Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: The photographs in this book reflect Bob Tabor's unique intimacy with horses. Each portrait combines the inner strength, spirit and gentle power of nature's most beautiful athlete. Only natural light is used to illuminate every muscle, every hair, every sinew, as Bob's aim was to meet his subjects on their own terms. In turn, his subjects have allowed him to capture their very souls; he's given…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: El (Eleazar) Lissitzky (1890-1941) was a vital force in the revolutionary period in Russia. Having first trained in engineering and architecture and later becoming a painter and illustrator, his creative activity ranged across disciplines. This he called 'the interchange station between painting and architecture', and it made him enormously influential — as a painter, graphic designer, teacher,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Traces the development of Follies in Western Europe from the Baroque to the I.M. Pei Pyramid near Marlborough.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: 'John Bates came onto the London Fashion scene like a bolt of blue light, trailing sparks of excitement, designing the shortest skirts, the swiftest shapes, the surest colours. He had an unswerving instinct for what was new, modern, cutting edge' — Marit Allen. Throughout the 1960s and 70s, John Bates dominated the British fashion scene with a unique brand of style and innovation. No other…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The Great Exhibition at the Crystal Palace in London in 1851 was the first of a series of international exhibitions that have continued, in one form or another, to the present day. The content of these exhibitions gave nations and individual companies of the world the opportunity to display their specialised skills and present new ideas and products to a much wider public. In this book, Jonathan…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Southwold is a nostalgic place where childhood memories are made from sunny holidays beside the sea, coloured beach huts lining the shore and the delicate pier straddling the waves of the North Sea. To some it is nothing short of an earthly paradise — indeed it was Southwold that inspired William Morris to write his epic poem «The Earthly Paradise». «Southwold — An Earthly Paradise» is a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 676 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 330) Аннотация: British flower painting has its own unique, if relatively recent, history, but it can only be judged in the light of the wider history of the subject and by comparison with other, particularly European, countries. The first chapter of «A History and Dictionary of British Flower Painters», therefore, sets the scene with a brief introduction to floral art world wide before the next four chapters…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The English House reviews the changes in style that can be seen in domestic architecture in England from Norman times to the present day. Written for the interested layman rather than only for the architectural historian, it is how the house and its rooms were used and the way in which owners past and present lived in these properties which is the main subject of this book. The book is divided…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) is one of the most neglected figures in late nineteenth-century design. In exploring Day's dual career as an industrial designer of extraordinary range and versatility and a major writer and critic, this well-illustrated book restores his place among the influential figures of his time. Day's relationships with colleagues William Morris, Walter Crane, W.A.S. Benson…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This is the first comprehensive book on Venetian mosaics of the nineteenth century. It illustrates work by both the Salviati Company and the Venice and Murano Glass and Mosaic Company. A carefully researched work, Venetian Glass addresses the revival of the art of Venetian mosaic making in the mid-nineteenth century and discusses the complicity of both Antonio Salviati and Sir Austen Henry Layard…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The ultimate pictorial reference work for both enthusiasts and collectors of Tiffany. There is a comprehensive index that cross references the firm's original model numbers to the illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Reviews the changes in style that can be seen in domestic architecture in England since Norman times. Written for the interested layman rather than only for the architectural historian, this book is about how the house and its rooms were used and the way in which owners lived in these properties which is the main burden of the argument.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 220) Аннотация: This book, with 400 colour and almost 100 black and white illustrations, is the result of years of research. It is the first published history of the tools and accessories used by needlewomen in Holland, from the Middle Ages to the twentieth century, describing how they were used and also who would have used them. Many of these tools were beautifully made by craftsmen from precious metals,…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The silver box has fascinated and intrigued collectors for many centuries. This book is a comprehensive study of the subject which concentrates on the development of the silver box in England from the 16th to the late 19th centuries. Because the interest of collectors lies not so much in the shape or type of boxes as in the wide variety of uses to which they have been put and the splendid…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The discovery of the Nowotny collection in Vienna brings us a collection that is unique both in quality and quantity of the patterns. It is also a comprehensive record of some of the most refined and elegant creations of the 19th century. In the history of embroidery, the 19th century occupies a very special place. Not only did it coincide with the most popular period in this time-honoured art…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Based on contemporary documents and modern scholarship, this highly illustrated comprehensive review provides a closely-reasoned analysis of changing furniture styles from 1660 to 1714, together with much technical information on materials and processes.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 600) Аннотация: This work provides a comprehensive listing of all known Chester marks in easy-to-use format with photographs of the actual marks.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The recent exhibitions of Monet's work have centred on his Series paintings and then Water Lilies. David Joel has worked on this period over many years at Vetheuil. Monet lived there for four years and it was there that his first wife Camille, immortalized in over 70 paintings, died of cancer leaving their two young boys. They had shared their small house with the recently bankrupted Hoschede…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 222) Аннотация: This book acts as a practical introduction to the subject of collecting British watercolour paintings. There is a lot more to collecting than noting just the price, the name of the artist and deciding whether or not one likes the subject. Many watercolours are either not signed or bear false signatures, or perhaps have been saddled with misleading attributions. The text and carefully chosen…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The first edition of The Dictionary of Victorian Painters was published in 1971 and contained details of 1,800 artists together with 250 illustrations. It became an accepted text book on Victorian artists and was reprinted four times until a second, revised and enlarged edition with 11,000 entries and 550 illustrations appeared in 1978. The Dictionary is now revised in two volumes, each…