With the aid of contemporary case studies and reports in the press, the author reveals how, aby the middle of the century, manufacturers were producing millions of rolls of arsenical wallpaper,...
Revive the lost arts of fermenting, canning, preserving, and creating your own ingredients. The Institute of Domestic Technology Cookbook is a collection of 250 recipes, ideas, and methods for...
The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed żeby one of the last surviving members of this movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris. Feted for their idiosyncratic...
This practical, step-by-step manual provides an invaluable, comprehensive source of instruction and inspiration for artists, designers and craftspeople of all kind.
In an age of globalization with fashion trends that change aby the day, the quality and workmanship of the great British luxury brands endure and flourish like never before. Valued for their...
Making Sense of Islamic Art & Architecture is designed to equip the cultural tourist and art student with the means to interpret each painting, building, or artifact in terms of the iconography...
Classic Biblical stories retold in a stunning work of literary art. Not since Moses descended with the tablets has the word of God been so astonishingly presented.
Le Corbusiers development was inextricably connected to the rise of the centurys most popular visual medium: photography. Marking the 125th anniversary of the architects birth in La Chaux-de-Fonds,...
First published in 1979, the latest edition of this pioneering study in "the World of Art" series surveys a full century of performance, from the Futurist manifesto of 1909 to the second...
A dazzling look at modern videogame worlds seen through an architectural lens, utilizing maps, diagrams and graphic illustrations to offer new perspectives on the art of virtual world building....
Inspired by the work of an earlier generation of Japanese photographers, especially aby Shomei Tomatsu, and żeby William Klein’s seminal photographic book on New York, Daido Moriyama moved from...
Czech artist Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980) was remarkable for his unique and pioneering approach to non-fiction picture books, illustrating daily life as if seen from a child's perspective. His...
Over 2 million copies sold in the bestselling One Line a Day series REMEMBER ALL THE MOMENTS OF MOTHERHOOD: This classic five-year journal and memory book is perfect for moms who want to capture...