Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: A small in-focus book on the significant but hitherto under studied English-born painter Cornelius Johnson. Johnson's portraits are of exceptional quality, and, uniquely for a British artist of the period, he worked on every scale, from large groups to miniatures.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This third edition has been extended considerably to incorporate more information on instrument influences on the interpretation of X-ray scattering profiles and reciprocal space maps. Another significant inclusion is on the scattering from powder samples, covering a new theoretical approach that explains features that conventional theory cannot. The new edition includes some of the latest…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This groundbreaking reconstruction of Goya's so-called 'Witches and Old Women' album will offer rich insights into the artist's concerns and preoccupations and will immeasurably deepen our understanding of the artist. With its themes of witchcraft, madness and nightmares, the predominant imagery of the album offers a particularly important perspective on the development of Goya's interest in old…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Offering new insights into the artistic practice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, this catalogue investigates his radical manipulation of pigmants, oils, glazes and varnishes. It traces his experiments with colour, tone and handling, reveals his continual temptation to rework and revise his pictures, and illuminates his highly creative responses to the new exhibition culture of his day.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The essential public good that Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair and now Cameron sell is not power stations, or trains, or hospitals. It's the public itself. it's us. In a little over a generation the bones and sinews of the British economy — rail, energy, water, postal services, municipal housing — have been sold to remote, unaccountable private owners, often from overseas. In a series of brilliant…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) is widely regarded as one of the most creative writers of modern socialism and the foremost female theoretician of European radicalism. Her wide-ranging and incisive works, which include studies on capitalism's inherent drive for global expansion, the relation between spontaneity and organization, and the inseparability of democracy and socialism, have made her a pole…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 536) Аннотация: A brilliant, shattering, and convincing account of United States-backed suppression of political and human rights in the Third World... It relentlessly dissects the official views of Establishment scholars and their journals. The best and brightest pundits of the status quo emerge from this book thoroughly denuded of their credibility.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: International energy law is an elusive but important concept. There is no body of law called international energy law, nor is there any universally accepted definition for it, yet many specialised areas of international law have a direct relationship with energy policy. The Research Handbook on International Energy Law examines various aspects of international energy law and offers a…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: A sumptuous monograph tracing the life and legacy of fashion luminary Oscar de la Renta. In October 2014 one of the fashion world's champions, Oscar de la Renta, passed away, a great loss brightened by the innumerable successes of his half-century reign. The acclaimed fashion designer dressed first ladies from Kennedy to Obama, and celebrities from Beyonce to Sarah Jessica Parker. Renowned for…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This is the first complete and authorized official visual history of ABBA, one of the greatest pop groups of the 20th century. ABBA has sold a stunning 400 million records, and in some markets has even surpassed the Beatles. This first and only official book on ABBA was created with the full cooperation of the band members themselves and containing more than 600 rare and heretofore unseen images…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 452) Аннотация: Here is the definitive book on the worldwide movement of hackers, pranksters, and activists that operates under the name Anonymous, by the woman the Chronicle of Higher Education calls the leading interpreter of digital insurgency and the Huffington Post says knows all of Anonymous' deepest, darkest secrets. Half a dozen years ago, anthropologist Gabriella Coleman set out to study the rise of…
Скачать книгу (размер 514 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 102) Аннотация: Shlomo Sand was born in 1946 in a displaced persons camp in Austria, to a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father; the family later migrated to Palestine. During his life, Sand came to question his Jewish identity, even that as a secular Jew. With this meditative and thoughtful mixture of essay and personal recollection, he articulates the problems at the centre of modern Jewish identity. How I…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 457 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 287) Аннотация: It is assumed that every inch of the world has been explored and charted; that there is nowhere new to go. But perhaps it is the everyday places around us — the cities we live in — that need to be rediscovered. What does it feel like to find the city's edge, to explore its forgotten tunnels and scale unfinished skyscrapers high above the metropolis? Explore Everything reclaims the city, recasting…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 798 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 550) Аннотация: Research on designing new catalytic systems has been one of the most important fields in modern organic chemistry, and one reason for this is the predominant contribution of catalysis to the concepts of atom economy and green chemistry in the 21st century. Gold, considered catalytically inactive for a long time, is now a fascinating partner of modern chemistry, as scientists such as Bond, Haruta,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: The drawings of John Ruskin are exhilarating to look at, any they express his own sense of exhilaration as he observed landscape and nature, buildings and artifacts. They deserve to be appreciated afresh by a wider audience. Accompanying a landmark exhibition at the National Galleries of Canada and Scotland in 2014, this exploration of Ruskin's watercolors and drawings — representing his entire…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: This comprehensive and thought-provoking Handbook reviews public sector economics from pluralist perspectives that either complement or reach beyond mainstream views. The book takes a comprehensive interdisciplinary approach, drawing on economic elements in the fields of philosophy, sociology, psychology, history and law. The expert contributors present new methodological approaches across these…
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Rainforest Workout provides a first introduction to rainforest animals, plants, people, and climate. The rainforest landscape ties into a selection of exciting exercises: children are encouraged to balance like a monkey, prowl like a tiger, march like an elephant, and grow like a tree.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 252) Аннотация: Street Art Fine Art presents a collection of classic works of fine art by the old masters reinterpreted by today's most cutting-edge street artists. In this book, curator Ingrid Beazley draws parallels between classic and contemporary styles; showcasing how works from the Dulwich Picture Gallery's permanent collection by painters such as Rembrandt, Pynacker, Gainsborough, Franceshini, Van Aelst…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 884) Аннотация: What is the relevance of Luc Boltanski's 'pragmatic sociology of critique' to central issues in contemporary social and political analysis? In seeking to respond to this question, this book contains critical commentaries from prominent social theorists attempting to map out the influence and broad scope of Boltanski's oeuvre.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 141 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 225) Аннотация: Vincent van Gogh's letters are frequently admired for their exceptional literary quality, but there is no extended critique of this aspect of his writing. Addressing key constellations of metaphors and ideas, The Letters of Vincent van Gogh shows the remarkable imaginative coherence underlying the painter's correspondence and charts van Gogh's evolving conception of himself as an artist.