Category Archives: Art, Design & Architecture
Audiobook: Miracle Mongers, an Exposé
“A complete exposé of the modus operandi of fire eaters, heat resisters, poison eaters, venomous
Audiobook: Art of Stage Dancing
Ned Wayburn, a popular and outstanding choreographer of the early 1900’s, writes about the different
Audiobook: Speaking Voice
From the Preface of The Speaking Voice: principles of training simplified and condensed: “This book
Audiobook: Great Artists: Volume 1
Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Greek View of Life
“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible
Audiobook: Two Paths
“The Two Paths” is a collection of five lectures delivered in 1858 and 1859 by
Audiobook: Seven Lamps of Architecture
The Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in May 1849, is an extended essay written by
Audiobook: Stones of Venice, Volume 1
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English
Audiobook: Stones of Venice, Volume 2
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English
Audiobook: Stones of Venice, Volume 3
The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 2
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Real Latin Quarter
“Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière”–this in my best restaurant French. The man with the
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 3
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 4
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Practice and Science of Drawing
This book is an attempt to teach beginning students how to draw. Starting out with
Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5
The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our
Audiobook: Tower of London
A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the
Audiobook: Art of Bookbinding
This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us what a complex technology
Audiobook: Little Tour in France
A splendid example of travel writing at its best, in this description of six week
Audiobook: Thoughts on Art and Life
This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da
Audiobook: Gentle Art of Faking
IIn analysing the Faker one must dissociate him from the common forger; his semi-artistic vocation
Audiobook: History of the Suez Canal
A lively picture of the origin and completion of the Suez Canal (built between 1859
Audiobook: Theory of Colours
Newton’s observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between
Audiobook: Color Notation
A Color Notation is a method developed by A. H. Munsell in order to produce
Audiobook: Arts and Crafts Essays
A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a
Audiobook: Lectures On Painting Delivered To The Students Of The Royal Academy
This 1883 book contains chapters on ancient costumes, Byzantine and Romanesque art, David and his
Audiobook: Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia
Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778 – 1823) was an Italian explorer and pioneer archaeologist of Egyptian
Audiobook: Dial, May 1920
An example of one of the leading literary magazines of the early 20th Century. Poetry