'Gorgeous and immersive' WALL STREET JOURNALFascinating and full of beauty' KATHERINE MAY, author of Wintering'Reminds us that we get to choose where we focus our attention between one dawn and the next' TRISTAN GOOLEY, author of How to Read a Tree'A quietly radical invitation to notice more, rush less and live deeper' DANIEL H.
Although the 1930s and 1940s marked Hollywood's "e;Golden Age"e; for some, Black male actors were most often confined to minor roles as servants or porters.
Time and again, the language of collecting and preservation is cloaked in florid rhetoric whenever museums, their purposes and their holdings are evoked - even though the museum world is scarcely bound by legal definition.
From the Realist canvases of the Pre-Raphaelites to the Aesthetic experiments of James McNeill Whistler,The Chosen Raceconfronts the complex negotiations of whiteness that played out across British art of the nineteenth century.
This book by Antonio Panaino discusses the development of the Iranian cosmographical world and its interaction with the Greek, Mesopotamian and Indic civilizations.
A compact, easy-to-carry reference guide packed with essential tips, techniques, and practical knowledge for artists of all levels and abilitiesQuick and clever tips together with practice projects will bring more life, soul and detail to your workA go-to resource for the studio, the book covers everything you need: from color mixing and brush strokes to composition tips and material essentialsCrammed with quick-reference tables, practice drills, and helpful prompts, it ensures you have all the information you need right at your fingertipsWhether youre exploring composition, color theory, or need some expert advice, The Little Book of Watercolor Secrets provides the concise, insightful knowledge that will enhance your painting practice and inspire your artistic journey.
Rebecca Welkens untersucht das Motiv der Tronie als eigenständige Darstellungsform des menschlichen Gesichts und analysiert ihre Funktionen, Rezeptionen und Verwertungsstrategien vom 16.
Populism and nationalism in classical music held a significant place between the world wars with composers such as George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, and Leonard Bernstein creating a soundtrack to the lives of everyday Americans.
A SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLERA Waterstones Best Nature & Travel Writing Book 2025'Educational, smart and funny' Richard Osman'This book is superb' Charlie Brooker'Brilliant.
When significant numbers of college-educated American women began, in the early twenty-first century, to leave paid work to become stay-at-home mothers, an emotionally charged national debate erupted.
Kintsugi: Da un'antica arte artigianale a una filosofia di vita per maggiore serenità, felicità e soddisfazioneNascondere gli errori, celare i difetti, coprire le cicatrici – mantenere ciò che è considerato "negativo" lontano dagli occhi degli altri è purtroppo diventato normale nella nostra società moderna.
National identity is not some naturally given or metaphysically sanctioned racial or territorial essence that only needs to be conceptualised or spelt out in discursive texts; it emerges from, takes shape in, and is constantly defined and redefined in individual and collective performances.
The re-emergence of the issue of wartime suffering to the fore of German public discourse represents the greatest shift in German memory culture since the Historikerstreit of the 1980s.
In "e;Good Observers of Nature"e; Tina Gianquitto examines nineteenth-century American women's intellectual and aesthetic experiences of nature and investigates the linguistic, perceptual, and scientific systems that were available to women to describe those experiences.
Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet.
This second edition of Clarinet Secrets is a compilation of Distinguished Professor Michele Gingras's acclaimed books that spearheaded Rowman & Littlefield's Music Secrets series: Clarinet Secrets and More Clarinet Secrets.
Der Name von Detlev Glanert (*1960) ist in aller Munde: anerkannt als bedeutender Opernkomponist und ebenso bewundert für seine zahlreichen Instrumentalwerke.
Taxi Driver, Toro salvaje, Buenos muchachos, Casino, El lobo de Wall Street, Los infiltrados, El irlandés… Con estas y muchas otras películas, Martin Scorsese ha dejado una huella indeleble en el último medio siglo del cine.
A compact, easy-to-carry reference guide packed with essential tips, techniques, and practical knowledge for artists of all levels and abilityQuick and clever tips, together with practical exercises will bring more life, soul and detail to your drawingsA go-to resource for the artist, covering everything needed: from perspective and line weights to composition tips and material essentialsCrammed with quick-reference tables, practice drills, and helpful prompts, to ensure you have all the information you need, right at their fingertipsWhether youre exploring composition, color theory, or need some expert advice, The Little Book of Drawing Secrets provides the concise, insightful knowledge that will enhance your drawing practice and inspire your artistic journey.
Bringing together a collection of methodological and practical studies, this volume explores how design could define more equal notions of ecological time.
Gender Violence in Late Antiquity confronts the violent ideological frameworks underpinning the early Christian imagination, arguing that gender-based violence is not peripheral but is fundamental to understanding early Christian history.
Understanding our profound connection to popular music is a complex endeavor, requiring an integrated knowledge of cognitive neuroscience, evolutionary biology, musicology, and cultural studies.
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America.
Featuring groundbreaking, never-before-heard stories, Duane Tudahl pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet.
