Angličtina

Renaissance 1420-1600

Art Deco

Art of Venice

French Painting 1

Between popular masterpieces and rather little known artists, this book unfolds nine centuries of the history of French painting. It contains more than 450 works showing medieval frescoes, Gothic illuminations, Renaissance portraits, neoclassical or romantic paintings, but also works of academic art. Cabanel or Gérôme have their place here, just like Nicolas Poussin, Boucher, Ingres or Delacroix.

Louvre

With more than eight million visitors a year, the Louvre is the museum with the most visits in the world. Its extensive collection of paintings reflects the history of European art from the 13th to the early 19th century. With over 400 plates, detail images, and descriptions, this volume provides an overview of the Louvre's collection of paintings.

Gothic 1200-1500

Painting from 1200 to 1500 is a mirror of its time, marked by deep religiousness as well as progressive tendencies, by economic prosperity as well as devastating wars and epidemics. A religious perspective is joined by secular themes and efforts to achieve a realistic way of representation. These developments take place in book illumination, which is accessible to rather few people, as well as in

Impressionism 1860-1910

In the 1860s, a style of painting emerged in Paris which fundamentally called into question the artistic concepts that had been prevalent in academies up to that time. Impressionist artists such as Monet, Renoir, and Degas now focused on their impression of the moment, which was captured in paintings depicting moods and light at certain times of the day and of the season, as well as in snapshots

Art of Florence

In the late Middle Ages and in the Renaissance, Florence was a capital of the arts, in the 15th century (Quattrocento) the greatest art metropolis of all. Here the wishes of rich merchants and bankers met with the skills of artists such as Brunelleschi, Masaccio or Donatello. Even in Florence today, the past is present through art, from the Cathedral, whose dome rises above the city, to the

Musee dOrsay

Art Nouveau 2

Between 1890 and the beginning of the First World War, a new international style developed in architecture and design. Following the example of the English Arts and Crafts movement, the representatives of Art Nouveau turned against the eclectic excesses of

Sisley

Art of Rome

The Swan's Daughter

Roshani Chokshi's sweeping new fantasy standalone brims with cursed love. This is the lush story of the swan and the prince who share a forged desire to become something more - to themselves, and to each other.Prince Arris knows that marriage means murder. After poorly wording a wish to a sea witch, all one needs to rule the Isle of Malys is the heart and hand in marriage of the kingdom's heir.

Slovakia: Bratislava

Bratislava city guide. Expert travel tips and holiday advice including Old Town highlights, shopping and restaurants, transport, architecture and historical sites. Also includes maps, itineraries, accommodation, day trips and walking routes, opera, Bratislava and Devin castles, Rusovce, Kosice, Horsky park and the Slovak National Theatre.

Reparenting the Inner Child

Between Two Kings

o earn the hand of the prince, she'll have to learn the art of love . . . from a basilisk. The spicy sequel to KISS OF THE BASILISK, perfect for fans of Elise Kova and Katee Robert.Tem's goal was straightforward: learn the art of love from a basilisk so she could marry the prince. But nothing's simple when love is on the line. In the all new, explosive sequel to KISS OF THE BASILISK, the steamy

Great Act of Love

Astronaut!

Dryly satirical, incredibly tense and deeply moving, ASTRONAUT! is both a detective novel and a coming-of-age tale set in Communist Romania in 1989

Homeseeking

Pachinko meets Past Lives in this transporting and heartrending novel about first loves, new beginnings and second chances, set between Shanghai, Taiwan, Hong Kong and LA and spanning almost seventy years

I'll Find You Where the Timeline Ends

Before the Coffee Gets Cold meets Xo, Kitty in this cosy YA timeslip romance with a gorgeous Korean setting, cute cheesecake dates and a rogue time traveller you can't help but fall for.