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100 Things You Should Know About Gladiators
Category: History | Series: 100 Things You Should Know About... (Mason Crest)
Introduces the life of a gladiator, including information on recruitment, training, weapons, and tactics, as well as how gladiatorial conflicts reflected the values of their day.
100 Things You Should Know About Mummies
Category: History | Series: 100 Things You Should Know About... (Mason Crest)
Facts about mummies and the mummification process, along with quizzes to test the reader's knowledge.
100 Things You Should Know About Vikings by Fiona Macdonald
Category: History | Series: 100 Things You Should Know About... (Mason Crest)
Introduces Vikings and their way of life, including information on trading, exploration, Viking women, and traditional beliefs.
100 Things You Should Know about Samurai (HB) by John Malam
Category: History | Series: 100 Things You Should Know About... (Mason Crest)
"First published in 2010 by Miles Kelly Publishing."
50 Architects You Should Know by Isabel Kuhl
Category: Fantasy | Series: You Should Know
Starting with the Renaissance, this introduction to fifty visionary architects traces the major aesthetic movements over the past six centuries and offers concise portraits of the geniuses behind them. This accessible and lively survey takes readers around the world and through history, from Filippo Bru ...Show more
50 Art Movements You Should Know: From Impressionism to Performance Art by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art and Design | Series: 50 You Should Know Ser.
The latest volume in this beautifully produced and affordable series introduces readers to the major developments in the history of modern art--from Realism to the New Leipzig School. The story of modern art begins with a revolution--when the realists started rejecting romanticism in favor of depicting ...Show more
50 Bauhaus Icons You Should Know by JOSEF STRASSER
Category: Art and Design | Series: 50 You Should Know Ser.
Published in a new edition, this book offers an introduction to Bauhaus, one of the most influential movements in modern architecture, art, and design. Founded by Walter Gropius in 1919, the Bauhaus School had an enormous impact on the arts and everyday life. Fifty of the most representative pieces of B ...Show more
50 Buildings You Should Know by Isabel Kuhl
Category: Architecture | Series: You Should Know
The fifty buildings presented here in chronological order represent the most compelling, intriguing, and awe-inspiring structures from all over the world. Along with the Pyramids of Cheops, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, readers will learn about other masterpieces such as the Hagia Sophia in Turkey; ...Show more
50 Buildings You Should Know by Isabel Kuhl
Category: Home and Garden | Series: 50 You Should Know
Attractive, useful and entertaining, this collection of great buildings is a course in architectural history for readers of all ages. The fifty buildings presented here in chronological order represent the most compelling, intriguing, and awe-inspiring structures from all over the world. Along with the ...Show more
50 Contemporary Artists You Should Know by Christiane Weidemann; Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: 50 You Should Know Ser.
This volume presents the most important artists working today such as Matthew Barney, Damien Hirst, Sophie Calle, and Olafur Eliasson. It is an exciting voyage of discovery into the world of contemporary art, as diverse as the artistic personalities that shape it. Informative texts, numerous illustratio ...Show more
50 Fashion Designers You Should Know by Simone Werle
Category: Fashion | Series: 50 You Should Know Ser.
An accessible introduction to the 50 most important designers who have moved fashion forward over the past century. Fifty major fashion designers are profiled in this book with fullcolor spreads that showcase their most memorable creations. Red carpet regulars such as Armani, Prada, Calvin Klein, an ...Show more
50 Fashion Designers You Should Know by Simone Werle
Category: Fashion | Series: 50 You Should Know Ser.
The latest volume in Prestel's most successful series profiles the world's top 50 designers, including Armani, Balenciaga, Dior, Galliano, Givenchy, Lacroix, McCartney, McQueen, Quant, Versace and Westwood. Their careers and creations are explored through colourful, double-page spreads, with a timeline ...Show more