Книги издательства Thames&Hudson
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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This book presents creepy creatures and characters from ancient times and is a great giftbook for all fans of monsters and myths aged 8 and over. Purporting to be a school notebook found on the pavement, the pages reveal the stories of such thrilling and little-known creatures as the huge Teumessian Fox (who was turned to stone by Zeus), Echidna (mother of many, many monsters), hundred-headed Briaereus (who was also a handful), and Typhon (who threw mountains around as if they were beanbags). My Monster Notebook offers a peek at a bunch of creatures you definitely would not want to run into, brought to vivid life by someone who accidentally dropped his (or her) lovingly put together notebook. Fortunately, we found it!
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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The zombie phenomenon is unique in Western popular culture. From its origins in the voodoo beliefs of Haiti, it has become a key ingredient in todays cinema, popular literature and comics. With one simple premise that the dead rise again, to feast on the living and turn them into zombies the undead have inspired a huge variety of artists to explore ideas of survival, morality, fear, humour and horror. Zombies! is the first book to take a wide look at the whole phenomenon, from low budget cult movies to long-running comics and best-selling humour novels. With stunning imagery, and an authoritative and entertaining text from one of the worlds most distinguished experts on the genre, plus a foreword by master of horror George A. Romero, this tome will appall and delight the reader in equal measure.
Название: Comic Book Design
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2009
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When we think of comics it is all too easy to reduce them to pictures and word bubbles. Thats less than half of the story: a good comic relies on an awareness of page layout, framing, point of view, pacing, spacing, lettering and many other techniques, which — paradoxically — are often invisible to the lay reader. Written by an award-winning comics artist, writer and editor, this volume is the most thorough exploration to date of the possibilities offered by the comics medium to the writer or artist alive to its unique grammar. Using hundreds of examples of art from some of the biggest and most-respected names in comics, Gary Spencer Millidge lifts the lid on the technique and thought which underpins the best comics, providing a fascinating insight for readers, writers and artists alike.
Название: Oxford Sketchbook
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2005
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In over 150 watercolour paintings and pencil sketches, Graham Byfield takes us on a tour of Oxford's historic landmarks, celebrated colleges and beautiful landscapes. But he also takes time to reveal some of the architectural treasures in little-known back streets and hidden cloisters. This is a book that captures the character of Oxford which charms millions each year, but is often lost in their snapshots and postcards. Illustrated throughout with superb watercolours printed on textured paper, Roger White's captions reveal the author's passion for Oxford, resulting in a sketchbook that offers an idiosyncratic and vibrant account of the city and its fascinating history. This book is the latest in the popular Sketchbook series, also distributed by Thames & Hudson, that includes Paris Sketchbook, London Sketchbook, Singapore Sketchbook, Thailand Sketchbook, The Loire Valley Sketchbook and Venice Sketchbook.
Название: The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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On a willow-covered island behind Tibets Potala Palace is a small pagoda roofed Khang, or temple, a place reserved exclusively for the Dalai Lamas as a place of meditation and spiritual retreat. During the brief reign of the Sixth Dalai Lama, who built the Lukhang Temple in the 18th century, unknown artists created a series of mysterious paintings on its chapel walls; comparable in quality and ambition to the Sistine Chapel in Rome, these masterpieces of Tibetan art are superbly reproduced here in this extraordinary publication, which is now available in paperback. This treasure of Tibetan Buddhist spirituality is presented in a magnificent and sumptuous large format edition. The vivid detail, rich colour and awe-inspiring impact of this path to spiritual liberation can at last be experienced outside the Lukhang Chapel.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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The bungalow as we know it was created when British colonial administrators adapted a classic style of Indian architecture to build their summer retreats.
Название: Color and Doodle Your Way Across the USA
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Those long, boring car journeys are now fun and fascinating as you Color & Doodle Your Way Across the USA. This amazing concertina-bound sketchbook folds out to an incredible 40-foot-long, coast-to-coast, continuous trip from Alaska to New York. Along the way it stops off at 54 famous landmarks and sites of natural beauty, such as the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, Mount Rushmore, the White House, Niagara Falls and the Statue of Liberty — all in pristine black and white line drawings, waiting for you to simply color-in and customize your landscapes as you like — creating a unique visual journey across America. This is the perfect sketchbook to dip into when the muse strikes, or for those tedious trips. And when it's finished, the doodles can be hung — alone or together — as a striking frieze. Perfect fun for any age!
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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The Ad Makers looks at the form where commerce and creativity collide most dramatically: the TV commercial. Focusing on the shooting and production elements of making a TV ad, this book aims at an audience of aspiring filmmakers for whom shooting second spots is the gateway to a career in film. Featuring a host of newly commissioned interviews from top professionals in the field, The Ad Makers provides the kind of behind — the scenes expertise that it usually takes a lifetime of professional practice to acquire. Gathered from the disciplines of cinematography, directing, producing and editing, the filmmakers tell the stories behind the making of some of the worlds top commercials. Sure to find a ready market with aspiring filmmakers or advertisers, this book gives the reader the knowledge and confidence to get started.
Название: Offices
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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The demands placed on office spaces and office buildings have intensified considerably in the 21st century through the digital revolution and the new realities of the internet age.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Why photo-blogging matters and how to do it well Photographers of the past rose to fame through word-of-mouth, as editors swapped names and compared notes. Success was elusive, and publication went only to the favoured few. Those days are, happily, gone and now anyone can get their work noticed, sharing their skill and passion with an unsuspecting world. A photo blog is the key: a deceptively simple, powerful tool that if well managed will take you from unknown to photo star. This book is for photographers enthusiast and pro alike who want to make that journey, and it teaches all the key skills necessary to set up, maintain and build the audience of a successful photo blog. From the technicalities to the principles of writing appealing posts, let top blogger Jolie ODell be your expert guide.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Because many areas can easily only reached by air, Alaska is still characterized by air traffic. As a consequence this enormous state and aviation have formed a very special symbiosis that is unique both in the world of geography and flying.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2005
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A new wave of designers and artisans are creating earrings that push the boundaries of jewelry design. Drawing on unique sources of inspiration to incorporate symbol and meaning, they are redefining the earring as more than a mere ornamental piece. This book showcases a stunning collection of the innovative work of jewelry designers from around the world. The 500 earrings that are featured demonstrate the wide variety of techniques, practices, and resources — some traditional, some more avant-garde — used to execute these imaginative designs in a range of materials.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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In every culture of the world myths help explain our origins, the world 's creation, gods and monsters, demons, the afterlife, and the underworld. This compelling account gathers together themes and stories from every part of the globe to show how myths share many common patterns, and how through them the human imagination is expressed in all its diversity. A treasury of images drawn from all cultures both iconic and littleknown helps explain what is important about these myths, their symbols, and the stories they tell. A directory at the end of the book summarizes the principal types of myth from around the world (Native American, Judeo — Christian, Greek, Nordic, Aboriginal, and so forth) and includes family trees that show exactly how various supernatural beings are related.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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This collection of 30 unintentionally kitsch postcards from yesteryear contains classic adverts, information announcements, and army, navy, and air force recruitment posters that are perhaps hiding a deeper meaning.
Название: Ballet and Modern Dance
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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Dance s extraordinary range extends from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap, and ethnic dancing. This comprehensive history covers the entire spectrum, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the contemporary dance world. A generous selection of illustrations completes the picture, taking the reader from the dancing of Louis XIV s court to the experimental choreography of today. For this third edition, Philadelphia-based dance critic James Rutter has written a new introduction and a revised and extended final chapter, Moving into the New Millennium.
Название: War Comics: A Graphic History
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2009
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Examining how stories of conflict have been told in comics down the years, this book covers everything from EC Comics depictions of the US Civil War to Joe Saccos reportage on modern, assymmetric, conflicts. Comics from the First and Second World Wars are put in context, with their propaganda-driven plotlines and enemy-bashing superheroes, but the book also covers rebellious, anti-war, underground comix, horror comics, investigative journalism and more thoughtful mainstream developments such as Charleys War. War Comics: A Graphic History exposes this fascinating genre in all its many forms.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2003
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Hofmann places Goya's paintings, drawings and prints in a biographical context, revealing the specific character of each phase of the artist's life and work. He discusses the glory and the pain of faith evinced by Goya's early work, the artist's parabolic representation of the threat posed by the French Revolution, his dramatic documentation of the French occupation of Spain, his variations on cruelty in the Disasters of War etchings, and the religious faith apparent in his late work. Hofmann also relates the artist and his work to contemporary intellectual developments, drawing comparison with writers, critics and philosophers from Goethe to William Blake to the Marquis de Sade.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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This album represents some six decades of achievements of Russian photo reporters in the international press photography arena. It contains all the winning photographs in the main categories of the yearly competition, organized since 1955 by the Amsterdam based World Press Photo Foundation, as well as photographs awarded honarary diplomas and special prizes by the international jury — a total of over 450 unique works. What makes this book such an exclusive photographic publication is that it features not only the works of 115 great photographers, but also some truly original and unique texts — memoirs of events and notable national and international figures of the time. These include Dmitri Shostakovich, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Maya Plisetskaya, Igor Moiseyev, Svyatoslav Fyodorov, Nikolai Amosov, and many more. This publication is therefore of immense artistic and historical value, and the first project of its kind to encompass, and give a detailed account of the participation of all Russian authors, and members of the professional and children's juries, in the World Press Photo competition. Another unique feature is the large number of works presented in the authors's original version. This monumental project is the result of collaboration between Russ Press Photo (curator: Vasily Prudikov) and Schilt Publishing. The original version was published in Russia in 2010, and has been updated for the English edition in 2013. Russ Press Photo is non-profit organization, an independent cultural project whose mission is to shed light on history and create an archive of contemporary photojournalism in Russia, as well as promoting and supporting the Russian school of photojournalism.
Название: 101 Top Tips for Digital Landscape Photography: Capturing Great Landscapes With Your Camera
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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The popularity of specialist periodicals testifies to the fact that landscape photography is perhaps the single most popular genre among hobbyist DSLR owners. In this title, experienced professional landscape photographer Carl Heilman II gives the benefit of a lifetime spent shooting spectacular wilderness and mountain shots, offering a host of easy-to-digest tips and tricks that will allow photographers of all abilities to lift their landscape work to the next level. The reader will learn how to harness natural drama, use difficult lighting situations to your advantage and capture unusual perspectives, all the while benefiting from Carls clear instruction and beautiful landscape work.
Название: Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-1940
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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In the first half of the 20th century, Mexico was home to a burgeoning of art comparable in energy to the political revolution that shook the country between 1910 and 1920. This surge of artistic activity is the subject of this compelling new book, which presents the work of Mexican artists — from the social-realist painters Diego Rivera and David Alfaro Siqueiros to the photographers Agustín Jiménez and Manuel Álvarez Bravo — alongside that of their international contemporaries, figures as diverse as Philip Guston, Josef and Anni Albers, and Edward Burra.Illustrated with some 150 striking images, Adrian Locke’s incisive text explores the artistic documentation of the dramatic changes wrought by the revolution, the government’s role in employing artists to promote its reforms, the emergence of a native modernism, and the remarkable contribution of European and American artists and intellectuals, including Eisenstein, Trotsky, and André Breton, to Mexico’s cultural renaissance.
