Literatúra faktu sa teší veľkej obľube už od konca druhej svetovej vojny. V širšom slova zmysle označuje širokú škálu nefiktívnej literatúry, ktorá využíva biografické, reportážne, cestopisné, memoárové a denníkové prvky. Má obrovský význam pre kultúru, keďže sú v nej príťažlivo spracované udalosti dejinných a súčasných vedeckých materiálov. Najslávnejšími autormi sú napr. E. von Däniken, L. Souček či V. Zamarovský. Ak ste fanúšikom tejto literatúry a okrem čítania sa radi dozvedáte množstvo zaujímavostí, kníhkupectvách zoženiete rôzne knihy, ktoré si vás určite získajú.
Madison Avenue magic - The twists, turns, and talents that make Mad Men. With its brilliant writing, spot-on acting, faultless art direction, impeccable costume design, Mad Men is a landmark for cable television. Never before has a period series offered such compelling plotlines alongside such painstaking ...
Dance class: The master of bodies in motionMost commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834 1917) in fact defied easy categorization and instead developed a unique style, strongly influenced by Old Masters, the body in motion, and everyday ...
Štýl art déco sa vyvinul v dvadsiatych rokoch 20. storočia a jeho oslnivý dizajn sa už čoskoro stal známym po celom svete. Fascinujúce fotografie v tejto knihe ilustrujú farebnosť a kreativitu tých čias. Vplyv art déco možno cítiť dodnes na súčasných artefaktoch.
Mangificent: From Astro Boy to Akira, the superstars of the manga sceneSince the original TASCHEN edition of Manga Design, Japan s comic phenomenon has produced yet more captivating characters and a whole host of hot new talents. This revised and updated edition delivers the lowdown on the latest and ...
Debuting in Milan, Fontana settled in Paris in the mid 1930s, where he joined the Abstraction-Creation group and created expressionist sculptures in ceramic and bronze. He later moved to Argentina, where he developed his highly influential Technical Manifesto of Spatialism, a modernist marvel, characteristic ...
Published to accompany the first exhibition in Paris of highlights from The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Being Modern tells the stories beh….
Part of the new Ladybird Expert series, Genetics is an accessible, authoritative and insightful introduction to the code that shapes the lives of all living things - DNA. Written by broadcaster and geneticist Adam Rutherford, Genetics breaks down the DNA code - an alphabet of four letters and twenty-one ...
PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKSIn recent decades human beings have altered the planet beyond anything it has experienced in i….
Celebrate the impossibly tiny with The Book of Mini--a one of a kind collection showcasing hundreds of squeal-worthy miniatures from all over the world--that includes its own tiny, removable book!
The true story that inspired the movie "Woman in Gold" starring Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. " "Contributor to the "Washington Post" Anne-Marie O''Connor brilliantly regales us with the galvanizing story of Gustav Klimt''s 1907 masterpiece--the breathtaking portrait of a Viennese Jewish socialite, ...
What do major artists consider their best kept secret? What is regarded as confidential knowledge among the key players of the global art market? In "100 Secrets of the Art World" the most powerful international individuals share their insights with you. This indispensable guide to contemporary art contains ...
Stunning images to reawaken us to the scientific process that drives the amazing diversity of life on earth. Evidence of evolution is everywhere. Through 200 revelatory images, award-winning photographer Robert Clark makes one of the most important foundations of science clear and exciting to everyone. ...
Have you seen the Waste Land documentary? It s about the largest landfill in the world in Brazil where people make a living out of garbage in the dump. Until artist Vik Muniz comes and Art is born out of rubbish materials and ends up in Phillips, an auction house in London, one of the most important ...
In 2005 there was as a street performance in Florence that featured a white canvas with a light grey sentence reading, Art is Everywhere, temporarily exhibited on the streets. The aim of the project was to create a temporary visual emptiness: a necessary condition for opening people s eyes so that they ...
Be online without leaving a trace. Your every step online is being tracked and stored, and your identity literally stolen. Big companies and big governments want to know and exploit what you do, and p
Publikace se věnuje výhradně období, kdy Kokoschka pobýval v Československu. Komentáře u vybraných děl z let 1934-1938 poukazují na Kokoschkův vliv na české umělecké prostředí a tamější inspirační zdroje jeho tvorby. Jednotlivé eseje přibližují Kokoschkův soukromý i veřejný život, ale také jeho politické ...
Artist and graphic designer Andy Tuohy turns his hand to the world of modern literature in this new instalment of the A-Z series. Rendered in his distinctive st…
Once nicknamed Mister Color, August Macke is today considered a lead figure in Weimar-era art and a pioneer of Expressionist painting. With his color-led interpretations of beauty, Macke combined face
Studijní text "Základy přírodních věd” zahrnuje vstupní pojmy do problematiky přírodních věd a zabývá se obecnou charakteristikou živých soustav, morfologií a fyziologií rostlin, živočichů a člověka. Součástí obsahu jsou i základy ekologie. Studující tak bude schopen po úspěšném absolvování předmětu: ...
