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.
O architektúre a životnom štýle vo vilovej časti Bratislavy na Kalvárii, Slavíne s priľahlým Horským parkom a na Hradnom vrchu. Autori v krátkych historických exkurzoch zachytávajú ich podobu od stredoveku, keď tam ešte bývali vinohrady, poľovné revíry a pastviny, neskôr výletné reštaurácie a hostice. ...
The End Was Nigh Awesome apocalyptic visions of the 16th century The Book of Miracles first surfaced only a few years ago and is one of the most spectacular discoveries in the field of Renaissance art. The near-complete illustrated manuscript, created in Augsburg around 1550, is composed of 169 pages ...
Hang, well hung Chinese photographer Ren lets it all Hang out Ren Hang is an unlikely rebel. Slight of build, shy by nature, prone to fits of depression, the 28-year-old Beijing photographer is nonetheless at the forefront of Chinese artists battle for creative freedom. Like his champion Ai Weiwei, Ren ...
The Mastaba, Project for Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates will not only be Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s greatest achievement and only permanent large-sca….
Excellence in visual thinking. Celebrating 50 years of outstanding creativity in design and art direction. The annual D&AD Awards honor outstanding creativity, originality, technical excellence, and innovation in design and advertising. Every year, thousands of entrants submit a host of crazy, beautiful, ...
8-bit classic video games are burned into the collective consciousness of an entire generation thanks to countless hours spent with Pac-Man, Mario Bros., Zelda, Mega Man, and others. Now, what was once considered "only video games" is also celebrated for its fine art of design. This lavish art book traces ...
With a first-time collection of Grayson Perry\''s sketches, Sketchbooks follows the evolution of his career from art school to the present day. Grayson Perry has been using sketchbooks as a place to record and develop ideas - whether for pots, tapestries, clothes, houses or exhibitions, or for nothing ...
This unique cross-cultural account brings to life the momentum of the strongest movements in modern times: holistic health and well-being. With our hectic schedules, there''s a growing sense that vacations and travel can be a respite - a chance to reconnect both mentally and physically. This guide showcases ...
A lavishly illustrated book presenting high-class holiday rentals on five continents. Founded in 1977, Engel and Volkers is one of the world''s leading service companies specializing in the sale and leasing of premium residential properties, commercial real estate, and yachts.
The Whoniverse is a never-before-seen history of the Human Race – from the formation of Earth round the Racnoss eggs, and the creation of life by the destruction of the last Jagaroth spaceship, through to the eventual expansion of the sun and end of the world and beyond – to New Earth, and Utopia… Along ...
Cult of kitsch. The art and history of the Tiki phenomenon. Tiki culture at its height was a manifestation of exotic visions of island culture inspired by the tales of American soldiers stationed in the South Pacific during World War II: trees loaded with exotic fruits, sleepy lagoons, white-sand beaches, ...
This book is a celebration of brick: collating fascinating and beautiful images of brick structures from the ancient remains of Tepe Sialk ziggurat in Iran, dating from 3,000 BC to the functional solidity of Battersea and Bankside power stations in London, Brick will engage anyone interested in architecture ...
A global survey of 100 of today''s most important clay and ceramic artists, chosen by leading art world professionals. Vitamin C celebrates the revival of clay as a material for contemporary visual artists, featuring a wide range of global talent as selected by the world''s leading curators, critics, ...
Taschen (15 Nov 2010): This is the exclusive and highly-coveted annual featuring the year''s best creative work-updated for 2010. This is the world''s most prestigious annual for creative professionals. Following the success of "D&AD 2009", the exclusive and highly-coveted annual from "D&AD" featuring ...
Visit the world''s most comprehensive and compelling museum in a book – from pre-historic times to the present, – over 1,600 artworks created with the expertise of 28 art world curators and historians. "Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope. a visually spectacular survey of world art. Destined to ...
Hokusai created sublime works during the last thirty years of his life, right up to his death at the age of ninety. Publications have hitherto presented his lon…
Publikace věnuje pozornost aktuálnímu a dosud nezpracovanému tématu: vlivům původních kultur subsaharské Afriky, Oceánie a Ameriky na české výtvarné umění v letech 1850 - 1950. Tyto vztahy jsou obecně označovány termínem primitivismus. Kniha se soustředí nejen na konkrétní díla, spojená s africkým, oceánským ...
