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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Following the successful reception of Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting, Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing and Vitamin Ph: New Perspectives in Photography, Vitamin 3-D aims to create a lively and informative survey of contemporary sculpture and installation from around the globe. With 120 artists selected by 40 nominators, Vitamin 3-D will be an up-to-the-minute guide to the best…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Wallpaper* City Guides are a ruthlessly-researched, design-conscious guide, for the discerning traveller who wants to come away with a true taste of the best a city has to offer.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: An exploration of the beauty and essence of Japanese design through 300 objects: from everyday items, to iconic fashion and furniture.

Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: This collection of one hundred quirky and original postcards, inspired by the award-winning The Art of Looking Sideways, has been created and chosen by Alan Fletcher, one of the world's leading designers, and a founder member of the design group Pentagram. A witty and entertaining feast for the eye and the mind, these postcards are presented in an attractive wooden box and will especially appeal…

Скачать книгу (размер 524 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 104) Аннотация: Roman Polanski (born 1933) is a French — Polish film director, producer, writer and actor, who stands as one of the most influential directors living today. A truly international filmmaker, Polanski has received numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and five Oscar nominations. Polanski has tackled many genres, including the horror film (Rosemary's Baby, 1968), film…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 273 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 447) Аннотация: Intended both as an introductory text for students and professionals in the field as well as an accessible read for the general public, Understanding Architecture addresses the basic principles of architecture. The volume is organized in 12 series of chapters based on a key architectural themes — including space, time, matter, gravity, light, silence, dwelling, ritual, memory, landscape, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This is a monograph on the extraordinary 40 year career of Japanese sculptor and performance artist Yayoi Kusama, recently the subject of a major retrospective at New York's Museum of Modern Art, which toured the United States and Japan through 1999. In January-March 2000 the Serpentine Gallery, London will be presenting a large solo exhibition devoted to Kusama's work. Internationally noted for…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 972 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 388) Аннотация: Michelangelo (1475 — 1564), one of the great artistic figures of the Renaissance, is best known as a sculptor and painter. However he was also an important and highly original architect despite asserting that architecture was not his profession. This comprehensive study examines the complex story of his architectural production from his early works in Rome at the beginning of the 16th — century…

Скачать книгу (размер 519 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 103) Аннотация: George Lucas (born 1944) is a producer, screenwriter and director, who played a major role in the anti-establishment New Hollywood movement of the 1970s and helped define the blockbuster era of the 1980s. He is best known as the creator of the Star Wars space opera and the producer of the iconic Indiana Jones adventure film series. Lucas had directed THX 1138 (1971) and American Graffiti (1973)…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: This volume brings together the most important essays on and by Frank Lloyd Wright, described by the American Institute of Architects as the greatest American architect of all time, as well as providing an overview of the very principles that are at the foundation of great architecture.

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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: With a career spanning 70 years, Louise Bourgeois now enjoys cult status after a lifetime of little artistic recognition. As a sculptor, she has experimented with alabaster, plaster, latex, bronze and marble, and is equally admired for her intimate drawings and her highly personal writings.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Includes innovative and inspirational projects from monuments and churches to stations and cultural spaces, by some of the best architects of the last 100 years. Each project features a carefully selected photograph accompanied by an engaging extended caption.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 504) Аннотация: Richard Meier (b.1934) is one of America's most distinguished architects and the winner in 1984 of the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. This detailed monograph is a comprehensive study of his work from 1965-2002 and covers 90 of his buildings including his best-known Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art. The book documents all stages of Meier's career…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 832) Аннотация: 20th Century World Architecture portrays, for the first time, an overview of the finest built architecture from around the world completed between 1900 and 1999. The unprecedented global scope of this collection of over 750 key buildings juxtaposes architectural icons with regional masterpieces. Specially designed and commissioned graphics at the start of the atlas explore the changing economic…