A unique language of symbols, literature, and lightWith meticulous theories and many thousands of paintings, drawings, and watercolors, Paul Klee (1879–1940) is considered one of the mo...
Resisting interpretation or classification, Mark Rothko (1903–1970) was a prominent advocate for the artist’s consummate freedom of expression. Although identified as a key protagonist ...
In a fleeting fourteen year period, sandwiched between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideals for the future, the school...
They say that in life, there are winners and there are losers. Though the movies we selected for this two-volume collection are winners indeed, those that didn’t make the cut aren’t los...
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that fl...
“What is it about a dull yellow metal that drives men to abandon their homes, sell their belongings and cross a continent in order to risk life, limbs and sanity for a dream?” – S...
Caravaggio, or more accurately Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated a...
The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with representative images from all parts of the world and all eras of history. The highly readable texts and over...
A century after his death, Viennese artist Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. This monograph gathers all of...
Ostatnia rozmowa z księdzem Janem KaczkowskimBył inspiracją dla milionów ludzi - wierzących i niewierzących. Każdy, kto go słuchał, czuł: on mnie rozumie. Ksiądz Jan nie oferował...
Czasem za duszpasterskimi sukcesami kryją się ból, kłamstwo i ludzka krzywda. I na pewno nie stoi za nimi Duch Boży. Czy można rozpoznać, że ktoś zamierza nas zranić? Na jakie zachowania zwracać ...
The Kisokaido route through Japan was ordained in the early 1600s by the country’s then-ruler Tokugawa Ieyasu, who decreed that staging posts be installed along the length of the arduous pass...
Czy pomidory płaczą? Co sprawia, że widzimy kolor różowy? Czy żyjemy na szóstej wersji naszej planety? Wyrusz do początków człowieka i świata Ile zjawisk przeoczamy w każdej ch...
CZY ANIOŁY RZECZYWIŚCIE SĄ WŚRÓD NAS? CZY INGERUJĄ W NASZE ŻYCIE?
Aby się przekonać, przeczytaj książkę Joan Wester Anderson, która jest nazywana „Anielską Damą", a na temat aniołów pisze od 1992 ...
A unique tribute from David Bowie’s official photographer and creative partner, Mick Rock, compiled in 2015, with Bowie’s blessing.In 1972, David Bowie released his groundbr...
Świętość to centrum i sens ludzkiej historii Co jakiś czas słyszymy, że jako chrześcijanie mamy starać się o świętość. Często jednak nie do końca wiemy, co tak naprawdę kryje się pod tym pojęciem. ...
Simon “Woody” Wood, founder and editor-in-chief of Sneaker Freaker magazine, has spent the last two decades analyzing the global cult of footwear fanatics. That experience directly insp...
Calling All EC Fan-Addicts!A history of the world’s most notorious comicsIn 1947, Bill Gaines inherited EC Comics, a new venture founded by his legendary father M. C. Gaines...
Temples of KnowledgeExceptional access to the world’s illustrious librariesFrom the mighty halls of ancient Alexandria to the coffered ceilings of the Morgan Library i...
The sky’s the limit with 50 ingenious tree houses around the worldThe idea of climbing a tree for shelter, or just to see the earth from another perspective, is as old as humanity. In t...