The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art, Paperback - Roger Lipsey

Reducere. "An invaluable reminder of the purposes and possibilities of modern art. Exemplary." -- Kirkus ReviewsIn 1911, modernist painter Wassily Kandinsky ...

Reducere. Kandinsky in this book defines the three types of painting; impressions, improvisations and compositions. While impressions are based on an externa...

DescriptionKandinsky sees the spiritual life of humanity as a pyramid. The artist must lead the layman to the top of this pyramid through the soulf...

Reducere. DescriptionKandinsky sees the spiritual life of humanity as a pyramid. The artist must lead the layman to the top of this pyramid through the soulf...

Reducere. Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (1866 - 1944) was a fantastic Russian painter who is credited for painting the first modern abstract works. In this ...

Nico Israel argues that spirals illuminate the torsions of history and geopolitics within modernity. Taking the form of the spiral not only as his ...

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Andreas (Leuphana Universitat Luneburg) BroeckmannIllustration(s): 74 b&w illus., 16 color plates; 90 Illustrati...

An accessible guide to the principles and vision of Dag Hammarskj ld, a man John F. Kennedy called "the greatest statesman of our century." Dag Ham...

Reducere. DescriptionHermit-monk, spiritual seeker, social activist, mystic, writer, and artist--Thomas Merton was all of these during his life. As the autho...

Artists and thinkers alike will treasure this special hardcover edition of one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. A pion...

This widely acclaimed book, first published in 1974, was a classic from its first day in print. Written in a direct, inviting way by Harry Braverma...

Gurdjieff reconsiderat. Viata. Invataturile. Mostenirea - Roger Lipsey

Publisher: Tate PublishingAuthor(s): Nicolette JonesIllustration(s): 46 illustrationsNumber of pages: 352Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 246 x 30...

Written by one of the foremost scholars of African art and featuring 129 color images, Postcolonial Modernism chronicles the emergence of artistic ...

Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingAuthor(s): Jesaiah Ben-AharonNumber of pages: 80Publication date: 2011Dimensions: 142 x 216 x 7Cover type: Paperb...

The most famous designs of the twentieth century are not those in museums, but in the marketplace. The Coca-Cola bottle and McDonald's logo are kno...

If you think that you have to retreat to a cave in the Himalayas to find the enlightenment that yoga promises, think again. In this second edition ...

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 ...

"[This book] charts the transformation of one of the world's great religions during an age marked by world wars, genocide, nationalism, decolonizat...

DescriptionDuring states of emergency, normal rules and rights are suspended, and force can often prevail. In these precarious intervals, when the ...

Reducere. Presenting keys for mastering relationships and combating fear and addictions, this perceptive meditation reflects on methods for creating abundanc...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 88 colour illusNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 227 x 29Cover type:...

A new edition of this seminal survey on the history of graphic design in the twentieth century.Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Richard Hol...

Publisher: Mimesis InternationalAuthor(s): Cesereanu RuxandraNumber of pages: 204Collection: Speculum CivitatisPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 14...

English radicalism has been a persistent and important, though minority, strand in English political culture since at least the English Civil War. ...

This is the first introductory survey of western twentieth-century music to address popular music, art music and jazz on equal terms. It highlights...

Reducere. A collection of household prayers that celebrates daily tasks such as making the bed and reading the newspaper while that examining their relations...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 234 x 157 x 30Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): ...

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

Publisher: University of Minnesota PressAuthor(s): Claire ZimmermanNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 256 x 179 x 26Cover type: ...

Reducere. DescriptionBetween 1900 and 1950, Americans built the most powerful steam locomotives of all time--enormous engines that powered a colossal industr...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 3 bw illusNumber of pages: 320Collection: Critical Perspectives in South Asian HistoryPublicat...

DescriptionThis 128-page oversized catalog was produced circa 1900 in Germany and contains hundreds of stunning examples of screen-printed patterns...

The definitive history of twentieth-century theatrical dance, enhanced with more than 200 exceptional photographs Winner of the 2005 Congress on Re...

The World Reimagined: Americans and Human Rights in the Twentieth Century - Mark Philip Bradley

Contributor(s): Author: Furio JesiTranslator: Richard BraudeIn the decades before the rise of the Third Reich, "Secret Germany" was a phrase used b...

Publisher: Edinburgh University PressAuthor(s): Gavin (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) RaeNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: ...

Reducere. 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 ...

Reducere. A rousing history of Ireland in its most tumultous century by one of the most well-known and beloved Irish writers of our time. Tim Pat Coogan's Ir...

* A significant contribution to our understanding of how politics affects real people, and abrilliant blend of sweeping narrative and detailed anal...

Reducere. An extraordinarily visceral collection of posters that represent the progressive protest movements of the twentieth Century. Two of the most recogn...

Reducere. DescriptionEqual under the Sky is the first historical study of Georgia O'Keeffe's complex involvement with, and influence on, US feminism from the...

Based on twelve case studies (Senegal, Mali, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar and the Comoros), this book ...

This book tells the fascinating story of the Butlin and Warner holiday camp chains that emerged in the 1930s. The camps became a cultural phenomeno...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCNumber of pages: 480Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 240 x 36Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): Associate Pr...