Modern-day Highland living still faces the same problems it always has; remoteness and an unpredictable climate. This work reflects the mix of tradition and style in the Highlands: tweeds, tartans and natural materials, sports, fishing and stalking.

Explores the pictorial world of Degass whose formal innovations, commitment to realism and exploration of both the light and dark sides of contemporary society foreshadowed the art of the 20th century.

Treating the subject chronologically and in historical perspective, this is a comprehensive survey of Ottoman architecture, with references to Byzantine, Persian and Selcuk examples and discussion of the effects of conquests, religions and social organization.

Ecological Architecture charts the ascendancy of an ecological approach to building over the past century, assessing as it does so the situation as it stands today, and identifying where we might go next.

This work provides a multi-faceted view of the Shwedagon. It contains photographs which seek to capture the atmosphere and vibrancy of a visit to the Buddhist shrine, and the text discusses its history and evolution, accompanied by old pictures and plans.

Illustrating and describing pagodas, Buddha images, lacquerware, paintings, ceramics, carvings, bronzes, textiles, costumes and much more, this work encapsulates the diversity of architecture, design, arts and crafts in Myanmar, highlighting the major influences and styles.

Controversial in both life and art, Francis Bacon was one of the most important painters of the 20th century. Written by his friend and collaborator, eminent art writer and curator David Sylvester, this book reflects on his life and career.

How does music influence design? This book explores the fusion of sight and sound, which has in recent years been enhanced by digital technology. Exemplary work from studios around the world is presented in three sections: notation, material, and atmosphere.

A panoramic overview of Mayan civilization, interweaving essays by experts in the field with illustrations of the objects that the Mayan people left behind. The book illuminates topics including cities, architecture, script, the calendar, gods, ceramics, murals, trade, politics and the Maya today.

A study of Renaissance Italy and the north, focusing on crosscurrents in the time of Durer, Bellini and Titian. It contains essays on subjects such as the invention of oil painting; Netherlandish music and musicians in the City of Doges; and commercial contacts and intellectual inspirations.

Biographies of artists and writers have traditionally presented an individual's lone struggle for self-expression. In this book, critics and historians, challenge these assumptions in a series of essays that focus on artist and writer couples who have shared sexual and artistic bonds.

An exploration of modern assumptions about God, social, economic, and political structures, through the analysis of contemporary cultural expression. This is combined with a study of the locations that successively became the frontiers of modernity, such as Vienna, Moscow, Paris and Berlin, as well as America.

A comprehensive survey of Wagner's life, times and works. His music and literary style are treated in depth, and his operas, orchestral and choral music analysed together with lesser-known works. There is also a comprehensive list of his writings, speeches, open letters and reviews.

This volume takes a look at Gaugin's sojourns in the South Seas and is published to accompany an exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris.