Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640: The Homer of Painting

Combining typical Flemish realism with classical themes influenced by the Renaissance, Rubens caught the attention of all of Europe and helped put ...

Reducere. Peter Paul Rubens' gifts as an artist were as comprehensive as they were supreme. A prolific painter of illimitable resource and invention, he was ...

A unique atlas-based approach filled with anecdotal peculiarities on the social and cultural context in which Rubens lived and including practical ...

Publisher: Museum of Fine Art, Budapest / Hungarian National GalleryAuthor(s): Julia TatraiIllustration(s): 150 col illsNumber of pages: 420Publica...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Peter HomerIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 28Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 156 x 233 x 5Cove...

One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride an...

The first comprehensive dictionary of everyone of importance in the creation of English architecture during the Elizabethan and Jacobean agesPublis...

A groundbreaking insight into Gustave Courbet and his bold experiments in landscape paintingPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Paul GalvezI...

Reducere. Remarcabil... excepțional - Caroline Moorehead (Times Literary Supplement) O carte remarcabilă și de neclintit. - Clive Sinclair (Independent) Un t...

Celebrate the life and work of Peter Paul Rubens with this informative introduction to the Flemish artist.Illustrations: 55 Illustrations, color

Reducere. DescriptionAlexander Pope was born on May 21st, 1688 in London into a Catholic family. His education was affected by the recent Test Acts, upholdin...

Reducere. "Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus' son Achilleus / and its devastation." For sixty years, that's how Homer has begun the Iliad in English, in Ric...

Reducere. Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survi...

The brilliance of Peter Paul Rubens' career changed forever the perceptions of painting and painters. These three biographies of the artist show th...

DescriptionThe purpose of this illustrated volume of first-hand recollections is to increase appreciation in the world for Rudolf Steiner's artisti...

Reducere. Troia. Orasul care a constituit teatrul razboiului dintre ahei si asiatici a constituit visul din copilarie al lui Schliemann, dar mai mult decat a...

Exciting new translation of Ancient Greek text by award-winning poet, critic and university lecturerPublisher: Carcanet Press LtdAuthor(s): Peter M...

O calatorie fantastica intr-o lume magic

Reducere. In the spirit of Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett, The Sheriff of Yrnameer is sci-fi comedy at its best--mordant, raucously funny, and a thrilling...

Topics covered include: Preliminary sketchesUseful techniquesWorking with colourEvoking an atmosphereCapturing light and shade

Publisher: Spike IslandAuthor(s): John-Paul StonardIllustration(s): 50 colour illustrationsNumber of pages: 72Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 291...

Reducere. The Golden Chain of Homer, in its various forms and editions, is perhaps one of the most descriptive and least ambiguous manuscripts on alchemical ...

Reducere. This work of comparative history explores the array of ceremonies that the English, the Spanish, the French, the Portuguese and the Dutch performed...

The six sequential essays in this collection provide anarrative of a century and a half of Welsh painting, written with an emphasis on issues of so...

Publisher: Walter Foster PublishingAuthor(s): Bley HackIllustration(s): 250 color illustrationsNumber of pages: 128Collection: At HomePublication d...

Reducere. Troia. Orasul care a constituit teatrul razboiului dintre ahei si asiatici a constituit visul din copilarie al lui Schliemann, dar mai mult decat a...

Explores an Ireland where uncontrolled development is tearing apart a sustaining ecology. This title includes poems that sustain belief in the powe...

Reducere. The revolution of Catalonia in 1640 was a signal event in seventeenth-century Europe. Its causes and antecedents - essential for an understanding o...

A collection of reproductions of Peter Saville's limited edition artworks produced between 2003 and 2018. Volume one contains work in print, neon, ...

A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of the inspiration for his abstract art from musical rhythms and structures. Like a compo...

Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. This volume excavates his ...

A fascinating reappraisal of Britain's `oldest ally', the House of Braganza.