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Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Marrakesh, El Hamra – the Red City Explore the medina and the dusty, narrow streets, whose high walls conceal splendid riads; profuse souks, redolent with the perfume of exotic spices’ and the lovely Palmeraie, where luxury villas offer shelter from the sun and inquisitive eyes. In this enchanting volume, the owners of nineteen private homes have thrown open their doors to Barbara and René…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: This sweeping overview of Rembrandt's extraordinary achievement as a draughtsman fills a gap in the otherwise enormous literature on the artist. Beautifully illustrated, mostly in colour, the more than 150 drawings culled from a corpus of some 800 are discussed in detail. The drawings span Rembrandt's entire productive life as an artist, from early self-portraits in the 1620s to late drawings…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The first comprehensive worldwide survey, an essential document for anyone concerned with art, crafts, and decorative objects. The diversity of the crafts included here is truly astonishing: Berber flatweaves, North African amulets, Tibetan tiger rugs, Japanese kojeshi dolls, Aborigine microlith tools, Maori fish hooks, North American carved gourds, Amazonian pottery, Hungarian painted eggs,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In 1984 Alexander Rukavishnikov was awarded the Silver Medal from the French Academy of Arts for his sculptural composition of John Lennon. This book places Rukavishnikov’s work into the social context of contemporary Russia and explores his approach to a number of themes and techniques.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A dense concentration of design talent, uniquely varied topography, and one of the worlds most pleasant climates have made southern California a crucible of architectural innovation. There, forward-looking clients respond to dramatic modern interpretations of form and site that capitalize on natural light and magnificent ocean views, perch delicately on steeply graded land, or maximize privacy on…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 074 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 408) Аннотация: A celebration of sixty innovators in art, design, fashion and other creative fields. Artists, photographers, architects, fashion designers, product designers, street artists, graphic designers: all are helping to redefine our aesthetics, values, and ideas about the future. Here, a group of international experts from twelve contemporary fields of creative practice—from fine art and photography to…

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: Sir Nicholas Grimshaw (b.1939) is one of Britain’s most celebrated architects. His buildings, among them the International Terminal at Waterloo Station in London and the Eden Project in Cornwall, are icons of elegant and inventive industrial design. This book presents a selection of drawings from the sketchbooks that Grimshaw has used throughout his forty-year career, revealing the importance of…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Moscow has undergone vast and radical transformations which have turned it into an extraordinary urban laboratory. This book documents this metamorphosis, and takes as its focal point the city`s seven Stalinist towers, known in Russian as the vysotnye zdania, or high buildings.

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Packed with instructions for techniques used by professional illustrators, this book walks the reader step-by-step through the methodology of drawing fashion. It demonstrates the best ways to create detailed fashion illustrations in a variety of media, teaching the reader about drawing, rendering and following logical steps in depicting fabric surface textures and folds that follow the form of…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Leonardo da Vinci possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. This nicely illustrated book gathers and describes many of the beloved paintings and drawings created by the great master and admired by artists and scientists alike. It also analyzes the history and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Creative personalities are always fascinating, and to learn something new about the 20th and 21st centuries' greatest artists—whether eccentric or sober, outspoken or reclusive—is compelling. 105 artists are presented in lively short biographies, and each entry is illustrated with important works, self-portraits, and photographs. Clearly grouped according to style and era are modern and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: «The ongoing relevance of Belgian painter Rene Magritte may lie in the semiotic character of his work and its ability to create chasms between the world, its surfaces and the signs we use to occupy it. Magritte's paintings offer a space for the viewer to contemplate the emptiness of signs and to locate that emptiness in a world we recognize--indeed, the artist relies on the props of normalcy in…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The photographs, drawings and texts published in this book are part of a collection of more than 3000 tattoos accumulated over a lifetime by prison attendant Danzig Baldev. Tattoos were his gateway into a secret world in which he acted as ethnographer, recording the rituals of a closed society. The icons and tribal languages he documented are artful, distasteful, sexually explicit and sometimes…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 792) Аннотация: This book is an inspirational exploration of the signs and symbols of a wealth of global cultures from ancient times to the present day. It brings together some of the world's most potent sacred images under three categories — peoples, religions and mysteries. Through an incredibly rich array of fascinating images drawn from ritual, myth and the natural world, Sacred Symbols reveals the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Shopping is an event which implies much more than just the act of purchasing. Unusual design concepts and immaculate shapes engage all of our senses, making shopping a unique experience. The range is complete between minimalist designs with reduced colors and forms, to spaces with a cozy, imaginative salon-like ambience.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 248 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 246) Аннотация: «Photographer Robert Lebeck was interested not only in «the event» in and of itself, but also in the stories on the fringes and the people behind the images. Lebeck was frequently to be found in that elusive terrain most photographers dream of: the right place at the right time. When he took the photo «Rapier Thief» on his tour of Africa in 1960, for instance, he captured a symbolic portrait of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «The art of sculpture in Baroque Italy reached unprecedented heights of technical perfection and emotional intensity. This book offers a view of this rich and varied period, ranging from the exuberance of Gianlorenzo Bernini's «Apollo and Daphne» and Nicola Salvi's ever-popular Trevi Fountain to the restraint and simplicity of Alessandro Algardi's «St Philip Neri». Expressive papal tombs and…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world’s greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price. Handsome and collectible, each book contains some sixty duotone photographs plus an introduction and a bibliography. 59 b&w illustrations

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This book brings together a selection of the best, most iconic Paris Vogue covers from the last 90 years. A magazine thats documented trends for nearly a century provides an archive of more that just pretty pictures: these images record the history of style and elegance, of trends in fashion and design, as well as the monthly whims of popular culture. Since its beginnings, Vogue has set the…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Do you wish you could take better, more exciting photos but find that your cameras manual wont tell you how? Creative Digital Photography: 52 Weekend Projects is a fun collection of handy weekend projects, offering expert insights and clear step-by-step instructions across the field of photography. You will quickly learn diverse techniques for taking and processing surprising photos, and discover…