Art
- Art and Architecture Through History
- Essays on Art and Aesthetics
- Artistic Lives: Biographies of Masters
Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy
This 1883 book contains chapters on ancient costumes, Byzantine and Romanesque art, David and his school, modern schools of Europe, drawing,…
The Art of the Moving Picture
"This 1922 book by poet and sometime cultural critic Vachel Lindsay might have been the first to treat the then-new medium of moving pi…
Knights of Art
Knights of Art invites young listeners into the vibrant world of art and the lives of its most celebrated creators. Adapted from Giorgio Vas…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
Lectures on Landscape
Lectures on Landscape presents a thought-provoking exploration of landscape painting through the eyes of John Ruskin, a prominent artist and…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
Volume 9 of the lives of some eminent painters, sculptors and architects in history. - Summary by Michele Eaton
Dress Design
Dress Design by Talbot Hughes offers a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of fashion in Western Europe, tracing its development from…
A Color Notation
A Color Notation is a method developed by A. H. Munsell in order to produce a unified system of color classification. The system identifies …
Six Ways To Vermeer
Six Ways to Vermeer is a montage documentary about one of the greatest of the Dutch Masters, Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) of Delft. This pro…
Salt Mines and Castles
"From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of…
Tutankhamen
(From the Introduction) “Never before in the history of archaeological inquiry has any event excited such immediate and world-wide interest …
The Mentor
The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature,…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
Van Dyck
Van Dyck offers a detailed exploration of the life and work of the renowned Baroque painter, Anthony van Dyck. This biography not only chron…
Dissertation on Oriental Gardening
A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to the continental style, which the author finds too formal with too many strai…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects offers a captivating glimpse into the lives and works of the great masters of t…
The Greek View of Life
“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the…
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…
The Gentle Art of Faking
IIn analysing the Faker one must dissociate him from the common forger; his semi-artistic vocation places him quite apart from the ordinary …
Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…