Art Forms

Keeping visual journals has been popular for centuries among artist-travelers like Albrecht Dürer, J. M. W. Turner, Katsushika Hokusai, and David...

Featuring exquisite photos of more than 800 contemporary and historic works, this first-of-its-kind book reveals how the process of castingpouring ...

This book unfolds a history of American basketry, from its origins in Native American, immigrant, and slave communities to its contemporary presenc...

A lavishly illustrated tour of the methods, process and sources behind the iconic pop artworks of KAWS American artist KAWS is one of the most fam...

Unique, believable characters that think, feel, and captivate your audience are ones that involve emotion, personality, and story. Successful anima...

In How and Why We Teach Shakespeare, 19 distinguished college teachers and directors draw from their personal experiences and share their methods a...

Learn to see the patterns and relationships in visual mediums and buildings as you push the boundaries of design. Sarah Bonsers Virtual Vernacular ...

Ventriloquism, Performance, and Contemporary Art volume calls attention to the unexpected prevalence of ventriloqual motifs and strategies within c...

This book traces an evolution of equine and equestrian art in the United States over the last two centuries to counter conventional understandings ...

First published in 1935, this book was intended to provide westerners with a more definite and comprehensive understanding of Chinese Art and its a...

Slavery, Geography and Empire in Nineteenth-Century Marine Landscapes of Montreal and Jamaica is among the first Slavery Studies books - and the fi...

Master director, teacher, and theorist, Jerzy Grotowskis work extended well beyond the conventional limits of performance. Now revised and reissued...

This book interprets the fiber art and craft-inspired sculpture by eight US and Latin American women artists whose works incite embodied affective ...

The refusal on the part of academic critics to recognize the primacy of farce in Moliere's theatre is contradicted by wide spread theatrical pracit...

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which bear many resemblances to three other ...

The French Revolution had a marked impact on the ways in which citizens saw the newly liberated spaces in which they now lived. Painting, gardening...

'Hasa Diga Eebowai'In 2011, a musical full of curse words and Mormon missionaries swept that years Tony Awards and was praised as a triumphant retu...

La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society marks a transformation from its sister book, Exercises for Rebel Arti...

La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society marks a transformation from its sister book, Exercises for Rebel Arti...

Movements of Interweaving is a rich collection of essays exploring the concept of interweaving performance cultures in the realms of movement, danc...

Play helps define who we are as human beings. However, many of the leisurely/ludic activities people participate in are created and governed by cor...

With 18 years under his belt in the game industry, a key contributor to the MotorStorm series, and the creator of the 3ds Max in Minutes video seri...

Religious practitioners and theatregoers have much in common. So much, in fact, that we can say that religion is often a theatrical phenomenon, and...

This richly illustrated and comprehensive resource helps watercolorists plan and create exceptional paintings by focusing on color, value, and othe...

The first book to honor the contributions, presence, and experiences of Black artists who are part of the contemporary clay community! Readers...

Fifty Key Theatre Designers looks at the history of theatrical scenography by examining the work and contributions of fifty ground-breaking set, co...