Описание: A beautiful presentation of fifty masterworks of late 19th- to mid-20th-century avant-garde European art from one of America`s most distinguished private collections
Описание: The art of the Dutch Masters in the Golden Age is among the most popular ever created. Artists featured in this volume include Rembrandt, Vermeer, Frans Hals, Pieter de Hooch, Jan Steen, Willem Claesz Heda and many others, making this a thorough survey the world of Dutch art in the 17th century. Packed with 200 colour photos, but produced as an affordable paperback, this is a beautiful gift book.
Автор: Metropolitan Museum of Art the Название: Art: 365 Days of Masterpieces 2017 Calendar ISBN: 1419721623 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781419721625 Издательство: Abrams Цена: 1608.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art every day of the year with this exciting desk calendar featuring 315 vivid masterpieces from the Met. The pages are stored in a box with a die-cut frame window, which converts into a standing easel. At the beginning of each day, the front sheet is turned to reveal another glowing work of art.
Representing the Met's vast collection of over 2 million works of art and 17 curatorial departments, this calendar features exquisite paintings, drawings, sculpture, musical instruments, photography, arms and armour, decorative arts, jewelry, and costume. It also includes detailed information about each work.
Автор: Grabar, Oleg Название: Masterpieces of islamic art ISBN: 3791343793 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783791343792 Издательство: Prestel Publishing Limited Рейтинг: Цена: 7920.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: This opulent volume of works from illustrated and illuminated manuscripts culled from important public and private collections offers a thorough introduction to the wonders of Islamic art.
Автор: Faulkner Robert Название: The Case for Greatness: Honorable Ambition and Its Critics ISBN: 0300209738 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780300209730 Издательство: Wiley yUP Рейтинг: Цена: 3135.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание:
A searching defense of great political leadership
The Case for Greatness is a spirited look at political ambition, good and bad, with particular attention to honorable ambition. Robert Faulkner contends that too many modern accounts of leadership slight such things as determination to excel, good judgment, justice, and a sense of honor--the very qualities that distinguish the truly great. And here he offers an attempt to recover "a reasonable understanding of excellence," that which distinguishes a Franklin D. Roosevelt and a Lincoln from lesser leaders. Faulkner finds the most telling diagnoses in antiquity and examines closely Aristotle's great-souled man, two accounts of the spectacular and dubious Athenian politician Alcibiades, and the life of the imperial conqueror Cyrus the Great. There results a complex and compelling picture of greatness and its problems. Faulkner dissects military and imperial ambition, the art of leadership, and, in the later example of George Washington, ambition in the service of popular self-government. He also addresses modern indictments of even the best forms of political greatness, whether in the critical thinking of Hobbes, the idealism of Kant, the relativism and brutalism of Nietzsche, or the egalitarianism of Rawls and Arendt. He shows how modern philosophy came to doubt and indeed disdain even the best forms of ambition. This book is a nuanced defense of admirable ambition and the honor-seeking life, as well as an irresistible invitation to apply these terms to our own times and leaders.
Описание: Features a compendium of the Metropolitan Museum`s finest European paintings dating from 1800 to 1920. This work focuses on French art of this period, of which the Museum possesses the most comprehensive collection outside of France; however, it also includes pictures by artists of other nationalities.
Автор: Polyakova Olga Название: Icons: Masterpieces of Russian Art. 16th-19th centuries ISBN: 1908126094 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781908126092 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 4117.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: We are proud to offer this important book on icons dating from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries. These sixty icons from the Kolomenskoye State Museum are presented with full descriptions of their origins and symbolic meanings written by a leading specialist in Old Russian art. This lesser-known collection shows the evolution and development of Russian iconography through its themes, styles and details - for example, historical figures such as Peter the Great featured in the battlefield on one of the intercession icons. These images are at once powerful and moving, engaging the observer in the story depicted in the painting or drawing the eye to a face that seems to look directly out at the viewer. This book provides a fascinating insight into the world of the mysterious and beautiful icons. This book is a valuable resource for art historians, scholars of religious practice, and collectors of icons.
