Leon Battista Alberti 
Leon Battista Alberti: On Painting [EPUB ebook] 
A New Translation and Critical Edition

This book explores how four contemporary artists—Francis Bacon, Joseph Beuys, Robert Gober, and Damien Hirst—pursue the question of death through their fraught appropriations of Christian imagery. Ea …

Responding to Heidegger’s stark warnings concerning the essence of technology, this book demonstrates art’s capacity to emancipate the life-world from globalized technological enframing. Louise Carri …

A Sourcebook of Performance Labor presents the views and experiences of collaborators in other artists’ works. This book reorients well-known works of contemporary performance and social practice aro …

"Folklore as an Historical Science" is an ancient nonfiction historical story book written by George Laurence Gomme. In "Folklore as a Historical Science, " George Laurence Gomme …

This volume examines emerging practice and research in design education rooted in the context of significant global issues. A diverse set of international contributors present novel design education …

"Egoists, A Book of Supermen" by James Huneker is a compelling collection of essays delving into the lives and works of notable figures in art and literature. Huneker, a renowned critic, ex …

With roughly half of all income for non-profit arts organizations in the United States coming from earned revenue rather than donations and state funding, the issue of pricing is paramount …

Low Carbon Cities is a book for practitioners, students and scholars in architecture, urban planning and design. It features essays on ecologically sustainable cities by leading exponents of urban su …