Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists - all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He cr...
Intellectual, emotional, restless, dogged, loyal, selfish; Kandinsky was an artist – and a man – of contradictions.This genre-defying painter didn’t pick up a brush un...
A handy guide to England's most famous cathedrals and abbeys. Includes an eight-page map section showing the locations of cathedrals covered in the book.Historical background and architectura...
The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a ReturnThe intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran's last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a ...
If Stella Fortuna means ‘lucky star,’ then life must have a funny sense of humour.Everybody in the Fortuna family knows the story of how the beautiful, fiercely independent ...
W sali audiowizualnej MOCAK-u prezentujemy kompletny przegląd filmów Josefa Daberniga. W katalogu towarzyszącym tej prezentacji każdy z 14 tytułów opatrzony jest krótkim opisem...
"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. "Mr Jones, the owner of Manor Farm, is a lazy drunk. The animals decide to overthrow him in a revolution t...
We all have spirit guides. Get to know yours.Guardians and angels, goddesses, animals and totems and elemental spirits - discover who your guides are and how they can power you through ...
There are many things you can do with paper but what can paper do for you?Discover paper’s true potential with this book full of exciting projects that enable you to discover new ...
The biggest names... the coolest sounds... the 40 most inspirational movers, shakers and innovators in black music are here! In this fun, fact-packed book from the 40 Inspiring Icons series, learn ...
Checkpoint Science Challenge Workbook 8 provides targeted additional exercises that aim to stretch students to develop deeper knowledge and understanding, and to further refine their scientific ski...
An irreverent book of radically honest advice by renowned fashion arbiter and legendary window dresser Simon DoonanThrough his unconventional wisdom and singular storytelling, Simon Doo...
Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages f...
Zagadka i niespodzianka. Tymi słowy można najkrócej określić zawartość dwóch esejów o muzyce Henryka Mikołaja Góreckiego i Krzysztofa Pendereckiego. Obaj twórcy d...
Autorka opisuje nowe technologie stosowane w procesie partycypacji społecznej oraz zależności między danymi i modelem ich wykorzystywania w planowaniu przestrzennym a ideą inteligentnego miasta &nd...
Obok "On Photography" Susan Sontag, książka Rolanda Barthesa "Camera Lucida" (Światło Obrazu) należy do najważniejszych tytułów z zakresu teorii fotografii.
Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divine' was added by later admirers) in exile from his ...
Discover the addictive first book in the bestselling Harry Hole series'A stunning opening to the series' Sunday TimesHarry is out of his depth.Detective Harry Hole is ...
Poet, aesthete and hedonist, Baudelaire was also one of the most groundbreaking art critics of his time. Here he explores beauty, fashion, dandyism, the purpose of art and the role of the artist, a...
When eighteen-year-old Billie Holiday stepped into Columbia studios in November of 1933 to record ‘Riffin’ the Scotch’ and ‘Your Mother’s Son-in-Law’, it marked ...