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Inspiration Dior Russian Inspirations Dior offers an exclusive and comprehensive look into one of the worlds most successful names in fashion. Showcasing works of art, archival photographs of the gowns and of fashion shows, unpublished images specifically taken for this catalogue by Laziz Hamani, and sketches, this elaborately illustrated book also contains text from an impressive array of respected art and fashion experts — including Florence Muller, Edmonde Charles-Roux, Jacques Ranc, Vitali Michin, Irina Antonova, Bernard Arnault, John Galliano, Daniel Alcouffe, Stephane Guegan, and Frederic Bourdellier. Moving from 1947 to the present day, this book defines the roots of Dior style, showcasing the distinctive lines, materials, and shapes that have been loved throughout the decades. The first section of the book, Art and Fashion, introduces the many aspects that make Dior unique, highlighting the corollaries between art, painting in particular, with the designs. Tracing themes and sources of inspiration, the second part of the book The Waltz of Time reveals how elements from the past — the French eighteenth century (a particularly significant era for Dior), the Belle Epoque, Ancient Egypt, and more-have influenced the designs. Then, the global nature of Dior is explored, finding parallels with specific pieces in the art and culture of Spain, Russia, and Asia. Подробнее

Graffiti 365

Edlin Jay, 2011

Graffiti 365 is a fun, engaging, and wide-ranging survey of the international graffiti scene, using 365 rare images to introduce or describe important artists-from Taki 183 to Banksy-and styles-from bubble to wild. Along the way, Graffiti 365 covers different eras, cities, paints, legendary walls and crews, police and public response to graffiti, and more. Here is the first real insider's perspective to the contemporary scene and its antecedents, as the authors, Zephyr and J.SON, have been both artists and historians of the graffiti movement-Zephyr has been painting graffiti for more than 30 years, with The New York Times dubbing him 'The elder statesman of graffiti', and J.SON started writing graffiti in 1973 before retiring in 1984. Unparalleled in its breadth and depth of coverage, Graffiti 365 is a wide-angle snapshot of an entire movement in a book. Подробнее

Tony Duquette: Hutton Wilkinson Jewelry

Wilkinson Hutton, 2012

The jewellery designed by Tony Duquette is spectacular and eccentric. Duquette made pieces for such women as the Duchess of Windsor, Liza Minnelli, Elsie de Wolfe, Loretta Young, Mary Pickford, Irene Dunne, and most importantly, his wife Beegle. Today, his extravagant one-of-a-kind pieces, which are relatively few in number, are rare and highly desirable collector's items. The tradition of 'more is more' is carried on by Hutton Wilkinson, who designs a luxury line of one-of-a-kind jewellery sold exclusively at Saks Fifth Avenue (one ring might cost $50,000, a necklace $150,000), as well as a commercial line sold for $50 to $200. Tony Duquette Jewellery will feature photographs and design drawings of the vintage pieces by Duquette paired with the new jaw-dropping necklaces, rings, and bracelets created by Wilkinson. New photography has been commissioned to capture both old and new pieces in elaborate tableaux set-ups at Dawnridge, Tony Duquette's famous house in Beverly Hills. Wilkinson carries on the legacy of Duquette's beliefs about the healing properties and symbolism of stones and gems, as well as the importance of their origins and historic significance. This precious luxury edition, with its cloth binding, gilt-edge pages, and foil stamping, itself resembles an exquisite jewellery box, even Aladdin's cave, tempting all curious jewellery and gem lovers to peek inside. Подробнее

Art and Making of Old Republic

Parisi Frank, 2011

Star Wars fans the world over are buzzing in anticipation of what promises to be a defining moment in the history of multiplayer online gaming: the release of Star Wars: The Old Republic. The game follows the escalating war between the Jedi and the Sith thousands of years before the events of the Star Wars films, and its innovative design allows players to choose sides and help shape the history of the galaxy. This gorgeous, full-color volume features the detailed art behind this highly anticipated release from BioWare and LucasArts. With character sketches, interviews, and artwork featuring the game s new weapons, starships, and previously unexplored worlds, The Art and Making of Star Wars: The Old Republic is the ultimate chronicle of the newest Star Wars experience. Подробнее

Cattitude Boxed Set

Levin Kim, 2007

The ladies are back and this time with a trilogy of feline fun. Christine Montaquila and Kim Levin's best selling 'feline guides' are now available as a boxed set, including Cattitude: The Feline Guide to being Fabulous, Catrimony: The Feline guide to Ruling the Relationship and Caternal Instincts: The Feline Guide to Mastering Motherhood . All three feature the unique black-and-white documentary-style photography and clever captions that have kept cat lovers wanting more.In Cattitude , the felines give women the low-down on living large at any stage of life, offering advice like 'Accept your body. Augment your ego', and 'Realise a tiara is a state of mind'. In Catrimony , they conquer the milestone of marriage with witty suggestions to 'Hide the videotape' and 'Devise a holiday evacuation plan', and finally, in Caternal Instincts, the ladies get the real about the challenges of parenting, encouraging every mom to 'Buy stain resistant everything', and 'Accept the fact that you'll never pee alone again'. Perfect for birthdays, weddings christenings or any gift giving occasion, the Cattitude Boxed Set is for cat lovers, photography buffs and everyone in between. Подробнее

The Rolling Stones: 365 Days

Wells Simon, 2006

Every aspect of the Stones' story is covered, including the band's private lives, drug busts, performances, recording sessions, public appearances, photo sessions and more. The photographs, both black-and-white and full colour, are arranged chronologically; many of these images have rarely or never been seen before. Each caption, by The Beatles: 365 Days' author Simon Wells, provides details about the photo along with other pertinent information that will further enlighten the reader about the people and events pictured. Many captions will also contain a relevant quote from one of the Stones or one of their close friends, such as Ian Stewart, Andrew Loog Oldham, Marianne Faithful, or Anita Pallenberg, as well as from published articles, journalists, etc. Подробнее

Tall Tales

Jaffee Al, 2008

Tall Tales was an innovative newspaper strip syndicated internationally by the New York Herald Tribune from 1957-1963. Whereas newspaper strips are square single-panel or multiple-panel horizontal gag cartoons, Jaffee, known for the Fold-In in MAD Magazine , once again altered the format of his work to create a vertical strip — the first, and last, in newspaper history. Tall Tales contains the best 120 wordless strips out of over 2,200, scanned from the original art. The book will feature a new preface by Jaffee and an introduction by Stephen Colbert ('The Colbert Report'). Подробнее

25, 000 Years of Erotic Freedom With the technological advance, pornography has both proliferated and degraded in its quality. This title surveys 25,000 years of pornography arguing that a society's vibrancy and success are related to its permissiveness in sexual matters. Подробнее

Good Times, Bad Times: Led Zeppelin: A Visual Biography

Prochnicky Jerry, 2009

Good Times, Bad Times: Led Zeppelin captures the public and private lives of rock gods Led Zeppelin (1968-1980) through rare and iconic photographs. Forty years after the release of their first album in 1969, Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham) continues to fascinate and inspire legions of fans, young and old alike. There is a general overview of the band's history that introduces the book: a gallery of more than 200 photographs, laid out in chronological order, more than half of which have never been published. Whether onstage, backstage, recording in the studio, on tour, or at home — fans will see the band as never before. Подробнее

David Choe Postcard Book

Choe David, 2010

Street and gallery artist David Choe's hyperkinetic illustration, pop portraits, and raw, graffiti-fueled paintings are featured on 30 different postcards. Подробнее

Beer

Becker Dan, 2011

A selection of approximately 500 of the best images from a 1,500+ antique beer can collection. The bulk of these are cans from the United States, though there are some UK and foreign beers in the mix, as well. Funny, nostalgic, and aesthetically fascinating, this is a time capsule that sheds light on beer drinking through the ages. Design, can shape, and marketing angles differ across decades, states, and countries, and offer hilarious and interesting glimpses into the evolution (or de-evolution) of beer culture. The ultimate beer table book, it will appeal to a wide range of guys and will also include captions for many of the cans (offering insight into particular brands or designs). Подробнее

Eddie Trunk's Essential Hard Rock and Heavy Metal

Trunk Eddie, 2011

Eddie Trunk is one of the leading experts on Heavy Metal and Hard Rock. EDDIE TRUNK'S ESSENTIAL will cover his favourite bands with a brief overview of their career highlights, the albums and songs that Eddie considers important and why, and many personal recollections of his experiences with these bands over the course of his career. Bands include a wide range of rock acts from Black Sabbath and Zeppelin to Metallica and Megadeath to the golden years of hard rock which includes bands like Bon Jovi, Motley Crue and Guns N' Roses. Also included are Eddie's Fun Facts , which consist of metal trivia and anecdotes. He has been a VJ on VH1 Classic since 2001 where he now hosts That Metal Show , which is currently filming its third season. (The Stump the Trunk portion of the show is a favourite and attests to his unparalleled knowledge of metal trivia). Подробнее

Lillian Bassman: Lingerie

Bassman Lillian, 2012

Through the 1950s and the early 1960s, working with that era's supermodels, fashion photographer Lillian Bassman created the quintessential modern feminine image of women in their lingerie. As Ginia Bellafante put it in the New York Times recently, In place of heavyset women constraining themselves in what was essentially equipment, Ms. Bassman deployed immeasurably lithe models, conveying a world in which women seemed to linger in the pleasures of their own sensuality. Fifty years later, these images have lost none of their allure, and the enormous cultural impact of the TV show Mad Men has given them new currency. Подробнее

The Ultimate Metallica

Halfin Ross, 2010

»He just gets right the fuck in there... Every drop of sweat, every molecule of saliva, every out-of-place nose hair, it all gets captured cuz he's just fucking there». Legendary music photographer Ross Halfin has documented Metallica for nearly 25 years, from their beginnings as a scrappy, furious garage band to their current status as the heaviest and most popular metal band in the world. The Ultimate Metallica collects the best of Halfin's amazing images, taken over the years with access granted exclusively to him as the band's main lensman. His candid photographs — taken on stage, backstage, on and off tour — are supplemented by text from many people close to the band, including managers and music writers, plus some colorful personal observations from Halfin himself. Подробнее

The Cat in Art

Zuffi Stefano, 2007

Almost from the beginning of art, humans have portrayed cats. The animal originally domesticated for the humble purpose of catching mice was already a goddess in ancient Egypt and a beloved household pet in ancient Rome. Throughout history, cats have been a beautiful vessel for symbolic meanings, ranging from dark unruly sensuality to perfect domestic tranquillity. In this book, cats inhabit 170 art masterpieces. Sometimes they are the stars of the work and sometimes they are working their magic from the corners of rooms (in which case both the whole work and a detail showing the cat are both illustrated). Here are paintings by Van Eyck, Raphael, Leonardo, Bruegel, Rembrandt, Chardin, Gainsborough, Manet, Renoir, Bonnard, Gauguin, Matisse, Balthus, Picasso, Warhol and many other famous artists. Stefano Zuffi's charming text tells us what it all means. The cats, meanwhile, are beautiful, seductive and mysterious. Подробнее

Equus

Flach Tim, 2008

No animal has captured the human imagination quite like the horse, depicted in cave drawings thousands of years ago through countless renderings in paint, clay, ink, even film. In his first book, award-winning photographer Tim Flach's quest to document the horse has resulted in Equus, an intensely moving look at an animal — as solitary subject and en masse, from the air and from underwater — whose history is so powerfully linked to our own. From exquisite Arabians in the Royal Yards of the United Arab Emirates to purebred Icelandic horses in their glacial habitat; from the soulful gaze of a single horse's lash-lined eye to the thundering majesty of thousands of Mustangs racing across the plains of Utah, Equus provides an amazing and unique insight into the physical dynamics and spirit of the horse. Подробнее

Graffiti Paris

Grevy Fabienne, 2008

As much as London, New York and Los Angeles, Paris has been hijacked by street artists who have transformed public spaces into giant showrooms with their posters, stickers, silk-screens, paintings, mosaics, murals, stencils and photocopies. Photographer and art historian Fabienne Grevy leads a tour of Paris' popular art, exhibited on pavements, stairways, metro stations, abandoned buildings and anywhere else an artist found a patch of open space. The inspirations for these images is as diverse as the artists producing them, and recognizable sources range from the cave paintings at Lascaux to nineteenth-century Japanese blockprints to graphic design to cartoons and comics and even some rather reflexive street art about street art itself. Подробнее

Motley Crue

Zlozower Neil, 2009

Legendary rock photographer Zlozower captures Motley Crue's rise from their breakthrough album Shout at the Devil through their rock n' roll excesses. Features more than 275 full-color photographs. Подробнее

Pop 60s

Photos Magnum, 2008

Culled from the archives of Magnum Photos, the world's preeminent photo agency, Pop 60s celebrates the visionaries, icons and memorable moments of the decade that transformed the fabric of society. From Andy Warhol, Twiggy and James Bond to Beatlemania, biker culture and geodesic domes, the reverberations of the Swinging Sixties are felt in today's art, music, design and fashion. This phenomenal collection of photographs spans the globe, including images taken of Tokyo nightlife, Brazilian Carnaval and art happenings in New York City. Renowned photographers such as Dennis Stock, Eve Arnold, Danny Lyon, Thomas Hoepker, Elliott Landy, and many others contribute both their best-loved and seldom seen photographs. From naked spectators at the Isle of Wight Festival to literati at Truman Capote's Black and White Ball, Pop 60s captures the spirit, style and attitude of an unforgettable era. Подробнее

Rift

Jean James, 2010

Almost a decade into his astounding career, James Jean has emerged as one of contemporary art's most important voices. From sell-out gallery shows in New York City and crowded signings at Comic-Con to kudos from the fashion world for his work for Prada, Jean's richly detailed art has struck a chord with fans across the globe. Rift showcases a brand-new collection of art in an elegant accordion-book format. Inside, two haunting landscapes span the connected pages folded in a variety of ways, the pages reveal myriad images hidden within the larger paintings. Подробнее

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