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The highlights of this book are the 85 color plates of Prud'hon's academic figure drawings, or "acadamies" as they are known. These drawings dignified and stunningly beautiful. Unfortunately, Prud'hon's drawing techniques have been lost and there is no definitive work describing how they...

David Cox was an English landscape painter, one of the most important members of the Birmingham School of landscape artists and an early precursor of impressionism. He is considered one of the greatest English landscape painters, and a major figure of the Golden age of English watercolor. Although...

Stefano della Bella (1610 – 1664) was an Italian draughtsman and printmaker known for etchings of a great variety of subjects, including military and court scenes, landscapes, and lively genre scenes. He left 1052 prints, and several thousand drawings, but only one known painting. He is known to...

John Ottis Adams was an American impressionist painter and member of the Hoosier Group of Indiana painters. He spent his youth in Franklin, Shelbyville, and Martinsville, Indiana and attended Wabash College for two years. Adams studied art at the South Kensington School of Art in London for two years....

Konstantin Andreyevich Somov (1869 – 1939) was a Russian artist associated with the Mir iskusstva. Somov studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts under Ilya Repin from 1888 to 1897. While at the Academy, he befriended Alexandre Benois, who would introduce him to Sergei Diaghilev and Léon Bakst....

Briefly, the Darwinian model would interpret the industrial melanism of moth as follows:a change in color from light to dark and back again in generations of moths due to industrial smog in England in the 19th century, is classically explained as the darker colored moths had an advantage that protected...

Are you struggling to have a baby with infertility? What should you do? This book is for you. This is why you need to read this book. You will learn everything you need to know about infertility and how to overcome it. Here is what you'll learn in this guide... Knowing exactly about...

This is a hilarious story that happened during an attempt of a zealous “born again” Christian to “save” some nominal Greek Orthodox villagers in Kefallinia island. The result was tragicomic. It demonstrates the fallacy of popular evangelical belief in the instant “salvation” of a sinner,...

L’intelligenza emotiva è quella capacità di riconoscere, comprendere utilizzare e gestire in maniera consapevole le proprie emozioni. E’ a tutti gli effetti una soft skill che se ben padroneggiata è in grado di giovare sia ai rapporti personali che a quelli professionali. Comprendere i meccanismi...

Fr. Michael White and Tom Corcoran know that the fundamental work of the Church is to evangelize—to introduce people to Christ and make them disciples. Still, they’re the first to admit: “the difficulty comes when we reach down into the details and get to work.” In their barn-burning first...

Michael White and Tom Corcoran sparked a firestorm in 2013 with their first book, Rebuilt, the story of how they brought their parish back to life. In Rebuilding Your Message, the award-winning authors now share their carefully honed communication practices to help priests, staff, volunteers, and...

This is the story of Adrienne, an extraordinary woman. It is a story about love, hope, joy, courage, strength, friendship and faith,It is dedicated to Adrienne and her family, and in honor of all those who, with love, incredible courage and determination, despite overwhelming obstacles,make a difference in this world.

Cosmo Lake is a new, likeable way of travelling, discovering beauty, history, art and nature of Lake Como. Discover the unusual and beautiful itineraries, the herbs gifts of Mother Nature, the traditional Lake Como cuisine and the newest one.

Continuing the tradition of 5 Minutes with Christ and 5 Minutes with the Saints, this uplifting book of meditations by members of the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE) at the University of Notre Dame draws on inspiration from the Psalms, Proverbs, and the books of Wisdom in the Bible. These timeless...