Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This veritable reference work on Bramantino emphasizes the artist's pivotal role in Northern Italy's Renaissance, where he was the only artist able to stand up to Leonardo's inventions. The volume traces the artist's career starting from his debut as an assistant of the architect and painter Donato Bramante down to his last attested works, including Flight into Egypt.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Abstract Expressionism is arguably the most important art movement since the Second World War. Because the images created by such leading figures as Jackson Pollock, Clyfford Still, Willem de Kooning, and Mark Rothko were so extraordinary, it is often thought to have been a revolution in painting only, but its radical spirit also encompassed David Smith s sculpture and Aaron Siskind s…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Perfectly attuned to the rising interest and market for men's style, The Parisian Gentleman presents the leading men's style-makers, from hidden ateliers and little-known studios to internationally renowned names such as shirt makers Charvet, shoe-makers Berluti and recently revived trunk makers Moynat. The stories of each house, and the creatives and craftsmen behind them, bring alive the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Japanese houses today have to contend with unique factors that condition their design, from tiny plots in crowded urban contexts to ever-present seismic threats. These challenges encourage their architects to explore alternating ideas of stability and ephemerality in various ways, resulting in spaces that are as fascinating as they are idiosyncratic. Their formal innovation and attention to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Piero Fornasetti was a master of the decorative imagination. His motifs conjure up the illusionism of Arcimboldo, the grand architectural fantasies of Piranesi and Palladio, and something of the wit of Pirandello or even Picasso. Fornasettis decorations transform furniture, created in collaboration with Gio Ponti, into art objects touched by trompe loeil humour. His designs endure in an…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Cats were first domesticated or, more likely, noticed a warm fireside and chose to domesticate themselves many thousands of years ago. Over the centuries they have performed a useful role as pest controllers, but much more as friends and companions of humans. Cats have always inspired writers and artists. They appear in Egyptian papyri and tomb paintings, in Roman mosaics, in Japanese prints, in…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: During the seventeenth century, Dutch artists were unparalleled in their dedication to depicting ordinary people doing everyday things. Genre painting was the preeminent expression of this dedication, offering candid glimpses into the peasant cottages and village courtyards of the Dutch Golden Age, each painting lit with the period's vibrant color palette and rich with radiant natural light. This…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Textile design has been liberated and democratized by digital media. With new technology allowing for more precise manipulation and larger variation of materials and patterns, textile designers have found new ways to create ambitiously, experiment, and be inspired. At the same time, the rise of digital processes has led to a renewed appreciation of traditional craftsmanship and the handmade, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The act of drawing has long been considered the foundation of an artistic education, and the life class essential to the formation of an artists style and technique. Yet in the contemporary art world drawing is increasingly regarded as a medium in its own right, and the figure as a subject for ongoing exploration well beyond the sketchbook. Drawing People is a thoughtful and beautifully…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Many of the sitters in this collection were John Singer Sargents close friends. They are posed informally, sometimes in the act of painting or singing, and it is evident from the bold way they confront us that they are personalities of a creative stamp. Brilliant as these pictures are as works of art and penetrating studies of character, they are also records of relationships, allegiances,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Despite living through some of the most dramatic changes of the twentieth century, Stanley Anderson CBE (1884-1966) created a vision of an essentially timeless English rural tradition in his etchings and woodcuts. His training was as an engraver, first on a heraldic engraving apprenticeship with his father and later at the Royal College of Art and Goldsmiths College, London. Anderson became a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Coe and Houston update this classic account of the New Worlds greatest ancient civilization, incorporating the most recent research in a fast-changing field. New discoveries of spectacular stucco sculptures at El Zotz and Holmul reveal surprising aspects of Maya royalty; the Classic Maya themselves can be understood as occupants of royal courts, full of Machiavellian intrigue yet operating in…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Aperture is pleased to present the elegantly updated and refreshed Henri Cartier-Bresson edition of the Aperture Masters of Photography Series. With an introduction by notable curator Clement Cheroux, this edition includes new, image-by-image commentary and a chronology of this influential and iconic artists life. Initially presented as the History of Photography Series in 1976, the first volume…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: During her lifetime, the Belgian — born British actress Audrey Hepburn (192993), star of such films as Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffanys, My Fair Lady, Charade and Two for the Road, was recognised around the world. Posthumously, her popularity has endured and her image continues to be reproduced in a variety of international cultural contexts. Unlike other collections, in…
Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: You've already learnt How To Become The Best Bubble Writer In The World Ever — now do it in 3D! In this great new addition to the Bubble Writer series, learn how to draw loads of great new bubble alphabets — and then learn how to take them off the page! Make your letters pop off the page with perspective, create real 3D letters of all shapes and sizes, try out stand-up letters, hanging letters,…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Born in Antwerp in 1941, Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to explore the creative potential of colour in the 1970s and 1980s. This book brings together his best work, including images from his renowned 1972 series TV Shots and the later Made in Belgium, in one beautifully produced volume. Influenced by such American photographers as Saul Leiter, Joel Meyerowitz, Stephen…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Window-Shopping through the Iron Curtain presents a selection of more than 100 images of shop windows shot by David Hlynsky during four trips taken between 1986 and 1990 to Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, East Germany, and Moscow. Using a Hasselblad camera, Hlynsky captured the slow, routine moments of daily life on the streets and in the shop windows of crumbling Communist…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This third, updated and expanded edition of Christiane Pauls acclaimed book investigates key areas of digital art practice that have gained in prominence in recent years, including the emergence and impact of location-based media, interactive public installation, augmentive and mixed reality, social networking and file-sharing and tablet technologies. It explores themes raised by digital…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Like its economy and art scene, Chinese fashion is on the rise, with an increasingly prominent international presence. Spurred by a new generation of creative and ambitious designers, and championed by actresses like Fan Bingbing and Zhang Ziyi, as well as China s First Lady, Peng Liyuan, Chinese fashion now walks the runways, not only in Shanghai and Beijing but also in London, Paris, Tokyo, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Designers often look to the past to inform their work. In Stencil Type, design gurus Steven Heller and Louise Fili explore the variety and influence of the world s most ubiquitous typographic style, which dates to prehistoric times and has been used on a range of surfaces from street signs, buildings, and bridges to packaging and posters. This expansive sourcebook presents hundreds of…