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Albertus Seba’s Cabinet of Natural Curiosities is one of the 18th century’s greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time...

Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was in its day the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, ...

A comprehensive look at hundreds of landmark projects, industry leader profiles, and illustrated timelines for each decade. History is a complex business. Fortunes boom and bust, empires wax and wane, and change―whether social, ...

As vibrant as her unique visual language, this monograph presents the work of Beatriz Milhazes, the Brazilian painter who fuses modernist abstraction with the colors and light of her native country...

It was 1830 when an English scientist named Henry De la Beche painted the first piece of paleoart, a dazzling, deliciously macabre vision of prehistoric reptiles battling underwater. Since then, artists the world over have conjured up visions of...

This is an essential study of the development of Arabic art, portraying its splendor and diversity, and a work of supreme 19th century draftsmanship. It is a compendium of 19th century Islamic art and architecture. Emile Prisse d'Avennes (1807-1879)...

One big slice of cheesecake. Pin-up travels the long road from barracks wall to high art. In the 15 years since TASCHEN released The Great American Pin-up, international interest in this distinctly American art form has increased exponentially...

Bibliophiles, rejoice! In this rapturous photographic journey, Massimo Listri travels to some of the oldest and finest libraries around the world to celebrate their architectural and historical wonder...

Jedinečné dielo Augusta Racineta pôvodne vyšlo vo Francúzsku v rokoch 1876 až 1888. Do dnešných dní zostalo neprekonané...

Featuring dynamic works from the contemporary collage landscape, The Age of Collage Vol. 3 showcases a new crop of creative vanguards advancing the medium's possibilities, piece by piece, splice by splice. With its foundations in Surrealism and Dadaism...

Celebrating tapestry, embroidery, stitching, textiles, knitting, and knotting as used by visual artists worldwide, leading curators, critics, and art professionals have nominated more than 100 global living artists for inclusion in this stunning...

This title is a superbly illustrated and insightful guide to the symbols of power in Western art. This latest volume in the acclaimed "Guide to Imagery series" examines the way that sovereign rulers have employed well-defined symbols, attributes and...

An exploration of Turner's final, vital years, including new readings of some of his most significant paintings The paintings and drawings Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) produced from 1835 to his death in 1851 are seen by many as his most...

Art Studio: Horses & Ponies makes the art of drawing and painting this evergreen art subject accessible and easy for everyone...

Technical Drawing for Fashion explains how to create a technical fashion drawing using a simple and straightforward step-by-step method. This second edition includes more information on rendering drawings by hand and using a computer, ...

Přehledná a velmi praktická příručka pro každého, kdo hodlá začít s permakulturním designem, ale není si jistý, kudy do toho. Kniha obsahuje řadu schémat, grafů a tabulek, které vás provedou procesem designu. Vhodné pro...

Výbor z díla slovensko-české výtvarnice z let 1989 až 2007 zahrnuje obrazy, asambláže, kresby, objekty, krabičky a instalace v kostele a v plenéru. Knihu provázejí texty Jana Kříže, Vlastimila Tetivy, Anny Janištinové....

This visually stunning volume offers perceptive examinations of several renowned German and Austrian Expressionist artists who redefined modern self-portraiture...

Both inspirational and practical, Black and White Graphics showcases the appealing impact of using monochrome color schemes in the field of graphic design, and it presents an international collection of...

Jedná se o celobarevnou velkoformátovou obrazovou publikaci, která představuje sedmnáct významných ilustrátorů dobrodružných knih od konce 19. století prakticky do současnosti. Vždy přibližně na 25-30 stránkách představeni budou...

Atómová bomba, ktorá dopadla na Hirošimu 6. augusta 1945, zabila stotisíc ľudí. Títo šiesti patrili medzi tých, čo prežili. John Hersey vo svojej knihe publikovanej prvý raz v roku 1946 vyrozprával ich príbehy...

Vyprávění této knihy je založeno na životních zkušenostech Yuriho C. Feynberga, který je jedním z posledních žijících dětí, které prošly gulagem...

Kunsthistorička Gloria Fossi společně s dvojicí fotografů probádala fyzická i duševní zákoutí, jež inspirovala nejpozoruhodnější umělecká díla Vincenta van Gogha...

In Italian photographer Vincenzo Paolillo’s depictions of his underwater adventures, the world beneath the ocean’s surface transforms into a fantastical dimension. Shoals of brightly colored fish crowd the frame of some photographs against...

Let your imagination take flight and celebrate the beauty and diversity of birds throughout art, science, history, and culture. This visually stunning survey of birds, chronicling their scientific and popular appeal throughout the ages and around the worl

Žijeme na nepokojnej zemi. A tak nás prirodzene zaujíma, aký bude svet po nás? Aké tvory ho budú obývať a kam sa pohnú zdanlivo nehybné horstvá? Odpoveď nehľadajme v budúcnosti, ale práve naopak – v tom, čo tu bolo dávno pred nami....

Why do dogs play dead? How do you speak dog? Why do dogs go about in handbags? This book will help children to understand what's so unique about a dog's body and its behaviour and why they deserve to be well cared for...

Interior decorators have long used specific colors and palettes to evoke strong moods-the right mix of browns, greens, and oranges can easily bring you back into the 1970s. Here, in this highly original and digestible book, color palettes from ...

In this path-breaking new history, Maja and Reuben Fowkes introduce outstanding artworks and major figures from across central and eastern Europe to reveal the movements, theories and styles that have shaped artistic practice since 1950...

Included with the large-format, paperback sketchbook kids will find six die-cut boards and more than 200 stencil shapes to spark their imaginations.

This beautifully illustrated book reveals sharp pleats, high collars, gleaming pastes, colorful beads, elaborate buttons, and intricate lacework that make up some of the garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum’s extensive fashion collection...

A richly illustrated sourcebook of two-dimensional pattern and three-dimensional ornamentation, for designers everywhere and anyone interested in visual culture...

Over the centuries the Gothic has been revived and rewritten to reflect the anxieties of each era. It encompasses the weird, the feared and the uncanny; haunted places and people; and monsters that act as mirrors to...

Nájdete odpoveď na tie najkrajšie slovenské ľudové hádanky? Prvá publikácia z edície Slovenské ľudové predstavuje výber tradičných hádaniek zo slovenského ľudového prostredia. Hádanka skryto pomenúva predmety a javy na základe ich vonkajších vlastností.

Dokonalé fotografie vtáčích pier zoradené podľa farebných odtieňov. Našli ste na prechádzke perá a zaujíma vás, ktorým vtákom patria? Vďaka tejto knižke sa vám ich podarí určiť rýchlo a jednoducho. - Vtáčie perá sú zoradené p

The definitive, character-driven history of CIA covert operations and U.S. government-sponsored assassinations, from the author of the Pulizter Prize finalist The Pentagon's Brain...

Until the 20th century, art history was, in the main, written by white, western men who tended to write about other white, western men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility...

Nakresli 50 zvířat je jasný a nenáročný průvodce, jak krok za krokem nakreslit nejrůznější zvířata. Snadno pomůže dětem i dospělým získat a rozvinout dovednosti kreslení a perfektně zvládnout kresbu zvířat. Praktické...

Reprezentatívny artbook známeho slovenského sci-fi / fantasy výtvarníka a ilustrátora Michala Ivana prináša výber z jeho bohatej a všestrannej tvorby. Okrem ilustrácií a obálok kníh domácich autorov, najmä Juraja...

Jiří Jílovský (1884 – 1958) vstoupil do profesionálního života po ukončení pražské akademie v roce 1908, kdy se ve skupině Jung-Prag zaujal místo Richarda Teschnera.<br>Mimo knižní úpravy byl autorem ex-libris, u kterého se řadí mezi...

Kniha přináší výběr z nejnovější tvorby jedné z nejosobitějších umělkyň současnosti. Erika Bornová je vypravěčkou silných, mnohoznačných příběhů. Ať se již jedná o sochařský cyklus věnovaný Almě Mahlerové a ...

Vitajte v krajšom, farebnejšom a pestrejšom svete, ako je náš! Maliar a chlapec sa stretnú v čarovnom dome, kde ožívajú obrazy. Začína sa cesta do krajiny rozprávok. Poradí si malý hrdina v Jánošíkovej družine, pri mori, v balóne či medzi partizánmi...

A captivatingly informative and visually beautiful survey of the tree species - from all over the world - that human cultures have found most useful. Each tree species is the subject of a concise text centred on a story...

Join artist Sarah Simblet on an inspirational journey of discovery as she makes drawings of every type of plant. From the tiniest mosses to exotic flowers and majestic trees, this book shows how understanding botany will give your portraits of plants...

Taking a practical approach to colour, Colour: A workshop for artists and designers is an invaluable resource for art students and professionals alike. With its sequence of specially designed assignments and in-depth discussions...

Lavishly illustrated throughout with crystal-clear photography, this guide is the essential reference for the novice and experienced birdwatcher. This large format book starts with an extensively illustrated introduction...

Up to fifty percent of the world's flower species could be are threatened with extinction. Each year, numerous flowers disappear from the face of the Earth without ever being documented. Indeed, many of these natural beauties remain ...

As plants see it, humans are not the masters of the Earth but only one of its most unpleasant and irksome residents. They have been on the planet for only about 300,000 years ago (nothing compared to the three billon years of plant evolution), yet...

This book, which accompanies the first major exhibition devoted to David Hockney's drawings inover 20 years,will explore Hockney as a draughtsman from the 1950s to now, with a focus on himself, his family and friends...