August "Auggie" Pullman has been home-schooled all his life. Now he is starting fifth grade at a school in New York City. He doesn't want other students to look at him, but that isn't eas...więcej »
Court painter to King Philip IV of Spain, Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez (June 1599 - August 6, 1660) is not only a leading light of the Spanish Golden Age, but among the most celebrated mast...więcej »
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is hailed as the most important proponent of the Pop art movement. A critical and creative observer of American society, he explored key themes of consumerism, materialism, ...więcej »
Painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and all-round showman Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the 20th century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics. One of the first artists to apply the ins...więcej »
Whether you’re thinking of getting a tattoo or just want to see to what lengths others have gone in decorating their bodies, this is the book to check out. This edition of 1000 Tattoos explor...więcej »
Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) are among the most well known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many paintings and ...więcej »
Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose br...więcej »
Sir Charles Baskerville is dead. Did the hound of the Baskervilles kill him? Can Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson stop the hound from killing again?Penguin Readers is a series of popul...więcej »
Being an original thinker can change the world. Learn how to recognize a great idea, to speak up for yourself, to choose the right time to act, and to manage fear and doubt by standing out from the...więcej »
No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cezanne called "only an eye,...więcej »
Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable.Du...więcej »
On Palestine is Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappe's indispensable update on a suffering region.What is the future of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement directed at Israel? Which ...więcej »
„Znamię dawnego, wielkiego dobrobytu i wypływające stąd prawdziwe zamiłowanie do okazałości pozostawiło tak głęboki ślad na moim mieście rodzinnym i do tego stopnia z całą jego istotą jest zw...więcej »
Ars longa, vita brevis – sztuka długa, życie krótkie – sentencja Hipokratesa, pierwotnie odnosząca się do medycyny, weszła trwale do kultury jako fundament myślenia o sztuce. Szt...więcej »
Ale tajemnicy Königsberga/Kaliningradu nie wyraża osiemnastowieczny filozof Kant, lecz Hannah Arendt, kobieta dwudziestowieczna. Przyszła na świat dwa wieki później, w 1906 roku, jeszcz...więcej »
„Dni 1941–1956" to najobszerniejszy wybór z dziennika Jorgosa Seferisa, jaki kiedykolwiek został upubliczniony. Te intymne i intensywne zapiski wyraziście odsłaniają nagą my...więcej »
Wyjściu do kina w przedwojennej Polsce towarzyszyła szeroka skala emocji – od łez wzruszenia po strach o zdrowie i życie. Rytuały publiczności tworzyły często spektakl ciekawszy od filmu. Peł...więcej »
Napisać po prostu, że Józef Olejniczak zebrał w całość dziesięć esejów o Schulzu i że zarówno ta całość, jak i poszczególne eseje są znakomite, to właściwie wykpić się o...więcej »
Helmut Newton (1920–2004) always showed a healthy disdain for the easy or predictable, so it’s no surprise that the SUMO was an irresistible project. The idea of a book the size of a pr...więcej »
In the age of big data and digital distribution, when news travel ever further and faster and media outlets compete for a fleeting slice of online attention, information graphics have swept center ...więcej »