Velazquez: Life & Works in 500 Images (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Velazquez: Life & Works in 500 Images (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

A comprehensive reference book on the life and works of Diego Valazquez, the most important painter in the Spanish Habsburg court of King Phillip IV. Featuring a wonderful gallery of his paintings, accompanied by an expert analysis of each work, and a description of his style and technique. This

Turner: His Life & Works In 500 Images (Robinson Michael)(Pevná vazba)

An in-depth and fascinating exploration of the life and works of the painter

Paul Klee (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Modern Art in Detail: 75 Masterpieces (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Great works of art cannot be fully understood in a single encounter. This is perhaps even truer for modern artworks that may not immediately make sense to, or even appeal to, the casual observer. Viewing an artwork-- whether it is a painting, sculpture, installation, video, or photograph-- as a

Leonardo Da Vinci (Hodge Susie)(Paperback)

Exploring the life and works of the great artist, World's Greatest Art: Da Vinci considers the achievements of Italy's most well-known and influential artist. The book follows his artistic development, from early drawings and paintings while apprentice to artist Andrea del Verrocchio, to his later

Artistic Places (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet's lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker's pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment

Monet (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

An account of the painter Claude Monet, one of the key founders of the Impressionist movement and arguably the most influential painter of modern times. It tells the story of his life, the historical context of society at the time, and his relationships with Renoir, Sisley and

100 Things to Know About Art (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Featuring quirky illustrations and easily digestible information, this book is a compilation of 100 things you need to know about

Gustav Klimt Masterpieces of Art (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Gustav Klimt, well known for his sensual, arresting depictions of women (The Kiss, Fulfillment, The Tree of Life), was a founder of the Viennese Secession movement at the turn of the 20th century, Vienna's own Art Nouveau. His extravagant work, was an obsessive manifestation of the dazzling

Artistic Circles: The Inspiring Connections Between the World's Greatest Artists (Hodge Susie)(Pevná vazba)

Discover the fascinating connections between the world's greatest artists. Artistic Circles introduces some of the most inspirational stories of friendship, love, creativity and shared passions in the world of art. Whether through teaching, as in the case of Paul Klee and Anni Albers; a mutual

As I See It: A Life in Detours (Kligerman Thomas A.)(Pevná vazba)

- Presents stories behind the images including exclusive artwork and previously unseen images- Endorsed by celebrated interior designer, Kelly Wearstler and Amy Astley, the editor of Architectural Digest- QR codes link images to the sites of buildings and evolving video contentThis book is a

The Impressionists: Their Lives and Works in 350 Images (Katz Robert)(Pevná vazba)

A beautiful volume on the greatest Impressionist painters and the world that inspired

Colour Works (Sykes Homer)(Pevná vazba)

'Colour Works' is a collection of images Homer Sykes made during the 1980s and 90s. This was a golden period for magazine commissions; they were the Thatcher years. A gilded and confident yuppie generation spent freely, there was a new hedonistic, 'never had it so cool' loads of money mentality. As

My Body: Explained and Illustrated (Helms Antje)(Pevná vazba)

The human body is astounding. This book explains how our body works in images and texts that are created for children but are also fascinating for adults. Children are curious about their bodies. They not only want to know how they breathe and where their food goes after they swallow it, but are

Memoirs of Hector Berlioz (Berlioz)(Pevná vazba)

Larger than life - like his massive works - Berlioz was a seminal figure in the Romantic movement and his book is both a personal testament and an account of his role in that

On My Way to a Happy Life (Chopra Deepak)(Pevná vazba)

Now available in a new format and a fresh package: a children's book about how the world works from a spiritual perspective, by two New York Times best-selling authors. Newly repackaged with a fresh cover, this children's book by New York Times best-selling authors Deepak Chopra and Kristina Tracy

If I had a crocodile - Gabby Dawnay

A charming and imaginative story in the bestselling 'If I had a...' series, which imagines life with a crocodile as a pet. There's more to a crocodile than its scaly skin and scary teeth - they stay cool under pressure (in part because they can't sweat) and on a rainy day, they love nothing more

The Age of Phillis (Jeffers Honore Fanonne)(Pevná vazba)

Poems imagine the life and times of Phillis Wheatley In 1773, a young, African American woman named Phillis Wheatley published a book of poetry that challenged Western prejudices about African and female intellectual capabilities. Based on fifteen years of archival research, The Age of Phillis, by

The Machinery of Life (Goodsell David S.)(Pevná vazba)

Imagine that we had some way to look directly at the molecules in a living organism. An x-ray microscope would do the trick, or since we're dreaming, perhaps an Asimov-style nanosubmarine (unfortunately, neither is currently feasible). Think of the wonders we could witness firsthand: antibodies

The Lions' Den: Zionism and the Left from Hannah Arendt to Noam Chomsky (Linfield Susie)(Pevná vazba)

In this lively intellectual history of the political left, cultural critic Susie Linfield investigates how eight prominent, mid-century public intellectuals struggled with the philosophy of Zionism and then, with Israel and its conflict with the Palestinians and the larger Arab world. Constructed

Life in a Jungle (Grobbelaar Bruce)(Pevná vazba)

Digital Photography Month by Month - Capture Inspirational Images in Every Season (Ang Tom)(Pevná vazba)

Imagine a World (Gonsalves Rob)(Pevná vazba)

Rob Gonsalves--master of magical realism--presents another mesmerizing picture book in his Imagine a... series, that will 'stimulate wonder and imagination' (Booklist, starred review). Imagine a world where the sky becomes the Earth; where a waterfall freefalls to become dancing women; where you

Delivering Collective Redress: New Technologies (Hodges Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

This book charts the transformative shifts in techniques that seek to deliver collective redress, especially for mass consumer claims in Europe. It shows how traditional approaches of class litigation (old technology) have been eclipsed by the new technology of regulatory redress techniques and