Orientalist Aesthetics Art Colonialism An impressive overview of French Orientalist painting and the conditions which produced it, combining a high degree of scholarship with excellent readability. The text introduced me to artists of …

The Informed Eye Understanding An introduction to the properties, concepts, and meanings of Western art through a series of concise, specific explorations of 32 works of art or groups of related works–paintings, sculptures, and …

Art Subjects Making Artists This book is a must read for any academic who thinks they know all about training art students. Their eyes will be opened to the chicanery and mischief that academic art programs have foisted on …

Modernism in Art Design This book provides a clearly understandable explanation of the complex ideas that have impacted on 20th century visual culture. I found the chapters on postmodernity and their relationship to …

Silent Theater The Art Silent Theater: The Art of Edward Hopper illuminates the life and work of one of America’s most celebrated yet enigmatic artists. Through a close study of the themes, emotions, and imagery that …

The British Library Guide Writing is about communication. In our multimedia age, it co-exists with a developed oral culture of telecommunications, film and recorded sound. Through our television screens and popular press, it …

Living Theatre A History This is an excellent book that is interesting, very well organized and extremely well written.

Then World War II ends and the book fails to remain interesting or well organized. Basically it falls …

Sir Banister Fletcher s Mine is a new 1975 edition (which was a small fraction of the new price). It is as much a history of the world–and an incredibly detailed one–as a history of architecture. It opens each of its 40 …

Battle Tactics of the Paddy Griffith, a former lecturer at Sandhurst, challenges the commonly held view that the British army’s performance in the First World was a string of tactical disasters. It is Griffith’s …