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Harrison Helen: Jackson Pollock

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The perfect introduction to the life and work of Jackson Pollock.

George Herbert: The Elements of Sculpture

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The Elements of Sculpture is the essential viewer's guide to experiencing sculpture. Richly illustrated with colour photographs of artworks both modern and classical and written by a sculptor and teacher with lifelong experience, it arms the reader with the tools and vocabulary with which to view a vast range of sculptures. Insightful and thought-provoking, it is accessible to the widest…

Frans Hals

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Frans Hals (c.1582/3-1666) was a revolutionary in the field of portraiture and used his colour and paint brush to express ultimate freedom by breaking convention. Famed for his unique painting style and method of capturing light and atmosphere, he went on to influence many emerging artists.

Rodrigo Fernandes Da Fonseca: Brazil

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An overview of contemporary Brazilian culture from photography to fashion, street art to gastronomy and architecture to music. A fresh look at one of the most exciting countries on the planet from those who know it best.

Longworth Karina: Tom Cruise

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The Anatomy of an Actor series takes ten roles by a single actor, each studied in a dedicated chapter, and identifies the key elements that made the performances exceptional — carefully examining the actor's craft for both a professional audience and movie fans alike. This title looks at Hollywood icon Tom Cruise. First cast by Francis Ford Coppola in The Outsiders (1983), he gained international…

Gauvin Alexander Bailey: Art in Time: A World History of Styles and Movements

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to 150 of the most significant styles and movements that have shaped art history through time. All art is of its time, and this book is the first survey that explicitly embeds styles, schools and movements within the politics and culture in which they arose, by means of timelines, textual references and the unique present-to-past arrangement of the book. An…

Longworth Karina: Robert De Niro

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Anatomy of an Actor titles are comprehensive studies on the craft of the world's greatest actors, through the analysis of ten of their most iconic roles. The authors examine why and how these famous actors have become some of the most respected and influential in the film world. Each title is divided into ten chapters, each one dedicated to a specific role, and is fully documented with film…

Castanheira Carlos: Aulvaro Siza: The Function of Beauty

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Alvaro Siza (b.1933) is considered Portugal's greatest living architect. His buildings are known for their austere beauty and their imaginative relationship to their surroundings. Relatively unknown outside his native Portugal when he won the 1992 Pritzker Prize, he has since built a number of masterful buildings around the world while retaining strong ties to his country. This volume highlights…

Trigg David: The 21st-Century Art Book

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: An accessible A-Z guide to best contemporary art made since 2000.

McCarter Robert: Aalto

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A covetable new study on the work of Finnish architect Alvar Aalto, one of the twentieth-centuries most popular and accessible masters. Clear, concise and compact, this complete overview of Aalto explores all his major works, including their environmental, cultural and social contexts.

Merkel Jayne: Eero Saarinen

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: For more than half a century people have marveled at the sweeping forms of the Trans World Airlines terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, lined up to enter the St. Louis Gateway Arch, and admired the mid-century modern lines of Knoll's Womb and Tulip chairs. Yet few outside the architecture profession can name the designer of these wide-ranging projects: the Finnish-American architect…

Antliff Allan: Joseph Beuys

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The perfect introduction to the life and art of Joseph Beuys.

Bohm Florian: Cookbook Book

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Featuring 125 seminal cookbooks from the last 100 years, Cookbook Book is a celebration of the world's most beautiful, influential and informative cookbooks.

Jeffrey Ian: The Photography Book

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: A revised and updated edition of Phaidon's bestselling book, which brings this landmark work fully up-to-date with new additions covering the latest developments in photography. The Photography Book is an unsurpassed collection of over 550 superb images that represent the world's best photographers from the mid-nineteenth century to today. Arranged alphabetically by photographer, it showcases…

Parr Martin: Martin Parr

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The acute observation, wit and colour of Martin Parr's work since the mid-1980s has established his as one of the most successful and popular contemporary photographers and a leading member of the prestigious Magnum agency. The only comprehensive monograph of Martin Parr's entire career to date, this 2nd edition has been updated with new photographs and a chapter assessing his most recent…

The Art Book

Скачать книгу (размер 3 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 600) Аннотация: The Second Edition of The Art Book is a substantially expanded and updated version of the hugely successful original. Introducing 100 new artists selected from all periods and from across the globe, the new edition includes for the first time leading figures from the fields of photography and performance art. Works and text entries for a selection of artists from the original have also been…

Mackrell Alice: The Fashion Book

Скачать книгу (размер 2 972 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 584) Аннотация: The Fashion Book (New Edition) takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. Spanning almost 200 years, the entire industry is represented; from clothing and footwear designers, to photographers, stylists, icons and retailers, including the new category of educational institutions that have been fundamental in the careers of many of the creative individuals.

Jean-Louis Cohen: Le Corbusier Le Grand

Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: A spectacular visual biography of one of the greatest architects of the 20th century.

Collins Judith: Sculpture Today

Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: Contemporary sculpture is a wide-ranging and fascinating subject, surprisingly unrepresented in the current marketplace; this richly illustrated book, which follows the format of Phaidon Press' successful Art Today and Architecture Today, seeks to change this. In the great sea-change marking the end of Modernism — a general set of views and assumptions about art which reigned during the first…