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Brown Andrew: Art and Ecology Now

Скачать книгу (размер 1 294 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 255) Аннотация: From land art and earthworks in the 1960s to conceptual art of the new millennium, ecology-focused art has been a prominent genre in the art world for decades. This book offers a look into the recent explosion in contemporary art that deals directly with nature, the environment, climate change, and ecology. Organized into six thematic chapters, Art & Ecology Now moves through the various levels…

Davidson Bruce: England / Scotland 1960

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: In 1960, after an intense year photographing a notorious Brooklyn street gang The Jokers, Bruce Davidson decided to remove himself from the tension and depression of that work. He received an assignment to photograph Marilyn Monroe during the making of John Houston's The Misfits in the Nevada desert, and then travelled to London on commission for Queen magazine. Published by Jocelyn Stevens,…

Lowit Roxanne: Yves Saint Laurent

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Yves Saint Laurent is a name synonymous with style, elegance and high fashion. When he came on the scene at Dior and then started his own line, he quickly changed the way people regarded haute couture and the world of fashion itself. He revolutionized womens eveningwear when he introduced le smoking, a womans tuxedo. He had a huge impact not only on fashion, but also on many peoples lives,…

Albrechtsen Nicky: Vintage Fashion Complete

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Here is the most ambitious guide to vintage womens fashion ever attempted. It is not just another history of fashion, but a survey of how fashion past continues to inspire fashion present. It presents over 1,000 stand-out examples, together with over 300 contextual illustrations, dating from the 1920s to the 1980s, including many icons of vintage fashion, from Marylin Monroe's bra to the Ossie…

Fogg Marnie: Why You Can Go out Dressed Like That: Modern Fashion Explained

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Numerous designers have pioneered cutting-edge garments and collections throughout the evolution of fashion. But all too often a lack of obvious fit or purpose has been mistaken for a lack of design sophistication. In an informed defence of innovative fashion, Why You Can Go Out Dressed Like That champions the improbable, the provocative, the uncomfortable and the seemingly ridiculous. Inspired…

Higgins Jackie: The World Atlas of Street Photography

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The World Atlas of Street Photography focuses on the abundance of photography that has been created on street corners around the globe; it includes classic documentary street photography, as well as images of urban landscapes, staged performances, and sculptures. In so doing, this compelling reference book locates the meeting point between street photography and atlas, between artists and their…

Lipton Mimi: Untamed Encounters: Contemporary Jewelry from Extraordinary Gemstones

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: This striking book represents the personal odyssey of antique dealer, collector, and jewelry-lover Mimi Lipton. Over the years, she has amassed a superb collection of uncut precious and semi-precious stones, along with antique pieces of carved amber and jade, all of them found or acquired on her many journeys around the globe. Now, in collaboration with seven international contemporary jewelers…

Anderson Gail: The Typographic Universe: Letterforms Found in Nature, the Built World and Human Imagination

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Even non-graphic designers know that type is everywhere: fonts and typefaces fill everything we consume or inhabit. They communicate, inform, sell, explain... and yet finding serendipitous letterforms in the least likely locations can also excite and inspire. Once experienced, it is impossible not to see letters in anything from forests to housing projects, from leaves to brickwork. The eye…

Shore Stephen: Uncommon Places: The Complete Works

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Originally published in 1982, Stephen Shores legendary Uncommon Places has influenced a generation of photographers. Among the first artists to take colour beyond the domain of advertising and fashion photography, Shores large-format colour work on the American vernacular landscape stands at the root of what has become a vital photographic tradition over the past thirty years. Uncommon Places:…

Richardson Phyllis: Superlight: Lightness in Contemporary Houses

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: One of the most influential design philosophies of the past 25 years has been Glenn Murcutt's dictum that buildings should touch the earth lightly. While architects have always sought to liberate architecture from its solid foundations through the use of new materials and spatial reconfigurations, climate change, new materials and restricted land use have given new impetus to finding lightweight…

Schwartz Gary: Rembrandt`s Universe: His Art, His Life, His World

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Published to coincide with the major exhibition at the National Gallery this autumn, here is the ultimate book on Rembrandt's art and life his work as an artist, his family, friends and patrons, his place in European culture by one of the worlds best-known writers on Dutch art. Designed to be the Rembrandt book of first resort, this complete and accessible volume, available again in a new,…

Courtney Watson McCarthy: Star Trek: Pop-ups

Скачать книгу (размер 121 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 25) Аннотация: Star Trek is one of the most enduring franchises in Hollywood entertainment history. Part of the public consciousness since 1966, it spans the worlds of television and the movies and counts millions of fans worldwide. Now Star Trek Pop-Ups delivers seven iconic Star Trek moments in a new way popping off the page in three dimensions. From the original USS Enterprise in flight to the dreaded Borg…

Bynum Helen: Remarkable Plants That Shape Our World

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Plants are truly remarkable: even with all our modern technological prowess they still feed, clothe and shelter us, help transport us and can intoxicate and cure us. Helen and William Bynum are expert guides to the rich histories, significance and uses of over 80 key plants in 69 entries, revealing our relationship with them, both utilitarian and aesthetic, and their multiple benefits and…

Navarro Angels: Numbers

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: These enchanting books introduce children to four perennially popular subjects: animals, letters, numbers and toys. Each book features thirty engaging games with activities involving colouring, recognition, classification, counting, searching and more, as well as one double spread of stickers. This beautifully designed collection will both educate and entertain all children of three and over.

Navarro Angels: Letters

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: These enchanting books introduce children to four perennially popular subjects: animals, letters, numbers and toys. Each book features thirty engaging games with activities involving colouring, recognition, classification, counting, searching and more, as well as one double spread of stickers. This beautifully designed collection will both educate and entertain all children of three and over.

Delpire Robert: Josef Koudelka: Exiles

Скачать книгу (размер 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 188) Аннотация: This powerful document of the spiritual and physical state of exile now contains 10 new images by master of photography Josef Koudelka. The sense of mystery that fills these photographs mostly taken during Koudelka's years of wandering through Europe and the United States since leaving his native Czechoslovakia speaks of passion and reserve, of his rage to see. The brilliant accompanying essay by…

Penrose Anthony: Lee Miller's War: Beyond D-Day

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Lee Miller's work for Vogue from 1941-1945 sets her apart as a photographer and writer of extraordinary ability. The quality of her photography from the period has long been recognized as outstanding, and its full range is shown here, accompanied by her brilliant despatches. Starting with her first report from a field hospital soon after D-Day, the despatches and nearly 160 photographs show…

Farnault Helene: Haute Couture Ateliers: The Artisans of Fashion

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: More than 150,000 people work in haute couture. Many of them labour behind the scenes, applying their talents in ateliers devoted to creativity and meticulous attention to detail. This beautiful book takes the reader behind the fashion scenes, allowing the best haute couture designers, embroiderers, leather craftsmen, lacemakers, perfumiers and jewelers to share their work. The books specially…

Grenier Roger: Brassai

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: No photographer is more closely associated with a city than Brassai (1899 1984) is with Paris. From the moment he moved there in 1924, he devoted his life and art to immortalizing his adopted city capturing the street life by day, the cafes and the Seine by night. A friend of Picasso and Henry Miller, Brassai knew and photographed the leading figures of his day Giacometti, Sartre, Dali, Matisse,…

Vogel Steven: Contemporary Menswear: A Global Guide to Independent Men's Fashion

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In the past, menswear and creative fashion were not words that were easily associated with one another. While a rich tradition existed in men s tailoring, notably in the workshops of Savile Row, and select couture labels such as Dior and Alexander McQueen created and presented new collections each season, menswear was seen as very much the poor relation to womenswear. Times have changed:…