Art Books

Beeton's Book of Needlework

Mrs. Beeton

The Art of Needlework dates from the earliest record of the world's history, and has, also, from time immemorial been the support, comfort, or employment of women of every rank and age. Day by day, it..

The Ten Books on Architecture

Vitruvius Pollio

On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augustus as a guide for building projects. The work is one of the..

Seven Discourses on Art

Sir Joshua Reynolds

It is a happy memory that associates the foundation of our Royal Academy with the delivery of these inaugural discourses by Sir Joshua Reynolds, on the opening of the schools, and at the first annual ..

A Popular History of the Art of Music

W. S. B. Mathews

Preface by W.S.B. Mathews: I have here endeavored to provide a readable account of the entire history of the art of music, within the compass of a single small volume, and to treat the luxuriant and m..

Lessons in Music Form

Percy Goetschius

Lessons in Music Form A Manual of Analysis of All the Structural Factors and Designs Employed in Musical Composition written by Percy Goetschius, who won international fame in the teaching of the..

Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2

Franz Liszt

The Austrio-Hungarian composer Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was a pianistic miracle. He could play anything on site and composed over 400 works centered around "his" instrument. Among his key works are his..

Histoire des plus célèbres amateurs italiens et de leurs relations avec les

Jules Dumesnil

Histoire des plus célèbres amateurs italiens et de leurs relations avec les artistes Tome IV by Jules Dumesnil...

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10)

Giorgio Vasari

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects, Vol. 02 (of 10) written by Giorgio Vasari, an Italian painter, architect, writer, and historian, most famous today for his Lives of th..