Worldbuilder's Book Club 2023 - hosted by quartzen

Arts and Material Culture
Choose a book about arts or material culture, including books about arts, crafts, and artisans contemporary or historical as well as related topics like archaeology and historic preservation and reconstruction.
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Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World by Victoria Finlay

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

Victoria Finlay

512 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction art history informative reflective medium-paced
Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color by Philip Ball

Bright Earth: Art and the Invention of Color

Philip Ball

434 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction art history science informative reflective slow-paced
The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders by Stuart Kells

The Library: A Catalogue of Wonders

Stuart Kells

288 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny by A.S. Byatt

Peacock & Vine: On William Morris and Mariano Fortuny

A.S. Byatt

192 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history adventurous informative reflective slow-paced
Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade by Roy Meador, Marvin Mondlin

Book Row: An Anecdotal and Pictorial History of the Antiquarian Book Trade

Roy Meador, Marvin Mondlin

456 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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