Ivan Karp 
Exhibiting Cultures [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 …

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 …