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.
Biographies of artists and writers have traditionally presented an individual’s lone struggle for self-expression. In this book, critics and historians challenge these assumptions in a series of essays that focus on artist and writer couples who have shared sexual and artistic bonds. Featuring duos such ...
Kniha – autor Erich Václav, 180 stran, česky,.Autor působí v lesnictví více jak 70 let. Lesnickou fakultu ČVUT absolvoval před 63 lety a od té doby na této fakultě působil do dnešních dnů. Mnoho let pracoval v lesnických expertizách v Africe a Asii převážně na projektech FAO OSN. Realizoval vítězný československý ...
What does a library say about the mind of its owner? How do books map the intellectual interests, curiosities, tastes, and personalities of their readers? What does the collecting of books have in common with the practice of architecture? 'Unpacking My Library' provides an intimate look at the personal ...
There are many myths about Edgar Degas--from Degas the misanthrope to Degas the deviant to Degas the obsessive. But there is no single text that better stokes the fire than Degas and His Model, a short memoir by Alice Michel, who purportedly modeled for Degas. Never before translated into English, the ...
Publikace byla vydána jako katalog výstavy Eduard Hölzel: 1817 - 1885, která byla připravena ke 200. výročí narození významného olomouckého, později vídeňského nakladatele Eduarda Hölzela. Kniha představuje nejvýznamnější z asi dvou stovek titulů dochovaných ve fondech Vědecké knihovny v Olomouci. I ...
The official catalogue for the 2018 New Museum Triennial, a global survey of today’s up-and-coming artists. In 2018, the New Museum in New York presents its fourth Triennial, the museum’s signature survey of emerging artists from around the world. Curated by Gary Carrion-Murayari and Alex Gartenfeld, ...
This book explains, in simple steps and non-mathematical terminology, how to create repeat patterns in a line, on the plane, as tiles, and as Escher-like repeats. The book also shows how to make \''wallpaper repeats\'', where the elements of the pattern merge into each other, apparently seamlessly. Using ...
Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World is a tribute to queer ground breakers who changed the face of music and popular culture. LGBTQ+ musicians have been pushing for change since the 1920s, with singers such as Bessie Smith crooning about ...
The latest edition of the bestselling guide to running a successful gallery, told from the expert perspective of art-world insiders.What makes an art gallery successful? How do galleries ensure their marketing is right? How should galleries best approach new markets and customers, while still serving ...
Anxious angles: The pioneers and masterworks of "degenerate" ExpressionismGerman Expressionists were uneasy and angry. Emerging at the dawn of the 20th century, they railed against Christian and bourgeois values as much as rampant urban industrialization. Anti-imperialist, they were dispersed, shattered, ...
The ultimate death compendium, featuring the world’s most extraordinary artistic objects concerned with mortality, together with text by expert contributors. Death is an inevitable fact of life. Throughout the centuries, humanity has sought to understand this sobering thought through art and ritual. ...
Ever since Jurassic Park we thought we knew how dinosaurs lived their lives. In this remarkable new book, Brian J. Ford reveals that dinosaurs were, in fact, profoundly different from what we believe, and their environment was unlike anything we have previously thought. In this meticulous and absorbing ...
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 ...
Kniha - autor Pavel Juráček; Pavel Hájek, 220 strán, česky, brožovaná bez lesklého krytu Spoločný zväzok Knižnice Václava Havla a Národného filmového archívu vôbec prvýkrát mapuje snáď najmenej známu tvár jednej z kľúčových postáv českej filmovej"novej vlny" 60. rokov minulého storočia: Predstavuje Pavla ...
Calligraphy literally translates as ''beautiful writing\''; it is a traditional skill in many countries around the world, and it has had a contemporary resurgence as a stylish medium for creating artwork. The book starts with the basic techniques and helps the reader progress th rough to 65 projects, ...
True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recovery From the bestselling author of The Art of Forgery comes this dynamic narrative that tells the fascinating stories of artworks stolen, looted, or destroyed in war, accidentally ...
Composed of paper, commercial packaging and the stuff of everyday life, Bodys Isek Kingelez’s ‘extreme maquettes’ transform these materials into fantastic visio…
Key Moments in Art describes fifty pivotal moments - some famous, others unfamiliar - from the Renaissance to the present day. Vivid, colourful vignettes capture the excitement of their times: when Michelangelo''s David or Marcel Duchamp''s Fountain were unveiled for the first time; when chance meetings ...
Cena:31.67€ | Autor:McCarthy, Tom | Rok vydania:2014 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9780500239186 | Vydavateľ:Thames & Hudson
What is fashion? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question, pairing selected works in the museum\''s collection with concise observations. The simple reflections accompanying the illustrations encourage readers to think about the role of fashion in ...
