Art

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 03 (of 10) Filarete and Simone to Mantegna

Giorgio Vasari

Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1

Elise Whitlock Rose

The work is a travel‑and‑architecture guide that surveys the great cathedrals and cloisters of southern…

Rings for the finger: From the Earliest Known Times to the Present, with Full Descriptions of the Origin, Early Making, Materials, the Archæology, History, for Affection, for Love, for Engagement, for Wedding, Commemorative, Mourning, Etc.

George Frederick Kunz

George Frederick Kunz’s Rings for the Finger is a scholarly survey that treats the humble band as a cultural…

Language of Flowers

Kate Greenaway

Wood-Carving: Design and Workmanship

George Jack

This volume, authored by George Jack, is a practical textbook that sets out a comprehensive programme for…

Art in Needlework: A Book about Embroidery

Day, Lewis F. (Lewis Foreman); Buckle, Mary, active 1900

The book presents itself as a practical guide to embroidery that also respects its artistic dimensions.

The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2

Harry Furniss

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 2 of 3)

Shearjashub Spooner

The work is a compendium of biographical sketches and critical commentary on the great masters of European…

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4 (March 1851) is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends…

Fra Angelico

I. B. Supino

The work is a scholarly essay on the life and art of Fra Giovanni di Pietro, better known as Fra Angelico,…

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots

John Addington Symonds

John Addington Symonds’s Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1: The Age of the Despots is a scholarly survey that…

John Baptist Jackson: 18th-Century Master of the Color Woodcut

Jacob Kainen

This volume is a scholarly monograph by Jacob Kainen, a curator of graphic arts, published as Bulletin 222 of…

Textiles and Clothing

Kate Heintz Watson

The Art of Modern Lace Making

The book opens with a sweeping survey of lace’s history, tracing its roots from ancient scriptural references…

What Is Art?

Leo Tolstoy

The work is a philosophical essay that tackles the tangled relationship between art, morality, and truth.

Hans Holbein the Younger, Volume 2 (of 2)

Arthur B. Chamberlain

Children's Books and Their Illustrators

Gleeson White

The work is a scholarly survey of children’s literature and its picture‑makers, opening with a series of…

The Children's Book of Celebrated Pictures

Lorinda Munson Bryant

The Children’s Book of Celebrated Pictures is a guided tour of famous artworks, presented as a series of…

The Dance of Death

Corrozet, Gilles; Vauzelles, Jean de

The work is a richly illustrated early‑modern treatise on the “Dance of Death,” first issued in Lyon in 1538…

Artists' Wives

Alphonse Daudet

The work is a French short‑story collection by Alphonse Daudet, translated into English, that turns its focus…

The origins of art; A Psychological & Sociological Inquiry

Y. Hirn

The book is a scholarly investigation that confines itself to the psychological and sociological roots of…

On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature

John Ruskin

On the Old Road Vol. 1 is a miscellany of essays and articles that John Rus‑kin assembled toward the end of…

The castles and abbeys of England; Vol. 2 of 2 from the national records, early chronicles, and other standard authors

William Beattie

The work is a richly illustrated survey of England’s medieval fortifications and monastic sites, compiled…

The Practice and Science of Drawing

Harold Speed

Harold Speed’s The Practice and Science of Drawing is a treatise that begins by warning readers against the…