Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The first book devoted to this influential twentieth-century French couturier. Lucien Lelong was a central figure in French fashion from the 1920s to the 1950s, and his designs were in many ways precursors of contemporary fashion shapes and developments. Noted for his skill, exquisite workmanship, and beautiful fabrics, Lelong and his house promoted a fluid, minimalist, elegant look. Lelong…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: When he arrived in Paris, Koudelka had already produced two outstanding works of reportage. One documented the Prague Spring, while the other, on gypsies, could almost have been an ethnological study had its images not been charged with so much emotion. Unknown in 1970, he rose to become one of the most powerful photographers of his day. This book shows that in the lands of exile through which he…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Linda Nochlin is one of the most influential art historians of our time. For more than four decades, she has been at the forefront of the feminist critique of art history, playing a pivotal role in shaping the course of the discipline. Since completing a doctorate on Gustave Courbet in the early 1960s, she has devoted herself to a lifelong study of the artist, arguably the most radical of all…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: His images of the Sahel famine and his colossal project Workers would be enough to make his reputation and justify all the awards he has received. But there is more. A native of Brazil, trained as an economist, Sebastião Salgado has shown a constant faith in mankind, a solidarity that never waivers or flinches in the face of pain, an ability to analyse extreme situations, a fierce drive to…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: From pictures of London streets during the blackout and people sleeping in the Underground during the Blitz, from images of high society in pre-war Britain to moody, pared-down landscapes and elegant abstracted nudes, Bill Brandt’s photographs are imbued with strangeness and mystery, with a Surrealist touch, with rich connotations. This rich presentation is the perfect overview of his most…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Don McCullin is one of the greatest photographers of conflict in our time. His career has encompassed the last fifty years – a relentlessly photographed era steeped in conflict. His photographs reveal the bleak underbelly of northern England, wars in Cyprus, Biafra, Vietnam, Cambodia and Beirut, riots in Derry, and famine and disease in Bangladesh. All are photographed with unswerving compassion.…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In the early 1990s Andy Goldsworthy was invited to propose a project for Cumbria, a region of outstanding natural beauty where the landscape has been moulded for centuries by agriculture and in particular by sheep-farming. His response was to repair or rebuild a swathe of Cumbrian sheepfolds – with the intention that, wherever possible the folds would still be accessible to sheep. Among the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: This book, now in paperback, was the first to provide a worldwide survey of basketmaking, revealing common solutions to design and construction, within a dazzling range of styles. The book includes over eighty individual topics: • Materials – from bamboo and bark, rattan and rushes, to palms, grasses and synthetic fibres • Techniques – from twining and plaiting, to coiling, linking and looping •…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: As populations grow, where and how we live is a major concern. Architects address the issue of housing, and converting spaces is often a more satisfactory solution than building from scratch. Conversions shows that with a bit of imagination all sorts of buildings can be converted into homes. With each case study the author asks: What does one leave intact, what does one rip out, and what changes…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Documents the intriguing art and interiors from China. This title captures the atmosphere that prevails in the Chinese art world.
Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: This incomparable Who’s Who in the world of graphic design will be an essential addition to all designers’ libraries. The Alliance Graphique Internationale – the AGI – is an élite club. Since its inception in 1951, its members have been collectively responsible for the identity design of most of the world’s top corporations and institutions as well as for countless examples of globally known…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: In her riveting new book, Fandomania, photographer Elena Dorfman examines the pop culture phenomenon of «cosplay», in which participants dress up in costumes--and live part of their lives--as characters from video games, animated films and Japanese graphic novels. The exploding cosplay subculture flourishes at convention centers, college dorms, private clubs and in homes across the country.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: What lies behind the China's booming growth in the 21st century? What are the roots and true character of this great civilization? Written by a gifted team of notable scholars from Asia and the West and stunningly illustrated, The Seventy Wonders of China provides an unmatched account of this vast and enigmatic country with which the world is now engaging. See the complete contents page The…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: ‘The real thing that I’m talking about has purity and a certain severity, rigour, simplicity, directness, clarity, and it is without artistic pretension in a self-conscious sense of the word.’ It was Walker Evans himself who provided this perfect definition of his own work. He photographed Depression-era America with a constant striving for objectivity, a kind of documentary neutrality.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Edward Steichen is unquestionably one of the most prolific, versatile, influential and controversial names in the history of photography. This is the most complete and wide-ranging volume on Steichen ever published. Admired by many for his achievements as a fine-art photographer, he nevertheless impressed countless others with the force of his commercial work. Portraiture, the nude, fashion,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: There is an enormous wealth of materials and of print and manufacturing processes currently available to designers. These opportunities are rarely fully explored, whether from lack of knowledge, or from a belief that they will be too costly, too complicated, or too time-consuming. Materials, Process, Print explores these diverse possibilities, providing insights into how they can be stretched,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Almost twenty years after the creation of the Musee d’Orsay, the 19th century seems more than ever to be the “Golden Age” of French art. It boasts names such as Ingres and Delacroix, Manet and Puvis de Chavannes, Gustave Eiffel and Charles Garnier. French art became a universally accepted benchmark, spreading the discoveries of Impressionism, the Haussmann models, and the daring of art nouveau…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This book provides a rare insight into the stunning interiors created by one of the world's leading antiques dealers. Axel Vervoordt's Castle of Gravenwezel and his Kanaal gallery in Belgium attract visitors from all over the world. Previous books on Vervoordt have brought the splendid objects on display in these remarkable locations to an even wider audience. In this new work, the great antiques…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 424) Аннотация: This acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has become a classic since it first appeared in 1980. For this fourth edition, Kenneth Frampton has added a major new chapter that explores the effects of globalization on architecture in recent years, the rise annd rise of the celebrity architect, and the way in which practices worldwide have addressed such issues as sustainability and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Divided by theme into chapters, this light-hearted and nostalgic romp through 20th-century Paris creates a beautiful history of the world's most romantic city and its exceptional women. This collection of one hundred and thirty duotone photographs captures the essence of the Parisian femme fatale. All of the great French photographers from the late 1930s through the 1960s are featured, including…