The Leading eBooks Store Online

for Kindle Fire, Apple, Android, Nook, Kobo, PC, Mac, Sony Reader...

New to eBooks.com?

Learn more
Browse our categories
  • Bestsellers - This Week
  • Foreign Language Study
  • Pets
  • Bestsellers - Last 6 months
  • Games
  • Philosophy
  • Archaeology
  • Gardening
  • Photography
  • Architecture
  • Graphic Books
  • Poetry
  • Art
  • Health & Fitness
  • Political Science
  • Biography & Autobiography
  • History
  • Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Body Mind & Spirit
  • House & Home
  • Reference
  • Business & Economics
  • Humor
  • Religion
  • Children's & Young Adult Fiction
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • Romance
  • Computers
  • Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Science
  • Crafts & Hobbies
  • Law
  • Science Fiction
  • Current Events
  • Literary Collections
  • Self-Help
  • Drama
  • Literary Criticism
  • Sex
  • Education
  • Literary Fiction
  • Social Science
  • The Environment
  • Mathematics
  • Sports & Recreation
  • Family & Relationships
  • Media
  • Study Aids
  • Fantasy
  • Medical
  • Technology
  • Fiction
  • Music
  • Transportation
  • Folklore & Mythology
  • Nature
  • Travel
  • Food and Wine
  • Performing Arts
  • True Crime
  • Foreign Language Books
History

Most popular at the top

  • Francis Baconby Gilles Deleuze; Daniel W. Smith

    Continuum International Publishing 2003; US$ 110.00

    Gilles Deleuze was one of the most influential and revolutionary philosophers of the twentieth century. Francis Bacon: The Logic of Sensation is his long-awaited work on Bacon,widely regarded as one of the most radical painters of the twentieth century.The book presents a deep engagement with Bacon's work and the nature of art. Deleuze analyzes... more...

  • Amedeo Modiglianiby Victoria Charles

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Modigliani (1884-1920) era un artista que no encontró mucha felicidad en su Italia natal, y en la tierra adoptiva de Francia sólo encontró tristeza. De esta infelicidad nació una extraordinaria y original producción de obras, influenciada por el arte africano, el movimiento cubista y las noches de alcohol de Montparnasse. Sus desnudos femeninos, con... more...

  • Anthonis van Dyckby Victoria Charles

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Van Dyck, Maler des 17. Jahrhunderts, hatte eine ebenso kurze wie glanzvolle Karriere. Als ein Schüler Rubens wird er sehr schnell zum Protegé der Prinzen und Könige und avanciert zu einem der beliebtesten Portraitisten der großen und wichtigen Familien Englands. Mit Hilfe einer äußerst präzisen Farbkomposition verleiht er seinen Modellen Würde und... more...

  • Claude Monetby Nathalia Brodskaya

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Para Monet, el acto de creación siempre fue una dolorosa lucha. Su obsesión por expresar emociones y transmitir el efecto de la luz sobre la naturaleza fue mucho más intensa que la de sus contemporáneos. En sus palabras: ?Las técnicas vienen y van... el arte siempre es el mismo: una transposición de la naturaleza que requiere tanto de la voluntad como... more...

  • Claude Monetby Nathalia Brodskaya

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    For Monet, the act of creation was always a painful struggle. His obsession with capturing light effects in nature was much more intense than that of his contemporaries. In his words: ?Skills come and go? Art is always the same: a transposition of nature that requests as much will as sensitivity. I strive and struggle against the sun? should as well... more...

  • Claude Monetby Nathalia Brodskaya

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Per Claude Monet la creazione artistica č sempre stata una lotta sofferta. Attribuiva maggiore importanza di quanto non facessero i suoi contemporanei a un aspetto essenziale dell?Impressionismo: comunicare all?osservatore le emozioni prodotte dalla luce. Per usare le parole di Monet: «Le tecniche vanno e vengono [?] L?arte rimane la stessa: una rappresentazione... more...

  • Francisco Goyaby Sarah Carr-Gomm

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Francisco Goya (1746-1828), grâce ŕ son talent, est trčs vite reconnu comme un grand peintre espagnol. Il devient le portraitiste officiel de la Cour d?Espagne. Réputé pour la qualité et la rapidité d?exécution de ses dessins, ses eaux-fortes sont d?une finesse rare. Le clair-obscur de ses toiles violentes et sombres influenceront de nombreux artistes,... more...

  • Francisco Goyaby Sarah Carr-Gomm

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Francisco Goya (1746-1828) was recognised from a very early age as the leading artist in Spain, rising to become the official portraitist of the Spanish Court. He was famed for the quality and speed at which he executed his drawings, and his etchings are of extraordinary delicacy. His use of chiaroscuro in his dark, intense paintings influenced many... more...

  • Francisco Goyaby Sarah Carr-Gomm

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) ist einer der unumstrittenen Meister der spanischen Malerei des 19. Jahrhunderts. Oft wird er aufgrund seines gewagten Stils und seines Credos, dass die persönliche Sichtweise des Künstlers mehr wert ist als die Tradition, ?der erste Maler der Moderne? genannt. Mit seiner großen Auswahl der Werke Goyas wird diese... more...

  • Harmensz van Rijn Rembrandtby Emile Michel

    Parkstone International 2011; US$ 7.00

    Un cuadro de Rembrandt es una entidad viva que existe según sus propias leyes, que refleja la multiplicidad de pensamientos y de emociones presentes en la mente del pintor. El hombre y su disposición mental: éste es el problema fundamental que ocupa al artista a lo largo de toda su vida. Atormentado por problemas familiares, se refugió en la pintura,... more...