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European Architecture, Fine Art & Classical Music Reading List

The Ring of Truth – Roger Scruton

Fools, Frauds and Firebrands – Roger Scruton

Music as an Art – Roger Scruton

The Aesthetics of Architecture – Roger Scruton

An Outline of European Architecture – Nikolaus Pevsner

The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance – Peter Murray

Highlights of 120 Years - The Engineer

Triumphs of Engineering - Odhams Press Ltd.

Roebling’s Delaware & Hudson Canal Aqueducts – Robert M. Vogel

AJ Handbook of Building Structure – Allan Hodgkinson

AJ Handbook of Building Enclosure – Maritz Vandenberg

Civilization: A Personal View - Kenneth Clark


A Companion to the Orchestra – Norman Del Mar

The Penguin Opera Guide – Amanda Holden

Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelung: A Companion – Stewart Spencer, Barry Millington

Music Theory for Dummies – Michael Pilhofer, Holly Day

A History of Western Music – Donald J Grout

The New Oxford Companion to Music, vol. I – Denis Arnold

The New Oxford Companion to Music, vol. II – Denis Arnold

Music in the Renaissance - Gustave Reese

How to Read Music – Terry Burrows

The Concerto – Abraham Veinus

The Symphony – Ralph Hill

Symphonies and Other Orchestral Works: Selections from Essays in Musical Analysis – Donald Francis Tovey

A History of Musical Style – Richard L. Crocker

The Masterwork in Music, vol. I, 1925 – Heinrich Schenker

The Masterwork in Music, vol. II, 1926 – Heinrich Schenker

The Masterwork in Music, vol. III, 1930 – Heinrich Schenker

Free Composition, vol. I – Heinrich Schenker

Free Composition, vol. II – Heinrich Schenker

Harmony – Heinrich Schenker

Treatise on Harmony – Jean-Philippe Rameau

Guide to the Practical Study of Harmony – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Schumann on Music: A Selection from The Writings – Henry Pleasants

Principles of Orchestration – Nicholay Rimsky-Korsakov

Treatise on Instrumentation – Hector Berlioz, Richard Strauss

 

The Decline & Fall of Western Art – Brandon P. Heard

The Rape of The Masters: How Political Correctness Sabotages Art – Roger Kimball

Art’s Prospect: The Challenge of Tradition in an Age of Celebrity – Roger Kimball

Art in Crisis: The Lost Center – Hans Sedlmayr

 

The Art of the Renaissance - Peter Murray, Linda Murray

A History of Western Art - Michael Levey

Celebrating Britain: Canaletto, Hogarth, and Patriotism - Steven Parissien

Il Culto del Bello: Antonio Canova, Giovanni degli Alessandri e l’Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, Italian Edition – Sandro Bellisi

Sculpture: from Antiquity to the Middle Ages, from the 8th Century BC to the 15th Century - Georges Duby, Jean-Luc Daval

Bernini and His World: Sculpture and Sculptors in Early Modern Rome – Livio Pestilli

The History of Painting: from the Fourth to the Early Nineteenth Century, vol. II - Richard Muther

Venetian Painting - John Steer

Florentine Renaissance Sculpture - Charles Avery

Italian Renaissance Sculpture - John Pope-Hennessy

Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces – Stephan Koja, Claudia Kryza-Gersch

Renaissance and Baroque Bronzes: In and Around the Peter Marino Collection – Jeremy Warren

Great Baroque and Rococo Sculpture – Maurizio Fagiolo dell’Arco

The High Renaissance and Mannerism - Linda Murray

Classic Art: The Great Masters of the Italian Renaissance - H. Wolfflin

Byzantine and Russian Painting - Kostas Papaioannou

French Paintings, vol. II: XIX Century - Charles Sterling, Margaretta M. Salinger

Jules Breton: Painter of Peasant Life – Annette Bourrut Lacouture

Wall Art Made Easy: John William Godward, 30 Ready to Frame Reproduction Prints – Barbara Ann Kirby

Maxfield Parrish: A Retrospective – Laurence S. Cutler, Judy G. Cutler

Art in Europe 1700-1830 - Matthew Craske

Paul Delaroche 1797-1856: Paintings in the Wallace Collection – Stephen Duffy

Cave to Renaissance - Benjamin Rowland Jr.

Tissot - Christopher Wood

A Third and Final Catalogue of Drawings by Herbert Draper, 1864-1920 – Julian Hartnoll

Caspar David Friedrich and the Subject of Landscape – Joseph Leo Koerner

Caspar David Friedrich: Nature and the Self – Nina Amstutz

Hieronymus Bosch - Howard Daniel

Franz Hals – Bart Cornelis, Jaap van der Veen, Friso Lammertse, Rinnooy Kan

Anthony van Dyke and the Art of Portraiture – Christopher White

Rembrandt - Michael Kitson

Rembrandt’s Universe: His Art, His Life, His World – Gary Schwartz

The Drawings of Rembrandt – Seymour Silve

Turner 1775-1851 - Tate Gallery

Dante Gabriel Rossetti - Russell Ash

Rubens – Gilles Néret

Andreas Achenbach: Seestücke, German Edition – Wolfgang Peiffer

William Bouguereau: The Essential Works – Frederick C. Ross, Kyra Lysandra Ross

Joaquín Sorolla: Painter of Light – Micol Forti,

Michelangelo - Ricard McLanathan

Introspettiva, Spanish Edition – Roberto Ferri

Albert Edelfelt: Lumières de Finlande, French Edition – Collectif

La Peinture du Néoclassicisme a l’Art pompier: 1750-1880, French Edition – Collectif

Le Peinture Académique, French Edition – Klaus H. Carl

Jules-Eugene Lenepveu 1818-1898: peintre de monumental, French Edition – Anne Esnault

Jean Bardin 1732-1809: le feu sacré, French Edition – Mehdi Korchane

L’Heure Bleue de Peder Severin Krøyer, French Edition – Dominique Lobstein, Mette Harbo Lehmann

Biedermeier Painting – Geraldine Norman

In Another Light: Danish Painting in the 19th Century – Patricia G. Berman

Peder Mørk Mønsted: Photorealistic Landscapes from Denmark and Beyond – Eelco Kappe

Eugene de Blaas (1843-1931): The Complete Works – Eelco Kappe

William Dobson 1611-46 - National Portrait Gallery

John S. Sargent: 194 Master Drawings - Blagoy Kiroff

Interpreting Sargent - Elizabeth Prettejohn

George Clausen and the Picture of English Rural Life – Kenneth McConkey

John Waterhouse: Drawings & Paintings – Raya Yotova

Bruegel - Walter S. Gibson

Dutch Landscape: The Early Years, Haarlem, and Amsterdam 1590-1650 - Christopher Brown

Jan van Goyen, 1596-1656: Poet of the Dutch Landscape – Christopher Wright

Adriaen van de Velde: Dutch Master of Landscape – Bart Cornelis, Marijn Schapelhouman

The Hague School: Dutch Masters of the 19th Century – Royal Academy of Arts

The Hague School Book – John Sillevis, Anne Tabak

The Life and Works of Sisley - Janice Anderson

John Ottis Adams: 190 Colour Plates – Maria Peitcheva

Anders Zorn: 300 Plates – Maria Peitcheva

The Life and Works of Constable - Clarence Jones

Corot and the Art of Landscape – Michael Clarke

Sir Alfred Munnings 1878-1959 - Stanley Booth

Victorian Painting – Lionel Lambourne

Nordic Landscape Painting in the Nineteenth Century – Torsten Gunnarson

Jules Bastien-Lepage, French Edition – Bernard Ponton

The History and Techniques of the Great Masters: Goya - Michael Howard

Goya - Andre Malraux

Henri Fantin-Latour: Paintings & Drawings – Zedign Art Series

The Peredevizniki: Pioneers of Russian Painting – David Jackson

Repin – Ilya Efimovich Repin

Great Painters: Vasily Surikov – Vladimir Kemenov

Spanish Still Life: from Velazquez to Goya - William B. Jordan, Peter Cherry

Barbizon to Brittany: Landscape and Realist Painting in Nineteenth Century France – Jack Kilgore, Mireille Mosler

The Barbizon School and 19th Century French Landscape Painting – Jean Bouret

Unruly Nature: The Landscapes of Theodore Rousseau – Scott Allan, Edouard Knopp

The Pre-Raphaelites - Timothy Hilton

The Pre-Raphaelites - Leslie Parris

Florentine Painting - Enzo Carli

The Uffizi: All Paintings in 696 Illustrations and the Vasari Corridor - Luciano Berti

Victorian Artists - Quentin Bell

Lawrence Alma-Tadema – Rosemary Barrow

Franz von Stuck 1863-1928 - Taschen

American Art 1750-1800: Towards Independence - Charley F. Montgomery, Patricia E. Kane

 

Fantasy Art - Dick Jude

Fantasy Art Masters - Dick Jude

Myth & Magic - John Howe

Tolkien's World - HarperCollins

Realms of Tolkien - HarperCollins

Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopaedia - David Day

Characters From Tolkien - David Day

Lost Realms: An Illustrated Exploration of the Lands Behind the Legends - Robert Holdstock, Malcolm Edwards

Fabulous Beasts - Joyce Hargreaves, Malcolm Ashman

The Wolf Prince - Noelle de Chambrun

Beyond the Wild Wood: The World of Kenneth Grahame - Peter Green

The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Myths & Legends - Arthur Cotterell

Usborne Illustrated Guide to Greek Myths & Legends – Cheryl Evan, Anne Millard

Usborne Illustrated Guide to Norse Myths & Legends – Cheryl Evan, Anne Millard

In Search of Forever – Rodney Matthews

The Secret Art of Ian Miller – Ian Miller, Barry King

Dinotopia - James Gurney

Art Forms in Nature - Ernst Haeckel

The Medieval Menagerie: Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages - Janetta Rebold Benton

Amphigorey Too - Edward Gorey

The Fantastic Art of Jacek Yerka - James R. Cowan

The Ultimate Alphabet - Mike Wilks

The Ultimate Noah's Ark - Mike Wilks

The Treasure Hunt of The Century: Masquerade - Kit Williams

M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work - Taschen

 

The Encyclopaedia of Fantasy & Science Fiction Art Techniques - John Grant, Ron Tiner

Painting the Secret World of Nature - Sylvia Frattini, James Lester, Benjamin Perkins, Rosanna Sanders

The Artist's Handbook - Angela Gair

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, Fourth Edition - Betty Edwards

The Encyclopaedia of Drawing Techniques - Ian Simpson

Drawing for Pleasure - Valerie C. Douet

The Complete Book of Drawing - Barrington Barber

Figure Drawing Without a Model - Ron Tiner

The Complete Drawing & Sketching Course - Stan Smith

Anatomy for the Artist: The Dynamics of the Human Form - Tom Flint

An Introduction to Drawing - James Horton

Drawing: A Step-by-Step Guide - Barnes & Noble

Painting - J. M. Parramon

The Complete Guide to Painting Water - Bert N. Petri

Celtic Design: A Sourcebook of Patterns and Motifs - Iain Zaczek

Celtic Calligraphy - Vivien Lunniss

A Treasury of Viking Design - Courtney Davis

Celtic Designs - Courtney Davis

Celtic Initials and Alphabets - Courtney Davis

Key Patterns and Animals - Courtney Davis

Celtic Glass Painting - Judy Balchin

Illuminated Letters - Aidan Meehan

Celtic Alphabets - Aidan Meehan

Celtic Knotwork Designs - Sheila Sturrock

Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction - George Bain

Learn Lettering and Calligraphy - Gail Lawther, Christopher Lawther

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