Tom Stammers 
Purchase of the Past [PDF ebook] 
Collecting Culture in Post-Revolutionary Paris c.1790-1890

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 …

This is without question the best book ever written on O”Keeffe” New Yorker Born on a wheat farm in Wisconsin in 1887, the second of seven children, Georgia O”Keeffe had her eyes wide open to the …

Curation as a concept and a catchword in modern parlance has, over recent decades, become deeply ingrained in modern culture. The purpose of this study is to explore the curatorial forces at work wit …

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 …

"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 …

”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 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 …

Mid-Century Modern Interiors explores the history of interior design during arguably its most iconic and influential period. The 1930s to the 1960s in the United States was a key moment for interior …

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 …