Art & Photography Books

Book SynopsisEster Coen is an art historian and curator. She is an expert on Italian Futurism, the Metaphysical artists, and the international avant-gardes, and her research for her numerous essays and publications extends from the 1960s to the contemporary scene. She has curated many exhibitions, their subjects ranging from Giorgio de Chirico, Umberto Boccioni, Giacomo Balla, and Henri Matisse, to Richard Serra and Gary Hill. She recently edited the book Futurliberty: Liberty Fabrics and the Avant-Garde (Thames and Hudson, 2023).

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Book SynopsisThis wall calendar features 12 views revealing the magical symbiosis between Barbara Hepworth's sculpture and the lush garden at Trewyn studios, now Tate's Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St Ives, Cornwall. The datepad features previous and next month's views. Printed on FSC-certified paper, with plastic-free packaging.

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Book SynopsisStudio photography is a common career path for aspiring photographers and students but the professional and commercial nature of the field makes it a challenging area to break into.Whilst other introductory books on the subject are often bogged down with too much technical detail or too many 'show-off' shots, Studio Photography: Essential Skills offers a practical and accessible guide to the fundamental techniques for successful studio photography. Whether photographing a person or a product, you need control over the light, mood and look to arrive at the perfect result for a particular assignment. This book takes a commercial and creative approach and considers the important elements of lighting, exposure, capture, art direction and the studio setting to ensure a successful shoot.With a clearly structured learning approach and a wide variety of activities and assignments to inspire and engage you, this is an informative, stimulating guide to the basics. Broaden your skills and increase your earning potential with Studio Photography: Essential Skills!Table of ContentsIntroduction; Characteristics of Light; Exposure and Light Meters; Contrast and Compensation; Sensitivity and Image Capture; Filters; On Location; The Zone System; The Studio; Lighting Techniques; Creative Techniques; Assignments; Glossary

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Book SynopsisThe definitive artist's reference guide and comprehensive sourcebook of art materials and painting techniques, now available in a modern paperback edition.The Complete Artist's Manual covers all the elements of painting and drawing from materials to techniques, colour composition and media the ultimate artist's bible.In addition, it contains a structured painting course with simple exercises developing into more advanced projects, with demonstrations by well-known practising artists who share their experience and expertise with the reader.Contents includes;SupportsDrawing and painting mediaDrawing and sketchingPainting techniquesColour and compositionWhat to paint getting startedThe artist's studioGlossary and directoryThe Complete Artist's Manual is visually rich and exciting, practical and comprehensive no artist's studio should be without it.Trade Review‘ A work of art in itself’ The Artist magazine

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Book SynopsisThis book maps a landscape of new institutional and curatorial practices in discussing and exhibiting architecture and design across different geographical locations. Thirty-one case studies encompass visions and practical examples from leading international institutions as well as independent initiatives and platforms.

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Book SynopsisMarilyn Monroe's world was the stuff of fairy-tale - the orphan who conquered Hollywood and hailed as the most beautiful woman in the world before her untimely death in 1962.Marilyn Monroe Style celebrates Marilyn's impact on fashion by revealing the influence of her many iconic looks.Her wardrobe encompassed sensual femininity as well as low-key minimalism.Outfits span from shimmering showpieces such as the Jean Louis gown worn to serenade JFK on his birthday, to Pucci slacks and cats-eye spectacles.Born Norma Jeane Mortensen, whenever she became' Marilyn, she mesmerised onlookers with showstopping outfits that helped make her a legend, yet throughout her life the clothes she wore represented many ways of being a woman.Written by Terry Newman the bestselling author of Taylor Swift and the Clothes She Wears this book tells the story of Marilyn's life through clothes and is essential reading for Marilyn Monroe fans everywhere.

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Book SynopsisPublished to accompany Dürer to Van Dyck: Drawings from Chatsworth House, at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, 9 November 2024 to 23 February 2025. A unique opportunity to see rare drawings by some of European art’s biggest names, selected from the remarkable collection at Chatsworth House.A unique opportunity to see rare and beautiful drawings by some of the biggest names in European art. Chatsworth House in Derbyshire holds one of the finest and most significant private collections of drawings in the world, but they are rarely seen and very little has been published on them. This book showcases 47 drawings from this exceptional collection, including superb watercolors and drawings by famous German Renaissance artists Albrecht Dürer and Hans Holbein alongside the baroque splendor of Peter Paul Rubens and Anthony van Dyck. It will reveal intimate insights into the artists’ practice and their ways of recording the world. The captivating selection of drawings will be introduced and contextualized by Charles Noble, Curator of Fine Art at Chatsworth House. Each image will be explained and examined based on rigorous new research, offering new insights into the work of some of art’s biggest names.

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Book SynopsisHow one visionary inspired 200 years of art, poetry, and protestWeaving between the historical, cultural and personal, award-winning author Philip Hoare reveals a web of creative minds and artistic iconoclasts fired with the wild and revolutionary genius of William Blake.A life-changing book' The Times, Book of the WeekA poetic fever dream'TelegraphQueer in all senses of the word' Neil TennantUndoubtedly Hoare's masterpiece' Olivia LaingIn 1973, Derek Jarman set off from London to film the stones of Avebury. He was following in the footsteps of Paul Nash, who had photographed the ancient megaliths a generation before. Standing in that muddy field, by those stones, both artists had felt a direct connection to their hero a man who had died a long, long time ago, yet who remained electrically alive to them.In this alluring and poetic odyssey, Philip Hoare traces the enduring legacy of William Blake and how he came to inspire so many creative lives. Reaching out of his past and into our future, Blake draws together the natural world and metaphysical realms, merging the human and the animal and the spiritual, firing up twentieth-century artists, filmmakers, poets, writers and musicians with his radical promise of absolute freedom. This stirring, deeply felt book brings us back to Blake and shows that art still has the power to create positive change.A book that is neither Blake biography nor critical analysis nor legacy-tracing nor personal odyssey but a capacious mixing of them all a joyful and dizzying romp through the stories of those who came under Blake's posthumous spell' Philip Marsden,Spectator Beneath the leaps and returns, the book is skilfully structured, following Blake's life and art, and rendering all the inset lives complete, however discontinuous they appear One can foresee a rush of books in the run-up to 2027, the bicentenary of Blake's death, but nothing will be as audacious or intriguing as William Blake and the Sea Monsters of Love' Jenny Uglow, TLS

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Book SynopsisDinah Lenney has served as core faculty for the Bennington Writing Seminars and in the Master of Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. A longtime nonfiction editor at LARB, she herself has published several books in the genre, including Coffee (as part of the Bloomsbury Object Lessons series), The Object Parade and Bigger than Life, and co-edited Brief Encounters: A Collection of Literary Nonfiction with the late Judith Kitchen. Dinah's essays and reviews have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, and The Washington Post among many other publications.

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Book SynopsisDustin Pittman amassed an archive of 100,000 photographs chronicling the untamed corners of New York City s after-hours nightlife, from shadowy underground haunts to prestigious galleries and clubs. This 'wish I was there' book unveils the vibrant pop culture scene of New York during the 1970s and 80s.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a rigorous but graphically compelling narrative historic analysis of one of the most important civic buildings not only of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, or the State of Illinois, but arguably of the United States, Memorial Stadium.Like all spatial products, the design and construction of the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium embodies the social, political, economic, aspiration, and aesthetic values of its time. This book will engage in critical analysis including documenting the civic discourse that led to the Stadium and thereafter explore the iterative nature of the Stadium in shaping civic discourse. In this vein, central topics include its role in embodying the stateâs economic growth; the changing nature of the sociocultural tendencies and its impact on campus life and the Universityâs community; the Stadiumâs effects on UIUC sports and the campusâ built environment; the rise of College sports as big business; and the impact on mass

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Book SynopsisPublished to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime Rembrandt exhibition at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna. Rembrandt's powerful art left a lasting impression on his gifted pupil Samuel van Hoogstraten. The fascinating interplay between Rembrandt and Hoogstraten is on display in a unique way you have never seen Rembrandt like this before.This book delves into the depths of colour and illusion, exploring the powerful techniques employed by the master artists Rembrandt and Hoogstraten to create virtual realities on canvas. Through insightful analysis and breathtaking visuals, this in-depth examination reveals the secrets behind the magnificent illusionist effects that have captivated audiences for centuries. Rembrandt-Hoogstraten offers a profound exploration of the transformative power of colour and technique in the hands of two of history''s greatest painters.Image The Royal Caste, Warsaw photo Andrzej Ring, Lech Sandzewicz

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Book SynopsisFeaturing ships from the first season of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY! The story of how the creative teams reimagined STAR TREK for the 21st Century with previously unseen production art and interviews with the show's artists and designers. Every ship for season 1! Showcasing ships such as the U.S.S. Shenzhou, the U.S.S. Discovery and the Klingon bird-of-prey, this book brings you all the Federation and Klingon ships as they appeared in the decade before Captain James T. Kirk's five-year-mission, and is packed with original concept art from STAR TREK artists John Eaves, Sam Michlap, John 'JD' Dickenson and Goran Delic. This latest volume in the Designing Starships series shows how artists and designers reinvented STAR TREK for a new era, taking the classics and reinventing them to build a whole new look for the Federation and the Klingons featured in the hit Star Trek: Discovery TV series. Explore the process behind the creation of the Starships featured in the hit Star Trek: Discovery TV

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Book SynopsisFrom Norman Foster's remarkable station at Canary Wharf to the Yellow-brick vaults of Baker street to the Art Deco exuberance of Arnos Grove, London's tube stations are among its most distinctive and iconic buildings.

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Book Synopsis"Townscape" is the art of giving visual coherence and organisation to the jumble of buildings, streets and spaces that make up the urban environment. Its concepts were first developed by Gordon Cullen in The Architectural Review and were later embodied in the book TOWNSCAPE (1961) which instantly established itself as a major influence on architects, planners and others concerned with what cities should look like. Its interest, however, goes far beyond the professional sphere. Some may see it as an important contribution to art and architectural history since, for the first time, it explores the fact that certain visual effects in the grouping of buildings were based on quite definable, if often spontaneous, aesthetic principles. Others may find that it teaches them to appreciate, as no other book has done, what it is that makes a town "work" architecturally. A third group may want to study it for Cullen's superb drawings of city scenery - a skill at which he is the acknowledged masterTrade Review'A welcome reissue of this influential work, with acute observations on the English urban landscape, fully backed up with photographs and the author's characteristic drawings.' Soc. of Architectual & Industrial Illustrators NewsTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Introduction to 1971 Edition; Casebook: Serial vision; Place; Content; The functional tradition; General Studies: Squares for all tastes; Cross as focal point; Closure; Line of life; Legs and wheels; Hazards; The floor; Prairie planning; Rule of thumb; Street lighting; Outdoor publicity; The wall; The English climate; Casebook precedents; Trees incorporated; Change of level; Here and there; Immediacy; Endpiece; Index

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Book Synopsis'WHAT TO READ IN 2025' FINANCIAL TIMES Many artists are unaware of the mathematics that bubble beneath their craft, while some consciously use it for inspiration. Our instincts might tell us that these two subjects are incompatible forces with nothing in common, but what if we're wrong?

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Book SynopsisDiscover the vivid beauty of the world around you with this collection of 100 postcards from Patterns of Portugal and Patterns of India author Christine Chitnis.From lush florals and fresh produce to stunning architectural wonders, intricate textiles, and detailed interiors, this collection features 50 gorgeous photographs, each repeating once, that spotlight a myriad of patterns and hues that color our everyday lives. Whether you send them as inspiration to a friend or display them in your home, these postcards offer 100 vibrant reminders that there is beauty to be found everywhere.

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Book SynopsisLearn how to take spectacular photographs of every type of garden with this definitive guide. Written by award-winning professional Jason Ingram, whose work has been regularly commissioned by HM The King Charles III Whether you want to create professional images of your own garden, snap Instagram-worthy shots with your iPhone, or learn the best ways to showcase your landscaping business or hobby, this book has it all. Using techniques developed through 25 years of professional success, award-winning photographer Jason Ingram will teach you how to understand light, stabilize photos and skillfully edit images that truly showcase the essence of any garden. ESSENTIAL GEAR AND EQUIPMENT: Gain an overview of the best camera, lenses and accessories to pack in your bag. MASTERING LIGHT: Explore the methods for manipulating natural light, from beginner to advanced. COMPOSITION TIPS AND TRICKS: Combine styling hacks and camera skills for sensational compositions. iPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY: Dive into on-the-go, accessible tips for taking the best shots with your iPhone. ACCESSING PUBLIC GARDENS: Learn how to gain permission to the most magical garden's for photography. POST-PROCESSING AND EDITING: Be introduced to photo editing software that enhance your favorite shots. With clear, concise, and comprehensive instructions suitable for every skill level, this book will guide you through every stage of creating extraordinary garden photographs.

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Book SynopsisSTUFF is a totally new genre of book, carving out a radically new mode of storytelling. The 448 page tome serves as both testament and beacon, a record of collaboratively- engineered creative intelligence that can guide whoever is looking to continue in its lineage. - WHITNEY MALLET Kim Hastreiter, the beloved troublemaker and champion of downtown New York, is best known as the co-founder of the iconic, indie, Paper Magazine. She calls herself a cultural anthropologist, but in today's terms she might be better described as a multihyphenate artist who excavates big wild ideas from all corners of culture and brings them to life. Kim has spent the last 50 years amassing a deep and iconoclastic collection of stuff. STUFF is more than a memoir; it's a loopy, joyous, chaotic ride through the last half century of cultural chaos in the greatest city on earth. STUFF is a storytelling project about an extraordinary slice of history and the people who defined it, using Kim's singular edit of art, fashion, design, photography, books and ephemera as a lens. In these pages you'll meet Kim's amazing friends: at an all night party in the basement of an East Village church with Keith Haring, a private art sale with Jeffery Deitch in Phylis Diller's kitchen, or impromptu cocktail at Trader Vic's with Salvador Dali and Joey Arias. In Kim's New York, a leopard print Fiorucci look catches the attention of legendary photographer Bill Cunningham and sparks a lifelong friendship. A chance run-in with Kim's neighbor Steve McCurry has her witness the creation of the defining image of 9/11. And a trip with her mother to buy a dining table from Nakashima, sets off a devotion to patina as a form of personal history. Whether you are an OG or a kid, a culture vulture, artist, design buff, fashion nerd, skater, collector, chef, cinephile, New Yorker, uptowner, downtowner, out of towner, or something else entirely, STUFF will make you feel like you're sitting with Kim in her garden high above Washington Square Park, her booming voice imploring you to follow your heart and listen when the voice inside your head screams YES. Kim is begging us to pursue our lives with compulsive enthusiasm, by generously walking us through her own. STUFF is more than the sum of its parts: it is a provocation and a roadmap for building a creative life. Co-published by Damiani and Amazing Unlimited.

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Book SynopsisThe jarring emptiness following the loss of a loved one, the expansive out-of-body sensation of sensual touch, the lassitude of melancholy and the ecstatic receptivity to sunshine. His ability to capture and convey sensation and feelings through the materials of art, places the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (18631944) at the forefront of European art at the turn of the last century.Interestingly, Munch's artistic exploration of perception, and his persistent questioning of the objectivity of vision, intersect with ideas that matured within the fields of psychology and experimental optics at the time.Edvard Munch: Inner Fire examines these connections, demonstrating his continuing exploration of the conditions of sight. The essays in this catalogue examine this phenomenon while also probing a lesser-known aspect of the artist's work: Munch's relationship to Italy.The first essay, Lasse Jacobsen's Edvard Munch. Italian Impressions', explores this connection explicitly, as part of a general overview of Munch's life and work.The second text, Reflections in Munch's Inner Eye' by Patricia G. Berman, charts the art historical context of Munch's exploration of experience's subjective dimension. Emil Leth Meilvang's Seeing without Sight. Munch's Vision', on its part, explores the relationship between Munch's artistic development and simultaneous developments within the perceptual sciences. Edvard Munch. Inner Fire includes essayistic pieces by authors Melania G. Mazzucco and Hanne Ørstavik: I am a Romantic' and Who Am I'. Each demonstrates Munch's continuing ability to light the inner fires of other artists.

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Book SynopsisElectric, outrageous, erotic, rebellious - rock concert posters are the visual equivalent of the music they advertise. The Art of Rock traces the history of this energising art form from the bold letterpress posters advertising Elvis''s early shows, through the multi-coloured fantasies of the psychedelic era, to the avant-garde collages of new wave and punk. More than 1,500 posters and other graphics - tickets, backstage passes, buttons, handbills - are presented in their original blazing colour (or their stark black and white, as the case may be). The text features dozens of exclusive interviews with musicians, concert promoters, and the poster artists themselves, including legends like Stanley Mouse, Alton Kelley, or Wes Wilson - who also designed the cover of this book. A visual journey through 30 years of rock and roll, as well as a valuable reference, The Art of Rock is an essential volume for every music lover (and art lover).Trade Review"Fascinating and accessible ... useful for both the scholar and the fan" --New York Times "A literate, loving look at the poster's evolution" --Chicago Tribune "It flat-out rocks." --Newsweek "Widely considered the genre's original bible." --San Francisco Chronicle "[This] exhaustively researched compilation brings together more than thirty years' worth of the best and brightest rock posters and art work." --Rolling Stone "There really wasn't such a thing as a rock poster expert until Paul Grushkin established himself as one with his stellar ... Art of Rock" --CMJ New Music Monthly "Rock 'n' roll is here to stay, and the old posters advertising live shows seem to be sticking around too."--The Wall Street Journal

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Book SynopsisIn this long-awaited follow-up to the best-selling first edition of How to Draw Cars Like a Pro, renowned car designer Thom Taylor goes back to the drawing board to update his classic with all-new illustrations and to expand on such topics as the use of computers in design today.  Taylor shares his artistic insights and techniques for creating captivating renderings of any kind of automobile. From information on how to draw from a photo or from observing a vehicle in real time, the step-by-step instruction covers all you need to know to become a master at drawing cars. The comprehensive advice includes: Selecting the proper tools and equipment Perspective and proportion Sketching and cartooning Various media Light, shadow, reflection Color And even interiors.  Written to help enthusiasts at all artistic levels, his book also features more than 200 Trade Review“Whether you’re a notebook doodler who wants to develop some skills, an expert illustrator looking to take it to the next level, or someone who doesn’t even own a pencil but loves excellent hot rod illustrations, How to Draw Cars Like a Pro is your book.” - Rod & Custom“Cracking artwork in there, both of actual chopper designs and some cartoon stuff, which emphasizes the fun aspect.” - American Car World“A boon for every stylist and budding enthusiast.” - Classic and Sports Car“Regardless of whether you intend to have a go yourself, this 143-page softback helps you understand why the best motoring art is so captivating and why so much of it just doesn’t look right.” - Classic Cars

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Book SynopsisLavishly illustrated, this catalogue explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in interwar France, a period of exceptional creativity, innovation and turbulence. Expansive and interdisciplinary, Roaring illuminates the rich creative ecosystems that nourished this golden age of French automotive design. The publication explores the role of the automobile as both object and subject in France between the two world wars. It untangles the impact of fashion, interiors, architecture, aviation and the avant-garde on French automobile design and production. In turn, it highlights the bold, untethered visions of artists like Josephine Baker, Le Corbusier, Sonia and Robert Delaunay, and Jacques-Henri Lartigue, who embraced the automobile as a provocative expression of the modern age.

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Book SynopsisThe Lacock Cup is a rare object with a unique English history. Made in the 1430s, it is one of a handful of pieces of secular silver from the Middle Ages, which both survived the changing culture of Tudor fashion and the turmoil of the Reformation. The remarkable story of this special cup is brought to life in this short and accessible book.

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Book SynopsisA quirky, photographic exploration of two beloved subjects: breakfasts and dogs.Trade Review"Colorful, elegant, simple and enticing." —Chicago Tribune "Delightfully quirky... Prepare for adorableness ahead."—Bon Appétit "Adorable... The perfect book for dog-loving foodies."—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette "A weird and wonderful marriage of recipes, cute pets and food porn." —The Times "Pets plus food plus the internet is an unfailingly successful trifecta, but with Kuwahara’s uniquely Japanese combo of sparseness and whimsy this is something special."—The Guardian Cook "Kuwahara's austere but charming food photos capture the small pleasures of making breakfast at home."—Bon Appetit "Is this the best food gift of the year?... An equally great gift for Nipponophiles, foodies and animal-lovers, but dog’s best friends, in particular, are going to flip."—SBS Food "It’s pets and food, which always works, couched in that uniquely Japanese combo of sparseness and whimsy that means you just can’t stop leafing through."—AJ Architect’s Journal "A charming little diary of sorts."—The New York Times [An] image-rich treasure."—The Bark

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Book SynopsisWhere does the ampersand get its name from? What does the hashtag have to do with commerce in ancient Rome? Keith Houston gives the answers in this delightfully entertaining book.From the pilcrow to the ampersand, the entire cast of Shady Characters reflects the changes in written communication through the ages, charting how punctuation has adapted to each new technological innovation. Together, these shady characters form a rich, entertaining and surprising history of the written word and our ongoing attempts to shape it.''Engaging typographical journeys . . . Houston brings to life a history of ingenuity and imagination'' The Times''Entertaining, informative, a must-read. If ever a book deserved its hardbacked, reverse-embossed, lavishly illustrated, thick white heavy paper incarnation, and a place on an actual bookshelf, it is Shady Characters'' Guardian''Houston brings considerable wit to the 5,000-year-old

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Book SynopsisOfficial photographer to music legend David Bowie, Denis O''Regan presents a personal edit from his unrivalled collection of photographs. Accompanying Bowie on two world tours and enjoying a decades-long relationship with the star, no one photographed Bowie more than Denis O''Regan. As Bowie himself once remarked, ''Denis, Rock ''n'' Roll is in your blood''.From the door of Olympic Studios, where Bowie recorded Diamond Dogs in 1974, to live stadium shows in the 1990s, Denis''s full archive is at last opened and many unseen images revealed for the first time. David Bowie by Denis O'Regan tells Bowie''s musical story in pictures, with O''Regan''s own words relaying his experience of documenting that incredible journey.Author of the hugely successful Ricochet: David Bowie 1983 (Particular Books, 2018), O''Regan has toured with the biggest stars from The Rolling Stones and Queen to Pink Floyd and Duran Duran, to name a few. But it is his photographs of David Bowie, taken over two decades at over 200 concerts worldwide, that he is best known for. David Bowie the showman and David behind-the scenes, O''Regan has captured it all in this showcase of one of the world''s most talented performers.

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Book SynopsisThe beauty and essence of Japanese design through 300 objects.Trade Review'A beautiful compendium ... What a shogun started in the 15th century still has currency today.' – New York Times 'Exquisite ... As an object itself, as well as a fantastic book that will further the knowledge and understanding of the sublime beauty of Japanese design.' – New York Magazine 'Menegazzo and Piotti distill centuries of the wabi-wabi way of life in this elegantly curated photograph album of everyday items... While minimalism might not be everyone's cup of green tea, those with the desire to pare down will surely find inspiration.' – Publishers Weekly 'Explores the beauty, essence, and enduring impact of Japanese design ... Printed on craft paper and bound in the traditional Japanese style with a stitched spine and folded pages, the book itself is an art masterpiece.' – Chopsticks Magazine'For those unfamiliar with the Japanese term 'wa', it can be loosely translated to mean 'harmony.' The concept can be seen in many ways in Japanese culture; in this book it's defined through 250 objects - from a 16th century bamboo case to a 1950s Isamu Noguchi table to a modern-day silk robe by Kenzo. What you can be sure of: everything chosen for the book is beautifully designed - right down to the utilitarian Kikkoman soy sauce bottle.' – The New York Post'I used to be a graphic designer, so I think books as objects, like Phaidon's WA: The Essence of Japanese Design, make exceptional gifts. Intricately bound, it showcases a collection of Japanese products, from food to ceramics.' – DuJour 'An intellectually honest and provocative introduction to the culture of Japanese design practices.' – Identity magazine

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWinner of a 2015 Gelett Burgess Children's Book Award One of Buffalo News' 10 Rare and Wonderful Books for Holiday Giving 2015 Selected for Cosmos Magazine's Holiday Science Reading list 2015 One of Denver Life Magazine's 8 Books for Everyone on Your Holiday List "Engaging the text side by side with the artwork yields a myriad of interesting tonal effects in both the words and the pictures. It's an entirely different approach to the notion of illustration... This book succeeds in scratching the itch many admirers of Carroll and Dali have felt for too long."--Megan Volpert, PopMatters "[The drawings were] originally printed alongside the rise of 1960s psychedelia, we can return to examine the curious collaboration between one of the most prolific 20th-century dreamers and one of the 19th-century's most influential fantasies."--Allison Meier, Hyperallergic "The hardcover book as a physical object has much to recommend it. Beautifully designed with high-quality paper, it is nonetheless inexpensive enough that parents shouldn't panic at the prospect of thumbprints and spills if they read or give it to their children. A great gift for children, children-at-heart, and lovers of timeless culture, it will earn a proud place by the bedside, on the bookshelf, or on the coffee table right beside the tiny golden key to the garden of your imagination."--Jon Sobel, Blogcritics.org "Dali's illustrations have a colourful force of their own. Carroll's Alice anticipated the Surrealist wonderland: dreams and paradoxes, puns and psychoanalysis, distortions of space and time."--Dominic Green, Standpoint "[This] is the copy of Alice's Adventures you keep after having given all the other celebratory variants away ... it comes with two very astute and well-illustrated introductions... It is, as the introductions state, as both creators would like to see it--two weird and/or wonderful minds with much in common, harmonizing across the centuries to result in this very handsome modern edition."--John Lloyd, The Bookbag "All in all a marvelous book printed on thick paper. This anniversary edition will be an irresistible temptation to any bibliophile."--A. Bultheel "The introduction by Burstein ... and Thomas Banchoff provides a valuable grounding in [Dali's] interests and obsessions at the time the gouaches were created."--Library Journal "An elegant edition."--Art Quarterly "[A] stunning 150th-anniversary edition of the classic novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... Dali's illustrations afford us a glimpse of Wonderland as he sees it, allowing us to better grasp the implications, tropes and symbols the work is pregnant with."--Wan Lixin, Shanghai Daily "[S]tunning."--Bill Condie, Cosmos Magazine "Older students, especially those studying art and graphics, might well find much to research in this extraordinary collaboration."--Jane Doonan, School Librarian "For more than half a century, this unusual yet organic cross-pollination of genius remained an almost mythic artifact, reserved for collectors and scholars. To mark the 150th anniversary of the beloved book, Princeton University Press brought back to life the Dali-illustrated Alice's Adventures in Wonderland... A crowning achievement among the greatest illustrations of the Carroll masterpiece from the century and a half since its inception, featuring new introductions by Mark Burstein, president of the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, and mathematician Thomas Banchoff, who knew and collaborated with Dali."--Maria Popova, Brain Pickings "The book itself is a beautiful physical object, and it makes available for the first time to the general public Salvador Dali's illustrations for the 1969 Random House edition [Maecenas Press, New York]. We hold it in our hands, enjoying its weight and beautiful cover (Salvador Dali's The lobster's quadrille). We open it at random, and our eyes feel immediately welcomed by the comfortable text size and off-white high-quality paper. We glance through its pages, noticing their pleasant texture, and our curiosity is raised by the attractive colors and shapes of the illustrations. We know, even before we start, that reading Carroll's story in this edition will be a wonderful experience. We sit comfortably, open the book and ... off we go!"--Capi Corrales-Rodriganez, MathSciNetTable of ContentsIntroduction Dodgson and Dali vii Mark Burstein The Math Connection xvii Thomas Banchoff Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 1 One Down the Rabbit-Hole 7 Two The Pool of Tears 15 Three A Caucus-Race and a Long Tale 23 Four The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill 31 Five Advice from a Caterpillar 39 Six Pig and Pepper 47 Seven A Mad Tea-Party 55 Eight The Queen's Croquet-Ground 63 Nine The Mock Turtle's Story 71 Ten The Lobster-Quadrille 79 Eleven Who Stole the Tarts? 87 Twelve Alice's Evidence 95 Acknowledgments 103 Illustration Credits 104

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Book Synopsis50 colour botanical postcards stored in a chunky keepsake box.

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Book SynopsisNorah Waugh''s book has, for many years, been the definitive work of reference for teachers and students of fashion design, for dress designers, for costume makers - and anyone who is seriously interested in the history and construction of women''s clothes.Each period in the history of costume has produced its own characteristic line and silhouette, and the book includes numerous patterns taken from actual dresses, many of them rare museum specimens, illustrated by line sketches of the garments themselves. There are detailed notes on the production of women''s dress with diagrams from and references to early technical books and journals.

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Book SynopsisShowcasing a range of homes, churches, barns, commercial, and industrial buildings from across the UK, this book demonstrates the SPAB philosophy that good new architecture can sit happily alongside old and is preferable to pastiche. Building on the experience of professionals in the historic environment, the authors explore the approach, the design process, the material palette and technical considerations in creating enduring, sustainable buildings. It has never been more important to understand how old buildings can be adapted to make them useful and sustainable in the future. “Good conservation demands a clear and rigorous contemporary approach for new work just as much as it requires delicacy and respect in dealing with the past. In this book, Roger and Iain skilfully guide us through the work of some of the best examples, their erudition underscored by a deep understanding of conservation theory and principles.” Kevin McCloudTable of ContentsForeword by Kevin McCloud Advisory note Historic environment consents Preface Featured buildings Introduction Chapter 1. Embracing good design Chapter 2. Starting points Chapter 3. Considerations for success Chapter 4. Material facts Chapter 5. Forms of adaptation Chapter 6. Interiors Chapter 7. Fit for the future

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Book SynopsisThe revised version of this established textbook provides a unique introduction for students and new entrants to the clothing industry. Profusely illustrated, it sets out a panoramic view of the day-to-day operation of a clothing factory, including management, design, marketing, finance and purchasing as well as quality control and production. The practical aspects of clothing manufacturing are explained, from the original design to deliveries to retail customers, and each of the basic planning and manufacturing technologies is described with many practical examples of their applications. The Authors Gerry Cooklin had over 30 years' experience in the British and Israeli clothing industries and for 12 years was deputy managing director of the Bagis Group in Israel where he was responsible for technology and development. Dr Steven G Hayes is Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Acknowledgements. Part 1 THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY. 1 Structure of the Clothing Industry. 2 Sectors of the Clothing Industry. 3 Product Types and Organisation. Part 2 THE ORGANISATION OF A CLOTHING FACTORY. 4 Principles of Management. 5 Design Department. 6 Marketing Department. 7 Finance Department. 8 Purchasing Department. 9 Production Department. 10 Operations Department. Part 3 MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY. 11 Cutting Room. 12 Fusing Technology. 13 Sewing Technology. 14 Pressing Technology. 15 Production Technology. 16 Warehousing. Part 4 ENGINEERING AND QUALITY CONTROL. 17 Production Engineering. 18 Quality Systems and Methods. Bibliography. Index

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Book SynopsisLatest in the Song series of fantasy art books, Dragon Song takes a loving look (from a safe distance) at that most special relationship between a girl and her dragon! A remarkable oversized collection of paintings and illustrations that celebrate the magnificent flying reptiles of mythology and their ferocious female protectors! Artists include Pelaez, James Hottinger, Dave Dunstan, Carlos Valenzuela, Steve Fastner and Rich Larson, and many more. Fire-breathing was NEVER this hot!

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Book SynopsisImages in the Margins is the third in the popular Medieval Imagination series of small, affordable books drawing on manuscript illumination in the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum and the British Library. Each volume focuses on a particular theme and provides an accessible, delightful introduction to the imagination of the medieval world.Trade Review"A truly unique and sublime visual study into medieval artistry - awe-inspiring in its detail and imagination." Harry Bliss, cover artist for the New Yorker; "One of a series of well-produced books that showcases the riches of the Getty's collections." Reference and Research Book News; "The reproductions are intricate and lovely puzzles for the grown-up eyeball/mind, so beauteously high-coloured and attractive that it is hard to stop looking." Lincoln County News (Damariscotta, Maine); "Strikes the perfect tone, focusing in each instance on the role of marginalia within its manuscript." Comitatus, A Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Book SynopsisPastel Painting Techniques That Are Revolutionary, Fun and Easy!

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