This publication is the second book illustrating a collection of interiors, and it follows the first, published a few years ago. The volumes present a selection of rooms with typical Italian interior
Through this lavishly illustrated volume, readers will discover how various cultures, ranging from ancient societies to more recent Western cultures, created gilded surfaces and how the allure of gold
This book, along with the accompanying exhibition which opens at Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery in April 2007, throws new light on the leading Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones by studying
This book is an account of the work of the team of curators, conservators, and scientists to examine and conserve the Nebamun painting fragments in their new display gallery at the British Museum.
An in-depth analysis of many aspects of medieval painting technique, at the same time providing a much-needed entry into the rich Scandinavian scholarship which has been largely unavailable in English
A new edition of a classic on Malay weaponry and war, originally published in 1936 in an extremely limited printing now virtually impossible to find. In addition to his work in description and classif
Robert Jefferson truly was a multi-talented man expressing his gift for design in many ways. This book illustrates all aspects of his life's work so much of which centred round his intense love of nat
A work of discovery into the exotic and breeds from Tibet and the Himalayas: the Tibetan mastiff, the rare KyiApso, the Himalayan mountain dog, and the least known, Tibetan hunting dog, the Sha-kyi. R
Each volume in this brand new series, presents 50 striking images by an individual photographer from the Library of Congress' Farm Security Administration (FSA) and Office of War Information (OWI) col
Published in conjunction with a 2011 exhibition at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, this volume celebrates the energetic waves of 19th-century-American ingenuity in a variety of cultural endeavors
A thorough, highly readable academic study on the stereotypes and prejudices that have been perpetuated in English literature and popular fiction regarding the Chinese woman.
Scientific investigations presented in this book include studies of Southeast Asian jade, Chinese bronzes, Mongolian deer stones, Japanese polychrome sculpture, and others and help us learn more about
Siracusano (colonial art history. U. Nacional de General San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina) argues that the colors Native Americans used in Christian artwork during the period, served as clandestine
