The Edgar Rice Burroughs 100 Year Art Chronology This massive set contains over 1,200 pages of material, spread over four volumes and includes 5000+ illustrations and 140,000 words. Its massive in scope and scale. Michael Tierney, gives the narrative history of Burroughs' work and the often legendary artists who visualized it, featuring untold stories, art that hasn't been seen... [click here for more]
Aubrey Beardsley was one of the most influential artists that ever lived yet his remarkable career was very short lived as he died at the age of 25. His output was incredible and even more amazing was that his professional career lasted less than five years. Influencing other masters such as Paul Kell, Evard Munch, and even Picasso, Beardsley was at the forefront of the new art movement of Art Nouvea... [click here for more]
Henri-Louis Bergson (1859—1941) was a major French philosopher, influential especially in the first half of the 20th century. Bergson convinced many thinkers that immediate experience and intuition are more significant than rationalism and science for understanding reality.
He was awarded the 1927 Nobel Prize in Literature "in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant... [click here for more]
Ancient Egyptian obelisks that once lay along the banks of the Nile are now on display in cities like New York, London, Paris, and Rome, and this publication describes how that came to be the case.
“The True Story of the Obelisk” delves into the engineering techniques that were used to transport these massive “Cleopatra’s needles” and describes the weeks, months, and even years required... [click here for more]