D.O - Art & Architecture 92

California's Big Sur coastline is a 90-mile stretch residing between Carmel and Cambria and accessed via coastal Highway 1. Though breathtaking in beauty, it can seem overwhelming to even the most s……続きを見る

Around 1542, descendants of the Aztec rulers of Mexico created accounts of the pre-Hispanic history of the city of Tetzcoco, Mexico, one of the imperial capitals of the Aztec Empire. Painted in icon……続きを見る

Known as the "Gem of the Hills," Jacksonville is situated in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. After Andrew Jackson's victory over the Creek Indians in 1813-1814 and his negotiation of a t……続きを見る

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, bo……続きを見る

Các nhà nghiên cứu tượng kỳ Trung Hoa đã tuyển chọn gần 3.000 ngàn thế cờ đặc sắc thời cổ, phân loại thành những nhóm tuyệt chiêu. Trong kho tàng quý giá ấy, chúng tôi tinh tuyển trên một trăm thế c……続きを見る

Built in 1754 on the eastern bank of the Kennebec River, Fort Western became one of the first permanent settlements in what would eventually become Augusta and, in 1827, the capital of Maine. Throug……続きを見る

This book offers an interpretation of the handling of costume in the plays of the fifth-century comic poet Aristophanes. Drawing on both textual and material evidence from the fourth- and fifth-cent……続きを見る

Whilst there are some studies of architecture in Scotland post-devolution, writings on design are largely non-existent. Designs on Democracy seeks to fill that gap and ranges over the debates concer……続きを見る

Sie sind weit mehr als ein bleibendes Ergebnis der mittelalterlichen Besiedlungsgeschichte: 664 Dorf- und Stadtkirchen gibt es in Mecklenburg. Die meisten davon sind wahrhaft ehrwürdige Gemäuer, übe……続きを見る

SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 Britain's empire has gone. Our manufacturing base is a shadow of its former self; the Royal Navy has been reduced to a skeleton. In military, diplomatic and economic……続きを見る

Interpreting Site explains the basic methods architects use to translate what you perceive to represent the complex conditions that physically and mentally "construe" a site, helping to shape the ul……続きを見る

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Kunst - Allgemeines, Kunsttheorie, Note: 1,0, Universität Bremen, 11 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der brit……続きを見る

Avantgardistisch, provokant und kontrovers: Yoko Ono war bereits eine bekannte Künstlerin, als sie John Lennon kennenlernte. Die beiden avancierten weit über das Umfeld der Beatles hinaus zum bekann……続きを見る

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Tempesta (Galleria dell' Accademia, Venedig) des venezianischen Malers Giorgione gehört seit jehe……続きを見る

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2007 im Fachbereich Kunst - Kunstgeschichte, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit sollen kirchliche Bildprogramme des Hochmittelalters in Frankreich……続きを見る

The excellence of the following Treatise is so well known to all in any tolerable degree conversant with the Art of Painting, that it would be almost superfluous to say any thing respecting it, were……続きを見る

Leonardo's views of aesthetic are all important in his philosophy of life and art. The worker's thoughts on his craft are always of interest. They are doubly so when there is in them no trace of lit……続きを見る

Vasari says, and rightly, in his Life of Leonardo, "that he laboured much more by his word than in fact or by deed", and the biographer evidently had in his mind the numerous works in Manuscript whi……続きを見る

100 black and white illustrations (engravings) wth brief explanatory text. According to Wikipedia: ""Paul" Gustave Doré (January 6, 1832 January 23, 1883) was a French artist, printmaker, illustrato……続きを見る

In this book, Conrad Rudolph studies and reconstructs Hugh of Saint Victor's forty-two-page written work, The Mystic Ark, which describes the medieval painting of the same name. In medieval written ……続きを見る

The Ancient City of Durham is a new edition of a classic text and one which explores various aspects of Durham's history. In the preface H.T Gradon claims that his intention when writing the book wa……続きを見る

To his many fans, he was known simply as "Mr. Excitement," a singer whose music and stage presence influenced generations of performers, from Elvis Presley to Michael Jackson. Jackie Wilson: Lonely ……続きを見る

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon: fünf junge Damen, die die moderne Kunst für immer verändern sollten. Gesichter, die man gleichzeitig von vorn und im Profil erkennt, verwinkelte Körper, deren üppige Forme……続きを見る

Why would a smart New York investment banker pay twelve million dollars for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting No.5 1948 sell for $140 mil……続きを見る

A look at the dark side of life, Victorian-style, when nothing was quite as it seemed and a public execution could be an entertaining family day out. Murderers, poachers, thieves, pickpockets and va……続きを見る

Wellington Through Time is a unique insight into the illustrious history of this part of Somerset. Reproduced in full colour, this is an exciting examination of the well-known streets and famous fac……続きを見る

Columbarium tombs are among the most recognizable forms of Roman architecture and also among the most enigmatic. The subterranean collective burial chambers have repeatedly sparked the imagination o……続きを見る

With the liberal use of many previously unpublished photographs contrasting past and present, Silverstone Circuit Through Time shows how a wartime airfield developed, stage by stage, into the countr……続きを見る

Actors often say they only really assume the identity of their character when they have donned the costumes painstakingly created for them by the costume designer. In this volume of the FilmCraft se……続きを見る

Religious diversity is now a social fact in most countries of the world. While reports of the impact of religious diversity on Europe and North America are reasonably well-known, the ways in which S……続きを見る