wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Německo: Vzpomínky jednoho národa
ISBN: 9788025733455 / Czeski / 2021 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Co má společného míšeňský porcelán, šťavnaté klobásky, Valhala nebo design Bauhausu, Bismarck či Karel Veliký, Braniborská brána a vjezd do koncentračního tábora v Buchenwaldu? Všechno jsou to symboly Německa vztahující se k jeho vzletům i pádům. Jejich prostřednictvím zkoumá britský kunsthistorik Neil MacGregor klíčové okamžiky německých dějin. Analyzuje pozadí převratných německých úspěchů, rozvoje kultury i technického a společenského pokroku a zároveň sleduje cestu vedoucí k děsivým tragédiím.
Obsáhlá kniha vznikla paralelně k... Co má společného míšeňský porcelán, šťavnaté klobásky, Valhala nebo design Bauhausu, Bismarck či Karel Veliký, Braniborská brána a vje...
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183,49 zł |
Germany: Memories of a Nation
ISBN: 9780141979786 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 624 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no other For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental Europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany, and how do its people now understand themselves? Neil MacGregor argues that uniquely for any European country, no coherent, over-arching narrative of Germany's history can be constructed, for in Germany both geography and history have always been unstable. Its frontiers have constantly...
From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no other For the past 140 years, Germany has ...
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86,11 zł |
A History of the World in 100 Objects
ISBN: 9780241951774 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the objects that defined them. Encompassing a grand sweep of human history, A History of the World in 100 Objects begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and ends with objects which characterise the world we live in today. Seen through MacGregor's eyes, history is a kaleidoscope - shifting, interconnected, constantly surprising, and shaping our world today in ways that most...
Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the obje...
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86,11 zł |
Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
ISBN: 9780141986258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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75,98 zł |
Shakespeares ruhelose Welt
ISBN: 9783406652875 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2016 / 347 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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67,35 zł |
Germany: Memories of a Nation
ISBN: 9781101875667 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany, and how do its people understand themselves? For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How muc... |
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173,46 zł |
A History of the World in 100 Objects
ISBN: 9780143124153 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 736 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read."
--The Wall Street Journal The blockbuster New York Times bestseller and the companion volume to the wildly popular radio series When did people first start to wear jewelry or play music? When were cows domesticated, and why do we feed their milk to our children? Where were the first cities, and what made them succeed? Who developed math--or invented money? "An enthralling and profoundly humane book that every civilized person should read."
--The Wall Street Journal The blockbuster Ne... |
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156,11 zł |
Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
ISBN: 9780241308295 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germany, following the new BBC Radio 4 documentary and British Museum exhibition. Available for pre-order now. One of the central facts of human existence is that every society shares a set of beliefs and assumptions - a faith, an ideology, a religion - that goes far beyond the life of the individual. These beliefs are an essential part of a shared identity. They have a unique power to define - and to divide - us, and are a driving force in the...
A panoramic exploration of peoples, objects and beliefs over 40,000 years from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects and Germ...
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152,03 zł |
Shakespeare's Restless World: An Unexpected History in Twenty Objects
ISBN: 9780718195700 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare's Restless World uncovers the extraordinary stories behind twenty objects from the period to re-create an age at once distant and yet surprisingly familiar. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to the horizons of the New World, Neil MacGregor brings the past to life in a fresh, unexpected portrait of a dangerous and dynamic era. 'Fascinating ... filled with anecdotes and insights, eerie, funny, poignant and grotesque ... another...
The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. Shakespeare's Restles...
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75,98 zł |
A Victim of Anonymity
ISBN: 9780500550267 / Angielski / Twarda / 1994 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Are there miscarriages of justice in art history? Neil MacGregor believes there are. However great an artist, if his name is lost he will not receive a fair verdict from posterity. No exhibition will be devoted to his work; no books will be written about him; he will not even figure in indexes.
Are there miscarriages of justice in art history? Neil MacGregor believes there are. However great an artist, if his name is lost he will not receive ...
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48,87 zł |
Shadows: The Depiction of Cast Shadows in Western Art
ISBN: 9780300210040 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art through the centuries. Gombrich discusses the way shadows were represented--or ignored--by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist, and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in their representations. First published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery, London, in 1995, it is reissued here with additional color...
In this intriguing book, E.H. Gombrich, who was one of the world's foremost art historians, traces how cast shadows have been depicted in Western art ...
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75,98 zł |