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Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Architecture on the water has changed from a fringe niche market into an increasingly popular sector. Catalyst is the risk of rising water levels accompanied by storms and floods as part of the climate change and the unforeseen effects of urbanization. Expanding the habitable areas to beyond the waterfront is an efficient and exciting way to bring extra flexibility to the planet s inhabited…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: From furniture and frames to traditional fabrics and from ceramics and glassware to garden furniture, this new, compact edition of a best-selling classic describes how to create a home that is quintessentially Provencal. In this volume, we are shown the exteriors of some of the most beautiful houses in Provence, including French designer Edith Mezard's home and British designer Terence Conran's…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: Graphic design is the creation of visual contents in various media, whose presentation conveys information to other people. The field is interdisciplinary and subject to constantly changing conditions and different interpretations. This unusual book presents 130 young as well as established graphic designers, each on a double page spread designed by him or her. All artists were given the same…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: With characters like Coraline and the Sandman to hos, Neil Gaiman is one of the best-loved authors in the world today, a creative force in comics, fiction and the movies and TV, a serial award-winner, and a social media phenomenon whose every work is a guaranteed number 1 bestseller. His active engagement with his fans on twitter — has built an intimate relationship with millions, yet few know…

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and native cultures he loved. After his famously disastrous stay with Vincent van Gogh in southern…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Join Michael Freeman for a complete course on how to take exceptional photos and develop a deeper understanding of what makes a great photo work. Start by taking creative control of your images, learning the science behind exposure, getting comfortable with the full range of camera controls, and leaving Auto mode in the dust. Next, learn to see through your subject to read the light itself and…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Introducing techniques for making pop-ups from one sheet of card, the third title in this series on paper engineering takes folding techniques into the third dimension. Each chapter introduces a new technical idea and show how that technique can be adapted in many different ways, or combined with techniques from earlier chapters. These 3-D techniques can be incorporated into any design where…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Germany Divided explores a selection of unpublished and unseen works from some of the leading names in contemporary art. Showcased are key works from six artists who re-defined art in Germany in the second half of the twentieth century: Georg Baselitz; Marcus Lupertz; Blinky Palermo; A.R. Penck; Sigmar Polke and Gerhard Richter. In-depth biographical essays on each artist show how the division of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Rubens is undoubtedly the most influential Flemish painter. Through reproductions in print, his compositions had an immense impact, even during his lifetime. Himself indebted to Titian, Rubens became a role model to Van Dyck, Rembrandt and Velazquez, and influenced artists well beyond his time, including figures such as Cezanne, Picasso, Bacon and Freud. This stunning new volume explores Rubens'…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: The first typewriter artist to find fame was Flora F. F. Stacey, with her butterfly drawing of 1898; but since the very beginning of the typewriter's existence, artists, designers, poets and writers have used this rigorous medium to produce an astounding range of creative work. This beautiful book brings together some of the best examples by typewriter artists around the world. As well as key…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 260) Аннотация: Based on 5 years of insights from blogging, 'The Pop-Up City' blog presents this book on creative ideas for cities in a fluid world. The authors Jeroen Beekmans and Joop de Boer are the brains and hearts of the Amsterdam-based blog that showcases eye-opening ideas, concepts and trends that make a change in the city of today and tomorrow. On a daily basis, the authors have written stories about…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: A ground-breaking, beautifully illustrated book exploring the early Ming period in the years 1400–1450, a time when China was the largest (and one of the most prosperous) states in the world, ruled by a single family through a network of imperial and regional courts.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This is the first book, painstakingly researched from many scattered sources, to identify the key elements of what in our own time has become a popular and collectable area of the fine art and decorative arts: turquerie. With the arrival of Ottoman embassies and their elaborate entourages at the courts of Europe in the early eighteenth century, a fascination with all things Turkish took hold…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In recent years, British Museum curators have collaborated with scientists and medical experts to explore non-invasive imaging techniques and other scientific approaches to further study Egyptian mummies. Piecing together key biographical data and information, it has been possible for the first time to discover more about who these people were in ancient Egyptian society. Mummies draws on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Leonardo da Vinci was a pioneer in the study of the human body. Intent on exploring and explaining every aspect of anatomy and physiology, he performed over thirty dissections of human cadavers and many more of animals. He is also among the greatest draftsmen ever to have lived, and his studies of skeletons, musculature, and other visible structures remain to this day largely unsurpassed in their…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: More fun and whimsy in this upscale colouring book for all lovers of fashion, children and adults alike. The latest offering in the Color it Chic series takes fashion indoors showing it as it appears through the ages in its original interior contexts. Fashion meets architecture meets you in this new book of original drawings by Nancy Riegelman ready for the readers own colouring input. It is…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Magazines devoted to graphic design, advertising and typography have been the dominant means of spreading new developments in form, style, content, philosophy and technology. 100 Classic Graphic Design Journals surveys 100 of the most important and inspiring of these periodicals, drawn from across the world. It includes the print trade journals and avant-garde magazines of the early twentieth…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Netsuke have once again come to the fore in the popular imagination of the public. In part this is due to the phenomenal success of Edmund De Waals 2010 book, Hare with the Amber Eyes, which highlights a treasured netsuke collection that was challenged by war and the vicissitudes of time. Intricately carved from various materials including ivory, wood and metal, these small toggles served a…

Скачать книгу (размер 473 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 94) Аннотация: This collection of public information posters from the period 1945-75 is published in conjunction with the National Archives, where the original posters are located. The posters provide a fascinating insight into the policies and priorities of successive postwar governments, covering everything from the jobs people did, the food they ate, the amount of alcohol they drank and cigarettes they…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: This volume explores in depth the conception, design, and construction process of Frank Gehry's latest architectural monument, the Fondation Louis Vuitton. Set in the beautiful Bois de Boulogne, the Fondation Louis Vuitton, as a new cultural center, will house a permanent collection of contemporary art, and feature exhibitions of modern and contemporary art and multidisciplinary performances,…