Art
- Art and Architecture Through History
- Essays on Art and Aesthetics
- Artistic Lives: Biographies of Masters
Dress Design
Dress Design by Talbot Hughes offers a comprehensive exploration of the evolution of fashion in Western Europe, tracing its development from…
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…
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, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…
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 delle più eccellen…
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…
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,…
Essays on Art
Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspect…
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is a list of masterpieces of architecture and art of classical antiquity. First compiled in the second ce…
The Stones of Venice
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from …
Water-Closets
Plunge into the wonderful world of water-closets (a.k.a. toilets) with Virginia architect Glenn Brown. Follow the evolution of the humble to…
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters
Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting on how their surroundings ma…
The Real Latin Quarter
"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…
The Two Paths
"The Two Paths" is a collection of five lectures delivered in 1858 and 1859 by John Ruskin on art and architecture. This is how th…
Unicorns
An engaging collection of essays about artists, composers, writers, and, of course, unicorns. - Summary by Stav Nisser
The Mentor
The Mentor Association was established to increase interest and knowledge among the public in the areas of art, literature, science, nature,…
Woman as Decoration
Woman as Decoration offers a unique perspective on the intersection of personal style and environment, guiding women on how to harmonize the…
The Stones of Venice
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from …
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
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…