Casa del Herrero—House of the Blacksmith—stands today as one of the most fully developed and intact examples of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. It was designed and built between 1922 and 1925 a
New York-based Dana Schutz is widely considered one of the most talented painters of her generation.???American art critic Jerry Saltz has praised Schutz for her "daredevil style and anarchic freedom.
More than any other country in the world, it is Italy that we turn to for gastronomic inspiration. 101 Beautiful Towns of Italy: Food and Wine takes readers along on a one-of-a-kind tour through the t
Florida’s architectural history can be traced to the Spanish colonial settlement of St. Augustine in the mid-16 century, while the state’s architectural development reached its mature stage in the 19t
Stone Houses: Traditional Homes of Pennsylvania's Bucks County and Brandywine Valley is a unique presentation of beloved building traditions in one of the most charming and historically significant r
The Italy of the 1950s and 1960s bore witness to a marriage of lifestyle and popular culture that ignited an American love of Italy and defined an age of unparalleled style and beauty. La Dolce Vita
American artist Elizabeth Peyton is one of the most outstanding artists of her generation, a painter known for her intimate figurative portraits of youthful, romantic individuals ranging from friends
Here, in his own words, is the first complete look at the career of Albert Hadley, legendary interior designer and icon of twentieth century taste. An illustrated celebration of more than half a cent
Chicago in Maps is an illustrated cartographic history of Chicago, the gateway city to the West. Through rare and beautiful maps of the city produced during the past four hundred years, author Robert
This beautifully illustrated book features the magnificent estates built in the early part of the twentieth century by the wealthy residents of Long Island's North Shore. Many of the mansions are no
The English House is a vivid photographic tour of the private homes and lifestyles of the storied English countryside that offers England's rich span of architectural and interior styles as wonderful
What is beauty? What is art? What is taste and fashion? Is beauty something to be observed coolly and rationally or is it something dangerously involving? So begins Umberto Eco's intriguing journ
Between 1945 and 1970, Florida became host to sweeping innovations in residential architecture rivaled only by what was happening in California with the Case Study Houses. Florida Modern documents th
The Golden Age of Handbuilt Bicycles is a celebration of the design history and craftsmanship behind this simple but efficient two-wheeled vehicle. Featuring fifty classic models built by hand, this
Cecily Brown creates lush, visceral canvases based on a combination of figuration and abstraction. Her technical proficiency has earned her comparisons to Lucian Freud, Willem de Kooning, and Francis
Think of the quirky buildings you pass every day but whose quiet beauty you take for granted—the moviehouses, juke joints, soda fountains, barbershops, roadside diners, and storefront churches. You do
Santiago Calatrava: The Complete Works - Expanded Edition comprehensively examines this contemporary master's career, the origins and development of his celebrated body of work, including the architec
Peter Eisenman, renowned for his controversial and influential body of work, looks at ten leading architects of the twentieth century and their theoretical positions, innovations, and design contribu
Marie-Antoinette has been idolized as embodying the height of eighteenth-century French style, vilified as the spark that ignited the French revolution, and romanticized as France's martyred queen. Th
In the art of Edward Hopper (1882-1967), tense, unhappy men and women, in whom we recognize something of our neighbors and ourselves, play out mysterious dramas in silent, stripped-down spaces - stag
