The Splendor of Germany: Eighteenth-Century Drawings from the Crocker Art Museum (Breazeale William)(Paperback)

German Philosophy 1760-1860 (Pinkard Terry)(Paperback)

In the second half of the eighteenth century, German philosophy dominated European philosophy, changing the way Europeans and people all over the world conceived of themselves and thought about nature, religion, human history, politics, and the structure of the human mind. In this rich and

The Arms of Krupp 1587-1968: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Dynasty That Armed Germany at War (Manchester William)(Paperback)

The Krupp family were the premier German arms manufacturers from the middle of the 19th century until the end of World War II, producing artillery pieces and submarines that set the standard for effectiveness. This book relates the history of this influential

Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman (Marciari John)(Paperback)

Accompanying an exhibition of drawings by Guercino from the collection of the Morgan Library & Museum, Guercino: Virtuoso Draftsman offers an overview of the artist's graphic work, ranging from his early genre studies and caricatures, to the dense and dynamic preparatory studies for his paintings,

The Return of Curiosity: What Museums Are Good for in the 21st Century (Thomas Nicholas)(Paperback)

The Spy Museum, the Vacuum Cleaner Museum, the National Mustard Museum--not to mention the Art Institute, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Getty Center: museums have never been more robust, curating just about everything there is and assuming a new prominence in public life. The Return of

Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hoving Thomas)(Paperback)

From Simon & Schuster, Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a unforgettable autobiography for any arts and culture fans. A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster

A History of Modern Oman (Jones Jeremy)(Paperback)

The ideal introduction to the history of modern Oman from the eighteenth century to the present, this book combines the most recent scholarship on Omani history with insights drawn from a close analysis of the politics and international relations of contemporary Oman. Jeremy Jones and Nicholas

All Things Georgian: Tales from the Long Eighteenth-Century (Major Joanne)(Paperback)

Take a romp through the long eighteenth-century in this collection of 25 short tales - meet actresses, whores and high-born ladies, politicians, inventors, royalty and criminals as we travel through the Georgian Era in all its glorious and gruesome

Metadata: Rethinking Photography in the 21st Century

Accompanies major exhibition at The Ringling Museum of Art from March 6 - August 28, 2022 Explores the work of artists Mohsen Azar, Viktoria Binschtok, Mladen Bizumic, Joy Buolamwini, Ali Feser and Jason Lazarus, Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, Lilly Lulay, Trevor Paglen, and Penelope Umbrico What’s

Pacific Presences. Volume 1: Oceanic Art and European Museums (Carreau Lucie)(Paperback)

The vast and extraordinary collections from the Pacific, collected from the late eighteenth century onwards, that are dispersed across ethnographic and other museums in Europe amount to hundreds of thousands of artefacts, ranging from seemingly quotidian and utilitarian baskets and fish-hooks to

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Thought (de Bruyn Frans)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Thought gives a comprehensive overview of intellectual life in the eighteenth-century Anglophone world at a time when the boundaries of knowledge were growing rapidly in response to a world undergoing radical change. Organised in two parts, the volume

The Local: A History of the English Pub (Jennings Paul)(Paperback)

The complete history of the public house, from eighteenth-century coaching inns to twenty-first century wine bars The pub has been at the heart of English life for generations. But how has this unique institution developed over the centuries? Paul Jennings traces the history of the English pub,

Love Letters of Great Men & Women [Illustrated edition] From The Eighteenth Century To The Present Day (Charles C. H.)(Paperback)

Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology (Lonsdale Roger)(Paperback)

In the first decade of the eighteenth century, only two women published collections of verse. By the 1790s, more than thirty had done so. Yet, in the two intervening centuries, most of that verse has disappeared from view--now either ignored or forgotten. This delightful anthology takes us back to

Art Making with MoMA: 20 Activities for Kids Inspired by Artists at the Museum of Modern Art (Frisch Cari)(Paperback)

Art Making with MoMA, from the educators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, presents 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults!) to discover how modern and contemporary artists experiment with materials and techniques. Drawing on over 15 years of research and hands-on experience

Korean Art from the 19th Century to the Present (Horlyck Charlotte)(Pevná vazba)

Walk the galleries of any major contemporary art museum and you are sure to see a work by a Korean artist. Interest in modern and contemporary art from South--as well as North--Korea has grown in recent decades, and museums and individual collectors have been eager to tap into this rising market

British Prints from the Machine Age - Rhythms of Modern Life 1914-1939(Paperback / softback)

Accompanying the exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this catalogue examines the impact of Futurism and Cubism on British modernist printmaking from the beginning of World War I to the beginning of World War

The Holy Rosary through the Visions of Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich (Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich)(Paperback)

The German Mystic born in the latter part of the Eighteenth Century, Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich, was privledged by Almighty God with sensory visions disclosing the earthly life of God Incarnate, of His Holy Mother, the Virgin Mary and of the progression of salvation history from Genesis to the

Freemasonry and the Visual Arts from the Eighteenth Century Forward: Historical and Global Perspectives (Wolf Reva)(Paperback)

Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2020 With the dramatic rise of Freemasonry in the eighteenth century, art played a fundamental role in its practice, rhetoric, and global dissemination, while Freemasonry, in turn, directly influenced developments in art. This mutually enhancing relationship

Architectura Navalis Mercatoria: The Classic of Eighteenth-Century Naval Architecture (Chapman Fredrik Henrik Af)(Paperback)

First published in 1768, this remarkable collection of sophisticated line drawings offers a fascinating look at the maritime world of the eighteenth century, documenting merchant and naval ships from various countries. Seventy detailed illustrations chart vessel dimensions, crew size, storage

Modern Britain, 1750 to the Present (Vernon James)(Paperback)

This wide-ranging introduction to the history of modern Britain extends from the eighteenth century to the present day. James Vernon's distinctive history is weaved around an account of the rise, fall and reinvention of liberal ideas of how markets, governments and empires should work. The history

The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts: And Other Tales (Wilson William Scott)(Paperback)

This collection of parables written by an eighteenth-century samurai is a classic of martial arts literature. The tales are concerned with themes such as perception of conflict, self-transformation, the cultivation of chi (life energy), and understanding yin and yang. Some of the parables seem

Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 (Emsley Clive)(Paperback)

Ranging from the middle of the eighteenth through to the end of the nineteenth century, Crime and Society in England, 1750-1900 explores the developments in policing, the courts and the penal system as England became increasingly industrialised and urbanised. Through a consideration of the

The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton: Culture and Industry in Eighteenth-Century Birmingham (Whyman Susan E.)(Pevná vazba)

The Useful Knowledge of William Hutton shows the rapid rise of a self-taught workman and the growing prominence of the city of Birmingham during the two major events of the eighteenth-century--the Industrial Revolution and the Enlightenment. Hutton achieved wealth, land, status, and literary fame,

Rattling Cat - A tale of smuggling in the eighteenth century on the Kentish coast (Gregory Simon)(Paperback / softback)

A novel, set in the late eighteenth century, about smuggling off the coast of south-east Kent,