Painting, Architecture, & Sculpture Audio Books

In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn.

Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context.

This dazzling journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture explores the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. Alain de Botton argues that our environment heavily influences who we can be.

One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century: the story of the world's most prolific art thief, Stephane Breitwieser.

First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images, which are continually inserted between experience and reality....

No ancient society has exerted greater influence on the development of Western culture than the ancient Greeks.

A tale of overwhelming passion, the story of the Taj Mahal has the cadences of Greek tragedy, the ripe emotion of grand opera, and puts a memorable human face on the marble masterpiece.

From the earliest cave painting of hunting scenes to the spectacular architecture of ancient Greece and Rome to the startling perspectives of Postmodern paintings, art has provided us with a unique window through which to view and appreciate the soul of Western civilization.

In the manner of Rilke's Letters to a Young Poet, Deavere Smith mentors her young artist over a period of five years, sharing her hard-won wisdom....

This is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language....