Art Books

Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic

Benedetto Croce

One of the earliest works of this Italian philosopher and literary critic, Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic marks the beginning of Croce's elaboration of his highly influentia..

Noa Noa

Paul Gauguin

In 1894, Paul Gauguin left what he considered to be a culturally bereft Europe to live an unfettered life in a tropical paradiseTahiti. It was there that he produced some of his most beautiful and bes..

Elements of Military Art and Science

H. W. Halleck

Elements of Military Art and Science Or, Course Of Instruction In Strategy, Fortification, Tactics Of Battles, &C.; Embracing The Duties Of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, And Engineers; Adap..

Bell's Cathedrals - The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.]

Massé

This series of monographs has been planned to supply visitors to the great English Cathedrals with accurate and well illustrated guide-books at a popular price. The aim of each writer has been to prod..

Opera Stories from Wagner

Florence Akin

Eleven stories of eleven operas by Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold. Die Walküre. Siegfried. Götterdämmerung. Parsifal. Lohengrin. Tannhäuser. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Rienzi. Die Fliegende H..

The Harbours of England

John Ruskin

"Turner's Harbors of England," as it is generally called, is a book which, for various reasons, has never received from readers of Mr. Ruskin's writings the attention it deserves. True, it has always ..

The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance

Bernard Berenson

The following essay owes its origin to the author's belief that Venetian painting is the most complete expression in art of the Italian Renaissance. The Renaissance is even more important typically th..

Noa Noa

Paul Gauguin

Noa Noa is a non-fiction writing by Eugène Henri Paul Gauguin, a French post-Impressionist artist. Unappreciated until after his death, Gauguin is now recognized for his experimental use of color..