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Toulouse-Lautrec
Parkstone International 2011; US$ 3.50Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, (24 November 1864 ? 9 September 1901) was a French, post-impressionist painter, famous for his paintings and prints of actors, dancers and prostitutes in the Montmartre area of Paris. Despite his noble origins, he painted scenes which shocked the ?polite society? in Paris. In his short career, he had an impressive output,... more...
Concerning the Spiritual in Art
The Floating Press 1911; US$ 7.99Kandinsky sees the spiritual life of humanity as a pyramid. The artist must lead the layman to the top of this pyramid through the soulful exercise of art. Kandinsky differentiates between the superficial pleasure art inspires and the inner resonance created when art is considered attentively and allowed to touch the soul. The artist is allowed absolute... more...
On the Decay of the Art of Lying
The Floating Press 2008; US$ 3.95On the Decay of the Art of Lying is a short essay by Mark Twain from 1885. In it he deplores that way man's "most faithful friend" is being used and indeed misused, declaring that "the wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others'... more...
The Beautiful
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 5.99This book takes Beauty as already existing and enjoyed, and seeks to analyze and account for Beauty's existence and enjoyment. More strictly speaking, it analyzes and accounts for Beauty not inasmuch as existing in certain objects and processes, but rather as calling forth (and being called forth by) a particular group of mental activities and... more...
The Mind of the Artist
The Floating Press 1909; US$ 5.99The Mind of the Artist speaks for itself, and really requires no word of introduction. These opinions as a whole have a harmony and consistency, and announce clearly that the directing impulse must be a desire for expression, that art is a language, and that the thing to be said is of more importance than the manner of saying it. This desire for expression... more...
Works of Andrew Dickson White
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This collection was designed for optimal navigation on Kindle and other electronic devices. It is indexed alphabetically, making it easier to access individual books. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked... more...
Facts and Artefacts - Art in the Islamic World
BRILL 2007; US$ 278.00The scholarly search on the art of the object is of enduring interest and enjoys a new renaissance in the last few years. This book mainly explores the art and craft of Islamic artefacts and presents to the reader a diverse range of approaches. Despite this variety, in which also artefacts of the pre-Islamic, period as well as 'orientalized'... more...
Memoirs of Journeys to Venice and the Low Countries
The Floating Press 1913; US$ 6.99This early travelogue gives readers a fascinating glimpse into European life and customs in the Renaissance and early modern periods. The book recounts author Albrecht Durer's travels in and observations of Italy and the Netherlands on the cusp of the sixteenth century. more...
Bildende Künste im Dritten Reich
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 35.59Die Kunst im Dritten Reich ist zweiundsechzig Jahre nach dessen Ende in Deutschland noch immer ein verdrängtes Thema. Obwohl es in allen Kunstgattungen, in Architektur, Skulptur und Malerei, unter viel Zweitrangigem auch erstklassige Künstler und erstklassige Werke gab, wird diesem Thema weder im Kunstunterricht an den Schulen noch in den Hochschulen... more...
Deutsch-russische Geschäftsbeziehungen: Analyse von Missverständnissen
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.59Internationales Business hat eine eigene Sprache und es herrschen eigene Regeln. Die Gesetzmäßigkeiten sind überall auf der Welt gleich, Kulturunterschiede hervorzuheben ist ein schlechter Ton. Nein, sagt Julia Grekova. Gerade das Bewusstwerden der Unterschiede und welche das sind, hilft in interkulturellen Beziehungen des Geschäftslebens Konflikte... more...









