On a rainy-day excursion, poet Marjorie Maddox and her daughter and artist Anna Lee Hafer visit the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, where, as never before, they realize how...
Every year thousands of Sydneysiders visit the Art Gallery of NSW to view the entrants in the Archibald Prize for Portraiture. Across Australia thousands more go to see the tra...
Did you know that plastic surgery was first introduced in WWI? Did you know that British soldiers drank so much tea during WWI, that at some point the military enforced rations of six pints of t...
A complete and fascinating chronicle of Beatles music and history, "Beatlesongs" details the growth, evolution, and dissolution of the most influential group of out time. Drawing together info...
‘Walter Isaacson is not an art historian, he’s simply a lover of Leonardo, who manages to communicate the sheer joy of this remarkable man’Books of the Year - The Times
With the popularity of swing and social dancing at an all-time high, the author provides a provocative look at the hottest trend to sweep the nation. 10 line drawings.
The best of Japanese graphic poster design, from the 1964 Tokyo Olympics to the Issey Miyake logoThis book brings together the best of Japanese graphic poster design--from the 1964 Toky...
"In the heart of Central Park there is an angel. It is the Angel of the Waters statue, which appeared on the Bethesda Fountain on May 31, 1873. It has since earned a place among the city's icons...
The early 21st Century: a gilded age of pious guilt, poison nostalgia, environmental collapse, unchecked pandemics, corporate franchises, workshopped creativity and personal brands. Standing aga...