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 ...
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As an art student in 1993, Michael De Feo drew a simple bloom that became a familiar and welcome presence in New York after he spent countless nights pasting hundreds of versions of it all over the city’s building walls. Twenty-five years later, these flowers have been sighted in more than 60 international ...
''Kemp is a natural storyteller. This book leads you on a journey through the life, work and legacy of one of history''s most intriguing figures.'' The Times In an engaging personal narrative interwoven with historical research, Martin Kemp discusses a life spent immersed in the world of Leonardo, and ...
A unique journey through time and space to the origins of the figuration of the human body, from the Neolithic era to the Bronze Age, through works of extraordinary beauty and charm. The dawn of anthropomorphic figurative culture, the founding myths of humanity and the representation of power, whether ...
In this fourth installment of her best-selling pictogram series, award-winning graphic designer Yang Liu distills all the little joys and aches of childhood and parenting. Big meets Little takes on th
Kniha obsahuje širší studii o pojmu inverzní romantiky v kontextu současného umění a myšlení. Dále představuje pět předních současných umělců (I. Pinkava, J. Bolf, M. Gerboc, J. Petrbok, R. Stipl) reprezentujících média fotografie, malby, kresby a sochy, v jejichž díle je "inverzita" zásadním způsobem ...
FULLY UPDATED FOR 2019 We cannot live without water. But with 7.5 billion people competing for this single unevenly-distributed resource, the planet is drying up. In When the Rivers Run Dry, Fred Pearce explores the growing world water crisis, from Kent to Kenya. His powerful reportage takes us to places ...
How do magnets work?What is the theory of relativity all about?Is light made of waves or particles?And how on earth can a levitating goat teach us about atomic structure?In this age of smartphones, artificial intelligence, supercolliders, supercomputers and other cutting-edge technology, we’ve lost touch ...
Acts like:- Turning off devices instead of leaving them on standby- Buying less cotton clothing (a T-shirt needs 2,400 litres of water to make!)- Using reusable straws when possible- Turning off the t
Provo bylo amsterdamské anarchistické hnutí, které existovalo pouze dva roky (1965-1967), i když dozvuky jeho existence rezonovaly v Nizozemsku i v zahraničí mnoho dalších let. Hnutí Provo svým konceptuálním aktivismem a spekulativními politickými návrhy (tzv. bílé plány) ovládlo představivost celé jedné ...
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 ...
In 1303, Giotto, then considered the preeminent painter in Italy, was commissioned to paint the Arena Chapel in Padua. The resulting Chapel and its panels, deta….
Cena:32.93€ | Autor:Morris, Desmond | Rok vydania:2018 | Jazyk: V anglickom jazyku | Dostupnosť:na sklade | ISBN:9780500021361 | Vydavateľ:Thames & Hudson
Nicola Hicks’s sculpture and drawing practice has focused upon heroic, humanized animals and mythic, beast-like humans. From the moment she burst on the wider public stage, there has been no doubting her remarkable talent. Picked out while still at the Royal College of Art by the late Elisabeth Frink ...
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 ...
We like to think of ourselves as exceptional beings, but is there really anything special about us that sets us apart from other animals? Humans are the slighte…
