Umění

Tvůrčí vyjádření proudí ateliéry, galeriemi a digitálními pracovními prostory, kde umělci a designéři utvářejí náš vizuální svět prostřednictvím svých jedinečných vizí a inovativních technik. Tyto knihy zkoumají tvůrčí proces, uměleckou inspiraci a praktické dovednosti potřebné k zvládnutí různých médií — od tradičního malířství po digitální design, od fotografie po tvůrčí psaní.

Umění Shrnutí knih

Moji přátelé

od Fredrik Backman

An orphan inherits a painting and follows a stranger to the sea instead of selling it.

4.32

500 000+

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Beletrie pro dospělé

Imerzivní

Moji přátelé

An orphan inherits a painting and follows a stranger to the sea instead of selling it.

od Fredrik Backman 2025 436 stran

4.32

500 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Beletrie pro dospělé

Kraď jako umělec

od Austin Kleon • 2012

Steal from a hundred heroes, start before you're ready, and let your flaws become your style.

3.96

300 000+

Umění

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Imerzivní

Kraď jako umělec

Steal from a hundred heroes, start before you're ready, and let your flaws become your style.

od Austin Kleon 2012 174 stran

3.96

300 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Story

od Robert McKee • 1997

How to design the moments where expectations collide with reality and everything flips.

4.27

17 000+

Film

Psaní

Umění

Imerzivní

Story

How to design the moments where expectations collide with reality and everything flips.

od Robert McKee 1997 480 stran

4.27

17 000+ hodnocení

Film

Psaní

Umění

The Anatomy of Story

od John Truby • 2007

The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.

4.25

7 000+

Psaní

Film

Referenční

The Anatomy of Story

The organic alternative to formula: how character, plot, and theme grow from a single premise's DNA.

od John Truby 2007 445 stran

4.25

7 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Film

Referenční

Umělcova cesta každý den

od Julia Cameron • 2009

Three pages of daily longhand writing, a weekly solo play date, and a year of creative unblocking.

3.90

52 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Umění

Psaní

Umělcova cesta každý den

Three pages of daily longhand writing, a weekly solo play date, and a year of creative unblocking.

od Julia Cameron 2009 417 stran

3.90

52 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Umění

Psaní

Architecture

od Francis D. K. Ching • 1979

The visual primer on form, enclosure, and light: how every architectural space gets its bones.

4.29

4 000+

Design

Umění

Referenční

Architecture

The visual primer on form, enclosure, and light: how every architectural space gets its bones.

od Francis D. K. Ching 1979 416 stran

4.29

4 000+ hodnocení

Design

Umění

Referenční

Screenplay

od Syd Field • 1979

The structural template that turned screenwriting into a learnable craft, from setup to final draft.

3.99

8 000+

Psaní

Film

Referenční

Screenplay

The structural template that turned screenwriting into a learnable craft, from setup to final draft.

od Syd Field 1979 336 stran

3.99

8 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Film

Referenční

The Visual Story

od Bruce Block • 2007

Stop guessing at visual impact. A system for making every frame serve your story deliberately.

4.30

500+

Film

Umění

Design

Imerzivní

The Visual Story

Stop guessing at visual impact. A system for making every frame serve your story deliberately.

od Bruce Block 2007 297 stran

4.30

500+ hodnocení

Film

Umění

Design

The Red Book

od C.G. Jung • 2009

The book Jung hid for fifty years reveals the terrifying self-experiment behind all his psychology.

4.49

6 000+

Psychologie

Filozofie

Spiritualita

Imerzivní

The Red Book

The book Jung hid for fifty years reveals the terrifying self-experiment behind all his psychology.

od C.G. Jung 2009 371 stran

4.49

6 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Filozofie

Spiritualita

Mlčící pacientka

od Alex Michaelides

A therapist tries to break a mute painter's silence, six years after she shot her husband.

4.17

3 000 000+

Thriller

Detektivky

Napětí

Imerzivní

Mlčící pacientka

A therapist tries to break a mute painter's silence, six years after she shot her husband.

od Alex Michaelides 2019 336 stran

4.17

3 000 000+ hodnocení

Thriller

Detektivky

Napětí

The Creative Act

od Rick Rubin • 2023

You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.

3.95

88 000+

Umění

Creativity

Osobní rozvoj

The Creative Act

You were born creative. The real work is learning to listen to what wants to come through.

od Rick Rubin 2023 294 stran

3.95

88 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Creativity

Osobní rozvoj

Jedinečný Ivan

od Katherine Applegate • 2012

A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.

4.27

200 000+

Children

Pro starší děti

Zvířata

Jedinečný Ivan

A captive gorilla paints a rescue for the baby elephant who arrives at his run-down mall.

od Katherine Applegate 2012 304 stran

4.27

200 000+ hodnocení

Children

Pro starší děti

Zvířata

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

od Charlie Mackesy • 2019

One boy, three animals, and the art of being kinder to yourself.

4.55

200 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Filozofie

Umění

The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse

One boy, three animals, and the art of being kinder to yourself.

od Charlie Mackesy 2019 128 stran

4.55

200 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Filozofie

Umění

The Republic

od Plato

Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.

3.97

200 000+

Filozofie

Klasika

Politika

The Republic

Why be just when no one is watching? A 2,500-year-old Socratic answer that built Western philosophy.

od Plato 416 stran

3.97

200 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Klasika

Politika

Theo of Golden

od Allen Levi

An old man returns portraits to strangers, healing old wounds without ever revealing his name.

4.56

100 000+

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Křesťanské

Imerzivní

Theo of Golden

An old man returns portraits to strangers, healing old wounds without ever revealing his name.

od Allen Levi 2023 399 stran

4.56

100 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Křesťanské

Writing Better Lyrics

od Pat Pattison • 1995

Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.

4.22

1 000+

Hudba

Psaní

Referenční

Imerzivní

Writing Better Lyrics

Seven senses, zero clichés, and the structural secret that makes a chorus land harder each time.

od Pat Pattison 1995 304 stran

4.22

1 000+ hodnocení

Hudba

Psaní

Referenční

Dialogue

od Robert McKee • 2016

Your dialogue problem is really a scene problem. The fix starts underneath the words.

4.32

1 000+

Psaní

Referenční

Film

Imerzivní

Dialogue

Your dialogue problem is really a scene problem. The fix starts underneath the words.

od Robert McKee 2016 303 stran

4.32

1 000+ hodnocení

Psaní

Referenční

Film

Man and His Symbols

od C.G. Jung • 1964

The unconscious speaks in images, not arguments. Your dreams hold the key to becoming whole.

4.19

34 000+

Psychologie

Filozofie

Mytologie

Man and His Symbols

The unconscious speaks in images, not arguments. Your dreams hold the key to becoming whole.

od C.G. Jung 1964 415 stran

4.19

34 000+ hodnocení

Psychologie

Filozofie

Mytologie

Big Magic

od Elizabeth Gilbert • 2015

What if creativity isn't something you summon but something that's already looking for you?

3.96

200 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Psaní

Big Magic

What if creativity isn't something you summon but something that's already looking for you?

od Elizabeth Gilbert 2015 240 stran

3.96

200 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Psaní

Freeing the Natural Voice

od Kristin Linklater • 1976

Most voice training adds technique. This one takes away what's blocking the voice you already have.

4.14

500+

Divadlo

Hudba

Umění

Imerzivní

Freeing the Natural Voice

Most voice training adds technique. This one takes away what's blocking the voice you already have.

od Kristin Linklater 1976 381 stran

4.14

500+ hodnocení

Divadlo

Hudba

Umění

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

od Elliot W. Eisner • 2002

Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.

4.32

191

Vzdělávání

Umění

Filozofie

The Arts and the Creation of Mind Shrnutí

Imerzivní

The Arts and the Creation of Mind

Schools treat art as a break from thinking. It's the most demanding thinking students do.

od Elliot W. Eisner 2002 280 stran

4.32

191 hodnocení

Vzdělávání

Umění

Filozofie

The Pearl Sister

od Lucinda Riley

Her father's last clue sends a dyslexic artist to Australia to uncover the family she never knew.

4.31

100 000+

Historická fikce

Romantika

Historická romance

Imerzivní

The Pearl Sister

Her father's last clue sends a dyslexic artist to Australia to uncover the family she never knew.

od Lucinda Riley 2017 702 stran

4.31

100 000+ hodnocení

Historická fikce

Romantika

Historická romance

The Artist's Way

od Julia Cameron • 2002

Two daily rituals to unblock your creativity: a morning brain-dump and a weekly solo expedition.

3.96

100 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Umění

The Artist's Way

Two daily rituals to unblock your creativity: a morning brain-dump and a weekly solo expedition.

od Julia Cameron 2002 349 stran

3.96

100 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Creativity

Umění

The Society of the Spectacle

od Guy Debord • 1967

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

4.03

23 000+

Filozofie

Politika

Sociologie

The Society of the Spectacle

Life is no longer lived but watched. A 1967 diagnosis of how images replaced reality.

od Guy Debord 1967 154 stran

4.03

23 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Politika

Sociologie

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

od Kiran Desai

A debt between grandfathers becomes a marriage plot pulling two strangers toward each other.

3.70

37 000+

Literární fikce

Indie

Romantika

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Shrnutí

Imerzivní

The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny

A debt between grandfathers becomes a marriage plot pulling two strangers toward each other.

od Kiran Desai 2025 670 stran

3.70

37 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Indie

Romantika

The Path of Least Resistance

od Robert Fritz • 1989

Problem solving oscillates. Creating resolves. Your underlying structure decides which you live.

4.06

1 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Imerzivní

The Path of Least Resistance

Problem solving oscillates. Creating resolves. Your underlying structure decides which you live.

od Robert Fritz 1989 320 stran

4.06

1 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Psychologie

Audition

od Michael Shurtleff • 1978

The audition belongs to you, not a character: bring your contradictions and your fight.

4.22

3 000+

Umění

Drama

Film

Imerzivní

Audition

The audition belongs to you, not a character: bring your contradictions and your fight.

od Michael Shurtleff 1978 288 stran

4.22

3 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Drama

Film

The Poetics of Space

od Gaston Bachelard • 1957

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

4.18

11 000+

Filozofie

Architektura

Poezie

The Poetics of Space

Your childhood home is a blueprint of your mind: how cellars, attics, and corners form the psyche.

od Gaston Bachelard 1957 282 stran

4.18

11 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Architektura

Poezie

The Art of Game Design

od Jesse Schell • 2008

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

4.39

3 000+

Hry

Design

Referenční

The Art of Game Design

Players feel your work, they don't read it. A hundred ways to design what they feel.

od Jesse Schell 2008 520 stran

4.39

3 000+ hodnocení

Hry

Design

Referenční

Reading the Silver Screen

od Thomas C. Foster • 2014

You've seen 1,000 films. A literature professor shows you what your eyes already knew.

3.35

326

Film

Umění

Referenční

Imerzivní

Reading the Silver Screen

You've seen 1,000 films. A literature professor shows you what your eyes already knew.

od Thomas C. Foster 2014 403 stran

3.35

326 hodnocení

Film

Umění

Referenční

Design pro každý den

od Donald A. Norman • 1988

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

4.15

48 000+

Design

Psychologie

Podnikání

Design pro každý den

Why you can't figure out a simple door: the design classic that blames objects, not people.

od Donald A. Norman 1988 257 stran

4.15

48 000+ hodnocení

Design

Psychologie

Podnikání

Mona's Eyes

od Thomas Schlesser

When a girl's sight fails, her grandfather replaces psychiatry with the masterpieces of the Louvre.

3.55

20 000+

Literární fikce

Umění

Současná literatura

Imerzivní

Mona's Eyes

When a girl's sight fails, her grandfather replaces psychiatry with the masterpieces of the Louvre.

od Thomas Schlesser 2024 368 stran

3.55

20 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Umění

Současná literatura

All Fours

od Miranda July • 2024

A midlife woman leaves her marriage for a motel room and a dangerously young lover.

3.39

200 000+

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Women

All Fours

A midlife woman leaves her marriage for a motel room and a dangerously young lover.

od Miranda July 2024 336 stran

3.39

200 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Women

Homo Ludens

od Johan Huizinga • 1938

Legal procedure and ritual both began as play. Modernity's error is pretending they didn't.

3.98

3 000+

Filozofie

Antropologie

Historie

Homo Ludens

Legal procedure and ritual both began as play. Modernity's error is pretending they didn't.

od Johan Huizinga 1938 230 stran

3.98

3 000+ hodnocení

Filozofie

Antropologie

Historie

Skylark

od Paula McLain

A washerwoman's blue pigment, born in defiance, outlasts three centuries of war, fire, and silence.

3.89

11 000+

Historická fikce

Literární fikce

Historické

Imerzivní

Skylark

A washerwoman's blue pigment, born in defiance, outlasts three centuries of war, fire, and silence.

od Paula McLain 2026 464 stran

3.89

11 000+ hodnocení

Historická fikce

Literární fikce

Historické

The War of Art

od Steven Pressfield • 2002

Procrastination is not a flaw but an enemy. The only weapon is daily, professional discipline.

3.97

100 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Psaní

Creativity

The War of Art

Procrastination is not a flaw but an enemy. The only weapon is daily, professional discipline.

od Steven Pressfield 2002 165 stran

3.97

100 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Psaní

Creativity

Dívka v kusech

od Kathleen Glasgow • 2016

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

3.93

200 000+

Pro mladé dospělé

Duševní zdraví

Současná literatura

Dívka v kusech

After a psych ward, a teenage artist falls for a musician who makes self-destruction look like love.

od Kathleen Glasgow 2016 416 stran

3.93

200 000+ hodnocení

Pro mladé dospělé

Duševní zdraví

Současná literatura

Kybalion

od Tři zasvěcenci • 1912

From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.

4.23

17 000+

Umění

Historie

Klasika

Kybalion

From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.

od Tři zasvěcenci 1912 223 stran

4.23

17 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Historie

Klasika

In the Blink of an Eye

od Walter Murch • 1995

An editor discovers, not assembles. The audience's blink reveals where every cut belongs.

4.21

8 000+

Film

Umění

Psaní

In the Blink of an Eye

An editor discovers, not assembles. The audience's blink reveals where every cut belongs.

od Walter Murch 1995 146 stran

4.21

8 000+ hodnocení

Film

Umění

Psaní

Mučedník!

od Kaveh Akbar • 2024

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

4.14

100 000+

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Queer

Mučedník!

Haunted by his mother's death, a queer Iranian actor plays dying patients while seeking a sign.

od Kaveh Akbar 2024 332 stran

4.14

100 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Queer

All Tomorrows

od Nemo Ramjet • 2006

Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.

4.16

10 000+

Science fiction

Spekulativní fikce

Horor

All Tomorrows

Humanity colonizes the galaxy, then an ancient species breaks it into a thousand bizarre new forms.

od Nemo Ramjet 2006 111 stran

4.16

10 000+ hodnocení

Science fiction

Spekulativní fikce

Horor

Go Gentle

od Maria Semple

A spare ballet ticket entangles a stoic philosopher in an art heist and an unexpected romance.

3.49

19 000+

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Romantika

Imerzivní

Go Gentle

A spare ballet ticket entangles a stoic philosopher in an art heist and an unexpected romance.

od Maria Semple 2026 384 stran

3.49

19 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Současná literatura

Romantika

The Art of Noticing

od Rob Walker • 2019

The cure for autopilot: 131 exercises that train your eye and fill your creative well.

3.77

2 000+

Osobní rozvoj

Umění

Creativity

The Art of Noticing

The cure for autopilot: 131 exercises that train your eye and fill your creative well.

od Rob Walker 2019 256 stran

3.77

2 000+ hodnocení

Osobní rozvoj

Umění

Creativity

The Animator's Survival Kit

od Richard Williams • 2001

Give your drawings weight, rhythm, and personality through time-tested construction rules.

4.41

8 000+

Umění

Referenční

Drawing

The Animator's Survival Kit

Give your drawings weight, rhythm, and personality through time-tested construction rules.

od Richard Williams 2001 342 stran

4.41

8 000+ hodnocení

Umění

Referenční

Drawing

Villa Coco

od Andrew Sean Greer

A naive American catalogs a Tuscan villa's art for a baronessa who wanted a blond Englishman.

3.72

5 000+

Literární fikce

Historická fikce

Itálie

Imerzivní

Villa Coco

A naive American catalogs a Tuscan villa's art for a baronessa who wanted a blond Englishman.

od Andrew Sean Greer 2026 288 stran

3.72

5 000+ hodnocení

Literární fikce

Historická fikce

Itálie

All Tommorows

od C.M. Kosemen • 2006

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

4.16

10 000+

Science fiction

Spekulativní fikce

Horor

All Tommorows

Humanity colonizes the stars, until godlike aliens reshape them into a galaxy of nightmares.

od C.M. Kosemen 2006 111 stran

4.16

10 000+ hodnocení

Science fiction

Spekulativní fikce

Horor

Brand Gap, The

od Marty Neumeier • 2003

Brands stumble not on bad strategy or poor design, but on the gap no one manages.

3.98

5 000+

Podnikání

Design

Podnikání

Brand Gap, The

Brands stumble not on bad strategy or poor design, but on the gap no one manages.

od Marty Neumeier 2003

3.98

5 000+ hodnocení

Podnikání

Design

Podnikání

Making Movies

od Sidney Lumet • 1995

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

4.29

10 000+

Film

Umění

Memoáry

Making Movies

How a director keeps a movie from dying the death of a thousand compromises.

od Sidney Lumet 1995 240 stran

4.29

10 000+ hodnocení

Film

Umění

Memoáry

The Soundscape

od R. Murray Schafer • 1977

Civilization buried earth's oldest music in noise. A map of the lost soundscape and how to hear it.

4.13

500+

Hudba

Ekologie

Věda

The Soundscape

Civilization buried earth's oldest music in noise. A map of the lost soundscape and how to hear it.

od R. Murray Schafer 1977 320 stran

4.13

500+ hodnocení

Hudba

Ekologie

Věda

Thinking with Type

od Ellen Lupton • 2004

Typography is a craft, not a font menu: the rules of spacing, history, and form.

4.12

12 000+

Design

Umění

Referenční

Thinking with Type

Typography is a craft, not a font menu: the rules of spacing, history, and form.

od Ellen Lupton 2004 176 stran

4.12

12 000+ hodnocení

Design

Umění

Referenční

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