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

Product Description: Surveying the works of artists such as Poussin and Vouet, this work includes an examination of art in relation to literary, political, philosophical and social developments of the period; and a discussion on the influence of Mazarin on artistic developments.

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.

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

Product Description: In this book Franco Cardini examines the ideas, prejudices, disinformation and anti-information that have formed and coloured Europe's attitude towards Islam over 1500 years. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) was one of the first great historians of culture and art. In his manuscript on the genres of Italian Renaissance painting-still unpublished in the original German and published here in English for the first time-Burckhardt assayed a transformative approach to the study of art history...read more