The subject of this book, which is the first to be devoted to a single photograph, is Camille Silvy's remarkable River Scene. Hailed as a masterpiece when it was first exhibited in France in 1859, the photograph is accompanied here by newly commissio...

In a garden glade before a grand fountain, surrounded by a musical party, an elegant woman in a lustrous white gown dances as part of a foursome, raising her eyes to the viewer as if extending an invitation to the dance. This is the enticing scene in...

What is a pyxis? Who was the Amasis Painter? How did Greek vases get their distinctive black and orange colours? This volume offers definitions and descriptions of these and many other Greek vase shapes, painters and techniques encountered in museum...

This series offers a range of heretofore unavailable writings in English translation on the subjects of art, architecture, and aesthetics. Hubsch's argument that the technical progress and changed living habits of the nineteenth century rendered neoc...

Aesop was the greatest fable-maker of them all, and many of his tales have become famous through the centuries – among them "The Fox and the Grapes", "The Ant and the Grasshopper", and "The Country Mouse and the City Mouse". Now – in the first-ever p...

Herakles was one of the greatest of all Greek heroes, and his exploits have been celebrated in paintings, songs, poetry, and sculpture for thousands of years. Now it's time for him to have his own children's book, one devoted exclusively to his labou...