Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: Bestselling illustrator Tullet presents a creative game of turn the flaps, in which children can create their own paintings. Part of a bright and lively series of board books that work like a game. Full color.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Aboriginal art has survived the colonial period to become a major feature of contemporary Australian society. This book surveys the great variety in Aboriginal art, from ancient rock paintings to powerful modern works in acrylic on canvas. The patterns and symbols of Aboriginal art, though they may at first appear abstract, are laden with meaning. Morphy explains the social contexts in which art…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the quintessential Impressionist, whose ability to catch the fleeting effect of light and air on canvas have made his paintings admired the world over. But while a Monet picture of waterlilies, poppyfileds or poplar trees is easily identifiable, how and why his art developed from the early figure paintings to the late pictures of the water garden at Giverny is…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 444) Аннотация: & Fork seeks to represent the best in international product design from around the world. In order to make the most comprehensive selection of 100 important young product designers working today, 10 key figures from the design world were enlisted to curate the project. These 10 writers, curators and designers have combined their extensive knowledge to ensure that & Fork truly represents this…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Considers electronic media in European as well as American art. This work outlines the importance of figures neglected by art history, including engineers and collaborators. It also addresses the reaction, development and future of artistic practice in the face of technology, and how art can 'humanize and mythologize' science.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Stephen Shore, who has captured the spirit of an age in his photographs, is one of contemporary art's photographers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Reveals the revolution that took place when a whole generation of artists experimented with the idea of art as an idea. Shows how artists such as Robert Morris, Sol Lewitt and Marcel Broodthaers challenged traditional notions of the art object through unprecedented use of language, actions, processes and forms derived from mass media.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The resulting artworks (such as his project for the Reichstag in Berlin, Der Bevolkerung [To The Population, 1999]) have often drawn immense controversy. Haacke is a unique figure in post-war art, and his work has touched on such diverse movements as Conceptual, Pop, Minimal and Land art.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: As the creator of Jackie Kennedy's signature pillbox hat and the designer of choice for Liza Minelli in the 1970s, Halston (1932-90) was synonymous with American style: a modern, minimal yet glamorous look that encompassed everything from flowing caftans to ultrasuede dresses, to uniforms that lent panache to airline attendants and the girl scouts of America alike. Beginning his career in Chicago…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 131 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 223) Аннотация: This provocative survey reveals how four of the most destructive dictatorships of the 20th century — Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Soviet Russia and Communist China — used graphic design to sell their messages. Explores each regime's distinctive strategies for seducing public opinion and infiltrating people's lives, in media ranging from logos, flags, typefaces and posters to children's books and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The companion of Phaidon's popular The Endless City, Living in the Endless City will add the cities of Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Istanbul to the six cities of the first volume with the same mix of compelling photographs, in-depth and beautifully presented data, and smart writing by global thinkers. Each city is explored in a series of essays that address vital themes, from security to climate change,…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This new abridged edition of the highly acclaimed Self Life Death provides an overview of Nobuyoshi Araki's (b.1940) prolific forty year career, featuring his finest and most iconic images in a new, expanded format. Arguably Japan's greatest living photographer — and certainly its most controversial — Araki consistently challenges artistic and social conventions in postwar Japan. The book…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source information for the images. Monographs on individual artists also feature a brief chronology.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: »Wallpaper City Guides» not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to that city. «Wallpaper City Guides» present travellers with a fast-track ticket to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 504) Аннотация: The definitive photographic history of the first decade of the 21'st century. • Charts 500 political, cultural, scientific and sporting moments that shaped the period. • Every event clearly explained. • Sequel to Phaidon's New York Times best-selling Century.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: David Bailey revolutionized fashion and portrait photography in the 1960's with his spare, graphic aesthetic and irreverent approach to models and editors alike. Best known for his iconic portraits of artists, musicians and actors of the 1960's and 1970's, including Andy Warhol, the Rolling Stones and Catherine Deneuve, Bailey has gone on to publish work ranging from gritty London streetscapes to…
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: »Wallpaper City Guides» not only suggest where to stay, eat, and drink, but what the tourist passionate about design might want to see, whether he/she has a week or 24 hours in the city. Featured are up and coming areas, landmark buildings in an 'Architour', design centres, and the best shops to buy items unique to that city. «Wallpaper City Guides» present travellers with a fast-track ticket to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Contemporary sculpture is a wide-ranging and fascinating subject, surprisingly unrepresented in the current marketplace. This beautifully illustrated book is a comprehensive overview of developments in the world of sculpture during the past fifty years, and follows the successful, highly illustrated formula of Phaidon's best-selling volumes «Art Today» and «Architecture Today». In the great…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 135 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 812) Аннотация: The Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture is a comprehensive portrayal of the finest built architecture from around the world completed since the year 2000. Divided into six world regions, the Phaidon Atlas of 21st Century World Architecture provides an important overview of global and local trends in architecture for a wide range of users. The geographical contexts for twenty-first…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Mary Ellen Mark (b.1940) began working as a freelance photographer in the mid-1960s. In the 1970s, Mark worked on several bodies of work for which she gained her reputation as one of the most provocative documentary photographers, ensuring her legendary status in the history of photography. In 1976, she documented the women's maximum security ward of Oregon State Mental Hospital, and in 1978 she…