Beauty and Art
What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with...
EAN: 9780192801609
Fairies in Nineteenth-Century Art and Literature
Nicola Bown's study reminds us that for the Victorians the fairy symbolized disenchantment with...
EAN: 9780521793155
Victoriana - Histories, Fictions, Criticism
In this book Cora Kaplan looks at the politics of ‘Victoriana’ from the 1970s to the present, a...
EAN: 9780748611461
Bibliography of Salon Criticism in Paris from the Ancien Regime to the Restoration, 1699–1827: Volume 1
This bibliography provides a source for reviews of the state-sponsored Parisian exhibitions of...
EAN: 9780521346344
Modern Architecture
Presents an account of international modernism, exploring the complex motivations behind this...
EAN: 9780192842268
William Hogarth
William Hogarth was an artist with overflowing imagination and his prints hang in our pubs and...
EAN: 9780571193769
Treasures of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism
Addition to the Tiny Folio series, providing a guide to the museum's collection of impressionist...
EAN: 9780789204912
J. M. W. Turner
In 1802, at the age of 26, Joseph Mallord William Turner became the youngest ever member of the...
EAN: 9780500301180
Victorian Parlour
The parlour was the centre of the Victorian home and, as Thad Logan shows, the place where...
EAN: 9780521631822
Dore Bible Illustrations
Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the...
EAN: 9780486230047
Theories of Modern Art
Offering a collection of texts from letters, manifestos, notes and interviews, this book offers...
EAN: 9780520052567
Art Nouveau Style Book of Alphonse Mucha
Rare design portfolio by high priest of Art Nouveau. Jewelry, wallpaper, stained glass,...
EAN: 9780486240442
Turner
The definitive biography of one of Britain's greatest artists: 'Turner was a phenomenon, a...
EAN: 9780340628119
Musical Notes by Honore Daumier
A painter, sculptor and printmaker, Honore Daumier (1808-1879) was one of the most prolific and...
EAN: 9780911209471
Engravings
Rake's Progress, Harlot's Progress, Illustrations for Hudibras, Before and After, Beer Street,...
EAN: 9780486224794
Signifying Animals
A fresh assessment of the workings of animal symbolism in diverse cultures. Reconsiders the...
EAN: 9780415095556
John Stuart Mill
Nicholas Capaldi's biography of John Stuart Mill traces the ways in which Mill's many endeavours...
EAN: 9780521620246
European Architecture 1750-1890
This comprehensive examination of 18th and 19th-century architecture explores its extreme...
EAN: 9780192842220
Grosvenor Gallery Exhibitions
Christopher Newall's book tells the story of the rise and fall of a gallery which was the most...
EAN: 9780521612128
Oxford Companion to J. M. W. Turner
JMW Turner is acknowledged not only as Britain's greatest painter, but as one of the finest of...
EAN: 9780198600251
African-American Art
In the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series, this book discusses folk and decorative arts alongside fine...
EAN: 9780192842138
