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Скачать книгу (размер 2 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 444) Аннотация: Like its successful predecessors 10x10 (published in 2000) and 10x10_2 (published in 2005), 10x10_3 is a comprehensive overview of contemporary world architecture. Generously illustrated, this volume presents 100 of the world's most exceptional emerging architects, selected by 10 esteemed members of the international architecture community. Arranged alphabetically by architect, the book features…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York in the years immediately following the Second World War and quickly became one of the most powerful and influential movements in the history of modern art. Building on developments in European avant-garde art of the preceding decades, a wave of artists such as Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Barnett Newman and Clyfford Still developed a new…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 440) Аннотация: «Art & Today» is an innovative and extensive survey of international contemporary art from the 1980s to the present. Over four hundred of the most significant contemporary artists from around the world are represented in this comprehensive overview — some emerging, some mid-career, and others long established. Each of the book's sixteen chapters address recurring and relevant themes as diverse as…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 308) Аннотация: The only up-to-date monograph on the work of Dutch product designer Hella Jongerius. Written by three experts on product design; Louise Shouwenberg, Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn. Includes over 300 photographs of Hella Jongerius' work, each selected by the designer. A specially commissioned Collector's Edition volume with a unique Jongerius vase is also available.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Thomas Gainsborough was one of the most brilliant and original portrait painters of the 18th-century, surpassing his great rival Reynolds with his abilty to capture a likeness and his superb handling of the paint. He was also a talented and sensitive landscape painter and has been hailed as the father of the British landscape school, paving the way for artists such as Constable and Turner. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The companion of Phaidon's popular The Endless City, Living in the Endless City will add the cities of Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Istanbul to the six cities of the first volume with the same mix of compelling photographs, in-depth and beautifully presented data, and smart writing by global thinkers. Each city is explored in a series of essays that address vital themes, from security to climate change,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Ancient Egyptian art has an enduring fascination. From the geometrical precision of the great pyramids at Giza to the golden treasures found in the tomb of Tutankhamun, the products of the Egyptian civilization attract and intrigue. Far from being art work in the modern sense, they represent the concrete expression of a profound belief in the primacy of the Egyptian way of life and the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: In 1994 the author revealed, for the first time, the astonishing lengths to which the Conservative government and its secret services were prepared to go to destroy the power of Britain`s miners` union. This edition has been updated for the 20th anniversary of the Miners` Strike. This photographic journey of the African-American struggle for equality begins in the mid-1800s and continues to the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Graphic Agitation 2 explores graphic protest in the digital age, in particular over the years since the Gulf War. The book deals with a range of protest imagery from hi-tech and low-tech to no-tech and is comprehensively illustrated with images ranging from lollipop wrappers to websites. Graphic Agitation 2 is a survey of social and political graphics since the early 1990s. It illustrates and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: «Jeff Wall (b.1946) adopts the nineteenth-century poet Baudelaire's famous description of one of his contemporaries as 'a painter of modern life' to describe his own very different work: huge transparencies mounted on to light boxes that diffuse a brilliant glow of white light evenly through his photographs of contemporary urban scenes and 'constructed' social situations. Wall is foremost among…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A survey of the life and times of Rembrandt van Rijn, one of the most famous and well-loved artists. From his precocious early work in his native Leyden to his emotional late work and his immense artistic influence, Rembrandt's life is traced within the context of the Netherlands in the 17th century, the highly literate and cosmopolitan environment of Amsterdam and Rembrandt's wealthy and…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «Born in Philadelphia, Steve McCurry studied history and cinematography at Pennsylvania State University before working as a freelance photographer in India. He is most famous for his evocative color photography, which has captured stories of human experience that, in the finest documentary tradition, transcend boundaries of language and culture. His career was launched when he crossed the…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: «The Art Museum is the finest art collection ever assembled between two covers. This revolutionary and unprecedented virtual art museum in a book, features 1,000 oversized pages of over 2,700 works of art. It is the most comprehensive and visually spectacular history of world art ever published. Ten years in the making, this unique book was created with a global team of specialists in all fields…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 504) Аннотация: The definitive photographic history of the first decade of the 21'st century. • Charts 500 political, cultural, scientific and sporting moments that shaped the period. • Every event clearly explained. • Sequel to Phaidon's New York Times best-selling Century.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: David Bailey revolutionized fashion and portrait photography in the 1960's with his spare, graphic aesthetic and irreverent approach to models and editors alike. Best known for his iconic portraits of artists, musicians and actors of the 1960's and 1970's, including Andy Warhol, the Rolling Stones and Catherine Deneuve, Bailey has gone on to publish work ranging from gritty London streetscapes to…

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: This is more than just a book of photographs. It is a modernist Japanese photograph album created from Oriental fabrics and papers, and bound by hand. It contains the work of Gueorgui Pinkhassov, a highly-acclaimed photographic artist, innovator and member of Magnum. The sense of innovation and artistry is carried through in the photographs which explore how singular details, plays of light and…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This is a portfolio of the best of Steve McCurry's photography: classical, magical and powerful images from South and Southeast Asia. McCurry takes photographs all over the world, for National Geographic magazine and his own projects, but it is the people, places, colours and forms of Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Myanmar (Burma) that have inspired his most sublime images —…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Prodigies in photography are singularly rare; women prodigies virtually unheard of.» — Abigail Solomon-Godeau. Francesca Woodman (1958-1981) has become one of the most talked about, most studied, and most influential of late twentieth century photographers. She started taking photographs when she was barely thirteen and in less than a decade created a body of work that has now secured her a…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: «Since the mid 1970s Roman Signer's work has examined the forces of the elements — air, fire, earth and water — in a combination of performance (documented by photography and video) and sculpture (the physical remains of his acts). With a Dadaist love for the absurd, his artworks include «Race» (1981), a video performance in which the artist races a lit fuse across a field (hopelessly behind from…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: «Professor E.H. Gombrich is acknowledged as one of the most influential scholars and thinkers of the 20th century. His writings include three major narrative works — «The Story of Art», «Art and Illusion» and «The Sense of Order» — and ten volumes of collected essays and reviews. This anthology presents a selection from all these books, as well as six pieces which have previously not been…