Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The celebrated designer s latest book, devoted to gleaning design inspiration from the personal scrapbooks and notebooks of great women of style including her own. Interior designer Charlotte Moss has spent years collecting as well as creating scrapbooks a pastime both meditative and instructive about her own ideas regarding design and style. In this unique book, Moss brings together her own…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Known for her understated elegance, Stephaniem Stokes explains how to maintain fantasy and functionality in home decor by focusing on the planning of comfortable and multipurpose spaces that include attractive storage. New York-based interior designer Stephanie Stokes has dealt with demanding spaces in apartments and houses worldwide. With consummate skill, she has delivered unparalleled…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «According to Gary Baseman himself, his art inhabits «that muddy spot where the line between genius and stupidity has been smudged beyond recognition.» This book, as well as the exhibition it accompanies, considers the artist's popular and pervasive work within the conceit of a home, illustrating the incredibly personal nature of the paintings, objects, and illustrations he has produced. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «A glimpse into the «quintessentially Greenwich» homes that are stately and elegant yet designed for the comforts of family life. Greenwich is one of the most desirable communities in the United States, with houses that epitomize the suburban tradition. With their handsome facades and elegant interiors, these homes provide inspiration to decorators and homeowners nationwide. More than almost any…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «A look inside the homes of today s stylish new «heirloomists.» Proclaimed as «the New Antiquarians» in the New York Times, Hollister and Porter Hovey are proponents of an aesthetic that puts Ralph Lauren, the Royal Tennenbaums, and a whole lot of taxidermy into a tarnished silver cocktail shaker and mixes it all up. As the principles of Hovey Design, they work to integrate nostalgia, adventure,…
Скачать книгу (размер 922 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 182) Аннотация: This book accompanies Gagosian Gallery's exhibition of Henry Moore's large-scale sculptures. Moore's large-scale sculptures celebrated the beauty and power of organic forms at a time when traditional representation was largely eschewed by the vanguard art establishment. Their prodigious size and forceful presence have an overwhelming physicality that promotes a charged relation between sculpture,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Essential reading for both native New Yorkers and tourists alike, How to Read New York unveils the boundless diversity of Gotham’s architectural wonders. Covering every era of New York architecture—from what remains of the colonial days to the latest postmodern skyscraper — this unique guidebook illuminates the fascinating architectural and urban history of New York. Organized chronologically and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Known for his oversize paintings of contemporary African-Americans in heroic poses inspired by the great history and portrait painters of the past, Kehinde Wiley’s clever and ironic “reversals” have provided rich commentary on the nature of race and power in our society. His work began primarily from photographs he took of young men on the street in Harlem that he remixed with a fusion of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: «The fourth volume in a series of monographs celebrating the innovative architectural designs of the highly esteemed international firm. KPF initially distinguished itself through its attention to the most characteristic American building type, the skyscraper. The evolution of the tall tower is a key part of a sustainable paradigm in which individual buildings form part of a larger system of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 390 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 470) Аннотация: «All the essential techniques, profusely illustrated with step-by-step photographs. How do you recognize a San Marzano tomato? How do you shape tortellini? How do you cut scallopine? Everyone loves Italian food, but the ingredients and techniques can be new territory and plain recipes can take you only so far. To make sense of it all, you need La Cucina Italiana. With more than 3,000 step-by-step…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A groundbreaking and always controversial musician, M.I.A. is an influential artist and an important cultural figure of the last decade. Here is a documentation of her entire visual output and a telling of her story in collages, photos, and prints from her early years in art school at Central Saint Martins London through to her hugely successful three albums, mixtapes, and live performances at…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: «Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present sculptures and a large-scale installation by Mike Kelley in this fully illustrated catalogue documenting the 2011 Los Angeles and London exhibitions. The popular Superman story recounts the adventures of an alien being sent to Earth as a baby to escape the total destruction of his home planet Krypton. The «Kandors» series, which Kelley initiated in 1999,…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: In the early 1960s, Robinson, an illustrator celebrated for his drawings of buildings, documented Paris in his signature style. More than forty years after its original publication, Paris, Line by Line returns to print. Page after page is filled with Robinson’s beautiful, precise drawings: be it an aerial view of the Right Bank, the hustle and bustle of the Champs-Élysées, or a show at…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Redefining cool for a new generation, Pharrell Williams is a creative force, using music, fashion, and design to express his distinctive style. Originating at the crossroads of art, design, popular culture, and street savvy, Pharrell Williams’s output is unique. By playing off different disciplines—namely music, fashion, street art, and design—and using each as an element in the other, Pharrell…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: «The first book dedicated to the career of one of New York’s most successful and prolific yet forgotten architects. Ralph Walker shaped New York’s skyline during the Roaring Twenties, from the iconic Barclay-Vesey Telephone Building at 140 West Street to the luxurious Irving Trust bank tower at 1 Wall Street in the heart of the city’s financial district. Walker was a master of modern ornament,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A native of Hungary, Rita Ackermann moved to New York City in the mid-1990s. She arrived to find a culture (and art world) in transition: rave and zine culture was in full swing; collaborations between artists, musicians, and magazine and book publishers were pervasive; and the dawning of the Internet age was upon us. Within a few short months after settling in New York, the artist received…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: For their tenth anniversary, the design studio Roman and Williams Buildings and Interiors presents projects that blend the spirit of our collective history with a modernist edge. Roman and Williams’s style honors craftsmanship, the use of natural materials, and the overlooked in unexpected ways. Their understated, glamorous sensibility is imparted in Manhattan’s Ace Hotel interiors and restaurant…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: In 2002, two years after Ryan McGinley, then a student, staged his first exhibition of photographs in a SoHo gallery, he created inexpensive handmade books of a sampling of his work titled The Kids Are Alright. Those books eventually found their way to Sylvia Wolf, then curator of photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, who gave him a solo show a year later, making him the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 034 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 204) Аннотация: My grandmother can make better photographs. Sergey Sapozhnikov s appearance on the Moscow art scene has been accompanied by the same kind of electricity that flows through his work. The dynamic whirlwinds of his photography radiate an energy that could not, it would seem, be of worldly provenance, but rather from some impossible power source. This book features the artist s major series…
Скачать книгу (размер 44 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 10) Аннотация: «An interactive and imaginative way to experience the Star Trek universe using the magic of «Kling-on» pieces. Few television series have had as big an impact on popular culture as Gene Roddenberry s Star Trek. Now Trekkies and fans of all ages can set their phasers to fun as they reenact their favorite scenes from the original Star Trek universe or create new, uncharted scenarios! Stuck on Star…