Decorative Textiles from Arab and Islamic Cultures - Selected Works from the Al Lulwa Collection (Wearden Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

Decorative Textiles from Arab and Islamic Cultures - Selected Works from the Al Lulwa Collection (Wearden Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

This exceptional collection of Islamic textiles published here ranges widely in region, material and technique. There are exquisite textiles and garments from North Africa, Syria, Arabia, Iran, Turkey and the Indian subcontinent, mainly from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which continue the

The Decorative Arts: Sculptures, Enamels, Maiolicas and Tapestries (Fravalo Fabienne)(Pevná vazba)

The aim of this first volume is to catalogue the works in the collection, whose decorative aspects are every bit as important as their narrative

China and the Church: Chinoiserie in Global Context (Johns Christopher M. S.)(Pevná vazba)

This groundbreaking study examines decorative Chinese works of art and visual culture, known as chinoiserie, in the context of church and state politics, with a particular focus on the Catholic missions' impact on Western attitudes toward China and the Chinese. Art-historical examinations of

New Windmill Book of Stories from Around the World (Patel Hilary)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of stories from other cultures and traditions. The stories have been chosen for their suitability for GCSE pupils. Each one is supported by information about the author and the cultural context of the story, as well as activities and suggested coursework

Ceramics of Iran: Islamic Pottery from the Sarikhani Collection (Watson Oliver)(Pevná vazba)

A beautifully illustrated showcase of the rich and varied ceramic tradition of Iran Featuring a broad selection of objects from one of the most distinguished collections of Iranian art, this volume brings together over 1,000 years of Persian Islamic pottery. With more than 500 illustrations,

Art, Trade, and Culture in the Islamic World and Beyond: From the Fatimids to the Mughals (Ohta Alison)(Pevná vazba)

The essays in this book trace a rich continuum of artistic exchange that occurred between successive Islamic dynasties from the twelfth through nineteenth centuries--as well as the influence of Islamic art during that time on cultures as far away as China, Armenia, India, and Europe. Taking

Asian Theatre Puppets - Creativity, Culture and Craftsmanship: From the Collection of Paul Lin (Ruizendaal Robin)(Pevná vazba)

Introduces the theatre puppets from major Asian traditions, taking the reader on a journey through hundreds of years of craftsmanship and creativity in nearly 350 photographs. This illustrated book is of interest to audiences with an interest in the Asian arts, as well as to the general

Star Stories (Ganeri Anita (Freelance Author))(Pevná vazba)

A collection of constellation and sky stories from cultures around the world, beautifully brought to life with striking gilt

The Incomplete: Highsnobiety Guide to Street Fashion and Culture (Gestalten)(Pevná vazba)

Street fashion and urban culture have come a long way from humble beginnings in the ‘90s. From disparate local scenes in Japan, Europe, and the US, the youth-driven movements of hip-hop, punk, and skateboarding have finally infiltrated high fashion. Brands are now eager to collaborate with the

Helmut Newton: Portraits (Newton Helmut)(Pevná vazba)

Newton's collection of portraits from the worlds of film, fashion, politics and culture can be considered a pantheon of VIP's. But his work is a lot more besides. From his portraits, one can see that he would have most liked to be a Roman paparazzo - as he once admitted. Anyone who had a portrait

Marx: Selected Writings (Marx Karl)(Paperback / softback)

Featuring the most important and enduring works from Marx's enormous corpus, this collection ranges from the Hegelian idealism of his youth to the mature socialism of his later works. Organized both topically and in rough chronological order, the selections (many of them in the translations of Loyd

A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Selected from the World's Sacred Texts (Sekirin Peter)(Pevná vazba)

This collection of daily thoughts to nourish the soul from the world's sacred texts by Leo Tolstoy feature gems of inspiration and wisdom--author Thomas Keneally calls this book 'transcendent, and that we are grateful he lived long enough to endow us with his grand inheritance.' This is the

Catalan Food: Culture and Flavors from the Mediterranean: A Cookbook (Olivella Daniel)(Pevná vazba)

Xu Bing: Book from the Sky to Book from the Ground (Bing Xu)(Pevná vazba)

Monograph focusing on Xu Bing's most ambitious works of art: Book from the Sky and Book from the

Perceptions of Pregnancy from the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century (Evans Jennifer)(Pevná vazba)

Introduction; Jennifer Evans and Ciara Meehan.- PART I: NARRATIVES OF PREGNANCY, BIRTH, AND PARENTHOOD.- 1. 'Breeding' a 'little stranger': Managing Uncertainty in Pregnancy in Late Georgian England; Joanne Begiato.- 2. 'Bound to be a troublesome time': Canadian Perceptions of Pregnancy,

Micromosaics: Highlights from the Gilbert Collection (Zech Heike)(Pevná vazba)

Focusing on 30 highlights from the V&A's superlative Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, this book explores micromosaic construction, its roots in antiquity, their incredible popularity in the last quarter of the 18th century, and their evolution through the 19th century until the technique

Baloise Art (Schwander Martin)(Pevná vazba)

Photographs and works on paper since 1960 from Swiss collection BaloiseThis survey of Basel-based art collection Baloise--begun in the mid-20th century by the Swiss insurance/financial services company--presents photography and works on paper from the 1960s on, including works by Miriam Cahn, Bruce

The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings (Perkins Gilman Charlotte)(Pevná vazba)

A collection of the groundbreaking feminist writer's most famous works, with a thought-provoking introduction by bestselling author Kate Bolick. A Penguin Vitae Edition Wonderfully sardonic and slyly humorous, the writings of landmark American feminist and socialist thinker Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack (Naqvi H. M.)(Pevná vazba)

From the DSC award-winning author of Home Boy comes the exuberantly told, fresh tale of one gloriously unaccomplished man, his impending death, and the history and life of his bustling, shape-shifting city,

Ibn Hamdis the Sicilian: Eulogist for a Falling Homeland (Granara William)(Pevná vazba)

'Abd al-Jabbar ibn Hamdis (1055-1133) survives as the best-known figure from four centuries of Arab-Islamic civilisation on the island of Sicily. There he grew up in a society enriched by a century of cultural development but whose unity was threatened by competing warlords. After the Normans

Islamic Art: Architecture, Painting, Calligraphy, Ceramics, Glass, Carpets (Mozzati Luca)(Pevná vazba)

This gorgeous survey of art from the Islamic world covers three continents and fourteen centuries. From its birth in the seventh century through modern times, the Islamic religion has inspired glorious works of art. This stunning book includes more than four hundred reproductions of treasures of

The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection (Ansary Tamim)(Pevná vazba)

From language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual AgeTraveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of Yesterday shows that the engine of history is not

3D Thinking in Design and Architecture: From Antiquity to the Future (Burrows Roger)(Pevná vazba)

The geometric foundations, forms, and patterns in today's architecture, design and, decorative arts can trace their origins in past cultures. From humankind's first path-like doodles on cave walls through to the higher abstractions developed to make accurate measurements and predictions, the

A Reader's Book of Days: True Tales from the Lives and Works of Writers for Every Day of the Year (Nissley Tom)(Pevná vazba)

A Reader's Book of Days is filled with memorable and surprising tales from the lives and works of Martin Amis, Jane Austen, James Baldwin, Roberto Bolano, the Bront sisters, Junot D az, Philip K. Dick, Charles Dickens, Joan Didion, F. Scott Fitzgerald, John Keats, Hilary Mantel, Haruki Murakami,