Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt der ägyptischen Pyramiden und entdecken Sie die verborgenen Geheimnisse hinter diesen monumentalen Bauwerken.
Unique perspectives from an acclaimed art historian on the relationship between drawing and paintingFrom Drawing to Painting interweaves biographical information about five renowned French artists-Nicolas Poussin, Antoine Watteau, Jean-Honore Fragonard, Jacques-Louis David, and Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres-with a fascinating look at dozens of their drawings and the links that they have to their paintings.
The tumultuous and heartbreaking life of a world-famous model whose riveting story of beauty, fame, passion, murder, and madness in the Gilded Age captivated a nation.
The Food Almanac II is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food - a dazzling, diverse mix of memoir, history, short stories and poems alongside recipes, cooking tips, menus and reading lists.
Exploring the five elements of cooking and eating: Taste, Flavour (smell), Texture (touch and sound), Temperature (touch) and Appearance, this book explains how these elements work together and how best to use them to produce simple, delicious dishes.
The theme of 'disinterest' is a dominant one in philosophical accounts of aesthetic experience, and, unlike many philosophical themes, it has had and continues to have a huge effect, on presuppositions about the nature of judgment, of feeling, of art, of resistance, of all of those experiences and activities that appear to operate at least partly outside of the given regulations of human existence.
The new colour bible: a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designer'One of the best books on colour I've read.
The first comprehensive sociological explanation for the high suicide rate in Japan, the first profound philosophical explanation of "conceptual Art' in and through the Marxian categories of use and exchange, and the first analysis of the birth of Islam w
A compelling analysis of the relationships between fascism, neoliberalism, art and popular culture over the last century, and their contemporary manifestations.
In this unprecedented ‘fictive’ construction of the work of five imaginary artists from the 1980s, John Roberts produces an exhilarating theoretical encounter between futures past and futures present.
The wines of Bordeaux are universally recognized as being among the finest in the world and in this fully revised and updated edition of his classic text, renowned wine expert Stephen Brook provides an unrivalled survey of the region and its wines.
The world's best-selling annual wine guideHugh Johnson's Pocket Wine Book is the essential reference book for everyone who buys wine - in shops, restaurants, or on the internet.
'A really good starting point to discover what lights you up' - Emma Gannon'Unlock your inner creativity and ease your anxiety' Daily TelegraphTHE MULTI-MILLION-COPY WORLDWIDE BESTSELLERSince its first publication, The Artist's Way has inspired the genius of Elizabeth Gilbert, Tim Ferriss, Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington and millions of readers to embark on a creative journey and find a deeper connection to process and purpose.
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