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Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: One golden summer afternoon in 1862, the young Oxford mathematics don Charles Dodgson shared a picnic with three little girls in a boat on the River Thames. One of the sisters, Alice Liddell, asked for a story with plenty of nonsense in it. The adventure he created for her under the pen name Lewis Carroll and the unforgettable characters he invented — the White Rabbit, the March Hare, the Mad…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: For professionals and beginners alike: a behind-the-scenes look at how photographers of world stature approach their work, and what it is that makes them succeed. This essential guide draws on in-depth interviews with established photographers from the fields of fashion, art, portraiture, documentary photography, and advertising as well as comments from picture editors, curators, agency…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Featuring more than 100 of the most significant and influential buildings of the twentieth century, this book includes both classic works by such seminal architects as Le Corbusier, Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe and Alvar Aalto, as well as those by more recent masters, such as Norman Foster, Frank Gehry and Rem Koolhaas. For each of the buildings included there are numerous, accurate…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: «What do flowers, skulls and contact sheets have in common? Not much you might think, but David Bailey begs to differ. This book combines Bailey's recent colour photographs of still-life flowers and skulls, with black and white contacts of his iconic celebrity portraiture and fashion work from the 1960s. One might analyze Bailey's combination of these bodies of work in light of the vanitas…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The New Topographics: Photographs of a Man-Altered Landscape was one of those rare exhibitions that permanently alters how an art form is perceived. Held at the International Museum of Photography in Rochester, New York, in January 1975, it was curated by William Jenkins, who brought together ten contemporary photographers: Robert Adams, Lewis Baltz, Bernd and Hilla Becher, Joe Deal, Frank…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 1000 New Designs 2 and Where to Find Them is a comprehensive roundup of the best in contemporary design, from around the world. It features a huge range of striking new products, chapters include: Tables and chairs; Sofas and beds; Storage; Kitchens and bathrooms; Tableware; Textiles; Lighting; Electronics and more. Works by the leading international designers, such as Konstantin Grcic, Tokujin…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Drawings from the Gulag consists of 130 drawings by Danzig Baldaev describing the history, horror and peculiarities of the Gulag system from its inception in 1918. Baldaevs father, a respected ethnographer, taught him techniques to record the tattoos of criminals in St Petersburgs notorious Kresty prison, where he worked as a guard. He was reported to the KGB who unexpectedly supported his work,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Ukrainian photographer Boris Mikhailov has become famous for using the social documentary style to reveal the plight of marginalized communities, particularly as they have been dispersed in the wake of the dissolution of the Soviet Union: in his 1998 Case History series, for example, Mikhailov examined the lives of the homeless population in Kharkov, in the Ukraine. Mikhailov broaches entirely…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The stone monuments of the Incas, set against the dramatic backdrop of the Andes, are among the most magnificent structures in the world. Originally published in 1982, Monuments of the Incas is the most comprehensive photographic and narrative study of the major sites of the Inca empire, including the famed city of Machu Picchu, the Inca town and sun temple of Ollantaytambo, the mighty…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: From posters and advertisements to book covers and magazines, this book presents a dazzling panoply of modern graphic design in China. Beginning with the basic traditions of Chinese graphics, the authors show how the writer and artist Lu Xun became the center of cultural revival in the new China. We see Art Deco coming to China in the Shanghai Style, and the birth of a dynamic national design…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: For over two decades, Belgian architect Vincent van Duysen has created a body of work that is at once sublime and rich, minimal yet tactile. This is the complete monograph of Van Duysen's work, including his domestic architecture, office and commercial spaces, as well as furniture and decorative objects for such leading international manufacturers as B&B Italia, Poliform and Swarovski. Over…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A guide to different types of fabric in circulation. It describes over 600 examples, from classic tweeds to nano fabrics. It is suitable for design students, teachers, designers, historians, manufacturers, buyers and merchandisers worldwide.

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: A guide to making and customizing your own clothes, bags and accessories. It contains over 40 thrifty, sustainable and stylish projects, none of which require prior skill or a sewing machine. It also includes projects showing how to create jewellery and accessories. It offers ideas, ranging from customized hand-me-downs to elegant evening wear.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Published in concomitance with the major exhibition curated by Germano Celant at the Triennale di Milano, this volume brings together all the projects realized by Frank O. Gehry since his pivotal stylistic metamorphosis of 1997, embodied by the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, until today. Among the featured works: the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles (1989-2003), the DZ Bank Building in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 228) Аннотация: In January 2003 British sculptor Andy Goldsworthy was invited to create a work of art for the National Gallery of Art. The project began with a series of ephemeral works on Government Island in Stafford County, Virginia. From this phase a series of photographic suites and a diary remain. The second phase of the project resulted in Roof, a permanent, site-specific sculpture at the National Gallery…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Covering various areas of fashion drawing, presentation and illustration, this title teaches students how to draw the fashion figure. From initial inspiration though to the finished illustration, it teaches the student how to draw from life and depict body proportions. It also includes advice on exaggerating proportions for effect.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: With modes of production ranging from the reimagined traditions of drawing, painting and collage, to the wide range of computer-based applications, and a myriad of unique combinations of both hand and digital means, todays illustrators are breaking the mould in terms of production. This book investigates these myriad ways of working and creating.

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: A splendid, surprising, and original work of photography, this book is ideal for lovers of contemporary art and the boldest means of expression. Seventy images reveal the painful truth that beauty is fleeting. Gastel, who has been exalting beauty for years, challenges himself by confronting one of the deepest philosophical and literary themes.

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Contains photographs of interiors, exteriors, furniture, found objects, textiles and much more, capturing the essence of London. This book includes a Victorian street in Shepherds Bush, a former wine warehouse in Bermondsey or a converted pair of classical houses on Royal Avenue in Chelsea.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Takes a fresh look into the private dwellings of exciting young creative talents in London, from the music, fashion, design and art worlds. This book features 28 houses that are arranged by location, in the grooviest, on-the-edge neighbourhoods from Whitechapel to Notting Hill, and Camberwell to Clerkenwell.