Choice Collection of Books on Painting and Graphic Arts Including a Number of Works on Illuminated Manuscripts and Portrait Miniatures [PDF ebook] 
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Unique in any Western language, this is an invaluable resource for the study of one of the world”s great theatrical forms. It includes essays by established experts on Kabuki as well as younger scho …

Providing a fresh evaluation of Alberti’s text On Painting (1435), along with comparisons to various works of Nicholas Cusanus – particularly his Vision of God (1450) – this study reveals a shared ep …

Thomas Tomkins (1572-1656), a major figure of the Golden Age of British music, was arguably the greatest of all Welsh-born composers. Living through one of the most revolutionary periods in British h …

From c.1750 to c.1810 the paths of music history and the history of painting converged with lasting consequences. The publication of Newton”s Opticks at the start of the eighteenth century gave a ” …

This title was first published in 2002. ”Memory and Desire” is a lavishly illustrated account of the art world in Britain at the turn of the twentieth century. It calls upon rich resources of conte …

Social dance was ubiquitous in interwar Britain. The social mingling and expression made possible through non-theatrical participatory dancing in couples and groups inspired heated commentary, both v …

The art and text tend to complement each other. Some reviews as seen from a larger format, first printing of this book through another site. *rosssm I thought I loved page 18 best, but on reflection, …

This title was first published in 2000. This is an interdisciplinary and international collection on aesthetics with contributions from artists and philosophers and the range of thinkers about art in …

The map, as it appears in Gilles Deleuze”s writings, is a concept guiding the exploration of new territories, no matter how abstract. With the advent of new media and digital technologies, contempor …

In recent years the use of film and video by British artists has come to widespread public attention. Jeremy Deller, Douglas Gordon, Steve Mc Queen and Gillian Wearing all won the Turner Prize (in 20 …