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Скачать книгу (размер 4 196 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 824) Аннотация: Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history's most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875-1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The Man of Tomorrow: The shining hope of the DC Universe Since first appearing in Action Comics No. 1 in April 1938, Superman has stood as thepre-eminent symbol of truth and justice. Captivating minds for over 75 years, the Last Son of Krypton has appeared in thousands of comic books, cartoons, TV shows, and movies. His tragic beginning led to a life as an outsider, fighting for his adopted home…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The dream of a world of peace A world full of color, says Friedensreich Hundertwasser, is synonymous with paradise. With his demonstrations and actions, his manifestos for nature, for more human-oriented architecture and for the improvement of the quality of life and living conditions, Friedensreich Hundertwasser is one of the most fascinating artists of the 20th century. He became a symbolic…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The first of the moderns: Paving the way from Realism to Impressionism Violently criticized during his lifetime for his supposedly provocative paintings, French painterEdouard Manet(1832 1883) is now considered a master of inestimable importance in the history of painting. His 1863 paintingDejeuner sur l herbedepicting two clothed men picnicing with a nude woman now considered one of the most…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 220) Аннотация: Sweet cheeks in 3-D A cornucopia of delectably rounded, fully dimensional derrieres The Kama Sutra gives detailed instructions on how to spank it. Contemporary Italians touch it for luck before placing a bet. Americans are having it cosmetically enhanced at rates approaching those for breast enlargement surgery. The female butt, tush, culo, or derriere has always inspired awe, fantasy, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Every harrowing day for a serviceman during World War II was potentially his last. To help bolster troops against the horrors of combat, commanders encouraged them to form tight buddy relationships for emotional support. Many war buddies, together every moment, and depending on each other to survive, formed intimate friendships. When they weren't fighting side by side, they relaxed together,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Ellen von Unwerth was a supermodel before the term was invented, so she knows a thing or two about photographing beautiful women. Now one of the world's most original and successful fashion photographers, she pays homage to the world's most delectable females in Fraulein. This celebration of our era's sexiest female icons includes Claudia Schiffer, Kate Moss, Vanessa Paradis, Britney Spears, Eva…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: Into the shadows. Noir in the spotlight. Enter a world populated by private eyes, gangsters, psychopaths, and femme fatales, where deception, lust, and betrayal run rampant... If your heart rate just increased a bit, you'll covet this book — the first film-by-film photography book on film noir and neo-noir. Beginning with silent, German, and French films that were early influences on the genre,…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. Chairman Mao, portrayed as a stoic superhero (a.k.a. the Great Teacher, the Great Leader, the Great Helmsman, the Supreme Commander), appeared in all kinds of situations (inspecting…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: Originally published in France between 1876 and 1888, Auguste Racinet's Le Costume historique was the most wide-ranging and incisive study of clothing ever attempted. Covering the world history of costume, dress, and style from antiquity through to the end of the 19th century, the six volume Work remains completely unique in its scope and detail. TASCHEN's complete reprint presents Racinet's…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Presents the famous Andersen stories, including classics such as The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling, The Princess and the Pea, The Little Match Girl, and The Snow Queen. This book contains a selection of artwork from the 1900s to the 1980s by legends of fantasy.

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Alberto Vargas took over Esquire magazine's monthly pin-up post in late 1940. By 1942, when the U.S. joined the war, he had more than a million ardent fans who carried his pin-ups in backpacks and duffel bags as reminders of the American girls they'd left behind. When Esquire was charged with obscenity over a particularly spicy pin-up the military stepped in the fight for The Varga Girl,…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Light up your life. This title deals with luminary design of the 20th century. Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1,000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century's most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful leaded-glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 298 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 648) Аннотация: Clothes define people. A person's attire, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even their faith. Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives. Now holder of one of the world's most extensive clothing collections, the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: At once cosmopolitan metropolis and venue for a pensive stroll, Moloch and emblem of the modern, Paris has been a source of inspiration for countless artists and writers down the ages. But not least it is the home and constant muse of a relatively young art: photography. Since the earliest days of the daguerreotype right up to our time, renowned photographers such as Joseph Nicéphore Niepce,…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Sex and Landscapes was conceived in 2001 as the inaugural show for the new Zurich gallery of Helmut's dealers de Pury & Luxembourg. The idea of introducing the landscapes evolved into the concept of a mix that would balance these with a selection og Helmut's tougher sex pictures. Sex and Landscapes became a fluid concept that has been expanded over time with 30 futher images to bring it to its…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: «For over six decades, Robert Doisneau cast his net in still waters, light years away from the predatory news photographers of today, 'feeling his way', in his own words, 'prompted by feelings of attraction and repulsion, tossed hither and thither by events, and allowing intuition its head — even when it kicked over the traces...» Doisneau delighted in gleaning the instant. Clear of gaze, a man…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Pleasantly plump With whimsical irony and a style reminiscent of the old masters, Fernando Botero (b.1932) began painting caricatured animals and corpulent bodies with disproportionate heads at a time when his contemporaries were fervently rejecting figurative work in favor of abstraction. More recently he has expanded into sculpture, creating delightful large-scale bronze works portraying the…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Kasimir Malevitch (1878-1935) was Russia's foremost pioneer of geometric abstract art. This work gives a brief introduction to the life and work of this prolific painter, designer and writer.

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Wrapping historic structures in silvery fabric and blue cable — a famous tradition for Christo and Jeanne-Claude In the summer of 1995, the Reichstag building in Berlin was transformed into an immense sculptural experience by Christo and his wife Jeanne-Claude along with a team of hundreds. Wrapping historic structures in silvery fabric and blue cable has become a famous tradition for Christo and…