Author: Martijn F. Le Coultre
Publisher: Ben Uri Gallery & Museum
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 452
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A Century of Posters presents a pictorial record of the development of poster art and graphic design from 1880 to 1980. Comprising over 400 colour images, it features a wealth of well-known artists from Henri Toulouse-Lautrec to Jan Tschichold.
Author: Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 224
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Author: W. Otterspeer
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004090224
Category : History
Languages : de
Pages : 422
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For review see: J. van Goor, in: Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de geschiedenis der Nederlanden, jrg. 110, afl. 1 (1995); p. 137-140.
Author: Algernon Charles Swinburne
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 186
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Author: Timothy Webb
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719006906
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Author: William Michael Rossetti
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Author: Wolf Lepenies
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691121314
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
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During the Allied bombing of Germany, Hitler was more distressed by the loss of cultural treasures than by the leveling of homes. Remarkably, his propagandists broadcast this fact, convinced that it would reveal not his callousness but his sensitivity: the destruction had failed to crush his artist's spirit. It is impossible to begin to make sense of this thinking without understanding what Wolf Lepenies calls The Seduction of Culture in German History. This fascinating and unusual book tells the story of an arguably catastrophic German habit--that of valuing cultural achievement above all else and envisioning it as a noble substitute for politics. Lepenies examines how this tendency has affected German history from the late eighteenth century to today. He argues that the German preference for art over politics is essential to understanding the peculiar nature of Nazism, including its aesthetic appeal to many Germans (and others) and the fact that Hitler and many in his circle were failed artists and intellectuals who seem to have practiced their politics as a substitute form of art. In a series of historical, intellectual, literary, and artistic vignettes told in an essayistic style full of compelling aphorisms, this wide-ranging book pays special attention to Goethe and Thomas Mann, and also contains brilliant discussions of such diverse figures as Novalis, Walt Whitman, Leo Strauss, and Allan Bloom. The Seduction of Culture in German History is concerned not only with Germany, but with how the German obsession with culture, sense of cultural superiority, and scorn of politics have affected its relations with other countries, France and the United States in particular.
Author: Walter Crane
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 51
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'A Flower Wedding: Described by Two Wallflowers' by Walter Crane is an exquisitely illustrated poem that transports readers to a joyous wedding celebration in 1905. Immerse yourself in the charming tale of Lad's Love and Miss Meadow Sweet as their love blossoms amidst a garden filled with a kaleidoscope of flowers. Crane's masterful artistry brings each page to life, with intricate illustrations capturing the essence of every bloom.
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141395222
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 1278
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A major new anthology of Percy Bysshe Shelley's work, edited by Jack Donovan and Cian Duffy. 'My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!' Percy Bysshe Shelley was one of the leading English Romantics and is critically regarded among the finest lyric poets in the English language. His major works include the long visionary poems 'Prometheus Unbound' and 'Adonais', an elegy on the death of John Keats. His shorter, classic verses include 'To a Skylark', 'Mont Blanc' and 'Ode to the West Wind'. This important new edition collects his best poetry and prose, revealing how his writings weave together the political, personal, visionary and idealistic. This Penguin Classics edition includes a fascinating introduction, notes and other materials by leading Shelley scholars, Jack Donovan and Cian Duffy.
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 886
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