Icon and Devotion is the first extensive presentation in English of the making and meaning of Russian icons. Oleg Tarasov shows how icons have held a special place in Russian consciousness, and also looks closely at how and why icons were made.
Marta Braun’s new biography of Eadweard Muybridge traces the sensational events of Muybridge’s life against his personal reinventions as artist, photographer, high-minded researcher and showman.
Live Wires explores how five key electronic technologies revolutionized music.
Zombies: A Cultural History, now available in paperback, gives a definitive short introduction to the zombie, exploring the manifold meanings of this compelling, slow-moving yet relentless monster.
Bestselling author Helen Macdonald explores the natural and cultural history of the falcon.
Famed for its breathtaking isolation, Easter Island was a verdant South-Sea idyll when a small canoeful of Polynesians arrived in c... Læs mere
The films of Andrei Tarkovsky have been revered as ranking on a par with the masterpieces of Russia's novelists and composers. This book offers a comprehensive... Læs mere
Outsider art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients,... Læs mere
Baltic Facades presents a new history of the Baltic area, one that dispels the myth of a single, coherent regional identity. Aldis Purs describes... Læs mere
An accessible introduction to the Indus, an extraordinary ‘lost’ ancient civilization.
A concise, critical biography of the innovative French artist Henri Matisse.