A History of Art History

Reducere. An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this authoritative book, the first of its kind in E...

A thrilling journey through 100, 000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art's central role in culture today. "A fresh take on art h...

Contributor(s): Editor: Donald PreziosiHere is a new edition of Donald Preziosi's masterful selection of the most influential and innovative writin...

DescriptionThe Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art--one that came to define the Renaissance. His work was progres...

Reducere. DescriptionAn Uncommon Beauty...Hidden away in rural Devonshire, Phyllida Satterthwaite has always been considered more odd than beautiful. But in ...

To Life Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic respons...

DescriptionIn this vivid account Scott Nethersole examines the remarkable period of cultural, artistic, and intellectual blossoming in Florence fro...

Reducere. Chris Ballard sits down with the NBA's most passionate, cerebral players to discover their tricks of the trade and to learn what drives them. He re...

Reducere. "Cullen's strength comes from his understanding of how the different strands of American society intertwine in imaginative, unpredictable ways ... ...

Herschel B. Chipp's Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book By Artists and Critics is a collection of texts from letters, manifestos, notes and inter...

In this irresistible tour through the grand spas of Central Europe, noted historian David Clay Large traces their history from classical antiquity ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book provides the most comprehensive and coherent discussion and analysis of wargaming ever written. It starts by looking at the hi...

Publisher: Art Gallery of New South WalesAuthor(s): Steven MillerIllustration(s): 260 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 288Publication dat...

Publisher: University Press of FloridaAuthor(s): Juan A. MartinezIllustration(s): 53 color plates, 24 b/w photosNumber of pages: 104Publication dat...

In a beautiful literary exploration, Sally Bayley tracks the evolution - and the potential twenty first century death of - the diary, mourning what...

Publisher: Hachette Children's GroupAuthor(s): Jillian PowellNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 216 x 284 x 7Cover type: Paperbac...

DescriptionArt, music, literature, and science in Vienna at the turn of the last century presented a series of wrenching dualities: reality and ill...

Reducere. In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in t...

DescriptionThe Livre des faits de Jacques de Lalaing (Book of the Deeds of Jacques de Lalaing), a famous Flemish illuminated manuscript, relays the...

DescriptionThis is the most accessible edition ofArt of War ever produced, with the text broken down into digestible individual lessons, unique tea...

A chronical of one of the most controversial art movements of the 20th century. A broad range of articles trace the emergence of the movement in En...

A friendly and inspiring introduction to art history, telling the stories of the world's greatest paintings and artists from prehistory to the mode...

Reducere. Bartolomeo Scappi (c. 1500-1577) was arguably the most famous chef of the Italian Renaissance. He oversaw the preparation of meals for several Card...

No previous book has explored deeper or broader into Napoleon's seething labyrinth of a mind and revealed more of its complex, fascinating, provoca...

Reducere. Anatomy And Embalming: A Treatise On The Science And Art Of Embalming, The Latest And Most Successful Methods Of Treat Ment And The Genera Anatomy ...

An accessible and richly illustrated introduction which celebrates the work of Black British artists.Publisher: Tate PublishingAuthor(s): Rianna Ja...

A History of Video Art is a revised and expanded edition of the 2006 original, which extends the scope of the first edition, incorporating a wider ...

A comprehensive and lavishly illustrated exploration of the relationship between art and homosexuality. This is the first book of its kind, a provo...

How the history of art begins with the myth of the barbarian invasion-the romantic fragmentation of classical eternity.

Art in Time is the first book to embed art movements within the larger context of politics and history. Global in scope and featuring an innovative...

Reducere. Goat Song is the story of a year in the life of a couple who abandoned their one-bedroom apartment in New York City to live on seventy-five acres i...

An extensively revised and updated edition of a bestselling classic on modern architecture and its origins.

Reducere. In this second edition of his bestselling book, author Art Kleiner explores the nature of effective leadership in times of change and defines its i...

Reducere. This book contains significant cultural words and terms of the Gullah Culture. It is an atempt to promote a better undertstanding of past tradition...

Contemporary art is increasingly concerned with swaying the opinions of its viewier. To do so, the art employs various strategies to convey a polit...

First published in 1570, Joachim Meyer's The Art of Combat is among the most important texts in the rich corpus of German martial arts treatises of...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Kelly GrovierIllustration(s): 200 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2022Dime...

Reducere. The Revolution in Rojava captured the imagination of the Left, sparking a worldwide interest in the Kurdish Freedom Movement. The Art of Freedom de...

DescriptionHeaven's Breath, the first history of the wind, looks at this ubiquitous and invisible entity from the point of view of geography, biolo...

Available in English for the first time, Julius von Schlosser's seminal work in the history of art and collecting was the first study to interpret ...

Reducere. Attracted to the rich ceremonial life and unique architecture of the New Mexico pueblos, many early-twentieth-century artists depicted Pueblo peopl...

Since ancient times, humans have been engaged in a continual quest to find meaning in and make sense of sights and events in the night sky. Culture...

A historical-conceptual perspective on the concept of "the political"

DescriptionArab graphic design emerged in the early twentieth century out of a need to influence, and give expression to, the far-reaching economic...

The Element summarises the state of knowledge about four styles of prehistoric rock art in Europe current between the late Mesolithic period and th...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Benedicte SavoyIllustration(s): 11 color + 6 b/w illus.Translator: Susanne Meyer-AbichNumber of pag...

Reducere. Inspired by the pathbreaking work of Howard Zinn, A People's Art History of the United States is propelled by a democratic vision of art, showing t...

Reducere. Eleri is the only one with the ability to destroy the world around her... Now she needs to save it.She had always loved being used as the weapon, b...

Reducere. NEW EDITION: A collection of paintings, drawings, and prints from Western art illustrating the occupation and hobby of knitting during the 1800s. I...

DescriptionWhen he retired as the chief security officer of New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, John Barelli had spent the better part of f...

Reducere. DescriptionAn authoritative, richly illustrated history of six centuries of global protest artThroughout history, artists and citizens have turned ...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

DescriptionIn an increasingly polarized world, Social Forms surveys those artists at the forefront of political resistanceIn Social Forms: A Short ...

Reducere. DescriptionHighly acclaimed when it first appeared in 1990, this general history of Barbados traces the events and ideas that have shaped the colla...

A charged biography of a notorious Nazi art plunderer and his career in the postwar art world​ " Petropoulos] brings Lohse into sharper focus, as a...

Offers a view of the role of visual art in Canadian education, from its roots as industrial drawing in the early 19th century to its important posi...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Steve (Brunel University) DixonIllustration(s): 235 illus.; 235 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 828Co...

A poignant look at the lives, experiences and identity of the asylum seekers and refugees that have come to Britain's shoresIllustrations: 100 Illu...

The roll-call of mankind's wars down the centuries is paralleled by an equally extensive catalogue of the theft, destruction, plundering, displacem...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Publisher: Leonaur LtdAuthor(s): R P Dunn-PattisonIllustration(s): IllustrationsNumber of pages: 172Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 150 x 225 x 1...

Reducere. WHAT IS THE SECRET ART? The history of radionics is the story of how various inventors designed devices that employ directed intent to affect the r...

Reducere. Folk tales of the Shaolin Temple depict warrior monks with superhuman abilities. Today, dozens of East Asian fighting styles trace their roots back...

Reducere. This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

Reducere. The eagerly anticipated updated return of a bestselling martial arts classicThe leaders of Tae Kwon Do, an Olympic sport and one of the world’s mos...

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base f...

This book looks at the origins of Hap and Ki as they are found in Hapkido. Going back to 660 B.C., the roots of the art are traced from ancient Kor...

DescriptionEddie Tipton went to prison in 2017 for masterminding the biggest lottery fraud in U.S. history. In a twisting and bizarre tale, he some...