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Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The debate surrounding hand drawing versus computer-generated imagery has become a hot topic. Having grown up with computers, todays interior design and architecture students are extremely adept at creating computer imagery, but often lack confidence in their freehand sketching skills, or do not know how to sketch at all. Sketching, and the careful observation that it entails, is essential for…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Christian Dior achieved immortality with his first collection in 1947. His New Look amazed the world as it emerged after wartime austerity, and reset the boundaries of modern elegance. Diors search for the perfect line and the ideal silhouette has been celebrated by couturiers of the first rank: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferre, John Galliano have all made their distinctive…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: I perhaps owe it to flowers, wrote Claude Monet (1840 1926), that I became a painter. His fascination with trees, while perhaps of equal intensity, is less well-documented. One of the leading figures of the Impressionist movement and perhaps the most celebrated landscape painter of his age, Monet dedicated his life to capturing the subtleties of the natural world. Trees willows enveloped in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Garden and landscape designers are adept at interpreting outdoor spaces and transforming them into creatively conceived environments. Their ideas rarely come spontaneously: rather, the thoughtful designer considers a space from different perspectives or for several seasons, working out spacing, planting, materials, and color schemes in detailed preparatory sketchbooks. For this unique…

Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Emil Nolde was one of the most important exponents of Expressionism, and is considered one of the main precursors of modernism. His virtuosic handling of color and the incomparable expressiveness of his paintings, water colors, and Unpainted Pictures astound viewers again and again, and ensure that every exhibition of his work is a sellout. This volume was produced in close collaboration with the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: What happens when a cat becomes the subject of da Vinci s Mona Lisa or takes the starring role in Hamlet or Lawrence of Arabia? Susan Herbert s feline interpretations of famous images from Western culture have charmed and amused readers for decades. Cats Galore brings together illustrations from the affectionately envisioned Pre-Raphaelite Cats, Shakespeare Cats, Movie Cats, and Opera Cats as…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: This unashamed visual feast celebrates the best designed and illustrated picturebooks from around the world over the past one hundred years. Each book is a creation of genius and inventiveness, and their design and illustration represent such diverse trends as the Russian Constructivists, Italian Futurists, and Postwar Neo-romantics. They are also mirrors of their times reflecting social concerns…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: What is a true 1950s look, as opposed to a 1930s or 1940s look? This book aims to address that question by thoroughly surveying the development of graphic design over the course of the 20th century. Timelines for each decade highlight key moments, styles and movements, while profiles of thirty influential graphic designers three per decade are interspersed throughout the book.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: This book includes bold, monumental, atmospheric, architectural letters with relief and shadow define great periods of confidence and optimism. Shadows add intrigue and spectacle to otherwise mundane words. And theyre back in style. Drawn from a particularly rich period in the history of shadow type, from the 19th to the mid-20th century, this is the first compilation of popular, rare and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Fanny is an extended portrait of a young girl's transition from child to woman. Made over a period of 23 years, the images are at once beautiful in their detail of light and identity and also frankly anthropological in their descriptive effect. A naturist since birth, Fanny's comfort with nudity and her natural self has allowed Sturges to draw an engaging portrait of the evolution of a human…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Featuring all kinds of dogs — big, small, graceful, cute, funny — The Book of the Dog is a cool and quirky collection of dog art and illustration by artists around the world. Interspersed through the illustrations are short texts about the artists and different breeds, paying homage to man's best friend. Beautifully designed and packaged, the book will appeal to dog lovers of all ages.

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Every year since 1958 an international jury has convened in Holland under the auspices of the World Press Photo Foundation to choose the finest press photographs of the year. Universally recognized as the definitive competition for photographic reporting, it draws submissions from photojournalists, newspapers, and magazines throughout the world. Publishing the results of the most recent…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: A chronicle of the key ideas that have shaped the adverts we see everyday, 100 Ideas That Changed Advertising offers a fascinating insight into an ever- changing and fast-moving industry. Arranged broadly chronologically, the book looks at the overnight revolutions, the flashes of inspiration and the long-term evolutions that advertisers have wrought upon their industry. Author Simon Veksner…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: With his arresting, unsettling style, George Condo emerged out of the dynamism of the New York art scene in the early 1980s, and he has been restlessly painting, drawing and sculpting — bringing forms into the world in one way or another — ever since. Reliably inconsistent, Condo's references and inspirations, in both style and content, ricochet deliriously around the canon of western art…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great, the Hermitage Museum is one of the largest museums in the world. In early 2000, it was decided that the eastern wings General Staff Building (182030) should be converted into a museum of 19th and 20th century art, and an international architectural competition was held. St Petersburg-based Studio 44 won the commission for the elegant manner with which it…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Evolution of Type takes the reader on a journey through the development of type design and typographic style from the mid-15th century to the present day, by way of 100 typefaces. Chosen to represent the key elements of style and form used by the punch cutters, calligraphers and designers of their day, and presented in chronological order according to release date, each typeface is discussed…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Greek sculpture is full of breathing vitality and yet, at the same time, it reaches beyond mere imitation of nature to give form to thought in works of timeless beauty. For over 2000 years the Greeks experimented with representing the human body in works that range from prehistoric abstract simplicity to the full-blown realism of the age of Alexander the Great. The ancient Greeks invented the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This is a monograph, manual and manifesto by one of the world's leading graphic designers. Protege of design legend Massimo Vignelli and partner in the New York office of the international design firm Pentagram, Michael Bierut has had one of the most varied careers of any living graphic designer. The 35 projects Bierut presents in this book illustrate the breadth of activity that graphic design…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: What drives artists to represent people as they do? This question, at the heart of figurative art, and how we represent ourselves as a society, is especially relevant today. Author Charlotte Mullins picks up the conversation at a time when the art world is influenced by the proliferation of images of all kinds, across all mediums, as well as a growing interest in figurative art. Profiles of…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Once upon a time, illegal graffiti and street art were modest in scale, hastily created in hours or even minutes and destroyed just as quickly by authorities, vandals, or the weather. Now, however, architects, urban planners, and development companies have begun to support the creation of large murals, allowing street artists and graffiti artists to make carefully planned, more permanent works,…