“mark edward smith”

Standing. Seated. Reclining. Kneeling. Bending. Crouching. Running. World-renowned photographer Mark Edward Smith has captured women of every age and form in every type of movement, then gathered his striking, unusual images into "The Nude Female Figure." An indispensable reference for artists who h... More

A world-class photographer provides an extensive collection of traditional life drawing poses, including male and female figures in standing, seated, reclining, and action poses, each shown gracefully in circular movement, taking in all views. 450 illustrations.For artists lacking access to figure c... More

How has the meaning of culture been reconsidered? What impact has this had on approaches to social enquiry? Should culture be seen as central to social science? Over the past three decades there has been a transformation in the ways that social science has been conducted. In order to understand what... More

Probably the most enigmatic garden in Europe, the Sacred Wood at Bomarzo in central Italy has been called extravagant, mysterious, unholy, surrealist, fascinating and good fun, but it has never been perfectly understood - which is possibly just as its creator intended. The recurring theme of the orn... More

From the earliest times human beings have found it difficult to represent their own bodies in a straightforward way. At the dawn of art, representations of the nude body focused almost entirely on fertility, with some cultures explicit and others rather more prudish about representing the unclothed ... More

Built on all new information recently unearthed, this stylishly written and illustrated "timeline archive" of art, sex, obscenity, gender, culture wars, homophobia, pop culture, and the gay mafia, will get 21st-century readers and researchers up to speed fast on the serious fun of who did what to wh... More

Aquarium hobbyists will find everything they need to know about this interesting species of tropical fish. Books in Barron's Complete Pet Owner's Manuals series present basic information for new or soon-to-be owners. Advice and instruction covers feeding, housing, health care, and much more. Texts e... More

Virtually all survey-accounts of ancient science leave the mistaken impression that ancient ray-theory shared the same basic aims and methods as its modern counterpart and, therefore, that the two are genetically linked. The source of confusion lies in the fact that, for the sake of simplicity and b... More

Between 1028-1038, Ibn al-Haytham completed his monumental optical synthesis, "Kitab al-Manazir." By no later than 1200, this treatise appeared in Latin attributed to Alhacen. These differences in title and authorial designation are indicative of the profound differences between the two versions.Som... More