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Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Ever since his brief but stunning performance as a thief in Thelma and Louise, Brad Pitt was destined to become one of Hollywood's major stars of the 1990s. Following the huge success of his roles in Legends Of The Fall and Interview With The Vampire, this status has been confirmed by the controversial films Seven, Sleepers and The Devil's Own. It is not only as an actor that Brad Pitt is hugely…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 681 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 527) Аннотация: Born in Bombay and based in London since the 1970s, Anish Kapoor (b. 1954) has been a vital force in contemporary art for over three decades. His sculptures are hermetic but unmistakable, both for their striking abstract forms and for their distinctive use of materials, from the traditional (marble, bronze) to the high-tech (stainless steel, fibreglass). His work, in its pursuit of the sublime…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Arata Isozaki is one of the most important and influential Japanese architects working today. Born in Oita, Japan, in 1931 he attended Tokyo University and later worked and studied under Kenzo Tange. In 1963, he opened his own practice and since then has realized a large number of buildings in Japan, Europe and the United States. Through his work, both as an architect and as a theorist, Isozaki…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: In the early 1980s California-based artist Raymond Pettibon first began making his signature inkwash drawings — combinations of cartoon-like images with short, enigmatic texts — to adorn the record covers of underground music groups like Black Flag and Sonic Youth. After turning a generation of punk fans into unwitting art collectors, Pettibon was gradually picked up by the established art world…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Tokujin Yoshioka was born in Japan in 1967. He is one of the most important Japanese designers working today, and despite his age he has already worked in collaboration with renowned individuals such as Issey Miyake and Ross Lovegrove. Famed for his technically excellent work and superb appreciation of light as a design material, he uses fibre optics, stunning light installations and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) composed some of this century's most widely loved music, be it the ballet «Romeo and Juliet» or his work for children, «Peter and the Wolf». Yet due to his itinerant lifestyle and the secrecy that cloaked his final years in the USSR, he remains one of the least written about or understood musicians of this century. At the St Petersburg Conservatory he soon gained…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Издание из серии «10х10» представляет 100 выдающихся кинорежиссеров со всего мира, отобранных международно-признанными председателями жюри различных кинофестивалей. В нем рассматривается деятельность каждого режиссера путем анализа одного ключевого фильма с кадрами, фотографиями со съемочной площадки, афишами и т.д. на четырех страницах. Имена режиссеров расположены в алфавитном порядке. Помимо…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The title of this book is a phrase that Steve McCurry uses a lot when talking about his work — he is always trying to capture those 'unguarded moments' when people are at their most unselfconscious and natural. McCurry takes photographs all over the world, for National Geographic magazine and his own projects, so this book includes the places, colours and forms of Yemen, Mali, Niger, Chad, India,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In this lively and comprehensive book, Monica Bohm-Duchen examines Marc Chagall's prodigious output, not only in painting but also in book illustration, theatre design, stained glass and poetry. She follows Chagall from his Russian-Jewish childhood, through his encounter with the Parisian avant-garde and his activities in revolutionary Russia, to his later years in America and the South of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 084 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 410) Аннотация: Salon to Biennial documents the most important international group art exhibitions from 1863 to today, and will become the key and most comprehensive reference book on the subject of contemporary art group exhibitions. Salon to Biennial will be published in two volumes; Volume 1, scheduled for publication in the Fall of 2007, begins with the Salon des Refuses, Paris, 1863, and the beginning of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Begun in 1973, Audio Arts is a one-of-a-kind venture: an audio magazine of new interviews with the world's most important contemporary artists. Distributed in cassette format until 2002 and on CD from 2003-07, the interviews in Audio Arts have never before been published. Speaking of Art collects the c. 50 best interviews from the Audio Arts archive. These range from towering figures in art…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 244) Аннотация: The Beatles follows the extraordinary development of four self-taught musicians from Liverpool, from their beginnings, until the break-up in 1970. This biography sets the group's evolution against the backdrop of a popular culture explosion in the 1960s. A serious study of the Beatles' music is expanded here by consideration not only of the group's commercially released disks but also of rare…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: In 1953, Paramount was making a film with a new actress named Audrey Hepburn. Life magazine assigned one of its top young photographers, Mark Shaw, to shoot a feature, and he spent weeks with the star on and around the set. Shaw's extraordinary level of access resulted in an amazing array of photos and over 60 rolls of film that captured the budding ingenue's charm and grace on set and in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Welles is one of the legendary film directors whose persona has been created through a myriad of myths and legends. Enfant terrible of American cinema, his groundbreaking entry into Hollywood with «Citizen Kane» propelled him to fame as a young prodigy and unfailing genius. Many studies to date have focused on this aspect of Welles, highlighting his clashes with film studios to paint a turbulent…

Скачать книгу (размер 896 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 177) Аннотация: Available again in paperback to mark the 70th anniversary of Nureyev's birth and the 15th of his death, this is a unique visual tribute to the greatest dancer of his time. Includes photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson and David Bailey.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: »Gothic & Lolita» charts the current trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980’s, young teenagers, predominately adolescent girls, congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku, Akihabara and a number of underground clubs in and around Tokyo, dressed head-to-toe in gothic costumes and late-Victorian dress. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Albert Watson (b. 1942) is one of the world's most successful and sought-after fashion and commercial photographers working today. His striking images have appeared on more than 250 covers of Vogue and in many publications including Rolling Stone, Face, Time and Arena. He has also been responsible for many major advertising campaigns and over 600 television commercials for clients that range from…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In this first ever English-language edition of Oscar Niemeyer's memoirs, the architect reveals how his many passions — among them his large family, many friends, the sensuous landscape of Brazil, women, Communism, art and literature — have all influenced his life and in turn inspired his architecture.Born in Rio de Janeiro, Niemeyer graduated from the National School of Fine Arts in 1934. As a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Based in Japan and one of an emerging generation of young, world-class architects, Shigeru Ban (b. 1957) designs and builds graceful, serene structures using modest materials such as cardboard, paper tubes, bamboo, and prefabricated wood. His buildings are sometimes soaring and birdlike, sometimes simple, grounded, and evocative of the Japanese aesthetic, but always they are integrated with and…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Paper is generally presumed to be the stock-in-trade of the graphic design profession. However, due to the diverse qualities of paper, and the constant desire of designers to push the boundaries of their profession, its potential is being explored more and more by all disciplines of design. More Paperwork follows on from Paperwork, which looked at the use of paper in graphic design, and reviews…