To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective human story. For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. ... |
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From the moment Star Wars burst onto the screen in 1977, audiences have been in equal parts fascinated and appalled by the half-man / half-machine hybrid Darth Vader. In 1999, creator George Lucas began the story of how Anakin Skywalker grew up to train as a Jedi under Obi-Wan Kenobi, found love with the Queen of Naboo, Padme Amidala, before turning to the dark side of his nature and becoming more machine than man. After driving the development of nascent digital technology, George Lucas perceived how he could create new creatures and new worlds on a grander scale than ever before. He created the first digital ... |
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Star Wars exploded onto our cinema screens in 1977, and the world has not been the same since. After watching depressing and cynical movies throughout the early 1970s, audiences enthusiastically embraced the positive energy of the Star Wars galaxy as they followed moisture farmer Luke Skywalker on his journey through a galaxy far, far away, meeting extraordinary characters like mysterious hermit Obi-Wan Kenobi, space pirates Han Solo and Chewbacca, loyal droids C-3PO and R2-D2, bold Princess Leia Organa and the horrific Darth Vader, servant of the dark, malevolent Emperor. Writer, director, and producer George Lucas ... |
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Тази книга е ръководство да се научим как да изобразяваме перспективата с помощта на прави линии, събиращи се в точка, как да наблюдаваме света около нас и да забелязваме къде се разполагат невидимите линии. Подходяща е за всеки, който иска да рисува във всякакви жанрове и с всякакви изобразителни средства и материали. Показва как да се работи, без да ви натоварва с излишна теория. Най-важното са интересните упражнения. Използвайте специалните ни перспективни решетки, за да изобразявате обекти върху съществуваща сцена в правилна перспектива - възприемайте ги като триизмерно рисуване. Стигнете ли до края на книгата, ще ... |
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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 Klimt's major works alongside authoritative art historical commentary and privileged access to the artist's archive. With top quality illustration, including new photography of the celebrated Stoclet Frieze, the book follows Klimt through his prominent role in the Secessionist movement of 1897, his candid rendering of the female body, and his lustrous golden phase when gold leaf brought a shimmering tone and texture to ... |
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40th Anniversary Edition. ... Antoni Gaudi merged Orientalism, natural forms, and new materials into a Modernista aesthetic that made Barcelona a mecca for architecture fans. With new photography, plans, Gaudi's drawings, and a complete appendix of his works including unfinished projects, this book takes us into the proud Catalonian's unique worldview. Freedom of form with the Dante of architecture. The life of Antoni Gaudi (1852 - 1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life he devoted ... |
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Magic has enchanted humankind for millennia, evoking terror, laughter, shock, and amazement. Once persecuted as heretics and sorcerers, magicians have always been conduits to a parallel universe of limitless possibility-whether invoking spirits, reading minds, or inverting the laws of nature by sleight of hand. Long before science fiction, virtual realities, video games, and the Internet, the craft of magic was the most powerful fantasy world man had ever known. As the pioneers of special effects throughout history, magicians have never ceased to mystify us by making the impossible possible. This book celebrates more ... |
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Изданието е триезично - на английски, немски и френски език. ... A lifelong devotee of ancient Egyptian and Oriental culture, the French author, artist, and scholar Achille-Constant-Théodore-Émile Prisse d'Avennes (1807 - 1879) is famed as one of the most influential Egyptologists, long before the discipline was even properly established. Prisse first embarked on his explorations in 1836, documenting sites throughout the Nile Valley, often under his Egyptian pseudonym, Edris Effendi. Prisse's first publication of notes, drawings, and squeezes (a kind of frottage) came in the form of Les Monuments é ... |
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Over 200 paintings, sculptures, photographs, and conceptual pieces trace the story of modern art's innovation and adventure. With explanatory texts for each work, and essays introducing each of the major modern movements, this is an authoritative overview of the ideas and the artworks that shook up standards, assaulted the establishment, and trailblazed new ideas. A blow-by-blow account of groundbreaking modernism. 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 brushwork. ... |
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Обхваща PHP 5 и 7. ... Научете PHP и MySQL - бързо и лесно. В книгата ще откриете: лесен визуален подход, използващ демонстрации и реални примери, за да ви води стъпка по стъпка през усложнените техники на динамично разработване за Web с използване на PHP и MySQL; стегнати стъпки и обяснения, позволяващи ви да започнете за нула време; основно справочно ръководство, което ви позволява да се връщате отново и отново; независимо дали сте начинаещ в програмирането или опитен ветеран, който просто се нуждае от ускорено запознаване с PHP и MySQL, тази книга ще ви научи на всичко, което трябва да знаете, включително най- ... |
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Обхваща PHP 5 и 7. ... Научете PHP и MySQL - бързо и лесно. В книгата ще откриете: лесен визуален подход, използващ демонстрации и реални примери, за да ви води стъпка по стъпка през усложнените техники на динамично разработване за Web с използване на PHP и MySQL; стегнати стъпки и обяснения, позволяващи ви да започнете за нула време; основно справочно ръководство, което ви позволява да се връщате отново и отново; независимо дали сте начинаещ в програмирането или опитен ветеран, който просто се нуждае от ускорено запознаване с PHP и MySQL, тази книга ще ви научи на всичко, което трябва да знаете, включително най- ... |
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From the eccentric museum La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies from the museum's collection is presented here; from skeletons to vein structures, organs to nerves, and arteries to the delicate pores of the skin, the human body is mapped out in meticulous and exacting detail. Texts explaining the human anatomy in layperson's terms and exploring the historical and cultural significance of the wax figures complete this total body experience. This book is from the Bibliotheca ... |
