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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Swedish country houses are among Europe's best-kept secrets. Little known to the outside world and rarely illustrated, they survive in surprisingly large numbers, often with their original furniture and decoration. This book is the first to tell their story. The twenty examples examined in detail range in type from royal palace to farmhouse, and in date from 15th-century Torpa to 19th-century…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: This is the ultimate book on the extraordinary life and work of Franco Zeffirelli, produced with the full co-operation of the director and his family. Complete with a DVD, the book has insights by the writers Matthew Gurewitsch, Masolino dAmico and Giovanni Gavazzeni, the noted film critic Tullio Kezich and the renowned screenwriter Suso Cecchi dAmico. The photographs trace the arc of Zeffirellis…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Designed to provide an introductory grounding in Typography, «The Complete Typographer» teaches the essentials for the effective use of type — technical expertise and historical knowledge, an understanding of the functional and aesthetic qualities of different typefaces, and the organization of typographic space. This new edition features undergraduate and postgraduate student work alongside the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: If you've ever found yourself transfixed by a Renaissance painting, fascinated by an Inca textile, or filled with wonder by an exquisite piece of Ming porcelain, this is the book for you. Venture inside its pages and discover exactly what the great artistic periods and movements of the world were all about. Written by an experienced international team of artists, art historians and curators, this…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The invention of photography was heralded in 1839 in Paris with the debut of the daguerrotype — a unique photograph produced on a silver-covered copper plate. Praised for its veracity, accuracy and its astonishingly sharp detail, the daguerrotype captured the collective imagination. Over the next half-century, photography developed rapidly, progressing from a cottage industry to a…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: An introduction to and overview of famed photographer Berenice Abbott's work. The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, each book contains a selection of the photographer’s most important and representative images in beautiful duotone and/or color, plus an…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The science of pigments, hues, and dyes has a long and ancient history. From the 40000-years-old caves at Lascaux and the medieval cloth trade that enriched Europe to the synthetic chemistry of modern times, colour making has had a central place in our lives. This book surveys the history of dyes and pigments, the invention of new colours, and the industries that fuelled them. It explores…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: For professionals and beginners alike: a behind-the-scenes look at how photographers of world stature approach their work, and what it is that makes them succeed. This essential guide draws on in-depth interviews with established photographers from the fields of fashion, art, portraiture, documentary photography, and advertising as well as comments from picture editors, curators, agency…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Based on conversations with Bacon that extended over several years, John Russell's original study revealed much about the man and the artist. On Bacon's death in 1992, the unique vision and accomplishment of one of the greatest artists of the century could be appreciated in their totality. In a new final chapter, Russell does just that, as well as discussing Bacon's late work, Bacon's intentions…

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: For photographers, the city of Paris must constitute a genre of its own, so perennially photogenic are its streets, skylines, storefronts and people. Here, William Eggleston--»The Father of Color Photography»--offers a brilliant, unusual take on Paris today, with depictions that completely revitalize our sense of this most picturesque of cities. Eggleston spent three years working throughout…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: “An essential guide.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer For this new edition, Charlotte Cotton brings the story of contemporary art photography up to date with a chapter on artists who emphasize the physical and material properties of photography, who use photography as just one component in their pan-media practice, or who choose to experiment with new modes of dissemination for their work. Featuring…

Скачать книгу (размер 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 108) Аннотация: »Seeking the innermost self in her photographs, Kuhn achieves a mood of intimacy by photographing up close models she knows well. Her photographs are a product of lasting relationships built on mutual affection. In a sense, the images are based on the memory of shared experiences.» — Julie Nelson The people in Mona Kuhn's photographs are nude but not naked. Completely relaxed before the camera,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: What do flowers, skulls and contact sheets have in common? Not much you might think, but David Bailey begs to differ. This book combines Bailey's recent colour photographs of still-life flowers and skulls, with black and white contacts of his iconic celebrity portraiture and fashion work from the 1960s. One might analyze Bailey's combination of these bodies of work in light of the vanitas…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A beautifully illustrated testament to this great Baroque sculptorCharles Avery. Gianlorenzo Bernini was one of the greatest artists of all time. World-famous for his uniquely powerful works of sculpture, he was also a virtuoso draftsman, a pioneering caricaturist, and a designer of gorgeous fountain displays. He even wrote plays. Bernini virtually created Baroque Rome. Without his contributions,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Drawings from the Gulag consists of 130 drawings by Danzig Baldaev describing the history, horror and peculiarities of the Gulag system from its inception in 1918. Baldaevs father, a respected ethnographer, taught him techniques to record the tattoos of criminals in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty prison, where he worked as a guard. He was reported to the KGB who unexpectedly supported his work,…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Lee Miller is possibly the 20th century's most famous woman photographer. During her extraordinary life, she came into contact with a wide range of people including many of the most celebrated and influential artists, writers, actors, fashion designers and socialites of the last century. The photographs include not only Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Dora Maar, Igor Stravinsky, Henry Moore, Colette,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 146 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 226) Аннотация: Here is the definitive story of Savile Row, the internationally renowned epicentre of gentlemen's style. Introduced by Tom Ford, it is a rich visual history of the street synonymous with elegance, sophistication and timeless attitudes. Including rare archival material and previously unpublished images, alongside specially commissioned photography and fashion shoots, this lavish celebration brings…

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Basics Fashion Design: Knitwear provides the reader with the fundamental skills, knowledge and inspiration to design and create their own innovative knitted textiles. Basics Fashion Design: Knitwear is a practical introduction to the use of knitwear in fashion design, richly illustrated with examples and easy-to — follow diagrams. It describes the many varieties of yarn and fibre, their…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: A colouring book for grown-ups, The Sneaker Colouring Book is a collection of 100 black and white line drawings of popular sneaker designs, shown in side view, to colour, alter or customize. The models featured are 100 of the most popular designs from 1916 to the present day from 18 major brands including Adidas, Converse, New Balance, Nike, Onitsuka Tiger, Puma, Reebok and Vans. Brand, model…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 890 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 568) Аннотация: A photography anthology that celebrates the vision, imagination and brilliance of Magnum photographers in over 400 photographs by the acknowledged greats of photography in the 20th century and the rising stars. Including biographies of the featured photographers, it is suitable for those interested in photography or the world depicted by it.