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Peter Paul Rubens, 1577-1640: The Homer of Painting

Combining typical Flemish realism with classical themes influenced by the Renaissance, Rubens caught the attention of all of Europe and helped put his native Antwerp

Egon Schiele 1890-1918

After a short flirtation with Klimt's style, Schiele soon questioned the aesthetic orientation to the beautiful surface of the Viennese Art Nouveau with his rough

Le Morte Darthur. The Winchester Manuscript

The definitive English version of the stories of King Arthur, Le Morte Darthur was completed in 1469-70 by Sir Thomas Malory, `knight-prisoner'. In a resonant

Antoine Watteau 1684-1721

Watteau was inspired by the theater and in particular the commedia dell'arte, hence elaborately costumed actors, dancers, and musicians were recurrent subjects he was also

The Remains of the Day

In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside

Abstract Art

Each book in Tachen's Basic Genre series features: a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural,

Tadao Ando: 1941

Combining influences from Japanese tradition with the best of Modernism, Ando has developed a completely unique building aesthetic that makes use of concrete, wood, water,

The Bauhaus: 1919-1933: Reform and Avant-Garde

Originally headed by Walter Gropius, the Bauhaus counted among its members artists and architects such as Paul Klee, Lyonel Feininger, Wassily Kandinsky, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, and

Bosch : C. 1450 1516 Between Heaven and Hell

Even his date of birth can only be guessed at, and that based on a drawing assumed to be a self-portrait, made shortly before his

Santiago Calatrava: 1951: Architect, Engineer, Artist

Winner of the 2005 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal as well as numerous other prestigious awards, Calatrava is one of the greatest and most

Salvador Dali: 1904-1989

Superb reproductions of paintings by one of the 20th century's most famous artists: The Visage of War, The Enigma of Desire, the well-known Persistence of Memory, 13 others

Albrecht Durer

His visits to Italy (where he studied most notably with Giovanni Bellini) had a profound effect on his artistic development and enabled him to combine

Lucian Freud

I paint people, Freud has said, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they

Paul Gauguin: 1848-1903 the Primitive Sophisticate

We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment

Hundertwasser: The Painter-King with the 5 Skins: The Power of Art

However, Hundertwasser's art has always contained a political shade. He has consistently rebelled against rationalist or determinist ideas, promoted ecological awareness, and mantained a passionate

Lullabies for Little Criminals

Jules is an intermittent presence and a constant source of chaos in Baby's life - the turmoil he brings with him and the wreckage he

Leonardo Da Vinci, 1452-1519

If he seems so modern, it is perhaps because of his non-speciality, his magpie mind and curiosity, and his thousands of notes and sketches. In

Mendelsohn

He became famous with the Einsteinturm in Potsdam (the supreme masterpiece of architectural expressionism, one of the most heretical and revolutionary works in history), the

Henri Matisse, 1869-1954: Master of Colour

Henri Matisse's adventures in color and light constitute a landmark in the history of modern art. From his apprenticeship in the studio of Gustave Moreau

Alfons Mucha, 1860-1939: Master of Art Nouveau

A kind of sketchbook and personal visual diary, this record of captured moments from the mid-1880s until the end of the artist's life illuminates both

Henry Moore: 1898-1986

Available in over 20 languages, Taschen's Basic Art Series offers budget-minded readers quality books on the greatest artists of all time. The neat, slick format

Fallen in Love

Unexpected. Unrequited. Forbidden. Eternal. Everyone has their own love story.And in a twist of fate, four extraordinary love stories combine over the course of a

Richard Neutra, 1892-1970

Richard Neutra Born and raised in Vienna, Richard Neutra (1872-1970) came to America early in his career, settling in California. His influence on post-war architecture

Icecream

How about some refreshing coconut ice cream? Or a lusciously creamy chocolate ice cream made from real chocolate? The author shares all her best advice

Book of Fairy Tales Combined Vol

A delightful picture book specially written for young children just learning to read. The charming illustrations contain thoughtful and humorous detail and provide the reader

The Female Quixote or The Adventures of Arabella

Praised by Fielding, Richardson and Samuel Johnson, the book quickly established Charlotte Lennox as a foremost writer of the Novel of Sentiment. With an excellent

The Wings of the Dove

ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume

Pop Art

Pop artists of the 1960s, heralded by the Great Andy Warhol, commented on everything from mainstream media to consumer society to advertising to product packaging

Pre-Raphaelites

Founded in 1848 by William Holman Hunt, John Everett Millais and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, the original Pre-Raphaelites were joined by William Michael Rossetti, James Collinson,

Shigeru Ban

This survey traces his entire career to date, showing clearly why he is one of the world's most innovative and significant architects. Unlike many of his

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the

De lágrimas y de santos

Una pasion mistica en un mundo sin Dios. O, en palabras del propio Cioran, «la pasion de lo absoluto en un alma esceptica» : tal

Philip Jodidio

Zaha Hadid is a wildly controversial architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite her designs winning prizes and critical acclaim. Some even said

Land Art

One distinguishing feature of Land Art is its critical preoccupation with the tradition of sculpture. Sculpture can now be an earthwork excavation, a field of

A Murder of Quality

Being the second novel by John le Carre starring George Smiley, it is a departure from the world of espionage to that of a very

Oscar Niemeyer

To this day, over seven decades since one of his first projects—a 1936 collaboration with Lucio Costa and Le Corbusier—Oscar Niemeyer is still practicing. A

Man's Search for Meaning: The Classic Tribute to Hope from the Holocaust

A prominent Viennese psychiatrist before the war, Viktor Frankl was uniquely able to observe the way that both he and others in Auschwitz coped (or

Art & Architecture Tuscany

An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original in situ. Insets on cultural and

Engleza pentru incepatori (cu CD audio)

Asigurand exersarea lexicului util unei viitoare calatorii in Marea Britanie, Statele Unite ale Americii, Canada sau in alte tari in care se vorbeste engleza, impartasind

Le Corbusier, 1887-1965: The Lyricism of Architecture in the Machine Age

Basic Architecture features: Each title contains approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans Introductory essays explore the architect's life and work, touching

Barry Lyndon

Born into the petty Irish gentry, and outmanoeuvred in his first love-affair, a ruined Barry joins the British army. After service in Germany he deserts

Principles of Political Economy and Chapters on Socialism

His answers to those questions have considerable relevance today, and they serve to illustrate the enduring power and imagination of his distinctive liberal utilitarian philosophy.

Del amor y otros demonios

El 26 de octubre de 1949 el reportero Gabriel Garcia Marquez fue enviado al antiguo convento de Santa Clara, que iba a ser demolido para

Between Friends

Ariella, unhappy in love, confides in the woman whose husband she stole. Nahum, a devoted father, can't find the words to challenge his daughter's promiscuous

Jean Nouvel

His first widely acclaimed project was the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris (1981–87). Since then he has completed the Lyon Opera House, the Euralille

J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851: The World of Light and Colour

J.M.W. Turner, 1775-1851: The World of Light and Colour

Muse (format de buzunar)

The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller.A picture hides a thousand words ...On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of

Of Love and Other Demons

'An ash-grey dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst on to the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday of December'

Sartor Resartus

This edition is the first to present the text as it originally appeared, indicating the changes Carlyle made to later editions. Appendices contain Carlyle's own

Selected Essays

From `Of Essay Writing' to `Of the Rise and Progress of the Arts and Sciences' Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic,

Committed: A Love Story

'Like Eat, Pray, Love, her follow-up, Committed, feels irresistibly confessional ... I found myself guzzling Committed, reading it in mighty chunks, far into the night.

RO-KIT. Identitate romaneasca in 50 de componente

RO KIT are ca sursa de inspiratie un proiect similar, „idarg“, descoperit de Alexe Popescu la Buenos Aires, in anul 2009. Ambele incearca prin mijloace

Marc Chagall, 1887-1985: Painting as Poetry

 The memories and yearning they evoke recall his native Vitebsk, and the great events that mark the life of ordinary people: birth, love, marriage and

Landscape Painting

From Titian to Warhol, readers will discover the evolution of this popular genre.Artists featured (in chronological order)include: Jean, Paul und Herman von Limburg, Titian, Joachim

The Lie Tree

Faith Sunderly leads a double life. To most people, she is reliable, dull, trustworthy - a proper young lady who knows her place as inferior

Art Pocket: Digital Art

Packed with information, the most important facts and background stories are presented at a glance

Torment

That’s what it’s like for Luce to be apart from her fallen angel boyfriend, Daniel. It took them an eternity to find one another, but

The man with three minds and other meaningful tales

The man with three minds and other meaningful tales. Romania tales retoldChildren and adults alike will discover the magical world of Romanian folk tales. They

Silent House

Her visiting grandchildren are Faruk, a dissipated failed historian his sensitive leftist sister, Nilgun and Metin, a high school student drawn to the fast life

Step-by-Step Bread

Presenting two hundred recipes in clear, step-by-step sequences — with every single stage demonstrated — Step-by-Step Bread covers Classic Breads and Artisan Breads, Flat Breads and Crisps,

Portugheza pentru incepatori cu CD audio

Asigurand exersarea lexicului util unei viitoare calatorii in capatul celalalt al Europei, in Portugalia, poate chiar in mai indepartata Brazilie, sau, in orice caz, in

Cien sonetos de amor

«Con mucha humildad—escribe Neruda—hice estos sonetos de madera, les di esta opaca y pura substancia», que contrapone a las «rimas que sonaron como plateria, cristal

Locked On (Jack Ryan Book 14)

Privately training with special forces, he’s honing his combat skills to continue his work within the Campus, hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can—even

And the Mountains Echoed (format de buzunar)

So, then. You want a story and I will tell you one... Afghanistan, 1952. Abdullah and his sister Pari live in the small village of

Masters of Italian Art: Caravaggio

The volumes in this series provide unique portraits of European art history. Authoritative texts illuminate the decisive stages in the artists' lives and the development

Anatomy drawing school: Animal

The Anatomy Drawing School recognizes the prominent role of the anatomy for the fine arts. The familiar high quality of the illustrations and anatomic content

Trash

Raphael is a dumpsite boy. He spends his days wading through mountains of steaming Trash, sifting it, sorting it, breathing it, sleeping next to it.Then

Passion

The third book in the incredible Fallen series.Before Luce and Daniel met at Sword & Cross, before they fought the Immortals, they had already lived

Eat, Pray, Love

'It's what I'm giving all my girl friends' Julia Roberts 'Every woman should read it' Elle Macpherson 'I adore it' Sophie Dahl 'I loved it

Märchen

Jahrhunderte lang wurden unsere Volksmarchen in den Kinderstuben und am Spinnrad weitererzahlt, bis Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm sie niederschrieben. Hier sind die schonsten Marchen zusammengestellt:

Veinte poemas de amor y una cancion desesperada

Parece que los ojos se te hubieran volado y parece que un beso te cerrara la boca. Como todas las cosas estan llenas de mi

Dictionary of Today's Landscape Designers

The aim of the book is to illustrate the different ways of understanding landscape, creating a dictionary that can convey not just the scope of

Gone Girl (Film Tie-in)

THE ADDICTIVE No.1 US BESTSELLER THAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick

Nutshell (format de buzunar)

Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home - a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse - but not with John. Instead, she's

Illustrated Alice

A collection of stories ideal for young readers. Full of colourful illustrations from the Usborne Young Reading Programme

Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh's controversial first novel, set on the heroin-addicted fringe of working-class youth in Edinburgh, is yet another exploration of the dark side of Scottishness.

Animal Farm

Since its publication in 1946, George Orwell's fable of a workers' revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea as the

The Major Works

Byron is regarded today as the ultimate Romantic, whose name has entered the language to describe a man of brooding passion. Although his private life

Time Management: The Brian Tracy Success Library

More than any other practice in your career, your ability to manage time will determine your success or failure. It's a simple equation. The better

My Name is Red

In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by

Kite Runner (format de buzunar)

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Cassie Logan finds it hard to understand why the family farm means so much to her father. She finds it even harder growing up in

A Wrinkle in Time

A WRINKLE IN TIME is a classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author, Madeleine L'Engle and is now major new motion picture from

Art & Architecture Berlin

An image of every piece of art that is described is included, allowing readers to easily recognize the original in situ. Insets on cultural and