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Art Masterpieces
Credits: Audio Download
LearnOutLoud's Art Masterpieces is a collection of essays on some of the most important works of art ever created.
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The Renaissance
by John Pruskin Ph.D.
Credits: Audio Download
Starting from a general view of the economic, cultural and political climate of western Europe, Pruskin then takes us south to where the ideal of the renaissance holds the most sway over our collective imaginations: Italy.
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The Architecture of Happiness
by Alain de Botton
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 CD
This dazzling journey through the philosophy and psychology of architecture explores the indelible connection between our identities and our locations. Alain de Botton argues that our environment heavily influences who we can be.
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10 Masterpieces of the Louvre (Volume 1)
by Erik Bjork
Credits: Audio Download
Discover the world of sculpture and painting with an extra-dimension: sound. From your home, commentaries glazed with coloured soundscapes present you with 10 famous masterpieces from the Louvre...
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The Grandeur That Was Rome: Roman Art and Archaeology
by Jennifer Tobin
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Common perceptions of Ancient Rome are plentiful, whether they take the form of crazy emperors hosting lavish feasts, scenes of chariot races and gladiatorial combat, or processions of conquering armies. But that is only half the story.
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Art and the Bible
by Francis Schaeffer
Credits: Audio Download
The lordship of Christ should include an interest in the arts, writes Francis Schaeffer. "A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God, not just as tracts, mind you, but as things of beauty to the praise of God."
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Renaissance
by iMinds JNR
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Learn about the Renaissance period with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds.
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Beauty Without Nature
by James Hillman
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In this thought provoking recording, internationally recognized Jungian teacher and theorist James Hillman, Ph.D., author of The Soul's Code and Re-Visioning Psychology, proposes the 21st Century's “new urbanism,” one that integrates city and nature into a harmonious whole.
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The Glory That Was Greece: Greek Art and Archaeology
by Jennifer Tobin
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No ancient society has exerted greater influence on the development of Western culture than the ancient Greeks.
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Cocktail Art
by Beth Stubbings
Credits: Audio Download
Fancy yourself as an art critic? Want to talk the talk, but can’t be bothered to walk the walk? The only solution is this brilliant ‘bluffers guide’ to appreciating art.
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Rembrandt
by Gary Schwartz
Credits: Audio Download
In this lecture series, art historian Gary Schwartz surveys the life, time and work of Rembrandt van Rijn.
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Reality and the Arts
by Albert Anderson
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Art is the creative manifestation of essences. In order to understand the relation between art and reality, we need a philosophical guide that employs the kind of dialectical thinking that Plato used.
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Understanding Architecture
by Beth Stubbings
Credits: Audio Download
Ever been to a city and been entranced by its beautiful architecture? This quirky little guide will open your eyes to new concepts and fill your mind with fresh ways of drinking in the environment.
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The City: A Global History
by Joel Kotkin
Credits: Audio Download
In this erudite and enjoyable Los Angeles Times best-seller, Joel Kotkin explores the history of cities around the globe. He argues that urban areas must be places where there is a shared feeling of sacredness, civic identity, and moral order.
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Impressionism
by iMinds JNR
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Learn about the Impressionism art movement with iMindsJNR audio learning series for younger minds.
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Citadels of Power
by Thomas J. Finan
Credits: Audio Download
Professor Thomas J. Finan conducts an enthralling series of lectures on a subject that is an enduring part of the popular imagination: the castle.
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In Michelangelo's Shadow
by Joseph Luzzi
Credits: Audio Download
The director of Italian studies at Bard College, Professor Joseph Luzzi leads a comprehensive overview of Italian culture.
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Lives of The Artists: Volume 1
by Giorgio Vasari
Credits: Audio Download
Vasari described the lives of great artists with striking immediacy conveyed through character sketches, anecdotes, and detailed recording of conversations. Volume one includes Brunelleschi, da Vinci, Raphael, Michelangelo, Titian, and fifteen more.
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Basilica
by R.A. Scotti
Credits: Audio Download | Audio CD
In this swift, colorful narrative, Scotti brings to life the artists and the popes, the politics and the passions behind this audacious enterprise. Scotti turns sacred architecture into a spellbinding human epic of enormous daring, petty jealousy, and staggering genius.
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Dali & I
by Stan Lauryssens
Credits: MP3 CD
Art dealer Stan Lauryssens made millions in modern art, but he sold only one name: Salvador Dalí. The surrealist painter's work was a hot commodity for the newly rich, investors, and businessmen looking to launder their black-market cash. Lauryssens didn't mind looking the other way; he just hoped the buyers would look the other way as well.
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Michelangelo
by George Bull
Credits: Audio Download
Michelangelo Buonarroti was a sculptor, architect, and painter of genius and a poet and writer of great accomplishment.
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Art's Prospect
by Roger Kimball
Credits: Audio Download
In this series of essays written over the past twenty years, Roger Kimball, managing editor of the New Criterion and an art critic for the London Spectator, illuminates some of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Jane Jacobs
Credits: Audio Download
Thirty years after its publication, The Death and Life of Great American Cities was described by The New York Times as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen in a much larger context.
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The History of Western Art
by Peter Whitfield
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What is art? Why do we value images of saints, kings, goddesses, battles, landscapes or cities from eras of history utterly remote from ourselves....
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A Scientist in the City
by James Trefil
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Join best-selling science writer James Trefil on a fascinating field trip into the modern city that will open your eyes to the hidden wonders of the man-made world around you.
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