Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Between the pleats Issey Miyake's iconic line of innovative garments. Issey Miyake's Pleats Please collections were first launched in 1993. Made from single pieces of high quality 100 per cent polyester fabric, Pleats Please clothing is innovative in its process: the clothes are first cut and sewn together nearly three times larger than the finished garments, then individual pieces are hand fed…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: La belle vie: impressionism's most joyful paintings. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) is universally acclaimed and celebrated: museums pride themselves on his paintings, crowds flock to his retrospectives. His work shows art at its most light-hearted, sensual and luminous. Renoir never wanted anything ugly in his paintings, nor any dramatic action. I like pictures which make me want to wander…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: This is a must-have architecture bible. It deals with a century of great buildings and their creators. This is the be-all-end-all reference work for architecture in the 20th century. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Antoni Gaudi to Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban and all the best stuff in between, it's all here. The chronologically organized chapters put it all into perspective, illustrated by hundreds…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Human alter-reality. The essential overview of Neo Rauch's art. Bursting with radiant and unsettling juxtapositions, Neo Rauch's paintings are wormholes into worlds of startling psychological power and cultural collisions. His scenes involve the viewer in a history that is at once mythic, intimate, and present. Through a deep consideration of philosophy, art history, literature, and his own…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: This is the bible of breakthroughs and inspiration in the design of the 20th century. Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Our homes and workplaces turned into veritable galleries of style and innovation. From furniture to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: For anyone who worships the male body or wants to know why others do (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) While the female nude has long played a concpicuous role in western iconography, the male nude has not always enjoyed such adoration. This collection provides an overdue review of material that at one time could only be bought under the counter, beginning with the anonymous erotica of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Picture this: emergent styles in illustration. Today[trademark]'s most exciting illustrators, from A to Z. The Illustration Now! series continually brings you groundbreaking work by the world's most exciting illustrators. A fascinating mix of established master draftsmen and neophytes, working in a vast range of techniques, Illustration Now! Vol. 3 features more than 100 illustrators from 30…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Tuscan treasures. Gorgeous homes in the Italian countryside. Under the burning Tuscan sun roll marvelous hills, vineyards, olive groves — all postcard-perfect landscapes nestling medieval towns, rural villas, and contadino farmhouses, endless niches of dreamy dwellings exuding all the charm for which the region is revered. We've tracked down the best examples of such havens — from the typical to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 446) Аннотация: There's no question — photography is the medium of our age. Despite all the competition from various (especially flickering) media — the «great still» (Norbert Bolz) remains in first place. Not only when it's a matter of the visual arts. On the market as well — in galleries and auction houses — the «fine art print» is well established, with photographic prints being seen as works of art and thus…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: When photographer Howard Huang began shopping his fashion book around New York in 2002 he had no idea he was about to become the master of urban photography. Back then, Huang, originating from Taiwan, thought «urban girls» were just women who lived in the city, explaining, «English is my second language; I was still learning.» Nonetheless, when the editor of Black Men magazine asked if he knew…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In 1966, during a brief stint as a receptionist for Town and Country magazine, Linda Eastman snagged a press pass to a very exclusive promotional event for the Rolling Stones aboard a yacht on the Hudson River; her fresh, candid photographs of the band were far superior to the formal shots made by the band`s official photographer, and she was instantly on the way to making a name for herself as a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: With the motor industry in turmoil and environmental concerns more pressing than ever, this book highlights the latest cars that promise to challenge our dependency on fossil fuels. Tesla's S offers an alternative to the traditional luxury sports sedan, Chevrolet's Volt could leap-frog Toyota and Honda's trailblazing hybrids, Smart goes zero-emission, while electric cars from Renault and Nissan…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 942 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 382) Аннотация: The mobile revolution Find out how to make the most of it This guide focuses on what is a must for all brands if they are to be leaders in the future: being mobile. From applications for mobile devices, such as phones and tablets, to mobile websites, the book includes over 80 stories of how each has cracked into the newest market on the internet, where users are connected 24/7. The five…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 069 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 407) Аннотация: This title presents the complete works of Pedro Almodovar: a personal journey with one of contemporary cinema's the most esteemed film artists, made with Almodovar's collaboration and with full access to his archives. Un film de Almodovar: whether appearing in his stylish opening credits or on the suggestive poster that invariably accompanies each of his films, this announcement triggers a range…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Photographer Frederic Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. His poetic pictures reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the 1920s and 1950s, no “school” or main trend emerges here. These buildings represent a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: This title presents Albertus Seba's curious creatures. This is a most unusual collection of natural specimens. Albertus Seba's «Cabinet of Natural Curiosities» is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Our first Ed Fox title, Glamour From the Ground Up, introduced the heir to the peculiar photographic niche long ruled by the great Elmer Batters. California native Fox had not even heard of Batters when he first started photographing women with an emphasis on their feet. In fact, he thought he was the only young man who checked out a woman’s feet before her face, and most of the time couldn’t…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: Our groundbreaking movies by decade series continues with this new volume dedicated to the most interesting and important films made in the decade since the turn of the millennium. This jam-packed volume, covering a crucial decade characterized by globalization and digitization, covers an inspiringly broad range of titles including «Avatar», «the Bourne trilogy», «Moulin Rouge», «Babel», «Bowling…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In a world where products are out as soon as they’re in, where communicating without wires doesn’t come without strings, and even our accessories need accessories, we need simple tools. A book that helps us look inside because we are overloaded outside. There are three reasons why most people, although they have tried, won’t keep a diary: 1. Not every day is very eventful. 2. It actually takes a…