Product Description: There is broad acceptance across the Humanities and Social Sciences that our deliberations on the social need to take place through attention to practice, to object-mediated relations, to non-human agency and to the affective dimensions of human sociality...read more

Product Description: What can an art object tell us about its meaning today and at its execution? Can we 'read' artefacts to find out why they were made and for whom? What do they reveal about their context and how has their value changed over the years? "Understanding Art Objects" presents thirteen essays written by teachers and consultants at Sotheby's Institute addressing these exact questions...read more

Product Description: Res is a journal of anthropology and comparative aesthetics dedicated to the study of the object, in particular cult and belief objects and objects of art. The journal presents contributions by philosophers, art historians, archaeologists, critics, linguists, architects, artists, and others...read more

Product Description: Throughout the 20th century, there were increasing numbers of artists who chose to work within a fine art aesthetic (i.e., expressive, communicative, innovative, unique) while simultaneously embracing qualities associated with craft production (i...read more

A how-to guide for restoring household furniture and garage-sale throwaways presents forty-two easy and affordable craft projects for such items as a feathered candelabra, a sequined mule, and a tea cozy knit from old sweaters, in a volume that features step-by-step, illustrated instructions.

Product Description: In this book each double-page spread evokes things the author treasures for their antiquity. He praises ""old towns, where streets whisper the secrets of the years, their buildings leaning against one another like family dogs asleep...read more