Giorgio Vasari 
Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors, and Architects [EPUB 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 …

From Elizabeth Keckly»s designs as a freewoman for Abraham Lincoln»s wife to flamboyant clothing showcased by Patrick Kelly in Paris, Black designers have made major contributions to American fashi …

This study compares text/image interaction as manifested in emblem books (and related forms) and the modern bande dessinée, or French-language comic strip. It moves beyond the issue of defining the e …

"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 r …

This title explores the controversy surrounding the design of the new Foreign Office in London during Britain»s Imperial heyday. In 1855 it was decided to build a new block of government offices in …

»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 …

Transforming Type examines kinetic or moving type in a range of fields including film credits, television idents, interactive poetry and motion graphics. As the screen increasingly imitates the prope …

This volume explores the earliest appearances and functions of the five major Egyptian goddesses Neith, Hathor, Nut, Isis and Nephthys. Although their importance endured throughout more than three mi …

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 …

From sweatshops to fur farming, from polluting chemicals to painful garments, the fashion industry is associated with activities which have had devastating effects on workers, consumers, and the natu …