Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: British Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. Best known for designing the cover of The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Blake has never stopped working. This charming ABC is composed from the extensive collection of objects and ephemera he has gathered in his studio during his long career. Designed in close collaboration with the artist, Peter…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Ever since Dick Bruna first created Miffy in 1955, she has endeared herself to generations of young children. She is now one of the best-loved children's characters of all time. In this charming new addition to her story, Miffy takes inspiration from a visit to an art gallery and decides to become an artist herself. Looking at the colour and shapes of the world around her she discovers what fun…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Susan Hiller was born in the United States in 1940. Rather than attending art school she studied anthropology, moving to London in the early 1960s where she became an artist. Employing a wide variety of media, Hiller has done much in recent decades to redefine what a work of art can be. Much of her work is centred on the subconscious mind and ideas of the paranormal present in cultures around the…
Скачать книгу (размер 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 60) Аннотация: Here's a superb activity book bursting with creative ideas. By the same team that created the hugely successful The Big Book for Little Hands, The Big Book of Shapes is crammed full of things for young children to enjoy, letting every reader invent their own colourful world out of squares, circles and triangles. The large format and spiral binding make the book easy to use and the heavy paper is…
Скачать книгу (размер 34 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 8) Аннотация: n a lush green forest, a sloth sleeps. Can you see him? CLANG! Machines come to tear down the trees, but the sloth still sleeps... will he wake up? Turn the pages of this ingenious and stylish pop-up book, which tells the story of one lazy sloth who hangs on in there as the forest is destroyed and then reborn.
Скачать книгу (размер 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 28) Аннотация: Meet Mouk, the adorable and intrepid little bear, who sets off on a journey around the world. Join him as he discovers different cultures and makes new friends around the globe. Bursting with colour and authentic detail, Around the World with Mouk is a remarkable book of fabulously detailed illustration, reminiscent of the best work of Richard Scarry, but with an international twist. Mouk invites…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (b. 1929) is arguably Japan's most famous living artist. Her originality, innovation and powerful desire to communicate have propelled her through a career that has spanned six decades. During this time, Kusama has explored painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, collage, film and video, performance and installation, as well as product design. From the late…
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: This lavish book is bursting with sparkling images and intriguing activities exploring the world of shape. It gives children a fresh and informal introduction to both 2-D and 3-D shapes, as well as to concepts such as tessellation, symmetry and pattern. Superb photographs celebrate the wealth of creativity that is possible by combining squares, triangles and circles or cubes, cylinders and cones.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: «McSweeney's is an award-winning American publishing house, known for its innovative design and use of illustration and its belief in the book as a desirable object. Founded by Dave Eggars, the author of books including «A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius» and the novelisation of Maurice Sendak's «Where the Wild Things Are», McSweeney's publishes books, a quarterly journal, a magazine…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: There's nothing quite like Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Described by The Times on its first publication in 1865 as an excellent piece of nonsense, this inspired tale of a young girl's adventures in a strange and magical world has gone on to become one of the most popular books ever written, translated into over 125 languages and said to be the most frequently quoted book after the Bible,…
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: London is a labyrinth of streets, a whirlpool of impressions. To appreciate it, the best method is to jump right in. This is what artist Badaude invites readers to do in London Walks!, a unique, hand-drawn guide to the city that is packed with quirky observations and out-of-the-way treasures. From crowded street markets and department stores to open-air swimming pools; through parks and city…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: J.M.W. Turner was an original and prolific painter who produced effects such as dissolving form, rendering diaphanous expanses of light, and using colour with subtlety and control. Turner used not only his powers of natural observation, but was also intensely involved with the culture of his times, using landscape as a vehicle for ruminations on society, politics, and the human condition. This…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Together with Holbein, Anthony van Dyck (1599 — 1641) is one of the most important names in British pre-18th century art. Born in Antwerp he was a precocious talent, rising swiftly to become the chief assistant to Peter Paul Rubens, then Northern Europe's most prominent painter. His importance to British art cannot be overstated; during the turbulent years of the reign of Charles I, he…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «Award-winning artist and illustrator Sara Fanelli's inspiration lies not only in the visual arts but also in literature and the theatre. «Sometimes I Think, Sometimes I Am» is a remarkable creation, in which Fanelli takes the quotations and aphorisms that inspire her work. This book contains five 'chapters' that make up this unique work.»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In 1848, seven inexperienced young artists banded together to form the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, one of the first and most distinctive group movements in modern art. A century and a half later, their art still has the power to shock, as well as fascinate its audiences. Through the detailed analysis of the materials, techniques, and working pratices of the artists, this lavishly illustrated book…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: J.M.W. Turner was a fascinating and enigmatic figure. Both astonishingly prolific and extraordinarily innovative, he is widely seen as the greatest British landscape painter of them all, anticipating and surpassing the Impressionists in his dramatic interpretations of the effects of light and colour. The Turner Book goes beyond the usual interpretations of the artist, revealing the extraordinary…
Скачать книгу (размер -1 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1) Аннотация: The Rossetti Boxed Notecards are from the new Tate Notebooks and Notecards range, featuring four of Tate's best-loved artists: Rossetti, Turner, Sargent and Whistler. Each boxed set contains 16 notecards, that are 171 mm high and 121 mm wide, featuring 2 artworks from
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «British artist Tacita Dean (b.1965) will be the twelfth artist to transform the spectacular Turbine Hall space at Tate Modern as part of «The Unilever» series, through which, since 2000, over 25 million people have experienced some of the most remarkable and original installations in contemporary art. Although Dean originally trained as a painter, and works in a variety of media including…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: «London is a city of contradiction. To the eyes of the explorer, everything is new and yet everything is old. Tradition rubs shoulders with innovation. Style rubs shoulders with tastelessness. Every corner of the vast British capital boasts a chaotic collection of signs and graphics, which produce a visual spectacle at every turn. Far from the usual cliches, «Made in London» compiles a visual…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: *First books to be translated into English by award-winningBelgian author/illustrator *Endearing characters in everyday situations make thesebooks perfect for early readers *Distinct illustration style underpinned by a humanist sensibility This delightful series of picture books expresses the humour, frustrations and profundities of the parent/child relationship through two endearing insects,…