This sequel to Olivier Dupon's bestselling The New Artisans - the book that began it all - showcases 60 new makers whose creations will inspire and delight. The book is divided into two sections fo...
Throughout, the shifting balance of power between the Axis and the Allies and the global nature of the war and its devastation are made strikingly clear. Original, accessible and fascinating,...
This book offers a largely chronological illustrated guide to how the chemical elements were discovered over the past three millennia. It provides a view not just of how we came to understand what ...
Ian Jeffrey is a superb guide in this profusely illustrated introduction to the appreciation of photography as an art form. Novices and experts alike will gain a deeper understanding of great photo...
Our belief in some form of magic runs throughout human history. In fact, in an increasingly rational and scientific world, the idea that occult or arcane knowledge can give us access to another, hi...
Książka Profesora Andrzeja Bałandynowicza Człowiek cząstką Wszechświata. Rozważania antropologiczno-filozoficzne i filozoficznoprawne zawiera głęboką analizę uniwersalnych problemów ludzkośc...
Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain ...
Focusing on a carefully curated selection of Catholic art and artefacts, this book explains the meaning of the iconography and the mystic power of the faith's ritual objects. A wealth of often hidd...
Andrey Tarkovsky was the most important Russian filmmaker of the post-war era, and one of the world’s most renowned cinematic geniuses. He directed the first five of his seven films – I...
Act now to avert calamity!This expertly curated compilation of step-by-step survival advice, drawn from more than 100 years of official documentation from around the world, demonstrates...
Pierre Tallet’s discovery of the Red Sea scrolls – the world’s oldest surviving written documents – was one of the most remarkable moments in the recent history of Egyptolog...
Based in the great city of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul), the Byzantine empire was one of the most successful states of the Middle Ages. The continuation of the Roman empire, it ruled over a...
People who saw the first moving pictures at the end of the nineteenth century were delighted by a new art that communicated without words – yet they were also alarmed to be witnessing events ...
Art-writing at its most useful should share the dynamism, fluidity and passions of the objects of its enquiry, argues Marina Warner. In this new anthology of some of her most compelling work, she c...
Podstawowym założeniem badawczym poruszonym w opracowaniu jest zweryfikowanie i usystematyzowanie dotychczasowych wyników badań nad późnym paleolitem, analiza i określenie przynależno...
Międzynarodowe unikanie opodatkowania dochodu należy do najbardziej aktualnych i dynamicznie zmieniających się zagadnień prawnych. Nowe, uaktualnione i rozszerzone wydanie publikacji obejmuje sposo...
Publikacja „Późnośredniowieczny kompleks osadniczy w Starym Rypinie” jest interdyscyplinarną syntezą dotychczasowego stanu badań nad fazą późnośredniowieczną autorstwa 18 ...
Przedmiotem monografii jest zagadnienie orzekania przez trybunały i sądy w sprawach z zakresu ochrony środowiska. Nie licząc książki prof. Wojciecha Radeckiego z 1995 r., jest to pierwsza tak obsze...