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Florence: The city and its architecture
See where it lies before us in a sun-lighted valley, bright with the winding Arno, and shut in by swelling hills, its domes, and towers, and palaces, rising from the rich country in a glittering heap, and shining in the sun like gold. - Charles Dickens, "Pictures from Italy", 1844. For nearly two centuries, from the era of Dante to that of Michelangelo, the comparatively small but extremely wealthy city of Florence exerted an exceptional influence over the development of western civilization that even today remains the subject of endless study, debate and research. The inspired patronage of Cosimo and Lorenzo de Medici, of Giovanni Rucellai and others, gave rise to seminal architectural works by Brunelleschi and Alberti, Michelozzo and Michelangelo, to name but a few. Joined by their contemporaries from the Pitti, Strozzi, and Pazzi families, the Medici also provoked a renewed study of classical philosophers and the establishment of renowned cultural academies and public libraries. It was during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries that the modern Italian language of today was developed and disseminated, largely through the three-fold genius of Dante, Petrarch, and Boccaccio. This volume provides a comprehensive and distilled account of the urban history of Florence, from its Roman foundation to the radical transformations due to the new modes of transportation and communication of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Avoiding a conventional chronology, the book has a largely thematic organization, identifying important urban nuclei and their modes of growth, as well as the stylistic development of the principal architectural typologies. The book has approximately 350 illustrations, including both historical and newly commissioned photographs, reproductions of famous paintings, maps, and prints, and architectural plans and drawings. Among famous works shown here are the painted views of Bellotto, the eighteenth-century lithographs of Zocchi, the Medici villas painstakingly detailed by Utens, and the famous 'della catena' view of 1472. The first part of the book traces the city's history up to the nineteenth century, the decade of Italian unification. The second part identifies and analyzes in detail the two groups of monumental buildings that have long symbolized the spiritual and the political nuclei of power in Florence: the Piazza del Duomo and the ecclesiastical monuments around it, and the great civic square Piazza della Signoria, which plays the major role in Florence's political history. The third part of the book is a typological discussion of the architecture of the city, including a brief outline of how the city's craftsmen actually constructed its monuments, from obtaining the stone to organizing the guild system. The discussion of Florence's architecture includes its churches, housing, and the most famous and monumental great palaces of the Renaissance - those of the Medici, Strozzi, Rucellai and the Pazzi families - as well as lesser-known contemporaries and successors. This includes an analysis of the development of the rural or suburban villa as a type unto itself, concentrating specifically on the many Medici villas outside Florence, and the later Baroque Palazzi, whose at times restrained facades conceal interiors of extraordinary richness and sumptuous decoration. The final part outlines the momentous changes to the city since the mid-nineteenth century, from the destruction of the walls and the ancient markets to the devastation of the bridges in 1944 and the inundation of 1966, and to reconstruction following each of these disasters. The book concludes with a survey of architecture between the wars and highlights of the modernist period.
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36,94 €
Solomon Kane The Original Marvel Years Omnibus
He's a weapon of God, stalking the Sixteenth Century! A tall, grim wanderer, roving the Earth to right all its wrongs! Let those who worship the power of evil beware, lest they face...Solomon Kane! He sprang from the mind of Conan the Barbarian creator Robert E. Howard - and just like the Cimmerian, this Puritan adventurer was a comic book sensation! Now Kane's complete, classic Marvel adventures are collected in one jaw-dropping Omnibus volume! Featuring adaptations of Howard's formative tales and new chapters by such scribes as Roy Thomas and Ralph Macchio -all filled with pirates, cannibals, demons and vampires! COLLECTING: MARVEL PREMIERE (1972) 33-34; SOLOMON KANE (1985) 1-6; MATERIAL FROM CONAN SAGA (1987) 50, DRACULA LIVES! (1973) 3, KULL AND THE BARBARIANS (1975) 2-3, MARVEL PREVIEW (1975) 19, MONSTERS UNLEASHED (1973) 1, SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN (1974) 13-14, 18-20, 22, 25, 26, 33-34, 37, 39, 41, 53-54, 62, 83, 162, 169, 171, 219, 220
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104,00 €
Timelines of World History
A stunning visual celebration of the world's key historical events, key moments, defining eras and outstanding people who have helped shape history like never before.
If you could travel back in time, where would you go first? Who would you most want to meet? What pivotal moment in history would you most like to experience? This awe-inspiring history book may be able to help you answer those questions and more!
Introducing Timelines of World History - a visual and informative celebration of the most exciting and influential moments in history and a look back at some of the most pivotal moments and people who have defined history over the years. From the origins of the first humans to the political turmoil of the 21st century, this all-encompassing history book brings the key milestones of world history vividly to life, explaining each of them through contemporary artworks, photographs, documents, maps, and artefacts.
So prepare to dive deep into the pages of past, which promises:
-Explains events visually, showing what happened through striking, image-led timelines
-Paintings, photographs, maps, and artefacts to tell the story of key historical milestones
-Feature spreads showcase key turning points in history within wider social and historical context
-Accessible approach to key events in world history - laid out episode by episode
Illustrated with striking image-led timelines, this historical encyclopaedia is a wonderful way to explore and understand the diversity of world history, from prehistoric times to the present day. With each page jam-packed with riveting facts and iconic artefacts, Timelines of World History brings together the best bits of history and defining eras to recreate the entire history of the world. A must-have volume for history enthusiasts who want to see the past come to life, including students of history and politics, as well as a gift or self-purchase for those seeking an inspiring window into history, this all-encompassing history fact-book truly does have something for everyone to love.
DK is ready to take you on an inspiring journey into the past and beyond. Are you coming with us?
On the Line: Conversations with Sean Scully
A unique insight into the life and art of Sean Scully, an internationally celebrated artist and creative practitioner at the height of his powers.
Sean Scully's paintings of brushy stripes and blocks of sumptuous colour are critically acclaimed and widely admired. Less well known is what a gifted storyteller and profound commentator on the history of art he is. In this fascinating book, the record of countless hours of conversations with Scully's friend, the art critic Kelly Grovier, the painter reflects on his extraordinary journey - from homelessness on the streets of Dublin in the mid-1940s to his current position as one of the most important abstract artists working today.
In these revealing conversations, Scully recalls with poignancy and wit his rough-and-tumble childhood in London (where his family moved when he was a toddler), his tenacity in the face of rejection from nearly every art school in England, and his rise to prominence in New York in the 1980s.
Illustrated throughout with images that capture both the artist and his work, this volume explores Scully's relationship with past masters, from Rembrandt to Rothko, and delves deep into his eventual rejection in the late 1970s of minimalism - the dominant force in abstract art at the time. Punctuated throughout by passionately recounted stories of struggle and loss, perseverance and triumph, the portrait that emerges from these pages is at once intimate and surprising. The book reflects the scope of Scully's broad interests and opinions, with segments devoted not only to his attitudes towards the art world and his most significant works, but also culture, politics and philosophy. Scully communicates with a raw pugnacity that is every bit as hard-hitting as his big brushstrokes.
With 146 illustrations in colour
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31,50 €
Stranger Planet
The sequel to the #1 New York Times bestselling phenomenon Strange Planet, featuring more hilarious and poignant adventures from the fascinating inhabitants of Nathan W. Pyle's colourful world.
In this eagerly awaited sequel, Nathan takes us back to his charming and instantly recognisable planet coloured in bright pinks, blues, greens, and purples, providing more escapades, jokes and p h r a s e s.
Nathan mixes his most popular Instagram comics with more than thirty original works created exclusively for this second volume to explore four major topics: traditions, nature, emotions, and knowledge. He inducts new and longtime fans into a strangely familiar world and its culture, from "cohesion" (marriage) to "mild poison" (alcohol) to the full lyrics to "The Small Eight-Legged Creature" (sung to the tune of The Itsy Bitsy Spider).
Bright, colourful, and whimsical - yet charmingly familiar - Stranger Planet is out-of-this-world fun.
Can Globalization Succeed
The expansion of capitalism and neoliberal ideologies have delivered economic integration between countries and brought global inter-connectedness to individuals. So why do so many people now feel that they are 'citizens of nowhere', disparaged by the 'cosmopolitan elites'? Has democracy and the power of nation states been irredeemably weakened by unfettered global finance, opaque forms of global governance, and the power of transnational corporations? Can the huge rise in social and economic inequality be reversed? Can diverse cultural expression be maintained in a globalizing world? In the context of the current nationalist backlash and the momentous impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, this thought-provoking volume considers whether globalization is dead or whether it will survive, and perhaps transform.
Written in a clear and engaging style, the volume traces the development of economic globalization starting from the first wave of colonialization in the 15th century, through the first period of globalization at the end of the 19th century, and up to the contemporary period of globalization that started in the 1980s and appears today to be teetering on the brink of collapse. It explores the impacts of globalization on today's world, from global supply chains and tax havens to rising economic inequality, climate change and pandemics, and assesses the different impacts on rich and poor countries, and on the rich and poor within countries. It then reviews the growing anti-globalization sentiment, starting from the anti-IMF protests that raged through developing countries in the 1980s and 1990s, to the emergence of the transnational anti-globalization movement of the 2000s, to more recent uprisings such as the Arab Spring, The Occupy Movement, the Gilets Jaunes, and to the current populist nationalist backlash led by President Trump and embodied in the 2016 Brexit vote. Sensing that globalization has reached a tipping point, the book considers a range of possible scenarios for the future world order, including nationalism, authoritarianism and democratic globalism. Finally, it explores whether globalization can be democratized in a world in which effective and inclusive global governance is crucial to solving global problems, such as tackling climate change, controlling global pandemics and upholding universal human rights.
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion And Guide: Volume 2: Readers Guide Part 2
Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien's life, presenting the most detailed biographical record available.
The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.
One of two volumes comprising this definitive work, the Reader's Guide is an indispensable introduction to J. R. R. Tolkien's life, writings, and art. It includes histories and discussions of his works; analyses of the components of his vast 'Silmarillion' mythology; brief biographies of persons important in his life; accounts of places he knew; essays on topics such as Tolkien's interests and attitudes towards contemporary issues, ideas found in his works, adaptations, and invented languages; and checklists of his published works, his poetry, his pictorial art, and translations of his writings.
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47,45 €
49,95 €
Can We Save The Planet?
The Big Idea shortlisted for series design in the British Design and Production Awards
The effects of global warming are being felt around the world through climate change, and images of our rivers and oceans choking with plastic have provoked an instinctive horrified reaction. In response, governments, corporations and individuals are beginning to change their policies and behaviour - but is it too little, too late? Is it possible to reverse the damage we have done to the planet, or have we reached the point where we are only able to manage the problems and devastation caused? This engaging and incisive volume offers insightful analysis of a range of key issues including deforestation, global warming and single use plastics, while evaluating whether - and how - it may just be possible to mend our planet.
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16,10 €
16,95 €
Vitamin P3
The indispensable guide to the most exciting painters of recent years, chosen by leading arts professionals - now in paperback
Despite its long history, painting continues to evolve and excite, with new generations taking it in unexpected directions. A central pillar of artistic practice, painting also has enduring appeal for collectors and still dominates the art market. Vitamin P3 takes the conversation forward, spotlighting more than 100 outstanding artists who are pushing the boundaries of the medium of paint. In its new paperback format, it's sure to inspire a wider-than-ever audience.
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37,95 €
39,95 €
David Bowie: Icon: The Definitive Photographic Collection
David Bowie: Icon gathers the greatest images of one of the greatest stars in history, into a single, luxurious volume. The result is the most important anthology of David Bowie images that has ever been compiled. Featuring work from many of the greatest names in photography, this book showcases an incredible portfolio of imagery, featuring the iconic, the awe inspiring, the candid and the surprising.
Follow the visual evolution of Bowie over the years, through the lenses of his famous photographer collaborators.
When David Bowie passed away on 10 January 2016, the world lost an icon. And yet, his legacy lives on. From his humble origins as a teen musician in the 1960s up until the very end, David Bowie's music, lyrics and provocative performances inspired not only his generation, but every generation that followed. While his sound and style underwent several alterations throughout his career, two facts never changed. He was an innovator, and photographers adored him. This book pays homage to this once-in-a-lifetime icon.
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68,40 €
72,00 €
No Fixed Points
This book chronicles one hundred years of dramatic developments in ballet, modern, and experimental dance for stage and screen in Europe and North America. The volume is magisterial in scope, encompassing the history of theatrical dance from 1900 through 2000. Beginning with turn-of-the-century dancer-choreographers like Loie Fuller, Isadora Duncan, Michel Fokine, and a bit later Vaslav Nijinsky, and proceeding through the profusion of dance styles performed today, the book provides an unparalleled view of dance in performance as it changed and grew in the twentieth century. Nancy Reynolds and Malcolm McCormick set dance in broader cultural and historical contexts, examine specific dance works, and explore the contributions of outstanding choreographers, performers, visual artists, impresarios, composers, critics, and other figures. They discuss the breakaway barefoot dance of the early 1900s and demonstrate its links with later forms and styles. With unusual detail, fascinating illustrations, and wide-ranging insights, this book is an indispensable guide to the transformations in the dance scene of the twentieth century.
The definitive history of twentieth-century theatrical dance, enhanced with more than 200 exceptional photographs
Winner of the 2005 Congress on Research in Dance Award for Outstanding Publication in Dance Research
"This work is not just reader friendly, it's downright compelling in its chronicle of the most explosively revolutionary century the art form of dance has ever experienced."-Karen Campbell, Christian Science Monitor
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36,05 €
37,95 €
Edvard Munch
A revised edition of the most comprehensive monograph on Munch
Though The Scream is undoubtedly his best-known piece, Edvard Munch's body of work extends far beyond this silent howl to encompass a wide practice across paint, pastel and print. The joint effort of ten scholars, and first published in 2013 to great acclaim, this volume offers a comprehensive survey of Munch's inimitable contributions to modern art. The publication covers many aspects of Munch's versatile artistic practice, with a focus on specific themes and phenomena that characterize his work. The texts offer a fresh look at Munch's oeuvre in the context of modernism, highlighting the issues that the artist grappled with throughout his career: the relationship between art and reality, the artist and the public, and Munch's misgivings about modernism and his place in the world. With a thorough bibliography, a timeline of the artist's life, and excerpts of Munch's own writing, this monograph proves to be a most comprehensive tribute to the artist. Edvard Munch (1863-1944) was born in rural Norway before his parents moved to Oslo (then called Kristiana). He grew up under the influence of frequent family illness, both mental and physical, and would later use his art as a means of expressing his turbulent psychological state. He studied at the Royal School of Art and Design in Oslo and spent time in Paris and Berlin. Most of his work managed to survive the Nazi purges of "degenerate art."
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47,45 €
49,95 €
Knights Of Sidonia, Master Edition 1
One of the manga world’s most intriguing artist returns with a science-fiction tour de force which combines post apocolyptic action, modern sci-fi video game tropes and a traditional Japanese aesthetic in The Knights of Sidonia.
Knights of Sidonia has been complied into a Master Edition featuring larger print, colored inserts and omibused volumes. Each Master’s Edition volume compiles 2.5 volumes of the original Knights of Sidonia volumes.
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36,58 €
38,50 €
Mass Effect Omnibus Volume 1
Mass Effect 2 and 3 lead writer Mac Walters teams up with an all-star creative team, including John Jackson Miller, Omar Francia, Eduardo Francisco, and more! This action-packed volume includes the first four story arcs of the Mass Effect comic book series--Redemption, Evolution, Invasion, and Homeworlds! Follow along as Liara scours the universe on a deadly mission to find Shepherd, the origins of the Illusive Man are revealed, and Aria protects her home against an attack by the humanity-first organization, Cerberus! - Affordable 4-in-1 omnibus format! - An essential, canonical addition to the Mass Effect universe! - Mass Effect 2 and 3 lead writer Mac Walters teams up with writer John Jackson Miller! - IGN.com named Mass Effect 2 the greatest Xbox 360 game of all time! Contains: - Mass Effect Volume 1: Redemption (Which Collects Redemption Comic Series) - Mass Effect Volume 2: Evolution (Which Collects Evolution Comic Series) - Mass Effect Volume 3: Invasion (Which Collects Invasion Comic Series) - Mass Effect Volume 4: Homeworlds (Which Collects Homeworlds Comic Series) - Mass Effect Incursion/Inquisition One-Shot Single Issue
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23,28 €
24,50 €
The Complete Little Nemo 1910-1927
Little Nemo may be a diminutive hero of comic narrative, but he sure stands tall as one of the greatest voyagers of the 20th century. The master creation of Winsor McCay (1869-1934), this small and restless sleeper inspired generations of artists with his weekly adventures from bed to Slumberland, a dream realm of colorful companions, elaborate architecture, psychedelic scenery, and thrilling adventures.
This second volume collects, in glorious full color and XXL resolution, all 329 of Nemo's nocturnal escapades from 1910 to 1927. Through them, we delight not only in the splendor of Slumberland, a surreal benchmark for Robert Crumb and Federico Fellini, but also McCay's pioneering panel layout and storytelling techniques, his timing and pacing, and extraordinary architectural detail.
At once an adventure story, visual delight, and piece of cultural history, this publication is a monument to one of the most innovative pioneers-and one of the most intrepid explorers-of comic history.The XXL clothbound volume features all episodes from:
The New York Herald years (1910-1911, "Little Nemo in Slumberland") including the legendary Airship Adventures
The William Randolph Hearst years (1911-1914, "In the Land of Wonderful Dreams")
The New York Herald Tribune years (1924-1927, "Little Nemo in Slumberland")
Endless Dweilling 10x100 I. II. III. IV.
Volume One : Neoclassical Style Property, Mediterranean Style Property, Southeeast Asian Style Community, Chines Traditional Residence
Volume Two : Exotic Style Town, International high-class Apartment, Courtyard-type Residence
Volume Theree : New Ecological Home, High-Class Humane Community, Classical Single Villa
Volume Four : Landscape Scenery Villa, Large-scale Compound Community, CBD Luxury House
John Pawson - Anatomy of Minimum
A powerful new monograph showcasing the defining elements and architectural anatomy at the very heart of Pawson's work
This monograph, the latest volume in Phaidon's documentation of John Pawson's stellar career, hones in on the essential details that mark his distinctive architectural and aesthetic style. It groups a selection of his recent works into domestic projects, including his own house in rural England; extended sacred spaces; and repurposed structures, such as London's Design Museum. Throughout its pages, this book explores Pawson's unique approach to proportion and light and his precise language of windows, doors, and walls.
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59,95 €
The Origins of Creativity
'An intellectual hero ... A superb celebrator of science in all its manifestations' Ian McEwan
'Darwin's great successor' Jeffrey Sachs
The legendary biologist Edward O. Wilson offers his most philosophically probing work to date
'Creativity is the unique and defining trait of our species; and its ultimate goal, self-understanding,' begins Edward Wilson's sweeping examination of the humanities and their relationship to the sciences. By studying fields as diverse as paleontology, evolutionary biology and neuroscience, Wilson demonstrates that human creativity began not 10,000 years ago, as we have long assumed, but over 100,000 years ago in the Paleolithic Age. Chronicling the evolution of creativity from primates to humans, Wilson shows how the humanities, in large part spurred on by the invention of language, have played a previously unexamined role in defining our species. Exploring a surprising range of creative endeavors - the instinct to create gardens; the use of metaphors and irony in speech; or the power of music and song - Wilson proposes a transformational 'Third Enlightenment' in which the blending of science and the humanities will enable us to gain a deeper understanding of the human condition, and how it ultimately originated.
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23,70 €
24,95 €
Big History
13.8 billion years of human and cosmic history summarised in one big book.
At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So with this brand-new history book, you can easily discover how we got to where we are within the context of our Universe. Prepare to take a journey back in time to the very beginning, from the Big Bang forming our Universe, to the dawn of time, stretching across to the present day, and explore the ways in which a series of major events has changed the nature and course of life on the planet we call home.
So prepare to dive deep into the past with this all-encompassing history book, which promises:
-Unique graphics and artworks
-Evidence spreads unpick aspects of different objects to explain how we know what we know
-Big ideas spreads and timelines explore connections between key events
-Optional 64-page reference section: Timelines of world history
With each page jam-packed with fantastic facts and extraordinary pictures, Big History brings together an incredible range of perspectives, by using multiple disciplines to examine 13.8 billion years of history and thus bringing to life the entire history of the world! Celebrate your curiosity as you explore a plethora of different subject areas, from astronomy to animal life, ocean floors to icy cores, early humans, the age of empires, climate change and more, this all-encompassing history fact book truly does have something for everyone to love.
A must-have volume for history enthusiasts who want to see the past come to life, and doubling up as an ideal read for kids aged 12+ and adults alike with an interest in cosmic and human history. Students and educators looking for an inspiring window into history will no doubt love this historical encyclopaedia, whereby the people and places of the past will be brought back to life before your very eyes in this riveting read.
Encompassing a foreword by Professor David Christian, whose Big History TED talk has had over 12 million views, and aligned with Bill Gates' online Big History Project, it's no wonder this extraordinary book is a global success, with 158,000 copies sold worldwide!
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25,60 €
26,95 €