When the excavations at Pompeii were first placed on a scholarly, archaeological footing in the 19th century, brothers Fausto and Felice Niccolini were close at hand and ready to respond. Making use of the newly introduced technique of color lithography, they documented the buildings, frescos, statues, as well as its most ordinary everyday objects, of the city buried in just 24 hours by the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius and preserved for over 1,600 years under a mantle of volcanic ash.The Niccolini's goal was to illustrate all aspects of life in the antique city. Their publication, Le case ed i monumenti di Pompei (“The Houses and Monuments of Pompeii"), which was issued in installments between 1854 and 1896 in Naples, presented over 400 color plates providing not only views, maps, and ground plans of the city and its public buildings, but also offered unprecedented access to Pompeii's private residences. They revealed the astonishing painted wall decorations that adorned these long-buried abodes, their intricate works of art, and the practical utensils of everyday use, conjuring up a vivid picture of each house as a real, domestic space. In addition, “animated" representations visualized daily life in Pompeii's workshops, taverns, and shops, on its public squares, and in its temples, theaters, and baths.This meticulous facsimile revives the Niccolini's extraordinary achievement with all color plates and two introductory essays setting the project in its contemporary context and presenting the historical protagonists of the Vesuvian excavations. In addition, we explore the remarkable influence exerted by Pompeian art – and by the haunting plaster casts made of victims of the eruption – on the visual arts. Across painting, sculpture, and interior design, we trace the Pompeii legacy in the work of Robert Adam, Anton Raphael Mengs, Angelica Kaufmann, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Pablo Picasso, and Giorgio de Chirico, right through to recent masters Duane Hanson and George Segal.
21350 Руб.
This simple information book uncovers the history of Stone Age people and how they lived, from their clothing and houses to monuments such as Stonehenge which still survive today. Full of facts, colourful illustrations and photographs of historical artefacts such as baked pots, tools and jewellery. Ideal for beginner readers who prefer fact to fiction, and those studying the Stone Age at school. Internet links take readers to specially selected websites to find out more.
1180 Руб.
Explore Scotland and North England with this Freytag&Berndt double-sided geographical and road map. The best way to plan your trip, prepare your itinerary, and to travel independently in this part of Great Britain. Place name index. Touristic information: places of interest, airports, castles, manor-houses, religious buildings, archaeological sites, campgrounds, monuments, golf-courses. The legend is in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, and Slovak.
937 Руб.
Bodies are discovered in one of the excavated houses at a volcanic tourist attraction dubbed 'The Pompeii of the North'. Markus Magnusson, who was only a teenager when the volcano erupted, falls under suspicion and hires attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir to defend him - but when his childhood sweetheart is murdered his case starts to look more difficult, and the locals seem oddly reluctant to back him up… The third crime novel from international bestseller Yrsa Sigurdardottir, and the third featuring her popular heroine Thora, Ashes To Dust is tense, taut and terrifying.
2125 Руб.
Explore England and Wales with this Freytag & Berndt double-sided road map. The best way to plan your trip, prepare your itinerary, and to travel independently in these two countries of Great Britain. Place name index and inset maps of London in a booklet. Touristic information: airports, places of interest, view-points, lighthouses, castles, manor-houses, religious buildings, archaeological sites, accommodation, camping sites, monuments, golf courses. The legend is in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish.
759 Руб.
Explore England and Wales with this Freytag & Berndt double-sided road map. The best way to plan your trip, prepare your itinerary, and to travel independently in these two countries of Great Britain. Place name index and inset maps of London in a booklet. Touristic information: airports, places of interest, view-points, lighthouses, castles, manor-houses, religious buildings, archaeological sites, accommodation, camping sites, monuments, golf courses. The legend is in English, French, German, Italian, Dutch, Spanish, Czech, Slovak, Hungarian and Polish.
1164 Руб.
Is the Yeti real? Has an alien species visited Earth? It's time to examine the evidence... Young readers can investigate the mysterious world of the paranormal with this compelling visual full-colour guide. Full of fascinating accounts and eerie photographs, this children's encyclopedia of the unknown explores the hidden stories behind unexplained and weird phenomena that have baffled mankind throughout history. Includes: - Ghosts: haunted houses, possession, messages from beyond the grave. - UFOs: sightings, Area 51, photographic evidence. -Aliens: encounters, photographs, abductions. - Atlantis and other lost worlds: theories, sunken monuments, lost science. - Bigfoot and other cryptids: sightings, photographs, fossils. A compelling read for children aged 8+.
3431 Руб.
Pirates and missing children abound in the third exciting instalment of the Roman Mysteries. AD 79, following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius and the destruction of Pompeii. Among the thousands of people huddled in refugee camps along the bay of Naples are Flavia Gemina and her friends Jonathan the Jewish boy, Nubia the African slave-girl, and Lupus the mute beggar boy. Their discovery that children are being kidnapped from the camps- among them the daughter of the powerful Publius Pollius Felix- leads them to solve the mystery of the pirates of Pompeii. A terrifically exciting and dramatic story and a brilliant picture of the aftermath of a great disaster.
1865 Руб.
With his geometric structures perched upon the hillsides, beaches, and deserts of California, John Lautner (1911-1994) was behind some of the most striking and innovative architectural designs in mid-20th-century America. This introductory book brings together the most important of Lautner's projects to explore his ingenious use of modern building materials and his bold stylistic repertoire of sweeping rooflines, glass-paneled walls, and steel beams. From commercial buildings to such iconic homes as the Chemosphere, we look at Lautner's sensitivity to a building's surroundings and his unique capacity to integrate structures into the Californian landscape. With several of Lautner's houses now labeled Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments, we'll also consider the architect's cultural legacy, as much as his pioneering of a visual paradigm of 1950s optimism, economic growth, and space-age adventure.
3787 Руб.
Stunning and engaging portraits of the architecture and interior design of North Sea coastal houses and apartments North Sea Living presents inspirational seaside architectural and interior design projects. The book showcases beautiful houses and apartments situated on the North Sea coast of Belgium and The Netherlands.
8735 Руб.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Last Days of Pompeii" is a novel inspired by the painting by the Russian painter Karl Briullov. It describes the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1 st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends.
2152 Руб.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803—1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Last Days of Pompeii" is a novel inspired by the painting by the Russian painter Karl Briullov. It describes the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1 st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends.
1500 Руб.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803—1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Last Days of Pompeii" is a novel inspired by the painting by the Russian painter Karl Briullov. It describes the cataclysmic destruction of the city of Pompeii by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The novel uses its characters to contrast the decadent culture of 1 st-century Rome with both older cultures and coming trends.
1500 Руб.
Devoted to all-white houses, this book celebrates the ever- popular "non-color" as a perfect backdrop for contemporary lifestyles Sometimes seen as an absence of color, white in fact reflects the purity of the entire spectrum. In the history of design, white houses often embody the bright, clean clarity associated with twentieth-century giants Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Richard Meier. White Houses presents the most striking, innovative, and unusual white houses by contemporary architects, spanning the globe from Asia to the Americas. The featured houses represent every scale and a wide range of locations and terrains, from seaside retreats to space-saving urban homes and grand country residences. From radical new takes on traditional building forms in Latin America to state-of-the-art urban projects in Europe and Japan, each house employs the apparent simplicity of white to reflect light and accent materiality, pressing the frontiers of form to the point of abstraction. No longer an anonymous box, the contemporary white house is the embodiment of the architectural archetype, reinterpreted and refreshed. 260 illustrations
2993 Руб.
"My masters will follow the example of Rome... our mighty empire bestraddling the whole of civilization!" It is AD 79, and the TARDIS lands in Pompeii on the eve of the town's destruction. Mount Vesuvius is ready to erupt and bury its surroundings in molten lava, just as history dictates. Or is it? The Doctor and Donna find that Pompeii is home to impossible things: circuits made of stone, soothsayers who read minds and fiery giants made of burning rock. From a lair deep in the volcano, these creatures plot the end of humanity - and the Doctor soon finds he has no way to win...
2895 Руб.
Domestic architecture is a paradigm of evolution, a privileged field experimentation. It examines the domes tic aspirations of our time and places before us new lifestyles and speculations. Spectacular Houses features a selection of homes from the beginning of the new millennium. This selection examine houses that have broken away from the past and that define today's innovation and tomorrow's classicism. The book does not aim to convert these houses into prototypes to follow; they are included because they reflect the peculiarities of their era, sites and owners.
1055 Руб.