Art & Photography Books

Book SynopsisPaint beautiful geometric, floral and animal designs. The trendy duo: watercolour & hand lettering. The trendy combination of sayings, light motifs, and elements in a watercolour look. This is a book of several blogger projects. The bloggers show their watercolour projects and the connection of watercolour paints, brush pen, and fineliner. With many step-by-step instructions for watercolour motifs, it is the perfect way to get to know the world of flowing colours. The basics of watercolour painting such as glaze, wash, and wet on wet are explained right at the beginning. The project book for beautiful watercolour letterings. AUTHOR: Christin Stapff Madchenkunst discovered hand lettering on Instagram in 2015, and it was love at first click. Since then, her passion is the brush lettering with watercolour painting.

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Book SynopsisAn impassioned and convincing case for the importance and rewards of public investment in arts and culture.

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Book SynopsisRobbie Polley is a renowned architectural illustrator. His drawings have featured in thirty books, including Architecture Inside + Out, also published by Thames & Hudson. Margaret Fletcher is Associate Professor of Architecture at Auburn University.Table of ContentsIntroduction • Ancient and Classical • Medieval and Renaissance • Baroque to Art Nouveau • Modern to Contemporary

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Book Synopsis An attractive new hardcover edition of the classic biography of Tamara de Lempicka, whose paintings defined Art Deco and whose life epitomised the Jazz Age. As F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the mad glories of the 1920s on the printed page, Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980) captured them on canvas. A seductive Garbo-esque beauty with an irresistible force of personality, this refugee of the Russian Revolution successively conquered Paris, Hollywood, and New York with coruscating portraits of the world''s rich and famous. Her Art Deco paintings earned for her a life more fabulously excessive than anything Fitzgerald dreamed of. Passion by Design, authored by Tamara de Lempicka''s own daughter, is an intimate look at a fascinating personality, and remains the best account of her life and work. This new edition is illustrated with vibrant colour reproductions of her finest paintings, as well as exclusive photographs from family albums. An additional chapter by Victoria de Lempicka, the artist''s granddaughter, explores the ever-evolving legacy of Tamara de Lempicka, from the record eight-figure price fetched by her painting La Tunique Rose in November 2019 to the new musical based on her life.

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Book SynopsisThis beautifully concise guide tells the story of the couturier Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel and the luxury fashion brand she founded.

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Book SynopsisThe author of Beautiful is back with a new book of his interiors, filled with blue-and-white vignettes, wicker, saturated color, and pretty patterns.Trade Review"This sought-after designer is back with his second book, breaking up style into five groups: Traditional, Country, Coastal, Mediterranean and Beautiful. Each chapter showcases projects filled with his signature bright, chic, and well-appointed rooms." — SERENDIPITY"Mark D. Sikes’s first book was The New York Times bestseller Beautiful. His new book, More Beautiful, is a further exploration of all-American decorating, with a particular emphasis on indoor-outdoor living. Expect a celebration of classic styles, preppy color combinations, and all-around beautiful, welcoming interiors that charm." —CHAIRISH BLOG"Blue-and-white vignettes dotted with wicker and antique furnishings have become interior designer Mark D. Sikes’s calling card. In More Beautiful: All-American Decoration, he shows just how versatile the classic style can be, highlighting a range of approaches, from the interplay of American and European aesthetics to mixing traditional and modern styles. It’s a discernment that results in wonderfully crisp yet livable interiors that continue to prove the longevity of Sikes’s Midas touch." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST.COM "Designer Mark D. Sikes follows up his hit debut book Beautiful with even more of his specific brand of classic, preppy style. Expect lots of blue-and-white, wicker, and breezy interiors." —HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.COM

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Book SynopsisVisually arresting and utterly one-of-a-kind, Sarah J. Sloat's Hotel Almighty is a book-length erasure of pages from Misery by Stephen King, a reimagining of the novel's themes of constraint and possibility in elliptical, enigmatic poems. Here, "joy would crawl over broken glass, if that was the way." Here, sleep is a "circle whose diameter might be small," a circle "pitifully small," a "wrecked and empty hypothetical circle." Paired with Sloat's stunning mixed-media collage, each poem is a miniature canvas, a brief associative profile of the psyche—its foibles, obsessions, and delights.Trade ReviewAIGA 50 Books 50 Covers of 2020 The New York Times Book Review, “New & Noteworthy Poetry, from the Ancient Greeks to Billy Collins” Library Journal, "Versifying / Collection Development: Poetry" Academy of American Poets, “2020 Featured Fall Books” "Kenyon Review’s 2020 Holiday Reading Recommendations" Electric Literature, "9 Graphic Poetry Collections that Reimagine Text and Image" Neon Pajamas, "Favorite Authors (and Their Books) That I Read in 2020" Hypoallergic, “Typographic Eye Candy”: 50 Standout Book Covers From 2020 “Absolutely marvelous.” —Mary Ruefle "This book of erasure poems uses Stephen King’s “Misery” as its source text, highlighting themes of captivity and imagination. Sloat reproduces the original pages she used, adorned with fanciful collages on the erased sections." —”New and Noteworthy Poetry, from the Ancient Greeks to Billy Collins,” The New York Times Book Review "Sarah J. Sloat’s debut poetry collection, Hotel Almighty, is a visual feast. This assemblage of erasure poems and full-color collages is a fantastical, Rubik’s Cube of a delight." —Kelly Fordon, New York Journal of Books "Sloat’s brilliant erasures. . . are visual delights that transcend confinement." —"Kenyon Review’s 2020 Holiday Reading Recommendations," Kenyon Review "Sarah J. Sloat’s Hotel Almighty (Sarabande, Sept.) goes all out with erasure and mixed-media collage to reimagine Stephen King’s Misery." —"Versifying / Collection Development: Poetry" by Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal "Hotel Almighty is a collection full of possibility and surprise. Of yes, misery and confinement, but also of playfulness and hope. It’s worth noting how unusual and thrilling it is to encounter a book of poems infused with so much color. The sophistication of the erasure pairs with the illustrative nature of collage to create a distinct mood, at times, like a subversive picture book for the Future Adult version of the kid drawing in the back of the room, who is too smart or dark or witty for the rest of the class." —"Misery Loves Company: A Conversation with Sarah J. Sloat" by J.M. Farkas, The Rumpus "More in the spirit of play than protest, S. Jane Sloat creates poetry from prose, reconstituting the words and world of Stephen King’s Misery. Sloat finds dreamy delight in King’s suspenseful tale: ‘In an act of imagination/late at night./He threw back his head and/a variety of strange and poisonous flowers grew.’ These lines feel like they speak to the creative process in general and to this book in particular. Each page is a poem revealed through erasure, strange word-flowers growing up from crayons, collage fragments, and loose threads that suggest a feminine hand." —Electric Literature, "9 Graphic Poetry Collections that Reimagine Text and Image" "Sarah J. Sloat's visual spectacles feel like unique and refreshing dreamscapes. Where a table or desk transforms into a craft bonanza of vivid lines, vintage clippings, yarn, scissors, wallpaper, string. Hotel Almighty offers all of those things. Bring me erasure. Bring me poetry. Bring me analog collage. Bring me Misery on every damn page." —"Favorite Authors (and Their Books) That I Read in 2020," Neon Pajamas "Hotel Almighty will make your brain spin until the last page, weaving colorful paper cut-outs, vibrant dots, and gold threads with word-jewels excavated from Misery, bewildering you with a new sense of what poetry is capable of." —Rhino "At a time when many contemporary poets experiment with and teach erasure as a poetic technique, Sloat's collection showcases the many potentials of the form. Sloat's visual compositions occur on three or four levels at once, as she aligns the forms of the source text, the verbal text, the collage, and the collection. I believe this multi-level resonance sets new parameters for poetry. With her flexibility with syntax and fluid subjects, Sloat forges new insights that call us to question the way we relate to what confines us, and to re-set the limits of a poem. I've loved reading and re-reading Hotel Almighty. I find something new each time I open the book, and I continue to learn from the box of many boxes Sloat presents here." —Diagram, online "[Misery] explores the mode and function of artistic creation as it relates to life itself, the ways confinement and suffering can become means to radical opening. Sloat’s Hotel Almighty internalizes all of this, both commenting and building on King’s explorations in both the form and lyricism of her erasures." —Dream Pop Journal, online "Sloat’s work here belongs within the offbeat orthodoxy of found poetry; the popular label 'blackout poetry' certainly applies to her method of scratching out, painting over or otherwise obscuring printed text, thereby bringing novel messages to the surface. And yet these terms, which live in negative language, don’t fully capture Sloat’s sublime, unsettling outcomes. She coaxes Technicolor poetry from preexisting pages; new verse isn’t merely found—as in stumbled upon—but unearthed." —The Curator "[A]n innovative, compelling work of visual lyric." —Women’s Voices for Change, online "Hotel Almighty is a profound work of reinvention — from King’s pop fiction to a hybrid work where houses grow wild with flowers, where one asks hell to “subside a little” (42), and where the reader enjoys every minute of the bizarre, vivid, delightful journey." —The Indianapolis Review "This is the technical and dramatic pinnacle of erasure poetry." —Naoko Fujimoto Poetry & Graphic Poetry “Sarah J. Sloat’s erasure-collages create intimate and intricate pairings that ricochet back and forth between text and image. In one, a picture of a giant hand tenderly touching a tiny telephone speaks to the page’s mournful question, ‘If I could be / A dim shape slumped over / and round / Would that be so bad?’ In another, the erased text (‘The sound of the wind filled the phone / squeezing into the line / like a nerve awake at night’) is translated into red stitches approaching, then encircling a tree. Hotel Almighty is a marvel.” —Matthea Harvey

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Book Synopsis‘The crossbill is a bonny bird An she sings wi a guid Scots tongue Jip-jip-jip A’ll gie ye gip Gin ye meddle wi me nor ma young’ As a result of his travels across the North American continent in the eighteenth century Alexander Wilson pioneered the science of ornithological writing and illustration, becoming an inspiration for most of the ornithological works which followed. This new book celebrates the artwork of Alexander Wilson by reproducing his illustrations alongside new poems in Scots by Hamish MacDonald, looking at the habits, habitats, and characteristics of birds.

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Book SynopsisStaggering skylines and boastful architecture make Dubai famous—this book traces them back to a twentieth-century plan for survival. In 1959, experts agreed that if Dubai was to become something more than an unruly port, a plan was needed. Specifically, a town plan was prescribed to fortify the city from obscurity and disorder. With the proverbial handshake, Dubai's ruler hired British architect John Harris to design Dubai's strategy for capturing the world's attention—and then its investments. Showpiece City recounts the story of how Harris and other hired professionals planned Dubai's spectacular transformation through the 1970s. Drawing on exclusive interviews, private archives, dog-eared photographs, and previously overlooked government documents, Todd Reisz reveals the braggadocio and persistence that sold Dubai as a profitable business plan. Architecture made that plan something to behold. Reisz highlights initial architectural achievements—including the city's first hospital, national bank, and skyscraper—designed as showpieces to proclaim Dubai's place on the world stage. Reisz explores the overlooked history of a skyline that did not simply rise from the sands. In the city's earliest modern architecture, he finds the foundations of an urban survival strategy of debt-wielding brinkmanship and constant pitch making. Dubai became a testing ground for the global city—and prefigured how urbanization now happens everywhere.Trade Review"Showpiece City is a meticulous reconstruction of the 'creation' of Dubai. With impeccable timing, Todd Reisz presents one of the key stories of the history of globalization—at the moment of its uncertain future."—Rem Koolhaas"Todd Reisz offers a gold mine of new material, giving both historical and contemporary explanation of the dynamics that have shaped Dubai. In its elegant prose, Showpiece City is a major contribution to the history of the region and of global cities in general."—Hashim Sarkis, MIT School of Architecture + Planning"Gripping and insightful, Showpiece City is a much-needed history of the making and remaking of Dubai. Todd Reisz masterfully depicts the complex struggles between local rulers, merchants, colonial administrators, and various consultants that undergirded planning logics. A must-read for anyone interested in architecture and urban planning."—Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University, author of Archive Wars: The Politics of History in Saudi Arabia"Dubai has long been catnip for Western journalists, vilified as a metastasizing ahistorical Gomorrah that operates according to the logic of the airport and the amusement park. Finally, Showpiece City offers up a vivid and unusually writerly account of the emirate that gives lie to the unimaginative one-liner. Todd Reisz sensitively takes us back in time, narrating the genesis of delirious Dubai as we know it through the stories of its hodgepodge residents, leaders and, crucially, the first generation of architects and town planners who gave shape to this endlessly interesting strip of land."—Negar Azimi, writer and Senior Editor, Bidoun magazine"With elegant and accessible prose and abundant illustrations, [Reisz] illuminates a complex tale of international business/politics, development, stories-of-place, and nation building."—M. C. Childs, CHOICE"With capering prose and taut storytelling, Reisz begins to rebuild Dubai around the winding Creek, highlighting the successes and failures that shaped the foundations of the city as we know it today."—Razmig Bedirian, The National"Showpiece City is an impressive achievement and contribution to the rapidly growing subfield of Middle East urban studies... This is a ground-breaking book that provides original insight into the minutia of Dubai in the 1950s to the 1970s while simultaneously contributing to larger debates on the urban history of power and space."—Deen Sharp, International Journal of Middle East Studies"[Showpiece City is a tour de force of archival research, and it helps dismantle the common stereotypical assumption that Dubai is a 'fake city,' a 'shallow city,' or that which was created overnight out of nothing. Reisz's meticulous usage of primary sources raises the bar for other architectural historians."—Pamela Karimi, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsPrologue: Here's a Plan 1. Bustle 2. Landscapes for Production 3. Hardened Edges 4. Taking Measures: 1960 Dubai Town Plan 5. Piecemeal: Al Maktoum Hospital 6. Crispness: National Bank of Dubai 7. Health City: Rashid Hospital 8. Future Flyovers: 1971 Dubai Development Plan 9. All in All: Dubai World Trade Centre Epilogue: Storylines

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Book SynopsisThe first monograph entirely devoted to the illuminated manuscripts of Sister Eufrasia Burlamacchi (1478-1548), this book demonstrates that her artistry should not be confined to painting or sculpture alone. Within the convent walls of San Domenico in Lucca where she lived and worked, Burlamacchi attained high levels of artistic proficiency through her knowledge of drawing and colour technique, composition, treatment of space and proportions. This book highlights that Sister Eufrasia was aware of the progress illumination underwent in contact with the artists we now include in the High Renaissance. She quickly established a style which she then passed on to younger sisters in faith to establish a convent workshop where mutual exchange was the norm. Here, for the first time, Eufrasia Burlamacchi is recognized and discussed as an influential and gifted artist in her own right.

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Book SynopsisGrowing up, almost every kid dreams of finding buried treasure. That dream slowly fades with age as they realise that Blackbeard never visited their backyard. For some, the search for treasure continues in their adult lives in other ways. Metal detectors and shovels may be replaced with online searches and library visits, but the thrill of the hunt is still alive, ever driving the quest forward.Lost Danish Treasure tells the tale of two stories: 1) the history of Finn Juhl's iconic Chieftain Chair and a long-forgotten painting that preceded it, and 2) the individual connections to this design by a small group of collector researchers.Although starting in different eras and timelines, the two accounts start to intertwine over the course of the book, with the research efforts of today helping to unravel the mysteries of the past. As each chapter unfolds, more and more clues are revealed that slowly weave the storylines closer together until the summer

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Book SynopsisOfficial art and creator commentary for one of the most anticipated games of the year.

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Book SynopsisThe first serious study on the paintings of the female icon and one of the most celebrated British artists, Tracey Emin

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Book SynopsisPiece together the world of the genius that is Frida Kahlo in this art history jigsaw puzzle that tells the story of her life, her art, and her career.Taking center stage is Frida herself surrounded by iconic elements of her life. Woven into the bustling Mexican scene are a huge cast of contemporary extras, from Kahlo''s family and famous friends, as well as her various exotic pets. Those with a keen eye will also spot many references to her art and the tragedies and triumphs of her career. For those just discovering Kahlo the included poster guides the puzzler along the journey with facts about the 25 references found in the jigsaw.Known for her self-portraits and representation of her Mexican heritage, the colourful scene in this puzzle conveys the spirit of Kahlo and her world. Travel through the medical traumas, family, love, and loss that encapsulated Kahlo''s life and discover the surrealist artist in a new light.With 1000 pieces and a keepsake poster, The

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Book SynopsisIn the era dominated by very big breasts, the book you are holding is a miracle. It is the result of a long and tenacious work, made in an unquenched quest for beauty and mammal shapes. Dave Naz is a natural small breasts enthusiast. In history of art, it was not only the Spanish writer and poet Roman Gomez de la Serna who asked himself: why have some women such little breasts? Amazons breasts, for instance, always raised a lot of questions. In the Middle Ages, paintings of the Virgin Mary often showed the Madonna with a very small bulging breast, a symbol of her beauty. Until the 17th century or so, western painting glorified womens physique with breasts like Reinette apples, always highlighted by low-cuts. White, small and spherical breasts were considered as the criteria number one to seduce. These breasts, said to be perfect, were actually called tits in the courteous tongue, an allusion to their smallness. Yet, etymologically, the word breast does not necessarily indicate anything big. On the contrary, the term comes from old Saxon briost, meaning bud. These photographs celebrate with passion the amazing diversity of small breasts. There is no pair like another. Each woman has a unique and original one. Conclusion: Women with small breasts can be beautiful and very erotic.

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Book SynopsisThe psychological impulse to discern faces in random patterns on inanimate objects is known as pareidolia. It has brought us the Virgin Mary on a cheese sandwich, the shroud of Turin, Elvis in a cup of coffee, the man in the moon, and Aunt Mary in a cloud formation. In this delightful and funny gift book, you can test your ability to find faces in all kinds of places, including building façades, electrical sockets, and fruit. Examples of pareidolia are all around us, and you will be amazed at what you will see!

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Book SynopsisThe story of David Hockney is one of passion: passion for seeing, passion for telling, passion for images. But to these should be added passion for life. Hockney''s art is a celebration of what it is to be alive. All his pictures?sometimes tender, as when he draws close friends and family; sometimes playful, as in his paintings of lazy, carefree days at the pool; sometimes awe-inspiring, as with his monumental images of the Grand Canyon?convey what it means to be in the world, to see it, to move in it, to love it.This constant exploration of how to communicate such feelings through art emerges with particular clarity in this stunning, lively volume, now updated to include recent works which have been selected and organized by Hockney personally, and track his lifelong experiments in ways of looking and depicting.

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Book SynopsisA remarkable book a precious album or scrapbook of ideas, insights and specially chosen images of objects that have a multitude of stories to tell.' Art Africa magazine What have we here? presents us with the overlooked and excluded segments of British legacy, utilising the power of art to question what we already know, and what there is yet to learn.' Palatinate Together with his own artworks, contemporary artist Hew Locke uses the British Museum's collection as a springboard to explore themes of colonialism and cultural interactions. Hew Locke is interested in dissecting the messy and complex ways in which museums are implicated in histories of empire. This project has enabled me to engage with the museum's collections in a much deeper way than ever before, and in a way few artists have had the privilege of doing. I have always been interested in the way objects are interpreted through display in museums. What story has been distilled and is being told or implied about the past? How does it relate to the present? How can this telling be questioned, disrupted, or complicated?' The British Museum's history and collections are closely linked to those of the British Empire, which this book addresses alongside a consideration of today's often contentious and deeply felt debates around cultural heritage. Focusing on Britain's historic interactions with Africa, India and the Caribbean from around 1600 onwards, all of which had an impact on Guyana (where Locke grew up), Locke creates a personal exploration of the subject, weaving in his own works such as the Souvenir series and a new commission titled The Watchers. Using interventionist techniques to reframe the collection's historical objects, the artist hopes to leave readers with more questions than answers.

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Book SynopsisA seasonal collection of quilts inspired by life in the countryside. With 20 new projects that are suitable for a range of skill levels and include 12 large quilts and 8 smaller items, which can be customized to suit your own décor.Highly Commended for Best Sewing Book in the Creative Book Awards 2025Selected for its warm, inviting approach to traditional quilting with a modern twist inspiring readers to create beautiful, heirloom-quality quilts with confidence and creativity.'A brand new collection of quilts and projects from one of the most recognizable and best-loved quilt designers in the UK. These inspiring designs, photographed in beautiful rural locations, reflect the changing seasons and beauty of the British countryside. Each of the four chapters features inspirational lifestyle photography showing the quilts in beautifully styled settings.For all skill levels from beginner to advanced, the book includes the guidance and practical knowledge you need to begin quilting successfully. The 12 large quilts and 8 smaller projects and accessories can also be made in alternative colours and fabrics to fit your own style, making them enormously versatile.This is the book for any quilter and lover of country style.

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Book SynopsisLearn the skills to set any scene or capture any mood. With this book, your manga drawings will spring to life and leap off the page!Drawing Action Scenes and Characters is most suited to digital artists, but the tips and techniques in this book are applicable to illustrators of all schools and persuasions. No matter where you're at in your development as a manga master, this companion volume helps bring your skills to the next level. Follow along through the forty mini-lessons, created and guided by experts tapping into years of experience in the Japanese animation and entertainment industries.Open new pathways to your visual storytelling possibilities as your characters find themselves in increasingly complex and compellingly rendered scenarios.Tuttle's How to Create Manga series guides users through the process of reaching a professional-looking final drawing through actual sketch progressions, practical tips and caution on common missteps to avoid. Other books in the series include How to Create Manga: Drawing the Human Body, How to Create Manga: Drawing Facial Expressions and How to Create Manga: Drawing Clothing and Accessories.Trade Review"…richly designed books that SHOW you how to refine and perfect your drawings so you actually improve…if you're (or someone you know is) looking to up your game and improve your art, they've made it super easy to assemble a super helpful library." --The Roarbots

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Book SynopsisExploring the culture of interior design and architecture in the Age of the Enlightenment

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Book SynopsisHow does a room affect an occupant''s behavior and well-being? How does a building influence its residents'' health? Environmental Psychology for Design, 4th Edition, explores these questions with an in-depth look at psychosocial responses to the built environment. Awarded the 2006 ASID Joel Polsky Prize, the first edition served as an introduction to the discipline of environmental psychology and inspired readers to embrace its key concepts and incorporate them into their practice. This 4th edition continues to analyze the interaction between environments and human behavior and well-being, while exploring how individual differences related to age, gender, and cultural background impact that interaction. More discussions on logic formation and argumentation and how these ideas pertain to biological, psychological and sociological paradigms of thought have been incorporated. Additionally, chapters have been rearranged to allow for better content flow, and the emphasis will shi

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Book SynopsisA collection of by turns polemical and personal writings and interviews from conceptual artist and commentator Glenn Ligon in an accessible paperback volume. This long-awaited and essential publication collects three decades of writings and interviews by Glenn Ligon, whose work has been delivering an incisive examination of race, history, sexuality, and culture in America since his emergence as an artist in the late 1980s. No stranger to text, Ligon has routinely used writings from James Baldwin, Zora Neale Hurston, Gertrude Stein, Richard Pryor, and others to construct work that centers Blackness within the historically white backdrop of the artworld and culture writ large. He began writing in the early 2000s, engaging deeply with the work of peers such as Julie Mehretu, Chris Ofili, and Lorna Simpson, as well as artists that came before him, among them Philip Guston, David Hammons, and Andy Warhol. Throughout the publication's sixteen essays, Ligon combines razor-sharp insight wit

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Book Synopsis This is the first academic volume to examine the librarian and archival professional through the lens of sequential art. The portrayal of libraries/librarians in sequential art has a long history from the Golden Age to the present day. Libraries and archives in comics historically are seen as places of important knowledge and information. Diving deep into a multitude of sources, these new essays show how librarians/archivists and libraries/archives are used within the comic medium to address multiculturalism, LGBTQ issues, archival practice, and even the concept of librarians as baddies or stewards of information unwilling to share with others. The wide breadth of material examined here includes Miyazaki''s Nausicaa, Spiegelman''s Maus, Bechdel''s Queer Dykes to Watch Out For, Marvel''s Black Panther, Nono''s Yoake No Toshokan, DC''s Batgirl and Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics, Gaiman''s The Sandman, webcomics, Marvel''s America Chavez character, Schultz''s Xenozoic Tales and much more.

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Book SynopsisThe term alpenglow refers to the purple light that can often be seen on the tops of mountains, a spectacularly beautiful natural phenomenon. But in this magnificent volume of photographs, it's not only the Alps that are glowing in warm translucent light, but the girls also. Is this for real? It seems these strikingly pretty creatures have climbed up steep hills and hiked through meadows only to cast off their Dirndls with enthusiastic aplomb.

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Book SynopsisThis is the amazing story in words and images of the historic discovery of the wreck of Ernest Shackleton'sEndurance, deep beneath the ice of Antarctica.

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Book SynopsisRenowned for his gorgeous mountain scenes and spectacular photos of winter athletes, Peter Mathis has chosen black and white film to capture the essence of snow in this book. These stunning duotone images render a traditional Alpen landscape into painterly canvases that are in turns otherworldly, sensuous, haunting, and heavenly. Skiers’ tracks zig and zag through the powder and windswept waves of snow undulate like desert sand. Impeccably reproduced in large, full-bleed format, these images showcase an enormous palette, from the deepest black to the most immaculate white, and every imaginable tone in between. Mathis’ texts recall the instances of each shot, many of which require days of trekking through mountains with nearly fifty pounds of equipment strapped to his back. Reminiscent of the works of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston, Mathis’s photographs perfectly evoke the biting cold, blazing sun, deep shadows, and blinding lights that make the Alps a uniquely beautiful landscape and snow a powerful force of nature.

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Book SynopsisOnly twenty-five at the time of his death in 1828, young Richard Parkes Bonington nevertheless was a seminal figure in the development of modernism in nineteenth-century French painting. This book sets Bonington's achievement in the context of the intellectual, social, and artistic ferment of high romanticism in Paris and London.Trade ReviewChosen as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2009 by Choice Magazine * Choice *Chosen as a finalist in the 2010 Minnesota Book Awards General Nonfiction category -- Minnesota Book Award Finalist * Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library *

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Book SynopsisEdward Hopper’s world-famous paintings articulate an idiosyncratic view of modern life. With his impressive subjects, independent pictorial vocabulary, and virtuoso play of colors, Hopper continues to influence to this day the image of the United States in the first half of the twentieth century. He began his career as an illustrator and became famous around the globe for his oil paintings. They testify to his great interest in the effects of color and his mastery in depicting light and shadow. The Fondation Beyeler is devoting its large exhibition in the spring of 2020 to Hopper’s iconic images of the vast American landscape. The catalogue gathers together all of the paintings, watercolors, and drawings from the 1910s to the 1960s on display in the exhibition, and supplements them with essays focused on the subject of depicting landscape.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Few archaeologists would venture into as many regions or across as many disciplinary boundaries as David Wengrow does in his eloquent and ambition analysis."---Christina Riggs, Times Literary Supplement"The Origins of Monsters is a fascinating exposition of the archaeology of the ancient world as a topic that has current resonance. Well written and presented, wonderfully informed and confident, it is well placed to achieve Wengrow's worthy ambition to start a particular dialogue between disciplinary approaches to the topic of monsters."---Michael Punt, Leonardo Reviews

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Book SynopsisThe block is no more than the land and building area defined by streets. It is the nature of the interface between the two, which has a critical impact on the quality of the spaces between those buildings. The importance of the block to city life is well rehearsed, and in any case, we seldom find ourselves in the business of making cities from scratch. But we are in the business of making new houses, neighbourhoods and new local centres, and we need lots of them: 250,000 a year to be imprecise. Against the background of a burgeoning housing shortage in the UK, there are varied issues to be reconciled. The Urban Block charts the fall and rise of the perimeter block as the staple of urban form and structure from ancient times. It takes you through the process of understanding, defining, structuring and designing the block. Carefully selected urban and suburban case examples explain “do's and don'ts” of good block layout and will help you to produce better masterplans, while staying in touch with commercial realities. This is an essential guide for urban designers, masterplanners and architects that will allow you to produce quality streetscapes in a contemporary context.Table of Contents0. Introducing the Block 1. Understanding the Block 2. Defining the Block 3. Designing the Block 4. Block by Example

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Book SynopsisCities are under increased pressure to be resilient and resistant to the effects of climate change and rapid urbanisation. However, this idea has still not been fully integrated in to practice. This book presents a practical approach to masterplanning the city and its areas (existing and new) as urban environments for the 21st century, addressing the design of cities as complex adaptive systems.Table of ContentsPart I: Towards an Ecology of Urban Form 1. Design and Change: Reconciling the Paradox 2. From System Ecology to Urban Morphology Part II: Masterplanning for Change: The Design Approach 3. Towards a Design Agenda 4. The Design Approach 5. Towards the Resilient City

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Book SynopsisMohammad Gharipour is professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at Morgan State University. The recipient of the Hamad Bin Khalifa Fellowship in Islamic Art and the Spiro Kostof Fellowship Award from the Society of Architectural Historians, Gharipour has published extensively on architectural history. He is the the author of Gardens of Renaissance Europe and the Islamic Empires, Synagogues of the Islamic World, and Historiography of Persian Architecture and is editor of 'Bazaar in the Islamic City' (2012) and the founding editor of the 'International Journal of Islamic Architecture'.Trade ReviewMohammad Gharipour's fine book focuses on Persian gardens and the permanent or temporary structures within them, during the period from the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries, but includes a useful concise survey of references to gardens in earlier literature stretching back to ancient Sumer, the Bible and the Qur'an. A scholarly book, it includes extensive apparatus of glossary, notes and sources, and 100 illustrations, many in color, generally of high quality and beautiful to study. It relies heavily on textual sources, including histories and poetry and travelers' accounts especially, and also pictorial sources, especially manuscript illuminations. Its wide scope seeks to set the garden in its social and historical context as a place for meetings and display and pleasure, as well as sometimes places of production. It goes beyond earlier treatments of the theme, including even color visualizations of Haravi's proposal for a "paradise" garden in the fifteenth century, and has systematic investigations of many questions, especially in regard to structures, such as tents, or thrones in gardens, and also discusses what can be said about the types and arrangements of plants." -- Lawrence Nees, university of Delaware * CHOICE *Much has been written about Islamic gardens and Islamic architecture. Mohammad Gharipour usefully discusses the relationship between the two…the contents are clearly arranged. -- Caroline Stone * SAUDI ARAMCO WORLD (US) *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Garden and Pavilion in Near Eastern Pre-Islamic Texts, the Qur'an and Persian Poetry Chapter 3: The Garden and Pavilion in Persian Art Chapter 4: The Garden and Pavilion through the Lens of Travelers and Historians Chapter 5: Conclusion Matrix Glossary of Terms Poets, Historians and Travellers Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking and essential survey of the art of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, offering an in-depth discussion of the development of the artist and positioning her work within a wider history of portraiture. Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Fly In League With The Night celebrates the work of one of the most significant and acclaimed figurative painters of her generation. Fact and fiction fuse in Yiadom-Boakye’s paintings: they appear to be portraits, yet the people she depicts are not real but invented. Created from a composite of found images and her own imagination, her characters seem to exist outside of a specific time or place: they feel at once familiar yet mysterious. This ambiguity resonates again in the enigmatic titles she gives to her artworks. The artist is also a writer of poetry and prose, and for her, the two forms of creativity complement each other: ‘The things I can’t paint, I write, and the things I can’t write, I paint.’ This perceptive and engaging publication provides a comprehensive account of Yiadom-Boakye’s practice over the past two decades. With contributions by the celebrated poet Elizabeth Alexander and curators Andrea Schlieker and Isabella Maidment, alongside new writing by Yiadom-Boakye, Fly In League With The Night reflects the dual aspects of the artist’s career as both a painter and a writer and offers an intimate insight into her creative process.

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Book SynopsisDiscover special colouring tips and tricks to make flat illustrations appear as if they’re about to jump right off the page! Each drawing is accompanied by step-by-step instructions and techniques tailored to the specific image. You’ll also find finishing techniques for maximizing the impact of the illusion, such as how to cut out and display your artwork and which angles are best for photographing your work to capture the full effect. There are 20 fantastic pictures included for you to cut out and show off!Trade ReviewLearn how to make simple flat shapes spring to life with this colouring book with a difference. A few stokes of the pencil and a parrot takes flight, a flying carpet takes off, a secret passageway goes deep into the ground and a playful kitten breaks through the paper to wave a paw. As a keen colourist I have quite a few colouring books so it is good to find one that takes the basic idea and goes somewhere new with it. The book opens with an explanation of how to make a drawing look three dimensional by using the rules of perspective to create an optical illusion. Learn how to use colour to show shadows, work out where the light is coming from and finally cut out the right sections to enhance the effect. It sounds complicated but it is simpler than you think, and suitable for a beginner. All you need is a spectrum of coloured pencils, a good rubber and a few other basics that most homes will have like a pencil sharpener, scissors or craft knife and a ruler. No brand names are used and the picture just shows a tin with a basic set of 24 colours; great to know that you don’t need to splash out on the most expensive professional quality pencils. Each of the 20 projects has a page sized photograph of the completed image plus nine steps with photographs of the work being done. There is a key showing all the colours used (nothing unusual, just basic shades without metallics) and the first picture uses two colours to show where the shadows lie and where the light source is coming from. At the back are all the projects printed on one side of the smooth white card with a useful dotted line where you can cut it out. Would that all coloring books had these features! There are tips scattered throughout and a guide showing how to photograph your work with your cellphone, prior to posting it proudly online with a hashtag indicating the source. This book, together with a tin of pencils would make a lovely gift for somebody… if you can bear to part with it! I’d love to see more innovative coloring books like this, well done Zakka Workshop. -- Rachel A Hyde * myshelf.com *

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Book SynopsisThis first major monograph on cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener traces his life and career, bringing new insights into his business practice, designs and construction techniques. Jean-Henri Riesener (1734–1806) was one of the greatest French cabinetmakers of all time. From humble beginnings as a German immigrant in Paris, he found fame through the delivery of a magnificent roll-top desk to Louis XV in 1769. He went on to become Marie-Antoinette’s favourite cabinetmaker, supplying the queen and the court of Louis XVI with sumptuous furniture of superb quality. Renowned for his exquisite marquetry and refined designs, his pieces were ornamented with spectacular gilt-bronze mounts made by some of the greatest metalworkers in Paris. In the nineteenth century, Riesener’s name became associated with the very best of Louis XVI-period French furniture. His pieces continue to be highly sought after and are found in major museums worldwide. Based on the extensive collections of Riesener furniture in the Wallace Collection, Waddesdon Manor and the Royal Collection, the authors examine the objects and their history, and highlight the changing tastes of the nineteenth-century collectors who acquired so many former French royal pieces. The new illustrations and visual glossary add another important resource for art historians, decorative arts enthusiasts and furniture lovers.Trade ReviewThe first serious Riesener monograph. -- Alexandre Pradère * The Art Newspaper *This authoritative tome is both an enjoyable read as well as a scholarly compilation of original research [...] it is extremely refreshing to be presented with such a clearly written and entirely unapologetic celebration of one of the creative geniuses of the French eighteenth century. This publication would do Watson, Bellaigue and Verlet proud. More, please. -- Wolf Burchard * The Furniture History Society *Table of ContentsThe Riesener, Oeben & Vandercruse families THE CABINETMAKER Jean-Henri Riesener: a portrait sketch Christian Baulez A German in Paris Laura Langelüddecke Jean-Henri Riesener and the business of furniture-making Carolyn Sargentson A question of language: the royal furniture administration’s accounts Lindsay Macnaughton ‘Executed in the taste of painting’: Riesener’s marquetry designs Mia Jackson Jean-Henri Riesener: the portraits Juliet Carey THE COLLECTORS From Versailles to Windsor Castle: George IV and Riesener Rufus Bird Alteration and appropriation: the 4th Marquess of Hertford and the taste for Riesener Helen Jacobsen Riesener and the Rothschilds at Waddesdon Manor Ulrich Leben Buying from Britain: the development of a new market Daniëlle Kisluk-Grosheide THE FURNITURE Works in the Wallace Collection, the Royal Collection & Waddesdon Manor THE MATERIALS & TECHNIQUES Materials and techniques Jürgen Huber Visual glossary Alexander Collins

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Book Synopsis''The most original and illuminating study of the subject'' New YorkerPhotographs are everywhere. From high art to family albums to legal evidence, they capture and document the world around us. And whether we use them to expose, reveal or remember, they hold an enduring power.In this essential and revelatory volume, Susan Sontag confronts important questions surrounding the power dynamics between photographer and subject, the blurred boundary between lived events and recreated images, and the desires that lead us to record our lives.''Complex and contradictory... one of America''s greatest public intellectuals'' Observer''Susan Sontag offers enough food for thought to satisfy the most intellectual of appetites'' The Times''A brilliant analysis of the profound changes photographic images have had in our way of looking at the world, and at ourselves, over the years'' Washington Post

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Book SynopsisThe award-winning VES Handbook of Visual Effects remains the most complete guide to visual effects techniques and best practices available today. This new edition has been updated to include the latest, industry-standard techniques, technologies, and workflows for the ever-evolving fast paced world of visual effects. The Visual Effects Society (VES) tasked the original authors to update their areas of expertise, such as AR/VR Moviemaking, Color Management, Cameras, VFX Editorial, Stereoscopic and the Digital Intermediate, as well as provide detailed chapters on interactive games and full animation. Additionally, 56 contributors share their best methods, tips, tricks, and shortcuts developed through decades of trial and error and real-world, hands-on experience.This third edition has been expanded to feature lessons on 2.5D/3D Compositing; 3D Scanning; Digital Cinematography; Editorial Workflow in Animated and Visual Effects Features; Gaming updates; General Geometry InTable of ContentsComing Soon … Chapter 1: IntroductionFirst, Some Ground RulesNow, the IntroductionWhy Use Visual EffectsChapter 2: Pre-Production /PreparationOverviewBreaking Down a Script – Budgeting Ballpark BudgetMore Detailed BudgetsBiddingPlate PhotographyTemp ScreeningsReviewing BidsContractsRebidding during ShootingRebidding in PostMonitoring the Budget and ScheduleKeeping the Budget DownWorking with the Director and ProducerDemo ReelThe MeetingMoving ForwardProduction DepartmentsProduction DesignCameraWorking with the CinematographerSpecial EffectsStuntsWardrobeMakeup ProductionVisual EffectsEditorialLocationsProduction MeetingDesigning Visual Effects ShotsGuidelines for DirectorsStoryboardsPrevisObjective of the ShotConcept ArtContinuityPhotorealismOriginal ConceptsBudgetReality and MagicCamera AnglesFramingScaleDetailSpeedScaled ImagesDepth of FieldSequence of ShotsCamera MotionLess Is MoreAction PacingCG CharactersCreatures and Character DesignPowers of 10 ShotsVisual Effects TechniquesTechnique ConsiderationsAdditional Suggestions for Determining TechniquesDevelopment of Previs TechniquesHistory and BackgroundWhat is Previs and Other Forms of Visualization?What is Previs?Different Types of Visualization and When to Use ThemVisualization: The New EssentialThe Application of Previs: Who Benefits and How?The Benefits of PrevisProject TypesPost-VisualizationWhat is Post-Visualization?Why Use Postvis?Who Does Postvis?Cautions and Suggestions for Good PracticeThe Perils of Previs!Passing the Work OnThe Role of the VFX Supervisor in PrevisPrevis: Advanced TechniquesVisualization UsefulnessVR as a ToolVisualization in EngineRender in EngineVisualization in Real TimeAR as a ToolCamera Angle Projection IntroductionDrawing What the Lens SeesTechvisWhat Is Techvis?Who is Techvis for?Virtual Production What is Virtual Production?How is Virtual Production Used?Chapter 3: Acquisition / ShootingWorking on SetCommon Types of Special EffectsWhat are Special Effects?A Brief History of Special EffectsThe Special Effects CoordinatorWorking with the Visual EffectsVisual Effects in Service to SFXSpecial Effects Design and PlanningStoryboards and PrevisThe Elements: Rain, Wind, and Snow and IceSmoke, Fire, and PyrotechnicsMechanical EffectsFlying Wire Rigs and StuntsSafetyGreenscreen and Bluescreen PhotographBest Practices and OtherwiseOverviewFunction of the BackingNegative Scanning and Digital ConversionBacking Uniformity and Screen CorrectionThe Alpha ChannelThe Processed ForegroundThe CompositeRecommended Specifications and PracticesHow to Expose a Green Screen Shot, and WhySetting Screen BrightnessChoosing the Backing ColorFloor Shots, Virtual SetsForeground LightingControlling Spill LightLighting Virtual SetsTracking MarkersOn-Set PreviewCameras for Blue Screen or Green Screen PhotographyUnderwater PhotographyOn-Set Data AcquisitionCamera ReportTracking MarkersProps for the ActorsCyberscanningDigital PhotosLidar/Laser ScanningLens Distortion ChartsHDRI and Chrome BallsLidar Scanning and AcquisitionOn-Set 3D Scanning SystemsTypes of TechnologyLidarPhotogrammetryProp ScannersLighting DataGathering Lighting DataBeware of False Savings!Using Conventional Still CamerasReference Shooting ConsiderationsClean PlatesShooting the Clean PlateLocked-Off CameraMoving CameraOther IssuesPost-ProcessAlternates without Clean PlatesOther Uses for Clean PlatesMonster SticksOn-Set Animation Capture: Witness Cam (IBMC) Wireless Non-Video Motion CaptureFactors Affecting Witness CamerasDealing with the Data in Post-ProductionCamera Tracking for Real-Time VisualizationCamera Tracking Pre-ProductionThe Camera DepartmentPrior to ShootingCurrent Tracking Systems in UseTriangulation As a Method of Recording Camera DataCamera/Subject Positional InformationBasics: The ToolkitBasics: Nodal PointPhotographic ReferenceHow to ProceedShooting Video as a ReferenceRules, Setup, and Testing Do a Complete Test Shot!Why Run Through Example or Test Shots?Digital CinematographyDigital DefinitionsHigh Dynamic Range (HDR)Lens MetadataLook ManagementThe Recording SystemLens Mapping for VFXVFX PhotographyThe Camera ArrayDesigning an Array ShotTechniciansShoot DaySpecial TechniquesPostThe FutureFilming Live-Action Plates to be Used in VFXCamera Position (Station Point)Angle of ViewLighting ConsiderationsCamera TiltBackground QualityMoving PlatesScouting the Camera PositionsA Case StudyCamera CarsCamera Car Safety IssuesPurpose-Built Crane CarsVibration and Camera StabilizationRoad SpeedPrecautionsPanoramic RigsOn the WaterAir to AirCable SystemsShooting Elements for CompositingWhat Is an Element?Stock FootageTypes of ElementsGeneric versus Shot-Specific ElementsDetermining Element NeedsCheatingBackgroundsBlack BackgroundsLine-UpCamera Format ConsiderationsAssorted Methods for Shooting ElementsHigh-Speed Photography and Filming ElementsCamerasTechniciansDirector of PhotographyLightingApplicationLocking Down the CameraVideo AssistPostSupervising Motion ControlWhat is Motion Control?Performance ChoreographyMultiple-Pass PhotographyScalingImport and Export of Camera Move DataThe DataTypes of Motion Control SystemsMotion Control SoftwareCamera TypesSync and PhaseDealing with ProductionAcquisition of Motion / Still Photographic Textures for Mapping onto CGPanoramic BackgroundsTiled StillsMotion Tiling and Synchronous PlatesPractical ConsiderationsStills for Textures and LightingStop-MotionEvolution of Stop-Motion PhotographyThe Time Required to Shoot in Stop-MotionPreparation before ShootingSetting up a Shooting Space for Stop-MotionUse of Motion Control in Stop-MotionUseful CaveatsEvolution of a ShotUse of Stop-Motion in Visual EffectsChapter 4: Performance and Motion CaptureWhat is Motion Capture?Is Motion Capture Right for a Project?The Mocap LookTechnical SpecificationsEntry PointBudgetWhich Technology is Right for a Project?Gauging a Project’s Needs and ConstraintsPassive Retroreflective OpticalActive OpticalInertialStructured LightDense Stereo ReconstructionBend SensorsPreparing for Motion CaptureActorsMotion Capture SuitsMarker Placement – BodyMarker Placement – FaceRigging for Motion CaptureShot ListTechnology ConsiderationsHardwareThe StrobeMarkersLensesFilterImage SensorOnboard ProcessorInputs/OutputsSetupSoftwareAcquisitionCalibrationPost-ProcessingReconstructionLabelingGap FillingCleaningSolving Motion CaptureFacial Motion CaptureFacial Actor SurveyActor Survey – HardwareReference DataStatistical DataFacial RiggingFacial AcquisitionAudioFacial Motion Capture SolvingReal-Time Motion Capture Real-Time UsesReal-Time LimitationsAlternate TechnologiesMotion Capture ResourcesVirtual ProductionWorld BuildingPrevisualizationOn-Set VisualizationVirtual CinematographyChapter 5: Stereoscopic 3DHow 3D Works Accommodation and ConvergenceInteraxial SeparationToe-in Versus Horizontal Image TranslationParallax or Depth BudgetPositive and Negative ParallaxFloating WindowsFix It in PostStereoscopic DesignThe Emerging Grammar of 3DCreative Use of DepthPrevisualizationAvoiding Painful 3DThe Aesthetic of Scale Cutting for 3DDesigning for Multiple Release FormatsImmersion-Based versus Convergence-Based StereoNative StereoPre-ProductionOn-SetStereography in the Visual Effects ProcessStereography for FinishingHFR as a Solution for Better 3D MoviesVFX Elements and StereoIntroduction – How VFX Elements are UsedNative Stereo ContentMono Capture – Packaged Script and Element DeliveriesMono Capture – Hybrid Approach for Stereo DeliveryMono Capture – Full CG Approach for Stereo DeliveryCreating Depth – Layout and StereographyStereo Camera – Depth WedgesStereo CompositingRequesting a Full CG Stereo Render Mid-ProductionVFX Production Tasks2D to 3D ConversionDepth Creation PreparationVisual Analysis of 2D Depth CuesPre-Production and Previs for ConversionSource and Target PerspectiveShared Shots/Shared WorkflowsMain Stages of 2D-to-3D ConversionMajor 2D-to-3D Conversion WorkflowsSpecial CasesRe-projection Mapping WorkflowPixel Displacement or Pixel ShiftingOther 2D-to-3D Conversion WorkflowsIs "Real" Always Right?2D-to-3D Conversion ManagementStereoscopic Visual EffectsPrepping for the Third DimensionShooting the Third DimensionVisual Effects in the Third DimensionPhotographed ElementsAccuracy and Attention to DetailArtistic Skill LevelData ManagementStereoscopic Digital Intermediate WorkflowStereoscopic 3D Process MilestoneViewing 3D DailiesProjection Screens for Stereoscopic Viewing3D Editorial ProcessesData WorkflowApplying the 3D Grade3D Stereo Deliverables3D Home Video DeliverablesStereoscopic Window The Stereoscopic WindowPlacement of the Window in Relation to the 3D SceneWindow ViolationsWindow Placement LogicHow to Create a Stereoscopic WindowProducing Movies in Three DimensionsDevelopment – Getting the Green LightProduction – What to Look Out ForChapter 6: Post-Production / Image ManipulationResolution and Image Format ConsiderationsFormatsTransportResolutionAcademy Color Encoding System (ACES)ACES ComponentsACES BenefitsACES Color Space EncodingViewing ACESPreparations for Using ACESImage Compression/File Formats for Post ProductionImage EncodingStill Image CompressionOther Lossless Compression MethodsFile FormatsColor Management The Three GuidelinesDigital Color Image Encodings and Digital CamerasColor Management at the DesktopBringing Color Management to Film WorkflowsDigital IntermediateShot Element Pulls and Delivery to VFXIntroductionThe Lab"Production" Is to "Lab" as …The MergeThe HandoffVFX EditorialThe SelectThe PullVFX EditorialEditing within a Shot: The Art of Precompositing (Precomp)How It Came to BeModern Day Tracking and Disseminating of InformationAs the Shot ChangesWrapping It UpEditorial Workflow in Feature AnimationIntroductionEditorial Crew Staffing and StructureEditorial Involvement with Feature Animation Production StagesCommunication with ArtistsStartingWorking with TeamsWorking GloballyReference and PerspectiveShot ProductionCommunicating with Artists in Other DepartmentsCompletionCompositing of Live-Action ElementsModern Digital CompositingScene TrackingRotoscoping and PaintRotoscopingDigital Painting and Plate ReconstructionMatte Paintings/Creative EnvironmentsMatte Paintings: Art of the Digital RealmWhat Is a Matte Painting?Matte Painting Pioneers and HistoryVisualizing the Matte Painting Shot in Pre-ProductionOn-Set Supervision for Matte Painting ShotsBasic Skills and Tricks of the TradeMiniatures and Computer-Generated SetsFinding the Best FrameRe-Projected Photo SurveyThe Need for Creative Compositing3D Matte PaintingChapter 7: Digital Element CreationDigital Modeling Overview: The Importance of ModelingTypes of ModelingModel Data TypesDevelopment of ModelsModeling for a Production PipelineEngineering Aspects for PolygonsEngineering Aspects for NURBSRigging and Animation RiggingRigging: What is It?Animation RiggingDeformation RiggingTexturing And SurfacingThe Importance of Texture PaintingHard Surface ModelsCreature ModelsTypes of Geometry: Their Problems and BenefitsPrepping the Model to Be PaintedTexture CreationVarious Other Map-Driven EffectsTexture Painting in ProductionModel EditingDigital Hair / FurHair Generation ProcessGeneral Issues and SolutionsDigital Feathers Morphology of Real FeathersModeling Digital FeathersSimilarities between Hair and FeathersDifferences between Hair and FeathersGeneral Geometry InstancingAsset CreationWorld BuildingShot ConsiderationsDynamics and SimulationHow is a Simulation Created?When is Simulation Appropriate?Tricks and CheatsImportant ConsiderationsPlanning and PreparationSoftware Solutions: A Broad Overview of Current OptionsParticlesWhat are Particle Systems?The Next StepThe Birth of ParticlesCreating EffectsRigid-Body DynamicsHow Rigid-Body Dynamics are CreatedPotential ProblemsOther IssuesTricks for Getting It DoneDigital LightingLight in Reality and in Computer GraphicsCase Study of Reality Compared with Simple CG SimulationVisual Sophistication through Texture MappingPhysically Derived Shading ModelsBeneath the SurfaceGoals of Lighting in Visual EffectsWork Flow for Successful Creative Digital LightingThe Technologies of Lights in Computer GraphicsDirect Lighting: Source to Surface to CameraReflectionsPhotographed ReflectionsShadowsImage-Based LightingRendering OcclusionAmbient OcclusionReflection OcclusionCreating Light Sources from Environment MapsPhysically Based RenderingPhysically Plausible RenderingVolumetric Lighting EffectsShader BasicsWhat are Shaders?Shading ModelsBump and DisplacementMap-Based ShadersProcedural ShadersShader DesignAnti-aliasing Considerations2D Compositing 2D File FormatsImage Quality: Color Bit Depth and ConcatenationLog vs. LinearLow Dynamic Range and High Dynamic Range ImagesMattes and Pre-Multiplied AlphaWorking with Rendered CG ElementsIntegration Techniques2D Compositing Z-Depth CompositingAdding Depth of FieldAdding Motion BlurRelighting3D Compositing Working with 3D Data in a CompositorPan and TileCamera ProjectionsSet ExtensionsCoverage Mapping3D Mattes3D Retouch and CleanupAdjusting Camera MovesParticlesDeep CompositingCrowd Generation and Simulation TechniquesLive-Action ReplicationSpritesComputer-Generated CrowdsModeling for ReplicationVariationMesh DensityAnimation Cycles for ReplicationMotion CaptureKeyframe AnimationDynamic Motion SynthesisBehaviors and Crowd ControlCG Prosthetics and Actor EnhancementsOn-Set Tracking and Capture ConsiderationsEye Enhancements3D Techniques2D Techniques2D TechniquesSilhouette ChangesRe-Projection3D Products, Systems, and SoftwareDigital Element Creation Process3D Graphics Software3D TrackingSpecial EffectsRenderingTexturingChapter 8: Interactive GamesOverviewHow the Gaming Industry and Film/TV Industries are differentGame Engines and Real-Time Rendering Runtime ComponentDisciplines and Job TitlesGame DesignEngineeringProductionTestArtThe Art DirectorConcept ArtEnvironment ArtistsTexture ArtistCharactersHard ModelingPropsLightingBaked vs. Dynamic LightingShadowsEffectsSystem EffectsEnvironmental FXBreakablesDestructionTech ArtistAnimationUIReal Time Shaders and MaterialsPre-Rendered Cinematics vs. Real Time VisualsOptimization and Runtime BudgetsPerformance Analysis and ProfilingCPU vs. GPU boundTechnical TerminologyUser CalibrationLatency"Game Mode" on TelevisionsHDR10PBR – Physically Based RenderingFBXMip MappingFilteringTexelScreen Space Ambient OcclusionLevel of DetailVertex Shaders and Fragment ShadersAR/VRFuture of GamingOn-Demand Rendering, Cloud Distribution and Ray TracingChapter 9: Complete AnimationWhat Is An Animation Project?Full Animation versus Visual EffectsDifference Between Visual Effects and AnimationProduction PipelinesProductionA Survey and History of Animation TechniquesTraditional AnimationStop-MotionComputer Graphic TechnologyConsiderations for a Full CG-Animated Feature PipelineCG Feature Animation PipelineManaging an Animated FilmFilm Management and Personal StyleBuilding Brain TrustsBuilding the Core Creative TeamWriting and Visual DevelopmentWorking with a StudioFacilities and EnvironmentManaging the EventThe Production Process: An Animator’s PerspectiveWorking on CG-Animated Content in Live-Action FeaturesPlanning the ProcessProductionCharacter and Environment InteractionChapter 10: General Workflow ConsiderationsVirtual Studio TechnologyAnalysis of A Production WorkflowFrom Workflow to PipelineService Bureau versus In-House RequirementsDesign of a Production WorkflowFrom Analysis to DesignDeploying a Production WorkflowFrom Design to ImplementationInfrastructureTracking AssetsWhat is Task and Asset Tracking?Commercial Task and Asset Tracking SystemsBuilding Task and Asset Tracking SystemsScene Assembly3D Scene Assembly2D Scene Assembly (Compositing)Working Across Multiple FacilitiesImagesModelsTexturingAnimationCompositingR&DChapter 11: VR / AR (Virtual / Augmented Reality)A Note from the EditorsPrelude to Virtual Reality & Augmented RealityPre-Production for VR/ARProduction for VR/AR Post-Production for VR/AREditorial Post-Production for VR/AR How to Direct the Viewer?The Post-ProcessNonlinear Editorial, Timelines and EditsWorld Lock and Forced PerspectiveTypes of Head-Mounted and Handheld DisplaysWhat are the HMD and the "VR Presence"?Electronical Designs of HMDs and their Respective PerformancesOptical Designs of HMDs and their Respective UsagesImage Quality Factors in VR HMD DisplaysHemispheres and DomesGame Mechanics Are What it is All AboutOvercoming Doubt and Preconceived NotionsDome ProjectionsThe Future of DomesVR/AR Tracking Displays Uses of VR EnterpriseNarrative StorytellingFuture of VR and AR This is Just the BeginningAcknowledgmentsAppendix A: Charts and FormulasAppendix B: Credits / Titles to Be Submitted in Accordance with VES GuidelinesAppendix C: GlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"What the Emperor Built will make even those familiar with the city’s ancient buildings feel that while they may have looked, they perhaps did not entirely see." * South China Morning Post *"[A] detailed study of the architecture created during the early Ming dynasty reign of Yung Lo" * Choice *"[O]ne of her book’s greatest strengths lies in the clarity of both the argument and the handsomely reproduced illustrations presented in its pages...the story of magnificent buildings and the millions involved in their construction is sure to inspire lively discussions about the profound impact of Yongle’s architectural vision on global architectural history and global history as a whole." * Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians *"The book is remarkable for its successful integration of architectural with political and economic history, disciplines that are usually practiced separately... This is architectural history at its best, and sets a standard for future work in the field." * Journal of the American Oriental Society *"State architecture is a transformative art of power and persuasion. In What the Emperor Built Aurelia Campbell employs this lens of Ming imperial architecture to capture how Yongle (r.1402–1424) mobilized a standardized architectural vision to project legitimacy and counter his problematic rise to power through nepoticide and civil war." * Chinese Historical Review *

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