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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
The celebrated art nouveau architect Antoni Gaudi was a contradictory figure: a deeply religious, politically right-wing man who nevertheless built revolutionary buildings. This book explores Gaudi's life, work, and influences from Catalan nationalism to the industrial revolution. Michael Eaude expertly guides readers through Gaudi's dozen great works, including the Sagrada Familia that attracts millions of tourists each year. Gaudi's life is also...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The Danish philosopher and religious author Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) is widely considered to be one of the most important thinkers of the modern age. He is known as the 'father of existentialism,' but his work was also influential on theories of modernism, theology, Western culture, Church politics and the Christian faith. His wit, imagination and humour have inspired a generation of followers from Franz Kafka to Woody Allen. Yet how did this...
4) John Ruskin
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"John Ruskin (1819-1900) was the most prominent art and architecture critic of his day. His books, pamphlets and letters to the press had an influence on all classes of society, from road-menders to royalty, and he still maintains a popular reputation today, though he is remembered less for his views than for his failed marriage to Effie Gray, who left him for the Pre-Raphaelite artist John Everett Millais. Frequently imagined as a Victorian prude,...
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