Conchophilia: Shells, Art, and Curiosity in Early Modern Europe (Bass Marisa Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Conchophilia: Shells, Art, and Curiosity in Early Modern Europe (Bass Marisa Anne)(Pevná vazba)

A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern Europe Among nature's most artful creations, shells have long inspired the curiosity and passion of artisans, artists, collectors, and thinkers. Conchophilia delves into the intimate relationship

Positive Emotions in Early Modern Literature and Culture (Fox Cora)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring representations of happiness and other positive emotions in early modern Europe, this volume brings together interdisciplinary approaches informed by affect theory, history of emotions research, and the contemporary cognitive sciences to highlight the meanings and valuations of good

Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern Europe (Grafton Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

Darker Shades: The Racial Other in Early Modern Art (Stoichita Victor I.)(Pevná vazba)

Antipodean Early Modern: European Art in Australian Collections, C. 1200-1600 (Dunlop Anne)(Pevná vazba)

A Prayer Book owned by the Rothschilds, an Italian bronze casket by Antico, a lavishly illustrated Carnival chronicle from sixteenth-century Germany, an altarpiece by Pieter Brueghel the Younger - much of the artwork in this book, held by Australian collections, is essentially unknown beyond the

Conversions: Gender and religious change in early modern Europe (Ditchfield Simon)(Pevná vazba)

Conversions is the first collection to explicitly address the intersections between sexed identity and religious change in the two centuries following the Reformation. Chapters deal with topics as diverse as convent architecture and missionary enterprise, the replicability of print and the

Cultures of Communication: Theologies of Media in Early Modern Europe and Beyond (Puff Helmut)(Pevná vazba)

Contrary to the historiographical commonplace no Reformation without print Cultures of Communication examines media in the early modern world through the lens of the period's religious history. Looking beyond the emergence of print, this collection of ground-breaking essays highlights the pivotal

Early Medieval Art (Nees Lawrence)(Paperback)

In the first millennium, a rich and distinctive artistic tradition emerged in Europe. Early Medieval Art explores this tradition and tracks its development from c. 300 AD through c. 1000 AD, revealing forms of artistic expression ranging from brilliant illuminated manuscripts to decorative chairs,

Medicine, Magic and Art in Early Modern Norway: Conceptualizing Knowledge (Ohrvik Ane)(Pevná vazba)

Traces conceptual ideas of knowledge in Norway from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuriesAssesses how magic and medicine were viewed as practical and sacred in early modern Europe Utilises a wide range of early modern manuscripts from 1650 -1850, known as Black

Queenship in Early Modern Europe (Beem Charles)(Pevná vazba)

Offering a fascinating survey of European queenship from 1500-1800, with each chapter beginning with a discussion of the archetypal queens of Western, Central, Northern, and Eastern Europe, Charles Beem explores the particular nature of the regional forms and functions of queenship - including

Women, Credit, and Debt in Early Modern Scotland (Spence Cathryn)(Pevná vazba)

This text provides the first full-length consideration of women's economic roles in early modern Scottish towns. Drawing on tens of thousands of cases entered into burgh court litigation between 1560 and 1640 in Edinburgh, Dundee, Haddington and Linlithgow, Women, credit and debt explores how

Poems (Byron George Gordon)(Pevná vazba)

Byron's poetry took Europe by storm in the early nineteenth century and the poems which made him a star are here represented by a selection of the early lyrics, including still popular pieces such as 'She walks in beauty' and 'We'll go a no more

123s of Art (Hahn Sabrina)(Pevná vazba)

Learn numbers through fine art Spark your child's creativity and curiosity with this delightfully curated counting book featuring some of the world's most iconic paintings. In this collection, your child will discover artwork by Gustav Klint, Mary Gassatt, Vincent van Gogh, Clara Peeters, and

Inexcusabiles: Salvation and the Virtues of the Pagans in the Early Modern Period (Frigo Alberto)(Pevná vazba)

Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Beyond Europe (McGrail Sen)(Pevná vazba)

In this book, Professor McGrail's study of European Water Transport (published in 2014) is extended to Egypt, Arabia, India, Southeast Asia, China, Australia, Oceania and the Americas. Each chapter presents a picture of ancient boat building and seafaring that is as accurate and as comprehensive as

Cameralism in Practice: State Administration and Economy in Early Modern Europe (Seppel Marten)(Paperback)

This book discusses the impact of cameralism on the practices of governance, early modern state-building and economy in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe. It argues that the cameralist conception of state and economy - a form of 'science' of government dedicated to reforming society while

Edgar Brandt: Art Deco Ironwork (Kahr Joan)(Pevná vazba)

A premier metalsmith in the early 20th century in France, Edgar Brandt (1880-1960) designed and fabricated some of the most beautiful architectural and decorative ironwork of his age. This elegant book recounts his life and work with scholarly text and photographs. Lyrical gates, doors, and tables,

The Italian Wars 1494-1559: War, State and Society in Early Modern Europe (Shaw Christine)(Paperback)

Water of Life (Wilson Anne)(Pevná vazba)

This important book looks at the entire history of distilling in the Middle East and Europe from the earliest experiments by the Pythagorean alchemists of Ptolomaic Egypt in the fourth century BC to the commercial production of spirits to drink in the British Isles to the year 2000. It is important

Parallel Modernism: Koga Harue and Avant-Garde Art in Modern Japan (Wu Chinghsin)(Pevná vazba)

Possession in Languages of Europe and North and Central Asia(Pevná vazba)

What Was History?: The Art of History in Early Modern Europe (Grafton Anthony)(Paperback)

From the late fifteenth century onwards, scholars across Europe began to write books about how to read and evaluate histories. These pioneering works grew from complex early-modern debates about law, religion, and classical scholarship. Anthony Grafton's book is based on his Trevelyan Lectures of

An Education in Ruin (Bass Alexis)(Pevná vazba)

From Alexis Bass, the acclaimed author of Happily and Madly, comes this lush and sophisticated tale of scandal, greed, love, and revenge, An Education in Ruin. The Mahoney brothers are the golden boys of Rutherford Institute. Collins Pruitt is going to ruin them. Theo Mahoney is well-connected and

Modern Albania: From Dictatorship to Democracy in Europe (Abrahams Fred C.)(Paperback)

In the early 1990s, Albania, arguably Europe's most closed and repressive state, began a startling transition out of forty years of self-imposed Communist isolation. Albanians who were not allowed to practice religion, travel abroad, wear jeans, or read 'decadent' Western literature began to devour