The Pen and the Brush: How Passion for Art Shaped Nineteenth-Century French Novels, Hardcover

DescriptionA dynamic, timely history of nineteenth-century activists--free-lovers and socialists, abolitionists and vigilantes--and the social revo...

Publisher: Unicorn Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Caroline ChapmanIllustration(s): 60 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2...

This unique anthology includes generous selections from the six nineteenth-century French poets most often read in the English-speaking world today...

First book of 3-book series showing how maritime trade shaped the world from the Ice Age to modernity.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Ni...

Reducere. Have you ever wondered what it would have been like to live in the nineteenth century? How would you have got a partner in a ballroom? What would y...

Reducere. These are troubling days for the humanities. In response, a recent proliferation of works defending the humanities has emerged. But, taken together...

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 ...

The first Yale French Studies issue on photography, examining French photography's place in art, identity, and society through a lens of diversity ...

A pathbreaking history of art that uses digital research and economic tools to reveal enduring inequities in the formation of the art historical ca...

Reducere. A study of three controversies that illuminate the changing cultural role of art exhibition in the nineteenth centuryFrom the antebellum era throug...

Learn how to create beautiful, hand-lettered stationery, art, and other decorations with Modern Calligraphy, a sophisticated, interactive book full...

Coming of Age in Nineteenth-Century India: The Girl-Child and the Art of Playfulness - Ruby Lal

Reducere. Scandal, Shock and Rivalry Can Be an Artist's Best Friends Scandal, shock and rivalry all have negative connotations, don't they? They can be catas...

DescriptionJennifer Travis and Jessica DeSpain present a long-overdue collection of theoretical perspectives and case studies aimed at teaching nin...

Eoin MacNeill (1867-1945) was a founding figure in the Gaelic League, the Irish Volunteers, and the government of Ireland. As Professor of Early (i...

A study of the complex relationship between matter and idea that shaped the nineteenth-century culture of art, and that in turn determined the cour...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Bridget AlsdorfIllustration(s): 140 color + 17 b/w illus.Number of pages: 296Publication date: 2022...

Reducere. WE THE PRESIDENTS explores how American presidents over the last century, from Warren G. Harding to Donald Trump, have shaped today's issues. Every...

Using the tools of the "new" art history (feminism, Marxism, social context, etc.) An Introduction to Nineteenth-Century Art offers a richly textur...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Elizabeth (Montclair State University, USA) EmeryIllustration(s): 13 colour and 48 bw illusNumber of...

A fifth edition of this classic textbook, revised and updated throughout.Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Stephen F. EisenmanIllustration(s...

Reducere. "In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, o...

Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Neil ThomasIllustration(s): 12 black and white tactical maps & 32 colour photographsNumber of pages: 208...

Reducere. Step into lovely French homes and shops for inspiration and enchanting ideas. Heirloom antiques and charming villages create a memorable journey th...

Reducere. Description Einstein looked up to him, the Nazis tried to abduct him, his institute in Copenhagen hosted just about every Nobel prize winner in phy...

A surprising new history of Tutankhamun published to coincide with the centenary of his tomb's discovery.Publisher: Atlantic BooksAuthor(s): Christ...

Reducere. In this engagingly written biography, Tamara Plakins Thornton delves into the life and work of Nathaniel Bowditch (1773-1838), a man Thomas Jeffers...

Reducere. In the age of the Anthropocene, girls are tired and jaded. And yet, we are the last reminders of glittering purity. Not dumb sexual purity, but lig...

The author was inspired by his family history to examine the British manufacturing industry.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAuthor(s): Philip Hamly...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Simon (Saint Louis Art Museum, USA) KellyIllustration(s): 8 colour & 64 bw illusNumber of pages: 272...

A rip-roaring and exhaustively researched new take on the origin of the comic strip by one of the leading cartoon storytellers of our time. With mo...

An archive of never-before-published illustrations of insects and plants painted by a pioneering naturalist During his lifetime (1751-ca. 1840), En...

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Reducere. "Absolutely marvelous...lively and learned....Marilyn Yalom's book is a distinguished contribution to our experience of a great literature, as well...

This volume brings together six outstanding French tales, each by a different author, originally published between 1829 and 1886. Representing a va...

Reducere. The nineteenth century saw the emergence both of history as an independent scientific discipline and of national history as a means to legitimize t...

More than just a five-digit grasping appendage, the extraordinary human hand is capable of a virtually infinite range of expression. Here are over ...

'Napoo', 'compray', 'san fairy ann', 'toot sweet' are anglicized French phrases that came into use on the Western Front during the First World War ...

Reducere. In most college and university libraries, materials published before 1800 have been moved into special collections, while the post-1923 books remai...

Describes MacLean's extensive Royal Navy war experiences in the Arctic, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Ocean.Publisher: Pen & Sword Books LtdAu...

Reducere. The Erie Canal was dying. Adirondack sawmills were falling silent. And in the final years of the nineteenth century, the upstate New York town of F...

Not since the printing press has a media object been as celebrated for its role in the advancement of knowledge as the scientific journal. From ope...

How did Mary Shelley's Frankenstein give rise to the iconic green monster everyone knows today? In 1823, only five years after publication, Shelley...

Reducere. While the 'venereal peril' of nineteenth-century France was responsible for thousands of deaths, much attention has focused on the range of social ...