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This beautifully illustrated historical dictionary of landscape design vocabulary used in North America from the 17th to the mid-19th centuries defines a selection of one [...]

This fascinating book is the first critical examination of the East Building, I. M. Pei’s celebrated addition to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, [...]

The print repertoire of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England has been neglected historically, and this remarkable book rectifies a major oversight in the [...]

This is the first volume in a new series focused on the technical study of museum objects through the collaborative efforts of conservators, research scientists, [...]

How did economic conditions influence painters in seventeenth-century Italy? How much did they earn? What is known about their socio-economic status and their aspirations? How [...]

The demand for oriental rugs has increased dramatically in recent years. Many owners now put more value on their rugs as works of art than [...]

The perfect companion for art lovers and gallery-goers, this book reveals the Italian Renaissance masters in a new light

Filled with great masterpieces by such artists [...]

Bringing into relief the singularity of Barry's unswerving commitment to his vision for history painting despite adverse cultural, political and commercial currents, these essays on [...]

In the first major book in four decades on Caterina Sforza (1463-1509), Joyce de Vries investigates the famous noblewoman's cultural endeavors, and explores the ways [...]

How can museum educators and higher education tutors enhance the way HE students use museums?

There are many examples in the UK of museums and [...]

In 1951, Rodney Friedman entered the School of Architecture at the

University of California at Berkeley, where he studied under such noted

architects as Erich Mendelsohn, William [...]

Live + Work is a visually immersive monograph of the work of Shubin + Donaldson Architects, whose creative commercial spaces and high-end residential projects draw [...]

small projects is the name of an architectural practice located in the monsoon tropics. More importantly, it also refers to a process of thinking about [...]

What is the Agbar Tower? A Headquarters. Why this shape? The oblong top of the Tower creates an optimized environment to raise a war cyborg. [...]

Climate change and dwindling global resources are challenging the

professional practice, demanding new design and planning approaches

that achieve more with less. This rich volume for designers, [...]

Tall buildings represent one of the most energy-intensive architectural typologies, while at the same time offering the high density work and living conditions that many [...]

HKS creates visionary designs that deliver innovative facilities. The firm's designers believe that a building should reflect the unique characteristics of its location and the [...]

Johnson Fain is a fully integrated architecture, planning, and interior design studio. Design partner Scott Johnson, and William Fain, managing partner and director of urban [...]

Follows the 2009/10 academic year at the AA and presents a compilation of projects, courses and school life that represent the year. [...]

Solving Cases: Books and Paper Artefact Restoration is a collection Italian restoration experiences documented by the author during his thirty years in this fi eld. [...]

Cet ouvrage présente les résultats des travaux eff ectués dans le cadre d'un Groupement de recherche (GDR) initié par le CNRS en 2003 pour une [...]

With the aim of projecting alternative and sustainable forms of urbanism, the book asks: What are the key principles of an ecological

urbanism? How might they [...]

Designed by the architectural firm Coop Himmelb(l)au, Central Los Angeles High School #9 for the Visual and Performing Arts has generated as much controversy as [...]

Georg Baselitz, born Hans-Georg Kern in Deutschbaselitz, Saxony, in 1939, continuously contravenes set categories and regularities in his work. The manifold meanings of his works, [...]

Fundación Telefónica, dentro de las celebraciones del centenario de la Gran Vía, presenta "Laboratorio Gran Vía", una reflexión colectiva sobre el pasado, el presente y [...]

Jacopo Bassano e lo stupendo inganno dell'occhio" è l'evento che segna l'avvio del triennio celebrativo per i 500 anni della nascita di Jacopo Bassano (1510? [...]

Tra le varie attività in programma, il MAXXI organizzerà una serie di esposizioni tematiche con opere della propria collezione, affiancate da una ristretta selezione di [...]

The present book fills an important lacuna: it is the first art book dedicated to the Dassiers, the only medallists of the eighteenth century to [...]