"Ktokolwiek znalazł czas i sposobność, by przeczytać Sztukę i złudzenie Ernsta Hansa Gombricha, bez trudu przekonał się, że natrafił oto na jedną z najistotniejszych analiz fenomenu sztuki i przedstawiania, jaka wyszła spod pióra historyka sztuki w X...

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have long been recognized as among the most popular fiction of the twentieth century, and most critical analysis of Tolkien has centered on these novels. Granted access by the To...

Film is the supreme medium for mythmaking. The gods and heroes of mythology are both larger than life and deeply human; they teach us about the world, and they tell us a good story. Similarly, our experience of film is both distant and intimate. Cine...

For the art enthusiast, the doll collector, as well as the casual reader, the world of Japanese dolls is a fascinating one. For centuries, Japanese doll artisans created spectacular works of art, invested with both significant cultural meaning and el...

Lea Baten's unique and resourceful book assists in the identification of the familiar and unfamiliar figurines known as ningyō, and explores the roots of the word itself. Both meanings, 'doll' and 'human shape', are associated with play and ritual, l...

A remote island in the Hebrides, strange wild laughter in the night and an evil Man with a Third Eye are among the weird, frightening mysteries which confront an American lawyer on an innocent business trip to buy an old castle. ...There are indeed a...