Alberti’s Della Pittura was the first modern analytical study of painting, a pioneering treatise on the theory of art. A systematic description of the one-poi

In this volume Rocco Sinisgalli presents a new English translation and critical examination of Alberti's seminal text.

The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver draws on the study of visual arts to illuminate the short stories of noted author Raymond Carver, in the broader context of

This volume makes available the texts of two of his major works of artistic theory, which in part reflected and in part determined the practice of painting and

De Re Aedificatoria, by Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), was the first modern treatise on the theory and practice of architecture. Its importance for the subs