Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Still life is an art form which gives us valuable insights into changes of mentality and philosophy. Each still life is emblematic of a specific time and place and of a certain metaphysical perspective. This overview features sixty works from antiquity to the present and analyzes the history and significance of each.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns each made a tremendous impact on modern art in the 20th century. As pioneers of revolutionary movements such as Abstract Expressionism and Pop art, they are key figures in the postwar transitions that brought American art to the forefront of the international scene. These latest volumes in the MoMA Artist Series, which…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Pompeii: Echoes from the Grand Tour is a collection of 53 photographs of Pompeii by the master photographer Mimmo Jodice, published here for the first time. These unique images, visions conjuring up a long-lost past tradition, are coupled with texts by Ethan Canin, Jim Nisbet and Jay Parini.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Shows you how to make your own successful animation films. This book guides the reader through the entire process of 3D animation, culminating in a practical, illustrated step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard, sets, and eventually make an entire film.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape was one of those rare exhibitions that permanently alters how an art form is perceived. Held at the International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York, in January 1975, it was curated by William Jenkins, who brought together ten contemporary photographers: Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Art + Science Now is a groundbreaking overview of the art being made at the cutting edge of scientific research. The first illustrated book in its field, it shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is being produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: At the vanguard of fashion, design and art, Another Magazine has, over the past decade, become known for its signature fusion of fashion photography and classic portraiture: a sultry Uma Thurman, for instance, half of her face covered with a delicate butterfly mask, or Christina Ricci defiantly taking a pair of scissors to her own ponytail. Published bi-annually, each cover is instantly iconic,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «An explosively growing collector’s market in design has fuelled the interest in young, emerging designers whose work has become as highly sought after as that of established names. Around the world more and more galleries are opening to meet this new demand. «The Independent Design Guide» is the first publication to present these undiscovered talents and their creations, presenting 400 of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 392) Аннотация: «Graffiti World» is the ultimate graffiti book. With over 2,000 pictures of artworks from more than 180 international artists, no other book is remotely so comprehensive or up to date. Nicholas Ganz combines his own first-hand experiences with quotes from the artists themselves to offer a true insiders perspective of the key trends and style developments that have made graffiti what it is today:…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Published to accompany the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. Ranging in date from the early sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, these lavish gifts and tributes include rarely seen arms and armour…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Anonymous photography has a magic all of its own. The intriguing images assembled here are all mysterious – by turn poignant, humorous, erotic or disturbing. Their subject is the human condition and they explore every aspect of human experience – both public and private. Over 220 beautifully reproduced photographs showcase the work of photographers whose identities have been lost in time. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This is a practical book on creating packaging prototypes that reflect sustainable and ecologically sound principles. It challenges the next generation of graphic designers to re-envision packaging design as a less environmentally destructive practice than it presently is, and examines an array of techniques and methodologies for creating innovative and sustainable packaging designs, from first…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This new Chronicle documents the lives of tsars famous and infamous in a lively series of biographical portraits stretching from the late fifteenth to the early twentieth centuries. Discover the facts behind the reputations of rulers such as Ivan the Terrible, whose reign of terror was unparalleled in Russian history until Stalin; Peter the Great, dynamic reformer and dedicated Westernizer;…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: With products selected from all over the world, this selection offers a combination of the newest and best products launched since the millennium, providing inspiration for every type of interior. 1000 colour illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: In the huge and ever growing accessories market, handbags have evolved into unique design pieces status symbols that many aspire to own. In the last ten years the trend for it bags, first initiated by Hermes in the 1950s with the Kelly bag, has taken off, making the luxury goods market extremely lucrative. Certain bag styles have achieved iconic status and are copied the world over, each with its…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This book, published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same title (Milan, Spring 2009), is produced in collaboration with Dolce & Gabbana. Always audacious, sometimes outrageous, Vogue's images distinguish themselves by their willingness to explore the limits of contemporary ideas of beauty and they are created by the greatest photographers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Jean-Paul Goude is one of the world's most brilliant and unorthodox imagemakers. This book assembles a collection of advertising artwork he created over a ten-year period for Galeries Lafayette, Paris' most celebrated department store. Around 150 works, including 75 working documents, are on show here: drawings, sketches and final images that sparkle with creative vigour. Selected and arranged by…
Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: Calouste Gulbenkian (1869-1955), the famous Portuguese collector, was a friend of Rene Lalique's for fifty years, as well as a great connoisseur of the various activities of this versatile artist. Between 1899 and 1927 he acquired eighty extraordinary works of art directly from the artist. Today, these are conserved in an exclusive space inside the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon. This…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This book is the first to take a subject that has previously been represented only in dry histories onto a new and spectacular level, in which furniture's star pieces, whether made in the distant past or in the 21st century, are seen in an entirely fresh light. Drawn from all periods, these exquisite objects chairs, desks, sofas are timeless in their arresting beauty. The book's rich and varied…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In New York, Berlin and Tokyo, night is the new day, and life is celebrated in some of the most unusual clubs around. With unique style and creative design, a culture of its own is staged. The wide field of international design is presented using projects by up-and-coming artists and established interior decorators. On its 400 pages Dance! Best of Club Design presents one-of-a-kind locations from…