How did the Roman world develop from a small number of people living on the banks of the Tiber to an empire encompassing some sixty-four million people spread from one end of the Mediterranean to the
Using a regional and chronological framework, this groundbreaking bookhighlights the enormous diversity of human experience and the ways inwhich archaeologists are able to learn about it.Professor Chr
At its peak Rome's empire stretched across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, yet it started as a primitive encampment above a riverside marsh. This book spans the great chronological and geographic
Within three centuries of its advent, Islam had produced an architecture and a calligraphic art, including that of illumination, that have seldom been equaled and never surpassed, the one centered on
‘In February 1998, I was invited to create an exhibition entitled Appointment at a house at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, where Dr Freud lived and died. After having a vision of my wedding dress laid
Beginning in July 2009, the Fondation Cartier will be hosting an exhibition that celebrates street art. The show and the accompanying catalogue first reexamine the birth and evolution of the graffiti
Time Passes is a meditation on transience and on the promised inherent in beauty. The pictures were made near Robert Adams' home in the American Northwest, a region once famous for its vast woodlands
A historical report on the Amazon evaluates such topics as its settlement by humans some ten thousand years ago, the unsuccessful efforts of Europeans to claim the area as an agricultural resource, an
New Tent Architecture is the first major publication to look at the exciting possibilities of contemporary tensile building and the most interesting membrane structures created in recent years. This w
In creative advertising, no amount of glossy presentation will improve a bad idea. That’s why this book is dedicated to the first and most important lesson: concept.Structured to provide both a comple
Sonia Delaunay, one of the world’s great twentieth-century artists, created a series of paintings, turning each letter of the alphabet into a stunning work of art. Accompanying every painting is a bri
Through a series of true stories, this unique book reveals the tight-knit, exciting world of street art. Darius (aka Leon Reid) and Downey (aka Brad Downey) did their first piece together in Brooklyn
One of the greatest fashion photographers of all time, Erwin Blumenfeld is also recognized as one of the most talented and profoundly erotic portrayers of the nude. He aimed to persuade his audience o
Now the leading art appreciation textbook, the second edition of Gateways to Art features an even greater emphasis on visual culture and contemporary art. All new Visual Galleries conclude each chapte
Chronicling the history of human ingenuity and creative design from A.D. 500 to the present day, this richly illustrated study captures a broad spectrum of remarkable architectural wonders, ranging fr
All the world lamented the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. "No man ever saw her without love or will read her history without pity." Whether it is this French Marie Stuart recorded by Brantome, the
For centuries, visitors have been awed by ancient Egypt's monuments, seeing in them testimony both to a mysterious past and to forces greater and more subtle than the corporeal world they inhabit. Thi
The Silk Road, Transcaspia, the Pamir Highway, the Alai Corridor, the Khyber Pass, the Taklamakhan Desert: this is the magnificent terrain where the geopolitical ambitions of empires have played out.
A mesmerizing collection of photographs of Rodin's sculpture, taken at the Musee Rodin and at the Musee du Luxembourg, Paris.It was a chance visit to the Musee Rodin nearly ten years ago that sparked
The art of dying and the posthumous journey of the soul have been described and depicted in many cultures. 'Dying before dying', or practice in dying, has been sought throughout history, not just to o
