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  • The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas

    Roots and Rebirth of the Folkloric Devil

    de Al Ridenour, Sean Tejaratchi ...
    The dark folklore behind Krampus, St. Nicholas, and the winter traditions that survived beneath Christmas. The Krampus and the Old, Dark Christmas by Al Ridenour explores the shadow side of the winter holidays, tracing the folklore, rituals, and seasonal customs that predate and coexist with modern Christmas. Moving from Alpine Krampus runs and masked parades to wassailing, mumming, and other pre ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • A Season of Madness

    Fools, Monsters, and Marvels of the Old-World Carnival

    de Al Ridenour ...
    "In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy."- William Blake"A Season of Madness is a fantastic carnival of a book. Equal parts irreverent and erudite, it lovingly captures the depth, complexity, and subversive nature of the carnival, from its ancient roots to modern expression. Gorgeously illustrated, intellectually hefty, and also fun, it is a seductive introduction to the material ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

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  • Complete Works of Johannes Vermeer (Delphi Classics)

    de Johannes Vermeer, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Libro 2 - Delphi Masters of Art
    Now acknowledged as one of the greatest painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Johannes Vermeer specialised in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life in his home city of Delft. The artist’s reputation fell into obscurity after his death and it was not until the 19th century that his work was rediscovered by Gustav Friedrich Waagen and Théophile Thoré-Bürger, who published an essay attributing 66 ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • The Secret Lives of Buildings

    From the Ruins of the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories

    de Edward Hollis ...
    A strikingly original, beautifully narrated history of Western architecture and the cultural transformations that it represents.Concrete, marble, steel, brick: little else made by human hands seems as stable, as immutable, as a building. Yet the life of any structure is neither fixed nor timeless. Outliving their original contexts and purposes, buildings are forced to adapt to each succeeding age. ... Leer más

    $2.99 USD

  • City Trails - Rome

    de Lonely Planet Kids, Moira Butterfield ...
    Series series Lonely Planet Kids
    Here's a book about Rome that's seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids' City Trails: Rome features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won't find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We'll show them where to find Rome's belly button, read a poem to chocolate, snack on witch sweets, and ... Leer más

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  • Glittering Images

    A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars

    de Camille Paglia ...
    WIth full-color illustrations throughoutFrom the best-selling author of Sexual Personae and Break, Blow, Burn and one of our most acclaimed cultural critics, here is an enthralling journey through Western art’s defining moments, from the ancient Egyptian tomb of Queen Nefertari to George Lucas’s volcano planet duel in Revenge of the Sith.America’s premier intellectual provocateur returns to the ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • The Anatomy Lesson

    A Novel

    de Nina Siegal ...
    Set in one day in 1632, The Anatomy Lesson is a stunning portrayal of Golden Age Amsterdam and a brilliantly imagined back-story to Rembrandt's first great work of art. Told from several points of view, ranging from a curio dealer who collects bodies for the city’s chief anatomist to philosopher Rene Descartes, the novel opens on the morning of the medical dissection that is to be recorded by the ... Leer más

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    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • A Little History of Art

    de Charlotte Mullins ...
    Series series Little Histories
    A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the first artworks ever made to art’s central role in culture today“This lively volume is ideal for the precocious high-schooler, the lazy collegian . . . and any adult who wishes for greater mastery of the subject. . . . Mullins leav[es] readers with an expansive, no-regrets appreciation of art and the human story.”—Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in Europe

    (So You Can Ignore the Others)

    de Julian Porter, Q.C. ...
    "Who can resist an art critic with attitude?"--Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice, Ian Binnie"It was wonderful! Julian shared his enormous knowledge of the world's best art with a panache that is irresistible."--Justice Stephen Goudge, Ontario Court of AppealThis essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the world’s greatest paintings from Giotto ... Leer más

    $9.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • City of the Soul

    A Walk in Rome

    de William Murray ...
    Series series Crown Journeys
    “One lifetime is not enough for Rome,” the famous saying goes, and anyone who’s ever been there knows these words to be true. In City of the Soul, William Murray begins to show us why.Growing up in Rome and spending much of his life in the city, William Murray is an expert guide as he takes us on an intimate walking tour of some of Rome’s most glorious achievements, illuminating the history and ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

    Disponible también en: Audiolibros

  • Vermeer

    A Life Lost and Found

    de Andrew Graham-Dixon ...
    This revelatory biography persuasively addresses the two great unresolved questions about Vermeer: why did he paint his pictures, and what do they mean?One spring day in 1683, a notary’s clerk in Delft entered the home of the late Magdalena Pieters van Ruijven and stumbled upon one of the wonders of the seventeenth-century world: twenty paintings by Johannes Vermeer. Rather than dispel the ... Leer más

    $25.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • How to Read Paintings

    Western art explored through a close-reading of painted masterpieces

    de Christopher P Jones ...
    Series series Looking at Art
    How to Read Paintings explores some of the finest paintings from the world of art history.Have you ever come across a painting from art history and wondered what it was about? Do you wish you knew what to look for so you could understand it better?How to Read Paintings explores the fascinating meaning behind a range of famous paintings, including masterworks by Vermeer and Cézanne. You will learn ... Leer más

    $4.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus