Explores how artists from the European Renaissance to the global present have used sculpture and color to evoke the presence of the living body. Since the earliest myths of the sculptor Pygmalion bringing a statue to life through desire... Zobraziť viac
Himari Momochi inherits Momochi House, an estate that exists on the barrier between the human and spiritual realms. Aoi is the human Omamori-sama, or guardian of the house, who can transform into a powerful spiritual being. But once Momochi ... Zobraziť viac
Learn about variation, competition and the struggle for existence with the help of this beautifully illustrated and accessible activity book for children. Packed full with detailed colouring pages and mind-grabbing activities, this is a book to inspire... Zobraziť viac
The typograhic grid is a child of constructive art. This book offers a collection of about two dozen typographic works of the author including books, brochures and art catalogues... Zobraziť viac
This landmark collection presents a new history of Indian art from the twentieth century to the present day. Recent decades have seen an overdue interest in the acquisition and exhibition of modern Indian and South Asian art and artists... Zobraziť viac
Completed circa 1474, Sébastien Mamerot’s lavishly illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to describe several centuries of French crusades, when successive kings tried to seize the Holy Land. Jean Colombe, the medieval illuminator bes Zobraziť viac
The Comedy tells the story of the journey of a character who is at one and the same time both Dante himself and Everyman... Zobraziť viac
This is the most comprehensive book on the paintings and frescoes of Florence ever undertaken, with more than 2,000 beautifully reproduced artworks from the city's great museums and churches-produced in the same manner as BD&L's The Louvre and The... Zobraziť viac
The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally ill. In the first years of the Weimar Republic, the German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn gathered a remarkable collection of works by schizophrenic patients that would astonish... Zobraziť viac
Virtually every day in the fall of 1907, Rainer Maria Rilke returned to a... Zobraziť viac
A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola and her twin brother, Sebastian. Alone in a strange land, Viola disguises herself as a male servant, Cesario, ... Zobraziť viac
A survey of avant-garde cultural and political magazines and journals. Steven Heller... Zobraziť viac
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world,” ukiyo-e was a particular woodblock print genre of art that flourished between the 17th and... Zobraziť viac
Divine apples and pears: Cezanne's quest for a harmony parallel to Nature. He was the founding father of modern art, the grand master who pointed painting forward on its way from Impressionism to the 20th century ... Zobraziť viac
A celebration of the richness of figurative painting over the last 100 years and a passionate critique of the accepted history of art in the 20th century... Zobraziť viac
William Morris - poet, designer, campaigner, hero of the Arts & Crafts movement... Zobraziť viac
Though many have never heard her name, Alice Prin - Kiki de Montparnasse - was the icon of 1920s Paris. She captivated as a ground-breaking nightclub performer, wrote a bestselling memoir, sold out exhibitions of her paintings... Zobraziť viac
Is there a bigger challenge for a de-signer than the creation of an identity for the Olympic Games? Each venue has developed its own unique image, merging national spirit and international trends with the Olympic spirit of friendship, ... Zobraziť viac
When Flemish engraver and publisher Theodore de Bry issued the first volume of his America series in 1590, the New World was, for most Europeans, truly novel. Gleaned from the travel accounts of adventurers like Thomas Harriot, ... Zobraziť viac
The classic text on Japanese joinery and carpentry, filled with detailed photographs and illustrative drawings... Zobraziť viac
