Art

Monumental Java

J. F. Scheltema

Monumental Java is a personal travelogue and reflective catalogue of Javanese Hindu and Buddhist monuments,…

A Book of Marionettes

Helen Haiman Joseph

The book is a scholarly survey of puppetry that begins with a lyrical meditation on the endless nature of the…

Handbuch der deutschen Kunstdenkmäler, Bd.1, Mitteldeutschland, 1914

Georg Dehio

Das vorliegende Werk ist ein systematisches Handbuch zur Erfassung und Beschreibung der Kunstdenkmäler…

Miracle Mongers and Their Methods A Complete Exposé of the Modus Operandi of Fire Eaters, Heat Resisters, Poison Eaters, Venomous Reptile Defiers, Sword Swallowers, Human Ostriches, Strong Men, Etc.

Harry Houdini

Harry Houdini’s Miracle Mongers and Their Methods is a nonfiction exposé that catalogues the tricks of…

The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 (of 3)

Leonard Williams

Leonard Williams’s The Arts and Crafts of Older Spain, Volume 1 is a scholarly survey of Spanish decorative…

Florentine villas

Janet Ross

The work is a scholarly travel‑guide to the villas that crown the hills around Florence, a subject the author…

Famous European Artists

Sarah Knowles Bolton

The work is a biographical survey of Europe’s most celebrated artists, arranged as a series of concise…

International Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science, Vol. 1, No. 3, Oct. 1, 1850

Various

The volume is a nineteenth‑century periodical that opens with an extensive biographical essay on Lord Henry…

The Heritage of Dress: Being Notes on the History and Evolution of Clothes

Wilfred Mark Webb

The Heritage of Dress presents itself as a broad‑ranging survey of clothing, intended not merely as a…

Goethe's literary essays: A selection in English

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The volume gathers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s literary essays in English, presenting a broad sweep of his…

Printers' Marks: A Chapter in the History of Typography

W. Roberts

The book is a scholarly handbook on the history of printers’ marks, the ornamental trade‑marks that early…

The Catholic World, Vol. 15, Nos. 85-90, April 1872-September 1872 A Monthly Magazine

Various

The Catholic World, Vol. 15 gathers the scholarly essays and reviews that appeared in the magazine between…

Music: An Art and a Language

Walter Raymond Spalding

Walter Raymond Spalding’s Music: An Art and a Language is a scholarly guide that grew out of two decades of…

The Life of John Ruskin

W. G. Collingwood

The work is a scholarly biography of John Rus‑kin, written by his former pupil William Gershom Collingwood…

The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 5 (of 6) From the Period of the Revival of the Fine Arts to the End of the Eighteenth Century

Luigi Lanzi

Luigi Lanzi’s The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 5 is a scholarly survey that traces the evolution of…

China collecting in America

Alice Morse Earle

The work is a memoir‑like guide to the hobby of hunting for antique porcelain and pottery in New England,…

The Old Masters and Their Pictures, For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art

Sarah Tytler

Sarah Tytler’s work is a concise reference guide that surveys the most celebrated painters from the earliest…

Account of a Tour in Normandy, Volume 1

Dawson Turner

This work is a travelogue that records three summer tours of Normandy in the years 1815, 1818 and 1819, with…

Composition $b A series of exercises in art structure for the use of students and teachers

Arthur W. Dow

Arthur W. Dow’s Composition is a systematic manual for art teachers and students that opens with a sweeping…

The Philosophy of Fine Art, volume 1 (of 4) Hegel's Aesthetik

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

The work is a scholarly translation of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel’s Aesthetik, the first complete English…

Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists

George Field

George Field’s work is a scholarly treatise that surveys the history, chemistry, and aesthetics of pigments…

Art

Clive Bell

Clive Bell’s Art is an ambitious, single‑volume attempt to lay down a complete theory of visual aesthetics.

Illuminated Manuscripts

John William Bradley

Bradley’s Illuminated Manuscripts is a scholarly survey of the decorative arts that adorn medieval and…

Unicorns

James Huneker

James Huneker’s Unicorns is a miscellany of essays that weaves together music criticism, literary commentary,…