Inventing the Alphabet. The Origins of Letters from Antiquity to the Present, Hardback - Johanna Drucker

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

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

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

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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...

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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...

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The first textbook covering the history of science from antiquity through the Scientific Revolution. Providing students of all backgrounds with the...

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

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Now in a fully revised and updated edition including new primary sources and illustrations, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neo...

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Offers the first overarching history of the humanities from Antiquity to the present.

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Reducere. Now Back in PrintJohanna Drucker's The Century of Artists' Books is the seminal full-length study of the development of artists' books as a twentie...

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

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Reducere. "Biblical Greek Book 1: The Alphabet" is a workbook for learning how to read, write and pronounce the letters of the Greek alphabet. Ages "young ad...

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

Presents an anthology of Irish American poetry. This book collects the work of over two hundred Irish American poets, as well as other American poe...

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This work explores the evolution of religious dualism, the doctrine that man and cosmos are constant battegrounds between forces of good and evil. ...

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A sweeping history of premodern architecture told through the material of stonePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Fabio BarryIllustration(s...

Why do historians so often talk about objectivity, empathy, and fair-mindedness? What roles do such personal qualities play in historical studies? ...