Explore the miracles of the microscopic world.Find out all about the unique and beautiful kingdoms of life at a microscopic scale and how every organism meets the challenges of survival...
Embracing over a thousand years of history and an area stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, this is an unrivalled synthesis of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the ...
In the past, writers and critics from Goethe to Clement Greenberg perpetuated particular ideas about art and even dictated them to artists. Since then, however, the artists have rebelled. They no l...
The must-have business guide for visual artists, written by the leading specialist in the global art tradeWritten for artists of all levels, the latest book from bestselling author Magn...
In just fifteen years, Hipgnosis (Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey Po Powell and Peter Christopherson) established themselves as the most important design collective in music history. Their innovative cove...
On the 100th anniversary of their deaths, Gustav Klimt and Auguste Rodin are celebrated as two pioneers of modernism who set new standards in their chosen media.Although they worked in ...
Defining design of the 20th and 21st centuriesFrom Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, more than...
When Karl Lagerfeld was named at the helm of the fashion house in 1983, he set out to radically shake up and update its image – not only through bold collections but also, from 1987 onwards, ...
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 ...
The Map Tour is an exquisite collection of maps tracing the evolution of tourism from the late 1600s to the elite realms of the Grand Tour and then beyond the boundaries of the known world. Produce...
W sali audiowizualnej MOCAK-u prezentujemy kompletny przegląd filmów Josefa Daberniga. W katalogu towarzyszącym tej prezentacji każdy z 14 tytułów opatrzony jest krótkim opisem...
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, inventor and student of all things scientific. His natural genius crossed so many disciplines that he epitomized the term `Renaissance man'. ...
This colorful and brilliantly designed set contains everything a budding farmer could need, from a house and stable, to horses, pigs, piglets, cows, bunnies, and much more!Simply unfold...
The first ever graphic novel version of Animal Farm - a Times Book of the YearAnimal Farm is the story of what happens when the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master,...
For his photographs and films, the Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf creates a world that has been staged down to its smallest detail. It seems very similar to ours, but its artificiality gives it an e...
"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...
A lively introduction to the seminal art and design movement that changed the way we see, think and live.Now 100 years old, the Bauhaus still looks just as fresh today as it did when it...
Photography Visionaries is an inspiring guide to 75 of the most influential photographers from c.1900 to the present. Entertainingly written by an expert on photography, it provides fascinating ins...
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 ...
The ability to speak two or more languages is a common human experience, whether for children born into bilingual families, young people enrolled in foreign language classes, or mature and older ad...