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Paolo Veronese

Zamperini Alessandra, 2014

This authoritative survey of the work of Italian Renaissance painter Paolo Veronese presents masterfully reproduced works accompanied by an astute text by Alessandra Zamperini. Подробнее

The Secret Paris of the 30s

Brassai Gilberte, 2001

One of the most evocative photographic memoirs every published. It was known that Brassai had taken a series of 'secret photographs' which could not be published because of their daring nature — the forbidden Paris, a sordid bas-monde where high society mingled with the underworld. Подробнее

The Body in Contemporary Art

O'Reilly Sally, 2009

»The Body in Contemporary Art» presents an international survey of art made over the last two decades in which the human form is central. Featuring work across a range of media, from painting and sculpture to installation, video art and performance, the book examines the different roles played by the body in art, from being the subject of portraiture to becoming an active presence in live and participatory events. Including the work of both internationally renowned and up-and-coming artists from Francis Alys, Marlene Dumas and Matthew Barney to Oleg Kulik, Olafur Eliasson and Ernesto Neto, the book shows how the body continues to be pivotal to our understanding and expression of our place in the universe. Подробнее

Colour in Art

Gage John, 2007

This new book by John Gage, author of the award-winning Colour and Culture, is wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the place and power of colour in life and art. Brilliant reproductions of works by such artists as Wassily Kandinsky, Vincent van Gogh, Josef Albers and Anish Kapoor accompany the discussion, which ranges from synaesthesia, Theosophy and theatre design to chromotherapy and chromophobia. Подробнее

Blumenfeld Studio: Color, New York, 1941-1960

Blumenfeld Erwin, 2013

Every page is seen by millions of people, so we are responsible for the taste of tomorrow. Our images are the essence itself of the page, and every page needs its proper face, its proper spirit, in order to catch the attention of millions. Else it is nothing else but a piece of paper printed upon. Erwin Blumenfeld Erwin Blumenfeld was one of the most sought-after and best-paid fashion photographers of his time, shooting for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan and Life. Influenced by the surrealists and the artistic avant-gardes, he challenged the genre's conventions in his early fashion photographs with fascinating originality and perfection. Although Blumenfeld left to posterity a considerable oeuvre of colour photographs, so far only his magazine spreads were really known. For this volume, the original slides were recovered from Blumenfeld's extensive archive and digitally reconstructed. His compositions can thus be seen for the first time in their original form and colourfulness. Подробнее

William Eggleston: At Zenith In April 1979, a book of fifteen colour photographs by William Eggleston was published in a limited edition of twenty. The photographs were taken from the second chapter of an unpublished larger work entitled Wedgewood Blue. Amidst his publications Chromes (2011), Los Alamos Revisited (2012), and the upcoming Democratic Forest (2014) and Election Eve (2016), all documenting his lifetime work, At Zenith constitutes a calm and experimental intermezzo from Eggleston's familiar loudness and intensity of colours. The photographer pointed his camera at the sky to focus on the clouds rolling by. Подробнее

If We Shadows

Bailey David, 2000

In this collection of classic work from the 1980s, Bailey abstains from any comment or explanation but shows the reader the world of a mature photographer whose vision has been sharpened by time. Подробнее

Hegarty on Creativity: There Are No Rules

Hegarty John, 2014

Creativity isn't an occupation; it's a preoccupation. It is challenge for everyone in the modern world — from business and advertising to education and beyond. Here, the world-famous advertising creative John Hegarty offers a pocket bible of creative thinking, aimed at provoking, challenging, and inspiring greater heights of innovation. From Renaissance art to rock 'n' roll, Hegarty takes a wide-angle view of creativity as he sets out to demystify the many ups-and-downs that can arise during the creative process. Paralyzed by the blank page? Daunted by cynics in the workplace? Money leading you astray? Hegarty combines personal experience and anecdotes along with clear, pragmatic, and good-humored insight into tackling all creative challenges head on. Over fifty entries, including Good is the Enemy of Great, Respect Don't Revere, Get Angry, and Bad Weather relay useful and generous advice on how best to improve, sustain, and nurture creativity in any profession. Accompanied by copious irreverent line drawings from Hegarty's own sketchpad, Hegarty on Creativity is concise, accessible, and richly rewarding. Подробнее

Cracking Animation: The Aardman Book of 3-D Animation

Lord Peter, 2010

Shows you how to make your own successful animation films. This book guides the reader through the entire process of 3D animation, culminating in a practical, illustrated step-by-step description of how to create effective characters, a storyboard, sets, and eventually make an entire film. Подробнее

Racing Driver: How to Drive Racing Cars Step by Step

Chapman Giles, 2014

Racing Driver is a thrill-a-minute training course that shows children how the worlds fastest racing cars are driven. The book is divided into three types of spread that encourage the child to imagine speeding around the track and becoming a racing champion. Driving school looks at the engineering and science of driving. On the track puts the child behind the wheel in a variety of high-speed cars, including stock cars, Formula 1 cars and sports racers. In this section, the child can find out how to speed off the grid, negotiate corners and deal with skids. Feature boxes include a checklist of things to remember; fast facts with fascinating tips and trivia; and step-by-step sequences detailing race strategies for finishing first. The final ID section pages explain how to identify different kinds of racing cars, including historical models. Подробнее

Illusion Confusion: The Wonderful World of Optical Deception

Paul M. Baars, 2014

This comprehensive survey of optical illusions includes an astonishing range of images from ancient times to the present. Covering illusions of depth, inversions, vibration effects, ambiguous figures, camouflage, anamorphic art, tessellations and other brain-teasing illusions, it presents examples from psychology, the popular press, the decorative arts, contemporary street art and the fine arts. M. C. Escher, Picasso, Vasarely, Magritte, Liu Bolin, Jos de Mey and other artists are generously represented. Reflecting author Paul Baarss deep engagement with the art and science of optical illusions, this book supersedes all others on the subject. Подробнее

My First Book of Animals

Navarro Angels, 2014

These enchanting books introduce children to four perennially popular subjects: animals, letters, numbers and toys. Each book features thirty engaging games with activities involving colouring, recognition, classification, counting, searching and more, as well as one double spread of stickers. This beautifully designed collection will both educate and entertain all children of three and over. Подробнее

My First Book of Toys

Navarro Angels, 2014

These enchanting books introduce children to four perennially popular subjects: animals, letters, numbers and toys. Each book features thirty engaging games with activities involving colouring, recognition, classification, counting, searching and more, as well as one double spread of stickers. This beautifully designed collection will both educate and entertain all children of three and over. Подробнее

Designing Here/Now: A Global Selection of Objects, Concepts and Spaces for the Future Design touches every aspect of our lives and has become one of the most exciting and fast-moving industries, enlivening businesses, stimulating economies and solving humanitys most pressing problems. Increasingly connected to the developments in technology, design has also become one of the most dynamic areas of exploration, with design schools and professions exploding across the globe. It is difficult to keep pace with the most relevant innovations, to detect the signal from the noise of product releases and marketing campaigns, but one arbiter of the profession has been presenting the design worlds best work since 1995: Core77, a platform that some consider one of the very first online magazines, sponsoring reviews, lectures and exhibitions, and working with many of the leading design agencies and design-led companies, such as Apple, Nike, Philips, DuPont, Braun and many others. For the past several years, it has hosted a unique set of design awards, juried by the worlds design experts, which has attracted a dazzling spectrum of international practices. From consumer products to speculative ventures, from transportation to visual communication, from design writing to food design, the entrants and winners of the Core77 Design Awards capture the spirit and preoccupations of the design industry, and the best work chosen by panels of jury members that include design luminaries from the U.S., Europe, India and China. Designing Here/Now is no ordinary survey of the current state of design: it offers a large-scale overview of how design can change our personal and professional lives in fresh and often unexpected ways. Подробнее

Pre-Raphaelite Cats

Herbert Susan, 2014

Susan Herberts feline versions of famous paintings have delighted cat and art-lovers everywhere. In this book, now available in paperback, she turns her eye to the works of the Pre-Raphaelite painters, whose popularity is reaching new heights today. The epitome of their style and period, these wonderful paintings can be viewed in a new and entrancing way when their protagonists are endearing cats. The Beggar Maid, more beautiful than day in Tennysons poem, takes on a particularly touching relationship with King Cophetua, while Medea gives new meaning to the word enchantress as she prepares the ingredients for a spell. And were ever two creatures so frightened and so abandoned as the poor cat princes wickedly imprisoned in the Tower, or two lovers so sad and so stoical as the young officer cat and his fiancee on the eve of the Battle of Waterloo? A special feature of this book is its inclusion of small black-and-white reproductions of all the original paintings that have inspired Susan Herbert. Once again she has risen to the challenge of endowing the worlds best- loved works of art with a certain feline charm. Подробнее

The Pre-Raphaelite Circle

Marsh Jan, 2013

The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood lent its name to one of the most significant and innovative artistic movements of the Victorian age. Jan Marsh's lively and revealing account of these remarkable men and women explores the individual personalities, the close friendships and the artistic force that bound this diverse group together. Подробнее

The Royal Baby Book: A Souvenir Album What is it like to be a new royal baby, and the heir to a throne? From baby's first shoes, embroidered with tiny crowns, to golden rattles and miniver-trimmed short coats, this new book, the latest in Royal Collection Trust's best-selling series of Souvenir Albums, tells the story of eight royal babies, from Queen Victoria to the new Prince. Using a wealth of previously unpublished items and documents from the Royal Collection and Royal Archives, it details the lives of seven of these royal babies from infancy and babyhood to first steps, and on to first days at school. Here are the dolls and teddy-bears, the prams and cots and tricycles, the lost teeth and locks of hair that all parents know and treasure, together with the little notes in childish scrawl, the family photographs, and the first dainty sets of 'best clothes'. And where else could such a celebration of baby- and childhood end, but with a chapter devoted to our new Prince, to bring this happy history up to the present day. The Royal Baby Book is the official souvenir publication to mark the birth of the new heir to the throne and will delight anyone who has ever had a baby in their life, royal or otherwise. Подробнее

The Street Photographers Manual

Gibson David, 2014

Street photography has been around since the very first cameras were invented, producing some of the most poignant images of our time. Today, a wave of new technology has given this photographic genre a new lease of life, from phone cameras to specialist lenses to digital zooms. The Street Photography Manual leads the reader through a series of fully illustrated tutorials, including how to shoot a face in a crowd and how to train your eye to observe and capture the unexpected. Readers will be inspired by some of the best street photographers in the world, and then go forth and create their own memorable images. Подробнее

Michelangelo: Skira MINI Artbooks

Gamba Claudio, 2009

Michelangelo is generally recognized as one of the greatest artists of all time, a universal genius in all fields of visual creativity—sculpture, painting, and architecture—as well as a widely admired poet. Much has been written on him. This pocket-sized history of Michelangelo’s art and life guides readers from Tondo Doni (about 1505) to the Rondanini Pietà (1564) and teaches them to easily understand his famous works as well as the lesser-known masterpieces. Подробнее

My Paris

Ehrenburg Ilya, 2008

The Paris of Ilya Ehrenburg knows no Louvre or Notre Dame and shows the Eiffel Tower crouching behind shabby facades and building timber. The Paris in which the Russian revolutionary lived from 1908 to 1940 was a place in which completely normal people with little money and hope struggled through life. Ehrenburg photographed them at their doors and in cafes, at work and at rest, in their poverty and dignity, and wrote brief texts that describe them. My Paris is an impressive work of photographic social reporting. It presents portraits of the elderly and children, workers and outcasts and stands in stark contrast to the glamorous Paris of so many idealized representations. The book was published in Moscow in 1933. El Lissitzky used very clear typography that puts a gentle rhythm into the book. Moi Parizh — My Paris is an extremely rare object, which is presented anew as a reprint. Подробнее

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