Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function.
This is the first comprehensive monograph on Charlotte Perriand: a key figure in 20th-century design history - an invaluable source for scholars, dealers and collectors.
A profile of 30 historically and culturally important objects from the renowned Gardiner Museum, Toronto, which has one of the greatest collections of ceramics in the world. Exquisite craftsmanship is apparent and awe-inspiring in the featured works by illustrious names such as Marc Chagall, Betty Woodman, Marilyn Levine, Wedgewood and Delft.
Der Band knüpft an den Erfolg des ersten Buches der Reihe an und enthält neue Projekte. Vorgestellt werden 50 der aktuellsten Entwürfe von internationalen Architekten. Alle Projekte sind übersichtlich in Standard-Maßstäben präsentiert: mit Farbfotos, Lageplänen und Schnitten sowie zahlreichen Konstruktionsdetails. Bonus-CD mit Zeichnungen, im EPS- und DWG-Format (generic CAD).
Type on Screen is an essential design tool for anyone seeking clear and focused guidance about typography for the digital age.
In den letzten zehn Jahren gab es ein enormes Wachstum im Bereich der Materialien, aber die meisten Bücher dazu befassen sich mit Halbzeugen (d.h. Materialien, die als Platten, Stäbe, Rohre usw. verkauft werden). Dieses Buch liefert die dringend benötigten Informationen über die Rohstoffe und ihre Verwendung.Jeder Eintrag mit Informationen zu den wichtigsten Merkmalen, Anwendungen und Produktionsprozessen
Zentangle Basics introduces you to today's hottest trend in drawing meditation.
We are very pleased to announce the third book by our bestselling writers Koos Eissen and Roselien Steur. After the worldwide success of Sketching and Sketching: the Basics the authors now shift their focus from 'how to sketch' to 'why to sketch'.
Explores the remarkable relationship between Paul Gauguins rare and prints and transfer drawings, and his better-known paintings and sculptures in wood and ceramic. This title also explores the artists radically experimental approach to techniques and his pivotal place in the history of art.
What happens when over 80 creators from the world's top video game studios join forces without the constraint of committee design? This book features character designs, locations, monsters, items, interface designs, and more, all exploring the spectacular dark fantasy world of Substrata.
Unite the science of sound and the principles of design to enhance any space Architectural Acoustics Illustrated translates the quantitative and qualitative content of acoustics into the graphic language of architecture.
This is the first illustrated book on magnolias and contains information on all species and around 100 hybrids, accompanied with over 150 stunning new paintings.
The first facsimile of Ruskin's epoch-making 'Nature of Gothic' as printed by his disciple William Morris at the Kelmscott Press. Essays by specialist contributors enlarge on the great significance of this book.
Art, William Kentridge says, is its own form of knowledge. It does not simply supplement the real world, and cannot be purely understood in the rational terms of academic disciplines. The studio is where linear thinking is abandoned and the material processes of the eye, the hand, the charcoal and paper become themselves the guides of creativity.
The first major study of one of the most important architects of the postwar era
This book offers practical help and guidance to aspiring illustrators. All areas of the job are covered – how to create a portfolio; the most effective ways to approach would-be clients; how to prepare for meetings and negotiate contracts; and how to handle, deliver, and bill a job. There is advice on how to avoid the pitfalls that can undermine crucial first impressions; how to set up a studio; and how to maintain a flow of work and manage one's time and cash. Success in self-promotion, creating websites, self-publishing, and the pros and cons of agents are all explored.International illustrators are interviewed, discussing how they got their break in the industry, their experiences with clients, their methods of promoting work, and more. In addition, leading art directors describe their approach to commissioning illustration, how they spot new talent, their thoughts on promotional material, and their advice to up-andcoming illustrators.Packed with useful tips gleaned from the author's own career as an illustrator, and his work as an agent handling some of the best new talent, the book is an essential read for anyone looking to succeed in illustration.
Pentcheva demonstrates that a fundamental shift in the Byzantine cult from relics to icons, took place during the late tenth century. Centered upon fundamental questions of art, religion, and politics, Icons and Power makes a vital contribution to the entire field of medieval studies.
One of Britains foremost printmakers, Norman Ackroyd CBE RA has spent a lifetime recording the coastal landscapes of the British Isles. This title contains forty of his vivid landscape sketches in watercolour.
A brand new series of beautiful small-format themed gift books, featuring the much-loved Peanuts characters
Written for fashion graduates, newbie entrepreneurs and those in entry-level positions in the industry, Blue is the New Black demystifies the process of how to make a fashion collection accessible for all levels. It's a reference guide, a buddy, and an overview of who, what and where.
Combines an inventive reading of Jean-Luc Nancy with queer theoretical concerns to argue that while scenes of intimacy are spaces of sharing, they are also spaces of separation. The author shows that this tension informs our efforts to coexist ethically and politically, an experience of sharing and separation that informs any decision.
Architecture Against the Post-Political is a timely anthology that re-asserts the question of the political and challenges the current abandonment of the critical project in architectural theory and practice
Now available in a paperback edition, this comprehensive volume on the great Danish painter Hammershoi places him within the context of his European contemporaries.
Concept sketches, fully rendered character & background drawings, paintings & cel images from Miyazaki's final film.
This richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and archaeology of ancient Greece, from the Bronze Age through to the Roman conquest. Emphasizing context and function, Barringer explores the purpose and use of buildings and objects within their particular time and place, leading students to a rich sociohistorical understanding of Greek art.
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