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'A rare and wonderful book... I could not be more enthusiastic.' Simon Winchester 'A treasure trove of human history and obsession...the breadth of research and insight is dazzling.' Glasgow Herald 'A highly companionable guide, adventurous and romantic' Independent on Sunday On a journey that...

Connect with Britain’s extraordinary heritage and be awakened to the beauty all around you with the Sunday Times bestselling, soul-stirring journey to Craftland that reveals a richer, more meaningful way of living - by award-winning historian and broadcaster James Fox. *SHORTLISTED FOR THE...

Bloomsbury presents Fewer, Better Things written and read by Glenn Adamson Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them? From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In...

World-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist for the first time grants a private view of his life, and his journey towards art and artists When Hans Ulrich was six years old, he was knocked down by a speeding car as he was crossing the street. Hospitalized for weeks, a sense of urgency was...

Inspired by the lapidaries of the ancient world,this audiobook is a beautiful collection of true stories about sixty different stones that have influenced our shared history The earliest scientists ground and processed minerals in a centuries-long quest for a mythic stone that would prolong...

பண்டைய இந்தியாவின் மிகச்சிறந்த வியூகவாதியின் காலத்தால் அழியாத ஞானத்தை அறிந்திடுங்கள். சாணக்கிய நீதி என்பது...

Ever walked into an art store and wondered who invented each art material? When? And where? And the stories behind the inventions. Well this book will give you the answers. In chronological order from Stone Age cave art right the way towards hologram art. Also, this book includes some...

Bloomsbury presents Clive Bell and the Making of Modernism by Mark Hussey, read by Richard Trinder. 'Amusing, charming, stimulating, urbane' – THE TIMES 'Revelatory' – GUARDIAN 'Restores Clive Bell vividly to life' – Lucasta Miller ______________ Clive Bell is perhaps better known today...

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Feel Free by Zadie Smith, read by Nikki Amuka-Bird. From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Changing My Mind and Swing Time - discover a second unmissable collection of essays from Zadie Smith 'Generous, courageous, and...

'Moore is wickedly charming - the naughty uncle you want to be sat beside at the dinner table' - Daily Telegraph Too often history focuses on the tales of kings, or those (often men) who were given the credit for shaping our stories. Yet, what fascinates most are the figures who have passed...

'I loved Goddess with a Thousand Faces. Fascinating, fun and thoughtful and enlightening' JENNIFER SAINT 'A beautiful weave of history, myth and storytelling by one of our most exciting new classicists' DAN SNOW Steeped in ancient magic, dark divinity and wild ways, Goddess with a Thousand Faces...

Weaving in and out of these myriad lives, sharing her own memories of otherworldly experiences, Jennifer Higgie discusses the solace of ritual, the gender exclusions of art history, the contemporary relevance of myth, the boom in alternative ways of understanding the world and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art. A radical reappraisal of a marginalised group of artists, The Other Side is an intoxicating blend of memoir, biography and art history.

Are art and science separated by an unbridgeable divide? Can they find common ground? In this book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning. Kandel illustrates how reductionism - the distillation of larger scientific or aesthetic concepts into smaller, more tractable components - has been used by scientists and artists alike to pursue their respective truths.

Art today is defined by its relationship to money as never before. Prices of living artists' works have been driven to unprecedented heights, conventional boundaries within the art world have collapsed, and artists now think ever more strategically about how to advance their careers. Artists no longer simply make art, but package, sell, and brand it. Noah Horowitz exposes the inner workings of the contemporary art market, explaining how this unique economy came to be, how it works, and where it's headed.

»Die Geschichte des Geldes ist die Geschichte der Menschheit selbst.« Geld: Objekt unserer Begierden, Treiber gesellschaftlichen Wandels, größte Erfindung der Menschheit. Es bringt uns Freiheit und schränkt uns ein, beflügelt und verdirbt uns. Für die einen ist Geld der Stolperstein auf...

'A fascinating alternative history covering 2,500 years and a geographical span from Japan to California' NEW STATESMAN 'A revelation . . . The tale of each carpet as Armstrong tells it is untidy and tragic and comical all at once' TESSA HADLEY On the saddles of warlords, draping the walls of...

اكتشف أسرار مصر القديمة عبر رحلة صوتية غامرة تفكك أعظم لغز أثري صامد في وجه الزمن. سواء كنت تسترخي في هدوء المساء أو تتنقل خلال زحام يومك، سيأخذك هذا السرد...

一幅原本只属于文艺复兴时期私人的小尺寸肖像画，究竟是如何突破艺术史的边界，在一系列轰动全球的失窃案与现代传媒的狂欢中，逆袭为世界顶流的文化符号？打破关于画作的各种阴谋论与伪神秘，这段快节奏的非虚构叙...

كيف تحولت لوحة زيتية صغيرة من عصر النهضة إلى أيقونة بصرية عالمية وأشهر عمل فني في التاريخ الثقافي؟ يغوص هذا السرد التاريخي المليء بالتشويق في رحلة استثنائية،...

Ontrafel de geschiedenis van een simpel kaartspel dat uitgroeide tot een mystiek symbool van lotsbestemming. Deze intrigerende luisterervaring is een fascinerende metgezel voor je dagelijkse woon-werkverkeer of een rustig moment van zelfreflectie. Het verhaal reist van levendige historische...