Книги издательства ACC Distribution
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2010
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• This beautiful book is hand-bound with Linen that Porters designed himself and the book has a special closing system with a ribbon and a knot 'More is more'. That is the motto of paster decorator Pieter Porters. His interiors are rich, full and cosy; even a little decadent. Interiors in which people can really live. The luxurious finishing of Elegance & Decadance also reflects that grandness. What is the use of a lovely house or interior if you dare not live in it? If you are frightened of making something dirty or damaging it? In our eyes a house should be a warm nest, a place where after a busy day you can relax, and where family and friends are welcome. Whether we help build up a house from cellar to attic, or add atmosphere to an existing interior with a few well-chosen accessories, at House of Porters we want to create a timeless world, in which people will feel comfortable. We aim for warmth, light, homeliness, comfort. Cold interiors or harsh colours are not our thing. That does not mean that we never take on design or modern interiors, but even then we strive for that timeless atmosphere, regardless of trends or fashion fads. Our interiors are meant to grow and develop with their occupants throughout their lives. The interiors illustrated in this book show perfectly what the House of Porters stands for: sumptuous, homely, warm and elegant, with here and there a touch of decadence. Featuring interiors from all over the world including Belgium, The Netherlands, the UK, Germany and Colombia, the pictures by Studio Verne and the magnificent lay-out by Leen De Pooter will fully grasp the authenticity and vivacity of Pieter Porters' interiors. Text in English, French, German & Dutch. Pieter Porters is a decorator and flower binder. His timeless interiors can be admired in an astonishing house in the centre of Antwerp, where he also gives workshops and has a hotel. His previous book Senses of Living was an international bestseller.
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Год: 2010
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This is an analytical catalogue of over 100 Dutch paintings owned by the Prado Museum including the landscapes of Jan Both and Herman Van Swanevelt. Most of these paintings belonged to the Royal collection and were purchased mainly during the XVIIIth century. The most outstanding of these is Judith at the Banquet of Holofernes, a masterpiece by Rembrandt. As a sample of intimate and personal portraits, we have Petronella de Waert, by Gerard Ter Borch; and among animal paintings, one of the most characteristics genres of the Netherlands, Dead Cock, by Gabriel Wouwerman and Adrien van Ostade. Highlights are small and marine landscapes, so characteristic of Dutch painting of that time. Text in English & Spanish.
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Год: 2010
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• Part of Scala's Director's/Curator's Choice series, a personal and engaging guide with a unique approach to the legacy of the art collector, circus entrepreneur and financier John Ringling and his wife Mable • Unique selections by the collection's Curator The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the legacy of the art collector, circus entrepreneur and financier John Ringling and his wife Mable. At the heart of the Ringling's 66-acre Sarasota, Florida, estate is the Museum of Art, built by John Ringling to house his outstanding collections of European art. Featuring grand and often impressively scaled paintings by the Old Masters, including Rubens, Velázquez, Titian, Veronese, Gainsborough and Poussin, as well as antiquities, sculpture and decorative arts, the collection's scope and magnitude is an overwhelming achievement, not least because it was amassed in less than a dozen years.Curator Virginia Brilliant offers her own personal insight into the significance of her favourite works in one of the most important collections of Old Masters in the United States.
Название: When This You See:
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 1999
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When This You See... is a series of 31 artworks in the medium of embroidery, made between 1996 and 1999, by the American artist Elaine Reichek. All of these beautiful images are reproduced here in full colour and three appear in spectacular gatefolds. traditional samplers dating from the mid- seventeeth to the early-eighteenth century. Created by girls and women as an educational exercise and as a pastime, samplers generally framed truisms, homilies, amd lessons within decorative patterns and motifs. In When This You See..., Reichek replaces these familiar sayings with quotations from mythology, literature, science, art history, and popular culture, to witty and pointed effect. Most of the quotations relate to the arts of weaving, knitting, or embroidery, but the astonishing results range far more widely, operating as social critique, as commentary on the relations between the sexes, and as a challenge. Extending and clarifying that challenge, Reichek punctuates the sequence of the samplers with a number of embroideries derived from works by well-known contemporary artists. Humourous and sophisticated, her art is also visually gorgeous.
Название: The Edwardian Scrapbook
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 1999
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Wth Edward VII on the throne and the dawn of a new century, Britain embraced the technology of the future. Motor transport began to replace the horse, and by the end of the Edwardian era, the possibilities of the aeroplane could be seen. While the telephone was for business communication, the popular craze was to send picture postcards, especially from the seaside. In the home, vacuum cleaners were the latest innovation, while in the streets women protested for their rights. Ping Pong was the fashionable parlour game for adults, whilst the teddy bear quickly became the cuddly companion for children. Like the other vibrant titles in the series, The Edwardian Scrapbook offers a glimpse at what used to be drawing upon Robert Opie's unrivalled collection of ephemera and packaging. It adds to our knowledge of the recent past and is packed full of information and nostalgia; an evocative, vivid and vibrant look at British history. Since the 1970s, Robert Opie has amassed an unrivalled collection of packaging. He is the author of numerous publications and has given many talks to schools, as well as on radio and television.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2007
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In contrast with urban hotels that began by providing upscale dining and banquet facilities to city dwellers, resort hotels have their historical roots in the hospitality industry that started with hospitals and sanatoriums. For the forerunners of today's resort hotels we can look to the beginning of the nineteenth century to facilities such as like Badischer Hof in the German spa town of Baden Baden, with its hot and cold water bathtubs, where the form of the modern resort hotel was already being established. This stunning volume, illustrated with superlative colour photographs and plans, present the very best resort hotels from around the world, including the USA, Germany, Austria, Italy, Cambodia, France, Thailand, Indonesia and Malaysia.
Название: Alvaro Siza
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2009
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The aim of the collection is to offer a series of short monographs which, though brief, nevertheless deal with all aspects of the master's personality: works, constructed or otherwise, primary written sources, critiques and photographic interpretations. The underlying aim is to offer an in-depth, comprehensive overview targeted at anyone interested in learning about architecture including students, professionals or simply those who are interested in the subject, by providing not only basic information but also guidance in terms of gaining more insight into the subject. The volumes are dedicated to some of the best known modern and contemporary architects.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2008
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Kenneth Paul Block is one of the most influential fashion illustrators of the twentieth century. His childhood dream was «to draw glamorous ladies in beautiful clothes» After graduating from Parsons School of Design, his first job was at the powerful Women's Wear Daily in the 1950s, an association that lasted over thirty years and where Kenneth witnessed and recorded one of the most important periods in fashion history-the postwar shift as the exclusive world of couture transformed into prêt-à-porter. Attending all the major fashion shows in Paris, London, and New York, Kenneth was the first one on the scene, drawing the latest style-setting clothes from such venerable houses as Balenciaga, Chanel, and Saint Laurent. He also documented the up and coming designers of the time, including Marc Jacobs and Perry Ellis. He was well known in society, sketching Gloria Vanderbilt and the Duchess of Windsor. He reported on sensational parties in Palm Beach and New York attended by Babe Paley and Jackie Kennedy Onassis and created a unique archive of the era. Drawing Fashion: The Art of Kenneth Paul Block is the first monograph on the artist and brings together a lifetime of drawings, watercolours, and observations. Fashion illustration disappeared from publications as photography took over, giving added emphasis to this book as an important historical document. Drawing Fashion, designed by Shahid & Company, captures a critical moment in time when fashion, art, and commerce coincided.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2008
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• This volume offers an approachable introduction to the craft of marquetry through the writings and artwork of scholar and artisan, Silas Kopf • Features more than 300 colour plates over 230 pages An understanding of how an object is made can illuminate its aesthetic appreciation. Kopf is an expert in the craft of marquetry and he gives an in-depth look at how marquetry and inlay have been made and used on furniture from ancient Egypt to modern times. He describes the tools and materials that craftsmen had available and how they used them to decorate objects. As techniques evolved, craftsmen rose to the challenge and pushed stylistic boundaries. This lavishly illustrated volume shows numerous great pieces that been embellished with marquetry including the Italian Renaissance and classical French styles. Parallel to the historic pieces Kopf explains how his analysis of these objects has influenced his own designs and constructions. The book includes a set of photo essays in the appendices explaining the major marquetry techniques.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2010
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• Provides an insight into Burkhalter Sumi Architects' design process • Presents previously unpublished material • Marks the 25th anniversary of this important Swiss architectural office Burkhalter Sumi Architects were founded in Zurich in 1984. Their list of realised projects for public and private clients includes a wide range of tasks: workspaces, hotels and housing structures, urban development master-plannings and conversions of disused industrial buildings. The office has gained particular recognition for their state-of-the-art timber constructions. The first stage of the architect's design process is drawing by hand. It is a truly creative process driven by thinking in variations. Marianne Burkhalter's chalk-drawings are fine examples for research that is carried-out simultaneously at various levels of differing importance: Approaching the task, exploring potentials of a program as well as its problems and searching for forms, layouts and shapes. Other than the technical drawing, the chalk-drawing is ambiguous, even paradoxical, concise and blurred, determined and undecided all at the same time. This exploration of the field of tension of «sense and sensibility» becomes fascinatingly traceable in Marianne Burkhalter's drawings. Finding Buildings: Burkhalter Sumi Architects presents drawings for twenty projects, built and unrealised, from the past ten years. Text in English and German.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2010
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• This catalogue, the first of the Gallery's Dada and Surrealist holdings, reproduces and catalogues more than 100 of the best works The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art's collection of Dada and Surrealism is regarded as one of the best and most complete in the world: it features masterpieces by artists such as Max Ernst, René Magritte, Joan Miró, Paul Delvaux, Yves Tanguy, Alberto Giacometti and Marcel Duchamp. The collection is also rich in archival material, ranging from letters and manuscripts to artists' books featuring unique drawings and inscriptions. The collection is rich thanks to two major sources: Roland Penrose (1900-1984) and Gabrielle Keiller (1908-1995). A celebrated British artist, author and close confidant of Picasso, Penrose was also a collector, assembling one of the greatest collections of early twentieth-century cubist and surrealist art. Gabrielle Keiller was a collector and friend of Penrose, who had connections with Scotland. Part of Penrose's collection and Keiller's whole collection were acquired almost simultaneously by the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1995.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2011
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• Includes works by Ribera, Murillo, Goya, Pacheco, Carducho, Herrera the Elder, Herrera Barnuevo, Carreño de Miranda and Maella, from both public and private collections • Accompanies a major exhibition at The Frick Collection in New York, from the 5th October 2010 to the 9th January 2011 This elegantly designed, fully illustrated volume presents exquisite drawings by Spanish artists over the course of two centuries, featuring works by Ribera, Murillo and Goya from public and private collections in the New York area. Published to accompany a major exhibition at The Frick Collection in New York, this book presents the character, range and depth of the Spanish tradition of drawing from the early 17th to the early 19th century. These extraordinary works share a distinctiveness of technique, subject and mood that sets them apart from Italianate examples produced on the Peninsula in the same period — in other words, they represent a specifically 'Spanish manner'. Although Italian Renaissance principles of figure drawing and perspective were practiced by Spanish draftsmen, the greatest of them also employed techniques of dazzling idiosyncrasy: lines dart and dash freely over the paper as if the hand of the artist could not be restrained, and energetic splotches of ink wash enrich forms. Many of the themes favoured by these artists — fantastic creatures, murderers and martyrdoms, and unusual treatmants of the human body — also distinguish these works. Jonathan Brown is Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of Fine Arts at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. Susan Grace Galassi is Senior Curator at The Frick Collection. Lisa A. Banner is an independent scholar.
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 1996
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• This is a critical study of drawings by Annibale (1560-1609) and Agostino Carricci (1557-1602), together with their cousin, Ludovico (1555-1619) The rich holdings of drawings by the Carracci in British collections can only be partially represented in this book; nevertheless, the variety of types of drawings and the high quality of the sheets here presented are striking. Over thirty of the drawings exhibited were in British hands before the middle of the eighteenth century, and thirty others entered the Royal Collection in the early 1760s. What was the appeal of Carracci drawings for British artists and amateurs from the early seventeenth to the nineteenth century? What opportunities were there for viewing or acquiring Carracci drawings, and what kinds of discussions did these drawings generate? Such questions are naturally bound up with the growth of interest all over Europe in drawings per se — still a highly specialised taste in the seventeenth century — and with the lure of Italy and its art treasures for the British as restrictions on travel gradually eased. This book looks at the changing perceptions of the Carracci as draughtsmen, and at some aspects of the history of collecting Carracci drawings in this country.
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Год: 2010
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• This is the first book devoted to the art dealer Alex Reid, who was a close friend of Van Gogh and Whistler and enjoyed an international reputation • The book draws extensively on unpublished sources, including correspondence, dealers' stockbooks (French and British) and private collectors' archives, as well as contemporary newspapers and periodicals • It adopts an original angle, focusing on modern European painting in the context of collecting, the art market and economic change in late nineteenth-century Britain Alexander Reid was one of the most influential art dealers of his time. A close friend of Whistler and the Van Gogh brothers, he was the first British dealer to take a serious interest in Impressionist art. He was also a contemporary of the Glasgow Boys and supported emerging artists such as Henry, Hornel and Crawhall as well as the Scottish Colourists. His clients were rich Scottish merchants and industrialists who made their fortunes on the back of Scotland's rapid economic development, and whom he persuaded to buy Impressionism well in advance of their English contemporaries. In this first biography devoted to an unsung hero of the British art world, Frances Fowle traces the history of Reid's Gallery against the background of a fascinating period of economic boom and bust. Frances Fowle holds a joint post as Senior Curator of French Art at the National Gallery of Scotland and Lecturer in History of Art at the University of Edinburgh. She has published widely on nineteenth-century art, collecting and the art market, and her publications include Monet and French Landscape, Edinburgh 2006 and Impressionism and Scotland, Edinburgh, 2008.
Название: The National Gallery London
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2011
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• Part of the Director's Choice Series, a personal and engaging guide with a unique approach to the works in one of the most important collections in the world • Showcases well-known masterpieces as well as lesser-known works The National Gallery in London is home to one of the greatest collections of Western European painting in the world, from the late medieval period to the beginning of the 20th century. Raphael and Titian, Rembrandt and Rubens, Poussin and Claude, Velázquez and Goya, Hogarth and Turner — these are just a few of the great masters whose works are represented in this remarkable institution. Today, the National Gallery is one of the top five tourist attractions in the United Kingdom. Each year, more than four million people explore the gallery's impressive collections, including its renowned holdings in Italian Renaissance art and 17th-century Dutch and Flemish painting. Nicholas Penny has with great difficulty selected 37 paintings from the abundantly rich collection in his care, explaining why he believes them to be especially beautiful or memorable.
Название: Franco Albini
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2011
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• Minimum Design: An indispensable compendium on important designers of the modern era • An ideal and accessible introduction suitable for students and lovers of design today Published in the same style as the successful Minimum Architects series, the Minimum Designers series includes books about the major figures in the field of design, creators of objects that have become a part of our daily lives. The lamp on our desk, the chair we are sitting on or the glasses we are wearing have a genius behind them to be discovered. These volumes will introduce in a practical manner the personalities and the works of the world s major designers by way of a historical-critical introduction to the work and life of each individual designer, including an accurate selection of the designer's most famous objects arranged in chronological order and a critique of his or herwork summarising the most significant reviews published in magazines and newspapers in the sector. Franco Albini (1905-1977) was an original creator in the fields of furniture, product design, architecture, urban planning and interior design. He was incredibly successful during his career, receiving numerous awards and prizes in recognition of his remarkable aesthetic that challenged traditional design structures. Among his most famous objects are Poltroncina Luisa (1950) and the series on pets, the Cicognino table (1952) and the Fiorenza chair (1952). Giampiero Bosoni is an architect who has worked with Figini and Pollini, Gregotti and Enzo Mari. He is director of the magazine Progex-Design & Art. Espositive and Curator of exhibitions including Design and art in Italy during XX° Century
Название: Interiors: Inspiration and Materials
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2011
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Covers all traditional and innovative materials used for floors, walls and ceilings. Provides expert advice on all applications and advantages as well as disadvantages of each material presented. Inspirational sourcebook with more than 1,500 illustrated examples. Interiors: Inspiration & Materials is the perfect book for anyone who wants to transform their house into a personal place reflecting their way of life. But choosing the best and most suitable materials for creating your ideal interior space is not always easy; there are an infinite number of possibilities for finding the ultimate solution for your personal needs. This comprehensive guide helps you navigate through the jungle of materials and their application. Interiors provides information on which materials can be used for floors, walls, ceilings, in kitchens or bathrooms with an objective and detailed introduction explaining the specific characteristics of each material. In addition to the technical information, the advantages and disadvantages of each material are described so that the reader gets a deep understanding of how the choice of concrete, natural stone or bamboo for a floor or the usage of wood, textile, ceramics or gesso on a wall or ceiling will transform the space. More than 1,500 illustrations demonstrate not only how «warm» and «cold» materials can be harmoniously juxtaposed, but also how a successful synthesis of function and aesthetics can be achieved.
Название: The 1970s Scrapbook
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 1999
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• Continues in the immensely popular Scrapbook formula which collectively have sold over 250,000 copies Full of pop, punk and personalities, The 1970s Scrapbook sways through this energetic era on platform shoes to the beat of glam rock and disco mania. Teenyboppers screamed for their idols, whether David Cassidy, David Essex, The Osmonds, Bay City Rollers or Abba. Colour television brought it all to life, with a mixture of comedy from The Good Life to Fawlty Towers. Much of the TV action came from the USA featuring Kojak, Starsky and Hutch and the stunt riding of Evel Knievel. For children, animals came to life with the Muppet Show and the Wombles, while in space new horizons were beamed up with Star Trek and Star Wars on the big screen. Amongst all this fervour, Britain had been set the mathematical challenge of decimalisation in 1971, and then in 1977 came the celebrations for the Queen's Silver Jubilee.
Название: J: M. W Turner. The Vaughan Bequest
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2007
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• New research on this very popular part of the National Gallery of Scotland s collection, including informative commentaries on each of the works • Accompanies an exhibition of to be held in January 2007 in the National Gallery of Scotland J. M.W.Turner (1775-1851) was perhaps the most prolific and innovative of all British artists. His outstanding watercolours in the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland are one of the most popular features of its collection. Bequeathed to the Gallery in 1899 by the distinguished collector, Henry Vaughan, they have been exhibited, as he requested, every January for over 100 years. Renowned for their excellent state of preservation, they provide a remarkable overview of many of the most important aspects of Turner's career. This new, richly illustrated book, will provide an authoritative commentary on the watercolours, taking account of recent research, and addressing questions of technique and function, as well as considering some of the numerous contacts Turner had with other artists, collectors and dealers. The introduction will concentrate on Henry Vaughan, one of the greatest enthusiasts for British art in the late nineteenth century, whose diverse collections have not previously been fully studied and appreciated.
Название: Illustralia
Жанр: ACC Distribution
Год: 2008
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The abundance of new computer drawing techniques and image manipulation has led to an unprecedented explosion in digital illustration. Illustrators world wide are producing new ideas and discovering new methods, resulting in a diverse range of new styles, trends and techniques in areas such as fashion, graphic design, advertising, publishing, television and of course art. «Illustralia» is a compilation of the work of 40 international illustrators currently generating new trends and styles in the world of illustration through their use of innovative digital techniques.
