Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Invention of the Gothic, Paperback - Philip Ball

Reducere. Chartres Cathedral, south of Paris, is revered as one of the most beautiful and profound works of art in the Western canon. But what did it mean to...

Colour in art - as in life - is both inspiring and uplifting, but where does it come from?

Reducere. The description for this book, The Gothic Cathedral: Origins of Gothic Architecture and the Medieval Concept of Order, will be forthcoming.

Looks at the interaction between design and the requirements of patrons, follows the creative processes of architects, and discusses chronology, st...

Notre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. In this beautifully illustrated magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray tells the cathedr...

A nuanced account of the life and art of Piero della Francesca.Illustrations: 94 colour illustrations

Reducere. In 12 April 1937 Frank Whittle became the first person to successfully start and run a turbojet engine. In May 1941 the engine took to the air in a...

DescriptionAn engaging critique of the science and metaphysics behind our understanding of the universe The James Webb Space Telescope, when launch...

While property ownership is a cornerstone of the American dream, the status of enslaved people supplies a contrasting American nightmare. Sarah Gil...

Publisher: Datum Publishing LimitedAuthor(s): John GolleyIllustration(s): Illustrations, mapsNumber of pages: 284Publication date: 2010Dimensions: ...

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a r...

Reducere. In the tradition of Why Nations Fail, this book solves one of the great puzzles of history: Why did the West become the most powerful civilization ...

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. DescriptionThis book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the mode...

Reducere. This gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreak...

Reducere. Through image and word, author and photographer Jill Geoffrion unfolds the the story of Mary at Chartres on the pages of this book. Geoffrion offer...

The story of Seville's Archive of the Indies reveals how current views of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are based on radical historical r...

Reducere. A History of the Expedition to Jerusalem, 1095-1127, Paperback

Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games - Michael Llewellyn

Key Concepts in the Gothic' provides a one-stop resource which details and defines, in accessible language, those contexts essential for the study ...

Reducere. The Invention of the Kaleidoscope is a book of poetic elegies that discuss failures: failures of love, both sexual and spiritual; failures of the b...

DescriptionA historical tour de force that demolishes the myths and taboos that have surrounded Jewish and Israeli history, The Invention of the Je...

Thoroughly expanded and updated, this widely acclaimed Companion provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and gen...

Publisher: University of California PressIllustration(s): 74 b-w illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 183 x 263 x 17C...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Michael RiordanAuthor: Lillian HoddesonOn December 16, 1947, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain, physicists at Bell Laborator...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Greg CarpenterMoore. Gaiman. Morrison. They came from Northampton, West Sussex, and Glasgow, and even though they spoke wit...

DescriptionBuilt around 1200 and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site that draws more than a million visitors and pilgrims each year, Chartres Cathedra...

Richly illustrated with manuscripts, portraits, Sir John Tenniel's original line drawings and contemporary photographs, this is a fresh look at two...

Reducere. During the Golden Age of Sports in the 1920s, Walter Hagen was to golf what Babe Ruth was to baseball. The first professional golfer to make his li...

Lacan and Marx: The Invention of the Symptom provides an incisive commentary on Lacan's reading of Marx, mapping the relations between these two va...

Reducere. From the Yangtze to the Yellow River, China is traversed by great waterways, which have defined its politics and ways of life for centuries. Water ...

Reducere. The adventures of Henrietta Achilles continue... After saving her inherited home from a supernatural flood, Henrietta Achilles is settling in for t...

Philip Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim - known to later ages as Paracelsus - stands on the borderline between medieval and modern;Pub...

This is the first comprehensive study of Manchester Cathedral. Founded in 1421 by charter of Henry V, the Collegiate Church of Manchester, as it th...

Reducere. The Fruit of All Evil, Paperback