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1000 Erotic Works of Genius by Hans-Jurgen Dopp
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
Erotic images have met with varying degrees of acceptance throughout history and have always proposed new ideas of erotica, as demonstrated by the works reproduced in this book. From ancient fertility statues to Renaissance engravings designed to encourage procreation within marriage, erotic art has alw ...Show more
American Graffiti by Margo Thompson
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
This book gives a new analysis of the intersections between graffiti art and the work of Basquiat. Not only are there few existent writings on the subject, but the book will also appeal to a very large public.
Art Of Islam by Fleming / Le Bon
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
Following the ideals of beauty of Islamic art, the book shows high-quality representations of numerous monumental masterpieces, such as the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, the Taj Mahal in Agra or the Alhambra in Granada, in which one recognises the stylisation of motives of the Muslim ceramics.
Art Of Siberia by Gorbatcheva Valentina & Federova Marina
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
This book deals with people and traditions of Siberia, it can interest a wide range of people as it is a book on art, sociology and history.
Art Of War by SUN TZU
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
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Chinese Art by Bushell Stephan W.
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
This book is an encyclopedia of Chinese classical art, giving an informative overview of all forms of Chinese art and providing the keys to understanding contemporary art in China. This book is a great way for beginners to better acquaint themselves with China, while specialists will appreciate the glob ...Show more
Christ In Art by FRENCH,JOSEPH
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and ot ...Show more
Dali by Eric Shanes (Illustrator); Victoria Charles
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
As a one of the foremost painters of the 20th century, Dal#65533;, like Picasso and Warhol, can boast of having overturned the art of the previous century and directed contemporary art toward its present incarnation. As irrational as he was surrealist, this genius diverted objects from their orig ...Show more
Gustave Courbet by Riat Georges
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
Child of materialism and positivism, Courbet was without a doubt one of the most complex painters of the nineteenth century. Symbolising the rejection of traditions, Courbet did not hesitate to confront the public with the truth by liberating painting of conventional rules. He became from then on the le ...Show more
Malevich by Gerry Souter
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
Kazimir Malevich (1878 - 1935) was a painter and a great art theorist but first and foremost he was the founder of Suprematism (pure abstraction), a style based on geometrical forms. ""Suprematism,"" he wrote, ""has led me to discover something that had not been understood until then? there is in human ...Show more
Music & Eros [Hc] by Dopp Hans-Jurgen
Category: Art and Design | Series: Temporis Ser.
Music is not only a pleasure for the ear, it is the echo of the heartbeat, breath and desire. Professor Dpp revisits music as the catalyst for dance, love and sex. From the music sheet to dance and through instruments, music is the expression of our profound desires and most violent passions. The text r ...Show more
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