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Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: »Detail in Contemporary Kitchen Design» features over 30 kitchen designs from around the world, each created by a notable architect for a specific residence. Arranged into chapters according to the dominant material used in its construction a stone, timber and steel, each design is accompanied by an image of the whole house, placing it in context and providing a flavour of the general design…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Edward Steichen was already a famous painter and photographer when, in 1923, he was offered one of the most prestigious and most lucrative positions in photography – that of chief photographer for Condé Nast’s Vogue and Vanity Fair. Over the next fifteen years, Steichen produced an oeuvre of unequalled brilliance, dramatizing and glamorizing contemporary culture and its achievers – in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: This is a captivating visual experience for historians, decorators and art lovers. The lavish art and lifestyle of the aristocracy, so violently interrupted by the fall of the monarchy in summer 1792, made a tentative reappearance after the death of Robespierre two years later before experiencing a real renaissance. Once Napoleon had declared himself Emperor, he never ceased in his quest to make…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Drawing upon an impressive array of original sources, English Style and Decoration offers a cornucopia of design riches. Lavishly illustrated with page after page of original sketches and printed patterns for furniture, textiles, flooring, wallpaper, glass, ceramics and household utensils, from doorknobs to tableware and light fittings. Like its companion volume, French Style and Decoration, this…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Is dressing a home the same as dressing a body? «Fashion Designers at Home» attempts to answer that question by looking inside the homes of over twenty of today's hottest fashion designers, revealing them to be incredibly talented interior designers as well. Perfect for both the fashion and interior design enthusiast, «Fashion Designers at Home» shows that the talents behind the worlds most…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This is the ultimate in fashion illustration: 280 stunning sketches by a galaxy of international fashion designers – a must-have for anyone interested in fashion or the art of illustration. Sixty celebrated contemporary designers, from all the major fashion capitals, showcase their extraordinary artworks – many produced exclusively for this book. From the world-famous such as Christian Lacroix,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Drawing upon an impressive array of original sources, this profusely illustrated book offers sketches, engravings and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis Seize and Empire periods through the 19th century to Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernism. Many of the designs have never been seen in published form before, making this sumptuous…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This book traces the extraordinary life of an artist whose unforgettable imagery combined cruelty and wit, honesty and insolence, pain and empowerment. Admired by the Surrealists and photographed by the greatest, Frida was most renowned for her self-portraits and unusual still lifes. She learned about suffering at an early age. She contracted polio when she was six and was seriously maimed in a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 366) Аннотация: This volume provides a complete overview of the major exhibition of masterpieces by Giorgio Morandi at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museo d'Arte Moderna in Bologna (MAMbo). Over one hundred paintings, watercolors, drawings, and etchings illustrate the artist's entire creative and poetic course from the landscapes and still lifes of 1913-1914 to his final works of 1963-1964.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This book covers the historical, literary, and artistic grandeur of Spain during its Golden Age (1492-1659), a period marked by conquest and Catholicism, austere classical architecture and the exuberance of the Baroque, the writings of Cervantes, the paintings of Zurbaran, Murillo, and El Greco, and culminating in a blaze of glory with the paintings of Diego Velazquez. In this volume, Joan…

Скачать книгу (размер 713 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 141) Аннотация: Japan has always been a breeding ground for innovative approaches to Western traditions, such as cinema and baseball. Another example includes graffiti, which covers the buildings and walls of Japan's largest cities, as well as the more rural areas. While graffiti in Japan shares many of the same characteristics with examples from other parts of the world, distinct cultural aspects of Japan, from…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: With his focus on the “disagreeable beauty” of the anomalous and the transgressive, Joel-Peter Witkin’s images are edgy and disturbing. Influenced by artists from Giotto to the Surrealists, by daguerreotypes and the work of Bellocq, his portraits and complex tableaux incorporating corpses, hermaphrodites, masks and mutiliation provoke and challenge the viewer.

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated book presents fifty-five masterworks by Japanese kimono artist Itchiku Kubota. His unique style – inspired by the fragile dyed silks of sixteenth-century Japan, and developed after twenty years of experimentation – combines stitch-resist, ink drawing, embroidery, metallic leaf and a complex layering of colours to create hauntingly beautiful landscapes with richly…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Following his highly successful volume Maison, interior design guru Christian Liaigre takes us inside six exclusive properties to unveil his luxurious world of design. Liaigre unleashes his masterful eye on diverse, international settings — a hidden Spanish residence, a luxury yacht, a massive Swiss farmstead, a thatched-roof paradise in Bora Bora, a modern Canadian manor, and a villa in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Warm and witty, Locusts is a book of photographs that, in the words of its creator, Sasha Gusov, ‘pulls together the concept of mass mentality – photographs that examine the way people eat, the tourist eternally behind the camera, the obsession with consumerism … an investigation of contemporary man – who we are, who we have become and how absurd we can be at times.’ The outcome of five years of…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Retail trade has recognized the opportunity of qualification and individualization through high-grade buildings. The trailblazers of outstanding and innovative commercial architecture today are, first of all, the inner city shopping malls and department stores. In many downtowns, modern shopping facilities have been developed as new focal points of attraction. Moreover, these new multi-functional…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Menswear has evolved from existing in niche markets to procuring mainstream acceptance. With consumers revelling in fashion and the associated lifestyle products, contemporary fashion design for men has become a beacon for masculine identity.Creating this focus is a group of visionaries who have shifted the boundaries of menswear design, designers who have broken with convention to visualize…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 396) Аннотация: The twilight of Imperial Russia witnessed a sudden renaissance of the visual, literary and performing arts: here was a Silver Age as luminous perhaps as the Golden Age of Russian literature many decades before. Much of this new flowering was indebted to the set of ideas known as Symbolism, which fell on fertile soil in Russia. The Russian Symbolists lived and created on the edge, which often made…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The urge to create an individualized shopping experience is a major trend around the world. A new generation of independent shops has grown up. These are mostly small, and are setting up against the odds, so that they have to make an effort with their exteriors, interiors and branding to lure in customers. Some such shops are a triumph of ingenuity on a low budget, while other one-off outlets are…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This work is both an informative account of the genesis of the form and a visual delight. Through its captivating illustrations and enlightening text, the book situates Manga in its proper context, appreciating it for what it truly is: an integral part of Japanese art and culture.