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Masterpieces - Bungalow Architecture + Design by Michelle Galindo
Category: Architecture | Series: Masterpieces
The bungalow as we know it was created when British colonial administrators adapted a classic style of Indian architecture to build their summer retreats: All the typical rooms of a house were organized on one floor around a central parlor. Bungalows today are single- or one-and- half-stories buildings ...Show more
Masterpieces: Country House Architecture + Design by Michelle Galindo
Category: Architecture | Series: Masterpieces
Country houses are becoming more popular as the urban stress rises around the globe living in the countryside means giving a piece of peace back and connecting back to nature. The rural retreats offer a refuge in nature from the hustle and bustle of daily urban life. The natural settings offer challenge ...Show more
Masterpieces: Courtyard Architecture + Design by Lisa Baker
Category: Architecture | Series: Masterpieces
Courtyards are among the most versatile elements of architectural design. With their wide range of sizes and shapes, they are integral components of every conceivable type of constructional project. Some are reserved for private use while others serve the general public. Their main function consists of ...Show more
Masterpieces of Art Edvard Munch by Candice Russell
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masterpieces of Art
A beautiful new gift art book all about Edvard Munch, the Norwegian artist behind the first truly Expressionist picture The Scream. Absorbed by such motifs as love, life, death and anguish, Munch's paintings captured the psychological feelings evoked by man. Beginning with a fresh and captivating introd ...Show more
Matisse by MATISSE
Category: Art | Series: Masterpieces Collection S.
A monograph on 20th century French artist, Matisse.
Matisse: Masterpieces by Shelly Swanson-Sateren
Category: Fiction | Series: Masterpieces S.
From childhood to death, this biography explores the life of Henri Matisse. It explains how his personal and social life affected his art and includes full-page reproductions of his most important work which is then analysed in the text.
Michelangelo by Shelly Swanson Satern
Category: Fiction | Series: Masterpieces S.
This is a series of biographies which look at famous artists' lives, from childhood through to death. Each book explores how the artists' personal and social lives affected their styles of art. A full page reproduction of an important work of art by the featured artist is analysed in the text.
Michelangelo Masterpieces of Art by Joseph Simas
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masterpieces of Art
Michelangelo was recognised as a great artist early in his long life. Along with a small number of contemporaries he was responsible for Renaissance Florence becoming the artistic fountainhead of western culture. This comprehensive new book offers a wide range of his art, with details and panoramas, som ...Show more
Mixed-Up Masterpieces, Funny Faces (British Museum)
Category: Activity | Series: British Museum Mixed-Up Masterpieces
In this seriously silly book, featuring famous faces from the British Museum, children can solve the puzzle by matching up the correct faces on the split pages - and then mix them all up again to create two thousand hilarious combinations. From an ancient Egyptian mummy to a modern Mexican mask, this bo ...Show more
Moby Dick - The Confidence Man: The Piazza Tales: Billy Budd by Herman Melville
Category: Classic | Series: Treasury of World Masterpieces Ser.
Paul Cézanne Masterpieces of Art by Flame Tree Studio (Created by); Julian Beecroft
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Paul C zanne (1839-1906) is arguably one of the most important artists in the development of modern art, being as he was a key bridge between the stirrings of airy abstraction in Impressionism and the solid redefinition of space espoused by Cubism. Exhibiting with - but often apart - from the Impression ...Show more