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Beautifully reproduced masterpieces showcase Caravaggioâ??s genius in a unique, highly educational, and enjoyable format. Published to coincide with an exhibition at Romeâ??s Scudrie del Quirinale on the four hundredth anniversary of Caravaggioâ??s death, this magnificent book reproduces fifty of his most important works from great museums around the world. Each work is accompanied by a page of die-cut windows that help the reader focus on specific aspects of each painting and features captions that highlight the most important details or subtle symbolism embedded in a painting. Called the most famous painter in Rome during his lifetime, Caravaggio is credited with bringing realism to painting, refining the technique of chiaroscuro, and inspiring the rise of the baroque. Among the masterpieces included are Boy with a Basket of Fruit, Bacchus, John the Baptist, Medusa, Judith Beheading Holofernes, Amor Victorious, Ecce Homo and The Flagellation of Christ.
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This pioneering art series combines stunning high-quality color reproductions with expert commentary on the most popular artists of all time at an extremely accessible price. Giotto, Raphael, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Vermeer are names well known to any student of art history, museum-goer, or culturally engaged
individual. Rizzoli is pleased to launch its Classics of Art series with monographs on these six world-renowned painters, whose signature styles and sheer genius continue to inspire both scholars and lay people to this day.
Each book in this series features a literary introduction and thoroughly researched essay followed by a section devoted to a detailed description of a selection of the artist’s masterpieces. An extensive chronology of the artist’s life and important historical events of his era as well as a compilation of remarks by famous historians, modern and old, add cultural perspective and insight into each painter’s stylistic development. A visual chart with captions as to the whereabouts of each painting and a concise bibliography with suggested further reading provide invaluable research tools.
With authoritative text by leading art historians from around the globe, these lavishly illustrated editions provide fresh insights into the art and lives of the most brilliant artists in the history of painting. No matter what your knowledge of art history, this series will compel you to explore a world of art beyond the canvas.
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Rizzoli Art Classics presents Rembrandt, the next installment in this successful art series. With authoritative text by renowned cultural commentators, this lavishly illustrated monograph is the perfect companion for art history’s most passionate fans. The book includes commentary by famous art historians; a critical essay on the artist’s life and art; descriptive captions; a timeline; a “Writings” section with excerpts from noted art historians and historical figures; a list of museums where the featured paintings can be found; and a concise bibliography with suggested further readings.
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From America’s foremost massage expert comes a simple yet highly effective daily guide to restoring body and soul. This lavishly illustrated overview, written by Esalen-trained, best selling author Anne Kent Rush, co-creator of The Massage Book, reflects the stress-freeing role massage plays in soothing away the rigors of the modern world.

The new paradigm of healing requires both mind and body. Rush cites leading researchers who have discovered that massage improves health in premature babies, lowers anxiety in the depressed, helps asthmatics breathe better, improves students’ ability to concentrate, and boosts immune function in HIV-positive patients. In light of these findings, the Western medical community is now recognizing, not to mention recommending, massage as an integral part of everyone’s daily health regimen.

The massage strokes chosen for this collection correspond to the seven major energy centers of the body, or chakras, as they are referred to in traditional Hindu yoga techniques. The seven chakras are located in the cranial plexus, forehead plexus, throat plexus, cardiac plexus, solar plexus, belly plexus, and pelvic plexus. Each chakra contains a “spirit” spa, detailing meditation themes, and a “body” spa, explaining coinciding massage strokes. This mind/body approach to massage, infused with meditation, aromatherapy, and kinesthesiology, will deepen and balance your experience and nurture feelings of rejuvenation.

Influenced by the renewing benefits of modern spas, Rush has divided her manual in a new and unique way-creating “spirit” and “body” spas for each of the seven centers of energy. Beyond detailing a hands-on approach to health, Massage for Total Well-Being teaches you why the power of touch has such a profound and lasting effect, including how:

â?¢ recent medical studies of stress-related illness point to the necessity of positive physical contact for human health;
â?¢ blocked emotions can be released through forms of deep massage, proving that touch not only builds muscle tone and improves circulation, but also dissolves unhealthy defenses;
â?¢ massage benefits premature babies, resulting in a new way for parents to promote healthy early development in their infants and strengthen the family’s emotional bonds.

Massage for Total Well-Being celebrates touch as one of the basic avenues to health. All of Rush’s techniques, thoroughly backed by scientific results, are easily applied by both the novice and the expert and are accompanied by instructive photographs by Victoria Rauhofer.
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Elegant or simple, humble or classic, the infinite variety of pasta has made it a contemporary staple and the original five-minute meal. With more than 150 truly authentic recipes, this comprehensive cookbook covers everything the pasta fanatic needs to know–from dough and shapes to sauces and stuffings. Eating pasta is meant to be a sensual experience–with each of the various textures awakening the palate–and this book evokes this experience like no other in mouthwatering photographs that accompany each recipe.
The book opens with an informative chapter on making your own fresh pasta, including specialist needs such as wheat-free pastas. Following are chapters on Pasta Soups, Instant Pasta, Everyday Pasta, Light and Healthy Pasta, and Pasta to Impress. Throughout the book are master class recipes built to lend themselves to myriad variations, according to taste and seasonal availability; you could develop a new and delicious pasta meal for every day of the year. Innovative methods for cooking pasta, such as baking in parchment paper, simmering in broth, poaching in a roll, deep frying, and baking in a sweet tart are presented in stunning stylish photography that demonstrates how to prepare and serve pasta.
With an enthusiastic Italian chef as your guide, Truly, Madly Pasta offers up a treasury of authentic recipes that are sourced from every region of Italy, as well as from the author’s own family and friends.

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Let the wonders of the Moon come aglow in this charming, delightful, & informative book. In 7 interactive spreads, the Moon springs to life with tabs, cards, & diagrams that pop-up, turn, rotate, & glow in the dark: a spinning pop that shows the near & far sides of the Moon; a Moon ball that jumps out of the book; a wheel that demonstrates the waxing & waning of the Moon; a moving diagram showing a lunar & solar eclipse; Moon folklore, myth, & legend; the first astronaut s view of Earth from the Moon; & a pop-up futuristic space hotel. This is the perfect family gift book for moon-gazers of all ages. Spectacular!!!
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There are not many people who can claim to have been collecting, cooking, and devising recipes for mushrooms for more than sixty years, but Antonio Carluccio is one of them. Carluccioâ??s interest in mushroomsâ??his mycological educationâ??began at the age of seven when he went on mushroom hunts with his father and has culminated in his Neal Street Restaurant in London. Today, mushrooms are more popular then ever. Chefs everywhere use these delectable morsels to provide a powerful punch of flavor, without adding many calories or fat. The book begins with a complete field guide, in which forty species are identified with photos. To ensure safety, poisonous look-alike species are also meticulously documented. Then comes a veritable feast of more than 150 mushroom recipesâ??from classic Italian preparations to Asian-inspired creations and contemporary dishes. Mouthwatering photos accompany each recipe and evoke the earthy sensuality that only mushrooms can bring to the table. In The Complete Mushroom Book, Antonio Carluccio shares the excitement of the hunt and a lifetime of expertise in the kitchen with a new generation of enthusiasts eager to reap the pleasures of cooking with mushrooms.
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