Product Description: Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Osservazioni is an impassioned defense of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of ancient Greece. In this three-part polemical masterpiece, the famed engraver and designer not only contends that the Etruscans-not the Greeks-were the artistic mentors of the Romans but also argues for a Roman-inspired exuberance in design that draws freely on all forms and traditions of ancient art...read more

In this book Franco Cardini examines the ideas, prejudices, disinformation and anti-information that have formed and coloured Europe's attitude towards Islam. Encompassing 1500 years of ideological interchange and armed conflict, he retells the mutual histories of East and West and examines how and why misunderstanding has occurred The author focuses primarily on the Islam of the Mediterranean (Turkey, the Middle East and North Africa) with which Europeans came into contact over a long period, but stresses that Islam should not be treated as homogenous. The book concludes with a consideration of the role of Islam within Europe today, a role that is growing yet remains contested. (view table of contents)

Provides an aerial photographic view of Greek amphitheatres, temples, and columns in such places as the Aeropolis, Delphi, and Epidaurus

Product Description: Degas, Pissarro, Cassatt, Renoir, Morisot, Bracquemond, Manet, Whistler—these and other Impressionist painters often experimented with printmaking techniques, producing black and white etchings, aquatints, dry points, and color lithographs that exhibited the same easy yet subtle attraction that makes their oil paintings so beloved...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Analyzes the life and work of Le Corbusier--the architect, city planner, sculptor, draftsman, painter, and tapestry designer--including his revolutionary work on the Villa Savoye, the church at Ronchamp, and the design of the new capital for the Punjab. Original.

This collection of opulent desserts provides step-by-step preparation techniques and recipe variations for more than 150 classic desserts, from the traditional to the exotic