Decorative arts

A desire for intimacy in domestic spaces motivated by a growing sense of individualistic expression, an incentive to conceal the labor or enslavement taking place, and an appetite for solace and comfort led to interiors taking on more specific roles in the eighteenth century.

Most historians rely principally on written sources.

Civility in national and international politics is under siege.

What does an assemblage made out of crumpled newspaper have in common with an empty room in which the lights go on and off every five seconds?

Religion, Material Culture and Archaeology offers a new understanding of the materiality of religion.

The International Conference on Insular Art (IIAC) is the leading forum for scholars of the visual and material culture of early medieval Ireland and Britain, including manuscript illumination, sculpture, metalwork, and textiles, and encompassing the work of Anglo-Saxon-, Celtic- and Norse-speaking artists.

In the first critical history of French ready-made fashion, Alexis Romano examines an array of cultural sources, including surviving garments, fashion magazines, film, photography and interviews, to weave together previously disparate historical narratives.

Adopting the modernist master Vladimir Nabokov as its guide, Nabokov in Motion: Modernity and Movement is an exploration of the radically changing social, historical, technological, and literary culture of the early 20th century, a time when modes of communication and transportation, especially, were changing society in drastic and profound ways.

Focusing on the archaeology and history of Butrint in southern Albania, this book begins by looking at its foundation in the Bronze Age period through to the contemporary era, where it is now a popular tourist destination.

New perspectives on early globalisms from objects and imagesTales Things Tell offers new perspectives on histories of connectivity between Africa, Asia, and Europe in the period before the Mongol conquests of the thirteenth century.

This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the Black Sea region in the prehistoric period.

Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one's ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts.

Over the past 30 years, research on archaeological textiles has developed into an important field of scientific study.

Fashion is intimately tied to the material world.

Crafts and Craftsmen of the Middle East presents research on craft workers within and outside the guild structure from the modern and contemporary Mediterranean world.

This lively and erudite cultural history examines how Scottish identity was experienced and represented in novel ways.

An in-depth, illustrated history of South Carolina's Lowcountry baskets Coiled grass baskets are icons of Gullah culture.

This book contains a lovely collection of vintage hand knitting patterns for the making of women's cardigans and jumpers for winter.

Colour permeates contemporary visual and material culture and affects our senses beyond the superficial encounter by infiltrating our perceptions and memories and becoming deeply rooted in thought processes that categorise and divide along culturally constructed lines.

New research into the techniques of tablet weaving, sprang, braiding, knotting and lace is presented in this lavishly illustrated volume written by leading specialists from Austria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and USA.

A beautiful memoir, travelogue and meditation on stone by artist and stone mason Beatrice Searle.

This edited collection explores a subject of great potential for both art historians and museologists - that of the nature of the specimen and how it might be reinterpreted.

Dating back to antiquity, semiotics is both a "e;technique"e; and a "e;science"e; that aims to understand the nature of meaning.

"e;The Shewing-Up of Blanco Posnet: A Sermon in Crude Melodrama"e; is a 1909 play in one act by George Bernard Shaw.

Before the rise of private homes as we now understand them, the realm of personal, private, and local relations in England was the parish, which was also the sphere of poverty management.

Gift-giving played an important role in political, social and religious life in medieval and early modern Europe.

With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age, this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through the lenses of their material remains.

The field of cultural heritage is no longer solely dependent on the expertise of art and architectural historians, archaeologists, conservators, curators, and site and museum administrators.

To dress is a uniquely human experience, but practices and meanings of dress vary greatly among people.

This book tells the story of critical avant-garde design in Japan, which emerged during the 1960s and continues to inspire designers today.

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What happens when the written words of biblical scripture are transformed into experiential, choreographed environments?

An exciting look at how archaeology has dealt with the bodily senses and how it can offer a richer glimpse into the human sensory experience.

Explorers, Dreamers and Thieves is an adventure through memory and archives.

This is a study of a distinctive brand of modernism that first emerged in late nineteenth-century Germany and remained influential throughout the inter-war years and beyond.

A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature WritingThe untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts?

Learning how to think through fashion is both exciting and challenging, being dependent on one s ability to critically engage with an array of theories and concepts.

Ross provides a broad survey of pictures and texts concerning saints, from the Early Christian through the late Gothic period.

Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring how connections and comparisons in geometrical pattern can be made across different cultures and how the significance of these designs has influenced craft throughout history.

What are the archives of gay and lesbian leather histories, and how have contemporary artists mined these archives to create a queer politics of the present?