Design & Architecture

Discoveries Among the Ruins of Nineveh and Babylon

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Austen Layard


Austen Henry Layard is best known as the excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace re…

Malerbriefe: Beiträge zur Theorie und Praxis der Malerei

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Wilhelm Ostwald


In seinen 17 Malerbriefen geht Wilhelm Ostwald in leicht verständlicher Weise auf die Physikalischen (Optik) und Chemischen (Pigmente, …

The Real Latin Quarter

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Frank Berkeley Smith


"Cocher, drive to the rue Falguière"--this in my best restaurant French.The man with the varnished hat shrugged his shoulde…

Vom Gyps und vom Stucco

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Carl Schmied


Vom Gyps und vom Stucco ist eine Anleitung zur Herstellung von Gypsfiguren, nebst benötigter Formen, sowie zur Imitation des Marmors mi…

Essays on Art

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspect…

The Art of Bookbinding

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Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf


This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us what a complex technology is to make books! Zaehnsdorf, bookbind…

The Age of the Condottieri: A Short History of Mediaeval Italy from 1409-1530

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Oscar Browning


Italy from 1409 to 1530 is synonymous with the Renaissance, but this was also the age of the condottieri, Italian captains of mercenary comp…

Paulicea Desvairada

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Mario De Andrade and Mário De Andrade


Paulicea Desvairada – livro de Mário de Andrade, publicado em julho de 1922. A leitura de trechos deste livro foi um dos pontos altos…

The Tower of London

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Walter George Bell


A short book, whose chapters were originally published in The Daily Mail, which explores the history and facts of each of the structures tha…

The Artist

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B. F. Gandee


The Artist, or Young Ladies' Instructor in Ornamental Painting, Drawing etc. is a delightful art instruction book from 1835. Follow Charlott…

Remodeled Farmhouses

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Mary H. Northend


"There is a certain fascination connected with the remodeling of a farmhouse. Its low, raftered interior, its weather-beaten exterior, …

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 5

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times, or Le Vite de' più eccellenti…

The waning of the middle ages: a study of the forms of life, thought and art in…

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Johan Huizinga


The Waning of the Middle Ages (also known as The Autumn of the Middle Ages, or Autumntide of the Middle Ages), subtitled A study of the form…

Dissertation on Oriental Gardening

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William Chambers


A little essay on the Chinese style of gardening, as opposed to the continental style, which the author finds too formal with too many strai…

Gesammelte Schriften

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Max Liebermann


Max Liebermann war einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Maler des Impressionismus. Seine Werke sind noch heute bekannt und geschätzt. Weni…

Salt Mines and Castles: The Discovery and Restitution of Looted European Art

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Thomas Carr Howe


"From May 1945 until February 1946, I served as a Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Officer in Germany. During the first four months of…

Semana de Arte Moderna de 1922 - Coletânea Centenário

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Mario De Andrade and Mário De Andrade


Esta “Semana de Arte Moderna 1922 - Coletânea Centenário” dá uma noção geral do que foi este “aconteciment…

Rosa Bonheur

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François Crastre


A Masterpieces in Colour series book. Very informative with a biography and critique of the artist's work and how well she was beloved. (Sum…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 7

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and Architects Vol 6

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Giorgio Vasari


The Lives of the Most Excellent Italian Painters, Sculptors, and Architects, from Cimabue to Our Times (in the original Italian, Le Vite de'…

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