Der Band untersucht das OEuvre Ostades erstmals unter dem Gesichtspunkt der Komik. Es wird dabei in Bezug gesetzt zur Kultur des Komischen im 17. Jahrhundert im Bereich der Literatur und der...
The second volume of the new series Key Concepts in Interreligious Discourses points out the roots of the concept of "human rights" in Judaism, Christianity and Islam. It shows how far the...
Join the culinary experts at The Gourmand journal on an in-depth exploration of the literary, linguistic, historic, and gastronomic legacy of lemons, where the line between food and art is happily...
Entrez dans un monde balayé par les vents magiques, peuplé d'amoureux au destin maudit, de géants malveillants et de trolls, et de bien d'autres merveilles issues des illustrations les plus...
En 2002, Simon «Woody» Wood imaginait toutes sortes de stratagèmes pour obtenir des sneakers gratuites. Deux semaines plus tard, il était le fier patron de Sneaker Freaker, et sa vie en était...
Mit atemberaubenden Bildern, expliziter Gesellschaftskritik und einer hypnotisierenden schauspielerischen Leistung von David Bowie in der Hauptrolle wurde The Man Who Fell to Earth (Der Mann, der...
How can insights from Construction Grammar (CxG) be applied to foreign language learning (FLL) and foreign language teaching (FLT)? This volume explores several aspects of Pedagogical Construction...
Rembrandt Harmensz. Van Rijn (1606-1669) stands as one of the most important painters in Western art, but nowhere else do we encounter his inimitable talent more so than in his drawings and...
Even among the geniuses of the Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci is a figure of exceptional significance. This updated XXL monograph, comprising all of his paintings and almost 700 drawings, provides...
Die Entwicklung europäischer Friedensprozesse ist für die Frühe Neuzeit ebenso bezeichnend wie die Allgegenwärtigkeit kriegerischer Konflikte: Über 2000 zwischen- bzw. Binnenstaatliche...
The book takes the reader on an architectural discovery tour of Berlin. It gives an impressive insight into the latest architecture of the German capital: Distinctive buildings, urban spaces and...
Tutankhamun's royal voyage into paradise, as told żeby ancient Egyptian treasures. When acclaimed photographer Sandro Vannini started his work in Egypt in the late '90s, a technological...
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) ist selbst in der an Genies nicht armen Renaissance eine Ausnahmeerscheinung. Diese nach neuestem Forschungsstand aktualisierte XL-Monografie ist das umfassendste...
At first glance, Walton Ford's large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals recall the prints of 19th-century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear. A closer look reveals a...
This book provides an in-depth insight of different multi criteria decision making (MCDM) techniques, with particular enphasis to their application. Among others, techniques such as Analytic...
Gut 50 Jahre sind vergangen, seit Richard P. Feynman die einführenden Physik-Vorlesungen hielt, aus denen die drei Bände der "Feynman- Vorlesungen über Physik" entstanden sind.
Il Musaeum Hermeticum è un compendio di testi alchemici pubblicato in Germania nel XVII secolo. Tra le sue pagine il lettore sarà condotto in un viaggio fantastico e avventuroso che unisce i...
Ein Jahrhundert nach seinem Tod erstaunt der Wiener Künstler Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) noch immer mit seiner unverfrorenen Erotik, blendenden Oberflächen und künstlerischer Experimentierfreude. In...
Tea culture in Europe?! - Yes, indeed! This book is the first presenting hospitality embraced aby tea culture: fascinating tea ceremonies, impressive tea china and, comfortable tea houses as well...
The life and times of Pieter Bruegel the Elder(c. 1526/30–1569) were marked żeby stark cultural conflict. He witnessed religious wars, the Duke of Alba’s brutal rule as governor of the Netherlands,...
Conviértase en un detective de la historia del arte con este fascinante estudio sobre los más mínimos detalles de pinturas célebres en todo el mundo, y descubra las historias de personajes y...
Considerato un vero eroe popolare in America Latina e uno dei più importanti artisti messicani – così come sua moglie, la pittrice Frida Kahlo – Diego Rivera (1886–1957) visse intensamente,...
Despite the relevance of astrology in Graeco-Roman mentality, our information about the early period of Hellenistic astrology is marred by the scarcity of original sources. Personal astrology did...
The book provides an up-to-date overview of the fast growing area of vibrational spectroscopy. Analytic methods using vibrational spectroscopy allow for the chemical analysis of materials....