Anthony Salvin: Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture (Allibone Jill)(Pevná vazba)

Anthony Salvin: Pioneer of Gothic Revival Architecture (Allibone Jill)(Pevná vazba)

One of the most important architects practising in Britain during the years 1820-1880, Anthony Salvin had a long and successful career as a builder of country houses and churches and as a restorer of some of the most important castles in England, including Windsor Castle and the Tower of London. In

Gothic Revival Architecture (Yorke Trevor)(Paperback)

From the Houses of Parliament to the Midland Hotel at St Pancras and Strawberry Hill House, Gothic Revival buildings are some of the most distinctive structures found in Britain. Far from just copying medieval buildings, it was a style full of color and invention, in which its exponents created a

Non-Design: Architecture, Liberalism, and the Market (Fontenot Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Anthony Fontenot's staggeringly ambitious book uncovers the surprisingly libertarian heart of the most influential British and American architectural and urbanist discourses of the postwar period, illuminating the unexpected philosophical common ground between enemies of state support, most

Measuring Poverty Around the World (Atkinson Anthony B.)(Pevná vazba)

The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality--a critically important examination of poverty around the worldIn this, his final book, economist Anthony Atkinson, one of the world's great social scientists and a pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality, offers

A Global History of Architecture (Ching Francis D. K.)(Pevná vazba)

The gold-standard exploration of architecture's global evolution A Global History of Architecture provides a comprehensive tour through the ages, spinning the globe to present the landmark architectural movements that characterized each time period. Spanning from 3,500 b.c.e. to the present, this

George and Robert Stephenson: Pioneer Inventors and Engineers (Burton Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

This is a new biography of two great British engineering pioneers, who did much to develop the world we now live in.George and Robert Stephenson, were at the forefront of early railways and were at the cutting edge of modern engineering history.Industrial historian Anthony Burton looks into these

Adjaye * Africa * Architecture - A Photographic Survey of Metropolitan Architecture (Adjaye David)(Pevná vazba)

Science of Baseball (Anthony William)(Pevná vazba)

Science of Basketball (Anthony William)(Pevná vazba)

Jill & Lion (Barnes Lesley)(Pevná vazba)

Jill--heroine of the acclaimed Jill & Dragon--sets off on a new adventure and tries to help a new friend. She meets a very sad lion--a King of the Jungle robbed of his crown! Forced to drive a toy car around in endless circles, poor Lion is so unhappy that his tears have started to blur the words

Merchants of Truth - Inside the News Revolution (Abramson Jill)(Pevná vazba)

The Gothic Novel in Ireland, C. 1760-1829 (Morin Christina)(Pevná vazba)

A compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century

William Blake's Gothic Imagination: Bodies of Horror (Bundock Chris)(Pevná vazba)

While overlooked by extant studies of the Gothic, William Blake's literary and visual oeuvre embodies the same obsessions and fears that inform the Gothic revival with which he was

Anthony Caro (Caro Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

As an artist, Anthony Caro revolutionized our perception of sculpture; as a teacher, Caro inspired a generation of accomplished artists such as Anish Kapoor, Antony Gormley, and Rachel Whiteread. This complete career monograph examines 50 of Caro's most iconic works, selected in conjunction with

A Gothic Soul (Karsek Ji „[-)(Pevná vazba)

A Gothic Soul is the most acclaimed work of Czech Decadent prose. Expressing concerns that are unique to the Czech movement while alluding creatively and ironically to Joris-Karl Huysman's Against Nature, the novella is set in Prague, which is portrayed as a dead city, a city peopled by shades,

The Gothic Stories of H. P. Lovecraft (Lovecraft H. P.)(Pevná vazba)

This new collection of Lovecraft's stories is the first to concentrate on his Gothic writing and includes tales from the beginning to the very end of the author's

Chinese Architecture: A History (Steinhardt Nancy)(Pevná vazba)

An unprecedented survey of the origins and evolution of Chinese architecture, from the last millennia BCE to today Throughout history, China has maintained one of the world's richest built civilizations. The nation's architectural achievements range from its earliest walled cities and the First

Atlas of Brutalist Architecture (Phaidon Editors)(Pevná vazba)

A landmark survey of one of architecture's most controversial yet popular styles -- in a great, new, classic editionThe Brutalist aesthetic is enjoying a renaissance -- and this book documents Brutalism as never before. In the most wide-ranging investigation ever undertaken into one of

Islamic Architecture of Deccan India (Michell George)(Pevná vazba)

Embraces the visual diversity of a rare subject, architecture of the Deccan, without sacrificing the vigour of academic

Mesopotamia - Ancient Art and Architecture (Bahrani Zainab)(Pevná vazba)

The only comprehensive survey in print of the art and architecture of ancient

The Language of Architecture (Bouras Charalambos)(Pevná vazba)

Architecture in theory and practice conventionally deals with issues of space. Yet nowadays it covers a vast field of multiple approaches, based on loans from many other disciplines. Simultaneously, the new conditions resulting from globalization have broken the 'national' cultural barrier in

Sir Banister Fletcher's Global History of Architecture (Fraser Murray)(Pevná vazba)

Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the acknowledged classic work of architectural history reference. Since the first edition was published in 1896, it has been declared the 'Book of the Century' by the American Institute of Architects and it has become essential reading for

A New History of Western Philosophy (Kenny Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

The individual volumes of Sir Anthony Kenny's acclaimed History of Western Philosophy have been hailed as 'wonderfulauthoritativehugely rewarding' (Times Higher Education Supplement) and 'genial and highly accessible' (London Review of Books). Now these four splendid books have been combined into

Red: Architecture in Monochrome (Phaidon Press)(Pevná vazba)

A visual exploration of red's vivid role in global architecture over the