CK - Art History 1

This book contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! Novels Alcott, Louisa May: Little Women Austen, Jane: Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane: Emma Balzac, Ho……続きを見る

Robert Frederick Blum (1857-1903), American Lithographer and Watercolorist spent much of his time in Europe, but visited Japan in 1890 and spent three years there. 続きを見る

This eBook version includes the Preface, Foreword and introductory texts only. Here is an authoritative and beautiful overview of the graphic art produced by artists, illustrators and writers who ha……続きを見る

What is art? What is it to understand a work of art? What is the value of art? Robert Stecker seeks to answer these central questions of aesthetics by placing them within the context of an ongoing d……続きを見る

A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's early productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his inv……続きを見る

Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, one of our surest guides through the world of fairy tales and their criticism, takes behind the romanti……続きを見る

Jan van Eyck was a fifteenth century Netherlandish painter of altarpieces, single-panel religious figures and commissioned portraits, who perfected the newly developed technique of oil painting. Pan……続きを見る

Jacob Burckhardts Buch 'Der Cicerone: Eine Anleitung zum Genuß der Kunstwerke Italiens' bietet eine umfassende und detaillierte Anleitung für Kunstreisende, die Italien besuchen. Burckhardt präsenti……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Der Cicerone: Eine Anleitung zum Genuß der Kunstwerke Italiens" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Der Cice……続きを見る

Clothing, A Historical Consideration traces the history of clothing in the western world from the Greeks to the high fashions of the late 19th century. A good brief survey of the subject.続きを見る

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) war zum Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts nicht nur einer der einflussreichsten Künstler, sondern gründete zudem die Bewegung der Wiener Secession. Mithilfe dieser Bewegung übte er ……続きを見る

Edvard Munch (Løten, 1863 – Ekely, 1944). Munch peut être considéré comme le pionnier de l'expressionnisme dans la peinture moderne. Il a bénéficié tôt de la réputation d'un artiste d'une nouvelle é……続きを見る

President Nixon's famous 1972 trip has gone down in history as the first great opening between the West and Communist China. However, eighteen years previously, former prime minister Clement Attlee ……続きを見る

Egon Schiele (Tulln, 1890 – Vienne,1918) L’oeuvre d’Egon Schiele est tellement singulière qu’elle résiste à toute catégorisation. Admis à l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Vienne dès l’âge de seize ans, ……続きを見る

Der Name „Edvard Munch“ ruft bei den meisten Menschen eine bestimmte visuelle Assoziation hervor: Ein schädelhaftes Gesicht, angstverzerrt, einen stummen, durchdringenden Schrei des Grauens ausstoße……続きを見る

This piece is the artist's view of his own work with animals. Church was renowned for his often allegorical depiction of animals in his artwork.続きを見る

Compiled by the father of modern art history, this landmark 1767 publication boasts more than 200 outstanding engravings of ancient monuments. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, an eighteenth-century schol……続きを見る

Gustav Klimt werd geboren op 14 juli 1862 en stief in Wenen op 6 februari 1918. Hij was een Oostenrijkse symbolistische schilder en een van de meest prominente leden van de Wiener Sezession, de Ween……続きを見る

Les portraits, les nus et les natures mortes de Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) résument l’esprit Art déco et Jazz Age. Ils reflètent le style de vie élégant et hédoniste d’une élite fortunée et glam……続きを見る

William Morris (1834-1896), par son éclectisme, fut l’une des personnalités emblématiques du XIXe siècle. Peintre, architecte, poète et ingénieur, maniant avec autant de talent la plume que le pince……続きを見る

Die Portraits, Akte und Stillleben von Tamara Lempicka (1898-1980) atmen den Geist des Art Deco und des Jazz Age. Sie spiegeln den eleganten und hedonistischen Lebensstil einer glamourösen Elite in ……続きを見る

Two lavish, illustrated histories confronted and contested the Byzantine model of empire. The Madrid Skylitzes was created at the court of Roger II of Sicily in the mid-twelfth century. The Vatican ……続きを見る

Medieval Toledo is famous as a center of Arabic learning and as a home to sizable Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities. Yet its cathedralーone of the largest, richest, and best preserved in all……続きを見る

Is there such a thing as contemporary art history? The contemporary, after allーas much as we may want to consider it otherwiseーis being made history as it happens. By what means do we examine this……続きを見る

Although usually associated with the 1920s and the '30s, in fact the Art Deco style had begun to emerge in France prior to the advent of the First World War. But it was during the interwar years tha……続きを見る

In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and services. For everything from a loaf of bread to a work of art to a simple hai……続きを見る

The first authorized Twitter book, Twitter Wit is a collection of the most clever one-liners posted on the massively popular social networking and micro-blogging website. Featuring a foreword by Twi……続きを見る

Drawn from the cutting-edge frontiers of science, This Explains Everything will revolutionize your understanding of the world. What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation? This is ……続きを見る

Maxwell Fry and Jane Drew were pioneers of Modern Architecture in Britain and its former colonies from the late 1920s through to the early 1970s. As a barometer of twentieth century architecture, th……続きを見る

Drawing upon field work and interviews with cultural workers in the UK and Australia, this book examines the cultural work experiences of rural, regional and remotely located creative practitioners,……続きを見る