Maarten Prak 
Dutch Republic in the Seventeenth Century [PDF ebook] 
The Golden Age

An annotated index and general orientation of Islamic art collections in museums, libraries, other institutions and on private hands. Includes a short description of each collection, its main charact …

‘It was sheer chance that I encountered David Bohm”s writing in 1958 … I knew nothing about him. What struck me about his work and prompted my initial letter was his underlying effort to seek for …

This edited volume investigates knowledge networks based on materials and associated technologies in Prehistoric Europe and the Classical Mediterranean. It emphasises the significance of material obj …

Hans Baldung Grien, the most famous apprentice and close friend of German artist Albrecht Dürer, was known for his unique and highly eroticised images of witches. In paintings and woodcut prints, he …

"The Old Merchant Marine, " by Ralph D. Paine, is a fascinating and in-depth look at the crucial role that American merchant ships and seafarers played in establishing the country’s early e …

Designed to Sell presents an engaging account of mid-twentieth-century department store design and display in America from the 1930s to the 1960s. It traces the development of postwar philosophies of …

Peter Fine”s innovative study traces the development of a mass visual culture in the United States, focusing on how new visual technologies played a part in embedding racialized ideas about African …

In 1797 Friedrich Schlegel wrote that ‘philosophy of art usually lacks one of two things: either the philosophy, or the art.’ This collection of essays contains both the philosophy and the art. It br …

With over 200 color illustrations, Byzantine Silk on the Silk Roads examines in detail the eclectic iconography of the Byzantine period and its impact on design and creativity today. Through an exami …

Sloppy Craft: Postdisciplinarity and the Crafts brings together leading international artists and critics to explore the possibilities and limitations of the idea of ”sloppy craft” – craft that is …