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In the Land of the Cyclops: Essays
A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the author of My Struggle, spanning literature, philosophy, art and how our daily and creative lives intertwine. A brilliantly wide-ranging essay collection from the...
On Ugliness
Beauty and ugliness are two sides of the same coin; by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty and we often define the first in order to understand the...
The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters
A charming and highly personal introduction to the artists of the Dutch Golden Age Twenty years ago, Benjamin Moser followed a love affair to an ancient Dutch town. In order...
Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty
A teacher to Jacques Lacan, Andre Breton, and Albert Camus, Kojeve defined art as the act of extracting the beautiful from objective reality. His poetic text, "The Concrete Paintings of...
The Mimetic Tradition of Reform in the West (Princeton Legacy Library)
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Author: Karl F. Morrisonbinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, 1982Condition: book: Good, jacket: Damaged, page: Good, markings: No markingsIn this study, Karl F. Morrison explores the far-reaching consequences of the distinction...
Michelangelo's Theory of Art
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Author: Robert J. Clementsbinding: HardbackPublished: Gramercy Publishing, 1961Condition: book: Very good, jacket: No dust jacket, page: Aging or marking, markings: No markingsThis book explores the philosophy and artistry of Michelangelo,...
Living with the Gods: On Beliefs and Peoples
Author: Dr Neil MacGregor Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 The panoramic new history of belief from the celebrated author of A History of the World in 100 Objects. No...