Emulating Antiquity. Renaissance Buildings from Brunelleschi to Michelangelo, Hardback - David Hemsoll

A revelatory account of the complex and evolving relationship of Renaissance architects to classical antiquity

Platonic love is a concept that has profoundly shaped Western literature, philosophy and intellectual history for centuries. This wide-ranging work...

Explores the art of acting in Europe between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, demonstrating how stage acting was understood as a branch of r...

A beautifully illustrated history of human engagement with amber across three millennia.Publisher: Reaktion BooksAuthor(s): Rachel KingIllustration...

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Publisher: Oxford University Press IncNumber of pages: 392Collection: Modern South AsiaPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 242 x 162 x 28Cover type: ...

Publisher: Hirmer VerlagAuthor(s): Jessica RichardsonIllustration(s): 240 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 380Publication date: 2021Dimensions:...

One of the most important books on political regimes written in a generation.--Steven Levitsky, New York Times-bestselling author of How Democracie...

A new understanding of how and why early democracy took hold, how modern democracy evolved, and what this teaches us about the futureHistorical acc...

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. It s...

From farming, cooking and feasting scenes depicted in the Middle Ages in books of hours to the fish and fruit of ancient frescoes and mosaics, Food...

Modern scholarship generally treats the "debate about women" (querelle des femmes) as a late medieval phenomenon, perhaps touched upon by canonic a...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: European History: A Captiv...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: European History: A Captiv...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Johanna DruckerIllustration(s): 100 halftonesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

A beautifully illustrated gift book to explore the most extraordinary buildings of London on foot or from the armchair

Reducere. Letters to Michelangelo from Wyoming is a collection of epistolary or letter poems to the Masters of the Italian Renaissance: Michelangelo, Caravag...

Reducere. A fascinating history of the practice of surgery from one of the leading figures in the field, chronicling centuries of scientific breakthroughs by...

Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

Paul, a young Irish engineer, follows Evelyn to Berlin. A moving novel about language, memory, building and love.

Fresh analysis of elite public giving in the Greek cities in all periods of ancient history, highlighting it as a structural feature of polis socie...

Reducere. Treats the Pantheon from the unique perspective of its construction history, survival, and reception through history.

Ranging from ancient to contemporary sculpture, this book is the first study of the history of sculpture to present such an original and comprehens...

An exploration of food images in European and American painting from the early Renaissance to the present. It underlines the central importance of ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and pra...

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Reducere. For a Finn, the puukko is the most important tool and at the same time the most feared weapon. You could almost say the puukko has the same importa...

Reducere. Aristotle towers over Western philosophy and science as no other single person does. As they have come down to us, Aristotle's works comprise a ver...

A timely exploration of many facets of collecting and collectors. Part 1 Collecting and Presenting the Etruscans in North America; Part 2 Satis sit...

Through sketches, diagrams, rendering, photographs and narratives, this book portrays the criteria and conceptual thinking that was primary in find...

In a journey spanning 2, 000 years, this book describes the ties of trade, migration and investment between India and the rest of the world, showin...

This beautiful book shows how the treehouse can be many things: from simple structures based on centuries-old woodworking skills to modern geodesic...

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

Explores Jewish women's lives in what is now Eastern and Western Europe, Britain, Israel, Turkey, North Africa, and North America. The volume focus...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 20 bw illusNumber of pages: 296Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 21Cover type: Pap...

aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jo...