The art of poverty

The art of poverty`The art of poverty` is the first book in English to analyse depictions of beggars in sixteenth century European art. It develops a striking thesis, arguing that such images largely conformed to two paradoxical, though complimentary, traditions: the one ironising, the other idealising.

those legacies two years into the Presidency of Donald Trump

This volume challenges the way we understand art and journalism in contemporary culture and suggests future developments of this new relationship

sex toys and the smartphone

were the most popular Russian cinema of the 1930s and ’40s

A timely and solid portrait of modern China

The Future of Humanity seeks to answer the question: "What kind of global civilization should human beings pursue and what do we have to do collectively

Having been born and spent his entire life immersed in the culture of Hawaii

and contributes to more general discussions of ethnography

UK theatre company Common/Wealth share their experimental approach

Discover a new front of the First World War: the battle for domination of South America

structure and evolution of the manor and its records

coherent and comprehensive consideration of the depiction of naval warfare in the cinema