575 results for '"Gupta, Ashin Das'

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2018The art of the chiaroscuro woodcut is celebrated in this groundbreaking and generously illustrated book.Chiaroscuro woodcuts are among the most immediately...

In this new and accessible book, Italy's best known feminist philosopher examines the moral and political significance of vertical posture in order to rethink subjectivity in terms of inclination...

Oggi abbiamo quasi dimenticato il significato originario di espressioni come "capire l'antifona", "in camera caritatis", "refugium peccatorum", "avvocato del diavolo", "bacucco" o "repulisti". In...

Considered a great classic by all who seek for a meeting ground between science and the humanities, Art and Illusion examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of...

In this newly revised edition of his widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian Renaissance. He discusses the social and political institutions that...

"Serendipity": inventato nel 1754 da Horace Walpole, il termine, che sta a indicare quel misto di sagacia e fortuna con il quale si giunge a compiere inintenzionalmente scoperte felici, viene...

Called "hallucinatory and lyrical" (Publishers Weekly), The Return of the Caravels -- selected as a New York times Summer Reading title -- is a powerful indictment of Portuguese colonialism and...

“The tale of a stunning art heist with a contagious love of stranger-than-fiction true stories!”—Steve Sheinkin, Newbery Honor–winning author of BombThe true story of how Leonardo da Vinci’s...

1936 reist der afroamerikanische Bürgerrechtler W. E. B. Du Bois nach Deutschland. Als Kritiker des Rassismus in den USA beobachtet er das Leben in der totalitären Diktatur und die Entrechtung der...

A major account of Renaissance portraiture by one of the twentieth century’s most eminent art historiansIn this book, John Pope-Hennessy provides an unprecedented look at two centuries of experiment...

List verbildlichte in Aufnahmen aus Griechenland und Italien den Traum einer lebendigen Antike, setzte nach 1945 das zerstörte München ins Bild und widmete sich Fotoessays, die u. a. in führenden...

"Es handelt sich darum, dass die Dummköpfe endlich aufhören, jenes lächerliche Götzenbild der Tugend anzubeten, das sie nur mit Undankbarkeit belohnt und dass Leute mit Verstand sich umso sicherer...

Come e perché è nato il fascismo? Per quali ragioni si è diffuso nei più diversi contesti nazionali? Quali sono state le caratteristiche del fascismo inteso come fenomeno storico-politico globale?...

Il lettore non specialista che abbia la curiosità di conoscere le vicende di Atene tardoromana e bizantina deve oggi ancora rivolgersi alla celebre Geschichte der Stadt Athen im Mittelalter di...

Das vorliegende Buch soll Ihnen Freude machen und keine Langeweile aufkommen lassen. Unser Anliegen ist es, Ihnen mit einfachen Grammatik-Erklärungen, leicht verständlichen Übungen, einem...

Este resonante libro ilustrado cuenta la historia de una niña a la que constantemente se le hace una pregunta simple que no tiene una respuesta simple. Un excelente tema de conversación en el hogar o...

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardThe real story behind the major motion picture The Monuments Men. The cast of characters includes Hitler and Goering, Gertrude Stein and Marc...

Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically acclaimedand much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000 copies have been sold!"Passionate, obsessive, and smart." -Nylon"...

Con questo commento al dialogo platonico Timeo, scritto a soli 21 anni durante gli studi a Tubinga, comincia la lunga carriera filosofica di Schelling. Il libro rappresenta una delle poche...

English summary: Diagrams, of which Isidore''s cosmological rota is perhaps the best example, are marked by their potential for abstraction. This same potential means that they lend themselves to a...