Introduction to Modern Art

Reducere. Over a long, turbulent life, Picasso continually discovered new ways of seeing the world and translating it into art. A restless genius, he went th...

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Reducere. An extraordinary new verse translation of Dante's masterpiece, by poet, scholar, and lauded translator Anthony Esolen Of the great poets, Dante is ...

The iconic first Moomin comic strip by Tove Jansson, full of adventure, schemes, and romanceMoomin's pushy relations have come to stay, and in the ...

Minerals existed long before any forms of life, playing a key role in the origin and evolution of life; an interaction with biological systems that...

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The idea of the sword-wielding samurai, beholden to a strict ethical code and trained in deadly martial arts, dominates popular conceptions of the ...

How does the physics we know today - a highly professionalised enterprise, inextricably linked to government and industry - link back to its origin...

China today is never out of the news: from international finance to human rights controversies, global coverage of its rising international presenc...

John Ruskin was the most powerful and influential art critic and social commentator of the Victorian nineteenth century. A true polymath, he wrote ...

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"Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I shall live." If we're still reading it two millennia after Ovid's death,...

From Berlin to Boston, and St Petersburg to Sydney, ancient Egyptian art fills the galleries of some of the world's greatest museums, while the arc...

The perfect introduction to the life and work of this pioneering artist The work of Andy Warhol (1928-1987) reflected and commented on contemporary...

War and Peace and Anna Karenina are widely recognized as two of the greatest novels ever written. Their author Leo Tolstoy has been honored as the ...

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This volume is an introduction to the intellectual movement known as Postmodernism and its impact on the visual arts. In clear, jargon-free languag...

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A beautiful introduction to the fascinating story of western painting. From the first cave paintings to modern masterpieces, each double page inclu...

Reducere. Jerry Cornelius is a scientist, a rock star, and an assassin. He is the hippest adventurer of them all: tripping through a pop art nightmare in whi...

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Enrich your life with the wisdom of the Ancients updated for the modern World. Jose Guerrido, Jr., the artist known as Cheito, brings you modern re...

Reducere. The art of pyrography, also known as pur graphos (fire writing), is as old as mankind, and this form of art gives immeasurable satisfaction to arti...

Reducere. Explains the development of modern art in a simple, straightforward way, with over 100 illustrations of major art works. Covers all the key movemen...

Rilke is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, and one of the great twentieth-century lyric poets in German. From The Book of Hours in 19...

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From Andy Warhol's Brillo boxes to provocative dung-splattered madonnas, in today's art world many strange, even shocking, things are put on displa...

With full-page reproductions, it offers more than 100 images, together with an introduction to his art and contribution made by Nash to the cultura...

In his internationally acclaimed novels, short stories, plays and essays, James Baldwin was and remains a powerfully prophetic voice in the America...

Emily Dickinson lived as a recluse in Amherst, Massachusetts, dedicating herself to writing a "letter to the world"--the 1, 775 poems left unpublis...

Featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, this text is a comprehensive guide to Japanese culture. The richness of Japan's hist...

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

From Sputnik to Gorbachev: an intricately detailed graphic exploration of Russian history that only you can completeThis coloring book for all ages...

DescriptionA new illustrated edition of Sun Tzu's classic ancient Chinese meditation on military strategy and human psychology, with a new commenta...

DescriptionLearn to use colored pencils and watercolor pencils to create vibrant, exciting works of art Modern Colored Pencil delves into all the b...

Offering coverage ranging from Impressionism to the Harlem Renaissance, from Cezanne to Post modernism, this book presents an introduction to moder...

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An alternative introduction to modern art, focusing on the stories of 50 key works that consciously questioned the boundaries, challenged the statu...

Reducere. Designed as a text for a one-semester, nonmathematical optics course at the undergraduate level, this well-illustrated text is addressed to art maj...

Reducere. A bold new translation of Euripides' shockingly modern classic work, from Forward Prize-winning poet, Robin Robertson, with a new introduction by b...

Offering coverage ranging from Impressionism to the Harlem Renaissance, from Cezanne to Post modernism, this book presents an introduction to moder...

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"Impressively navigates the tricky boundaries that separate art and life, the haunted present and the haunting historical past.." New York Times A ...

Reducere. "The Book of Tarot by Danielle Noel is not just a book--it is a work of art. Harness the power of your intuition with this deeply beautiful, sacred...

Reducere. This classic on shamanism pioneered the modern shamanic renaissance. It is the foremost resource and reference on shamanism. Now, with a new introd...

DescriptionFran oise Gilot's candid memoir remains the most revealing portrait of Picasso written, and gives fascinating insight into the intense a...

Reducere. Basic Writings is the finest single-volume anthology of the work of Martin Heidegger, widely considered one of the most important modern philosophe...

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DescriptionCreative Watercolor offers beginners a fun, modern, and practical approach to a timeless medium with instructions on how to paint simple...

Back in print for the first time in 30 years, this volume provides a brilliant and accessible summation of the ideas of left Marxist giant C. L. R....

DescriptionPublished in a new edition, this book offers an introduction to Bauhaus, one of the most influential movements in modern architecture, a...

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"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness." --Dalai Lama That's easy for the Dalai Lama to say--but for the rest of us, understanding th...

Artemisia Gentileschi, born in 1598, the daughter of an esteemed painter, taught art in Naples and painted the great women of Roman and biblical hi...

Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was among the most in-demand illustrators in his field during the 1910s and 20s. A dynamic and highly skilled watercolor...

The Sufis are as diverse as the countries in which they've flourished--from Morocco to India to China--and as varied as their distinctive forms of ...

Reducere. A landmark anthology of full-length works by Black American women writers of the 19th century including Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Harriet Jacob...

Reducere. This lavishly illustrated full-color hardback explores the life and work of French modernist painter Eduard Manet. Manet was one of the first artis...

Reducere. This collectible edition of "The Art of War by Sun Tzu" presents these timeless instructions regarding military strategy and managing conflict in t...

Description"Patience, patience, because the great movements of history have always begun in those small parenthesis that we call 'in the meantime.'...

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Alli Koch has mastered the art of turning simple doodles into beautifully designed floral illustrations and is giving you her expertise in her book...

Reducere. Important study focuses on the revival and assimilation of ancient Greek mathematics in the 13th-16th centuries, via Arabic science, and the 16th-c...