Скачать книгу (размер 651 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 129) Аннотация: 310 fabulous line drawings and 14 Harper's Bazar covers, 8 in full color. Erte's exotic temptresses with tassels, fur muffs, long trains, coifs, more. Imaginative and colorful... a fascinating glimpse into the development of fashion.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: One of the largest pictorial surveys available contains rare illustrations of jewelry, metalwork, glass ceramics, textiles, architecture, furniture, and other objects. 579 photographs display jewelry by Lalique, Mucha-designed watch, stained glass by Gaudin, interiors by Hohlwein, plus pendants, iron doors, reliefs, flatware, more.
Скачать книгу (размер 233 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 47) Аннотация: Thirty-seven renderings by Ed Sibbett, Jr., of Alphonse Mucha's spectacularly sensuous designs. Art Nouveau nymphs and goddesses, highly designed borders, stars, exotic ornaments. Printed in brown ink to capture lines of originals. 4 plates in color on covers.
Скачать книгу (размер 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 110) Аннотация: Exemplary reprint of l6th-century classic. Covers classical architectural remains, Renaissance revivals, classical orders, more. 1738 Ware English edition. 216 plates a new and splendid edition of what has probably been the most influential book published in the history of architecture since its first appearance in 1570.
Скачать книгу (размер 713 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 141) Аннотация: 135 fantastic and grotesque scenes depict the passion and grandeur of one of Dante's most highly regarded works — from the depths of hell onto the mountain of purgatory and up to the empyrean realms of paradise. Includes plates produced for The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, Illustrations accompanied by appropriate lines from the Longfellow translation.
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: 145 photos capture the stars from 1926 to 1949 — Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Hedy Lamarr, Marlene Dietrich, Robert Montgomery, Marlon Brando, Veronica Lake — 94 stars in all. Portraits do not duplicate those found in Kobal's Movie Star Portraits, Introduction. Captions.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Rake's Progress, Harlot's Progress, Ilustrations for Hudibras, Before and After, Beer Street, and Gin Lane, 96 more. Commentary by Sean Shesgreen.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: A rousing success on the London and New York stages, a popular film and a great musical hit (My Fair Lady), this brilliantly written play, with its irresistible theme of the emerging butterfly, is one of the most acclaimed comedies in the English language.
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: The finest drawings of the celebrated Austrian artist — mostly nudes and seminudes taken in part from rare portfolios of 1919 and 1964 — reveal the dynamics of the line in representing the human figure spontaneously and freely. Introduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 386 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 77) Аннотация: Dore's engravings for The Rime are considered by many to be his greatest work. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the hot equatorial seas swarming with monsters, the ice of Antarctica, more — are all rendered in a powerful manner. Full text and 38 plates.
Скачать книгу (размер 876 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 173) Аннотация: Eighty-one plates show development from youth to full style. Many favorites, many new. Introduction by Alfred Werner. Includes Self-Portrait at the Age of Thirteen, Female Nude (with Headcloth and Slippers), Orpheus Slain by Bacchantes, with Boy Running Away, The fascination of the drawings is inexhaustible; the skill incredible; the upshot — delight.
Скачать книгу (размер 233 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 47) Аннотация: This edition reprints the text of Pope's classic poem — both the five-canto 1714 version and the facsimile of the original 1712 version — together with a broad selection of documents that have been carefully chosen to put the poem into the social and historical context of Pope's eighteenth century. Including correspondence, poems, broadsides, reviews, and parodies, the documents focus special…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This book has it all: seek-and-find puzzles, doodling, and coloring! Each letter is represented by two pages, one with a hidden picture puzzle that's chock-full of images starting with that letter, plus an opposing page for drawing other items beginning with the same letter. Every page offers plenty of coloring fun!
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Draw a fabulous gallery of wacky automatons and costumed crusaders! Excite young imaginations with these thrilling but unfinished images of robots and superheroes. Helpful captions suggest what's missing from each of the 106 illustrations. Suitable for ages 6 and up, the humorous drawings are great for coloring, and they'll appeal to adult doodlers, too.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Poet and playwright Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) wrote sparkling comedies that were the toast of London's West End in the 1890s. The master of the witty epigram who could resist anything except temptation, Wilde was imprisoned by an unjust society and died in obscurity, but his enduring works continue to enchant readers and audiences. The Irish author's only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, appears…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the most popular American poet of his time, and one of the most famous American poets of all time. It has been said that certain of his poems-the long narratives Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha most notably-were once read in every literate home in America. A former teacher who fulfilled his dream to make a living as a poet, Longfellow taught at…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: An entertaining and educational coloring book that provides children with a delightful way to play with animals, encounter new animals, and learn each animal's name and principal identifying features. A typical page assembles a lion, a lamb, a lizard, a leopard, a lobster, and a llama in one delightfully improbable family portrait.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Generations of readers have thrilled to traditional tales recounted by folklorist Andrew Lang. Starting with his 1889 publication of The Blue Fairy Book and continuing through a rainbow-hued spectrum of other titles, Lang's stories continue to enchant audiences of all ages. This captivating anthology features 27 of his most treasured retellings of fairy tales. Featured fables include…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 890 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 568) Аннотация: Spellbinding tales of action and adventure from a master of the genre: The Call of the Wild, drawn from the author's own experiences as a Klondike adventurer; The Sea-Wolf, a gripping account of a deranged, abusive sea captain; White Fang, a riveting tale of savage wilderness life; and Five Great Short Stories.