Скачать книгу (размер 1 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 244) Аннотация: A master of light, a genius with details and materials, and a connoisseur of art, Ugo di Pace established his reputation as one of the leading architects and interior designers in Brazil with a stunning series of homes. In addition to designing breathtakingly elegant interiors, di Pace is a furniture designer, art and design collector, and a student of contemporary Brazilian culture. He has…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: In this visually stunning book, Ralph Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art, including his most important, most iconic, and most beloved work handpicked from hundreds of runway shows, collections, and his signature cinematic advertising campaigns. Here is a rare peek into the mind of one of Americas most accomplished fashion designers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The divergent personalities profiled in this book have collectively engineered entirely new ways of seeing, expanding their influence well beyond Japan and into the arts of Asia, Western Europe, and North America. Featuring the work of renowned talents as well as rising stars, this book is organized around the physical city and the role of the megalopolis as both the site and inspiration for an…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: Miami is a world-renowned, cosmopolitan city with an architectural history to match. Its many treasures include not only Miami Beach's Art Deco buildings and Coral Gables, but also the houses and commercial buildings of the immediate postwar era, tropical vernacular architecture, mid-century modernism, and avant-garde high-rise buildings on the waterfront. What all these creations have in common…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated volume documents the residential works of master architect Richard Meier.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: In the early 20th-century, architects designing houses for the balmy climate of Southern California were influenced by the style of the villas and palaces that dominated the architecture of Italy, France, Spain, Greece, and Morocco, and a few other North African locales. The resulting style-noted for its pleasing combination of simplicity and dignity, for its often asymetrical undecorated…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Tord Boontje incorporates a romantic, artisanal sensibility to contemporary industrial and product design, drawing from a rich graphic tradition to create objects of exceptional beauty and delicacy. One of the most original and innovative product and furniture designers working today, Boontje is an artist and a craftsman, and in designs for Swarovski, Artecnica, and Moroso, his lamps, chairs,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 482 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 488) Аннотация: This volume, with more than 400 reproductions, will be the most comprehensive publication to date on Lucian Freud, covering a span of seventy years and including many works not previously reproduced. The result is a corpus of great works that reveal him to be the premier heir today of Rembrandt, Courbet, and Cézanne. The book includes not only Freud’s paintings but also his sketches,…
Скачать книгу (размер 947 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 187) Аннотация: Questo romanzo è la storia di un progressivo inoltrarsi nel sogno di un silenzio assoluto, che il giovane narratore compie con ritmi e colpi di scena. Chi è quest'uomo anonimo, che potrebbe essere chiunque e decide di ricercare un silenzio totale, a cui il mondo esterno si rivolta aumentando il suo fragore immorale e malefico? La lotta contro il frastuono per la conquista del silenzio…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Louise Brooks has become one of the most spectacular icons of early cinema. Her distinctive «bob» haircut looks as modern as they did when she first appeared in films in 1925. Louise Brooks was born on November 14, 1906 in Cherryvale, Kansas, and by eighteen had established herself as a dancer with the Ziegfeld Follies, and was receiving film offers from both MGM and Paramount. In 1928, she…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 294 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 255) Аннотация: Alberto Pinto is among the most celebrated interior designers at work today and is known primarily for his highly creative use of color and texture to achieve the effect of unparalleled opulence. Here, Pinto turns his attention to the most intimate and personal space in any home — the bedroom. Pinto succeeds in giving each of the fifty-one bedrooms featured in this illustrated volume his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A glorious celebration of the singular sophistication of English furniture, this lavishly illustrated volume features more than 150 objects from the world-class collection of Hyde Park Antiques — one of the most prestigious purveyors of objects from England's history — showcased among charming illustrations of period interiors, exquisite drawings from cabinet-makers' albums, and contemporary…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «Owen Jones was, and still remains, a highly influential force in the world of architecture and design. His prolific and impressive work—captured here in its various stages through drawings, architectural plans, and photographs—is as current, imaginative, and important now as when it first emerged more than 125 years ago. Owen Jones: Design, Ornament, Architecture & Theory in an Age in Transition…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The Floridian paradise for modern residential architecture during the 50's and 60's, on par with the West Coast oasis Palm Springs, and now of great stylistic influence for tropical homeowners.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The Rizzoli Art Classics series brings you Piero della Francesca, Titian, Caravaggio, and Velázquez, all in beautifully illustrated monographs, offering high-quality reproductions in compact, accessible volumes. These books feature a literary introduction by a renowned art historian, a thoroughly researched essay, and captions describing the artist's most famous canvases. A useful appendix…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A beautiful record of America's jazz age, Jazz Age Beauties celebrates the original Ziegfeld Follies girls with gorgeous portraits and publicity stills by photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston — a star maker of the 1920s and '30s. With more than 100 beautiful vintage photographs of Broadway starlets and silent film actresses, Jazz Age Beauties is an evocative and nostalgic ode to a glamorous era of…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Prairie Skyscraper traces the history and evolution of Wright's recently restored nineteen-story-skyscraper masterwork, which takes its place beside the S.C. Johnson Wax Research Tower as one of Wright's only two vertical structures-and, at 221 feet tall-his largest. Built as a multi-use skyscraper in 1956, the building is now a luxury hotel and arts center, featuring collections of the works of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Prior to the 1960s, Andrew Wyeth enjoyed a stellar reputation as a rising star in the art world. Since then, critics and scholars have largely ignored him. Wyeth, however, who is age 88 at the date of publication, has continued to paint, to the delight of his admirers, collectors, and the art-loving public. Now, in association with the High Museum exhibition, Andrew Wyeth: Memory & Magic takes a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Frank Lloyd Wright is not only synonymous with architecture, his name is also synonymous with the American house in the twentieth century. In particular, his residential work has been the subject of continuing interest and controversy. Wright's Fallingwater (1935), the seminal masterpiece perched over a waterfall deep in the Pennsylvania highlands, is perhaps the best-known private house in the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Jed Johnson: Opulent Restraint is the first book to chronicle the fascinating career, work and times of an interior design superstar whose life was cut short in 1996 by the disastrous explosion of TWA Flight 800. From humble beginnings in Minnesota, Johnson rose to prominence in nineteen-seventies New York, via the Warhol Factory, to the highest echelons of the rarified world of design and…