Reyner Banham (1922-88) was one of the most influential writers on architecture, design, and popular culture from the mid-1950s to the late 1980s. ...
Continue Reading →Biogea is a mixture of poetry, philosophy, science, and biography exemplary of the style that has made Michel Serres one of the most ...
Continue Reading →The work outlines Augustine’s sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography ever written, and ...
Continue Reading →Women of Steel and Stone features 22 thoroughly researched and engaging profiles of architects, engineers, and landscape designers, describing these groundbreakers’ strengths, interests, ...
Continue Reading →Pirro Ligorio (1510–1583), an Italian architect and antiquarian who designed the Casino of Pius IV and large portions of the gardens of the ...
Continue Reading →This is the first complete translation of the biographies of fifteen artists, including Annibale Carracci, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, and Poussin, written by ...
Continue Reading →Marina Warner begins with the gospels, noting the slight allusions to Mary, and the curious confusions between the two women of that name. ...
Continue Reading →This revealing memoir by Aldo Rossi (1937-1997), one of the most visible and controversial figures ever on the international architecture scene, intermingles discussions ...
Continue Reading →Unique among early modern artists, the Baroque painter, sculptor, and architect Gianlorenzo Bernini was the subject of two monographic biographies published shortly after ...
Continue Reading →Giorgio Vasari (1511–1571) is well known for his celebrated work on the lives of the Renaissance artists. But not many people know that ...
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