Considered to be sub-ordinated and sub-prime to the city, sub-urban areas receive little attention by researchers and designers. However, it´s the ...

Text in English and German. Ullmann has explored Venice photographically for more than twenty years. This book shows the famous city from a very in...

"What is old, is new again." Nowhere is this more evident than in the world of fashion and textile design. Vera Neumann, better known simply by her...

Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) was an artist who fought against innumerable odds to learn his craft and to find his medium and his audience. Although in ...

Leopold Verguet was an artistic young Frenchman who entered the Society to be part of the Oceania Mission. He was sent as part of the first group i...

Vermont has long been acclaimed for its stunning natural beauty. It is no more apparent than during autumn when hues of red, orange, and yellow lea...

Lawren S. Harris doit sa renommée À ses paysages emblématiques pénétrés d'un force tranquille résolument canadienne. Dans les années 1920, un monde...

This is the first book to showcase the work of acclaimed ceramic artist Jennifer McCurdy. Collectors and art enthusiasts will be delighted to gaze ...

Video cover art is a unique and largely lost artform representing a period of unabashed creativity during the video rental boom of the 1980s to ear...

Born from the bold, provocative aircraft nose art splashed across war birds of World War II, Lowbrow Art was carried to the streets by the mechanic...

If you love the designs, fabrics, and sheer beauty of 19th and early 20th century women's fashions, this book will be your guide and time machine. ...

An unabridged republication of Selected Designs from Shoppell's Modern Houses, originally published by The Co-Operative Building Plan Association, ...

Updated with nearly 30 high-quality vintage images, the second edition of this lavishly illustrated book provides irrefutable documentation of ladi...

The best craftsmanship in home furnishings of the late 19th century is documented in this beautiful study by a dedicated connoisseur. At a time whe...

This beautiful, three-dimensional dollhouse is easy to assemble. Children and adults alike will enjoy the rich architectural ornamentation of this ...

Revealed here are children's and women's clothing, including undergarments, leisurewear, and street apparel from 1860 to 1900. Over 270 photographs...

Whimsical Victorian novelties in clear and colored glass are displayed in over 590 beautiful color photos and over 80 black and white vintage adver...

Local residents, visitors, and armchair travelers will all be delighted and informed by this unique visual resource. It combines an insightful stud...

The Victorian architecture of San Francisco is known the world over for its distinctive look and charm. More than 200 color images show broadshot v...

This beautifully illustrated book showcases over 300 elegantly designed paisley shawls woven in the Victorian era from 1830 through the early twent...

Documents a type of folk art in West Bengal, India, that combines traditional narrative scroll painting with singing and storytelling. Depicts the ...

Art and especially architecture are often seen as the exclusive realm of formally trained experts. Award-winning architects Steven and Cathi House ...

Relive childhood memories through this collection of vintage children's fabrics. From the popular ABC's to "Mary Had a Little Lamb," enjoy 500 patt...

An extravaganza for electric guitar lovers! This book features hundreds of American-made guitars and basses from the ‘40s to the ‘80s, including ma...

Bebop back a little, to post-war America, crinoline, and big flowers with one of the most widely published authors on vintage fashions. Predicting ...

Feast your eyes on these fascinating fabrics! Cherished by America's farmers for years, cloth feed sacks are part of America's rural history and ar...

The beautiful diversity of high quality vintage purses is presented here through a friendly and informative text and hundreds of clear color photog...

Fashion fanatics with a passion for the past will find a smorgasbord of wearable oldies in this new study by an expert in twentieth century fashion...

Virtual Shared Memory for Distributed Architecture

Visions: Earth's Elements in Bird and Nature Photography contains a varied collection of more than 450 bird and nature photographs that reflect the...

In 1983 US president Ronald Reagan told the Israeli Prime Minister that he, as a photographer during World War II, had documented the atrocities of...

For centuries, erotic art has brought together the intense passions of both artistic expression and human sexuality. This volatile mixture continue...

These 200+ images show you the spectacular views from hundreds of New York City’s finest residences. Everyone loves an amazing view, and some pay m...

Artists Rights Society (ARS) is an organisation that represents the intellectual property rights, including the copyrights, of more than 50,000 vis...

This is an annual publication dedicated to studies of film and media. Each yearbook is devoted to a specific theme. In addition, every volume may i...

In the early twentieth century Hollywood was fascinated by the Far East. Chinese immigrants, however, were excluded since 1882 and racism pervaded ...

For over three hundred years, the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe in her Mexican invocation has been celebrated in New Mexico. Our Lady of Guadalupe, the ...

This book is the first musicological comparison of all of Richard Wagner's great female characters. It has long been customary to view them and oth...

A Kenyan upbringing is the ticket to this voyage into a remarkably real created world entered via carved, integrating frames. Twice TV’s pick of th...

The work of Walker & Gillette, one of the leading architectural firms of the twentieth century, is documented with an extensive text and over 8...

Who knew you could do so much with brick, concrete, stone, and even asphalt? Forget the plain old, unadorned concrete slabs of the past! Today's la...

The complete wall decorations of 3 Theban tombs (No. 77, No. 175 and No. 249) are here published for the first time. The graves at Thebes in Egypt,...

This definitive biography and catalog raisonne of Walter Launt Palmer discusses his personal and creative life in great detail. The personal histor...

This multi-authored monograph consists of the sections: “Pop Rock, Ethno-Chaos, Battle Drums, and a Requiem: The Sounds of the Ukrainian Revolution...

For many service men and women, the battle is over, but the ink lives on. Thousands have chosen to commemorate their military service through tatto...

During much of the nineteenth century, paintings functioned as the Plains Indians’ closest equivalent to written records. The majority of their pai...