When it emerged in the 1950s, the Pop Art movement presented a challenge to fine art with its incorporation of images from television, newspapers, and…
The story of modern art begins with a revolution-when the realists started rejecting romanticism in favor of depicting life as it really was. Since th…
The Surrealist movement that developed in Europe following the devastation of World War I emerged out of a feeling by writers and artists that the wor…
The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900. However it was a tremendously import…
Designers have shaped our modern age, whether it's the chair we're sitting in, the computer we're reading on, or the house we're living in. Design is …
The heyday of the Art Nouveau style was relatively short, spanning the decades immediately before and after 1900. However it was a tremendously import…
The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the 19th century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Vienna Secession. Their work shocked a conser…
Two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives - now available in paperback This passionate, though…
London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither co…
To Henri Lefebvre, the space and 'lived everydayness' of the inter-dependent, multi-faceted city produces manifold possibilities of identifiction and …
Be transported back to the heyday of modern style when architecture, design and style were de rigueur. This is an invaluable location guide for an…
The story of modern art begins with a revolution-when the realists started rejecting romanticism in favor of depicting life as it really was. Since th…
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out...When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she find…
Developed for the younger set (4-6 year olds) and targeting one of the most critical developmental periods for children, Art Lab for Little Kids is th…
Even in hell, hope can flower In 1944, sixteen-year-old Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. There she endured unimaginable experiences, including being…
