Modernism and Landscape Architecture, 1890--1940
Therese O'Malley and Joachim Wolschke-Bulmahn
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In the period from 1890 to 1940, landscape architects organized as a profession distinct from art...
The Architectural Heritage of Sri Lanka
C. Anjalendran and David Robson
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Architect C. Anjalendran, aided by an army of assistants and students, has been recording Sri...
The Building of England: How the History of England Has Shaped Our Buildings
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From awe-inspiring Norman castles, to the homes we live in, Simon Thurley explores how the...
The Pantheon: From Antiquity to the Present
Tod A. Marder and Mark Wilson Jones
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The Pantheon is one of the most important architectural monuments of all time. Thought to have been...
An Album of Artists' Drawings from Qajar Iran
David J. Roxburgh, Penley Knipe, Mary McWilliams and Trent Barnes
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The Harvard Qajar Album is an outstanding compendium of nearly 150 beautiful drawings, paintings,...
Art as the Absolute: Art's Relation to Metaphysics in Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, and Schopenhauer
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Art as the Absolute is a literary and philosophical investigation into the meaning of art and its...
Artful Lives: Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather and the Bohemians of Los Angeles
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This title presents a captivating account of two photographers, one of whom became a major figure in...
Big Time: The Legendary Style of Manner Vogue, 1984-1989
Beda Achermann and Karl Lagerfeld
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This book is an exciting step back in time to when Manner Vogue was Germany's leading men's fashion...
Byzantine Art and Diplomacy in an Age of Decline
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The Late Byzantine period (1261-1453) is marked by a paradoxical discrepancy between economic...
Chicago Renaissance: Literature and Art in the Midwest Metropolis
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This remarkable cultural history celebrates the great Midwestern city of Chicago for its centrality...