Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The story of silk through the ages, reproducing hundreds of fabrics, furnishings and garments from all parts of the world. From ancient China the narrative leads by the legendary silk routes to Byzantium and the Islamic world, to Ottoman Turkey, and on to Renaissance Europe.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Part of a new series built on the authority of Rob Thompsons highly acclaimed Manufacturing Processes for Design Professionals, this book features new content selected specifically for the needs of students who create prototypes, designs for low-volume production runs, and designs that utilize craft. With some 450 specially commissioned photographs and technical illustrations, it describes more…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: When I first saw the beach at Lynemouth in January 1976, I recognized the industry above it but nothing else I was seeing. The beach beneath me was full of activity with horses and carts backed into the sea. Men were standing in the sea next to the carts, using small wire nets attached to poles to fish out the coal from the water beneath them. The place confounded time; here the Middle Ages and…
Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: David Bailey flew to Afghanistan earlier this year to take photographs for auction to raise money for Help for Heroes, a charity that aims to help wounded servicemen and women returning from Afghanistan. The result is his latest book of photographs, a fitting celebration of Britains fighting heroes, showing life inside both inside Camp Bastion and also outside the perimeter, where real danger is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: A self-portrait of this major artist, told through a wide-ranging series of interviews and conversations with Martin Gayford. David Hockney’s exuberant work is widely loved and widely praised, but he is also an incisive and original thinker on art. Based on a series of conversations between Hockney and the art critic Martin Gayford, this book distills the essence of the artist’s lifelong…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 788 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 548) Аннотация: Berenice Abbott is one of the most significant figures in photography and her accomplishments in the field were more wide ranging than any of her contemporaries. Berenice Abbott not only offers a comprehensive retrospective of her complete oeuvre, encompassing all the primary projects she undertook in her 60 year career, but also presents this work in context with her other accomplishments:…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 456) Аннотация: World English, except France, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria For over thirty years, The New York Times Magazine has presented the myriad possibilities and applications of photography. Aperture is pleased to present the upcoming publication and exhibition. The New York Times Magazine Photographs, which reflects upon and interrogates the very nature of both photography and print magazines at this…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. In 2009 2010 alone, Viktor & Rolf, Miuccia Prada, Emanuel Ungaro, and Christian Lacroix made successful sorties as costumers for operas in New York, Baden-Baden, Naples, and Berlin.In this sumptuous new book, leading figures in the world of fashion Giorgio Armani, Marc Bohan, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Ottavio and Rosita Missoni,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: Russia has undergone an amazing cultural and political transformation over the past forty years. How has its rapidly changing social landscape shaped its art? And how does art effect social and cultural change within Russia? This generously illustrated volume explores these questions by presenting a broad but balanced selection of work by eighty Russian artists working from the 1970s to the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Coco Chanel created a look for her era and beyond. She was, without doubt, the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century, years ahead of her time. Her clothes, cuts and accessories have remained eternally chic. Her influence is honoured here by celebrating the key elements that defined and still define her style for every generation, through inspired pairings of classic and…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The skull is one of the most recognizable symbols of todays contemporary visual culture. Since its 1970s renaissance in the iconic album designs of bands such as the Grateful Dead, the skull has found its way into the visual vocabulary of urban life, adorning T-Shirts, badges and rock memorabilia as the ultimate symbol of anarchy and rebellion. Repurposed and recast by artists, illustrators and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The villa stands for sumptuous home decor and upscale lifestyle. However it is more than a large urban mansion with a piece of land: The villa offers its residents an urban country seat, combining the best of city and country life: impressive architecture and high quality materials, surrounded by green, yet in the midst of all the city has to offer. It esteems quiet and seclusion, without…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Textile design has a very exciting future. New fibres, fabrics and applications are constantly appearing and designers now have a wealth of avenues to explore. In this book, Simon Clarke offers students a basic grounding in the three main pathways of textile design: printed, woven and mixed media textile design, including embroidered and manipulated materials discussing both traditional and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 348) Аннотация: Contemporary Art: World Currents argues that, in recent decades, a worldwide shift from modern to contemporary art has occurred. This has not, however, been a uniform change from one phase or style in the history of art to another. Rather, artists everywhere have embraced the contemporary worlds diversity and complexity. The book is a genuinely worldwide survey of art from the 1960s to the…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Featuring a vivid selection of contemporary fashion photography, this volume is a visual odyssey through ideas of beauty, danger and seduction. Its exciting exploration of the confluence of art, fashion and fetish in the cult of high heels swooping down fashion show runways and city streets everywhere is an enticing mixture whimsy, allure and luxury. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Art Deco was one of the most captivating and popular artistic movements of the twentieth century, and its iconic blend of luxury and simplicity still bewitches us today. This volume has an entirely original approach to the subject: it features postcards from the 1920s to 1940s from nightclubs, hotels, and restaurants to skyscrapers, apartment buildings, and airports each landmark or interior…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The urgency of global climate change has made the early twenty-first century one of the most productive periods in landscape and garden design. Clients corporate, civic, and private are committed to the creation of innovative outdoor spaces. Curated by one of the world s leading critics of contemporary landscape design, this collection profiles work by fifty design studios through texts,…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Rome Sketchbook transports the reader to the magnificent centre of ancient Europe, the home of breathtaking cityscapes and inspiring architecture such as those seen at the Trevi Fountain and St. Peter's Basilica. Inspired by this hub of art and historical heritage, Fabrice Moireau, the artist behind some of the other books in this series of cities such as Paris Sketchbook and Venice Sketchbook,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 508) Аннотация: Contact sheets unveil the story of what went into a photograph. Was it the outcome of what a photographer had in mind from the outset? Did it emerge from a diligently worked sequence? Was the right shot a matter of being in the right place at the right time? Here, for the first time, are the best contact sheets created by Magnum photographers. They reveal the creative methods, strategies, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Long since regarded as an inessential object that simply adds to the beauty, convenience or effectiveness of an outfit, accessories are now considered key items in a fashion collection and as stand-alone pieces worthy of our attention. This book examines from concept to production four key items: the bag, footwear, jewellery and millinery.