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The Stones of Venice John Ruskin · 1851 · ★ 3.9 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The Stones of Venice is a three-volume treatise on Venetian art and architecture by English art historian John Ruskin, first published from 1851 to 1853. The Stones of Venice examines Venetian architecture in detail, describing for example over eighty churches. Ruskin discusses architecture of Venice's Byzantine, Gothic, and Renaissance periods, and provides a general history of the city. Shares: Sculpture, Architecture, Art

The Seven Lamps of Architecture John Ruskin · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Challenging 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… Shares: Architecture, Art

Enigmas en el Arte Manuel Jesús Segado-Uceda · 2021 · 174p · ≈ 5h · Moderate «La Historia del Arte está repleta de tesoros por descubrir, a pesar de que suelen estar a la vista de quien contempla el cuadro o la escultura en la que están disimulados. Manuel Jesús Segado-Uceda nos ofrece en esta obra algunos ejemplos maravillosos. El lector se sentirá ante uno de esos pasatiempos que contienen errores por descubrir y que están ante sus ojos, pero tan bien disimulados, que… Shares: Art, History

The vested interests and the common man. The modern point of view and the new order Thorstein Veblen · 1920 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Challenging This expansive collection gathers Thorstein Veblen's major writings on capitalism, institutions, education, and social power, including The Theory of Business Enterprise, The Higher Learning in America, The Vested Interests and the Common Man, and essays on capital, workmanship, and industrial organization. Written in Veblen's famously ironic, analytic prose, these works expose the conflict… Shares: Industry, Economics

Henry Moore David Sylvester · 1934 · ★ 4.4 · 44p · ≈ 1h · Challenging 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… Shares: Sculpture, Art

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Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūsei Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan) · 1991 · ★ 5.0 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate Shares: Sculpture, Art, History

Historical and miscellaneous questions for the use of young people Richmal Mangnall · 1800 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares: Greek Mythology, History

Historical and miscellaneous questions Richmal Mangnall · 1848 · 396p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Historical and Miscellaneous Questions by Richmal Mangnall. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1852 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes. Shares: Greek Mythology, History

Smoky crusade Richard Michael Fox · 1937 · 368p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Working class, History

Robert Gober Robert Gober · 1990 · 74p · ≈ 2h · Moderate An exhibition focusing on the artist's current work specifically created for the space. There are also several essays on the this work. Shares: Sculpture, Art

Downsize This! Michael Moore · 1996 · ★ 3.3 · 278p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American is a book by American author and producer Michael Moore. The book is a look at the state of business and industry in the United States and the power they hold over the U.S. government. In particular the book criticizes corporations who care more for shareholders than the safety and wellbeing of the communities who work for them. The book is… Shares: Industry, Politics and government

A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) John Ruskin · 1857 · 125p · ≈ 4h · Challenging With centuries of literature, it's inevitable that some will fall through the cracks. We hunt down public domain works and restore them so they're not lost to the world. Who are we? We're Cairn Press. Our background is in design, publishing, typography, and technology. These skills fuel our mission to create the highest quality Public Domain eBooks available online, at an affordable price. We… Shares: Economics, Art

Noli Me Tangere José Rizal · 1902 · ★ 4.2 · 487p · ≈ 16h · Challenging The book revolves on the struggles of young Crisostomo Ibarra: how he humbly fights for his childhood sweetheart Maria Clara, for himself and for his fellowmen against the Spanish priest Padre Damaso and the Spanish Government who were then conquerors of San Diego, his native hometown. Coming home to San Diego from Spain to mourn for his father's death, he learned how his father, a rich… Shares: Economics, History

Stadia Geraint John · 1994 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A stadium is one of the most exciting of building types of the 1990s; designed well, they can enhance and provide a comfortable venue for great occasions. The recent Taylor Report identified necessary change and recommended improvements to spectator facilities by refurbishment or rebuilding. The facilities required have become increasingly important and complex. This authoritative and… Shares: Architecture, History

The acquisitive society Richard H. Tawney · 1920 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Challenging “The faith upon which our economic civilization reposes, the faith that riches are not a means to an end but an end, implies that all economic activity is equally estimable whether it is subordinated to a social purpose or not.” So states R. H. Tawney in this treatise on the difference between an Acquisitive Society, one guided purely by profits, and a Functional Society, one guided by… Shares: Industry, Economics

Qu'est-ce que la propriété? P.-J. Proudhon · 1840 · ★ 3.8 · 250p · ≈ 8h · Challenging “Property is robbery!” This slogan coined by the French political philosopher Pierre-Joseph Proudhon is one of his answers to the titular question of his 1840 treatise, What Is Property? A fervent attack against the established order of capitalism and private property, the publication of What Is Property? almost immediately led to Proudhon’s official prosecution and the revocation of Proudhon’s… Shares: Economics, Politics and government

A Dream of John Ball / A king's Lesson William Morris · 1888 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Challenging The novel describes a dream and time travel encounter between the medieval and modern worlds, thus contrasting the ethics of medieval and contemporary culture. A time-traveller tells Ball of the decline of feudalism and the rise of the Industrial Revolution. A Dream of John Ball (1888) is a novel about the English peasants' revolt of 1381. It features the rebel priest John Ball, who appeared to… Shares: Working class, History

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti · 1955 · ★ 4.1 · 80p · ≈ 2h · Moderate One of the great masters of 20th-century art, the Swiss sculptor Alberto Giacometti captured the existential loneliness of modern humanity with his spindly, attenuated figures whose life-like gazes pierce the vastness of space. Uniting more than 250 sculptures, paintings, drawings and graphic works, this extensive monograph is an exemplary overview of his oeuvre. The book underscores the… Shares: Sculpture, Art

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