Art: A World History, Paperback

Mongolian Empire: History for kids: A captivating guide to a remarkable Genghis Khan & the Mongol Empire, Paperback - Dinobibi Publishing

54,99 RON 58,99 RON

Reducere. Most people believe the Mongolian Empire was a small tribe known for looting, robbing, and pillaging. The Mongols used to be little more than nomad...

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Spike Lee's Bamboozled and Blackface in American Culture, Paperback - Elizabeth L. Sanderson

405,99 RON

DescriptionSpike Lee's challenging film Bamboozled (2000) is often read as a surface level satire of blackface minstrelsy. Careful analysis, howeve...

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Contested City: Art and Public History as Mediation at New York's Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, Paperback - Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani

471,99 RON

DescriptionFor forty years, as New York's Lower East Side went from disinvested to gentrified, residents lived with a wound at the heart of the nei...

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Teachings of the Garden: Conversations in Japan, Paperback - Makoto Akasaka

170,99 RON

Looking at Japanese gardens will quickly reveal that they cannot be viewed as isolated from other art forms or social processes. Concepts of variou...

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Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History, Paperback - Scott Deveaux

325,99 RON 348,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe richest place in America's musical landscape is that fertile ground occupied by jazz. Scott DeVeaux takes a central chapter in the h...

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The Art and Proper Etiquette of Afternoon Tea: Includes Section on Organic and Whole Foods Along with Healthy Tea Recipes, Paperback - Bernadette Mich

141,99 RON

Polite Society School of Etiquette presents Etiquette Series Volume II, The Art and Proper Etiquette of Afternoon Tea. Written out of love for tea,...

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Get Me Out of Here!, Paperback - James Patterson

57,99 RON

James Patterson's winning follow-up to the #1 New York Times bestseller Middle School, The Worst Years of My Life--now a major motion picture --is ...

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The Philosophy of as If: A System of the Theoretical, Practical and Religious Fictions of Mankind, Paperback - Hans Vaihinger

95,99 RON 102,99 RON

Reducere. Vaihinger... shows that thought is primarily a biological function turned into a conscious art. It is an art of adjustment, whose chief instrument ...

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The Bobcat, Paperback - Katherine Forbes Riley

81,99 RON

** Longlisted for The Center for Fiction's best debut novel of 2019 ** With the hypnotic intensity of Emily Fridlund's The History of Wolves and Fi...

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Wonder Beyond Belief: On Christianity, Paperback - Navid Kermani

136,99 RON

What happens when one of Germany's most important writers, himself a Muslim, immerses himself in the world of Christian art? In this book, Navid Ke...

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Yakuza Tattoo, Paperback - Andreas Johansson

67,99 RON 94,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe art of the Japanese tattoo has fascinated people across the world for decades, but in Japan they are taboo since traditional full bo...

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Complete Printmaker, Paperback - John Ross

282,99 RON 302,99 RON

Reducere. This revised and expanded edition takes the reader step by step through the history and techniques of over forty-five print-making methods. From th...

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Social Forms: A Short History of Political Art, Paperback - Christian Viveros-Faune

157,99 RON

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

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Inside the White Cube: The Ideology of the Gallery Space, Expanded Edition, Paperback - Brian O'Doherty

209,99 RON

When these essays first appeared in Artforum in 1976, their impact was immediate. They were discussed, annotated, cited, collected, and translated-...

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Ceramica Y Cultura: The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayilica, Paperback - Robin Farwell Gavin

152,99 RON 163,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionBrought to Spain in the thirteenth century by Islamic artisans, the enameled earthenware known as may lica is decorated with a lead glaz...

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The Life-Giving Sword: Kazuo Chiba's Life in Aikido, Paperback - Liese Klein

182,99 RON

The Life-Giving Sword: Kazuo Chiba's Life in Aikido spans modern Japanese history and ranges across the world to tell the story of a man with a mis...

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The Book of Hermits: A History of Hermits from Antiquity to the Present, Paperback - Robert Rodriguez

90,99 RON 97,99 RON

Reducere. Hermits have thrived in every major historical era, geography, culture, and society - from antiquity to the present, East and West, in deserts, for...

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History on Our Plate: Recipes from America's Dutch Past for Today's Cook, Paperback - Peter Rose

53,99 RON 57,99 RON

Reducere. From cookies and custards to savory dishes and salads, Rose shows that historical cooking--whether done over an open fire or on a stovetop--need no...

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Mao's Little Red Book: A Global History, Paperback - Alexander C. Cook

157,99 RON 169,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionMao Zedong's Little Red Book (Quotations from Chairman Mao) - a compilation of the Chinese leader's speeches and writings - is one of th...

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The Annotated Arch: A Crash Course in the History Of Architecture, Paperback - Carol Strickland

220,99 RON 236,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionEverything you want to know about the history of architecture is included in this comprehensive guided tour. Author Carol Strickland bri...

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The Last Avant-Garde: The Making of the New York School of Poets, Paperback - David Lehman

134,99 RON

A landmark work of cultural history that tells the story of how four young poets, John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, James Schuyler, and Kenneth Koch, rei...

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Make It New: A History of Silicon Valley Design, Paperback - Barry M. Katz

99,99 RON

California's Silicon Valley is home to the greatest concentration of designers in the world: corporate design offices at flagship technology compan...

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RMS Queen Mary, Paperback - Suzanne Tarbell Cooper

109,99 RON

Launched in an era when speed and grandeur went hand in hand, the RMS Queen Mary is the last survivor of the golden age of ocean liners. From the t...

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Atlas of Emotion: Journeys in Art, Architecture, and Film, Paperback - Giuliana Bruno

218,99 RON

An award-winning cultural history of how we experience the world through art, film and architectureAtlas of Emotion is a highly original endeavor t...

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Ugliness The Non-beautiful in Art and Theory, Paperback - Andrei Pop

225,99 RON

Ugliness is very much alive in the history of art. From ritual invocations of mythic monsters to the scare tactics of the early twentieth-century a...

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Signal: 07: A Journal of International Political Graphics and Culture, Paperback - Josh MacPhee

81,99 RON

Signal is an ongoing book series dedicated to documenting and sharing compelling graphics, art projects, and cultural movements of international re...

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Trench Art: A Brief History & Guide, 1914-1939, Paperback - Nicholas J. Saunders

79,99 RON

Engraved shell-cases, bullet-crucifixes, letter openers and cigarette lighters made of shrapnel and cartridges, miniature airplanes and tanks, tali...

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Chronological Aspects of the Life of Christ, Paperback - Harold W. Hoehner

94,99 RON 101,99 RON

Reducere. ``Jesus Christ entered into the history of our world. Christianity, therefore, has historical basis. The backbone of history is chronology. Whereas...

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Egypt, Greece, and Rome: Civilizations of the Ancient Mediterranean, Paperback - Charles Freeman

328,99 RON

DescriptionEgypt, Greece, and Rome is regarded as one of the best general histories of the ancient world. It is written for the general reader and ...

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Ryukyu Kempo: History & Practice, Paperback - ***

130,99 RON 140,99 RON

Reducere. Ryukyu Kempo is an ancient martial art that evolved in the Old Kingdom: a chain of islands stretching from Kyushu in the north to Taiwan in the sou...

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The Arcana of Freemasonry: A History of Masonic Symbolism, Paperback - Albert Churchward

69,99 RON 74,99 RON

Reducere. Egyptian hieroglyphics, Mayan carvings, and Greek mathematical notations figure prominently in this spellbinding true story of a mysterious order's...

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Suffragettes In Pictures, Paperback - Diane Atkinson

100,00 RON

Presenting a vivid picture of Suffragette life, this book draws extensively on the little-known but important Suffragette Fellowship Collection of ...

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Beautiful Unity, Paperback - Nicholas Roerich

80,99 RON 86,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionNicholas Roerich (1874-1947) is known first and foremost as a painter. His paintings, of which there are thousands around the world, exp...

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The Vikings: A Very Short Introduction, Paperback - Julian D. Richards

56,99 RON

Contributor(s): Author: Julian D. RichardsThe Viking reputation is one of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles ...

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Gold Mine in the Sky: A Personal History of the Log Cabin Mine, Paperback - Frank Cassidy Jr. DVM

78,99 RON 84,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe Log Cabin Mine was once the largest gold-producing mine in California. It was state-of-the-art and could both extract and process th...

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The Butchering Art: Joseph Lister's Quest to Transform the Grisly World of Victorian Medicine, Paperback - Lindsey Fitzharris

90,99 RON 97,99 RON

Reducere. Winner, 2018 PEN/E.O. Wilson Prize for Literary Science WritingShort-listed for the 2018 Wellcome Book PrizeA Top 10 Science Book of Fall 2017, Pub...

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Scotland in Early Medieval Europe, Paperback - Alice E. Blackwell

246,99 RON

DescriptionThis edited volume explores how (what is today) Scotland can be compared with, contrasted to, or was connected with other parts of Early...

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The Gilded Stage: A Social History of Opera, Paperback - Daniel Snowman

157,99 RON

Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influen...

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History of the Moors of Spain, Paperback - M. Florian

73,99 RON 79,99 RON

Reducere. "This book is an excellent Illustrated History of the Moors of Spain. It includes a tremendous amount of Moorish history from around the world, whi...

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Children's Educational Book: Junior Vincent Van Gogh: A Kid's Introduction to the Artist and His Paintings. Age 7 8 9 10 Year-Olds, Paperback - Fiona

62,99 RON 67,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Fiona HoltABOUT THE 'SMART READS for Kids' BOOK SERIES "Love Art, Love Learning" Welcome to the 'SMART READS for Kids' book...

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The New Lucille Cook Book, Paperback - ***

146,99 RON 157,99 RON

Reducere. Food, Cooking & RecipesThe Shelf2Life Food, Cooking & Recipes Collection is a unique set of pre-1923 cookbooks and other materials focused on food ...

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Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Film, Paperback - Erik Barnouw

94,99 RON

Now brought completely up to date, the new edition of this classic work on documentary films and filmmaking surveys the history of the genre from 1...

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The End of New York: Booze, Broads and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Paperback - Zach Danesh

115,99 RON 124,99 RON

Reducere. This is a work of fiction inspired by the experience of the author. We follow a youthful Dustin Asman throughout New York City as he climbs his way...

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Guide to the Vatican: Including Saint Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, Paperback - Paul Den Arend

67,99 RON 72,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Paul Den ArendThis book will help you if you plan on visiting the Vatican or want to know more about it. The Vatican is an ...

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The Hundred Headless Woman, Paperback - Max Ernst

110,99 RON

Originally published in Paris in 1929, this collage novel by avant-gardist Max Ernst constitutes a seminal 20th-century work of art. The artist's s...

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The Whirlwind World of Hurricanes with Max Axiom, Super Scientist, Paperback - Katherine Krohn

48,99 RON 52,99 RON

Reducere. A digital solution for your classroom with features created with teachers and students in mind: - Perpetual license - 24 hour, 7 days a week access...

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Graffiti Coloring Book 2: Characters, Paperback - Jacob Kimvall

50,99 RON

Characters are the most popular and easily accessible side of graffiti. They are the figures that stand beside the writer's name and attract attent...

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Chairpedia: 101 Stories of Chairs, Paperback - Ramon Ubeda

239,99 RON

Interdisciplinary authors come together to reflect on the history of chair design through 101 selected chairsEvery chair tells its own story, and a...

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Mexico, La Patria: Propaganda and Production During World War II, Paperback - Monica A. Rankin

222,99 RON

During the 1930s Mexico was undergoing a healing process after three decades of revolutionary turmoil and reform. In this climate, the coming of Wo...

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Who Was Frida Kahlo', Paperback - Sarah Fabiny

30,99 RON

You can always recognize a painting by Kahlo because she is in nearly all--with her black braided hair and colorful Mexican outfits. A brave woman ...

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Espresso: The Art and Soul of Italy, Paperback - Wendy Pojmann

99,99 RON 106,99 RON

Reducere. Literary Nonfiction. Italian & Italian American Studies. It is not an exaggeration that espresso is at the core of Italian culture and history. Mil...

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Fictionalizing Anthropology: Encounters and Fabulations at the Edges of the Human, Paperback - Stuart J. McLean

179,99 RON

What might become of anthropology if it were to suspend its sometime claims to be a social science? What if it were to turn instead to exploring it...

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New Orleans Jazz, Mahalia Jackson and the Philosophy of Art, PB (vol2), Paperback - Marleen Hengelaar-Rookmaaker

201,99 RON 216,99 RON

Reducere. It was in a Nazi prison camp during World War II that 22-year-old Hans Rookmaaker read the Bible and became a Christian. It was there too he receiv...

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The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century, Paperback - Kirk Wallace Johnson

85,99 RON 92,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionAs heard on NPR's This American Life "Absorbing . . . Though it's non-fiction, The Feather Thief contains many of the elements of a clas...

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Cruising: An Intimate History of a Radical Pastime, Paperback - Alex Espinoza

106,99 RON 114,99 RON

Reducere. Description"Espinoza's book stands out as a beacon for future queer writers, thinkers, and activists. Reading these accounts, I felt myself drawn i...

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Football Disco!: The Unbelievable World of Football Record Covers, Paperback - Pascal Claude

138,99 RON

DescriptionAs this fascinating book shows, the football record--which turns out to be a vast subgenre of its own--has more to offer than just music...

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How to Read Heidegger, Paperback - Mark Wrathall

93,99 RON 100,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mark WrathallEditor: Simon CritchleyWrathall pays particular attention to Heidegger's revolutionary analysis of human exist...

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Birds in the Ancient World: Winged Words, Paperback - Jeremy Mynott

164,99 RON

Birds pervaded the ancient world. They impressed their physical presence on the daily experience and imaginations of ordinary people in town and co...

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Just an Ordinary Woman Breathing, Paperback - Julie Marie Wade

97,99 RON 104,99 RON

Reducere. You have a history, and a body. You are a history, and a body. Your body has (is) a history, too. As a girl, Julie Marie Wade was uninterested in m...

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The History of the World in Comics, Paperback - Jean-Baptiste De Panafieu

62,99 RON

Never has natural history been so fun Scientific accuracy and humor combine to tell the entire history of Earth in a comic book format. A paleontol...

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Killing Vincent: The Man, The Myth, and The Murder, Paperback - Irving Kaufman Arenberg

115,99 RON 124,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionOn July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh came stumbling into his room in the Ravoux Inn, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, bleeding from a wound in ...

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The Ethnic Avant-Garde: Minority Cultures and World Revolution, Paperback - Steven S. Lee

214,99 RON 293,99 RON

Reducere. During the 1920s and 1930s, American minority artists and writers collaborated extensively with the Soviet avant-garde, seeking to build a revoluti...

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Flash!: Writing the Very Short Story, Paperback - John Dufresne

85,99 RON 92,99 RON

Reducere. The history of fiction has been dominated by the novel and the short story. But now there is this seemingly brave new genre around: very brief fict...

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Design History Handbook, Paperback - Domitilla Dardi

239,99 RON

DescriptionDedicated to the history of design from the mid-19th century to the present, Design History Handbook provides guidelines for the develop...

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American Trailblazers: 50 Remarkable People Who Shaped U.S. History, Paperback - Lisa Trusiani

80,99 RON 86,99 RON

Reducere. Discover the amazing stories of 50 real American heroes.Are you ready to read about daring deeds and world-changing events? Meet the American Trail...

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An Exquisite Corpse: Death in Surrealist New York, Paperback - Helen A. Harrison

71,99 RON 77,99 RON

Reducere. When the Cuban painter Wifredo Lam turns up dead in his Greenwich Village studio, the investigation takes Detective Sergeant John J. O'Connell and ...

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Our Daily Bread: A Meditation on the Cultural and Symbolic Significance of Bread Throughout History, Paperback - Predrag Matvejevic

69,99 RON

Our Daily Bread charmingly weaves together the customs, rituals, anecdotes, legends and sayings that tell the story of bread, from Mesopotamia, thr...

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Final Drafts: Suicides of World-Famous Authors, Paperback - Mark Seinfelt

164,99 RON 176,99 RON

Reducere. Some of the greatest writers in the history of the art-Hart Crane, Ernest Hemingway, Jerzy Kosinski, Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton, and Virginia Woolf-...

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Celebrating Difference, Paperback - Ryan S. Flahive

104,99 RON 112,99 RON

Reducere. On a 140-acre campus on the high plains south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) stands as a world leader in con...

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Art for War and Peace: How a Great Public Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself, Paperback - Ian Sigvaldason

150,99 RON

The Sampson-Matthews print program was the largest public art project in Canadian history. Launched at the start of the Second World War, it lasted...

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