Mari Hvattum 
Gottfried Semper and the Problem of Historicism [PDF ebook] 

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

First published in 1991, this book contains papers on various topics including the contribution of archaeology for understanding re-Norman London; medieval and Tudor domestic buildings in the city of …

"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 …

Cities Interrupted explores the potential of visual culture – in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture, urban design, and mixed media – to strategically interrupt processes of glob …

The book builds an original argument for the department store as a significant site of design production, and therefore offers an alternative interpretation to the mainstream focus on consumption wit …