Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: After the success of the first International Annual of Floral Art, the second edition is sure to be another massive success among florists and flower lovers. The aim of this yearbook is to offer a sweeping panorama of the innovative floral art that exists internationally. Each year, the publisher's world-renowned floral designers vouch for hundreds of entries, carefully selected by an…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: or over forty years, Jan Jansen has been designing and selling shoes. His designs include the clog of 1969, the bamboo shoe of 1973 and the floating wedge of 1989. He has worked with some of the world's most renowned designers, such as Dior, Manolo Blahnik, Stephane Kélian and Charles Joudan. He has received many prestigious awards — including the Grand Seigneur Prize by the Fashion…
Скачать книгу (размер 779 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 154) Аннотация: London Art Deco presents a visual catalogue of the capital's Art Deco legacy that was handed down to us from the florid 20s and the streamlined 30s. It features cinemas, theatres, hotels, department stores, Underground stations, factories, civic, corporate and residential buildings and shows the way in which the style influenced architects and designers working on every scale, from entire…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Fifteen leading architects are hailed as 'Masters of Light' in this new take on residential architecture. Writer and architectural photographer Peter Hyatt shows how light, in the hands of these masters, is used to shape, create, transform, heal and regenerate. This book illustrates how architects' often experimental, and highly individual, responses to the brief, site and environment of housing…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Illustrated with over 200 color photographs, this book looks at Japanese-style architecture as influenced in the classical style.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 348) Аннотация: The New 100 Houses is the fourth book in IMAGES' popular 100 Best Houses series. IMAGES has again selected houses that represent the very best in international residential architecture. The houses featured represent everything from the modern to the classical. This is a book that can be browsed through time and again, with each viewing guaranteed to inspire, delight and surprise. Outstanding…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: See inside many of Italy's famous grand hotels in locations such as Rome, Venice, Florence, Milan and Naples. Many tourists visit Italy to experience the grandeur and comforts of a bygone era. This new book by IMAGES offers a rare glimpse inside the private and public areas of Italy's glorious hotels which have, for centuries, offered accommodation, often long-term, to many of the world's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Residential Style is the new-format International Spaces title that explores the trends and talented designers shaping residential interiors around the world. The mere mention of the word 'home' evokes feelings of warmth and belonging, suggesting places of refuge, retreat and personal space that are as much a personal statement of the resident's enjoyment of life, as testament to the skill of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: This is a thoroughly revised and beautifully illustrated edition of the book that first made garden design accessible to everyone. In Room Outside John Brookes invented the highly practical concept of the garden, however large or small, as a usable extension of the home. That was nearly forty years ago and, while the range of products and materials has increased dramatically, the role the garden…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 380 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 468) Аннотация: Soviet Realist art of the 1930s to 1980s was naturalistic, bold, colourful, and exciting. Though it is now considered the 20th century's major Realist school of painting, during its heyday, thanks to the politics of the Cold War, the treasures of Soviet artists remained hidden, often, if not considered politically correct, languishing for years in artists' studios. Now percipient and adventurous…
Скачать книгу (размер 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 36) Аннотация: Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) is amongst the greatest painters and engravers of all time. He was undoubtedly the major exponent of the Dutch Golden Age in art, and explored all genres of painting, from the group portrait — which he radically reinvented with The Night Watch — to biblical themes, to his constant engagement with self-portraiture, to landscape. Rembrandt's career is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Presents a selection of more than 100 furnishing textiles and designs that range from a spectacular printed hanging designed by the Wiener Werkstätte artist, Dagobert Peche, between 1911 and 1918, to a series of dramatic woven, silk and metal wall coverings Les Colombes designed by Henri Stephany for the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes. The Art Deco…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Travelling by train through Australia, Peru, Zimbabwe, Russia, China, Germany, Ecuador, Scotland, Singapore, Switzerland, the United States, Japan, the Netherlands, Italy, New Zealand... Martin Kers shows that even in our efficiency-dominated age, travelling can be so much more than moving from point A to point B. His images reveal, in no uncertain terms, that it's still possible to experience…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: - Outstanding new book in the strong-selling New Classicists series — Premier classicists on the West Coast of America — A peek at the beautiful houses that Appleton has designed for the rich and famous, including many stars of the silver screen — Offers readers not only inspiration, but also a chance to dream — Features many exceptional colour photographs, clear drawings and plans, many…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Portrait art of Holland's Golden Age is one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of Western art, distinguished by a powerful realism, an immense diversity and, above all, a high artistic level. The National Gallery in London and the Mauritshuis in The Hague mounted a major exhibition on the subject in 2007. The main thread running through the exhibition is the chronological…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Floral prints, motifs and designs are always in fashion, and never more so than when used as the fabric for an English summer dress. From the naturalistic to the painterly, from the graphic to the abstract, every summer almost every woman in Britain in the last 100 years has worn or wanted to wear a floral frock. «Floral Frocks» explores this unassuming cultural phenomenon from the beginning of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Remote Luxury: Top Resorts Down Under is the ultimate guide to getting away from it all in both Australia and New Zealand. Over the past decade or so, Australia and its just as spectacular neighbour across the Tasman have established a reputation for being two of the most sought-after destinations in the world. This reputation has come about from not only the extraordinary landscapes both…
Скачать книгу (размер 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 36) Аннотация: Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), 'the painter of light', was the most important English painter of the age of Romanticism. He merged his observation of natural phenomena with a particular attention to the atmospheric and an extraordinary, transformative visionary talent. After portrayals of the English countryside in the topographical tradition, such as Frosty Morning, (1813, London,…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Significant Interiors features award-winning interiors from the USA by notable architecture and design firms. The American Institute of Architects has selected each of the 55 projects based on a criteria of creativity and innovation, and presents them in a fresh, reader-friendly format. Winning projects are featured with detailed commentary, plans, captions and colour photographs. The Projects…