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Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: «So much for so little! Big endowments + small package: major savings. «Dear Sir/Madam» begins the missive from an imaginary correspondent. I love big breasts as much as the next man, but here in Lilliput your «Big Book of Breasts» is just too ungainly for my tiny bookshelf, not to mention my Lilliputian hands. Couldn't you make a petite edition that still features 150 or so magnificently endowed…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Home sweet home. This is a remarkable photographic exploration of life on earth. In the year 2000, world-renowned wildlife photographer Frans Lanting set out on a personal journey to photograph the evolution of life on earth. He made pilgrimages to true time capsules like a remote lagoon in Western Australia, spent time in research collections photographing forms of microscopic life, and even…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: This is a must-have architecture bible. It deals with a century of great buildings and their creators. This is the be-all-end-all reference work for architecture in the 20th century. From Frank Lloyd Wright to Antoni Gaudi to Frank O. Gehry to Shigeru Ban and all the best stuff in between, it's all here. The chronologically organized chapters put it all into perspective, illustrated by hundreds…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Human alter-reality. The essential overview of Neo Rauch's art. Bursting with radiant and unsettling juxtapositions, Neo Rauch's paintings are wormholes into worlds of startling psychological power and cultural collisions. His scenes involve the viewer in a history that is at once mythic, intimate, and present. Through a deep consideration of philosophy, art history, literature, and his own…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Picture this: emergent styles in illustration. Today[trademark]'s most exciting illustrators, from A to Z. The Illustration Now! series continually brings you groundbreaking work by the world's most exciting illustrators. A fascinating mix of established master draftsmen and neophytes, working in a vast range of techniques, Illustration Now! Vol. 3 features more than 100 illustrators from 30…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 680) Аннотация: Designing private homes offers architects more freedom than corporate projects to express their ideas and try out new concepts. This title rounds up 100 of the world's most interesting and pioneering homes from the past decade, featuring a host of talents both new and established, including John Pawson, Richard Meier, Shigeru Ban, and Zaha Hadid.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «This book brings together approximately two dozen of the most beloved of the classic Grimm fairy tales, including all the classics, such as Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Hansel and Gretel in an all-new translation specially commissioned for this publication. Containing a painstakingly-researched selection of artwork by some of the most famous illustrators from the 1850s to the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: «They've been exciting generations of men, on calendars and covers, as centrefolds or even on playing cards: pin-ups. What started as an exercise in oils was soon taken up in various media — pin-up mascots graced the fuselages of American fighters, and became an essential feature of the male world of garages and barracks. And the age of political correctness hasn't ended their appeal. This book…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: This title presents the stories behind history's most extraordinary photographs. It deals with the most important landmarks in the history of photography under the microscope. Photographs have a strange and powerful way of shaping the way we see the world and influencing our perceptions of reality. To demonstrate the unique and profound influence on culture and society that photographs have,…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: «This title presents Albertus Seba's curious creatures. This is a most unusual collection of natural specimens. Albertus Seba's «Cabinet of Natural Curiosities» is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era often collected natural specimens for research purposes, Amsterdam-based…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Barbara and Rene Stoeltie bring you yet another excursion to the best of the worlds country homes — this time to the mythical land of Greece. Go island hopping with the Stoelties and discover the best of Greece's hidden treats, such as the hilltop vacation house of Robert Browning, descendent of the English poet, in Hydra; a stunning 18th century Turkish-Greek palace — the former residence of a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This title features colorful interiors from Costa Careyes to the Yucatan Peninsula. Barbara and Rene Stoeltie, the dynamic writer and photographer duo, have struck gold again — this time with a truly breathtaking look at Mexico's most remarkable abodes. The Stoelties have traveled far and wide, from Costa Careyes to the Yucatan Peninsula, seeking out homes to surprise, delight, and inspire you.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Photographer Frederic Chaubin reveals 90 buildings sited in fourteen former Soviet Republics which express what he considers to be the fourth age of Soviet architecture. His poetic pictures reveal an unexpected rebirth of imagination, an unknown burgeoning that took place from 1970 until 1990. Contrary to the 1920s and 1950s, no “school” or main trend emerges here. These buildings represent a…

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