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Скачать книгу (размер 2 135 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 420) Аннотация: This is a beautifully illustrated catalogue on the most comprehensive and ambitious full-scale retrospective of Munchs artistic oeuvre ever. In conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) in 2013, a once in a lifetime exhibition is produced by the Munch Museum and the National Museum of Art, Architecture, and Design in Oslo. Munch 150 is the most comprehensive…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Moscow Style is the first book to showcase the latest work of talented young Muscovites in the fields of graphic design, architecture, furniture design, fashion, music and interior design. In the fifteen years since the demise of the Soviet Union, Russia's capital has undergone extraordinary transformations — politically, socially and creatively. Moscow has long been associated with innovative…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Modern art, reflecting and defining new intellectual, scientific and technological developments, has radically extended the conventional media of sculpture and painting. Following innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism — particularly in the work of Duchamp — artists abandoned strict adherence to traditional hierarchies of media and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: Features Basquiat's work from 1981 — the year of his first official participation in the group exhibition New York/New Wave at PS1 of New York — to his premature death in 1988. Controversial cult artist, enfant terrible of the art world, friend of Haring and Warhol, youth idol and tragic victim of a heroin overdose, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a legend in his own lifetime. This catalogue, published…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The British Museums vast collections include wonderful images of birds from all over the world. Some are primarily decorative, whereas Thomas Bewick and the Japanese artist Kitagawa Utamaro chose to show birds in realistic detail, going about their daily lives. Other artists concentrate on scientific accuracy. The endless variety of birds, their freedom of sky, land and water, and especially t…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This new edition of BUILDING BERLIN showcases the most interesting 70 new buildings in and out of the German capital by architects working in Berlin. Each project is presented on the basis of informative texts, the most important facts as well as insight.

Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: Can't decide what to wear in the morning? Why not mix a punk hairdo with a period dress? The pages of this interactive book (split into four parts) will take you from fashion faux-pas to fabulous in one flip. From grunge and pirate to disco queen and street style, create over 100,000 of your own fashion fantasies (and nightmares) with this colorfully illustrated and carefully researched flipbook.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The 1910s and 1920s witnessed the advent of luxurious catalogs from the great French fashion houses that used the hand-colored stenciling technique known as pochoir. This highly refined, painterly technique, which consists of applying layers of gouache paint or watercolor to achieve bold blocks of saturated color, produced works of visual artistry previously unrivaled in the history of…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 636) Аннотация: The Soviet Union was unique in its formidable and dynamic use of the illustrated book as a means of propaganda. Through the book, the USSR articulated its totalitarian ideologies and expressed its absolute power in an unprecedented way through avant-garde writing and radical artistic design that was in full flower during the 1920s and 30s. No other country, nation, government or political system…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Since its founding in 1929, The Museum of Modern Art in New York has brought the history of modern and contemporary art to vivid life through its extraordinary holdings. MoMA Masterpieces provides a fresh look at the Museums exceptional collection as it stands today. Ann Temkins introduction addresses the historical construction of the Museums collection and explores the shifting issues that have…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Denim Dudes is a street style book with a difference. This richly illustrated title showcases over 80 metalheads punks, indie kids, rockabillies, bikers, hipsters, geeks, and other enthusiasts who are obsessed with denim. As well as talking to and featuring pieces key players in the global denim business, such as Henry Holland (House of Holland), Francois Girbaud (Merithe et Francois Girbaud),…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: This is a visually stunning, definitive survey with objects – furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and works on paper – from all over Europe, Scandinavia and the United States. At the turn of the last century, the Arts and Crafts movement transformed not only how objects looked but also how people looked at objects. It provided a framework for essential issues that are still debated today:…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Prior to the Revolution of 1917, Russia had one of the greatest traditions of private art collecting in the world. The first great collections were created by the aristocracy, and then by the newly rich industrialists and businessmen in the 19th century. Finally came the 'Merchant Princes', who were among the first and most important collectors of Impressionist and Modern Art. After 1917, all…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Graffiti art is constantly changing. Fresh coats of paint and newly pasted posters appear overnight in cities across the world. New artists, new ideas and new tactics displace faded images in a perpetual process of renewal and metamorphosis. From Stockholm to Tokyo, Barcelona to Los Angeles, Melbourne to Milan, wall spaces are a breeding ground for graphic and typographic forms as artists unleash…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: «René Herbst's enduring furniture designs provide fundamental lessons for today's interior designers. A staunch modernist, Herbst was a founding member and later president of the Union des artistes modernes (UAM) in France, which sought to make domestic comfort accessible to all, regardless of class. The diversity of his work is testament to his prolific and creative output, and his design…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Tom Ford has become one of fashion's great icons. In the past decade, he transformed Gucci into one of the sexiest fashion brands in the world. His designs have increased sales at Gucci tenfold and have helped build that brand into the luxury goods conglomerate that it is today. Ford brought a hard-edged style synonymous with 21st-century glamour to his clothes, and Hollywood sat up and took…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: For this book of cats in costume, Susan Herbert turns from masterpieces of fine art to masterpieces of theater. Painting in her familiar and highly popular style, this imaginative artist presents an irresistible array of well-known characters in the great Shakespearean plays, from the tragic Romeo and Juliet to the mischievous Titania, from the beautiful Cleopatra to the roguish Falstaff. In…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Venice, a mosaic of over 100 islands, many connected by the 400 bridges which span its famous canals, is possibly the most romantic city in the world. It began as a village in the marshes and grew into a formidable sea power, dubbed the Queen of the Adriatic. Now its fading glories — the canals and palaces, monuments and churches — battle with the elements, yet remain breathtakingly beautiful.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: This sumptuously illustrated reference book is for serious Paris-lovers who seek information beyond what can be found in a traveler's guidebook. Paris is the first title from a major new series of classic, elegant guides to the monuments and mysteries of Europe's great capitals, illustrated by 600 photographs documenting sweeping panoramas, hidden corners, and stylish interiors. The handsome…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This comprehensive and authoritative study of post-war American art begins with Abstract Expressionism and concludes with the experimental and radical art of the beginning of the 21st century. Along the way David Joselit analyses what has shaped American art: how the mass media has framed the way in which artists view the world; how the issue of personal identity has emerged as a powerful…