Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Arguably the most famous bridge in the world, Tower Bridge was built in the late nineteenth century and immediately acclaimed as a feat of Victorian engineering. Designed to ease road traffic while maintaining river access, it was constructed with giant moveable roadways that lift up for passing ships. It quickly became known as the 'Wonder Bri... Arguably the most famous bridge in the world,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: The Ashmolean Museum's collection of British drawings and watercolours is undoubtedly one of the richest in the world, covering the work of British artists both celebrated and less well-know from 1650 to the present day. Over 130 works are discussed here in this fully illustrated catalogue, including a dozen works loaned from private collections. The full richness of the Ashmolean's collection is…
Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: Chelsea Physic Garden was founded by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries in 1673 as a resource providing plant material for the training of apothecaries. For most of its existence, the Garden has been a focus for botanists, taxonomists, students and horticulturists both for employing their skills and in training the next generation. These activities have been supported by the work of plant…
Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Celebrations and dinners with friends and family are excellent opportunities to show off the culinary goddess in you. But wowing your guests doesn't have to end with what comes on the plates. A festive decoration of the party table, the home interior, garden, front door... all add up to a joyful ambiance. Therefore anyone hosting a party better has some decoration tricks ready up their sleeve.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: As synthetic materials and mutant and hybrid concoctions attain prominence in our daily lives in our handheld devices, cooking utensils, vehicles, even things as simple as our shopping bags the design and construction industries have instead re-embraced the familiar, the conventional wood, which has regained prominence through innovations in engineering and construction methodologies. Technology…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A compact, portable drawing resource book of over 200 highly illustrated pages of sketching and drawing techniques, the book is crafted to be a companion tool which is tucked in your travel gear and referred to regularly. The book is durable with helpful color-coded pages to cross reference with demonstrated drawing tools. The book is organized into three Drawing Chapters: First, Tools…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Le Corbusier (1887-1965) — visionary architect, urban planner and theorist of modernity, and also an accomplished painter and sculptor — made a profound impression on the 20th century in dramatically changing architectural design and the way people lived in it. This new book, coinciding with a major retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, shows the output of this major figure in modernity…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 432 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 282) Аннотация: Born into a family of tradespeople in a small city in France, Henri Rousseau became a customs and excise officer in the customs house in Paris in 1871, a job that earned him the nickname the customs officer. Rousseau was an enthusiastic self-taught artist. Nourished by themes in the popular imagination, Rousseau's painting expresses a vision of reality, populated by iconic figures outlined with…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An aura of mystery has surrounded Tamara de Lempicka since she was born, not in Warsaw in 1902, as she claimed, but according to official records in 1898 in Moscow. The beautiful and scandalous Tamara was the extravagant muse of Art Deco, an icon of the roaring twenties, and a successful painter of intensely sensual portraits that were powerfully sculptural with Cubist lines, embellished with…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Young. Low-cost. Witty. Sexy. And again, according to the historic definition given by the British artist Richard Hamilton, massproduced and a prolific source of business: Pop Art, with its emblematic entertwining of glamour and commodification, represents one of the most valuable expressions of the ebullient postwar America. A fluorescent, mechanical, voyeuristic form of art, which Andy Warhol,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This first book by famous textile artist Mister Finch is a gorgeous collection of the artist's fantastical, one-of-a-kind creatures. Drawing inspiration from the natural world, as well as British folklore, Finch mingles fairytales and reality to create a magical world all his own. Peek inside Finch's Yorkshire studio, a place brimming with buttons and scraps of fabric, where spindly-legged…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: Terry O'Neill is one of the world's most celebrated and collected photographers. No one has captured the frontline of fame so broadly — and for so long. Terry O'Neill's Rock 'n' Roll Album contains some of the most famous and powerful music photographs of all time. At the same time the book includes many intimate personal photos taken behind the scenes and at private functions. Terry O'Neill…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: The artworks in this book show the history of the car from its creation up until the start of the 1970s. The posters have been chosen for their importance, rarity, beauty and innovation, as well as for what they represent in terms of significant historical, technical and artistic stages of the motor car. They showcase the work of the designers and illustrators who constantly strove to come up…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Reports of its death were exaggerated but persistent in the art world; in mid-twentieth century America, everyone seemed to agree that portraiture was finished as a progressive art form. A groundbreaking reassessment of the reinvention of portraiture in America between 1945 and 1975 — the period when the abstract expressionists reached international prominence — this new volume presents…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Hollywood Cats showcases an incredible selection of photographs, taken during the golden age of Hollywood, of stars with their cats, celebrating and documenting this special relationship. Both Carole Lombard and Greer Garson manage to look even more sultry draped alongside their feline friends; photographs of madcap duo Laurel and Hardy playing with a kitten are both comical and endearing.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated book presents 100 significant drawings from the 15th to the 21st-century, including new discoveries and works by both celebrated masters and others who deserve to be better known.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: El Greco of Toledo is the catalogue that will accompany the exhibition to be shown at the Museo de Santa Cruz in Toledo, Spain from March to June 2014, to mark the 400th anniversary of El Greco's death. In addition to the works in the exhibition, this catalogue also includes a comprehensive selection of masterpieces by the artist that will allow for greater knowledge and understanding of his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Architecton: Architecture: As Ecology of Culture is an inspiring collection of work from this firm, founded in 2001 by Dr. Alexander Zusik, now one of Moscow's leading design firms for both residential and commercial developments. With a focus on urban planning projects, Architecton delivers innovative design on a global level. With over 30 projects from around Europe, South America and Southeast…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Simon Drew would like to be considered a very wise man. His evidence is that wise men drink wine and nobody could be more dedicated to prolonging this state of (dis)graceful wisdom than Simon. He is certain that wine is an excellent aid to inspiration for his word plays, puzzles and drawings. For Simon, less is never more. More is always more. Less is always less. This is more or less true. Such…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 232) Аннотация: Type Object is an intriguing collection of letters, but not as we know them; this collection takes letters into the third dimension using three dimensional design to re-define and re-interpret the meaning of letters that create words. These are interactive letters that crave your attention and challenge your perception, letters not just as a tool but as characters in their own right; letters that…