Castelvecchi presents a critical re-evaluation of the operatic genre system and the cult of sensibility in the age of Mozart.[...]
Over the past 40 years, Mary Lee Hu has affirmed her distinctive voice in the world of jewellery with her elegant, voluptuous creations. Using wire the way hand weavers use threads, Hu has blazed a trail as both artist and innovator, exploring the nexus between metal-smithing and textile techniques,[...]
Picture this--You meet someone for the first time. Within a few minutes you ask the question that everyone asks when they first meet someone: "What do you do for a living?" It seems like an easy question, but the answer is epic. By receiving an answer to that question you'll have an idea of a person[...]
This book provides an overall perspective of the rising power of emerging economies. It focuses on Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) in order to understand market opportunities and issues relevant to doing business in such emerging economies. The book defines an emerging market, a[...]
The Doc Ock story you've waited 50 years for Doctor Otto Octavious holds the entire earth hostage with his dying breath. What price will Spider-Man have to pay to buy the whole world one more day?COLLECTING: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 682-687[...]
Dr. Octopus is dying. But in his final days, he has developed technology to repair the ozone layer. He says all he wants is to be remembered forever as the human race's savior, and it seems the world is ready to play along with him and his Sinister Six. But not Spider-Man. Burned countless times in [...]
The Avengers are fragmented While one group seeks out the Illuminati for a confrontation, another takes the fight to the new Cabal What has become of Tony Stark...to say nothing of Doctor Strange... COLLECTING: Avengers 38-39, New Avengers 26-28[...]
First published in "The Los Angeles Times in 1970, "Love Is... began as Kim Casali's private love notes to her husband but grew into a worldwide sensation, appearing in newspapers in more than 50 countries and becoming in the process an icon of the 1970s.
This new "Love Is... book is p[...]
Filled with great masterpieces by such artists as Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Masaccio, Piero della Francesca, Mantegna, and Titian, "How to Read Italian Renaissance""Painting "takes the reader into their world. As in the internationally successful and innovative "How to Read a Pain[...]
Almost from the beginning of art, humans have portrayed cats. The animal originally domesticated for the humble purpose of catching mice was already a goddess in ancient Egypt and a beloved household pet in ancient Rome. Throughout history, cats have been a beautiful vessel for symbolic meanings, ra[...]
Although humans have long depended on oceans and aquatic ecosystems for sustenance and trade, only recently has human influence on these resources dramatically increased, transforming and undermining oceanic environments throughout the world. Marine ecosystems are in a crisis that is global in scope[...]
Once again, those noted lesbianologists Stefano Mazzotti and Vincenzo Silvestroni have taken another hot and steamy journey into the jungle of girl-on-girl action, only to bring back more tantalising images! Nice work if you can get it, and these boys certainly know their way around. See lovely ladi[...]
Stefano Mazzotti and Vincenzo Silvestroni, that wild duo that put massive heat in the "Velvet Love" series, is back again with a new collection of blistering images and concepts! Tattoos are the subject - ink on girls to be more specific! A showcase of young ladies are illustrated, and then illustra[...]
Yo ho, indeed! Here's a magnificent gallery of exquisite lady pirate portraits by one of the great erotic pin-up artists working today - Stefano Mazzotti. His photo-realism blends seamlessly with the fantasy of beautiful brigands (brigandettes?) fully prepared to attack your mast and swarm your deck[...]
In viewing the great works of sacred Western art, many people find difficulty in understanding the stories and identifying the figures portrayed in them. This informative guide decodes these often-mysterious scenes and reveals a vibrant world of images from the Christian tradition for museum visitor[...]
In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent, resulting in the development of a number of local artistic styles in other countries. Artists were highly valued and richly c[...]