Art: Over 2,500 Works from Cave to Contemporary
This book is full of all the great artworks... make sure you look through it first and know that some of these art works are gory or sexual.
 | author: DK Publishing rating:  asin: 0756639727 binding: Hardcover list price: $50.00 USD amazon price: $31.03 USD |
ART, the ultimate visual guide to 2,000 of the world's most revered paintings and sculptures, begins with a short section on how to look at paintings and sculpture, explaining the simple steps of formal analysis that swiftly become automatic and greatly increase and inform your enjoyment of art. The main part of the book is a 540-page chronological look at more than 700 artists. This section is subdivided into the main periods of art history with introductions to each period or art movement that explain the key elements and influences of the time. With several paintings by each major artist, this section is a joy to dip into or study in more depth. Key paintings are examined in detail to help you understand the artist's intentions, style, and method. Thematic galleries are interspersed, showing how artists from different periods and places treat the same subject matter, such as landscape, nudes, or animals.
The Story Of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way
This is a fascinating book about how science began! This is not a dry book at all but full of interesting details.
 | author: Joy Hakim rating:  asin: 1588341607 binding: Hardcover list price: $24.95 USD amazon price: $23.20 USD |
Not too long ago, in earth time, no one thought the universe had a history. The scientific and religious experts believed that the world had been created as it is today and that nothing had changed. Those experts did their best but they were wrong--really wrong. The Story of Science: Aristotle Leads the Way tells the amazing but true story of the quest to answer an important question: What is this universe of ours all about? From the lost city of Alexandria with its gigantic lighthouse and steam-powered vehicles, to faraway lands where Hindu and Arab mathematicians invented the number zero, Hakim invites readers of all ages to meet the forefathers of modern science and experience their greatest discoveries in astronomy, math, and physics. Along the way, readers learn the answers to questions like:
What can a baboon bone tell us about calendars?
Why can't we feel the earth moving?
How did math contribute to Archimedes' death?
