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Cats have been adored as affectionate, velvety companions and reviled as sneaky, shiftless freeloaders. These complex animals appear in all their splendid variety in this colorful book. Gatos is a visual tour of the mysterious world of felines, from sweet kittens to majestic lions, and e...
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A smile, a grimace, a tantrum, a giggle — the pure emotions of childhood are the same the world over. This extraordinary collection of photos invites readers into a child’s world, where triumphs, discoveries, and new experiences occur on a daily basis. From the first smile to the first step...
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Whether among the red dunes of Namibia, the Amazon jungle, or on the broad expanses of Polar ice, the world of nature is governed by implacable laws focusing only on survival. In this mammoth photographic tribute, expert photographers capture the extraordinary range of animals' moods and action...
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The Renaissance period at the end of the 14th century changed artistic thought forever. Marked by a return to Greco-Roman flourishes after the stultifying Middle Ages, the Renaissance ushered in innovative changes in painting, sculpture, and architecture. This guide details the major works of...
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The Symbolism movement first appeared in Europe between 1880 and 1900. Symbolists were interested in upending the rules of the rational world and bringing dream-like imagery to the fore within their work. This thoughtful beginner's guide brings together the most representative works by famous...
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Born during the 1880s as a reaction to the what some artists perceived as an increasingly cold, mechanistic world, art nouveau challenged and captivated viewers with its return to nature, curvilinear forms, and hand-crafted decorative motifs. It remains one of the most widely influential art fo...
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Because of work like the Edenic landscapes and nudes of Ernst-Ludwig Kirchner and Erich Heckel and the tormented portraits of Egon Schiele and Oskar Kokoschka, Expressionism's highly subjective images transformed Austro-German art. Ashley Bassie's lively study analyzes the development of this m...
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Born on July 15,1606 in Leiden, Netherlands to a modestly wealthy family, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was to become one of the world's great artists. At the age of fourteen he attended the University of Leiden and soon began created paintings that reflected the multitude of thoughts and emot...
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La tierra: The Earth, Spanish-Language Edition (Cube Books) (Spanish Edition)
מאת Alberto Bertolazzi
From lush forests to still deserts, from the grandeur of mountains to the serenity of the seas, La Tierra's fifteen chapters illustrate the most spectacular aspects of the Earth's diverse environments. The varied landscapes and changing colors of the planet are showcased in high-impact photog...
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Living in poverty for most of his life and so driven by demons that he cut off part of one of his ears, Vincent Van Gogh was the incarnation of the mad, misunderstood artist. His revolutionary, rich palettes and thick brushstrokes reflect the intensity of his life. This lively study follows the...
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Naïve art became recognized as such at the end of the 19th century. Created by artists who often lacked formal education, and characterized by a simplicity and spontaneity far removed from formal, institutionally approved styles, naïve art is more popular today than ever. This oversize book h...
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Presented in an innovative cube format, this title provides an intimate look at a place where reality and magic, history and legend blend. Spectacular photographs of Mt. Everest, the Matterhorn, K2, Mont Blanc, and more illustrate accounts written by journalists, climbers, and environmentalists...
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An artist and image-maker who has emerged as the premier makeup artist/body painter in the world, Joanne Gair has worked her magic on such celebrities as Madonna, Cindy Crawford, Sophia Loren, Gwyneth Paltrow, Celine Dion, and the swimsuit beauties of Sports Illustrated. This vibrant col...
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Edward is much more than his world famous "scream." A gifted painter and printmaker, Munch not only was Norway's greatest artist, but also played a vital role in the development of German expressionism. His work often included the symbolic portrayal of such themes as misery, sickness, and death...
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The great master of the human form, in clay, bronze, and marble, Auguste Rodin was a seminal influence on 20th-century sculpture. This book presents striking images and incisive text that help readers understand how this art continues to enthrall as it confronts distress, moral weakness, passio...
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Since the airplane's invention in 1903, thousands of military aircraft have been designed and hundreds of thousands of have been produced. Drawing widely from that massive group, journalist Paolo Matricardi has fashioned a fascinating history of this deadly weapon of war. This large-format book...
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Rubens’s work radiates energy, expressing a heady sense of life’s pleasures. The reproductions in this book reveal his brilliant colours and inexhaustible imagination in all their splendour. The accompanying text traces how his paintings of the female figure lead to artists like Auguste Ren...
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Today, Phineas Fogg’s 80-day circumnavigation of the globe is not quite the stunning feat it was in 1873, but nevertheless, the story of his journey continues to fascinate readers and travelers alike. And, as only befits a classic of the travel writing genre, it continues to inspire travel wr...
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This meticulously researched book reconstructs the history of ancient Rome, from its formative years to the crisis in the 5th century B.C., that followed its widespread conquests. Through an in-depth exploration of the historical, architectural, and artistic facets of the main periods of Roman ...
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This sumptuous book surveys the wide range of styles — from ethereal and whimsical to epic and monumental, but always rational and surprisingly balanced — that have characterized modern architecture. Written by a group of renowned experts, the book features many high-quality images that sho...
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Despite his physical handicap, Henry Toulouse Lautrec — fascinated by life in the cafés, cabarets, dance halls, and bordellos around Montmartre — became one of the great portrayers of the human figure. Possessed of the astonishing ability to understand the conditions of the socially ostracized ...
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Nathalia Brodskaya has been a curator at the State Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg since 1961. In this beautifully illustrated book, she brings her wide experience with art to bear on Impressionism. She analyzes its origins in Paris in the eventful years leading up to 1874, when a group of...
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Edgar Degas's ballet dancers and late nudes constitute one of the peaks of nineteenth-century art. Contemporaries described his nudes in tones of excited horror ("Crouching, gourd-like women fill the bathtubs . . . who are these women? Whores or housewives? Nobody knows"). Reproduced in full c...
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For Monet, the act of creation was always a painful struggle. He attached more importance than any of his contemporaries to one of the essential aspects of Impressionism: transmitting light and emotion to the spectator. The illustrations in this book show the fruits of this struggle, beautifull...
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