"I paint what cannot be photographed, I photograph the things that I don't want to paint....I would rather photograph an idea than an object, and a dream rather than an idea." Man Ray's own words sugg
Surveys the history of opera from its beginnings in the late 16th century to the present, and focuses on the changes in the styles, conditions, and architecture of the theater
A guide to the work of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor. The illustrations featured include photographs of all his surviving buildings, and drawings of those which remained projects or have been demolishe
From the 'AA Pendant' (a jewel in the Green Vault at Dresden) to 'Zuni jewelry' (from New Mexico), this popular reference work provides collectors, students and dealers in jewelry with an authoritati
Since her death in 1941, Virginia Woolf has come to be recognized as one of the supreme prose writers of the twentieth century. In the thirty years between her marriage to Leonard Woolf in 1912 and he
When it was first published, Godfrey Goodwin''s study immediately established itself as a definitive work on the subject. It remains the only comprehensive survey in English and virtually the only acc
An overview tracing the development of British art and examining the careers of influential artists such as John Singer Sargent, Vanessa Bell, and David Hockney.
When the original edition of this book was published, John Russell hailed it as a ''massive contribution to our knowledge of one of the most fascinating and mysterious episodes in the history of moder
James Joyce remains a mysterious figure, and yet his books concern his own life: his friends, loves, and, above all, the city of Dublin. Professor Chester Anderson here examines Joyce as one of the gr
Ireland's greatest poet, William Butler Yeats, was also perhaps the most outstanding poet to have written in English since Wordsworth. Many of his early poems--wistful, mysterious, and suffused with P
Archaeological and scholarly investigation underlies a study of the cultural, political, architectural, social, and historical development and significance of the ancient metropolis
Objects of Desire looks at the appearance of consumer goods in the 200 years since the introduction of mechanized production, whether in Josiah Wedgewood's use of neo-classicism for his industrially m
The Bronte sisters, who occupy such an important place in English literature, continue to fascinate us - the passionate intensity of Emily's Wuthering Heights and her poetry, the blend of romance and
The View Over Atlantis, John Michell''s unrivaled introduction to megalithic science, earth mysteries, and the inner meaning of number and measure, was described by Colin Wilson as "one of the great s
Looks at eighteenth-century palaces, churches, theaters, libraries, museums, prisons, hospitals, and banks, discusses their various styles, and discusses the development of urban planning
