takes vicinity in South Africa during the Boer War and recounts the s …

Shortlisted for the 2008 Katharine Briggs Award . For centuries the witch has been a powerful figure in the European imagination; but the creation of this figure has been hidden from our view. Charle …

Scandinavian design is still seen as democratic, functional and simple, its products exemplifying the same characteristics now as they have done since the 1950s. But both the essence and the history …

This is a detailed study of the illustrations to Amir Khusrau»s Khamsah, in which twenty discourses are followed by a brief parable, and four romances. Amir Khusrau (1253-1325) lived the greater par …

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 …

Dress became a testing ground for masculine ideals in Renaissance Italy. With the establishment of the ducal regime in Florence in 1530, there was increasing debate about how to be a nobleman. Was fa …

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 …

Louisa Waterford (1818-91), modest, retiring, of good family, renowned for her beauty, and with extraordinary grace, was the embodiment of a Victorian ideal of womanhood. But like the age itself, her …

In his monumental study, Christopher Braider explores the dialectical contest between history and truth that defines the period of cultural transition called the »baroque». For example, Annibale Ca …

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 …