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Скачать книгу (размер 3 747 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 736) Аннотация: Imagine 365 masterpieces of art from around the world at your fingertips. That's what readers will find as they turn the pages day after day to discover a full-page exquisitely reproduced painting, artifact, photograph, drawing, print, or sculpture from every culture and epoch imaginable. Further enhancing these pages are suitable quotations to ponder, surprise, and delight. Opposite the color…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: Arguably the most popular Austrian artist, Friedensreich Hundertwasser was also one of the country's most controversial. Whether designing flush-free toilets or peace flags, building apartments with slanting floors or filming documentaries this brilliant iconoclast left evidence throughout the world of his talents and passions. Hundertwasser's beloved KunstHausWien is home to the only permanent…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: This dynamic introduction to the world's greatest photographers from the inception of photography to today bears proof of the magic of the camera. From Felix Nadar to Nan Goldin, each of the photographers featured here represents an important aspect of photography's evolution. The artists are represented in double-page spreads that include reproductions of their most important works, concise…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: For four decades, gmp has been designing and constructing buildings around the world. Their projects run the gamut from homes, hotels, museums, theatres, concert halls and office buildings, to commercial centers, hospitals, research and educational facilities and transportation stations. Covering more than 200 of these projects, this impressive volume offers a chronological retrospective of gmp's…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 044 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 206) Аннотация: The Aga Khan is one of the most ardent patrons of architecture and historic preservation in the world. Since inheriting his title as spiritual leader of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims, usually known as Ismailis, fifty years ago, he has fostered and commissioned numerous structures and restored a multitude of buildings from Asia to Africa. The prestigious Aga Khan Award for Architecture, first…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Big art for little hands — this new Klimt Colouring Book in Prestel's new Colouring Book range is a beautifully produced scribble book. With plenty of space to colour outside the lines, the book is also designed to give kids an early interest in some of the great masters. Sections of Klimt's masterpieces are there to inspire children's creativity, whatever their age.

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: The fifty buildings presented here in chronological order represent the most compelling, intriguing, and awe-inspiring structures from all over the world. Along with the Pyramids of Cheops, the Parthenon, and the Colosseum, readers will learn about other masterpieces such as the Hagia Sophia in Turkey; Cambodia's Temple Complex at Angkor Wat; the Potala Palace in Lhasa; and the Jewish Museum in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: As an avant-garde artist of the twentieth century, painter Paul Klee's work defies classification. What is indisputable, however, is its originality and brilliance. Taken from the artist's most prolific years, 1917-1933, this book presents works that Klee never intended to sell. More than 100 colour plates reveal Klee's chromatic genius and wide stylistic range. Along with an indepth biography,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: The book includes one hundred colour plates accompanied by in-depth descriptions, as well as numerous black-and-white photographs of the masks as they are used in religious and secular ceremonies. An introductory text by renowned scholars describes how the masks are made, examines their significance in African culture and offers insight into the universal practice of masquerading. A unique…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The now global phenomenon of graffiti was first captured in New York by a professional photographer, Jon Naar, in early 1973. The Faith of Graffiti, the first and most celebrated book about this controversial new art form, reproduced just over forty selections from the hundreds of photographs he took. Now more than one hundred thirty never-before-published pictures from that landmark body of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This visually stunning collection of all Klimt's landscape paintings and drawings brings to light a little-known aspect of the Viennese painter's oeuvre, proving that his mastery extends beyond portraiture, and revealing themes that appeared throughout his life's work. While Klimt is largely revered for his opulent, symbol-laden portraits of the Viennese bourgeoisie, these works were just one…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Photographer Poul Beckmann's first collection of larger-than-life beetles was hailed across the globe. The Houston Chronicle called it «one of the season's happiest marriages of science and art». The Wall Street Journal declared it an «original and beautiful book», while American Photo praised its «dazzling color and sumptuous production values». Now Beckmann has compiled an entirely new…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Photojournalist Alex MacNaughton continues to traverse London's streets looking for the best graffiti. His first collection of photographs was eagerly snatched up by graffiti enthusiasts. Now featuring 150 new images, his latest book is full of color and life. Political, funny, angry, or just plain weird; in stencil or spray paint, the images here present a London simmering with artistic passion.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: This wide-ranging volume brings together for the first time «official» and «nonconformist» Russian art from the post-Stalin era. Fans of Russian art will celebrate the publication of this vast catalog, which includes hundreds of art works, biographies of the artists, and scholarly assessments of careers that both defied and adhered to the Soviet Union's strict policies regarding style and…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This beautifully illustrated book is a round-the-world tour of famous films so you, too, can go «on location». Filmmaking anecdotes, location details, and helpful maps take you on a «Lord of the Rings» journey in New Zealand, an «Easy Rider» road trip in the American Southwest, and a tour of the safari landscapes in «Out of Africa». Discover 40 countries and 400 films from the deserts of Morocco…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 799 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 354) Аннотация: While the works of Walt Disney rank among the icons of American mass culture, it is easy to forget that Disney's characters and stories were inspired by original works of art. Now the sources that motivated Disney's imagination-and the artists that his studio in turn influenced-are brought to light. From the launching of the Walt Disney Company until the founder's death in 1967, this book…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The world's enthusiasm for Art Nouveau reached its apex at The World Fair in Paris in 1900. There René Binet created the main entrance, «la Porte Monumentale.» To coincide with the exposition, Binet published in Esquisses decoratives (1896) the plate designs for the gate, along with other sketches of furniture, jewelry, wallpaper, lighting, stained glass windows, signs, wrought iron, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Robert Mapplethorpe's black-and-white Polaroid photographs of the 1970s are brought together in this exquisite Volume for the first time. Critically praised for his classically composed photographs, Mapplethorpe remains intensely controversial and enormously popular. Revealing the themes that would inspire him throughout his career, this book brings together almost three hundred images, many…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Dating from 1917 to the end of the Cold War, the posters in this book feature the work of such major Russian groundbreaking avant-garde designers as El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko as well as extraordinary works by lesser known artists. Presented in full color, the 250 posters gathered here range in themes from warnings about the dangers of alcohol abuse and the creeping Nazi menace to…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Plump ladies at lunch; girls on a night out; shopping in the mall: for over fourty years Beryl Cook brought our everyday world to colorful life, capturing moments of social history to create a perceptive record of life in the second half of the twentieth century. This highly popular book, the last to be published with Beryl’s cooperation, is now available in a revised version featuring her last…