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Parchikov Tim: Suspense

Скачать книгу (размер 682 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 135) Аннотация: Tim Parchikov has developed a conceptual approach out of his travel experiences, capturing the world with an uneasy and curious eye, rendering it at the same time hyper-real and yet pictorial. Suspense project is the visual manifesto of the new lost' generation of young people who at the turn of the century acquired complete freedom of information and movement as well as the illusion of…

Leonardo da Vinci 1452-1519: The Design of the World

Скачать книгу (размер 3 135 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 616) Аннотация: This volume represents a unique opportunity to admire and understand, from a comprehensive perspective, Leonardos extraordinary complexity as an artist, painter and sketcher, and, in part, his work as a scientist and technologist. This alluring volume is meant to illustrate, through twelve sections, some central themes in Leonardos entire artistic and scientific career, underlining some constants…

Somazzi Claudio: BMW: Motorcycles of the Century — Guide to Models 1923-2000

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: A reference book written by collectors for collectors. An essential guide to estimate and buy vintage motorbikes from this prestigious international brand. Ninety years after the first BMW, the R32, was created in 1923, this magnificent volume serves as a unique source of reference for all collectors and enthusiasts of vintage BMW motorbikes. With precise images and technical information on every…

John E. Bowlt: The Russian Avant-Garde: Siberia and the East

Скачать книгу (размер 1 620 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 319) Аннотация: This book is devoted to the complex relationship between Russian art and the East — be it the Russian East or the Far East — with special focus on the radical artists who shaped the development of modern art a century ago. The rituals of Siberian shamans, the ancient funerary sculptures from the steppes seen as a crystallized presence of archaic and everlasting forms of worship, Chinese popular…

John E. Bowlt: Of Peace and War: A Spanish Collection of Russian Art

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: Assembled during the last twenty years, the Jose Maria Castane collection of paintings, drawings, and prints constitutes a panorama of late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russian art, one of the most exciting moments of modern cultural history. Unlike other representations in the West, however, the Castane collection does not focus exclusively on the avant-garde, Socialist Realism or the…

Michela De Poli: An Atlas of Recycled Landscapes

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The book examines remediated sites, reclaimed quarries, former landfills, terrains vagues, and unused spaces that have been recognized in the last twenty years as potential venues for the development of new social, economic, and environmental assets. It provides a 'map' of the state of the art internationally and describes what has been achieved to date, opening a window onto possible scenarios…

Klyukin Vasily: Designing Legends

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The visionary projects by architect Vasily Klyukin. As skyscrapers emerge in large numbers, only the most beautiful of them become symbols of the cities that host them. This book presents Vasily Klyukin's projects: towers and residential buildings that have not found their home yet but will be built in the future and become architectural symbols of our age.

Vicuna: The Queen of the Andes

Скачать книгу (размер 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 178) Аннотация: After Baby Cashmere and The Lotus Flower, Loro Piana tells us the story of the vicuña and its coveted fibre. The vicuña is a small camelid that lives in the high alpine areas of the Andes. Prized since the time of the Incas for its extraordinarily soft and fine wool, and deeply venerated by the ancients, the vicuña was long threatened with extinction, being hunted indiscriminately…

Descendre Nadine: Halim Al Karim

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The first complete monograph on the Iraqi artist Halim Al-Karim will appeal to anyone interested in following one of the world's most exciting artist. This is the second title in the Contemporary Arab Artists series, whose mission is to establish a living link between the Arab-Muslim world and the Western art scene.

LaFerrari: Dynamic Art

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: What process lies behind the search for excellence in a sports car? This book reveals the work put into the production of the new supercar, LaFerrari a car whose ambitions are evident through its very name. A voyage of discovery of the Italian passion, method and excellence which created an authentic masterpiece on four wheels, told through the stories of the characters who have worked on the…

Cai Guo-Qiang: Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: «The perspective of one of the most influential contemporary artists on the complex web of conceptual and material connections between China and the Arab world. Saraab («mirage» in Arabic) is the catalog of Cai Guo-Qiang’s first solo exhibition in the Middle East. It is a journey of personal and artistic discovery that demonstrates the emotional breadth of Cai’s work, from the intimate to the…

Maggia Filippo: Contemporary Photography from India and South America: The Tenth Parallel North

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A clear interpretation of contemporary reality of India and South America through the language of images. Among the Indian artists: Samanta Batra Metha, Nikhil Chopra, Priyanka Dasgupta, Amar Kanwar, Fariba Salma Alam, Ketaki Sheth, Sudarshan Shetty, Dayanita Singh, Raghubir Singh, Vivan Sundaram. Among the South American artists: Claudia Andujar (Brasile), Adriana Bustos (Argentina), Luz Maria…

Fuesser Thomas: Short Cuts: Artists in China

Скачать книгу (размер 2 696 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 530) Аннотация: The first, intimate visual documentation of artists who have influenced and transformed the Chinese art scene over the last two decades German photographer Thomas Fuesser has been following artists in China since 1993, when he was first invited by renowned Dutch curator Hans van Dijk (19462002) to join a group of foreign journalists and photographers to visit the up-and-coming members of the then…

Une Image of Faisal Samra

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The first title of the Skira Contemporary Arab Artists series, directed by Brahim Alaoui, previous director of the Museum of the Institute of the Arab World in Paris. Bahraini-born Saudi national Faisal Samra graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked as an art and graphic design consultant for the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), and later a stage…

Guegan: Painting — Musée d'Orsay

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The paintings of the Musée dOrsay. An exceptional collection. Built up over time through purchases by the state, donations and bequests from artists, collectors and patrons, and also thanks to an active acquisitions policy, the Musée dOrsays collection of pictures today constitutes an exceptional holding represented by the greatest names and schools of painting between 1848 and 1914: —…

Hampton Leonie: Leonie Hampton: In the Shadow of Things

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: With these pictures, Leonie Purchas presents a new and innovative photographic approach to the human condition. The photographer chose to take an introspective look at herself through the members of her family. The resulting photos form a highly personal and emotional record of life in the Purchas household, in which both the photographer and the other members of the family show their…

Bown Matthew: Socialist Realisms: Soviet Painting 1920-1970

Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: The development of Soviet realist painting over fifty years through a selection of works from Russia's leading museums. Socialist realism remains an exceptional phenomenon in twentieth-century art. By affirming the value of content over form and restoring the central role of traditional practices, socialist realism was the declared opponent of the modern movement. In fact, it represented the only…

Gentile: Beatles in Comic Strips 

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A collection of some two hundred cartoons dedicated in various ways to the Beatles from all latitudes. A subtle thread links the Beatles to comic strips. And not just because the four musicians had always been fanatic readers of those comics printed on cheap paper. Genuine icons of pop culture, like Marilyn and Coca-Cola, they were fated to meet up with the most classic means of expression, with…

Moriyama Daido: Daido Moriyama: The World Through My Eyes

Скачать книгу (размер 2 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 440) Аннотация: A broad monograph devoted to Daido Moriyama, one of the preeminent names in contemporary Japanese photography along with Nobuyoshi Araki, Yasumasa Morimura, and Shomei Tomatsu. Provoke is the title of the magazine founded in 1968 by a group of Japanese photographers, graphic designers, poets, critics, and political activists. Moriyama's photography is indeed provocative, both for the form it…

Eisler William: The Medals of the Dassiers of Geneva

Скачать книгу (размер 1 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 222) Аннотация: The Dassiers (Jean Dassier,1676-1763 and his two sons, Jacques-Antoine, 1715-1759 and Antoine, 1718-1780) were the only medalists of their time to have had the honour of being mentioned in the Encyclopedie by Diderot and DAlembert, in which one can read that they have rendered their names famous through their same talent: their fine medals after nature and several other works emerging from their…