This popular celebration of roaring 1920s fashion is now available in paperback. From beaded evening dresses for dancing the Charleston to sporty outfits for golf, the world of Hollywood and F. Scott Fitzgerald is conjured up in sumptuous pictures of stylish outfits for all occasions. A wealth of evocative illustrations from the V&A`s world-famous dress collection and from the stylish fashion magazines of the time recreates this glamorous era.
ISBN: 978-1-85177-565-1
Издательство:
V&A Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
An exploration of art deco architectural design, embracing many different times and places in its summary of the movement`s origins, development and influence. Various types of architecture, the author explains, were termed art deco, and their antecedent were mixed and often surprising: arts and crafts, fin-de-siecle Vienna, Cubism, Expressionism and the Bauhaus. Patricia Bayer shows that art deco masterpieces can be seen and admired worldwide: from the skyscrapers of New York City to imperial dwellings n Tokyo; from Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Battersea Power Station to movie theatres and diners across America. Post-modernism now uses its motifs and idioms, and many of the original buildings still survive, fully restored to their...
ISBN: 978-0-500-28149-9
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Seize the day in the name of art. This creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman combines his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell.Be bold. Be rebellious. Choose art. It matters.Neil Gaiman once said that `the world always seems brighter when you`ve just made something that wasn`t there before`. This little book is the embodiment of that vision. Drawn together from speeches, poems and creative manifestos, Art Matters explores how reading, imagining and creating can change the world, and will be inspirational to young and old.
The Art Nouveau movement became an international phenomenon at the beginning of the twentieth century that ushered in the era of modernity in almost every aspect of cultural life. For decades critics have argued that Art Nouveau was not an artistic period in its own right, but an amalgam of artists and styles that served as a bridge between neoclassicism and modernism. In this comprehensive, authoritative, and copiously illustrated book, art historian Norbert Wolf explores Art Nouveau as a logical outgrowth of the historic forces in which it arose. This book focuses on the movement`s wide variety of applications and reclaims its prominence in the pantheon of modern art history. Chapters on aesthetics, spirituality, and the cult of beauty...
ISBN: 978-3-7913-4542-0
Издательство:
Prestel
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The catalogues of the Paris Salons at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century provide a unique archive of illustrations of the decorative arts at a pivotal time in their development, the five previous volumes covering Jewellery, Furniture, Ceramics and Glass, and Objets d`Art. The fabric designers of the Art Nouveau style who exhibited at the Paris Salons produced a remarkable oeuvre in printed and woven fabric, silk, lace, embroidery and tapestry. Bookbinding was, and still is, a well-established French tradition, and bibliophiles commissioned unique bindings from artist-designers who, at the same time, were also creating and exhibiting non-bound leather goods - handbags, blotters, upholstery. This volume is probably the most important...
ISBN: 978-1-85149-374-6
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
These small books are packed with information; the most important facts and background stories, all at a glance. In-depth texts on the most exciting themes in the History of Art by experts and specialists provide the necessary overview for both the expert and the layman.
ISBN: 978-3-8331-4941-2
Издательство:
Loft Publications
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This treasury of 204 authentic black-and-white border and frame designs overflows with outlines that will add instant polish to any project. Selected from vintage periodicals, these floral and figurative motifs range from dainty cartouches to elaborate, full-page compositions and from delicate and ethereal to bold and stately.
ISBN: 978-0-486-99860-2
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
At the turn of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau was both Europe and America’s boldest and most fashionable style. It could be seen in the sinuous ironwork of the new Paris Metro stations, the curving asymmetry of Lalique’s jewellery and Tiffany’s Japanese-inspired glassware. Art Nouveau brought a new decorative language to furniture, jewellery and graphic arts, as well as architecture, sculpture and painting. Known by a variety of names – Jugendstil in Germany, Secession style in Austria, the Modernista movement in Catalonia – it was a truly international "new art" for a new age. This is the first book to examine Art Nouveau worldwide in the context of the issues of the age, from fin-de-siecle anxieties about the pressures...
ISBN: 0714838225
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
Google is not just a company, it is an entirely new way of thinking about understanding who we are and what we want. Jarvis has done something really important: extend that approach to business and culture, revealing just how revolutionary it is.
Written by renowned jewellery designer Valerie Hector, this book introduces readers to the quality, diversity, and artistry of both and ancient and modern beadwork from around the world. Readers will learn to recognize characteristics such as colour, design, and dimension.
Enzo knows he is different from other dogs: he thinks and feels in nearly human ways. He has educated himself by watching extensive television, and by listening very closely to the words of his master, Denny Swift, an up-and-coming race car driver. Through Denny, Enzo realizes that racing is a metaphor: that by applying the techniques a driver would apply on the race track, one can successfully navigate the ordeals and travails one encounters in life. Enzo relates the story of his human family, sharing their tragedies and triumphs. In the end, despite what he sees as his own limitations as a dog, Enzo comes through heroically to preserve the Swift family. The Art of Racing in the Rain is a testament to a man`s life, given by his dog. But...
ISBN: 978-0-00-728119-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Ah, Paris, beautiful city of lurve. Who wouldn’t want to be young, free and living within a croissant’s throw of the Eiffel Tower? Emma Foley knows her stint working in Paris is going to be the time of her life. Who cares if her job as PR girl to crazy French rockstar, Guillaume, means she spends most of her time rescuing him from scandalous scrapes and fending off the paparazzi? The point is, she’s here to find love, and in sexy French reporter, Gabriel, she just might have hit the
ISBN: 978-0-7553-3828-3
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Few activites seem to promise us as much happiness as going travelling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel to, we seldom ask why we go and how we might become more fulfilled by doing so. With the help of a selection of writers, artists and thinkers - including Flaubert, Edward Hopper, Wordsworth and Van Gogh - Alain de Botton`s bestselling "The Art of Travel" provides invaluable insights into everything from holiday romance to hotel minibars, airports to sightseeing. The perfect antidote to those guides that tell us what to do when we get there, "The Art of Travel" tries to explain why we really...
ISBN: 978-0-14-027662-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Takes the reader on a journey of the soul via the teachings of the sorcerer, Don Juan, and reveals that there are worlds existing within our own that can be visited through dreams. Using techniques to alter this state of consciousness, the author travels into new worlds and meets dangerous beings.
