The Arts: Treatments & subjects Books

On the brink of suicide on his 21st birthday, a young man's world is turned upside down when he encounters an elf and dwarf whose voices he can hear in his head. Thrust into a realistic video game, he must race against time to recover ancient artifacts...

A collection of illustrations from award winning Australian Artist Amy Curran.Boots in the Bush features hand drawn artworks of Australian native animals and birds wearing shoes! From a kangaroo in thongs to a crocodile in crocs, this charming...

Erlernen Sie die Kunst der modernen Kalligrafie und des Handletterings mit diesem umfassenden Arbeitsbuch, gefüllt mit zahlreichen Schriftarten und Tipps!Jeder kreative Mensch schätzt Handlettering als Kunstwerk an sich.Die schönen Striche vermitteln ein...

What does it mean to commission art? Picture the people who typically commission art. If you're like most of us, you've likely conjured up an image of Kings, Queens, and the cultural elite (whatever that means). And you'd be right: historically, art...

An Alkaline Alphabet introduces babies and toddlers to a colorful variety of fruits, vegetables, herbs, and spices with pictures for them to easily identify. Teach your child the ABC's and encourage learning while reading. Enjoy coloring each item...

Quirky, fun, original black and white designs by Angela Treat Lyon. Seven collections of hand-drawn illustrative designs for fabric, tile, wall art and home decor. Unique, fun, bold, whimsical and delightful, these mini-depictions include both fantastic...

Turn off the television, light a candle, and rest your eyes on the calming grayscale of Texas nature. May this collection of captured moments help you see beauty in the simplicity, as you unwind from the day.There are a thousand places one could go, and...

China On Video is the first in-depth study that examines smaller-screen realities and the important role they play not only in the fast-changing Chinese mediascape, but also more broadly in the practice of experimental and non-mainstream cinema. At the...

This book looks at the life and music of Veena Dhanammal (1866-1938), considered the embodiment of 'classicism' in Karnatik music. It locates her art within the cultural, social and intellectual milieu she inhabited, allowing readers to track the...

'British Studies' and 'British Cultural Studies' cover a wide range of facets of contemporary Britain. Studying British Cultures: An Introduction is a unique collection of essays which examine the most significant aspects of this quickly developing area...

Shakespeare, The Movie brings together an impressive line-up of contributors to consider how Shakespeare has been adapted on film, TV, and video, and explores the impact of this popularization on the canonical status of Shakespeare.Taking a fresh look at...

This illuminating and provocative book is the first anthology devoted to Twentieth Century Native American and First Nation art. Native American Art brings together anthropologists, art historians, curators, critics and distinguished Native artists to...

An Intimate Distance considers a wide range of visual images of women in the context of current debates which centre around the body, including reproductive science, questions of ageing and death and the concept of 'body horror' in relation to food,...

Soldier Heroes explores the imagining of masculinities within adventure stories. Drawing on literary theory, cultural materialism and Kleinian psychoanalysis, it analyses modern British adventure heroes as historical forms of masculinity originating in...

Scholarly interest in Art Deco has grown rapidly over the past fifty years, spanning different academic disciplines. This volume charts the evolution of this scholarly activity, highlighting past accomplishments as well as promising new directions in...

This Companion documents and celebrates artistic journeys within the framework of rich and complex cultural heritages and traditional dance practices of the Asia-Pacific region. It presents various dance forms from Australia, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong,...

Curating Lively Objects explores the role of things as catalysts in imagining futures beyond disciplines for museums and exhibitions. Authors describe how their curatorial collaborations with diverse objects, from rocks to robots, generate new ways of...

This book represents a colourful collection of artwork, that is a playful depiction of animals, that we are fortunate enough to have as our "best friends," our pets; collected in a coffee table format, using various mediums and techniques, that...

A man encounters a painting for sale in a small town in British Columbia. He decides he cannot live without it, no matter what the cost. He buys it, and for the rest of his life the painting accompanies him, guides him, lives within him. The man is...

Florence Helena McGillivray, 1864-1938, was an extremely talented and prolific Canadian artist, and an accomplished educator. She was one of the most well traveled female artists in Canada during the late 19th and early 20th century. Florence's...

Just out of college, Patricia Hampl was mesmerized by a Matisse painting in the Art Institute of Chicago: an aloof woman gazing at goldfish in a bowl, a Moroccan screen behind her. In Blue Arabesque, Hampl explores the allure of this lounging woman,...

Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full-length biography of the brilliant, unseen...

A portrait of a great American dynasty and its legacy in business, technology, the arts, and philanthropyMeyer Guggenheim, a Swiss immigrant, founded a great American business dynasty. At their peak in the early twentieth century, the Guggenheims were...

This enchanting volume is a new collection of W. Heath Robinson's fantastical fairy tale art and children's book illustrations, produced across a 50-year career during the Golden Age of Illustration."Your absurd, beautiful drawings . . . give me a...

This is not a story about folk dancing, pierogies, and sausage making. It is a story of triumph and despair, struggle and joy, resolve and persistence.The Country That Refused to Die is a nonfiction narrative of the people of Poland written in such...

Written by prominent scholars in their respective fields, the collected essays in Industrialization, Technology, and Sustainability: A World History Reader provide a big-picture view of modern world history by focusing on specific themes of...

Al Díaz and Jean-Michel Basquiat stoked public intrigue in 1978 as teenagers when they began tagging their SAMO©… writings throughout New York City.The statements spoke to people, spoke about people, and sometimes spoke of nothing at...

In today's sometimes complicated and stressful world, people of all ages are seeking more ways to express themselves creatively. Simple pen drawings-or doodles-are one of the most basic forms of art and also a wonderful way to relax and find...

Spotlight on the art of Leeds painter John Atkinson Grimshaw, famous for his moonlit landscapes. Essay written by Chris Wade

"Pensieri e parole, tra monti e valli, alla luce dei tempi odierni", racchiude una raccolta in cui si descrivono delle riflessioni sull'esperienza personale vissuta in montagna tra l'alto Cadore e la valle Ampezzana delle Dolomiti Bellunesi durante i...

The Kidus Civilization know over one thousand intelligent beings on our galaxy alone. Earth is still a primitive planet.John finds himself stranded on Earth, sees the process of evolution and eventually, meets with humans.

Pensi a Roma e pensi a tutto quello che è Roma. Pensi al bello che c'era a Roma e al bello che non c'è più.

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore,...

Jewish Posh Living Magazine is a magazine who its purpose is to bring family friendly content as well as inspirational content that brings guidance and most importantly aims to bring neshamot closer to HaShem.

Virtue Vibe is a cultural magazine published by the Virtue Vibe team. What is virtue? behavior showing high moral standards. What is Vibe? A person's emotional state or the atmosphere of a place as communicated to and felt by others.In this magazine, we...

This book features a series of paintings by St. Louis, Missouri artist Rich Brooks. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the closure of the Soulard Art Gallery, Rich began painting at a makeshift studio on the sidewalk in front of his Soulard home...

Title: The Shepherdess of the Alps: a comic opera, in three acts, etc. [By Charles Dibdin. Based on "La Bergère des Alpes" of Jean François Marmontel.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the...

Unlock your inner artist and relax with "Anxiety Relief Inverse Coloring Book"!Experience the calming effects of inverse coloring, a fun new approach for reducing anxiety. Our coloring book boasts an impressive array of colors, allowing you to...

'Learn Japanese With Yokai!' was thoughtfully crafted by Svetlana Kulagina and C. M. Zimmerman as a unique activity book for Japanese language learners and culture lovers, alike! Illustrated with pictures of classic Japanese creatures and spirits, by the...

Drawing A Year came out of Genie Poretzky-Lee's desire to give, with no strings attached, a drawing a day to be gifted to anyone who makes a request.The idea of giving has been there since the beginning of time, this work is an acknowledgement of all...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United...