Offers an account of how armour developed through the Medieval Tudor Elizabethan & Civil War eras In this title each chapter focuses on an individual area of body protection charting the evolution of each piece over time from helmets & chest protection to arm guards gauntlets leg guards & sabatons 128 pages 275 colour photographs & illustrations Walker Paul F ...

The discovery that enabled this act of gentle subversion is the precedent following the case of Bridgeman Art Library vs Corel Corp (1999) that galleries cannot copyright slavish' reproductions of art 64 pages Reid Angus ...

The Age of the Silk Roads (c 200 BC- c 900 AD) shaped the course of the future The foundation by the Han dynasty of an extensive network of interlinking trade routes collectively known as the Silk Road led to an explosion of cultural & commercial transactions across Central Asia that had a profound impact on civilization In this second volume of his authoritative history of the region Christoph Baumer explores the unique flow of goods peoples & ideas along the dusty tracks & wandering caravan routes that brought European & Mediterranean orbits into contact with Asia The Silk Roads the author shows enabled the spread across the known world of Christianity Manichaeism Buddhism & Islam just as earlier they had caused Roman citizens to crave the exotic silk goods of the mysterious Far East Tracing the rise & fall of empires this richly illustrated book charts the ebb & flow of epic history the bitter rivalry of Rome & Parthia; the lucrative mercantile empire of the Sogdians; the founding of Samarkand; & Chinese defeat at the Battle of Talas (751 AD) by the forces of Islam ...

The latest instalments in this ambitious series exploring the Golden Age of Islam & the Mongols 392 pages 266 colour 11 maps Baumer Christoph ...

Cinema was the first & is arguably still the greatest of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century Today it continues to adapt & grow as new technologies & viewing platforms become available & remains an integral cultural & aesthetic entertainment experience for people the world over Cinema developed against the backdrop of the two world wars & over the years has seen smaller wars revolutions & profound social changes Its history reflects this changing landscape & more than any other art form developments in technology In this Very Short Introduction Nowell-Smith looks at the defining moments of the industry from silent to sound black & white to colour & considers its genres from intellectual art house to mass market entertainment ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introduction series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

For an invention that has only been around for 200 years the simple bicycle has changed the world in many ways It democratised travel for the first time allowing ordinary people to travel at reasonable speed without need of a horse to commute further afield to work & to enjoy the benefits of the countryside It has challenged social conventions granting women a new-found freedom & it has played an important role in wartime whether used by British paratroopers or in Vietnamese supply lines Today despite the prevalence of the car the bicycle is as important as ever with more cycles appear on city streets each year Bikes come in all shapes & sizes & the history of cycling is on of innovation in design from Macmillan's first pedal-driven cycle to the eccentric Dursley Pedersen & from the 1960s iconic Moulton to the free-styling BMX the humble cycle continues to surprise & delight in equal measure Illustrated in full colour with a wide range of photographs The History of Cycling in Fifty bikes tells the story of the bicycle through 50 iconic machines starting with the first primitive wooden two-wheelers through to carbon-fibre super bikes & the designs of the future celebrating sporting achievements technological advances & world records along with way ...

A Visual History of Graphic Design
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In this second volume Jens Muller rounds off the most comprehensive exploration of graphic design to date With around 3500 seminal pieces & 78 landmark projects year-by-year spreads & profiles of industry leaders discover how graphic design shaped contemporary society from the 1960s until today from the hippie movement to new forms 480 pages Muller Jens ...

This hard hitting programme chronicles the history of heavy weight boxing one of the most dangerous exhilarating & often controversial sports To name a few Muhammad Ali Joe Frazer Rocky Marciano Floyd Patterson & Jack Dempsey are some of the big names & characters to have graced the spotlight in the ultimate physical contest Covering the origins of the sport & profiling the glorious careers & epic bouts including titanic clashes between Muhammad Ali & Cassius Clay Joe Frazer this DVD is jam packed with fighting footage An absolute must have for all boxing fans ...

Micheline Ishay recounts the dramatic struggle for human rights across the ages in a book that brilliantly synthesizes historical & intellectual developments from the Mesopotamian Codes of Hammurabi to today's era of globalization As she chronicles the clash of social movements ideas & armies that have played a part in this struggle Ishay illustrates how the history of human rights has evolved from one era to the next through texts cultural traditions & creative expression Writing with verve & extraordinary range she develops a framework for understanding contemporary issues from the debate over globalization to the intervention in Kosovo to the climate for human rights after September 11 2001 The only comprehensive history of human rights available this book will be essential reading for anyone concerned with humankind's quest for justice & dignity Ishay structures her chapters around six core questions that have shaped human rights debate & scholarship What are the origins of human rights? Why did the European vision of human rights triumph over those of other civilizations? Has socialism made a lasting contribution to the legacy of human rights? Are human rights universal or culturally bound? Must human rights be sacrificed to the demands of national security? & is globalization eroding or advancing human rights? As she explores these questions Ishay also incorporates notable documents
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