stonard j creation art since the beginning
Stonard J. Creation. Art since the beginning
A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day, exploring the remarkable endurance of humankinds creative impulse. Fifty thousand years ago on an island in Indonesia, an early human used red ochre pigment to capture the likeness of a pig on a limestone cave wall. Around the same time in Europe, another human retrieved a lump of charcoal from a fire and sketched four galloping horses. It was like a light turning on in the human mind. Our instinct to produce images in response to nature allowed the earliest Homo sapiens to understand the world around them, and to thrive. Now, art historian John-Paul Stonard has travelled across continents to take us on a panoramic journey through the history of art - from ancient Anatolian standing stones to a Qing Dynasty ink handscroll, from a drawing by a Kiowa artist on Americas Great Plains to a post-independence Congolese painting and on to Rachel Whitereads House. Brilliantly illustrated throughout, with a mixture of black and white and full colour images, Stonards Creation is an ambitious, thrilling and landmark work that leads us from Benin to Belgium, China to Constantinople, Mexico to Mesopotamia. Journeying from pre-history to the present day, it explores the remarkable endurance of humankinds creative impulse, and asks how - and why - we create.
2895 Руб.
Stonard J. Creation. Art since the beginning
A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day, exploring the remarkable endurance of humankinds creative impulse. Fifty thousand years ago on an island in Indonesia, an early human used red ochre pigment to capture the likeness of a pig on a limestone cave wall. Around the same time in Europe, another human retrieved a lump of charcoal from a fire and sketched four galloping horses. It was like a light turning on in the human mind. Our instinct to produce images in response to nature allowed the earliest Homo sapiens to understand the world around them, and to thrive. Now, art historian John-Paul Stonard has travelled across continents to take us on a panoramic journey through the history of art - from ancient Anatolian standing stones to a Qing Dynasty ink handscroll, from a drawing by a Kiowa artist on Americas Great Plains to a post-independence Congolese painting and on to Rachel Whitereads House. Brilliantly illustrated throughout, with a mixture of black and white and full colour images, Stonards Creation is an ambitious, thrilling and landmark work that leads us from Benin to Belgium, China to Constantinople, Mexico to Mesopotamia. Journeying from pre-history to the present day, it explores the remarkable endurance of humankinds creative impulse, and asks how - and why - we create.
2895 Руб.
Stonard John-Paul Creation. Art Since the Beginning
A fully illustrated, panoramic world history of art from ancient civilisation to the present day, exploring the remarkable endurance of humankind's creative impulse. Fifty thousand years ago on an island in Indonesia, an early human used red ochre pigment to capture the likeness of a pig on a limestone cave wall. Around the same time in Europe, another human retrieved a lump of charcoal from a fire and sketched four galloping horses. It was like a light turning on in the human mind. Our instinct to produce images in response to nature allowed the earliest Homo sapiens to understand the world around them, and to thrive. Now, art historian John-Paul Stonard has travelled across continents to take us on a panoramic journey through the history of art – from ancient Anatolian standing stones to a Qing Dynasty ink handscroll, from a drawing by a Kiowa artist on America's Great Plains to a post-independence Congolese painting and on to Rachel Whiteread's House. Brilliantly illustrated throughout, with a mixture of black and white and full colour images, Stonard's Creation is an ambitious, thrilling and landmark work that leads us from Benin to Belgium, China to Constantinople, Mexico to Mesopotamia. Journeying from pre-history to the present day, it explores the remarkable endurance of humankind's creative impulse, and asks how – and why – we create.
7542 Руб.
Barrie James Matthew Peter Pan
This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. One night, the mythical Peter Pan appears in the nursery of Wendy, John and Michael Darling and an extraordinary adventure begins. With a sprinkle of Tinker Bell's fairy dust, Peter teaches the three children to fly and whisks them away to Neverland. There they embark on daring adventures with mermaids, fairies, lost boys - and the vengeful pirate Captain Hook. Since his creation, J. M. Barrie's boy who wouldn't grow up has become a cultural icon, and this witty, imaginative story full of mischief, magic and bravery is one of the best-loved children's classics of all time.
1498 Руб.
Woolf Virginia A Room of One's Own
‘What conditions are necessary for the creation of works of art?’ Security, confidence, independence, a degree of prosperity – a room of one’s own. All things denied to most women around the world living in Virginia Woolf’s time, and before her time, and since. In this funny, provoking and insightful polemic, Virginia Woolf challenges her audience of young women to work on even in obscurity, to cultivate the habit of freedom, and to exercise the courage to write exactly what we think.
1972 Руб.
New York Style
Beginning with archive images of the Big Apple over the past century and blooming with gorgeous photos of the city's most beautiful and unique interiors, this book explores the real New York inside and out. From high-rise luxury condos with stunning views to industrial lofts, art collectors' pads, and eccentric, funky apartments, the interiors featured here-in colorful full-page photos-are as amazing and diverse as New Yorkers themselves. About the Series: More bang for your buck! "... a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand." The New York Times Book Review About the editor: Angelika Taschen studied art history and German literature in Heidelberg, gaining her doctorate in 1986. Working for TASCHEN since 1987, she has published numerous titles on architecture, photography, design, contemporary art, interiors, and travel. Издание на английском, французском и немецком языках.
544 Руб.
Eschbach Andreas The Hair Carpet Weavers
In a distant universe, since the beginning of time, workers have spent their lives weaving intricate carpets from the hair of women and girls. But why? Andreas Eschbach's mysterious, poignant space opera explores the absurdity of work and of life itself.
2179 Руб.
Шелли Мэри Frankenstein
Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, `Frankenstein` is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its...
337 Руб.
Шелли Мэри Frankenstein / (мягк) (Collins Classics). Shelley M. (Юпитер)
Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, "Frankenstein" is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way ... .
352 Руб.
Шелли Мэри Frankenstein
Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, `Frankenstein` is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its...
337 Руб.
Шелли Мэри Frankenstein / (мягк) (Collins Classics). Shelley M. (Юпитер)
Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, "Frankenstein" is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way ... .
352 Руб.
Finlay John Art History
A perfect introduction for students and laypeople alike, A Degree in a Book: Art History provides you with a fascinating overview of the concepts and major art periods that you need to know about to understand how art has developed over the millennia. Filled with beautiful images by prominent artists as welt as helpful diagrams and suggestions for further reading, this book looks at the evolution of art theory and the key changes in styles. Beginning with the earliest forms of art in the Paleolithic era, it acknowledges the impact of the Italian Renaissance, the social status of Dutch art in the seventeenth century and the radical stylistic changes of various movements in twentieth-century modern art.
5096 Руб.
Wells Herbert George The War of the World
When an army of invading Martians lands in England, panic and terror seize the population. As the aliens traverse the country in huge three-legged machines, incinerating all in their path with a heat ray and spreading noxious toxic gases, the people of the Earth must come to terms with the prospect of the end of human civilization and the beginning of Martian rule. Inspiring films, radio dramas, comic-book adaptations, television series and sequels, The War of the Worlds is a prototypical work of science fiction which has influenced every alien story that has come since, and is unsurpassed in its ability to thrill, well over a century since it was first published.
1597 Руб.
McVittie A. The Art of Tom Clancys The Division
The Art of Tom Clancy's The Division is the ultimate behind the scenes look at making of the latest game in the critically acclaimed Tom Clancy franchise. With over 300 images including sketches and concept art, and in-depth commentary throughout from the artists and creators, this volume will taken fans on a journey through the creation and visual development of the game.
3739 Руб.
McVittie A. The Art of Tom Clancys The Division
The Art of Tom Clancy's The Division is the ultimate behind the scenes look at making of the latest game in the critically acclaimed Tom Clancy franchise. With over 300 images including sketches and concept art, and in-depth commentary throughout from the artists and creators, this volume will taken fans on a journey through the creation and visual development of the game.
3739 Руб.
Shelley Mary Frankenstein
Издание на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. Begun when the author was only eighteen and conceived from a nightmare, "Frankenstein", is the deeply disturbing story of a monstrous creation which has terrified and chilled readers since its first publication in 1818. The novel has thus seared its way into the popular imagination while establishing itself as one of the pioneering works of modern science fiction.
153 Руб.