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Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: This latest volume in a successful series is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. 50 Paintings you should know Spanning seven centuries, this selection of fifty iconic paintings offers readers a crash course in art history while presenting gorgeous color reproductions that are a pleasure to contemplate. Starting with Giotto’s Arena Chapel frescoes and continuing…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Created during Alexander von Humboldt's historic expedition to the Americas and Cuba-hailed by many as the scientific discovery of America these intricate and delicately tinted prints record his revolutionary findings as he traveled through jungles, across rivers, and over mountainous terrain. The illustrations in the book give the English and Latin botanical names of the plants and are followed…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Imago Mundi aims to show the world through the unique perspective of the author, who expresses his personal perception of the world through pictograms, ideograms, logos, symbols and signs. This book is an instrument of communication and representation, through which we discover a creative interpretation of the world as seen through abstract signs pictographic textures and repeated designs. These…

Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: Full-colour illustrations and foldouts of Rothenberg's bestknown early works as well as exciting new paintings afford readers the chance to observe the evolution of Rothenberg's themes. From her earliest horse paintings through her spinning figures of the 1980s and early 1990s to her most recent series of paintings of dismembered puppets, this book highlights key compositional strategies in…

Скачать книгу (размер 723 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 143) Аннотация: For centuries Japanese potters have been turning out porcelain vessels, known for their purity of colour and perfection of form. In contrast, the work of Taizo Kuroda is revered not for its purity or precision, but for the luminous warmth and joyful asymmetry that makes his work both approachable and appealing to the senses. This monograph celebrates Kuroda's most beautiful creations — vessels…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The Nigerian film industry is the third largest in the world, after those of the United States and India. Nigerian films often deal with the moral dilemmas facing modern Africans today and tell stories familiar to African families: of religion, violence, AIDS, and economic hardship. Much as he did with his previous book, the hugely successful The Hyena & Other Men, Pieter Hugo documents the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Henry Moore is most celebrated for his monumental outdoor sculptures in many major cities around the world. Lesser known are the sculptor's plaster pieces, which represent an important stage in the development of his work leading up to the final bronze sculptures. Moore's sculptures are presentedalongside a generous selection of his drawings and carvings made during the last decades of his life.…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: For centuries artists have been expressing their ideas, faith, passion, and rage in three-dimensional works that reflect historical eras, tell stories, reveal mysteries, and even create scandals. Starting from ancient times and continuing through the Classical, Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Romantic, and Modern periods, this collection introduces readers to the artists and works that make…

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Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This book focuses on a world-renowned architectural firm that has contributed to China’s recent architectural boom. The architectural practice founded in 1965 by Meinhard von Gerkan and Volkwin Marg has become one of the largest, most wide-ranging and most influential in the world, and has garnered numerous international awards. Since the early 1990s von Gerkan, Marg and Partners (gmp) has been a…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Tracing Miro's career, this book begins in the 1920s with the artist's introduction to surrealism, cubism, and dadaism, and the flowering of his friendships with Picasso, Braque and other influential artists and poets. It moves on to his creation of an iconographic pictorial style, which reached maturity in the 1940s and forever distinguished Miro from his contemporaries. Nearly one hundred of…

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