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    Art History Volume 1.

    Ancient Art

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 45 min

    The first volume of Élie Faure’s series History of Art takes the listener on a breathtaking journey to the origins of human imagination. This book traces the birth of the human gaze — from the Paleolithic caves to the colossal statues of Egypt, from Assyria’s winged bulls to the sunlit temples of Greece, and ultimately to Rome, the genius of stone and roads.As a poetic storyteller and visionary ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Art of the Con: The Most Notorious Fakes, Frauds, and Forgeries in the Art World

    Narrated by Michael Johnson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 7 min

    Art scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. The cons perpetrated by unscrupulous art dealers and their accomplices are proportionately elaborate.Anthony M. Amore's ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    How to Be an Artist

    by Jerry Saltz ...
    Narrated by Jerry Saltz ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 20 min

    "Inspiration leaps off the pages from Jerry Saltz's new book on creativity. . . . This book is for the artist or non-artist, for the person who gets plain English, for the person who understands that practical talk can coax out the mystical messages that lie underneath." —Steve MartinArt has the power to change our lives. For many, becoming an artist is a lifelong dream. But how to make it happen? ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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    Art & Fear

    Observations On the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking

    Narrated by Arthur Morey ...

    Unabridged

    3 hours 8 min

    What is your art really about? Where is it going? What stands in the way of getting it there?These are questions that matter, questions that recur at each stage of artistic development—and they are the source for this volume of wonderfully incisive commentary. Art & Fear explores the way art gets made, the reasons it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many ... Read more

    $16.27 CAD

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    What Is Art?

    by Leo Tolstoy ...
    Narrated by Geoffrey Blaisdell ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 32 min

    What Is Art? is the result of fifteen years’ reflection on the nature and purpose of art.Tolstoy claims that all good art is related to the authentic life of the broader community and that the aesthetic value of a work of art is not independent of its moral content. The book is noteworthy not only for its famous iconoclasm and compelling attacks on the aestheticist notion of “art for art’s sake” ... Read more

    $19.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Reith Lectures

    10 of the best

    Unabridged

    7 hours 30 min

    Ten emblematic lectures by world-leading thinkers, specially selected by the series producer.Since 1948, the BBC's iconic annual lecture series has provided a platform for brilliant, entertaining individuals to discuss and develop their ideas on radio. The topics range from art and science to history, culture, politics and more, and each Reith Lecture - which is a little longer than a TED talk - ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Historia e Artit, Vëllimi 4.

    Arti Modern

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 32 min

    Zbuloni "Historinë e Artit. Vëllimi 4. Arti Modern" të Élie Faure, një udhëtim filozofik dhe poetik në zemrën e krijimtarisë artistike. Në këtë vëllim final, Faure tejkalon epokat për të eksploruar thelbin e artit si pulsimi vital i njerëzimit. Nga idhujt afrikanë në përjetimet e Venedikut, ai zbulon lidhjet e thella midis kulturave dhe shprehjeve figurative, duke analizuar ritmin alternues të ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Kunsthistorie, bind 4.

    Moderne kunst

    by Elie Fauré ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 52 min

    Oppdag "Kunsthistorie. Bind 4. Moderne kunst" av Élie Faure - en filosofisk og poetisk reise inn i kunstnerisk skapelse. I denne avsluttende boken overstiger Faure tidalder for å utforske kunstens essens som menneskehetens vitale puls. Fra afrikanske idoler til Venezias mesterverk avslører han dype bånd mellom kulturer og bildelige uttrykk, analyserer den vekslende rytmen av syntese og analyse som ... Read more

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    Kasaysayan ng Sining Tomo 3.

    Sining ng Renaissance

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 51 min

    Ang ikatlong tomo ng Kasaysayan ng Sining ni Élie Faure ay isang mahusay na paglubog sa diwa ng Renaissance, ang panahong ito ng malikhaing muling pagsilang kung saan ang sining ay lumampas sa Gitnang Panahon upang yakapin ang indibidwalismo at humanismo. Sa pamamagitan ng buhay na pagsusuri ng mga sentrong Italyano tulad ng Florence, Roma at Venice, binubuksan ng may-akda ang mga rebolusyong ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Kunsthistorie bind 2.

    Middelalderkunst

    by Elie Fauré ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    I dette fengslende bindet utforsker Élie Faure middelalderens kunst som en eksplosjon av åndelig og sanselig liv, født av sammenstøtet mellom etiske religioner og menneskelige instinkter. Fra indisk panteisme til khmertempler, fra kinesisk ro til japansk dynamikk, via bysantinske mosaikker, islamske arabesker og franske gotiske katedraler, avslører Faure hvordan kunsten har overvunnet dogmer og ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

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    Little Book of Louis Vuitton

    The Story of the Iconic Fashion House

    by Karen Homer ...
    Narrated by Ana Clements ...
    Series series Little Books of Fashion

    Unabridged

    1 hour 49 min

    Little Book of Louis Vuitton is the captivating story of one of the world’s most luxurious fashion houses.Louis Vuitton’s monogrammed bags have been seen on the arms of celebrities and royals alike for over 150 years. From the young Louis seeking his fortune in Paris through to two world wars, the Great Depression, the Jazz Age and the Swinging Sixties, there is no era in which this most opulent ... Read more

    $13.56 CAD

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    Blackness Thirteen Ways

    Art, Life, & the Revisions of a Mulatta Lesbian

    Unabridged

    10 hours

    The art historian, poet, and novelist close-reads images, moving and still, canonical and lesser known, that have shaped her evolving identity as an American “Mulatta” lesbian born at the end of the Civil Rights Movement in this singular blend of life-writing and cultural studies.The daughter of the WASP mother who raised her and a Black father she has never known, J. Vanessa Lyon delivers a ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

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    How It Feels to Be Alive

    Encounters with Art and Our Selves

    by Megan O'Grady ...
    Narrated by Megan O'Grady ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 55 min

    Barbara Kruger once defined art as "the ability to show and tell, through a kind of eloquent shorthand, how it feels to be alive." Testing that claim, How It Feels to Be Alive braids criticism with personal narrative to consider art's intimate effects and how it might help us find clarity in an uncertain world.When Megan O'Grady was a teenager, she saw a photograph in a museum that changed her ... Read more

    $28.49 CAD

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    कला का इतिहास खंड 1.

    प्राचीन कला

    Unabridged

    7 hours 12 min

    एली फॉर की इतिहास ऑफ़ आर्ट श्रृंखला का यह पहला खंड हमें मानव कल्पना की जड़ों की एक अद्भुत यात्रा पर ले जाता है। यह पुस्तक मानव दृष्टि के उद्भव का अनुसरण करती है — पुरापाषाण युग की गुफाओं से मिस्र के विराट पिरामिडों तक, असीरियाई पंखों वाले सांडों से लेकर प्रकाश से नहाए ग्रीक मंदिरों तक, और फिर रोम तक — जहाँ पत्थर और सड़कों में प्रतिभा सांस लेती है।कवि-संवेदनशील इतिहासकार के रूप में, फॉर यह दिखाते ह ... Read more

    $16.27 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    User Friendly

    How the Hidden Rules of Design Are Changing the Way We Live, Work, and Play

    Unabridged

    11 hours 18 min

    **This program includes material read by the authors.In User Friendly, Cliff Kuang and Robert Fabricant reveal the untold story of a paradigm that quietly rules our modern lives: the assumption that machines should anticipate what we need.**Spanning over a century of sweeping changes, from women’s rights to the Great Depression to World War II to the rise of the digital era, this audiobook unpacks ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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    Storia dell'arte, volume 1.

    Arte Antica

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adriano Vale ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 53 min

    Il primo volume della serie Storia dell’arte di Élie Faure conduce l’ascoltatore in un viaggio straordinario alle origini dell’immaginazione umana. Questo libro ripercorre la nascita dello sguardo umano — dalle grotte del Paleolitico ai colossi d’Egitto, dai tori alati dell’Assiria ai templi greci irradiati di luce, fino a Roma, il genio della pietra e delle strade.Come narratore-poeta e storico ... Read more

    $16.27 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    The Longing for Less

    Living with Minimalism

    by Kyle Chayka ...
    Narrated by Christopher Ragland ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 48 min

    Bloomsbury presents The Longing for Less by Kyle Chayka, read by Christopher Ragland.New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice"More than just a story of an abiding cultural preoccupation, The Longing For Less peels back the commodified husk of minimalism to reveal something surprising and thoroughly alive." —Jenny Odell, author of How to Do Nothing“Less is more”: Everywhere we hear the mantra. ... Read more

    $20.00 CAD

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    Dějiny umění, svazek 2.

    Středověké umění

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 13 min

    V tomto poutavém svazku Élie Faure zkoumá středověké umění jako explozi duchovního a smyslového života, zrozenou ze střetu etických náboženství a lidských instinktů. Od indického panteismu po chrámy Khmerů, od čínského klidu po japonskou dynamičnost, přes byzantské mozaiky, islámské arabesky a francouzské gotické katedrály, Faure odhaluje, jak umění překonalo dogmata a utrpení, aby oslavilo ... Read more

    $16.27 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Rembrandt Is in the Wind

    Learning to Love Art through the Eyes of Faith

    by Russ Ramsey ...
    Narrated by Zach Hoffman, John Behrens ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 50 min

    How do art and faith intersect? How does art help us see our own lives more clearly? What can we understand about God and humanity by looking at the lives of artists?Striving for beauty, art also reveals what is broken. It presents us with the tremendous struggles and longings common to the human experience. And it says a lot about our Creator too. Great works of art can speak to the soul in a ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

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    Història de l'Art Volum 2.

    Art Medieval

    by Elie Fauré ...
    Narrated by Adrià Vale ...

    Unabridged

    6 hours 38 min

    En aquest volum captivador, Élie Faure explora l’art medieval com una explosió de vida espiritual i sensual, nascuda de la trobada entre les religions ètiques i els instints humans. Des del panteisme indi fins als temples khmers, des de la serenitat xinesa fins al dinamisme japonès, passant pels mosaics bizantins, les arabescs islàmiques i les catedrals gòtiques franceses, Faure revela com l’art ... Read more

    $16.27 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    Rebels and Visionaries: The Radical Evolution of Modern Art

    by Ciro Irmici ...
    Narrated by Digital Voice Madison G ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 57 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Rebels and Visionaries: The Radical Evolution of Modern ArtDive into the vibrant, ever-evolving world of modern art with "Rebels and Visionaries: The Radical Evolution of Modern Art"—a compelling journey through the revolutionary movements, groundbreaking artists, and transformative ideas that have shaped the art world from the late 19th century to the ... Read more

    $5.42 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    ประวัติศาสตร์ศิลปะ เล่ม 2

    ศิลปะยุคกลาง

    Unabridged

    ในเล่มน่าติดตามเล่มนี้ Élie Faure สำรวจศิลปะยุคกลางราวกับการระเบิดของชีวิตทางจิตวิญญาณและความรู้สึกที่เกิดจากการปะทะกันระหว่างศาสนาที่มีจริยธรรมและสัญชาตญาณของมนุษย์ จากลัทธิพานเทอัสในอินเดียไปจนถึงวัดเขมร จากความสงบของจีนไปจนถึงพลังงานของญี่ปุ่น ผ่านโมเสกไบแซนไทน์ อาราเบสก์อิสลาม และมหาวิหารกอธิกฝรั่งเศส เขาเผยให้เห็นว่าศิลปะได้ก้าวข้ามหลักศาสนาและความทุกข์ทรมานเพื่อเฉลิมฉลองความกลมกลืนสากล Faure ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Audiobook

    Sanat Tarihi, Cilt 4.

    Modern Sanat

    by Elie Faure ...
    Narrated by Adrian Vale ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 51 min

    "Sanatın Tarihi. Cilt 4. Modern Sanat" adlı Élie Faure'un eserini keşfedin - sanatsal yaratılışın kalbine yapılan felsefi ve şiirsel bir yolculuk. Bu son ciltte, Faure sanatın insanlığın hayati nabzı olarak özünü keşfetmek için çağları aşar. Afrikalı putlarından Venedik şaheserlerine kadar, kültürler ve figüratif ifadeler arasındaki derin bağları ortaya koymakta, Tarihi harekete geçiren sentez ve ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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    미술사 1권

    고대 예술

    by 엘리 포르 ...
    Narrated by 애드리안 베일 ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 53 min

    엘리 포르의 시리즈 예술의 역사 제1권은 인간 상상력의 근원으로 향하는 놀라운 여정을 그린다. 이 책은 인간의 시선이 태어난 순간을 추적하며, 구석기 시대의 동굴에서부터 이집트의 거상들, 아시리아의 날개 달린 황소들, 빛이 가득한 그리스의 신전들, 그리고 돌과 도로의 천재 로마에 이르기까지 여행한다.시적인 이야기꾼이자 통찰력 있는 역사가인 포르는 예술 작품이 단순한 장식이 아니라 살아있는 힘의 체계임을 밝힌다. 여기서 형태는 기능과 결합하고, 사상은 육체가 된다 — 예술은 인류가 공유하는 언어이자, 민족의 숨결, 세계의 기억이다.독자는 들소가 뛰노는 동굴, 태양에 달궈진 기둥, 파나테네아 행진이 조각된 프리즈, 그리고 건축이 순수한 의지로 변하는 로마의 경기장을 거닌다 — 각 페이지는 하나의 장면, 각 ... Read more

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