Humphry Repton (1752-1818) remains one of England's most interesting and prolific garden and landscape designers. Renowned for his innovative design proposals and distinctive before-and-after images, captured in his famous "Red Books," Repton's astonishing career represents the link between the simple parklands of his predecessor Capability Brown and the more elaborate, structured, and formal landscapes of the Victorian age. This lavishly illustrated book, based on a wealth of new research, reinterprets Repton's life, working methods, and designs, and examines why they proved so popular in a rapidly changing world.
An exploration of the visual elusiveness at the core of Giorgione's work.
Informed by psychology and practical teaching with children, Children Draw is a concise, richly illustrated book, aimed at parents and carers, that explores why children draw and the meaning and value of drawing for youngsters - from toddlers aged two to pre-adolescents aged twelve.
The history and modern face of Nashville, the Southern US's most colourful city.
A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.
A unique, global perspective of the monochrome in modern art.
An exploration of the extraordinary role that food played in shaping Britain during the `long' eighteenth century.
An insightful new interpretation of the elusive Renaissance painter Hans Holbein.
An original exploration of how the English Civil War has been portrayed over the centuries.
An illuminating study of the relationship between the Kinks and their city, London.
Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition and tenderness.
A richly illustrated exploration of gender, identity, sexuality and celebrity in Edo-period Japan.
A full portrait of the complex and brilliant Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca.
An informative, witty and concise account of London's past, and its present.
A remarkable overview of Russian history and culture, from the 18th century to the 20th.
An investigation of maverick French painter Jean-Honore Fragonard within the lively society of eighteenth-century France.
An insightful biography of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists of all time.
A critical biography of German novelist, playwright and poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
An insightful and compelling biography of celebrated French storyteller Guy de Maupassant.
Now available in paperback, this is the first truly global survey of the history and variety of communist poster art.
This natural and cultural history of a much-loved animal, the otter, features numerous illustrations of otters in nature and culture and shows how otters have been persecuted by many cultures, and highly revered by others, such as the Native Americans.
A vivid journey through the gastronomical, botanical, cultural and political history of beans.
The first history of American handmade and homemade pornography.
Written by an active researcher in the field, Galaxy: Mapping the Infinite tells the rich scientific story of galaxy evolution and observation - discoveries of 'spiral nebulae', the nature of galaxies and the current 'World Model'.
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