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  • Written in Water

    The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art

    de Rochelle Gurstein ...
    A deeply personal yet broadly relevant exploration of the ephemeral life of the classic in art, from the eighteenth century to our own dayIs there such a thing as a timeless classic? More than a decade ago, Rochelle Gurstein set out to explore and establish a solid foundation for the classic in the history of taste. To her surprise, that history instead revealed repeated episodes of soaring and ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

    Disponible también en: Audiolibro

  • The Repeal of Reticence

    America's Cultural and Legal Struggles over Free Speech, Obscenity, Sexual Liberation, and Modern Art

    de Rochelle Gurstein ...
    At a time when America's faculties of taste and judgment—along with the sense of the sacred and shameful—have become utterly vacant, Rochelle Gurstein's The Repeal of Reticence delivers an important and troubling warning. Covering landmark developments in America's modern culture and law, she charts the demise of what was dismissively called "gentility" in the face of First Amendment triumphs for ... Leer más

    $14.39 USD

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    Written in Water

    The Ephemeral Life of the Classic in Art

    de Rochelle Gurstein ...
    Narrado por Stephen Graybill ...

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    20 hora 43 minutos

    A deeply personal yet broadly relevant exploration of the ephemeral life of the classic in art, from the eighteenth century to our own dayIs there such a thing as a timeless classic? More than a decade ago, Rochelle Gurstein set out to explore and establish a solid foundation for the classic in the history of taste. To her surprise, that history instead revealed repeated episodes of soaring and ... Leer más

    $30.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

    Disponible también en: eBook

    Disponible también en: eBook

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  • Anti-Intellectualism in American Life

    de Richard Hofstadter ...
    Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionAnti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force in a democratic society."As Mr. Hofstadter unfolds the fascinating story, it is no ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD

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  • Civilisation

    de Kenneth Clark ...
    Kenneth Clark's sweeping narrative looks at how Western Europe evolved in the wake of the collapse of the Roman Empire, to produce the ideas, books, buildings, works of art and great individuals that make up our civilisation.The author takes us from Iona in the ninth century to France in the twelfth, from Florence to Urbino, from Germany to Rome, England, Holland and America. Against these ... Leer más

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  • Sexual Politics

    de Kate Millett, Rebecca Mead ...
    A sensation upon its publication in 1970, Sexual Politics documents the subjugation of women in great literature and art. Kate Millett's analysis targets four revered authors—D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, Norman Mailer, and Jean Genet—and builds a damning profile of literature's patriarchal myths and their extension into psychology, philosophy, and politics. Her eloquence and popular examples ... Leer más

    $31.99 USD

  • Complete Works of Botticelli (Delphi Classics)

    de Sandro Botticelli, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Libro 16 - Delphi Masters of Art
    Cherished for their linear grace, the divine and mythological masterpieces of Botticelli are the epitome of the golden age of Florentine art. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of great artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Botticelli’s complete works in beautiful detail, with concise ... Leer más

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  • The True and Only Heaven: Progress and Its Critics

    de Christopher Lasch ...
    "A major and challenging work. . . . Provocative, and certain to be controversial. . . . Will add important new dimension to the continuing debate on the decline of liberalism." —William Julius Wilson, New York Times Book ReviewCan we continue to believe in progress? In this sobering analysis of the Western human condition, Christopher Lasch seeks the answer in a history of the struggle between ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • The History of Art in 50 Paintings (Illustrated)

    de Delphi Classics, Peter Russell ...
    Series Libro 36 - Delphi Masters of Art
    This stunning eBook is a concise illustrated guide, evaluating the masterpieces that have changed the course of art as we know it. Whether an art novice or a cultivated connoisseur, this eBook offers you an intriguing overview of the world’s most famous and iconic artworks. Illustrated with over 500 full colour images, it builds upon Delphi’s groundbreaking Masters of Art Series — the world’s ... Leer más

    $3.44 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Hannah Arendt and the Negro Question

    de Kathryn T. Gines ...
    A systemic analysis of anti-Black racism in the work of political philosopher Hannah Arendt.While acknowledging Hannah Arendt's keen philosophical and political insights, Kathryn T. Gines claims that there are some problematic assertions and oversights regarding Arendt's treatment of the "Negro question." Gines focuses on Arendt's reaction to the desegregation of Little Rock schools, to laws ... Leer más

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  • The Last Leopard

    A life of Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

    de David Gilmour ...
    In 1957, Giuseppe Tomasi, the last Prince of the Sicilian Lampedusa family, died impoverished and unknown, leaving behind the manuscript of a book he had recently finished. The following year the book, The Leopard, was published in Italy and has since been widely translated and recognized as one of the great novels of the twentieth century. For over a quarter of a century, the reclusive man's ... Leer más

    $10.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • Making It

    de Norman Podhoretz ...
    Series series NYRB Classics
    A controversial memoir about American intellectual life and academia and the relationship between politics, money, and education.Norman Podhoretz, the son of Jewish immigrants, grew up in the tough Brownsville section of Brooklyn, attended Columbia University on a scholarship, and later received degrees from the Jewish Theological Seminary and Cambridge University. Making It is his blistering ... Leer más

    $13.99 USD