LibriVox Audio Books Catalog

This is a compilation of the thoughts on art, science and life of Leonardo da Vinci, translated by Maurice Baring and edited by Lewis Einst…

To The Lighthouse

Virginia Woolf

The Ramsey family, with house guests, visit the Isle of Skye at least twice. The plot is not at all the point though, as this is a book abou…

The Greek View of Life

Read by Martin Geeson

Goldsworthy Lowes Dickinson

“With the Greek civilisation beauty perished from the world. Never again has it been possible for man to believe that harmony is in fact the…

The Letters of a Post-Impressionist

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Vincent Van Gogh

“Being the Familiar Correspondence of Vincent Van Gogh ... [Van Gogh's] art was appreciated during his life only by a very few and it is but…

Theory of Colours

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Newton's observations on the optical spectrum were widely accepted but Goethe noticed the difference between the scientific explanation and …

Stories of Great Composers for Children

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

Thomas Tapper

This is a collection of ten short, entertaining, informative picture-book biographies of famous composers. Each book tells about the childho…

The Book of Art for Young People

Read by Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023)

Agnes Ethel Conway

This is a charming book on Art History for children (and everyone else). Each chapter focuses on a great painting, reproduced in color in th…

Ten Books on Architecture

Read by Fredrik Karlsson

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio

On Architecture is a treatise on architecture written by the Roman architect Vitruvius and dedicated to his patron, the emperor Caesar Augus…

The Alhambra: A Series Of Tales And Sketches Of The Moors And Spaniards

Read by David Wales

Washington Irving

This is a collection of essays, verbal sketches, and stories by Washington Irving. Irving lived at the Alhambra Palace while writing some of…

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

Read by Expatriate

Wassily Kandinsky

Published in 1911, Kandinsky's book compares the spiritual life of humanity to a pyramid -- the artist has a mission to lead others to the p…

Cuentos de la Alhambra

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Washington Irving

Colección de ensayos e historias del viaje que Washington Irving realizó en 1828 a Granada, acompañado por el guí…

The Sins of Hollywood

Read by Chuck Williamson

Ed Roberts

Exacerbated by several high-profile Hollywood scandals, a wave of anti-Hollywood rhetoric tried to paint the movie capital as a veritable ho…

How to Do Chemical Tricks

Read by Kyle Van DeGlast

A. T. Anderson

While a bit outdated in many of the more complex descriptions of several of the phenomena described, this book is nonetheless still fun and …

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, Vol. 1

Read by Sue Anderson

John Lloyd Stephens

The year is 1838. The scene is the dense Honduran forest along the Copán River. Two men, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood…

The Seven Lamps of Architecture

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

John Ruskin

The Seven Lamps of Architecture, published in May 1849, is an extended essay written by the English art critic and theorist John Ruskin. The…

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Edgar James Banks

The 7 Wonders of the Ancient World is a list of masterpieces of architecture and art of classical antiquity. First compiled in the second ce…

Great Artists: Volume 1

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Jennie Ellis Keysor

Biographies of Raphael Santi, Murillo, Peter Paul Rubens, and Albrecht Durer. This is a wonderful tool for art study as there are references…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 1

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Giorgio Vasari

The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite delle più eccellen…

The Decoration of Houses

Read by LibriVox Volunteers

Edith Wharton

The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In …

1 2 3 4 5 6 >