"Body Style reveals the subcultural body as a site for understanding subcultural identity, resistance, agency and fashion. Analyzed, theorized, politicized, and sensationalized, the subcultural body functions as a framework where individuals build a sense of self and subcultural…
Myth into Art is a comparative study of mythological narrative in Greek poetry and the visual arts. Thirty of the major myths are surveyed, focusing on Homer, lyric poetry and Attic tragedy. On the artistic side, the emphasis is on Athenian and South Italian vases. The book offe…
Everyone has different needs when it comes to coping with life's stressors, and children are no different. Some need quiet and soothing activities to calm them down, whereas others require more physical activity or intense sensory input to relax their minds and bodies. This reso…
The Design Book brings together the best in contemporary design for the home, presenting a huge range of striking new products: tables and chairs, sofas and beds, storage, kitchens and bathrooms, tableware, textiles and surfaces, lighting, electronics, and more. Works by the fin…
Icons - Russian gold and silver - Arms and armor - Ceremonial equestrian accessories - Textiles and needlework - Western European silver.
Treasures from the Kremlin is the fourth exhibition in the program of ongoing cultural exchange initiated in 1974 between the Museums of the Soviet Union and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition, to be seen first in New York and then in Paris, contains one hundred of t…
Dallas Museum of Art: a guide to the collection
Africa's rich traditions of crafts and decorative arts are explored here. Concentrating on Africa south of the Sahara, this book highlights the jewellery, beadwork, leatherwork, stone carving, textiles, masks and metalwork of a variety of cultures.
Africa's rich traditions of crafts and decorative arts are explored here. Concentrating on Africa south of the Sahara, this book highlights the jewellery, beadwork, leatherwork, stone carving, textiles, masks and metalwork of a variety of cultures.
During periods of close collaboration, championed by figures like John Ruskin and William Morris, architecture and craft were referred to as "the allied arts." By the mid-twentieth century, however, it was more common for the two disciplines to be considered distinct professiona…