themes, motives

Contains definitions and examples of over 1,000 literary terms covering traditional, theoretical, historical, and cultural vocabulary; and features essays on some of the major themes in literature including adultery, death, love, and religious faith.

Contains over six hundred seventy-five detailed illustrations of antique ornamental ironwork designs for balconies, gates, window grilles, staircases, doorways, and other architectural features.

Explores what postmodernism has come to mean in the context of contemporary art and examines key developments in the history of postmodern art.

Contains the work of over three hundred designers from the U.S., Britain, Europe, and Japan, exploring clever, surprising, and playful graphic design ideas and the creative process behind the images.

Explores the possibilities of watercolor illustration. Covers tools, techniques, light, perception, color, painting figures, special effects, and combining watercolor with other media.

Examines the history and common themes of Hispanic American literature and provides brief biographies of significant authors, such as Rudolfo Anaya, Oscar Hijuelos, and Cristina Garc?a, as well as analyses of their works.

A collection of 360 copyright-free Japanese designs and motifs, presented in black-and-white.

In these pages we can see America through Rockwell's vivid and detailed artistry. Rockwell's favorite models were his family, friends , and neighbors.

Jerry Griswold explores the unique qualities of the childhood experience and the ways they reappear as frequent themes in children's literature.

Profiles ninety of the world's most renowned paintings, presenting color reproductions and brief essays on the artists, the development of each work, and responses to the works through the ages.