Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Following the success of the hugely popular Little Books of Vintage series, come three sequels: Terror, Love and Space. Each one is packed with unseen strips, adverts and text stories from the Golden Age of comics. Plus, each one comes with a brand new introduction giving a brief history of the genre, and each title has its own, unique free fridge magnet.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Over the last several years the renowned painter Ken Howard OBE RA (b. 1932) has been exploring the Swiss journeys of one of his most illustrious predecessors as a Royal Academician, using J. M. W. Turners travels in the country as his inspiration for an exciting new body of work. This compelling publication contains an authoritative introduction to Turners experience of these breathtaking lakes…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Explores 100 traditional and modern typefaces in loving detail, with a full spread devoted to each entry. In this title, characters from each typeface are enlarged and annotated to reveal key features, anatomical details, and the finer, often-overlooked elements of type design, which shows how these attributes affect mood and readability.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: What is Contemporary Art? is the ideal introduction for children aged eight and over to art made since the 1960s. Featuring artworks from one of the worlds leading collections of modern and contemporary art, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, its lively and engaging text introduces the art and ideas to young readers, with background information, fascinating stories and intriguing questions…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Computerized media in all forms have had an incalculable effect on how we live our lives. No creative sector has been left untouched, and the revolutionary ideas that have occurred in the fashion and textile industries have heralded a move away from the tailor's cutting table to designs that are digitally printed at the touch of a button. Following on the success of Techno Textiles, this new…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: In the twenty-first century, some of the most dynamic works of art are being produced not in the studio but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical, and social questions connected with cutting-edge scientific and technological research. Their work ranges across disciplines microbiology, the physical sciences, information technologies, human biology and living systems,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Behind the closed door of the contemporary artist's studio is a hidden world of images those artworks from the distant or near past that have animated, troubled, consoled, or inspired the artists of today. This book reveals that hidden world, presenting an intimate guide to the imaginations of today's leading practitioners through the works they love best. Artworks ranging from the fifteenth to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 228) Аннотация: Shows how India's achievements and the countries unprecedented boom ushered India's modern and contemporary art into an era of globalism, a soaring international market, and an explosion in media and technologies of art. This study surveys the three generations of artists responsible for critical shifts in the development of India's modernist art.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Bars and restaurants need to be assertive. Customers tend not to visit them to satisfy basic appetites for food or drink but for the social opportunities. Their interiors need to occupy the imagination of their customers and to whet the appetite for a return visit. The design that gets the formula right will do as much to prolong the life of the business as the products on offer. As this book…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This book showcases some of the most striking, inventive and subversive examples of the ubiquitous tote. From eco chic to style icon, the featured totes come from a wide range of illustrators and graphic designers around the world, with designs including floral prints, typography, illustrations, and characters. Each book will be beautifully packaged in an original and eye-catching tote bag.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This book surveys the wide array of textiles made, worn, used, and displayed throughout the Islamic world, from the glorious fabrics of the past to those produced today. Hundreds of illustrations feature examples from around the globe, including embroidered Persian prayer clothes, Anatolian ikat coats, Ottoman beaded purses, Caucasian striped silk bags, Berber women's shawls, Arab tent…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: This book offers a rare chance to read what graphic designers feel about their education and profession. Fifty influential designers give the low-down about their student days and their professional lives. A piece of their college work is shown alongside an example of current work. Each designer also offers a key piece of advice and a warning, making this a must-read for anyone embarking on a…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Designed by the internationally renowned architect Renzo Piano and developed by Irvine Sellar, The Shard is one of the worlds most striking new skyscrapers and is now, at 310m, the tallest building in Western Europe. From 1 February 2013, people will be able to visit The View on floors 68, 69 and 72 almost twice the height of any other viewing gallery in London from where they will experience a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: The Northern Renaissance in Europe was a period of rapid social and religious change. This is reflected in much of the art of the period, which is further characterised by a fascinating range of subject-matter, superb technical skill and an interest in capturing likeness with almost psychological precision. The same period also saw a great rise in the importance of works on paper, especially…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Daido Moriyama is one of two new books this season 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 with a…
Скачать книгу (размер 432 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 86) Аннотация: Drape Drape 3 is the follow-up to the cult Japanese draping books Drape Drape and Drape Drape 2, and the latest in the new series from Bunka Fashion College. It includes 15 stylish contemporary designs for dresses, skirts, tunics and blouses, with easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams that skilfully guide the reader to create draped garments step by step. With two full-scale patterns at the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The first Irish photographs date from 1840, a year after Louis Daguerre announced to the world his discovery of the photographic process. In the century that followed, Irish political life was dominated by the struggle for land rights, for Home Rule, and finally for independence. Ireland was to know tragedy and triumph, bitter struggle and agonized compromise. Much of that experience, now so…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Fashion illustration is and always has been about far more than pretty drawings of pretty dresses. This lavish celebration of todays leading artists in the field showcases the timeless craft and amazing diversity that characterize the genre. From David Downton to Cecilia Carlstedt and from Jason Brooks to Jordi Labanda, 28 masters of fashion illustration from across the world are featured, one by…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Following the runaway success of his first book, pioneering street fashion photographer Yvan Rodic (better known to his fans as Face Hunter) is back with a travel diary that chronicles a year-long face-hunting expedition to more than 30 of his favourite fashion cities. Follow him to the world's most stylish cities, which range from the established fashion capitals of New York, Milan and Paris to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The Egyptian Revolution that began on 25 January 2011 immediately gave rise to a wave of popular political and social expression in the form of graffiti and street art, phenomena that were almost unknown in the country under the old regime. Mia Grondahl, a noted photographer, has followed and documented the constantly and rapidly changing graffiti art of the new Egypt from its beginnings, and…