Russia is often viewed as the outsider of the art world, with creative genius frequently being hidden behind the representation of icons such as Rublov. However, with the succession of Pierre Le Grand, it was Europe which brought light...
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By any measure, Seneca (?4-65AD) is one of the most significant figures in both Roman literature and ancient philosophy. His writings are voluminous and diverse, ranging from satire to disturbing, violent tragedies, from metaphysical theory to moral...
Footbinding for women on China was a curious, painful custom that deformed the foot and kept it from growing more than a few inches in length. This practice may have begun in the tenth century as a whim of the Imperial court; by the twelfth century,...
"Charles Van Doren has laid a feast before all of us that is irresistible." --Mortimer J. Adler
This engaging love letter to reading follows the great authors and classics that transformed the world--from Aristotle and Herodotus in ancient Greece to...
Другие справочники, Живопись, альбомы, иллюстрированные каталоги
World Awards in the Masterpieces of Timeless Art
Автор: A. Savvov , V. Reznikov
Язык: английский
Год: 2019
Статус: Закончена, но выложен фрагмент
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Our publication is, perhaps, the first event in world historiography that aims to collect and unite information about the modern award system of all countries, to give a description of significant orders of the royal and imperial courts, to inform...
In his Life of Utamaro, Edmond de Goncourt, in exquisite language and with analytical skill, interpreted the meaning of the form of Japanese art which found its chief expression in the use of the wooden block for colour printing. To glance...
Биографии и мемуары, Культурология
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology
The Road to Middle-Earth: How J. R. R. Tolkien Created a New...
Автор: Charles Victoria
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2007
Статус: Закончена
The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th century in Italy and by the second half of the 16th century has extended across the whole of Europe. The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of...
African Art invites you to explore the dynamic origins of the vast artistic expressions arising from the exotic and mystifying African continent. Since the discovery of African art at the end of the nineteenth century during the colonial...
Автор: Apollinaire Guillaume , Eimert Dorothea
Серия: Art of Century Collection
Язык: английский
Год: 2010
Статус: Закончена
Les Five young women that changed modern art forever. Faces seen simultaneously from the front and in profile, angular bodies whose once voluptuous feminine forms disappear behind asymmetric lines-with this painting, Picasso...