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Storage Space This book shows ingenious and innovative solutions to storing items that we want to remain accessible but not necessarily in plain view. Storage Space shows how to make the most of your available space without spoiling your interior theme. Подробнее

Spaces for Leisure This volume covers the most important feature of any home — spaces to relax and forget the world. From peaceful patios to energetic games rooms, this book shows some of the most inspiring interiors for leisure. Подробнее

Urban Spaces With over 100 colour images, from loft apartments to town houses this book proves to be the ultimate pocket sized guide to urban interiors. Подробнее

Floor and Wall Coverings This book gives an overview of the current market for floors and walls, including the various materials that can be used, both classic and contemporary. Подробнее

Museum Félicien Rops: Guide

Bonnier Bernadette, 2010

Félicien Rops (1833-1898) led an existence and creative activity guided by his passions, audacities and torments. He moved to Paris at the age of 41, and was considered to be the best-paid illustrator in the city. All his artwork denounces the bourgeois hypocrisy, while at the same time transgressing the interests of his epoch, by celebrating eroticism, women, desire, the macabre and adventure. Rops was an excellent observer and painted attractive sea and landscapes, but especially his ironic, caricatural and sometimes indecent lithos and engravings were and still are very much appreciated by the public. This is proven by the success of the Félicien Rops Museum in Namur. Established since 1987 in a 19th Century bourgeois house in the heart of old Namur, today the Rops Museum houses over 3,000 of the artist's works, of which almost 300 are presented in the optimal conditions of preservation and security. This book peers over Rops' master works, approaching the different stages of his life and phases of creation. This guide is a perfect introduction to the life and works of Félicien Rops. Bernadette Bonnier, graduate in art history and archaeology, is director of the Department of Culture of the province of Namur. Véronique Carpiaux, graduate in Romance philology, is curator of the Félicien Rops Museum. Подробнее

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp: A History:1810 — 2007

De Jong Leen, 2008

The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Antwerp is a highly respected institute with a large collection of paintings, statues and drawings. The mainly Flemish and Belgian collection of the museum is internationally renowned. Visitors can admire the works of Jean Fouquet, Antonello da Messina, Jan Van Eyck, Quinten Massijs, the altarpieces of Rubens and his contemporaries. The museum possesses not only the largest collection of paintings and drawings of Ensor, but also has a rich collection of modern works. This book, which is illustrated with many unpublished documents and photographs, tells the fascinating story of the Antwerp museum. Several authors describe the search for the ideal building, the expansion of the collection and the important role of engaged art lovers, the restorers' devotion in the nineteenth century, the work of the researchers and the library, the discovery of the general public and the concept of 'community-mindedness'. Подробнее

Parckdesign: Let's Hug Trees

Coirier Lise, 2008

•An experimental book detailing both the battle and harmony between man and nature •A multilingual edition in English, Dutch and French It is difficult to rival the beauty of trees, with their tall, slender stature and the height of their crowns. Nevertheless, the ambition of the Parckdesign call for proposals was to take up the challenge of highlighting the ancestral link that exists between man and nature, between man's artefacts and his relationship with the natural element and environment by the means of urban furniture. Put in a contemporary context, park furniture is focused on the willingness to experiment, test, enhance and discover natural sites that are seeking a more specific identity. Подробнее

Unravel: Knitwear in Fashion

Dirix Emmanuelle, 2011

The changing status of knitwear in high fashion is a fascinating history in which the threads of socio-cultural revolutions and fashion design are closley knit together. By unravelling its ups and downs, in different places and eras, this book starts to shed a light on the origins of our current perspective on knitwear. Due to knitwear's associations with hobby culture, femininity and crafts, it is too often overlooked that it can also be something highly fashionable, experimental and a daring choice for fashion designers. Knitwear's contemporary comeback is in fact a vogue for something that never really disappeared. Body hugging cling, jersey sportswear, raw knits, sculptural volumes, lace-like body nets... the possibilities of knitting make it an endless source of inspiration for fashion designers. This book starts to tug at the yarn of knitwear's hidden history, investigating different production methods, social histories and the aesthetic (r)evolutions of knitwear in fashion. With topics ranging from grandad chic to utilitarian jumpers, from fashionable stockings to 3D knits, the everlasting appeal of twinsets and the formless in fashion... this book takes a closer look at something we all own but that is often simply taken for granted: knitwear. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Fashion Museum in Antwerp. Text in English and Dutch. Emmanuelle Dirix works at the Winchester College and teaches costume history at the fashion department of the Antwerp Academy. Подробнее

Flamant Style

Leonard Catherine, 2010

Flamant Style showcases the three Flamant brothers' world of discreet luxury and intimate charm: the ideal combination of individuality, comfort and modernisation. Their passion for decoration is immediately evident. The Flamant interior style guarantees a balance between the past and the present, between tradition and modernism, between sobriety and luxury. This beautiful book presents stunning photography from all Flamant collections, from the beginning of the company, until the present day. It includes text in English, Dutch and French. Подробнее

Salento Style

Congedo Fiorella, 2011

Country houses and town houses from Southern Italy with their collected, poetic, intimate spaces. Salento is located in the south-eastern extremity of Italy — located in the 'heel' of the Italian 'boot'. This book captures, in glorious photographs, the incredible interior design style of the region. Slowly becoming internationally recognised — just as 'Tuscan Style' before it — Salento Style encompasses an eclectic mix of fashions: at once simple, but sophisticated, rural and aristocratic, antique and contemporary. Подробнее

Les Premiers Retables: XII debut du XV siècles

Le Pogam Pierre-Yves, 2010

• Besides showing some of the most important altarpieces, the book contains a summary catalogue of all extant early altarpieces in France, making it a useful reference tool for scholars and libraries • Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musée du Louvre, Richelieu wing, April-July 2009 The central element of Christian liturgy, the altarpiece, placed above the alter, is a traditional work of art — a panel placed above and behind the altar, generally in a rectangular form, and made of the most varied materials and techniques, such as sculpture in stone, marble, alabaster, wood, ivory, metalwork, painting on stone, or wood etc. In its collections, the Musée du Louvre holds some remarkable examples of early altarpieces, which are complemented in the forthcoming exhibition by works from other museums and churches. They are mainly French altarpieces (retables), a reflection of the importance of France, and especially of Paris and Saint-Denis, in the genesis of these works of art. Although central to Christian liturgical decoration, altarpieces did not emerge until the 12th century. This book, and the accompanying exhibition recalls the origins of the genre and follows its evolution up to the early 15th century, when altarpieces assumed their more familiar forms. Contents: Introduction; The Altarpiece; The 12th Century; The 13th Century; The 14th Century; Late Gothic; Illustrated summary catalogue of the early French altarpieces not exhibited; Each section is followed by catalogue entries of the pieces shown in the exhibit. Text in French. Pierre-Yves Le Pogam is curator of Sculptures at the Musée du Louvre. Подробнее

Contemporary Living: Stones

San Pietro Silvio, 2009

This book inaugurates a series of publications under the title Stones devoted to interior design. This book showcases twenty such homes, twenty mini-narratives, each one conveying an individual lifestyle and design for living, and illustrative of the shifting frontiers in which the common denominator seems to be the quest for new interior models and functional blueprints that can express, through specifically architectural means, quite distinct identities. These fragments document the complex upheaval that interior design has been undergoing, branching out in all directions with a spate of new ideas on the home as the 'mirror of the soul', and meanwhile reinvesting the act of designing with its former poetic and conceptual contents. Text in English and Italian. Подробнее

New Exhibits 3: Made in Italy

San Pietro Silvio, 2009

The crucial importance of getting one's message across in today's media-driven society has prompted a surge of developments in the area of installation design. This book offers a critical update on the theme, and testifies to the acutely experimental approach adopted for installation projects, which involve interweaving input from a variety of different disciplines to produce a single focused design. The very temporary nature of installations gives a strong communication edge to all design features — be it a cultural message, for a product, or for entertainment — fostering a lively concentration of the various aspects of interior design. Text in English and Italian. Подробнее

The Black Paintings of Goya

Junquera Juan Jose, 1999

The Spanish master-painter Francisco de Goya (1746-1828) is revered not only for the delicate and sensitive treatment of his subjects but also for his radical political stance and modern sensibility. Towards the end of his life, embittered by the appalling cruelty of the Napoleonic Wars in Spain, Goya decorated the walls of his house outside Madrid with a series of 14 terrifying murals that depicted the underbelly of life and the remorselessness of human existence. Known as the Black Paintings, this series of murals is recognized as one of Goya's greatest masterpieces and now hangs in the Prado. Fully illustrated, this is the only book on the Black Paintings currently in print in English. A controversial narrative gives new interpretations of the artist's intention behind these grotesque works and shows how this period of Goya's work anticipated Surrealism and other aspects of 20th century artistic vision. Подробнее

Pops-À-Porter: Floral Patterns and Textures (+ CD-ROM) • An excellent source of inspiration for illustrators and fashion and graphic designers • Includes a free CD-ROM Pops-À-Porter: Floral Patterns & Textures is the second volume in a new series that offers decorative designs, patterns and textures specifically for use by designers. The book gathers together an array of floral patterns in bright colours that can be used to create a wide range of items, such as prints, embroideries and textiles. All designs illustrated in the book are royalty free and are available on the free CD-ROM enclosed; they can be applied to T-shirts, handbags, shoes, toys, advertising material, watches, mobile phones etc. Text in English and Spanish. Подробнее

Compton Verney

Soriano Kathleen, 2010

• Guide to the collections of an award-winning British art gallery • Compton Verney's collections focus on areas currently under-represented by British museum and galleries • Features the largest selection of British Folk Art in the UK Compton Verney, a Grade-I listed mansion house in Warwickshire, UK, was re-designed by Robert Adam in the 1760s and is set in parkland landscaped by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown. Compton Verney was bought by Compton Verney House Trust with financial support from the Peter Moores Foundation in 1993, by which time the house and grounds had fallen into decay, and it was decided that the mansion would be transformed into an art gallery. Opened to the public in 2004, there are six permanent collections, highlighting areas that are under-represented in the UK. Paintings from Naples represent a cross-section of masterpieces from the 'Golden Age' of Neapolitan art from 1600 to 1800. German medieval art includes work by Cranach, Riemenschneider and Schongauer. Compton Verney also holds exemplary collections of Chinese bronzes, British Folk Art, British portraits and objects collected by twentieth-century textile designer Enid Marx with the historian Margaret Lambert. This attractive new guide presents highlights of Compton Verney's six collections, including the latest acquisitions. Подробнее

The 1910s Scrapbook The Decade of the Great War

Opie Robert, 2009

• A nostalgic glimpse of a bygone age Retrospectively, we see the time of the 1910s being invaded with the images of the First World War, and yet in the early years of that decade people were focussed on events at home, whether King George V's coronation or the women involved in the suffragette movement. Another major event was the loss of the ocean liner Titanic in 1912. Then in 1914, the Great War devastated the tranquil life of post-Edwardian Britain, as recruiting posters rallied the youth of the Empire to the defence of France. The 1910s Scrapbook brings a new focus to this pivotal moment of the twentieth century, a time more often seen through the media of black and white film footage or sepia photographs. Over 1,000 colourful images tell the tale of ordinary people — their courage and humour, their patriotism and fortitude in the face of Zeppelin air raids, rationing and the decimation of a generation. This Scrapbook adds to our knowledge of the recent past, and is a companion volume to those covering the Victorian era, and the 1930s and 1950s. It also draws parallels and comparisons with the Second World War as seen in The Wartime Scrapbook. Above all, this book is a testament to those involved in the conflict of the Great War. Подробнее

Custom Lettering of the 60s and 70s

Hughes Rian, 2012

• A sourcebook of typographic inspiration that explores the custom lettering of the 60s and 70s «A labour of loving typographic archaeology byt he type designer and illustrator Rian Hughes» Eye, Winter 2010/2011 Custom Lettering of the 60s & 70s is a celebration of the beautiful and stylistically diverse hand-drawn lettering that was a unique feature of headline type before the advent of Letraset and the computer. Custom lettering gave designers' imaginations full rein to develop individualistic solutions unconstrained by typographic practicalities. This unique publication features over 4,500 examples of custom lettering — from craggy fonts that look like they're hewn from rock, to type with bullet holes, type made of rope, type on curved baselines, type with drop shadows, inlines, outlines, dramatic flourishes and feminine curlicues — it is all here! Custom Lettering of the 60s & 70s is an essential handbook for typographers, graphic designers, art directors, design students and just about anyone interested in the art of type or seeking typographic inspiration. Text in English, German & French. Подробнее

Richard Rogers + Architects: From the House to the City • Provides a unique insight into the work of British architect Richard Rogers and his partners • This publication is ideal for anybody working within the field as well as students and corporate and private patrons of architecture British architect Richard Rogers has been described as the last humanist, in recognition of his determination to create public spaces that encompass the diversity and complexity of the contemporary world. This book takes a look at the work of Rogers and his partners, from his early career in the Sixties and Seventies, to his collaboration with Renzo Piano on the design of the Pompidou Centre (1971-77), to numerous projects up to present day through his architectural practice, Richard Rogers Partnership (now Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners). Rogers and his team use new materials and innovative techniques to build structures that are lightweight, transparent and environmentally friendly. His buildings create a seductive interplay of light and shadow and are simple to understand and use. In this book, projects executed by Richard Rogers and his partners are presented in sections devoted to the various architectural themes that define his work: legible; transparent; lightweight; systems; green; urban; public; together with sections on both early work and work in progress. The Practice has won many awards including, exceptionally, the Stirling Prize for Terminal 4 Barajas Airport in 2006 and again in 2009 for Maggie's London. Richard Rogers is the 2007 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate, the recipient of the RIBA Gold Medal in 1985 and winner of the 1999 Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation Medal. Подробнее

Syrie Maugham: Staging the Glamorous Interior

Metcalf Pauline, 2010

Metcalf takes the reader on a transatlantic voyage, from the drawing rooms of Mayfair to the interiors of New York, Chicago, and Hollywood Acanthus Press celebrates the publication in April 2010 of Syrie Maugham: Staging the Glamorous Interior by author, lecturer, and authority in the preservation and restoration of late 19th and early 20th century American interiors, Pauline C. Metcalf. Maugham — trendsetter, fashion maven, and wife of internationally-renowned novelist, Somerset Maugham — created a world of ultra-chic style and elegance that was uniquely Syrie. With verve and flair, Metcalf takes the reader on a transatlantic voyage, from the drawing rooms of Mayfair to the interiors of New York, Chicago, and Hollywood as Syrie refines her famous «all-white room» style of the 1920s. With over three hundred photographs and illustrations, Syrie Maugham profiles the decorator's international clientele that included European aristocrats, American socialites, and Broadway stars who discovered in Syrie's blend of traditional elegance and the Style Moderne — console tables floating on dolphin bases, fringed sleigh beds, leather dining chairs, sheep skin rugs and miles of mirrors — a perfect expression of their own joie de vivre. Pauline C. Metcalf has spent her career researching, preserving, and restoring late 19th and early 20th century interiors. She has written and lectured widely on architecture, interiors, and collecting, particularly on influential women in these spheres. Ms. Metcalf has a masters degree in historic preservation from Columbia University and has served on the boards of various cultural organisations, including the Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island, and the Victorian Society of America. Her historical research benefits from her added perspective as a practicing interior designer. Подробнее

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