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Un film de Almodovar: whether appearing in his stylish opening credits or on the suggestive poster that invariably accompanies each of his films, this announcement triggers a range of expectations. Sexy and subversive, colorful and controversial, passionate and provocative, Pedro Almodovar`s world is unlike any other director`s. Thanks to his remarkably cohesive and consistent ?uvre, the Manchegan maverick has become a reliable brand, his name a byword for the visual opulence, experimentation and eroticism of post-Franco Spanish cinema. Almodovar found fame with self-penned, gender-bending plots depicting the often comic misfortunes of junkies, nuns, housewives, whores, transvestites and transsexuals. Praised by critics, championed by...

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Дата выхода: август 2014

The refined and revered tradition of botanical illustration, produced under aristocratic patronage, stretches back to the Renaissance. It emerged out of the desire to catalogue nature in all its wild splendour, and it was a process that demanded the most precise and skilful of artists. French flower painter Pierre-Joseph Redout? is often viewed as one of the last and the best of these painters and engravers. Commissioned by among others, Napoleon`s Josephine, Redout? studied with the finest flower painters in France and Amsterdam, and developed a breathtaking skill at translating his observations of nature onto paper. His illustrations of the botanical alphabets of D.-M. Guillamain were a landmark in flower painting for their accuracy...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

The Golden Section, also known as the Divine Proportion or ф, can be observed in plant seed patterns as well as in the pyramids, in Gothic cathedrals and in the human body, to mention just a few phenomena from an infinite series. This book presents not only the multifaceted forms of the Golden Section in nature, art, architecture, music and science, but also variations, such as the Golden Spirals in the human inner ear. With more than 300 illustrations and graphs it explores the exciting issue of the laws of the universe and the concealed "divine plan" that is revealed within it. Формат: 19,5 см x 21,5 см.

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

Werner Dressendorfer

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Дата выхода: ноябрь 2010

Culled and assembled by Romeyn Beck Hough between 1888 and 1913 in what still remains a stunning and unparalleled achievement, American Woods -originally published in 14 volumes, with actual specimens mounted on card stock-is a work of breathtaking beauty that has set the standard for the study of trees and wood. Taschen`s Wood Book reproduces, in painstaking facsimile, all of the specimen pages from the original volumes; for this purpose we have obtained the use of an extremely rare original set of volumes in very good condition, with minimal damage to the wood cuts. For all trees, now arranged in alphabetical order, three different cross-section cuts of wood are represented (radial, horizontal, and vertical), demonstrating the...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

Discover a world of decorative ideas with this compendium of history`s most elegant patterns and ornamental designs. The World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament of the 19th century: Auguste Racinet`s L`Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875-1888) and Auguste Dupont-Auberville`s L`Ornement des tissus (1877) to provide one lavish source book spanning jewelry, tile, stained glass, illuminated manuscript, textile, and ceramic ornament.Encompassing classical, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Asian and Middle Eastern, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century, this compilation of cultures and aesthetics offers a primary reference for artists, historians,...

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Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

The most beautiful patterns in all of history - all available on image database. Imagine having an opulent compilation of history`s most elegant and beautiful patterns and designs at your fingertips - to use, peruse, admire, and be inspired by. World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: Auguste Racinet`s "L`Ornement Polychrome" Volumes I and II (1875/1888) and M.Dupont-Auberville`s "L`Ornement des Tissus" (1877). Adapted from historical items dating back to antiquity, such as jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural aesthetics including...

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Дата выхода: январь 2010

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Дата выхода: декабрь 1999

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

So you love sushi, sleep on a futon, drink green tea-why not take your Nippon-adoration one step further by infusing your surroundings with a few Japanese touches? The best place to start is this look book bursting with full-page color photographs of apartments, houses, and hotels throughout the city. Whether it`s a high-rise apartment overlooking Tokyo, a boutique hotel, or a house made of fiberglass, each dwelling herein will awaken the Japanese spirit within you. For a real treat, why not sip a sake while you peruse the pages? Highlights include: - Plastic House by Kengo Kuma. - Professor Nakamura`s version of a Japanese literati retreat. - Natural Stripes House by Masaki Endoh. - Lost in Translation hotel Park Hyatt by Kenzo...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

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Дата выхода: январь 2021

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Дата выхода: январь 2022

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, scion of an ancient aristocratic family, was a crippled dwarf. His familys wealth gave him financial security, and he chose to become an artist. In Paris he was drawn to the world of the In the cafes, cabarets, dance halls and brothels he observed the theatre of life, viewing this world not from the moralizing standpoint of the 19th-century bourgeoisie, but with the eyes of one for whom all inhibitions had long since vanished. Lautrec had the gift of painting life as it is. No one else has captured the entertainment world of the belle poque in so unadulterated, so masterful and so timelessly true a manner as did Lautrec in his paintings, lithographs and posters. This monograph sets out to examine the close...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

Part travel journal, part scrapbook, this unique book traces the four-year, 250,000-km journey of photographer Uwe Ommer during the making of Taschen`s "1000 Families". Called a "family album of planet earth," "1000 Families" is a vast collection of portraits taken by Ommer in over 130 countries in all corners of the world. Naturally, a voyage of such epic proportions bears its fair share of anecdotes, adventures, mishaps, and souvenirs, and "Transit" traces the experience via stories and images. From closed borders and broken bridges to late rainy seasons, curious customs officers, thieves, coups d`?tat, raging fevers, and a far from "unbreakable" Land Rover, Ommer found truth in the maxim "just about everything that can go wrong,...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

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Дата выхода: декабрь 1999

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Дата выхода: январь 2019

Carlo McCormick

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Дата выхода: ноябрь 2010

One of the first depictions of marine fauna comes from Samuel Fallours, who was in the service of the Dutch East India Company. On the island of Ambon, one of the Moluccas, he made drawings of fish and other marine organisms of the Indian Ocean and brought them back to Holland in 1712. His drawings belong to a number of sets of similar drawings, depicting hundreds of animals, mostly fish but also crustaceans, insects, a dugong, and even a mermaid. Some of these became the basis for 18th-century publications, among them Louis Renard`s Poissons, Ecrevisses et Crabes and Francois Valentijn`s Verhandeling der Ongemeene Visschen van Amboina, a chapter in his Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indien. These beautiful, elaborately detailed and brilliantly...

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Дата выхода: октябрь 2010

At the height of the Jazz Age, when Prohibition was turning ordinary citizens into criminals and ordinary criminals into celebrities, America`s true crime detective magazines were born. "True Detective" came first in 1924, and by 1934, when the Great Depression had produced colorful outlaws like Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Babyface Nelson, and John Dillinger, the magazines were so popular cops and robbers alike vied to see themselves on the pages. Even FBI boss J.Edgar Hoover wrote regularly for what came to be called the "Dickbooks," referring to a popular slang term for the police. "True Detective", "American Detective", "Inside Detective", "Real Detective", "Master Detective", "Startling Detective" and others were at their...

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Дата выхода: январь 2000

As a blind person might see the world if the gift of sight were suddenly returned - this is how we might describe the effect of William Turner`s paintings on the observer. John Ruskin, Turner`s uncompromising 19th-century defender, alluded to this idea when he spoke of an "innocence of the eye" which perceived the world`s colours and forms before it could recognize their significance. But to develop such a style, William Turner first had to overcome the legacy of late rococo academic teachings. He was simultaneously a romantic and a realist - and yet he transcended both styles. His landscapes, far in advance of their time, have been called forerunners of Impressionism, yet they also possess traits that influenced Expressionism, and many...

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Дата выхода: май 2010