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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The richness of Wassily Kandinsky's life, work and thought make him one of the leading figures of 20th-century art. He was a founder member of Der Blaue Reiter and his theories influenced many of the major artistic movements of his time, including Dada, the Bauhaus, De Stijl and Russian Constructivism. A friend of artists such as Marcel Duchamp and Paul Klee, he also had fruitful relationships…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Many of the world s greatest buildings are made of wood, yet it is undervalued or ignored in histories of architecture. However, leading designers around the world are increasingly drawn to it to satisfy social and environmental needs. Will Pryce is an award-winning photographer who trained as an architect and photojournalist. Intensely dramatic but not overdramatized, technically flawless but…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 248 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 246) Аннотация: David Hockney's continuing belief in the importance of the portrait and his virtuoso skill in creating a sense of close communication between artist, sitter and viewer has resulted in some of the best-loved works of the postwar era. From the 1950s on, Hockney's most persistent subject matter, in paintings, drawings, collages and photoworks, has been of people usually very close to him, as well as…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: For the first time, this book explores to the full, with dazzling visual accompaniment, the fascinating story of the Impressionist love affair with the new thinking about gardens, their flowers and design, in 19th-century France. It discusses the artists both as painters and as gardeners, and, using source material such as contemporary gardening manuals, offers exciting new interpretations of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: The foundation stone for the exceptional collection of Gabriele and Anna Braglia was laid by an exhibition of German Expressionism in Venice. The collection will be made accessible to the public in Lugano starting in September. Fascinated by the vivid colours and great expressive power of the paintings, the Swiss couple acquired select paintings, watercolours and drawings, in particular those by…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: An essential volume for landscape — and garden-design professionals, Drawing for Landscape Architecture argues for the importance of learning to see by hand, to visualize large-scale design plans and articulate them through drawing before turning to the digital tools that are so crucial to efficient and cost-effective building solutions. This enriched approach makes for better design, happier…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This remarkable and beautiful book brings together a collection of decorated papers dating from the 16th to the 20th century. They were produced for a wide variety of uses: as wrappers and endpapers for books, as the backing for playing cards, and even as linings for chests and cases. Some decorated papers were used as humble pictures for display in churches and the home; some were sold as…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The objects in this thematically structured book encompass Deco style at its most alluring, as well as the modernity, excitement, and social revolution of the Jazz Age. These items were the height of fashion then and are highly prized collectibles today. They remind us of an era of closer cooperation between designers and manufacturers, who aimed to produce goods that were not only useful but…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Laser cutting is the latest embellishment technique to appear on the runway. In this book, Laura Berens Baker provides fourteen inspirational projects that demonstrate how to use laser cutting equipment to produce original designs for garments and accessories. The book explores how to engineer designs and the use of laser technology for upcycling fabrics to replicate traditional finishes as well…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The breathtaking skill and creativity of the African peoples are presented here in radiant color the gorgeous stripweaves of the Ashanti and the Ewe; the lace weaves of the Yoruba and thebogolanfini mud cloths from Mali and West Africa; the Berber weaves from Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia in North Africa; the unique, crocheted, embroidered, and feathered hats from Cameroon; the ancient weaving…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: John Singer Sargent: Painting Friends features a fascinating selection of over forty of the artists portraits of his circle of associates artists, writers, actors and musicians, many of whom he knew well. In contrast to his well-known society portraits, these works were rarely the result of commissions, and so are often more informal and radical in style. Beautifully reproduced here, the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The third in a series of ten volumes exploring the constantly evolving frontiers of design, Material Innovation: Packaging presents products whose packaging reaches new heights of innovation. The range is diverse and international, from plantable packaging that can be buried in dirt after consumer use, later to emerge as a plant, to alcohol bottles with labels that react to music, and bespoke,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The essence of Italian style through fashion and costume in the 20th century in a handsome volume that captures the evolution of Italian fashion's biggest brands. The fashion archive of Enrico Quinto and Paolo Tinarelli has been painstakingly assembled over the last twenty years and traces the international evolution of costume from the mid-19th century to the present day. This quintessential…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: How Posters Work is more than a standard exhibition catalogue. Conceived as a useful and illuminating primer in visual thinking, it explores principles of design through a range of historical and contemporary works, uncovering ideas relevant not just to the design of posters but to 2D design more generally. How Posters Work has a unique focus on visual language. Rather than provide a history of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Myths in every culture explain our origins, the earths creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife and the underworld. This compelling account, newly available in paperback, gathers together themes and stories from every culture, showing how myths share many common patterns, and how the human imagination is expressed in all its diversity. It asks the question: what do myths tell us about…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: Exhibition Design 2 describes the skills needed to become an exhibition designer, including: developing a brief and working with clients; design principles for graphics, circulation, lighting and accessibility; presenting ideas to clients; and the practicalities of production. A wealth of visual material includes photographs of completed exhibitions by world-renowned designers, concept drawings,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Concrete is an all-around talent, already in use in ancient Rome and since the second half of the 20th century one of the most important building materials. After a period of excess and architectural faux pas a renaissance of exposed concrete began in the 1990s. Whether the design would expressive-opulent or minimalistic-clear, the constant advance of technological developments, especially…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Over a century and a half after his death, Katsushika Hokusai is still one of Japans most popular and influential artists. This handy volume presents the wide range of Hokusais artistic production in terms of one of his most remarkable characteristics: his intellectual ingenuity. It attempts to answer the question of how the self-styled Man Mad about Drawing approached his subjects how he…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 456) Аннотация: What was once considered incomplete and in need of repair, is chic and hip today: in new office buildings copper pipes are no longer hidden, but are exposed and artfully displayed against the raw formwork pattern of a concrete wall with ingenious lighting. Likewise, the unplastered, cracked walls of a restaurant in a former factory building are creatively altered with translucent modern textile…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: From the artist and the publisher that brought you the hugely successful Secret Garden and Enchanted Forest — this special artist's edition features 20 beautiful, pull out art prints for colouring in. Colouring fans of all ages will enjoy immersing themselves in a selection of the most popular artworks from the original book, now presented in a new, large-scale format for maximum colouring…