Скачать книгу (размер 9 326 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1830) Аннотация: This title deals with the life and times of Hugh M. Hefner. This is an illustrated autobiography with highlights from Playboy's first 25 years. Hugh M. Hefner presents an illustrated autobiography with chronological highlights from Playboy's first 25 years. His personal life and career — from cartoon-drawing childhood to astonishing success with Playboy — are revealed in the most intimate…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A photographic journey through the history of this epic city Samuel Johnson famously said that: When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life. London is a vast sprawling metropolis, constantly evolving and growing, yet throughout its complex past and shifting present, the humor, unique character, and bulldog spirit of the people have stayed constant. This book salutes all those Londoners,…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A photographic journey into the city's history Berlin has survived two world wars, was divided by a wall during the Cold War, and after the fall of the Wall was re-united. The city emerged as a center of European power and culture. From 1860 to the present day, this book presents the story of Berlin in photographs, portraits, maps, and aerial views. More than a tribute to the city and its civic,…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: L'air de Paris. This is the vivid history of the capital of love and photography. A city built on two millennia of history, Paris is entering the third century of its love story with photography. It was on the banks of the Seine that Niepce and Daguerre officially gave birth to this new art that has flourished ever since, developing a distinctive language and becoming a vital tool of knowledge.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Hippie or Pop? This title deals with the opposing styles in 1960s design. Published annually from 1906 until 1980, Decorative Art, The Studio Yearbook was dedicated to the latest currents in architecture, interiors, furniture, lighting, glassware, textiles, metalware, and ceramics. Since the publications went out of print, the now hard-to-find yearbooks have become highly prized by collectors and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The many incarnations of illustration in the world of fashion Every dress begins with a drawing, every skirt with a sketch. Illustration is integral to fashion design not only as a means of expression, and the starting point of every design, but also for patterns and prints as well as magazine editorial illustrations. Often, artists will even illustrate the newest looks directly from the…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: French architect and designer Jean Prouve (1901-1984) was one of the most important constructors of the 20th century. Prouve's design innovations included cleverly-shaped metal parts for building prefabricated structures; he designed buildings and furniture that could be produced with economy of labor and material and efficiency in use, while maintaining high technical standards and quality…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 552) Аннотация: In 1960, photographer William Claxton and noted German musicologist Joachim Berendt traveled the United States hot on the trail of jazz music. The result of their collaboration was an amazing collection of photographs and recordings of legendary artists as well as unknown street musicians. The book Jazzlife, the original fruit of their labors, has become a collector's item that is highly…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 600) Аннотация: As special photographer on the sets and locations of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather trilogy, Steve Schapiro had the remarkable experience of witnessing legendary actors giving some of their most memorable performances. Schapiro immortalized Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, James Caan, Robert Duvall and Diane Keaton in photos that have since become iconic images, instantly…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 645 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 520) Аннотация: In 1970, 26-year-old Sebastiao Salgado held a camera for the first time. In over 32 trips, he created a collection of images showing us nature, animals, and indigenous people. This book presents his images such as: ancient animal species and volcanoes of the Galapagos; Brazilian alligators and jaguars; and, African lions, leopards, and elephants.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Developed by Hawaiian islanders over five centuries ago, surfing began to peak on the mainland in the 1950s. One of the key image-makers from that period, LeRoy Grannis, a surfer since 1931, began photographing the scene in California and Hawaii in the longboard era of the early 1960s. This edition showcases Grannis' most vibrant work.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: From Newton's formative years to his rise to the top Somewhat ironically, there are lots of men to be seen in Helmut Newton's World Without Men collection. But these guys are bystanders, admirers, observers — the photos are all about the women and their influence. We don't need men, men need us could be their motto. Taken between the mid 1960s and early 1980s, this selection of Newton fashion…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In early 1964, Harry Benson got a call from the photo editor of London newspaper «The Daily Express». He was going with The Beatles to Paris to document French Beatlemania. Including hundreds of photographs, this title features an introductory essay by Benson as well as quotes and newspaper clippings from the period.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in the form of Gil Elvgren's Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His technique — which earned him a reputation as The Norman Rockwell of cheesecake — involved photographing models and then painting them into gorgeous hyper-reality, with longer legs,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Art stars. This is the ongoing catalog of contemporary art, now in its fourth volume. Want a head start on the things you'll be seeing in art institutions a decade down the road? It's all in here, the very latest of the very best — and so fresh you can feel its pulse. A to Z magazine-style entries include captivating images of important recent work, short biographies, exhibition history and…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 594 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 706) Аннотация: Into the wild. Journey into the world of Peter Beard. Photographer, collector, diarist, and writer of books Peter Beard has fashioned his life into a work of art; the illustrated diaries he kept from a young age evolved into a serious career as an artist and earned him a central position in the international art world.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: This title features the Master of Modern. It deals with the discoveries from the Julius Shulman vaults. The buildings burned in our memories, which to us represent the spirit of '50 and '60s architectural design, were those whose pictures were widely published in magazines and books; but what about those that got lost in the process, hardly or never appearing in publication? The exchange of…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 644) Аннотация: Culture, history, natural beauty, fine cuisine, artistic masterpieces, architecture and style — Europe overflows with so many riches that a lifetime seems too short to appreciate them. This title offers you 125 well-crafted itineraries for quick but memorable European trips, accompanied by hundreds of color photographs to fire your imagination.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 306) Аннотация: Delicious demons. Deciphering allegories in the complex, fantastical works of Hieronymous Bosch. In the midst of the realist-leaning artistic climate of the Late Gothic and Early Renaissance, Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516) was more than an anomaly. Bosch's paintings are populated with grotesque scenes of fantastical creatues succumbing to all manner of human desire, fantasy, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 871 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 172) Аннотация: The Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg family album The highly public love affair of French singer-songwriter Serge Gainsbourg and British actress Jane Birkin captured the hearts and imaginations of a generation. The moment Jane and Serge met on a movie set in 1968, sparks flew. They would spend the next 12 years together, a passionate union that produced the controversial duet Je taime... moi non…