Art

Early Illustrated Books A History of the Decoration and Illustration of Books in the 15th and 16th Centuries

Alfred W. Pollard

Early Illustrated Books is a scholarly survey of the decoration and illustration of printed works from the…

Finger-ring lore: Historical, Legendary, Anecdotal

Jones, William, F.S.A.

The Chinese theater

A. E. Zucker

The Chinese theater is a scholarly survey of Chinese drama that blends historical overview with the author’s…

Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art

Walter Woodburn Hyde

Walter Woodburn Hyde’s Olympic Victor Monuments and Greek Athletic Art is a scholarly survey of the surviving…

History of Ancient Art

Franz von Reber

Franz von Reber’s History of Ancient Art is a scholarly survey that seeks to place the visual arts firmly…

Cassell's book of birds; Vol. 4

Alfred Edmund Brehm

Cassell’s Book of Birds vol. IV is a nineteenth‑century natural history survey that catalogues a wide range…

History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 1 (of 2)

Walters, H. B. (Henry Beauchamp); Birch, Samuel

The work is a scholarly survey of ancient pottery that brings together the classic research of Samuel Birch…

Il processo e l'assoluzione di "Mafarka il Futurista"

Marinetti, F. T.; Barzilai, Salvatore; Cappa, Innocenzo; Capuana, Luigi; Sarfatti, Cesare

Il libro è una trascrizione del processo giudiziario che fu intentato a Filippo Tommaso Marinetti per il suo…

Sculptured tombs of Hellas

Percy Gardner

Percy Gardner’s Sculptured Tombs of Hellas is a scholarly survey of Greek funerary art, organized as a…

Needlework As Art

Marianne Margaret Compton Cust Alford

Marion Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess Alford, presents a sweeping survey of embroidery that blends…

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851

Various

The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May 1851, is a nineteenth‑century periodical that blends literary…

The Classic Myths in English Literature and in Art (2nd ed.) (1911) Based Originally on Bulfinch's "Age of Fable" (1855)

Gayley, Charles Mills; Bulfinch, Thomas

The work is a scholarly guide that links the great myths of antiquity to their treatment in English poetry…

The History of Modern Painting, Volume 3 (of 4) Revised edition continued by the author to the end of the XIX century

Richard Muther

Richard Muther’s The History of Modern Painting is a scholarly survey that traces the evolution of European…

The Flags of the World: Their History, Blazonry, and Associations

F. Edward Hulme

The work is a comprehensive survey of flags, tracing their evolution from the earliest standards of Egypt,…

The life, letters and work of Frederic Leighton. Volume II

Mrs. Russell Barrington

The volume is a meticulously compiled biography and catalogue of Frederic Baron Leighton, the eminent…

A History of Art for Beginners and Students: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture

Clara Erskine Clement Waters

Clara Erskine Clement Waters’s A History of Art for Beginners and Students is a survey of visual culture that…

Pottery and Porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876

Charles Wyllys Elliott

The work is a comprehensive survey of pottery and porcelain, tracing their development from the Stone Age…

The Art of Ballet

Mark Edward Perugini

Mark Edward Perugini’s The Art of Ballet is a scholarly survey rather than a narrative history.

The Standard Galleries - Holland

Esther Singleton

The book is a compact guide to the major Dutch picture‑galleries of the early twentieth century, written by…

The Oriental Rug A Monograph on Eastern Rugs and Carpets, Saddle-Bags, Mats & Pillows, with a Consideration of Kinds and Classes, Types, Borders, Figures, Dyes, Symbols, etc. Together with Some Practical Advice to Collectors.

William De Lancey Ellwanger

The Oriental Rug is a scholarly monograph that sets out to catalogue and explain the myriad varieties of…

Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering

Edward Johnston

The volume is a practical handbook on the intertwined crafts of writing, illumination, and lettering,…

Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art (Vol. 1 of 3)

Shearjashub Spooner

This volume is a scholarly anthology of anecdotes and curiosities concerning painters, engravers, sculptors…

A History of Sculpture

Ernest Henry Short

Ernest H. Short’s A History of Sculpture is a scholarly survey that opens with a bold declaration of purpose:…

Modern Painters, Volume 2 (of 5)

John Ruskin

Modern Painters, Volume II is a scholarly treatise by John Rus‑kin that continues his systematic exploration…