Category Archives: Art, Design & Architecture

Audiobook: Studies in Stagecraft

A companion piece to Hamilton’s earlier work, The Theory of the Theatre. Where that volume

Audiobook: Birth of Tragedy; or, Hellenism and Pessimism (Version 2)

This is one of Nietzsche’s early academic writings – a scholarly theory about Ancient Greek

Audiobook: Seven Lively Arts

“… But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have

Audiobook: Art of Story-Telling, with nearly half a hundred stories

In preparing this book the author has sought to awaken a keener perception and a

Audiobook: Behind the Footlights

In this collection of essays the author gives us an opportunity to peek into the

Audiobook: Problems of the Playwright

A third volume of essays by American critic Clayton Hamilton, published as a companion piece

Audiobook: Voice and Public Speaking

I write for public speakers. I wish to take them into my confidence. I feel

Audiobook: Shakespeare at the Globe, 1599-1609

One of the most important pieces of Shakespearian scholarship to appear in several years, this

Audiobook: Unmasking of Robert-Houdin

This work is by Harry Houdini, and was an attempt, by him, to undermine the

Audiobook: Book of Art for Young People

This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter

Audiobook: Stories of Great Composers for Children

This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each

Audiobook: Music Talks With Children

_”A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an

Audiobook: Mary Frances Knitting and Crocheting Book

Mary Frances is a little girl whose Aunt Maria intends to teach her to knit

Audiobook: Knights of Art – Stories of the Italian Painters

A children’s version of the Lives of Artists by Vassari with many Illustrations. Of course

Audiobook: Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters

Elbert Hubbard describes the homes of authors, poets, social reformers and other prestigious people, reflecting

Audiobook: Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

“From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives

Audiobook: On Building a Theatre

As people live in a house, Or work, day after day, in a store or

Audiobook: Story of Cairo

Although Cairo is most famous for the ancient Egyptian pyramids of Giza, located at its

Audiobook: Color of a Great City

Theodore Dreiser was highly acclaimed for his novels and other writing. This non-fiction work takes

Audiobook: Art in Australia, No. 1, 1916

In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world – Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram

Audiobook: Art in Australia, No. 2, 1917

In 1916, three prominent identities in the Sydney art world – Sydney Ure Smith, Bertram

Audiobook: Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 9

Volume 9 of the lives of some eminent painters, sculptors and architects in history. –

Audiobook: Impressions of Ukiyo-ye, the School of the Japanese Colour-print Artists

Ukiyo-ye prepared Japan for intercourse with other nations by developing in the common people an

Audiobook: Van Dyck

A biography and critique of Van Dyck in The Masterpieces in Colour series. The Plates

Audiobook: Art of Landscape Painting in Oil Colour

Sketching from Nature, Equipment, Colour, Composition, Trees, Skies, Grass, Reflections, Distance — chapters rich with

Audiobook: Maccabe’s Art of Ventriloquism and Vocal Illusions

This manual offers instructions on how to become a ventriloquist. Starting out from a general

Audiobook: Sins of Hollywood

Exacerbated by several high-profile Hollywood scandals, a wave of anti-Hollywood rhetoric tried to paint the

Audiobook: Auguste Rodin

Rodin has pronounced Rilke’s essay the supreme interpretation of his work. (From the translators’ Preface)

Audiobook: Cuentos de la Alhambra

Colección de ensayos e historias del viaje que Washington Irving realizó en 1828 a Granada,

Audiobook: Letters of a Post-Impressionist

“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh … [Van Gogh’s] art was appreciated during