Project Century

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First Modern Museums of Art - The Birth of an Institution in 18th- and Early - 19th Century Europe

It is a comelling account of the origins of the world's most important museums. In the 18th and early 19th centuries the first modern, public museums of art appeared throughout Europe, setting a standard for the nature of such institutions that has made its influence felt to the present day. Althoug...

August Sander: People of the 20th Century - Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Susanne Lange

With People of the 20th Century, August Sander created a monumental work that is unique in the history of photography and a classic of photographic literature. Sander conceived this large-scale project, which he ultimately never completed, in the 1920s. He was to spend the rest of his life working o...

The Public International Law Theory of Hans Kelsen - Jechen von Bernstorff

This analysis of Hans Kelsen s international law theory takes into account the context of the German international legal discourse in the first half of the twentieth century including the reactions of Carl Schmitt and other Weimar opponents of Kelsen The relationship between his Pure Theory of Law a...

Archimedes Palimpsest 2 Volume Set

The Archimedes Palimpsest is the name given to a Byzantine prayer book that was written over a number of earlier manuscripts, including one that contained two unique works by Archimedes, unquestionably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. Sold at auction in 1998, it has since been the subject of...

Architectures of Festival in Early Modern Europe: Fashioning and Re fashioning Urban and Courtly Spa - J R Mulryne Krista De Jonge Pieter Martens R L M Morris

This fourth volume in the European Festival Studies 1450–1700 series breaks with precedent in stemming from a joint conference Venice 2013 between the Society for European Festivals Research and the PALATIUM project supported by the European Science Foundation The volume draws on up to date research...

Polyface Designs

A comprehensive how-to manual of Polyface Farm’s signature designs--with tips, tricks, and a half century of lessons learned through trial and errorHave you wondered how to build the Polyface broiler shelter, or the dolly to move it, or an Eggmobile, Gobbledygo or Shademobile? For folks getting star...

Data-Driven Design and Construction - 25 Strategies for Capturing, Analyzing and Applying Building Data

In this comprehensive book, Professor Randy Deutsch has unlocked and laid bare the twenty-first century codice nascosto of architecture. It is data. Big data. Data as driver...This book offers us the chance to become informed and knowledgeable pursuers of data and the opportunities it offers to maki...

BRAUN--Fifty Years of Design and Innovation

Braun products have been shown more frequently at exhibitions than those of any other comparable company. Some people find that they reflect basic human values such as authenticity and integrity. For others, they are the very incarnation of German perfectionism. Braun is not merely a trademark; it s...

The German Autobahn 1920-1945

The expressway network in Europe developed into an essential infrastructure of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century and provided means of commuting, as well as accommodated leisure travel and the cargo supply for the mass consumption society. This book discusses, how expressways were devel...