Janice Anderson Knihy

Kniha Paláce popisuje a přepychově zobrazuje stovku nejkrásnějších paláců světa. Není to učebnice palácové architektury, i když stavební postupy a měnící se stavitelské slohy hrají v příběhu paláců velkou roli. Kniha zařazuje paláce spíše do jejich společenského a dějinného kontextu, ukazuje, jak místní zvyky, tradice a náboženská přesvědčení spolu s rostoucí mocí císařů a králů, vládců a knížat určovaly rozvržení, stavební styl a výzdobu paláců. Protože kniha zahrnuje pouze budovy, které jsou dostatečně zachovány v původním stavu, aby poskytly návštěvníkům dobrou představu o tom, jaké byly v době, kdy se v nich žilo, je většina popsaných paláců v Evropě. Od Evropy přechází pozornost autorky k palácům Středního východu, islámského světa, Indie, jihovýchodní Asie, Číny a Japonska. Krásu paláců v srdci Evropy přibližuje čtenářům v poslední kapitole doc. Ing. arch. Jana Pohaničová, Ph.D. Představení obdivuhodných architektonických staveb v České republice a na Slovensku je současně poslední zastávkou na zajímavé cestě za poznáváním paláců v různých koutech světa.

An examination of the teaching of listening, discussing what language comprehension involves and the views of listening which underlie commercial materials. The work includes the author's recent work in comprehension task design and aims to guide teachers in their own research tasks.

Dějiny válečných zločinů, masových vražd, genocidy a dalších činů proti lidskosti, které spáchalo lidstvo během různých válek a teroru za poslední 3 tisíce let.

From sport and leisure to the workplace, from the countryside to the city and from shore to shore,'Britain Past & Present' presents the amazing social changes that have taken place over the last 150 years. By contrasting beautiful black and white images with colour photographs of the same activities, this fascinating review of Britain reveals how patterns of work hae changed as well as how Britons spend their free time.With an illuminating commentary on each set of images, 'Britain Past & Present' reflects on great royal occasions, national obsessions and unique events, such as Henley Regatta and the Derby, plus changes to our urban areas like London's Docklands and the impact of technology on our daily lives.Offering a unique window on the differences that successive generations have witnessed, this is a delightful look at Britain, yesterday and today.Janice Swinglehurst is the author of many books including 'The Queen: 40 Glorious Years'. The late Edmund Swinglehurst is the author of over 20 books including 'History of the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland'.

A paragon of modern design, this book charts the history, rise and fall of the world's best-selling patented teapot.

"This collection of famous paintings by Auguste Renoir shows all aspects of his work, from the famous Dance at the Moulin de la Galette, an important landmark in the history of Impressionism with its many figures seen in dappled sunlight, to the charming Girl with a Watering-Can, and an example from the monumental nude Bathers series."--

Children make one of the most attractive themes in Western art, and there are few more satisfying images than the innocence, joy, and often, mischief of childhood captured for all time by some of the world's greatest painters.

This guide to Ireland outlines all the major tourist attractions in each of the country's regions. It highlights the main historical sites within each area, as well as the most popular beauty spots. The text is accompanied by up-to-date photographs to provide a memento of Ireland.

A collection of stories, facts, and records about cats and their part in history, folklore, religion, language, and the arts.

The book contains a comprehensive introduction and a magnificent collection of the artist's works, each of which is accompanied by an explanatory caption.

Francisco de Goya, one of Spain's greatest painters, has been called a classical painter and the first of the moderns--the latter because of his great influence on the 19th century French artists. But the breadth of his genius ensures that Goya defies such categorizing, as the superb paintings in this book demonstrate. They show Goya in all his moods.

The Life and Works of Alfred Sisley, 1839-1899 Contains 50 paintings faithfully reproduced in full colour. A fascinating study by Janice Anderson of the painter often referred to as the 'English Impressionist'

This book shows 50 masterpieces by the major practitioners of Impressionism, including Monet, Pissaro, Renoir, Bazille, Sisley, and Morisot.

Expressionism is an exciting style of painting developed by artists at the beginning of the century to give direct expression to their feelings rather than simply record scenes. Their immediate forerunners were van Gogh, Munch & Ensor. Many of the leading Expressionists were German artists, who were contemporaries with the Fauves of France. Among them were Kirchner, whose Street Scene 1915 shows wartime Berlin Heckel, who painted Bruges on Corpus Christy Day 1914 & Kandinsky, leading the way to abstraction with his Apocalypse Rider. In other countries the Expressionist idea attracted painters like Rouault, Chagall, Bacon & Freud, all of whom are included in this illuminating book.

This series provides a guide to the world's great artists. Each volume contains a comprehensive introduction and a collection of the featured artist's works, each of which is accompanied by an explanatory caption.

Presents the story of British travel and transport in printed ephemera: the tickets, notices, leaflets, labels, folders, posters, billheads and other throwaway souvenirs of travel on land, sea, and air from the 1700s to the 1900s in Britain

Distinguished by their lavish sculpture, metalwork or tile facades, Art Nouveau buildings certainly stand out. Art Nouveau buildings are unique, audacious and inspirational. Rejecting historic styles, considered inappropriate for an era driven by progress, architects and designers sought a new vocabulary of architectural forms. Their vision was shaped by modern materials and innovative technologies, including iron, glass and ceramics. A truly democratic style, Art Nouveau transformed life on the eve of the twentieth century and still captivates our imaginations today. Beautifully illustrated, this book explains how the new style came into being, its rationale and why it is known by so many different names: French Art Nouveau, German Jugendstil, Viennese Secession, Catalan Modernisme, Italian Liberty and Portuguese Arte Nova. It covers the key architects and designers associated with the style; Victor Horta in Brussels, Hector Guimard in Paris, Antoni Gaudi on Barcelona, Otto Wagner in Vienna, Odon Lechner in Budapest and Charles Rennie Mackintosh in Glasgow. There are detailed descriptions and stunning photographs of buildings to be found in Brussels, Paris, Nancy, Darmstadt, Vienna, Budapest, Barcelona, Milan, Turin and Aveiro. Finally, it covers the decorative arts, stained glass, tiles and metalwork that make Art Nouveau buildings so distinctive.

A photographic and descriptive text based view of Venice, Italy.

Ausführlicher Bildband über das Leben und Wirken des Claude Monet. Seine frühen Jahre in Paris bis zum Titel „Meister des Impressionismus“. Seine Reisen und die Suche nach extremem Licht, die Bildserien wie beispielsweise Seerosen, Pappeln und Seerosenteich mit japanischer Brücke. Ein Band, der jeden Kunstliebhaber entzückt.