Collection: Reference

Western-style furniture was a relatively late arrival in Asia, where climates and lifestyles were markedly different. Colonial incursions and histry brought about profound changes, and furniture design in Asia blossomed into a major decorative art.

Michael Clark Rockefeller's ethnographic notes and photographs made among the Asmat people during two expeditions in 1961, documented by a pictorial and descriptive catalogue of the objects he collected.

Considers the urban Italian house as a crucible for the development of Renaissance art and culture. Illuminating the vitality of the domestic sphere and evoking the spaces in which everyday lives were led, it presents an entirely fresh approach.

An impressive range of ideas & objects from paintings and textiles to kitchen utensils, popular prints, jewellery, and everyday dress to reveal how the upper and middle classes made a crucial contribution to the visual arts in 15th & 16th century Italy

The illustrated, chronological story of the re-creation of the Olympic Games by Pierre de Coubertin, of the often tempestuous and controversial fortunes of the governing body, together with the highs and lows of the Games themselves

"It's time to get off the beaten path. Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world. Talk about a bucket list: here are natural wonders-- the dazzling glowworm caves in New Zealand, or a baobob tree in South A...

Contains 56 maps, 329 illustrations, and accompanying text describing ancient American art, history, and archaeology