This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on enamelling metal, with interesting historical information, simple instructions, comprehensive explanations, helpful tips, and more. It was originally designed for artists, art connoisseurs, and young art students who enjoy enamelling and know something of its basics. Although old, "The Art Of Enameling Upon Metal" contains a wealth of timeless i…
Allegorische Triumphzüge in Malerei, Dichtung und Festkultur sind der Gegenstand dieser interdisziplinären Analyse, die den Bogen spannt von der Kunstgeschichte über die Literatur bis hin zur Theaterwissenschaft. Ausgehend von der motivgeschichtlichen Untersuchung zur Entstehung und Verbreitung eines florentinischen Bildmotivs auf cassoni und deschi da parto des 15. Jahrhunderts, gelingt es …
In der Immobilienprojektentwicklung werden auch heute noch Millionenentscheidungen "aus dem Bauch heraus getroffen". Die methodische Entscheidungsunterstützung kann hier einen signifikanten Beitrag leisten, Risiken zu minimieren und die Gefahr von Fehlentscheidungen zu senken. Die vorliegende Veröffentlichung setzt sich zum Ziel, die in der Projektentwicklung bereits etablierten Konzepte der …
La cuisine n'est pas seulement l'une des pratiques qui nous distingue de l'animal, elle est sans doute à l'origine de ce qui fait notre spécificité d'êtres humains. Depuis plus de 2 millions d'années, notre façon de choisir et de préparer nos aliments nous a façonnés durablement, aussi bien sur le plan physiologique que culturel. Pourtant nous assistons aujourd'hui à la désinvention …
Quella Coco Chanel che il mondo eleggerà regina del gusto, musa della bellezza, consacrata da successi assoluti è la protagonista di un'epopea drammatica nella quale vince e lotta contro le brutalità di un mondo, di un secolo. Questo libro racconta il suo talento straordinario, nato senza privilegi, alle prese con sfide, aspirazioni, drammi familiari, tragedie epocali. Tutto inizia da un des…
This vintage book contains a detailed handbook on the analysis of potable spirits. It was originally intended to "induce analysts to take up a more detailed examination of potable spirits", and is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history and development of alcoholic analysis. Contents include: "The Chemical Characteristics of Potable Spirits", "Methods of Analysis: Standards…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
The science of aesthetics was originally based on classical art even a contemporary philosopher of art like Croce never departs from the data of the Graeco-Roman and Renaissance tradition. Modern art, however, has made a decisive break with that tradition, and considerable confusion has been caused by the application to its products of criteria of judgment derived from a past historical phase. …
Los que conocimos y tratamos a Obregón sabemos que fue impulsivo, desbordado, generoso y entregado, estimulado por una sola cosa: la pasión por la vida. No era frío ni reservado o retraído, cualidad humana que se refl¬ejó en su pintura. Procuró y logró expresar lo que experimentaba como ser pensante y sensible en el diario acontecer […] En la celebración del centenario de su nacimien…
The first recipes to have survived in Latin, from the 2nd century BC, it is a particularly important resource. Cato wrote the earliest surviving complete work of Latin prose literature. It was this treatise: a book of instruction about the cultivation of vines, olives and fruit, the management of slaves and contract labour, the rituals consequent on ownership and even cookery for humans and the…