6 Bücher ähnlich wie Die Steine von Venedig
Die sieben Leuchter der Baukunst
Beauty, life, memory, obedience, power, sacrifice, and truth – these are the seven lamps of architecture. In this illustrated edition, Ruskin explains that the value of architecture hinges on both “the image it bears of the natural creation” and “the impression it receives from human power.”First published in 1880, The Seven Lamps of Architecture remains a primary reference on design at the turn…
Gemeinsame Themen: Architecture, Art, Philosophy
Henry Moore
This seventh and final volume in the complete catalogue of Henry Moore's drawings provides a key to the material contained in the other six volumes. It gives a consolidated version of all the reference apparatus contained in each of the other volumes (index, concordance and list of exhibitions), enabling the user to track down any particular drawing from any period or volume by means of its…
Gemeinsame Themen: Sculpture, Art
Corinne oder Italien
"Corinne, or Italy (1807). A romantic novel by Mme de Staël. Oswald Nevil, and English lord, recuperating in Rome, meets the famous poetess Corinne, who, half-English and half-Italian, has exiled herself from her native England. They fall in love, and Nevil wishes to marry Corinne, but she hesitates, fearing the rigidity of the English life she once knew; her present unconventional life is too…
Gemeinsame Themen: Description, Description and travel
Eine Übersicht von London
Monument with effigy of John Stow, Church of [[St Andrew Undershaft, City of London, with arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors and Latin inscription:"Either do things worth writing or write things worth reading"]]
Gemeinsame Themen: Description, Description and travel
Kolumbus
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean..... Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. He is best known…
Gemeinsame Themen: Description, Description and travel
Sozialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur
First published in 1951 as Socialgeschichte der Kunst und Literatur, Arnold Hauser's comprehensive work explores the interaction between art and society. Through the detailing of social and historical movements Hauser provides insight into the origins of visual art.
Gemeinsame Themen: Art, Philosophy