Книги жанра Thames&Hudson
Название: Abstract Art
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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detractors alike. She offers the reader a comprehensive trajectory of abstraction — from the radically new pictorial language of Bella and Delaunnay, to the visceral spirituality of Kandinsky and Mondrian, to the geometrically-obsessed artists of the 1930s and 1940s. The author takes us from the origin of the movement during the First World War to the post-World War II Zeitgeist that emphasized personal expression, and finally, the revival of Abstraction practiced by Neo-Geo, among others, in the 1980s. A succinct and deftly written account of abstraction, Moszynska offers both an overview of the philosophy of the movement as well as analyses of the approaches of individual artists.
Название: Ara Güler's Istanbul
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2009
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This book is a vivid photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. Captured through the unerring lens of the award winning Ara Güler, the Eye of Istanbul, it reflects the citys melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity. Gülers remarkable duotone photographs are accompanied by evocative commentaries from Orhan Pamuk, another leading figure in Turkish culture. Both writer and photographer each held in their youth the ambition of becoming a painter. Here, each in his own way paints a brushless picture of his hometown and captures, through image and word, its very soul.
Название: Graffiti and Street Art
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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This concise and accessible survey, the latest title in Thames & Hudsons renowned World of Art series, is set to become the definitive popular guide to graffiti and street art. The traditional letter-based graffiti that appeared on the streets of Philadelphia and New York over forty years ago launched a global art movement that has evolved into two distinct disciplines. While both thrive illegally and challenge the concept of public space, the new wave of street art puts greater emphasis on figures, abstraction, symbols and formal techniques. This book explains the terms and language of graffiti and street art from tags and throwies to culture jamming and subvertising as well as their multiple influences and sub-genres. Organized thematically, it traces the origins and evolution of graffiti and street art, and explores the motivations and practices of the leading exponents; the relationship between these art forms and the urban environment; their interactions with (or rejection of) the market and the world of commercial galleries; and their increasingly important role in visual culture as a whole.
Название: How to Read a Painting
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2010
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Clues to the meaning of many of the masterpieces of art history lie in a rich system of symbols, themes and motifs that often elude modern museum-goers. The intimate knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology, folklore and Christian theology that was so vivid in the minds of viewers during the Renaissance is rarely part of the preparation of the contemporary viewer brings to a painter. This illuminating, anecdotal, portable book — with 1,000 gorgeous colour illustrations — helps to fill in these gaps by decoding the imagery of more than 150 of the most influential and admired artworks of all time. Covering the works of the Italian, Dutch, German and Spanish Old Masters, from 1350 to 1750 — paintings by such artists as Giotto, Botticelli, El Greco, Bruegel, Holbein, Rubens and Vermeer, all held in public collections — How to Read a Painting not only helps the viewer to understand the significant details of a picture but also explains the relationship with similar imagery in other works. The guide to Old Master paintings that every art lover has always wanted, this indispensable museum companion will open the reader to a whole new experience of Western art's most praised and visited paintings.
Название: Klimt PB
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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Gustav Klimt's work brilliantly negotiates the borders between traditional and modern, figurative and non-figurative art. His subtly erotic portraits, richly patterned landscapes and enigmatic allegorical compositions are at once sensuous and refined, while his extravagant, ornamental style verges on abstraction. Obliged to go his own way when he was denied public commissions, Klimt became the leader of the modernists in Vienna, during the tragic final years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and was perhaps the greatest portraitist of his age, a landscape painter of dazzling originality and above all the creator of extraordinary decorative schemes. 159 illus., 29 in color.
Название: Libraries
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2008
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Nobody photographs the splendid and intimate cathedrals of knowledge as beautifully as Candida Hofer. This superbly produced volume contains Hofer's famously ascetic images of the Escorial in Spain, the Whitney Museum and the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, Villa Medici in Rome and the Hamburg University Library, among others. Umberto Eco contributes an essay on libraries.
Название: Paint with the Impressionists
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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In this innovative approach to Impressionism and its methods, Jonathan Stephensons instruction enables amateurs the world over to paint like the Impressionists.Vibrantly illustrated in colour throughout, both with wellknown works of art and step-by-step examples, the book shows how the masters achieved their diverse effects and how their ideas and styles can be adapted to todays tastes. Sections on the artists provide fascinating insights into individual techniques: learn how Monet produced his oil colour sketches, or how Sisley created his atmospheric landscapes. With an introduction providing the historical background to Impressionism, and a comprehensive section on artists materials, this is a highly practical book that will appeal both to beginners and more experienced artists, as well as to the many thousands of people inspired by the brilliance and beauty of Impressionist painting.
Название: Paint with the Watercolour Masters
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2011
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This book enables any amateur artist to explore confidently the most popular painting medium the world has ever known: watercolour. Richly illustrated in colour throughout with well-known works of art, photographs of materials and step-by-step examples, the author shows how to achieve various effects and provides an insight into the art of watercolour. By reconstructing in practice the methods of great watercolourists, Stephenson reveals new ideas on how artists as diverse as Dürer, Cézanne, Turner and Sargent actually worked. Using examples of the most popular subjects landscapes, portraits, still-life paintings and figures Stephenson employs a series of demonstrations to show how to re-create the methods of the watercolour masters. From the initial sketch to the final painting, he guides us expertly through every brushstroke. This highly practical book will appeal both to beginners and to more experienced artists alike.
Название: Sci-Fi Art
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Sci-fi infl uences so many things today, from the visualization of movies and computer games to album covers, gadget designs and theme park attractions. Now, this luxurious postcard collection gathers the freshest futuristic talents, including John Picacio, Rian Hughes, Patrick J. Jones, Jon Sullivan and Matt Gaser. The stunning postcards feature twists on classic tropes like robots, spaceships, aliens and interstellar landscapes, and the set lets you share the action and splendour with friends and family through the mail.
Название: Tattoos: 30 Postcards to Color and Send
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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Includes 30 removable postcards of manga artist and tattooist Jian Yi's coolest tattoo designs to complete, customize, and color in and then send to friends and family.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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The Northern Renaissance in Europe was a period of rapid social and religious change. This is reflected in much of the art of the period, which is further characterised by a fascinating range of subject-matter, superb technical skill and an interest in capturing likeness with almost psychological precision. The same period also saw a great rise in the importance of works on paper, especially prints. This book discusses works by Albrecht Durer and Hans Holbein two of the greatest masters of the Northern Renaissance together with a selection of paintings by Lucas Cranach. Encompassing portraiture, religion, mythology and allegory, these works are examined alongside others by such masters as Francois Clouet, Jan Gossaert and Joos van Cleve. Holbeins superlative drawings of members of the court of King HenryVIII can be seen side-by-side with finished paintings and miniatures of the same sitters; and this rich survey also includes illuminated manuscripts and early printed books.
Название: The Doodle Book: Postcards
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2007
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Children everywhere will adore this beautiful colouring and activity postcard book, a companion to Thames & Hudsons bestselling Doodle Books 1 and 2. With 66 postcards for children to create and send themselves, it is guaranteed to entrance and engage blossoming artists and daydreamers everywhere.
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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This collection of 30 motivational postcards from yesteryear provide inspirational ideas on saving money, working safer and smarter and how to survive these tough economic times. It's the ideal gift for 99% of the population!
Название: Kindergartens
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2010
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For too long, kindergarten architects have been seemingly preoccupied with the principles of durability, maximisation of space, and minimisation of cost. This, however, also meant forgetting that these environments should promote fun, learning and creativity. However, the field has been experiencing a revolution and this volume showcases 60 of the most outstanding recent innovations worldwide. The chosen projects prove especially that collaboration between educationalists and designers can be uniquely fruitful for the planning and building of kindergartens.
Название: Malls and Department Stores
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2009
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Retail trade has recognized the opportunity of qualification and individualization through high-grade buildings. For a long time commercial architecture was linked exclusively to the city center: markets, passages and, starting in the 20th century, Department stores. In the postwar period, shopping malls made their appearance at the urban periphery, introducing new approaches that included space for leisure activities and gastronomic amenities. In the next step self-contained mega-malls sprouted in the open countryside, making shopping facilities completely autonomous from urban structures. The richly illustrated volume, provided with detailed planning material, shows the latest tendencies in shopping architecture worldwide as seen in 101 projects in the cities, the periphery and outside.
Название: Daido Moriyama
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Daido Moriyama is one of two new books this season in Thames & Hudsons acclaimed Photofile series. Each book brings together the best work of the worlds greatest photographers in an attractive format and at an easily affordable price. Hailed by The Times as finely produced, the books are printed to the highest standards. Each one contains some sixty full-page reproductions, together with a critical introduction and a full bibliography.
Название: Kandinsky
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Kandinsky's rich, trail-blazing work and complex personality have compelled attention since the start of his career. In his native Russia, the Communists ostracized him as a «formalist», while the Nazis exhibited his work as «Degenerative Art». Member of the Blaue Reiter and the Bauhaus, close ally of Franz Marc and Paul Klee, Kandinsky influenced virtually the entire spectrum of modern art, but for decades much of his oeuvre languished unseen in the former USSR. The opening up of the former USSR in 1989 brought in its wake the first ever Kandinsky retrospective in his homeland. Works presumed lost, and others totally unknown, were brought to light. Perceptions of Kandinsky were transformed overnight. This monograph takes into account these findings. Over 50 works never before reproduced, from the East and from private collections in the West, are included. Kandinsky's own eloquent and lucid essays, many previously unpublished, are used as commentary. Studies are incorporated to shed light on the vehemently disputed areas of his life and thought. Jelena Hahl-Koch is co-publisher and part-translator of Kandinsky's collected writings, and has published many catalogues, commentaries and essays on the artist and his work.
Название: Cherish: Madonna, Like an Icon
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2012
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The authoritative and lovingly-crafted publication takes the reader on a nostalgic visual journey from Madonna's arrival in New York in the late 1970s to the lead-up to her latest album release, MDNA, in 2012, covering all her albums, tours, plays and films, and the occasional husband or boyfriend along the way.
Название: Drape Drape 3
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2013
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Drape Drape 3 is the follow-up to the cult Japanese draping books Drape Drape and Drape Drape 2, and the latest in the new series from Bunka Fashion College. It includes 15 stylish contemporary designs for dresses, skirts, tunics and blouses, with easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams that skilfully guide the reader to create draped garments step by step. With two full-scale patterns at the back, this book provides a variety of new design ideas and practical construction tips for readers looking to continue exploring draping techniques.
Название: Carnival Strippers by Susan Meiselas
Жанр: Thames&Hudson
Год: 2010
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»Carnival Strippers» is a photographic documentary of the carnival strip shows that flourished in county fairs in small-town New England through the late 1970s. The book consists of photographs of the strippers, the managers, callers, and barkers who run the shows, and their customers, or «marks».
