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A passionate plea to defend Venice’s fate from mass tourism, commodification and cultural homogenization, by art historian, archaeologist and ‘conscience of Italy’ Salvatore Settis.
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A key text not only for the appreciation of Raphael's own art but also for its unprecedented attention to theoretical issues.
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Collected for the first time and in a new translation, the two most important contemporary accounts of the life and work of Velázquez.
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Literary biography of the greatest Romantic poet, William Wordsworth, combining readings of his poetry with a revelatory examination of his life and complex personality.
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A facsimile of William Morris’s ‘Golden-type’ edition of Ruskin's revolutionary work of social, art and architectural criticism about the Gothic style, a foundational inspiration to Morris.
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Ninth edition of J. G. Links’ classic guidebook to Venice, with four walks and an introduction by Jan Morris. 'The greatest guidebook ever written' (The Times)
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The names and stories of London homelessness with portraits by photographer Anthony Dawton, introduced by former UN Rapporteur for the Right to Housing, Leilani Fahra.
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Georg Christoph Lichtenberg’s rich, extensive commentaries on Hogarth’s ‘Marriage à la Mode’ paintings, which satirised eighteenth-century marriages of convenience, brilliantly translated and with much additional material.
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A facsimile of Whistler’s published 1885 lecture, the culmination of years of work and self-promotion after Ruskin’s bruising criticism, expressing his artistic beliefs with satire and beauty.
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John Ramsden’s fascinating, entertaining history of eleven great poets who made significant contributions to economic theory and practice, from Shelley to Hilaire Belloc and John Ruskin.
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This publication presents three very different biographies of Rembrandt by contemporaries. An introduction by Charles Ford situates these biographies in the context of 17th-century appreciation of art, and the trajectory of Rembrandt's career.
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Comprehensive and practical travel guide to the sights of Libya – Roman towns, ancient Arab souks and medinas, desert landscapes, oases and rock paintings. With maps and illustrations.