Angeliki Lymberopoulou 
Hell in the Byzantine World [PDF ebook] 
A History of Art and Religion in Venetian Crete and the Eastern Mediterranean

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 …

With some 280 colour illustrations, Introduction to Modern Design takes us on a visual survey of design from the Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century to the Maker Movement of today. It off …

Hilton Kramer, well known as perhaps the most perceptive, courageous, and influential art critic in America, is also the founder and co-editor (with Roger Kimball) of The New Criterion. This comprehe …

For centuries artists, diplomats, and merchants served as cultural intermediaries in the Mediterranean. Stationed in port cities and other entrepôts of the Mediterranean, these go-betweens forged int …

This volume brings together philosophical and interdisciplinary perspectives on improvisation. The contributions connect the theoretical dimensions of improvisation with different viewpoints on its p …

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 …

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 …

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 vis …

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 …