Arts / Architecture / History

The Borgias (Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 1)

by Alexandre Dumas

There are many dreadful -- and perhaps scurrilous -- rumors about the Borgia family of renaissance Italy, and Alexandre Dumas (author of "The Three Musketeers" and many other period classics) reveals one possible...

British Architectural Styles

by Trevor Yorke

Here is a compact and useful guide, filled with detailed and original drawings, to help put a date to the variety of period buildings we see around us. It covers an immense range of structures and styles from...

The Renaissance

by Walter Pater

Pater's graceful essays discuss the achievements of Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, and other artists. Included is his celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. This book concludes with...

Thoughts on Art and Life by Leonardo da Vinci

by Leonardo da Vinci

A fascinating collection of writings from the great polymath of the Italian Renaissaince, Leonardo da Vinci. 

Table of Content:

Introduction

I Thoughts on Life

II Thoughts on Art

III Thoughts on Science

Bibliographical...

Pink Fits: Australian Perspectives on Architecture 1993=2006

by Davina Jackson & King Simeon

Twenty perspectives on trans-millennial architecture by Australian writer Davina Jackson.

The Sterling Book of Essence of Indian Thought

by Baldeo Sahai

India is the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend and great grandmother of tradition. Mark Twain Essence of Indian Thought is about the contribution...