Decorative arts

This is the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games.

The manufacture and trade in crafted goods and the men and women who were involved in this industry - including metalworkers, ceramicists, silk weavers, fez-makers, blacksmiths and even barbers - lay at the social as well as the economic heart of the Ottoman empire.

Through roughly 160 alphabetically arranged reference entries, this book surveys the material culture and social institutions of Ancient Rome.

In the aftermath of the First World War, the poet Paul Val ry wrote of a crisis of spirit , brought about by the instrumentalization of knowledge and the destructive subordination of culture to profit.

This easy-to-follow guide is perfect for beginners wishing to learn the forgotten art of ticket-writing and sign-painting.

Having procured a cult-like following in the modern field of design, this extraordinary volume is brimming with over 100 intricate typeface examples, all skilfully produced and vibrantly coloured.

Die Epoche des analogen Zeichnens neigt sich dem Ende zu.

Shortlisted for the American Academy of Religion's Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion - Constructive-Reflective Studies Winner of the American Academy of Religion's Religion and the Arts Book AwardWinner of the Borsch-Rast Book Prize & Lectureship An Oxford Alumni Book of the Month pickWhile place-based pilgrimage is an embodied practice, can it be experienced in its fullness through built environments, assemblages of souvenirs, and music?

Fashion is intimately tied to the material world.

Many studies have concluded that the effects of early industrialization on traditional craftsworkers were largely negative.

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is traditionally held to begin in June 793 when Scandinavian raiders attacked the monastery of Lindisfarne in Northumbria, and to end in September 1066, when King Harald Hardrada of Norway died leading the charge against the English line at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

What gives artefacts their power and beauty?

In der sozialen Welt wimmelt es nur so von Phänomenen, die auf die eine oder andere Weise symbolischen Charakter tragen.

The essays in this volume show that Versailles was not the static creation of one man, but a hugely complex cultural space; a centre of power, but also of life, love, anxiety, creation, and an enduring palimpsest of aspirations, desires, and ruptures.

Learn to look at a junk drawer and see the makings of a collection of unique creatures.

Early Minoan Crete is re-envisioned as a space of social innovation, in which change occurred through people and objects.

Informed by a provocative exhibition at the Louvre curated by the author, The Severed Head unpacks artistic representations of severed heads from the Paleolithic period to the present.

This book summarizes archaeological approaches to the contemporary past, and suggests a new agenda for the archaeology of late modern societies.

In 1806, the Marquess and Marchioness of Stafford opened a gallery at Cleveland House, London, to display their internationally-renowned collection of Old Master paintings to the public.

Material religion is a rapidly growing field, and this volume offers an accessible, critical entry into these new areas of research.

Uses the idea of the box in early modern England to develop a new direction in book history and material culture.

One of the most powerful dynasties to rule in the medieval Middle East, the Seljuks played a critical role in the development of Anatolia's multi-ethnic, multi-confessional identity.

What impact does our relentless fixation on gadgets have on the struggle for new kinds of solidarity, political articulation and intelligence?

A fresh, unstuffy guide to the stained-glass windows of England's churches, including a list of the top 50 places to see outstanding examples.

This edited volume represents the research results of two international conferences organized and sponsored by the Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg: "e;Environmental Approaches in Pre-Modern Middle Eastern Studies"e; and "e;Material Culture Methods in the Middle Islamic Periods"e;.

Things change.

Discussing multiple aspects of material culture and domestic consumption, this book tackles the relationship between the trajectories and biographies of people, families, houses and objects and how they intertwine and produce each other.

Basic skills for making oval boxes with traditional decorative painting.

Wellness has become synonymous with yoga, meditation, and other forms of self-care.

One of the most influential anthropological works of the last two decades, Alfred Gell s Art and Agency is a provocative and ambitious work that both challenged and reshaped anthropological understandings of art, agency, creativity and the social.

This Element studies Renaissance material cultures through the literary prism of fairy-tale objects.

Ever wondered why your ceiling is shaped like the arches in a gothic cathedral?

A revelation.

Growing Down explores the theological and psychological implications of humanity's fascination with technology.

A concise edition of the highly acclaimed Oxford Companion to the Book, this book features the 51 articles from the Companion plus 3 brand new chapters in one affordable volume.

We live in a world drowning in objects.

Two centuries after Napoleon Bonaparte's death, this edited volume brings together a diverse group of historians, art historians, and museum professionals to critically examine the enduring power of visual and material culture in the making of Napoleonic memory.

In this highly original book, Susan E.

This book offers an innovative account of manliness in Britain between 1760 and 1900.

For South Asia, fashion and consumption have come to play an increasingly important role in the lives of young people and in the formation of youth cultures.

Design and Agency brings together leading international design scholars and practitioners to address the concept of agency in relation to objects, organisations and people.

Sweatsuits and the apocalypse, the demands of a sofa, a life recalled through window frames, whale watching through cancer, the serendipity of geographical names .

Ilya Budraitskis, one of the country's most prominent leftist political commentators, explores the strange fusion of free-market ideology and postmodern nationalism that now prevails in Russia, and describes the post-Soviet evolution of its left.