The Arts: Treatments & subjects Books

Therapeutic Arts in Pregnancy, Birth and New Parenthood explores the use of arts in relation to infertility, pregnancy, childbirth and new parenthood. It is the first book to bring all these subjects together into one accessible volume with an...

Through a series of close readings, this book looks at the tache as one of the most important features in nineteenth-century modernism. The tache is a potential meeting point between text and image and a pure trace of the artist's body. This book...

As a result of Napoleon's campaigns in Italy, Old Master art flooded into Britain and its acquisition became an index of national prestige. Maureen McCue argues that their responses to these works informed the writing of Romantic period authors, enabling...

A gripping biography of six extraordinary women who, in their very different ways, epitomise the decade they came of age - the 1920s

The Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame contains one of the largest collections of late nineteenth-century French stained glass outside of France. The French Gothic-inspired church has forty-four large stained glass windows...

The stories of Black excellence across three continents: Europe, the U.S., and Africa."I am not a professional writer. But out of curiosity, I started collecting information and articles about black inventors, teachers, activists, etc., whilst at...

Enthusiastic photographers of all levels aspire to take good quality photographs that capture their subject's spirit, reflecting what they felt and remembered about the experience.To create memorable photographs, one needs to start with the basics. With...

A full-colour photographic journey to some of Canada's highest and most remarkable outhouses by adventure photographer Gavin T Boutet. Poo With a View showcases these unique buildings and the breathtaking views that surround them.