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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Just as Picassos Guernica or Géricaults Raft of the Medusa survive as powerful cultural documents of their time, there will be works from our own era that will endure for generations to come. But which ones? Which contemporary artworks best capture the zeitgeist of the late 20th and early 21st centuries? This bold and engaging book, written by one of the freshest and most exciting new voices…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: In this superbly illustrated volume, Danièle Cohn, who has worked alongside Anselm Kiefer for many years, explains the central role the artists studios play in his artistic process. She reveals how Kiefers ateliers their layout and organization, and their location are intrinsic to his work as a painter and sculptor. The reader is taken on an exploration of Kiefers ateliers around the world,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The encounter between art and fashion has been a rapidly growing phenomenon over the last decade, with major international artists working with top fashion houses to produce contemporary masterpieces that challenge the traditional boundary between these two dynamic cultures. In Art/Fashion in the 21st Century, five chapters feature concise essays with profiles of the key designers, break-out…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Eyemazing is a breathtaking overview of the most collectible and daringly original contemporary art photography. Masterfully curated from over 10 years of content in the eponymous and innovative photography magazine, this book pushes boundaries and defies conventions. Divided in two flowing streams of imagery Dreams and Memories of a Past Life and Our Body, Our Cage. Our Body, Our Home, and with…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 411 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 474) Аннотация: Exactly 500 years after its first publication by the great Venetian printing house Aldus Manutius, Francesco Colonna's weird, erotic, allegorical antiquarian tale, Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, was translated into English and reprinted in full, together with all of its 174 original — and enchanting — woodcut illustrations. It is one of the most important documents of Renaissance imagination and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Islamic geometric designs are admired worldwide for their beauty and marvellous intricacy, yet in truth they are seldom understood. Indeed, their complexity and artistry can seem almost beyond the powers of human ingenuity. In this handsomely illustrated volume, artist and teacher Eric Broug analyses and explains these complex designs in their historical and physical context. His own original…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Fifty years after his assassination on 22 November 1963, John F. Kennedy is still a towering figure in the history of our times and across the world. Jacques Lowe was the official photographer of JFKs campaign for the presidency as well as his personal photographer following his election in 1960. Over 250 images capture life with this compelling politician on the campaign trail, at home with…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: ariamna Davydoff, the Russian lady who wrote and illustrated this memoir, was born in 1871. It was after she fled Russia for France in 1919 that she set down her detailed recollections and painted the accompanying watercolours. She did this mainly to enlighten one of her granddaughters about the familys life in the last decades of Tsarist Russia. The result is a first-hand account of a way of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A photographic journey that spans the greats of contemporary literature, Portrait of the Writer is a collection of more than 250 images of the worlds most renowned and revered writers, as immortalized by renowned photographers. The book features unforgettable images of 20th-century literary greats Ernest Hemingway, Jean-Paul Sartre, Thomas Mann, Marcel Proust, Samuel Beckett to the stars of today…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Sergio Larrain (19312012) crossed the photographic universe like a meteorite. After much travelling, his concern for purity and his attraction to meditation led him to withdraw to the Chilean countryside and live self- sufficiently. From there he began to write concerned as he was about the need to encourage the world to wake up to its possible fate while continuing in his deep love of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Bold, monumental, atmospheric, architectural letters with relief and shadow define great periods of confidence and optimism. Shadows add intrigue and spectacle to otherwise mundane words. And theyre back in style. Drawn from a particularly rich period in the history of shadow type, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and forgotten…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Posters by their very nature are ephemeral: crookedly plastered on a roadside billboard, tacked to the back of a tabac, they lasted a few weeks until advertisers issued another imaginative argument for soap or an ocean voyage. While few contemporary observers understood the richness of their design or appreciated the ingenuity of their unsung creators, they are now highly prized. William Crouse,…

Скачать книгу (размер 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 148) Аннотация: Artist-photographer Tim Walker has won a cult following for his flamboyant, lavishly staged and surrealist fashion photography. Now he brings his unique brand of very British fantasia to a subject close to his and all our hearts: grandmothers. Pour yourself a cup of tea and step into an enchanted realm, where twinkling Miss Marple-types elope to Egypt in head-to-toe tartan or jet off to Mars on a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Some of the most important people in fashion Chanel, Alaïa, Blahník, Yves Saint Laurent, Pucci, Kenzo and Missoni are known for their public image and their iconic designs. But what kind of world have they cultivated behind closed doors? From France to Italy, from England to Morocco, come along on a private visit to the remarkable homes of the worlds great couturiers, stylists, muses…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 392) Аннотация: Here is the long-awaited and much needed new translation of the correspondence of Paul Cézanne, known as the father of modern art. The existing collection in English, produced in the 1930s, is dated, inaccurate and incomplete; for this book, Alex Danchev has gone back to the original manuscript letters, clearing up decades of questionable scholarship and producing a fresh, honest and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This spectacular book is the first single volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world. Throughout the ages, book collections have served to symbolize their owners culture and learning, and the wealthy and powerful have spent lavishly on buildings to house them. In its highest form the library became a total work of art, combining painting, sculpture,…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 457 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 287) Аннотация: This mouthwatering book presents 38 of the finest pastry chefs working worldwide today, together with samples of their glorious, highly sophisticated confections. Some of the chefs are up-and-coming, others are well established; all are innovative pioneers in a uniquely appealing creative field. Profiles of each pâtissier include an informative biography giving a sense of their individual…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: In providing an accessible overview of the history and technology of the major traditional colour photographic processes, this abundantly illustrated volume promises to become the standard reference in its field. Following an introductory chapter on colour photography in the 19th century, seven chapters discuss the most commercially or historically significant processes of the 20th century,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This is the most complete monograph yet published on the internationally acclaimed South African artist William Kentridge. Bringing together nearly two hundred of his works made between 1989 and the present day, the book explores Kentridges work across a wide range of media, including film, video, sculpture, design, drawing and printmaking. Two essays discuss the development of Kentridges art and…