Frederick Law Olmsted 
Frederick Law Olmsted: Writings on Landscape, Culture, and Society (LOA #270) [EPUB ebook] 

Access and interpret manufacturer spec information, find shortcuts for plotting measure and test equations, and learn how to begin your journey towards becoming a live sound professional. Land and pe …

What is the relation between the language being heard and the picture being simultaneously exhibited on the stage? Typically there is an identity between sound and sight, but often there is a diverge …

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 …

This book re-evaluates the architectural history of Nazi Germany and looks at the development of the forced-labour concentration camp system. Through an analysis of such major Nazi building projects …

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 …

Katya Mandoki advances in this book the thesis that it is not only possible but crucial to open up the field of aesthetics (traditionally confined to the study of art and beauty) toward the richness …

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 …