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Man Ray Lee Miller: Partners in Surrealism
Автор: Philip Prodger Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 февраля 20132014-04-07
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The first book to focus on the relationship between Man Ray and Lee Miller, a volatile love affair that helped shape the course of modern art. Presents rarely seen work by these two major Surrealists, as well as that of other renowned artists in their circle, such as Picasso, Roland Penrose, Dora Maar, and Alexander Calder.
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The Car Design Yearbook 8
Автор: Stephen Newbury Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112012-09-14
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This new title in The Car Design Yearbook series features all the new cars launched worldwide from April 2008 to March 2009. This year's edition marks the launch of the Car Design Yearbook Awards, which nominate winners in the categories Best Concept Car, Best Production Car, Best Interior, The Environmental Award and Designer of the Year. For the eighth yearbook, Stephen Newbury and Tony Lewin also explore how tricks of the fashion trade — colour, texture, lines, patterns, shapes and seams — are used in the car industry, and consider the many varied facets of door design.
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Angie Lewin
Автор: Lewin Angie Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 191 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20132015-08-14
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This book presents more than 70 of Angie Lewins exquisite prints, wood engravings, linocuts, sketches, paintings and collages.
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The A-Z of 21st Century Cars
Автор: Lewin Tony Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 540 Дата загрузки: 18 мая 20142013-05-28
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The first years of the twenty-first century brought many changes and challenges for the automobile industry, from the development of environmentally responsible vehicles to the consolidation of numerous small companies as part of major manufacturing groups. Written by auto expert Tony Lewin and featuring over 1500 stunning photographs, this superb encyclopedia is the most comprehensive guide available to the international automobile industry of the last decade. The book explores some 150 of the most significant models, highlighting their performance, stylistic features and innovations. In addition, the guide includes entries on manufacturers around the world, covering many more production and concept cars past and present, as well as entries on the industry's most influential designers. Informative profiles are enhanced throughout by technical specifications, company histories, chronologies of principal models and designer biographies. The result is an essential source of reference that no one interested in motoring can afford to be without.
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Dream Gardens of England: 100 Inspirational Gardens
Автор: Baker Barbara Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 351 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20132011-12-16
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The perfect companion to Merrell's bestselling Dream Gardens (Sunday Times Gardening Book of the Year), Dream Gardens of England is a beautifully designed sourcebook of 100 gardens of all styles in all parts of the country. It presents a wonderful variety of garden-design ideas, ranging from modern sophistication to lush romanticism, and from small city plots to large gardens in breathtaking rural locations. Each garden is photographed to show all its key features and essential details, while concise descriptions offer a rare insight into the aims and achievements of some of today's leading gardeners. With captions identifying the plants depicted, this book is an invaluable source of information and inspiration.
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Dream Homes Country
Автор: Einsiedel Andreas von Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20102011-07-18
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Features 100 inspirational country homes from around the world. Comprehensively illustrated with 800 photographs from a world renowned photographer.
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More Dream Homes: 100 Inspirational Interiors
Автор: Einsiedel Andreas von Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2012 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20152014-05-18
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A companion and successor to Merrell's hugely successful Dream Homes (more than 50,000 copies in print), this book presents 100 exceptional interiors of all styles from around the globe. From sumptuous, state-of-the-art city apartments created by professional designers to quirky holiday retreats transformed by their dedicated owners, More Dream Homes is an exciting kaleidoscope of locations and decoration ideas. Each project is fully illustrated with beautiful photographs by celebrated interiors photographer Andreas von Einsiedel, while Johanna Thornycroft describes concisely the key characteristics of each home and how these have been achieved, providing insights into the work of leading designers. More Dream Homes contains a wealth of inspiration for lovers of interior design or anyone seeking to make their dream home a reality.
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Power Dressing: First Ladies, Women Politicians and Fashion
Автор: Young Robb Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20132015-03-16
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Some find the constant scrutiny an unwelcome intrusion; others use fashion as their secret weapon. Whatever their views, women in politics know they will be judged by how they dress more than their male counterparts. In Power Dressing, fashion journalist Robb Young offers an engaging perspective on the ability of style to influence the careers of women politicians and first ladies. Concise thematic chapters are interspersed with profiles of more than 50 serving and former women presidents, prime ministers, MPs, royals and wives from over 30 countries, ranging from such contemporary figures as Michelle Obama, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Angela Merkel and Queen Rania of Jordan to such iconic women as Eva Peron, Imelda Marcos and Margaret Thatcher. Featuring hundreds of photographs that shed light on political context, and quotations from prominent figures commenting on each woman's style, this fascinating book reveals the milestone 'fashion moments' as well as the unspoken rules of the political fashion game.
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The Cat: 3500 Years of the Cat in Art
Автор: Bugler Caroline Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 280 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20122014-04-12
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The cat's reputation and place in society have been subject to twists and turns of fate that are all reflected in art. While cats were deified by the ancient Egyptians, they were vilified by the medieval Church, before the Renaissance and Baroque periods saw their gradual rehabilitation. By the eighteenth century cats had become popular household pets worldwide. Generations of artists have treasured their contrariness and beauty, and while the cat does not always occupy centre stage in paintings, it always adds an extra symbolic dimension to a picture, or illuminates its meaning in an unexpected way. This sumptuously illustrated book examines the relationship between cats and humans from ancient times to the present, offering fascinating insights into the prominence of the cat in art in cultures worldwide. Thematic chapters explore in detail a rich and rewarding collection of paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures, creating a book that will have enduring appeal among art lovers and cat lovers alike.
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Toilets of the World
Автор: Gregory Morna E. Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20122010-12-30
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Now available in paperback, this amusing but highly informative photographic journey reveals the idiosyncrasy and inventiveness that characterize the construction of the humble toilet around the globe. Along the way, the reader encounters every possible permutation, from the traditional English thunderbox to the Swazi thatched beehive hut, and discovers the fascinating cultural and historical differences that can make our travels to other countries so enjoyable.
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Windows in Art
Автор: Masters Christopher Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20132015-03-16
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A window provides access to two of life's essentials, light and air, but it is more than just a means to an end. Windows also have symbolic, expressive and architectural qualities that have for centuries inspired some of the world's greatest artists. In this engaging new study, Christopher Masters celebrates the multiple roles of the window in art through five key themes, from the window as a status symbol to its use as a provider of physical and spiritual illumination; from its employment as a literal window on the world outside the confines of a room to its function as a mirror, reflecting the emotions of the artist or the individuals depicted; and finally to the immense architectural variety of windows that animate interior and exterior scenes throughout Western painting. With superb reproductions of 90 works by major artists from Giotto to Banksy, and spirited analysis of the paintings' meanings, this is a remarkable exploration of an important but hitherto neglected subject in art history.
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Performing Architecture: Opera Houses, Theatres and Concert Halls for the Twenty-first Century
Автор: Hammond Michael Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2006 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20102010-03-19
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Profusely illustrated with photographs, computer renderings and architectural drawings, Performing Architecture explores fifty of today's finest performance spaces, as well as recently refurbished, restored and transformed buildings. A brief introduction traces the post-war development of theatre and concert hall design, and sets out the circumstances today that have led to such a rich provision for performance. Buildings featured range from Frank Gehry's landmark Disney Opera House in Los Angeles to the quieter Unicorn Theatre for Children in London; and from the Tenerife Opera House by Santiago Calatrava to the Guangzhou Opera House, China, by Zaha Hadid. A celebratory study, this book showcases some of the most exhilarating buildings of our time.
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George Bellows: An Artist in Action
Автор: Haverstock Mary Sayre Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2007 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 марта 20102008-06-05
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A prolific and progressive painter known for his dynamic representations of American life, George Wesley Bellows (1882- 1925) worked for a time as a semi-professional baseball player after leaving his native Columbus, Ohio, to study at the New York School of Art under Robert Henri. A leading member of the Ashcan school of artists (see opposite), Bellows was a master of realism, noted for his vivid brush strokes and his canvases full of motion. Widely celebrated for his technical brilliance, at the age of twenty-seven he became one of the youngest artists ever to be elected to the National Academy of Design. This beautifully produced book includes Bellows' signature paintings of urban life, a selection of portraits, his lesser-known landscapes and his brilliant portrayals of prizefighters and other athletes in action. The images are accompanied by a lively text that offers new insights into the life and times of this important artist. George Bellows: An Artist in Action is a major new book on one of the most noted American realists featuring stunning reproductions of over seventy key paintings and more than twenty lithographs.
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Modern: The Modern Movement in Britain
Автор: Powers Alan Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2007 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20112011-03-19
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Modern is the most comprehensive study of Modern Movement architecture in Britain ever published. Shortlisted for the RIBA Bookshops International Book Award of 2005, this critically acclaimed publication is now available in paperback for the first time. Encyclopedic in scope and structure, it covers the work of such renowned architects as Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer, Maxwell Fry, Erno Goldfinger, Berthold Lubetkin and others who changed the vocabulary of architecture in Britain between the wars. Specially commissioned photographs document all the major surviving buildings, from private houses and apartment blocks to schools and factories. This is the definitive guide to Modern Movement architecture in Britain. It is beautifully designed and sumptuously illustrated with over 200 specially commissioned photographs. It is an essential reference for anyone interested in twentieth-century architecture and culture.
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James Tissot: The Life of Christ
Автор: Dolkart Judith F. Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2009 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112012-09-14
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In 1885, having achieved success painting fashionable society in London and Paris, French painter James Tissot (18361902) experienced a religious vision that led to both a renewal of his beliefs and a dramatic shift in his artistic focus. Over the next 10 years, Tissot devoted himself to a project to illustrate the New Testament. The result was The Life of Christ, a monumental series of 350 watercolors combining fantastic imagery with minute archaeological observation and vivid realism. James Tissot: The Life of Christ is the first comprehensive exploration of this extraordinary body of work. Featuring three incisive essays and an informative commentary on the paintings, this exquisitely illustrated book examines the conception, creation, and history of The Life of Christ as well as the cultural context in which it emerged.
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Architecture 10: RIBA Buildings of the Year
Автор: Chapman Tony Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 июня 20122012-10-07
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Showcasing new projects of all types worldwide by both established and emerging practices, Architecture 10 is essential reading for anyone interested in recent developments in contemporary architecture. This authoritative book is the official guide to the work of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and all RIBA Awards presented in 2010. The featured awards include the prestigious Stirling Prize, given to the architects of the building that has made the greatest contribution in the past year to the evolution of architecture and the built environment, and the Royal Gold Medal, conferred on a distinguished architect in recognition of a lifetime's work. Also included are reflections on 'A Year in Architecture' by the RIBA President, the RIBA International and Honorary Fellowships, the RIBA President's Medals Student Awards, and the Housing Design Awards.
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Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
Автор: Fukai Akiko Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2010 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 27 апреля 20142011-12-30
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This major new study of avant-garde Japanese fashion, from the early 1980s to the present day, features designers include such international masters as Rei Kawakubo,Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake and Jun Watanabe, as well as a new generation of radical designers, such as Jun Takahashi.
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Design Futures
Автор: Quinn Bradley Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20132012-12-20
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Until recently, analysis of the future was left to forecasters and trend experts. Today, however, designers and architects are playing an increasingly important role, creating products and environments that will change the way we live. Design Futures is a thought-provoking exploration of the radical directions that the creative industries are taking. Design expert Bradley Quinn reveals how a new generation of products, materials and surfaces will align design with such areas as artificial intelligence, genetic engineering and nanotechnology, reinventing the spaces in which we live and work, and how we experience the human body. Featuring interviews with renowned designers, architects and trend forecasters — among them Karim Rashid, Toyo Ito and Li Edelkoort — and over 250 illustrations of futuristic products and concepts, this is a unique guide to some of the twenty-first century's most compelling ideas.
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The Garden in Art
Автор: Mancoff Debra N. Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2011 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20132012-12-20
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Rich in symbolism and metaphor, and blessed with its own varied and dramatic palette, the garden has proved to be an extremely fertile source of artistic inspiration. In The Garden in Art, acclaimed art historian Debra N. Mancoff reveals the many different ways in which artists from all periods of history — from ancient Egypt to the present day — have employed the motif of the garden. Featuring more than 200 illustrations of both renowned and lesser-known works, the book approaches its subject thematically, exploring such topics as working gardens, the garden through the seasons and artists' gardens. Complete with a detailed timeline and a suggested list of gardens to visit, The Garden in Art is an absorbing and highly rewarding examination of the meaning and significance of the depiction of the garden.
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Collections of the Romanovs: European Arts from the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg
Автор: Steward James Жанр: Merrell Publishing Издательство: Merrell Publishing Год: 2008 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июля 20092011-04-15
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Celebrates the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg by exploring the role fo the Romanov dynasty as collectors of fine and decorative arts. Explores in particular the historic role of St Petersburg as Russia's window to the West, and features the great masterworks of western European art collected by Romanovtsars.
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