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Storr Robert: Neo Rauch: At the Well

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: At the Well, produced to coincide with an exhibition of Neo Rauch's (born 1960) new works at David Zwirner in New York, brings together both small and large format paintings that expand the artist's unique iconography of eccentric figures, animals and hybrids within vaguely familiar but imaginary settings. This oversized catalogue-designed in close collaboration with the artist-is anchored by 16…

Dr. Russell Re Manning: Religion: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Religious Beliefs, Each Explained in Half a Minute

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: 30-Second Religion decants and demystifies the key beliefs, deities, origins, and iconography of the worlds major religions, denominations, and less widespread sects and cults. Whether you wish to understand the key differences between Catholicism and Protestantism, to glimpse the many gods of Hinduism, or to digest a potted Buddhist philosophy, this book is the quickest way to walk the paths and…

Amber Jane Butchart: Nautical Chic

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: From Chanels coastal couture to Westwoods piratical punk, from Jean Paul Gaultiers beefcake camp to Tommy Hilfigers preppy classics, this is the first and only book to celebrate nautical fashion and all its iconic looks. Nautical style has an enduring sophistication, and this volume is a glorious celebration of its perennial popularity, tracing the history of its trends and impact on the clothes…

Biesenbach Klaus: Bjork: Archives

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Bjork is a contemporary icon whose contributions to music, video, film, fashion and art have influenced a generation worldwide. Here, now, is the ultimate celebration of this multimillion-selling superstar. Designed by top design studio M/M (Paris) as a slipcased world of wonders, this publication which accompanies springs exhibition on Bjork at The Museum of Modern Art is composed of six parts:…

Callan Damian: Renoir: Unlock the Secrets of the Master of Impressionism

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Every artist, beginner or expert, is inspired by the work of the great artists that have gone before, and one of the most enjoyable ways to learn painting is to study their work in detail. This new series unlocks the secrets of some of the most inspirational painters of all time, revealing their techniques and giving todays artists the confidence and skills they need to take their work to the…

Day Susan: Carpets of the Art Deco Era

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The revolutionary art and design of the early twentieth century produced textiles, particularly carpets, of extraordinary vitality. First the flourishing Art Deco movement spread bold patterns across Europe and America, before giving way to sophisticated Modernist abstractions influenced by Bauhaus, Cubism, and collage. In just a few decades carpet design was transformed into a showcase of the…

Godwin Joscelyn: Athanasius Kircher's Theatre of the World

Скачать книгу (размер 1 595 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 314) Аннотация: Athanasius Kircher (1602-80) was acknowledged to be the most learned man of his age. By profession a Jesuit priest, he made himself an authority on every subject under (and above) the sun and published the results of his researches in over thirty lavishly illustrated volumes in Latin. His museum in Rome was famous and visited by everybody in the world of learning. Inevitably, his work has been…

Chris van Uffelen: Pedestrian Zones: Car Free Urban Spaces

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: In 2009, plans by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg to transform part of Broadway including Times Square into a pedestrian area caused a sensation, not just in the city but internationally. Urban areas where pedestrians have right of way over vehicles are becoming increasingly important in the modern city and have enjoyed growing popularity since the 1950s. Not only do they increase the quality of…

Mavis Pilbeam: Birds: The British Museum

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The British Museums vast collections include wonderful images of birds from all over the world. Some are primarily decorative, whereas Thomas Bewick and the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro chose to show birds in realistic detail, going about their daily lives. Other artists concentrate on scientific accuracy. The endless variety of birds, their freedom of sky, land and water, and especially t…

Pemberton Delia: Cats: The British Museum

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Cats were first domesticated or, more likely, noticed a warm fireside and chose to domesticate themselves many thousands of years ago. Over the centuries they have performed a useful role as pest controllers, but much more as friends and companions of humans. Cats have always inspired writers and artists. They appear in Egyptian papyri and tomb paintings, in Roman mosaics, in Japanese prints, in…

Meyrick Robert: Stanley Anderson: Prints: A Catalogue Raisonne

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Despite living through some of the most dramatic changes of the twentieth century, Stanley Anderson CBE (1884-1966) created a vision of an essentially timeless English rural tradition in his etchings and woodcuts. His training was as an engraver, first on a heraldic engraving apprenticeship with his father and later at the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, London. Anderson became a…

Back Louis: Building Berlin: The Latest Architecture in and Out of the Capital. Volume 4

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: This new edition of BUILDING BERLIN showcases the most interesting 70 new buildings in and out of the German capital by architects working in Berlin. Each project is presented on the basis of informative texts, the most important facts as well as insight.

Hlynsky David: Window Shopping Through the Iron Curtain

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Window-Shopping through the Iron Curtain presents a selection of more than 100 images of shop windows shot by David Hlynsky during four trips taken between 1986 and 1990 to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Moscow. Using a Hasselblad camera, Hlynsky captured the slow, routine moments of daily life on the streets and in the shop windows of crumbling Communist…

Williams Gemma: Fashion China

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Like its economy and art scene, Chinese fashion is on the rise, with an increasingly prominent international presence. Spurred by a new generation of creative and ambitious designers, and championed by actresses like Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi, as well as China s First Lady, Peng Liyuan, Chinese fashion now walks the runways, not only in Shanghai and Beijing but also in London, Paris, Tokyo, and…

Heller Steven: Stencil Type

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Designers often look to the past to inform their work. In Stencil Type, design gurus Steven Heller and Louise Fili explore the variety and influence of the world s most ubiquitous typographic style, which dates to prehistoric times and has been used on a range of surfaces from street signs, buildings, and bridges to packaging and posters. This expansive sourcebook presents hundreds of…

Sturges Jock: Fanny

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Fanny is an extended portrait of a young girl's transition from child to woman. Made over a period of 23 years, the images are at once beautiful in their detail of light and identity and also frankly anthropological in their descriptive effect. A naturist since birth, Fanny's comfort with nudity and her natural self has allowed Sturges to draw an engaging portrait of the evolution of a human…

Veksner Simon: 100 Ideas That Changed Advertising

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: A chronicle of the key ideas that have shaped the adverts we see everyday, 100 Ideas That Changed Advertising offers a fascinating insight into an ever- changing and fast-moving industry. Arranged broadly chronologically, the book looks at the overnight revolutions, the flashes of inspiration and the long-term evolutions that advertisers have wrought upon their industry. Author Simon Veksner…

McNally Michele: World Press Photo 15

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Every year since 1958 an international jury has convened in Holland under the auspices of the World Press Photo Foundation to choose the finest press photographs of the year. Universally recognized as the definitive competition for photographic reporting, it draws submissions from photojournalists, newspapers, and magazines throughout the world. Publishing the results of the most recent…

Frank Robert: Robert Frank: The Americans

Скачать книгу (размер 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 180) Аннотация: Originally published in 1958, «The Americans» was part of a series of books that presented foreign countries through words and pictures. Frank personally supervised this latest edition that features a new cover as well as digitally enhanced images.

Velazquez: Las Meninas and the Late Royal Portraits

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: This book presents a complete survey of one of the key moments in the history of the Spanish court portrait, a period spanning the years 1650 to 1680. In 1650 Vel?zquez was in Rome, where he depicted members of the papal court with a new freedom of approach, while the following year saw his keenly awaited return to Spain, where he returned to the conventions of the court portrait. From that point…