Скачать книгу (размер 840 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 166) Аннотация: Artists play a fundamental role as mirror of society and can, in particular, give expression to specific corners of the world in our global economy. A new stop of the FranA§ois Pinault collection journey around the world. A monumental exhibition at the famous Garage: a 1927 bus garage in Moscow designed by the Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov and transformed into a gallery for…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The limitations of a tiny space, rather than inhibiting designers, often result in some of the most innovative and exciting retail design. While small shops offer the chance for famous designers to experiment and showcase their skills for the retailers who can afford them, other independent retailers will be competing for the same customers and looking for ideas to implement on their own. This…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Distributed in North America for Mercatorfonds.Charles the Bold (1433-1477) was ambitious, well educated, and tireless in his pursuit of power and recognition. At the close of the Middle Ages, in the fourth generation of his dynasty, he made the duchy of Burgundy into a significant European power. The house of Burgundy celebrated its rise by establishing a glittering court life, in which objects…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Moscow has undergone vast and radical transformations which have turned it into an extraordinary urban laboratory. This book documents this metamorphosis, and takes as its focal point the city`s seven Stalinist towers, known in Russian as the vysotnye zdania, or high buildings.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «The Body in Contemporary Art» presents an international survey of art made over the last two decades in which the human form is central. Featuring work across a range of media, from painting and sculpture to installation, video art and performance, the book examines the different roles played by the body in art, from being the subject of portraiture to becoming an active presence in live and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This book is the first to take a subject that has previously been represented only in dry histories onto a new and spectacular level, in which furniture's star pieces, whether made in the distant past or in the 21st century, are seen in an entirely fresh light. Drawn from all periods, these exquisite objects chairs, desks, sofas are timeless in their arresting beauty. The book's rich and varied…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 292) Аннотация: This remarkable volume features and analyzes a private collection of some 130 textiles, mainly from the period between 1900 and 1940. An introduction explains the place of the kimono in Japanese society, including the essential cultural and historical background, but the heart of the book is formed by the photographs of the individual textiles, focusing on the decoration techniques and other main…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This book brings together a selection of the best, most iconic Paris Vogue covers from the last 90 years. A magazine thats documented trends for nearly a century provides an archive of more that just pretty pictures: these images record the history of style and elegance, of trends in fashion and design, as well as the monthly whims of popular culture. Since its beginnings, Vogue has set the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «The art of sculpture in Baroque Italy reached unprecedented heights of technical perfection and emotional intensity. This book offers a view of this rich and varied period, ranging from the exuberance of Gianlorenzo Bernini's «Apollo and Daphne» and Nicola Salvi's ever-popular Trevi Fountain to the restraint and simplicity of Alessandro Algardi's «St Philip Neri». Expressive papal tombs and…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Packaging is everywhere. Traditionally a means of preserving, protecting and promoting products, the rise of environmental issues and globalization mean that todays packaging designers must do more to create innovative solutions that are also sustainable. This book shows how packaging design has changed to meet the demands of this new context. It takes the reader behind some of the worlds…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Tim Burton has reinvented Hollywood genre filmmaking over the past three decades. With a visual style inspired by the aesthetics of animation and silent comedy, Burton's work melds the exotic, the horrific and the comic, manipulating expressionism and fantasy with the skill of a graphic novelist. Published to accompany a major career retrospective at The Museum of Modern Art, this affordable…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Shopping is an event which implies much more than just the act of purchasing. Unusual design concepts and immaculate shapes engage all of our senses, making shopping a unique experience. The range is complete between minimalist designs with reduced colors and forms, to spaces with a cozy, imaginative salon-like ambience.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Whether photographing avant-garde theatre, gypsies on the steppes of Eastern Europe, resistance to Soviet guns and tanks advancing on Prague, Josef Koudelka has consistently produced images that provoke a connection to the larger questions of human existence. This book brings together panoramic photographs from one of his most recent projects, the landscape of the Piedmont region of northern…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 391 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 274) Аннотация: The love of fast cars has moved into top gear. From its beginnings as a rebellious underground pasttime, it has become a huge cult, spawning its own exciting subcultures in music, art and fashion. Speedseekers is the ultimate book on the world of Hot Rods and Custom Culture. Alexandra Lier spent a decade at the epicentre of the scene revving engines and burning rubber with the world's foremost…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Published to accompany the Smithsonian Institutions major exhibition, this book features more than sixty exceptional objects that large embassies, diplomatic missions and trade delegations from Ottoman Turkey and Safavid Iran offered to the Tsars of Russia. Ranging in date from the early sixteenth to the late seventeenth century, these lavish gifts and tributes include rarely seen arms and armour…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Anonymous photography has a magic all of its own. The intriguing images assembled here are all mysterious – by turn poignant, humorous, erotic or disturbing. Their subject is the human condition and they explore every aspect of human experience – both public and private. Over 220 beautifully reproduced photographs showcase the work of photographers whose identities have been lost in time. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This is a practical book on creating packaging prototypes that reflect sustainable and ecologically sound principles. It challenges the next generation of graphic designers to re-envision packaging design as a less environmentally destructive practice than it presently is, and examines an array of techniques and methodologies for creating innovative and sustainable packaging designs, from first…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Saul Leiter is one of four new titles published this September in Thames & Hudsons acclaimed Photofile series. Each book brings together the best work of the worlds greatest photographers in an attractive format and at an easily affordable price. Hailed by The Times as finely produced, the books are printed to the highest standards. Each one contains some sixty full-page reproductions, together…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «The illustrated weekly magazine «VU» ran over 600 issues between 21 March 1928 and 29 May 1940. This book offers «VU» the attention it deserves by reproducing a selection of front covers, pages and spreads from its short but prolific history, together with the commentary and analysis.»
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The ancient Greeks perceived the human body as an object of sensory delight and its depiction as the expression of an intelligent mind. This sumptuous photographic book explores ancient Greek sculptures of the body from every angle. With an introduction outlining the use of the body in Greek art from the prehistoric simplicity of Cycladic figurines to the realism of the Hellenistic age, seven…