Beauty and Art. 1750-2000, Paperback - Elizabeth Prettejohn

What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these quest...

Reducere. Though always controversial in art circles, the Pre-Raphaelites have also always been extremely popular with museum goers. This accessible new stud...

This pioneering history of modern India explores a multiplicity of connections between India and the world. Situating India in global context over ...

Publisher: Focus Publishing/R Pullins & CoAuthor(s): Astrid KlockeNumber of pages: 324Publication date: 2008Dimensions: 256 x 204 x 21Cover type: P...

Reducere. This book explores the role of aesthetic experience in our perception and understanding of the holy. Richard Viladesau's goal is to articulate a th...

- A unique art reference, featuring 100 Dutch and Flemish masterpieces created between 1400 and 1750 - Selected by the experts from Codart, a netwo...

Reducere. Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on l...

A subtle love story by one of the most accomplished writers of the 20th century

Elizabeth Grosz addresses three related concepts-life, politics, and art-by exploring the implications of Charles Darwins account of the evolution ...

Reducere. Beauty Is Never Enough. As a thirteen-year-old, Elizabeth B. Alton participated in the 1920 Atlantic City International Rolling Chair Parade, an ev...

Reducere. Table of Contents Introduction How to Skeletonize Leaves Drying Flowers Naturally Traditional Drying with Sand Preparing Your Flowers for Drying Tw...

Reducere. From popular genre films to cult avant-garde works, this book is an essential guide to Japan's vibrant cinema culture. It collects two decades of t...

Reducere. The legendary splendor of Genoese baroque artGenoa completed its transformation from a faded maritime power into a thriving banking center for Euro...

The Art & Science of Beauty Therapy is an indispensable reference for beauty therapists, providing up to the minute guidance for student Estheticia...

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

* New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth-century art-theoretical texts. * Now updated to include the results of new research, together ...

Reducere. Prayer is natural for human beings, a spontaneous impulse common in all people. Yet, beyond instinct, there is a kind of prayer that's conscious an...

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 ...

DescriptionFrom geometry in motion to the possibilities of pi, this stunning volume reveals how art has been inspired by the beauty and poetry of m...

The story of England's first great queen - and how she wielded power with a meticulously crafted imagePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Si...

Reducere. Elizabeth Murray has radically altered the structure of Modernist painting. Her shaped and constructed canvases, often topologically modeled in thr...

Reducere. Modern perspectives on art and politics in Shanghai in 2000Here, contributions by Jane DeBevoise, Lee Weng Choy, Mia Yu, Hou Hanru, Wu Hung and Ai ...

Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Using his own film criticism as a starting point, the author expands outwards, easily...

In this authoritative, lively book, the celebrated Italian novelist and philosopher Umberto Eco presents a learned summary of medieval aesthetic id...

Wallace Chan: Butterflies features approximately 30 of his finest pieces. Enter a butterfly house of colourful gems, with brooches and necklaces so...

Reducere. Fabulous Florals This book features 88-pages of instruction and inspiration for drawing, painting, and collaging florals from life. Flowers are the...

45 Years of 2000 AD is an oversized art book featuring newly commissioned work from a host of international artists celebrating the broad variety o...

Description"The poems in this collection, " as Schulman notes in her introduction, "sing of grief as they praise life." She notes: "As any bereaved...

DescriptionWhat does it mean to say that a painting has been "invaded" by language? Art, Word and Image answers this question by exploring how visu...

Reducere. Pet and Animal Portraits in Collage includes 90 pages of instruction and inspiration for creating your own hand-painted paper collage artwork. Lear...

Reducere. DescriptionBeauty is seldom associated with the performance of religious obligations, which are more often viewed as duties. This book shows, howev...

Reducere. 96-pages of instruction and inspiration for drawing, painting, and collaging the landscape. Be inspired by the idea of Plein Air landscape collage ...

The most comprehensive monograph available on the internationally renowned Belgian floral artist and designer Daniel Ost.

Publisher: Duke University PressAuthor(s): Kim BrandtIllustration(s): 21 illustrationsNumber of pages: 320Collection: Asia-Pacific: Culture, Politi...

Sufocata de constrangerile societatii victoriene si de o familie conservatoare, Iris indrazneste sa isi ia viata in propriile maini atunci cand un ...

In copilarie dar si in adolescenta, alaturi de o mama habotnica si un tata pierdut in lumea lui, Xiomarei i s-a tot repetat cum trebuie sa fie o fa...