Скачать книгу (размер 2 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 412) Аннотация: The Florentine architect and sculptor Filippo Brunelleschi (1377 — 1446) was a key figure in the Italian Renaissance. This comprehensive monograph, written by the respected art historian Eugenio Battisti, considers Brunelleschi's major contribution to Renaissance culture, discussing his interpretation of classical antiquity and his experiments with perspective. These led to the development of a…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 150 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 815) Аннотация: «India: The Cookbook» is the first comprehensive guide to Indian cooking, with over 1,000 recipes covering every aspect of India's rich and colourful culinary heritage. Unlike many other Indian cookbooks, it is written by an Indian culinary academic and cookbook author who lives and works in Delhi, and the recipes are a true reflection of how traditional dishes are really cooked all over India.…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Tibet has suffered extreme political turmoil and upheaval over the last 50 odd years. Occupied in 1950, Red Guards destroyed thousands of official buildings and holy places during the Cultural Revolution, and religious freedom and traditional education are still severely under threat. Due to the strength of Tibetan faith in Buddha, in the Dalai Lama, and against the odds, many buildings have been…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: It was during the depth of the Great Depression of the late 1920s and 30s, when at least 14 million people were out of work in the USA, that Dorothea Lange (1895 — 1965) first ventured out on the streets with her camera. In 1935 a report on migrant workers, illustrated with Lange's photographs, came to the attention of Roy Stryker and in response he invited Lange to become a member of the Farm…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: An intimate portrait of its stars Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable and Montgomery Clift — three of the most charismatic actors of all time. Contains 200 exclusive images by nine of the most famous Magnum photographers, including Henri Cartier-Bresson, Eve Arnold and Elliot Erwitt, who had exclusive access to the shoot. An essay by Serge Toubiana accompanies a revealing interview between himself and…
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Max does conjuring tricks, Geoffrey invents a secret code, and Nicholas learns that walking on your hands is much harder than turning somersaults. The Nicholas books have been constant bestsellers in France and across Europe for over fifty years, and are fast becoming as popular in the English-speaking world. Nicholas's adventures and exploits are brought to life by Rene Goscinny, the author of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 212 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 239) Аннотация: The first comprehensive monograph covering the complete career of Elliott Erwitt (b.1928), one of the leading photographers of his generation, and an influential member of the Magnum photographic agency since 1954. Offers a snapshot of the famous and the ordinary, the strange and the amusing over a 50-year period, through the lens of one of the period's finest image makers. Contains over 200…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Considers electronic media in European as well as American art. This work outlines the importance of figures neglected by art history, including engineers and collaborators. It also addresses the reaction, development and future of artistic practice in the face of technology, and how art can 'humanize and mythologize' science.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Stephen Shore, who has captured the spirit of an age in his photographs, is one of contemporary art's photographers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Reveals the revolution that took place when a whole generation of artists experimented with the idea of art as an idea. Shows how artists such as Robert Morris, Sol Lewitt and Marcel Broodthaers challenged traditional notions of the art object through unprecedented use of language, actions, processes and forms derived from mass media.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A survey of one of the most controversial epochs art history, the Modern Movement, this text combines a critical eye with a historian's insight into wider trends. It reflects the changes that have swept across the art world since 1960, challenging the old assumptions and certainties. As it reviews the worldwide view, the book's central argument is that the art world is no longer hierarchical but…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A rebellious youth who chose a career as an artist against his father's wishes, Michelangelo (1475-1564) went on to be recognized as one of the outstanding talents of his age. Such was the degree of fame and wealth that he acquired that he became a legend within his own lifetime. In the centuries since his death his work has been almost universally admired, and he has been cast as the prototype…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) was the most important European artist in a period of extraordinary upheaval. A participant in the French Revolution, he then witnessed the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte. A revolutionary in both art and life, David took painting away from the frivolity of the Rococo towards the dramatic moral force of neoclassicism. Passionate, intense, fiercely ambitious and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Celebrations of city streets; tranquil vistas of the countryside and seashore; enchanting images of the leisured classes in domestic interiors or at fashionable Parisian cafes — the work of the Impressionists gives pleasure to art lovers everywhere. But while Impressionism today may appear natural and effortless, contemporaries were shocked by the loose handling of paint and the practice of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: This is an introduction to cubism, the movement often seen as the single most important development in the history of 20th-century art. The book offers an account of the origins of the style in the dialogue between Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso between 1907 and 1914. It traces cubism's evolution in the work of these two artists as well as Juan Gris, Fernand Leger, Robert Delaunay, Andre…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The resulting artworks (such as his project for the Reichstag in Berlin, Der Bevolkerung [To The Population, 1999]) have often drawn immense controversy. Haacke is a unique figure in post-war art, and his work has touched on such diverse movements as Conceptual, Pop, Minimal and Land art.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The Aesthetic Movement swept through England in the latter part of the nineteenth century, touching every sphere of the fine and decorative arts and bringing a new freedom to all aspects of design. In architecture, the dogmatism of Gothic gave way to the charm of Queen Anne. In interiors, heavy Victorian forms were replaced by the lighter, fresher Japanese-inspired shapes and in the graphic arts,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: This is a visual history of the world's greatest film festival, the Cannes festival, from its beginnings in 1939 to the present day. It includes a beautiful collection of portraits of the greatest film stars, actors and directors from around the world. It provides 600 photographs taken by three generations of photographers from the Traverso family. From Louis Lumiere to Quentin Tarantino, Grace…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Documents the mapping and discovery by the West of Asia and its trade routes; includes rare maps spanning 2,000 years of cartographic history.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Offers an overview of the most innovative houses built around the world — in Europe, the United States, Mexico, Latin America, Japan, China, and Australia. This book presents 33 houses in 15 countries, by both distinguished architects and designers.