'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history, ' was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June …
This is a comprehensive survey of the social, historical and architectural importance of the English parsonage and its future. Traditional …
Righting the Mother Tongue tells the cockamamie story of English spelling. When did ghost acquire its silent 'h'? Will cyberspace …
In Making Sense, David Crystal confronts the foe of many: grammar. Once taught relentlessly to all students in the English-speaking …
Did you know that the English language has over 150 words for the adjective 'drunk' developed over 1,000 years? Be …
Brief, visual, and relevant, THE POWER OF ART, 2e delivers an engaging, jargon-free survey for the art appreciation course. Richard …
A beautifully illustrated hundred-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. More than 250 color photos.
From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what …
Key Issues ver since the late 1970s when Pia Holdt, a student of mine at the time, and Jed Buchwald, …
This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library …
Uses primary documents from the annals of Art in Cinema, one of this country's most influential film societies, to reveal …
England and the Italian Renaissance was first published in 1954 and pioneered a new approach to comparative cultural history. It …
Typically, art history is an enterprise of recovery-of searching out the provenance, the original intentions, the physical setting, and historical …
Essayist Stephen Miller pursues a lifelong interest in conversation by taking an historical and philosophical view of the subject. He …
Ever since pilots have been going to war they have sought to personalize their aircraft with individual markings and art …
Third Edition. — Routledge, London & New York, 1999. — 234 pages. Language: English.This, the third book of Arnold Hauser’s …
Originally published in 1971, Animals in Art and Thought discusses the ways in which animals have been used by man …
A History of Roman Art provides a wide-ranging survey of the subject from the founding of Rome to the rule …
One of the powers of art is its ability to convey the human aspects of political events. In this fascinating …
David Summers sets forth that current formalist, contextual and post-structural approaches fail to provide an adequate account of all art, …
Art in Theory (1648-1815) provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding …
The proceedings of the international round-table conference held from 23-25 June 2005 at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. The …
Outstanding explanation of the forces that create the environment for advance or decline. Comprehensive.
Manias, Panics, and Crashes, Fifth Edition is an engaging and entertaining account of the way that mismanagement of money and …
Sidney Ochs begins his survey with a chronological look at the history of nerves from the fifth century B.C. to …
The global doubling of human life expectancy between 1850 and 1950 is arguably one of the most consequential developments in …
Bullfighting has long been perceived as an antiquated, barbarous legacy from Spain's medieval past. In fact, many of that country's …
Great things can happen when you dare to seize your dream! It was the college basketball game that changed everything. …
Every work of art has a story behind it. In 1886 the German American artist Robert Koehler painted a dramatic …
