Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it`s squatting in the Tate or New York`s Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns and cites throughout the world. Witty and subversive, his stencils show monkeys with weapons of mass destruction, policeman with smiley faces, rats with drills and umbrellas. If you look hard enough, you`ll find your own. His statements, incitements, ironies and epigrams are by turns intelligent and cheeky comments on everything from the monarchy and capitalism to the war in Iraq and farm animals. His identity remains unknown, but his work...
Features Wall-E, the last little robot left on Earth, whose role in life is to help clean up the rubbish left behind from a civilisation devastated by unchecked consumerism. But he is not alone. When he meets Eve he discovers the true meaning to his life. What happens to Wall-E in this extraordinary journey and who does he meet along the way?
ISBN: 978-1-4053-2885-2
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: август 2011
What is Gromit really thinking? Now you can find out, with the novelization of A Matter of Loaf and Death, which retells the story from the characters’ own points of view. It’s released almost two months before the film is on TV, so will be a must for those fans who just can’t wait. A grand companion to the film - and easier to read in the bed or the bath!
A celebration of walled gardens worldwide, from the Far-East to North America, and from Britain and Europe to North Africa. Includes the work of such celebrated designers as Gertrude Jekyll, Vita Sackville-West, Terence Conran, Beatrix Farrand and Christopher Bradley-Hole. An invaluable resource for garden designers, horticultural students and all garden lovers.
ISBN: 978-1-85894-363-3
Издательство:
Merrell Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Wallpaper has never been more desirable. Throughout their 300-year history, patterned paper wallcoverings have alternated wildly between being absolutely `of the moment` or totally out of fashion. Recently, after more than a decade of blank white walls and minimalism, wallpaper has made a grand comeback - and its popularity shows no signs of abating. In this stunning book - the ultimate guide to wallpaper - Charlotte Abrahams gets to the heart of the exciting contemporary wallpaper scene. Dividing the book into the three main areas of design - pasted pictures, fabulous florals and architectural illusions - she starts each section with what is happening now, then traces the history back through the key moments, developments, designers and...
ISBN: 978-1-84400-741-7
Издательство:
Quadrille Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2011
At first glance, Walton Ford`s large-scale, highly-detailed watercolors of animals may recall the prints of 19th century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear, and others of the colonial era. But a closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the `operatic` nature of traditional natural history themes. The beasts and birds populating this contemporary artist`s life-size paintings are never mere objects, but dynamic actors in allegorical struggles: a wild turkey crushes a small parrot in its claw; a troupe of monkeys wreak havoc on a formal dinner table, an American buffalo is surrounded by bloodied white wolves. The book`s title derives from The Pancha...
ISBN: 978-3-8228-5237-8
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
Wanderlust is the story of Audrey Driscoll. Orphaned young, Audrey has grown up caring for her eccentric millionaire grandfather and her demanding younger sister, Annabelle, who assume she will always be there for them. Sheltered yet restless, responsible beyond her years yet hungering for experience, Audrey is hopelessly bound until she herself makes the daring decision to leave. As the 1930s unfold, alone, camera in hand, she will shock friends and outrage family as she plunges headlong into the wider world. Crossing the Atlantic aboard the luxurious "Queen Mary", Audrey meets James and Violet Hawthorne, who will draw her into a sophisticated circle of artists and expatriates. And it is they who will introduce her to Charles...
