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|  | The Prop Builder's Molding & Casting Handbook by Thurston James
James provides concise, step-by-step instructions for all of the molding and casting procedures useful to every theater props builder. AUTHOR: Thurston James
PUBLISHER: F & W Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Art & Physics by Leonard Shlain
Art interprets the visible world, while physics charts its unseen workings--making the two realms seem completely opposed. But in Art & Physics, Shlain tracks their breakthroughs side by side throughout history to reveal an astonishing correlation of visions. He explores art's strange clairvoyance by invoking evolutionary theory, split-brain research, philosophy and mythology. Photos and illustrations. AUTHOR: Leonard Shlain
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Merchant of Venice by A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Annabel Patterson, Barbara A. Mowat, Bernard Lott
Great pains have been taken to follow Shakespeare's intentions with regard to the act and scene division and the exact form of speech. The editing has been done from the quarto or folio texts, depending on which considered more authoritative, and the ideal has been to reproduce the chosen texts with as few alterations as possible. In order to help the reader and student, the annotations have been arranged on the relevant pages, providing an easily accessible and indispensable source of information. AUTHOR: A. L. Rowse, Alan Durband, Annabel Patterson, Barbara A. Mowat, Bernard Lott
PUBLISHER: Tuttle Publishing
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Sisley by Richard Shone
Alfred Sisley (1839-99) was one of the greatest landscape painters of the nineteenth century and a leading figure in the Impressionist movement. His celebrated snow scenes of the Paris suburbs, his views of the flooded Seine at Pont-Marly and the colourful regattas on the Thames achieve a superb tonal balance and poetry of mood, while also giving a lively depiction of their subjects. Richard Shone brings a fresh eye and an intimate knowledge of the Ile de France to this, the most detailed and authoritative survey yet to appear of Sisley's life and works. With a wealth of illustrations and an absorbing text, and now reissued as an attractively priced paperback, this book reveals Sisley as an artist of seductive power and originality. Richard Shone is Associate Editor of the Burlington Magazine. He has written widely on British and French art, and his books include Bloomsbury Portraits, Walter Sickert and Rachel Whiteread's House, all published by Phaidon. He was also a member of the jury for the 1988 Turner Prize and of the committee of the Government Art Collection. 'Richard Shone's Sisley is a work of distinction: knowledgeable, thoughtful and very well written. AUTHOR: Richard Shone
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Richmond's Monument Avenue by John O. Peters, Richard Guy Wilson, Robert P. Winthrop, Sarah D. Shields
Long hailed as a supreme example of American city planning, Monument Avenue is home to some of Richmond, Virginia's, most prestigious houses and distinguished architecture--and to the unique procession of statues from which the street takes its name. Initially planned in 1890 around a memorial to Robert E. Lee, over the next four decades the avenue evolved into a parade of statues honoring heroes of the Confederacy. In the mid-1990s, however, the dedication of a controversial memorial to African American tennis player Arthur Ashe signaled that Monument Avenue's meaning had broadened beyond commemorating the Lost Cause. This book traces the history of Monument Avenue, of its buildings and statuary, and of the people who helped create one of America's great streets. Enriched by more than three hundred photographs, plans, and drawings, it chronicles the avenue's development, captures architectural details and city preservation efforts, and places the avenue's story in local, regional, and national context. Built to reflect the hopes and attitudes of Richmonders at the turn of the last century, Monument Avenue exists nearly intact today as the centerpiece of a flourishing neighborhood, even as its meaning continues to be redefined. AUTHOR: John O. Peters, Richard Guy Wilson, Robert P. Winthrop, Sarah D. Shields
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | History of Furniture by John Morley
Written with great verve and in a highly accessible style, The History of Furniture conveys a vast knowledge of history, style, and design with great intellectual clarity. Surveying the development of furniture from antiquity to the present day, John Morley discusses the Western tradition and includes the outside influences of China, Japan, India, Egypt, and Africa. The more than 600 illustrations not only include photographs and drawings of the furniture itself but also highlight the furniture`s links to architecture and the fine arts. The History of Furniture is a complete examination of the 2,000-year tradition of furniture and a captivating tour de force of scholarship. AUTHOR: John Morley
PUBLISHER: Little, Brown & Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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