Kairouan: Or How Paul Klee Became a Painter (Hausenstein Wilhelm)(Pevná vazba)

Kairouan: Or How Paul Klee Became a Painter (Hausenstein Wilhelm)(Pevná vazba)

The impressions Paul Klee collected on his journey to Tunisia in 1914, and especially to the city of Kairouan, were of fundamental significance to his artistic development: 'Color and I are one. I am a painter,' he declared afterwards. A few years later, in 1921, Klee's friend Wilhelm Hausenstein

Paul Klee (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Paul Klee: 1939 (Klee Paul)(Pevná vazba)

The year before he died, in what was one of the most difficult yet prolific periods of his life, Paul Klee created some of his most surprising and innovative works. In 1939, the year before his death from a long illness and against a backdrop of sociopolitical turmoil and the outbreak of World War

Wilhelm Sasnal (Searle Adrian)(Pevná vazba)

Polish painter and filmmaker Wilhelm Sasnal has emerged over the last two decades as one of Europe's preeminent contemporary artists. This major monograph offers a comprehensive assessment of his practice. Renowned for his powerful portrayals of our collective culture and history, Wilhelm Sasnal

Paul Klee: Pedagogical Sketchbook: Bauhausbcher 2 (Klee Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Active at the Bauhaus between 1920 and 1931, teaching in the bookbinding, stained glass and mural-painting workshops, Paul Klee (1879-1940) brought his expressive blend of color and line to the school--and, with the second volume in the Bauhausb cher series, beyond its walls. In his legendary

Hooked - How Processed Food Became Addictive (Moss Michael)(Pevná vazba)

What If Wilhelmina (Belisle Joseph)(Pevná vazba)

Wilhelmina, the world's most beloved pet cat, is missing. Or is she? This boldly illustrated adventure features one very worried girl, two frayed dads, a backyard of perils, and sneaky references to great works of art. Based on a true story, a real family, and a real cat named

On the Game - How Football Became What it is Today (England Chris)(Pevná vazba)

I Went Trick-or-Treating (Howard Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Cider Country - How an Ancient Craft Became a Way of Life (Crowden James)(Pevná vazba)

Paul Nash Masterpieces of Art (Kerrigan Michael)(Pevná vazba)

Paul Nash, the British landscape and Surrealist painter, lived through both the First and Second World Wars. His depictions of these human catastrophes, with their damaged landscapes and broken machinery are much remembered today. His painting life moved from representational landscapes, through to

Monet's Trees: Paintings and Drawings by Claude Monet (Skea Ralph)(Pevná vazba)

'I perhaps owe it to flowers,' wrote Claude Monet (1840-1926), 'that I became a painter.' His fascination with trees, while perhaps of equal intensity, is less well-documented. One of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement and perhaps the most celebrated landscape painter of his age,

Paula Rego: The Art of Story (Rees-Jones Deryn)(Pevná vazba)

A prolific painter and printmaker, Paula Rego is an artist of astonishing power with a unique and unforgettable aesthetic. Capturing the extraordinary aspects of Rego's work, author Deryn Rees-Jones places autobiographical narratives alongside stories suggested by Rego's pictures. She explores

Do Not Erase: Mathematicians and Their Chalkboards (Wynne Jessica)(Pevná vazba)

A photographic exploration of mathematicians' chalkboards 'A mathematician, like a painter or poet, is a maker of patterns,' wrote the British mathematician G. H. Hardy. In Do Not Erase, photographer Jessica Wynne presents remarkable examples of this idea through images of mathematicians'

How I Became a Tree (Roy Sumana)(Pevná vazba)

An exquisite, lovingly crafted meditation on plants, trees, and our place in the natural world, in the tradition of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass and Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek    “I was tired of speed. I wanted to live tree time.” So writes Sumana Roy at the

30 Prophecies: One Story: How God's Word Points to Jesus (Reynolds Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Giorgione's Ambiguity (Nichols Tom)(Pevná vazba)

The Venetian painter known as Giorgione or 'big George' died at a young age in the dreadful plague of 1510, possibly having painted fewer than twenty-five works. But many of these are among the most mysterious and alluring in the history of art. Paintings such as The Three Philosophers and The

Roots and Wings: How Shahzia Sikander Became an Artist (Sikander Shahzia)(Pevná vazba)

Pakistani-American artist Shahzia Sikander recounts how growing up as a tomboy in a multicultural home in Pakistan inspired her to become an artist Growing up in a multigenerational, multicultural home in Lahore, Pakistan, where her family's Muslim traditions are filled with food and rituals,

How to Be a Historian: Scholarly Personae in Historical Studies, 1800-2000 (Paul Herman)(Pevná vazba)

Pure Invention: How Japan's Pop Culture Conquered the World (Alt Matt)(Pevná vazba)

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination. 'A masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.'--W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style

Paul Hollywood 100 Great Breads: The Original Bestseller (Hollywood Paul)(Pevná vazba)

Paul Hollywood presents all the know-how you need to bake delicious and unusual breadsTV's Paul Hollywood conveys his love of bread-making in this collection of fantastic recipes. He reveals all the simple techniques you need to make this staple food and shows you that baking bread is far easier

Through The Remembered Gate (Chalke Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

Stephen Chalke's unlikely story of how he became an award-winning cricket writer and publisher, exploring the world of his childhood through the memories of old

A Thing or Two About Fruit (Rodman Kathy)(Pevná vazba)

A blood-red orb cured a demon of her baby-eating habit and she became the protector of little children; fuzzy fruits replaced humans in sacrifices to their gods but embalmed their dead; a notorious beauty of Napoleon's court bathed in twenty-two pounds of a berry that blushed the cheeks of

The Anecdota or Secret History (Procopius)(Pevná vazba)

Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In 527 CE he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 against the Vandals and in 535 against the Ostrogoths. Sometime after 540 he