Christian Dior: History and Modernity, 1947 – 1957
Hirmer Verlag / Thames and Hudson
No matter if you are a fashionista or completely detached from the world of haute couture, chances are you will have come across Christian Dior and his creations in some shape or …
Music: A Subversive History
Ted Gioia
Basic Books / Hachette Publishing
Now, summarizing the “history of music” in a little under 500 pages would be a fairly ambitious undertaking at best. However, that is not exactly what Ted Gioia has set out to do, au …
Gothic: An Illustrated History
Roger Luckhurst
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Once one looks past the outworn clichés and stereotypes of how “gothic” is commonly portrayed, defining the DNA of the genre proves to a tad more intricate than it seems from a distance, especially since its manifestations …
