In this exciting and colourful book, find out about the origins of modern computer art and graphics, including AI text generation done the old way. "Micro Arts has produced some stunningly original work." Personal Computer World 1985. A lot of new digital technology arrived in the 1980s, including microcomputers or micros, cheap personal computers for home use."I think this period is something of a lost era in digital art. It's definitely a good idea...

A whirlwind tour of the Harlem Renaissance era of the early 20th century.

"A powerful selection of Susan Howe's key essays, The Quarry moves backward chronologically, from her brand-new 'Vagrancy in the Park' (about Wallace Stevens) through essential texts such as 'The Disappearance Approach, ' 'Personal Narrative, ' 'Sorting Facts; or, 47 Ways of Looking at Chris Marker, ' 'Frame Structures, ' and 'Where Should the Commander Be' to end with her seminal early art criticism, 'The End of Art'"--

Allegedly found in the ruins of a bombed-out dog kennel in France during World War I, then brought to Los Angeles by Lee Duncan, the soldier who found and trained him, by 1927 Rin Tin Tin had become Hollywood's number one box-office star. Susan Orlean's book--about the dog and the legend--is a poignant exploration of the enduring bond between humans and animals. It is also a richly textured history of twentieth-century entertainment and entrepreneurship....

Doug Merlino takes us from the cage to the training gyms to the fighters' living rooms in a character-driven examination of the world's fastest-growing sport: mixed martial arts.

Design: The Definitive Visual History is a gorgeous visual celebration of design across the decades. Find out all about the major design movements of the last 150 years from Arts and Crafts to Bauhaus and browse through the beautiful image catalogs of everything from glassware to posters and typography to chairs. Arranged chronologically, from 1850 to the present day, follow the fascinating evolution of how design has influenced the look and functionality...

"A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro--the creative African Americans whose art, literature, music, and drama would inspire Black people to greatness. In The New Negro : The Life of Alain Locke, Jeffrey C. Stewart offers the definitive biography of the father...