Art & Photography Books

Book Synopsis''Tiepolo: the last breath of happiness in Europe''The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life creating frescoes that are among the glories of Western art, yet he remains shrouded in mystery. Who was he? And what was the significance of the dark, bizarre etchings depicting sacrifice and magic, which he created alongside his heavenly works? Roberto Calasso explores Tiepolo as the last artist of the ancien régime and at the same time the first example of the painter of modern life evoked by Baudelaire. He was the incarnation of that peculiar Italian virtue sprezzatura: the art of not seeming artful.Translated by Alastair McEwen''A brilliant, eccentric, provocative . . . and thoroughly splendid celebration of a great painter'' John Banville, The New Republic''Calasso is a myth-maker ... a book that treats paintings as a kind of sorcery'' Peter Conrad, ObserverTrade ReviewCalasso has written a brilliant, eccentric, provocative, annoying, and thoroughly splendid celebration of a great painter. * The New Republic *As one has come to expect of this polyglot and polymathic author, the range of references that inform his viewings is broad, deep and effortless * The Art Newspaper *The next best thing to visiting Europe and seeing the painter's work . . . Calasso is one of the most demanding and intoxicating critics writing today. * Los Angeles Times *

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Book SynopsisThis is both a practical and theoretical guide to the visualization techniques used by contemporary product designers, including freehand sketching, digital rendering, information graphics, and presentation skills. Hundreds of hand-drawn sketches and computer models have been specially created to demonstrate critical geometry and show how to develop sketches into finished illustrations. Practical tutorials give guidance in creating simple and complex forms, as well as rendering and providing context using scenarios and storyboards. Insightful case studies of leading designers illustrate the full range of different visualization options available.

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Book SynopsisDaytoner: Enslaving Humanity in Style is a complete compilation of the concept art Daniel Hahn created over the past few years under his alias Daytoner, short DTNR.Robots, mechs and character designs are Daniel''s big passions and DTNR, is his outlet and home for this obsession. In this book he pairs his creations with short stories that look back at a possible future. The project started as a small blog in 2012 when Daniel moved to Los Angeles and is a journey through the depths of his unhinged creative mind and the world of his robots.

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Book SynopsisCharacter Design Quarterly (CDQ) is a lively, creative magazine bringing inspiration, expert insights, and leading techniques from professional illustrators, artists, and character art enthusiasts worldwide. Each issue provides detailed tutorials on creating diverse characters, enabling you to explore the processes and decision making that go into creating amazing characters. Learn new ways to develop your own ideas, and discover from the artists what it is like to work for prolific animation studios such as Disney, Warner Bros., and DreamWorks. Ben Eblen, a prolific designer and illustrator from Australia, has created the cover for issue 29. He’s created incredible tutorials for CDQ in the past and always proved popular, so we are thrilled to feature his art on the cover this time. Inside you’ll also find eye-opening articles, interviews, and tutorials on many aspects of character design, created by the world’s leading artists in the f

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Book SynopsisShirley Surya is Curator for Design and Architecture at M+, Hong Kong. In 2017 she co-organised Rethinking Pei: A Centenary Symposium' with the Harvard Graduate School of Design and Hong Kong University Department of Architecture. Aric Chen is the General and Artistic Director of Het Nieuwe Instituut, the Dutch national museum and institute of architecture. From 2012 to 2019 Chen was Lead Curator for Design and Architecture at M+, Hong Kong.

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Book SynopsisZen Camera is an unprecedented photography practice that guides you to the creativity at your fingertips, calling for nothing more than your vision and any camera, even the one embedded in your phone. David Ulrich draws on the principles of Zen practice as well as forty years of teaching photography to offer six profound lessons for developing your self-expression. Doing for photography what The Artist’s Way and Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain did for their respective crafts, Zen Camera encourages you to build a visual journaling practice called your Daily Record in which photography can become a path of self-discovery. Beautifully illustrated with 83 photographs, its insights into the nature of seeing, art, and personal growth allow you to create photographs that are beautiful, meaningful, and uniquely your own.You’ll ultimately learn to change the way you interact with tec

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Book SynopsisAt a moment of unprecedented creativity in men's fashion, and continuing reflections on gender, contemporary designers are questioning established forms, seeking to liberate wearers from traditional models of masculine dress. This book combines fashion with artistic and broader cultural histories - looking at the designers, tailors and artists who have constructed and performed masculinity from the Renaissance to the present day. It traces connections across and beyond European menswear, celebrating both rich traditions and daring individualists. Divided into three parts, Undressed reveals the role of the body and underwear in fashioning masculinities. Overdressed explores the power dynamics of sartorial bravado, while Redressed deconstructs a modern masculine uniform: the black suit. Featuring a staggering range of cultural touchstones from Hercules to Virgil Abloh, Giovanni Battista Moroni to Jawaharlal Nehru, Yves Saint Laurent to Kehinde Wiley, Marcus Rashford, Marlene Dietrich and even Captain America, Fashioning Masculinities challenges our preconceptions about menswear, revealing the fascinating historical roots beneath the power, artistry and diversity of masculine attire and appearance today.Trade ReviewThe book contains short, savvy essays exploring aspects of masculine fashion. And it is beautiful: full of crisply rendered images of paintings, photojournalism and photographs of garments from the V&A's unparalleled collection. Richard Thompson Ford, South China Morning Post, 26th September 2022 -- The glossy, coffee-table-sized work is a visual feast but doesn't shirk the exhibition's intellectual side., Eric Twardzik, The Robb Report, The 8 Best Menswear Books of the Year, 19th December 2022 -- #2 in '45 fashion books for style-conscious men to read now', Zak Maoui, GQ, 3rd March 2023Table of ContentsDirector's Foreword, Tristram Hunt -- Introduction, Rosalind McKever -- UNDRESSED -- Marble Marvels and Classical Ideals, Susan Goldsmith -- A Polished Impression, Alun Withey -- Behind Clothes: Fashioning Men at the Museum, Satish Padiyar -- A Developed Muscle: Photographing Physique, Zorian Clayton -- Underpinnings: The Next Best Thing to Naked, Shaun Cole -- OVERDRESSED - Young Englishmen Behaving Badly (and Dressing Outrageously), Susan North - A Well-Turned Leg, Elisabeth Gernerd - Fine and Dandy, Claire Wilcox - Braggadocio: A Brief History of Swagger, Elizabeth Currie - Orlando as a Boyette, Rosalind McKever - Sartorial Encounters: The Kimono and Masculine Style, Anna Jackson - A Hibiscus Print, Cher Potter -- REDRESSED -- Monochrome Man, Christopher Breward -- A Full Monty, Miriam Phelan -- A Suitable Hat, Oriole Cullen -- Black, British and Stylish, Ekow Eshun -- A Tailored Sari, Avalon Fortheringham -- A Broken Suit, Marta Franceschini -- The Jacket Eroded, Borrowed, Evolved, Alastair O'Neill -- What Ever Happened to Contemporary Menswear?, Charlie Porter -- Epilogue, Gus-Casely Hayford -- Fashioning the Future -- Afterword, Virgil Abloh

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Book SynopsisA passionate and purposeful book on finding real creativity through nature. An essential book for our times and all artists at whatever level. In her most passionate and personal book to date, acclaimed watercolour artist Ann Blockley takes both budding and more experienced artists through a series of ideas for working with nature – in its widest sense – to nurture our creativity, inspire us, make us more sustainable artists, and replenish energy and flow when our artistic streams run dry. In ‘Go Outside and Play’, the author exhorts artists to recapture a fun, no-pressure way of being outside and use that feeling when creating. In ’Connecting Materials to Place’ she creates her own paint from the local pond. In ‘The Slow Movement’, the artist reveals her year of working on a specific local hedgerow and painting a series of different interpretation in its every-changing detail. She created regular creative rituals, using her weekly playing card as a starting point for a new painting to reflect the season each week. She reuses old paintings, and tissue and paper – wabi-sabi style – to create new textures and even new paintings. Including work from other artists as well as her own, she shows the ideas and work from textile and mixed-media artists. From allotment inspiration to reusing old painting and from nature prints to the alchemy of found materials, this is a journey to find new creativity through our connection with our natural world.Trade Review‘[An] impassioned paean to recycled papers, foraged materials and mindful methods’ -- Artists & Illustrators‘A plea to all to stimulate creativity by rejuvenating out awareness of nature … illustrated throughout with Ann’s wonderfully evocative paintings’ -- Leisure Painter'Genuinely fascinating and enlightening’ – Henry Malt' -- The Artist

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Book Synopsis Enter the world of HBO's global television phenomenon Game of Thrones with The Photography of Game of Thrones – the definitive photographic collection from the set of the hit series. Trade Review‘A wonderful look into not just the characters, but the sheer artistry behind creating a series as epic as this one’Screen Rant ‘Everything about these books is, as you can probably guess, gorgeous’Winter is Coming ‘Game of Thrones’ singular attention to detail is painstakingly and lavishly chronicled in this trio of stunning coffee-table books from Insight Editions covering all eight seasons and focusing on, respectively, the museum-quality production art and designs from sketch to screen; still photos capturing the show’s most iconic and cinematic scenes along with intimate never-seen off-screen moments; and an in-depth look at the creation of the epic costumes across Westeros, from the sun-drenched denizens of Dorne to the Wildlings beyond the Wall’Yahoo

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Book SynopsisFeaturing more than 600 sketches depicting a vast array of beautiful winged forms, Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a must-have visual reference for student and aspiring artists, fantasy and scientific illustrators, urban sketchers—anyone who’s seeking to improve their realistic drawing skills. This contemporary, step-by-step guidebook demonstrates fundamental art concepts like proportion, anatomy, and spatial relationships as you learn to draw a full range of winged creatures, all shown from a variety of perspectives. Each set of illustrations takes you from beginning sketch lines to a finished drawing. Author Melissa Washburn’s clear and elegant drawing stylewill make this a go-to sourcebook for years to come. Learn how to: Establish basic shapes and symmetry Articulate lines for body shapes, wing forms, and shading Add defining details Draw Like an Artist: 100 Birds, Butterflies, and Other Insects is a library essential for any artist interested in learning how to draw the fascinating forms of birds and winged insects. The books in the Draw Like an Artist series are richly visual references for learning how to draw classic subjects realistically through hundreds of step-by-step images created by expert artists and illustrators.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION How to Use This Book SECTION 1: BIRDS Eagle, Hawk, Peregrine Falcon, Gull, Sandpiper Cormorant, Tern, Pelican, Cuckoo, Emu, Spoonbill Stork, Turkey, Pheasant, Wood Duck, Canada Goose Loon, Puffin, Swan, Barn Owl, Toucan, Macaw, Cockatoo Cassowary, Kakapo, Bird of Paradise, Weaverbird, Honeycreeper Green Heron, Thrush, Cardinal, Cedar Waxwing, Quail Finch, Sparrow, Titmouse, Oriole, Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher Swallow, Peacock, Downy Woodpecker, Wren, Nuthatch Kingfisher, Warbler, Blue Jay, Crow, Mockingbird, Dove Vulture, Whip-Poor-Will, Feathers, Songbird Wing, Hawk/Raptor Wing Feet: Songbird, Feet: Shorebird/Water Bird, Feet: Bird of Prey Feet: Woodpecker, Hawk in Flight, Songbird in Flight SECTION 2: BUTTERFLIES Monarch Butterfly, Swallowtail Butterfly, Blue Butterfly, Question Mark Butterfly Skipper Butterfly, Buckeye Butterfly, Checkerspot Butterfly, Birdwing Butterfly Fritillary Butterfly, Sulphur Butterfly SECTION 3: MOTHS Cecropia Moth, Luna Moth, Tiger Moth, Underwing Moth Sphinx Moth, Flannel Moth SECTION 4: BEES AND WASPS Honeybee, Bumblebee, Sweat Bee, Wasp SECTION 5: BEETLES Ladybug, Longhorn Beetle, Scarab Beetle, Flower Beetle, Leatherwing Beetle Firefly, Rhinoceros Beetle, June Bug/Chafer Beetle, Weevil SECTION 6: OTHER INSECTS Leaf-Footed Bug, Lacewing, Cricket, Grasshopper Dragonfly, Damselfly, Housefly, Praying Mantis Katydid, Cicada, Stick Insect Acknowledgments About the Author

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Book SynopsisEnter the vivid world of manga and anime art, with its unique aesthetic and unmistakably rendered characters. The latest in the popular Sketching from the Imagination series, Anime captures the work of 50 artists as they put their own spin on this intriguing style and share the inspiration, processes, and techniques that brought their imaginary manga creations to life.

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Book SynopsisThe Art of Michael Fell explores the artist's life, work and influences, with perspectives from leading figures in the world of art criticism, painting and print making.

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Book SynopsisAn easy, step-by-step guide to enable YOU to draw Fortnite''s most iconic Outfits, weapons, accessories, and more, brought to you by Epic Games and featuring the authentic Fortnite holographic seal.Think the intricate designs in Fortnite look difficult to reproduce? Think again. This all-new collection breaks down each drawing into simple, step-by-step stages, zeroing in on the details and providing expert tips and hints along the way. Armed with nothing more than a pencil and paper, YOU TOO can create drawings that will strike fear into your enemies. LET''S DO IT!* From Peely to Rippley, Black Shield to Bonesy, Lavawing to Laser Chomp, HOW TO DRAW: VOLUME 2 is crammed full of your favorite Fortnite items* Featuring a drawing tutorial intro to help you brush up on your techniques, plus helpful tips and hints throughout* Aimed at a range of abilities, progressing from easier sketches to more challenging designs

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Book SynopsisThe definitive, fully-illustrated guide to the trees of Britain and non-Mediterranean Europe.This brand-new field guide to the trees of northern Europe contains some of the finest original tree illustrations ever produced. The introduction contains illustrations of the main leaves, buds, and firs you are likely to find, and these provide the starting point for identification by leading you to a ''key'' species.Within each tree family there is a list of key species and a guide to the most important features to look for when identifying a particular tree from that family. Then individual species are clearly described and a detailed illustration is given on the same page.Covering all the tree species found outside the major arboretums, from the olive tree to the eucalyptus, this is one of the most important tree guides to have appeared in the last 20 years. The illustrations are annotated with essential identification features, and the text highlights the most important things to look for

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Book SynopsisA sequel to Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour, this book is the first monograph on this highly talented artist who deserves to be better known. This book explores the career of the St Ives artist Kate Nicholson, daughter of Ben and Winifred Nicholson. The contents range from her early landscapes, to the still lifes painted in Cumberland and St Ives, the abstracts – many of them inspired by her travels in Greece – to the late works made on the Isle of Eigg in the Hebrides. Also examined is her artistic relationship with her mother, with whom she painted side-by-side in Cumberland and Scotland, and on their many Greek travels. It discusses her creative relationship with her father with whom she lived in St Ives in the mid-1950s for two years, as well as her friendship with many of the St Ives artists and her role in the Penwith Society. Published to accompany the exhibition Kate Nicholson at Falmouth Art Gallery, this book illustrates many works from both public and private collections. It draws on ground-breaking new research, together with the author’s experience of travelling with Nicholson on painting trips.Table of ContentsKate Nicholson The Paintings Landscape To Still Lifes Abstraction And Movement Myth And Spirit Chronology Index Acknowledgements Picture Credits

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate handbook for artists and makers to learn how to deliver outstanding in person and online workshops. Packed full of advice, inspiration and practical information, this book goes into all aspects of creating quality workshops, from curating a program and identifying your target students, to finding the best platform be it in person or online. Additionally, you''ll learn how to teach your creative skills all whilst juggling the practicalities of pricing and marketing. As well as checklists, examples and action points there are case studies, photos and Q&As with a wide variety of artists who successfully teach a variety of subjects such as printmaking, embroidery, ceramics, jewellery-making and hand-weaving. Award-winning creative business adviser, trainer and coach, Patricia van den Akker, teaches you how to become a better and more confident teacher and how to promote and launch your workshops to turn them into a profitable venture, whether delivering them to amateur adults, peers, or specialist groups.

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Book SynopsisPopular artist Leonardo Pereznieto—whose instructional YouTube videos have earned him millions of views and a devoted fan base—teaches beginners the fundamentals of traditional drawing. In his first book “You Can Draw!” Leonardo Pereznieto helped artists recreate the realistic surfaces and textures that make his own work so popular. Now he’s going back to the very beginning to teach them the basics of drawing, covering first exercises, fundamental techniques, light and shading, composition, and perspective, and more. Loaded with information on materials, a glossary of essential terminology, and hundreds of illustrations, this illuminating guide includes such projects as a fall still life of fruit in a basket, with instructions on shape, shadow, and detail, as well as a cityscape, a landscape with depth of field, animals, train tracks, jewelry, and drawing with a message. Once you’ve mastered these basics, you can unleash your imagination on whatever subject you like!

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Book SynopsisFrom the end of World War II until the mid-1960s, exciting things were happening in American architecture. Emerging talents were focusing on innovative projects that integrated at once modern design and low-cost materials. The trend was most notably embodied in the famous Case Study House Program, a blueprint for modern habitation championed by the era's leading American journal, Arts & Architecture. The complete facsimile of the ambitious and groundbreaking Arts & Architecture was published by TASCHEN in 2008 as a limited edition. This new curationdirected and produced by Benedikt Taschenbrings together the magazine's highlights from 1950 to 1954, with a special focus on mid-century American architecture and its luminary pioneers including Richard Neutra, Eero Saarinen, and Charles & Ray Eames. A celebration of a politically, socially and culturally engaged publication, this special selection is also a testi

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Book SynopsisAs featured in the New York Times, ARTnews, Colossal, Metropolis and New York Magazine’s The StrategistA groundbreaking A-Z survey of the work of over 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in AfricaModern and Contemporary African art is at the forefront of the current curatorial and collector movement in today’s art scene. This groundbreaking new book, created in collaboration with a prestigious global advisory board, represents the most substantial appraisal of contemporary artists born or based in Africa available. Features the work of more than 300 artists, including El Anatsui, Marlene Dumas, David Goldblatt, Lubaina Himid, William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, Wangechi Mutu, and Robin Rhode, as well as lesser-known names from across Africa, with stunning and surprising examples of their art paired with insightful texts that demonstrate their contribution to the painting, sculpture, installation, photography, moving image, and performance art.Advisory Panel: Alayo Akinkugbe, Kavita Chellaram, Raphael Chikukwa, Julie Crooks, Tandazani Dhlakama, Oumy Diaw, Janine Gaëlle Dieudji, Ekow Eshun, Ndubuisi C. Ezeluomba, Joseph Gergel, Danda Jaroljmek, Omar Kholeif, Rose Jepkorir Kiptum, Alicia Knock, Nkule Mabaso, Lucy MacGarry, Owen Martin, Aude Christel Mgba, Bongani Mkhonza, Riason Naidoo, Paula Nascimento, Simon Njami, Robert Njathika, Ugochukwu-Smooth C. Nzewi, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Hannah O’Leary, Sean O’Toole, John Owoo, Brenda Schmahmann, Mark Sealy, Yasmeen Siddiqui, and Joseph L. UnderwoodTrade Review'African Artists moves toward filling the hole in the Western record of the continent’s creative output.' – New York Times'A comprehensive guide to the continent’s brightest stars.' – ARTnews'The volume comes at a time when modern and contemporary African art is at the forefront of curatorial and collector efforts.' – SixtySix'This volume makes a strong argument for the diverse mediums and messages coming out of the African continent.' – Elle Decor'Essential.' – Aesthetica'A groundbreaking new book.' – Red'A stunning coffee-table title that is itself a substantial, gorgeous display.' – Shelf Awareness 'Another terrific history-in-a-book from Phaidon.' – Chicago Tribune 'An insightful read for art novices and seasoned collectors alike.' – New York Magazine’s The Strategist 'One of the most expansive volumes of its kind.' – Colossal 'Beautiful and illuminating.' – Cool Mom Picks

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Book SynopsisWhen developing a design concept in a realizable plan, landscape architects oscillate between two different levels of criteria: the tangible design task in context with the planning typology of the park, playground, outdoor swimming pool, or sports facilities, and the individual elements such as steps, ramps, pathways, fenced-in enclosures, outdoor furniture, and so on. Planning Landscape is a well-conceived tool for the planner, which focuses on the two main aspects of “elements” and “typologies”. The planner can flexibly shift between these two according to the specific criterion. The publication presents all information relevant to the planning in a detailed, clear, and cohesive manner. These two main chapters are flanked by an introductory chapter explaining the basics and determining factors of designing in open spaces at the front of the book, andan appendix at the end of the book where general dimensions and units,directives and norms are all clearly compiled.

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Book SynopsisA major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there. It is also the story of how it was the crucible for the evolution most extraordinary species on Earth Homo sapiens.Africa has properties that ensure that most of human evolution could have occurred nowhere else. A greater diversity of mammal, bird and many other forms of life has forced more and more species to squeeze into narrower and narrower niches. Human complexity has evolved directly in response to this, the most complex of continents. On offer here is an intensely personal portrait of a continent bolstered by Jonathan Kingdon''s own animal senses, the same excited set of senses he was born in Africa with. Senses that look, listen, scent and grasp at the mother-continent. Not just his personal motherland but the birthplace of all humanity.Trade Review‘Magnificent. So rich, moving with ease through deep time and biological place, using a lifetime of thought’ Redmond O’Hanlon ‘Africa from the inside … Extremely good stuff’ Paul Theroux ‘Lovely … and the pictures are magnificent’ Richard Dawkins Praise for Jonathan Kingdon 'Jonathan Kingdon's work is one of the things that make the present day such an exciting time for anyone with the slightest intellectual curiosity. His subject matter is our profound and thrilling human origins, and his stance toward it makes his work unique and priceless' Philip Pullman 'Jonathan Kingdon is a subtle amalgam of artist and scientist. He has a deep and up-to-date knowledge of human prehistory, and of the topology and geography of Africa, the continent where most of human prehistory happened. But he is also our leading zoological artist, and I think it must be his artist's eye that gives his writing style its vividness' Richard Dawkins, Times Literary Supplement

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Book SynopsisAndy Warhol's continuous pursuit of ideal beautyvisible in a body of his work that is brought here together for the first time.Andy Warhol is arguably one of the most widely known and discussed artists of the twentieth century. While his depictions of consumer products and celebrities led him to become household famous, there is a red thread throughout his career, starting even in the late forties until his untimely death in 1987. In the eighties Warhol was continuously searching to visualize an ideal of beauty, male beauty, finding form and creating lasting images of what he desired. He visualized and therefore eternalized this continuous pursuit of ideal beauty.From the early line and blotted line drawings to his screen tests and moving image experiments in the sixties, the torso paintings in the seventies through his collaborations with Jean-Michel Basquiat, there is a continuous search to express an ideal of male beauty. During his lifetime these w

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Book SynopsisA quirky and engaging book about creating stories in stitch, from an up-and-coming young textile artist.Bring your personal story to life in colorful, vibrant textile art.In this gorgeous book, Ailish Henderson explains her working methods and how you can harness them in your own work to create unique, deeply personal textile art pieces. She encourages you to draw on your own personal memorabilia to create work that is meaningful to you?the intention is to capture a moment in time, a memory to treasure, a look on a face, a glance of love from a pet.Along with work from the author, the book also showcases work from textile artists such as Mandy Pattullo, Bridget Harvey, Jenni Dutton, and the hugely popular Mr. X Stitch (Jamie Chalmers). It includes: Materials: where to source cloth, using found and recycled materials, curating vintage fabric, incorporating precious family pieces in your work. Processes: finding inspiration, creating mood boards, keeping sketchbooks, developing work from drawings, capturing character. Techniques: Screen printing, hand and machine stitching, appliqué, mixed-media collage. Subject matter: the narrative line, self-portraits, family snapshots, history, identity, travel, favorite animals, even famous faces.

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Book SynopsisThis collection of topical essays by academics and industry professionals brings a unique lens to the issues broached, questions raised, and solutions offered regarding the history and advancement of digital fashion. While digital fashion's roots can be traced back to the development of the Jacquard loom, its modern-day antecedents are found in video games and Instagram filters - allowing users to apply virtual makeup, accessories, and clothes to their posts. With 12 essays and four specialist interviews, this collection begins with digital fashion''s origins, its placement in the history of fashion, and its status as an aesthetic object. Part 2 focuses on the practice of making digital fashion, including NFTs, sneaker culture, cyborg vs skins and education. Part 3 provides a critical overview of digital fashion''s potential to impact wider society, including questions of social equity, sustainability and African decoloniality and the future of the industry. <

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Book SynopsisLooking at the dark history of Italian fashion by focusing on the impact of 1930s Fascism, this is the second edition of Eugenia Paulicelli''s classic text. In Fashion under Fascism, Paulicelli explores the subtle yet sinister changes to the seemingly innocuous practices of everyday dress and shows why they were such a concern for the state. Importantly, she also demonstrates how these developments impacted on the global dominance of Italian fashion today. Alongside interviews with major designers, such as Fernanda Gattinoni and Micol Fontana, this newly expanded revised edition includes updated material on gender and masculinity, the role of uniforms in standardizing individuality, race and colonial Italy, and the reception of 1930s cinema. It sheds new light on the complicated relationship between style and politics and is an essential read for all those interested in the history of fashion, politics, national identity and the culture of fascism.

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Book SynopsisThe original Stickerbomb was the first and only book dedicated to showcasing the diversity and wealth of sticker art. Discover 30 brand-new stickers in this fully revised and updated celebratory edition. This collectable, fully-peelable sticker book, filled with illustration, graffiti and graphic art features an amazing collection of over 280 specially commissioned stickers by artists, illustrators and graffiti artists from around the world. Stickers are an essential part of the street art movement, inexpensive and easy to produce, they often act as an informal business card for graffiti artists, and a quick and effective promotional tool for many designers and illustrators. The Stickerbomb books have been celebrating this often overlooked art form for over fifteen years. Also in the series: Stickerbomb 2, Stickerbomb Monsters, Stickerbomb Letters, Stickerbomb XL, Stickerbomb Skulls, Stickerbomb Skate,

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Book SynopsisThe definitive history of Braun – the pioneering German electronics brand that changed the face of modern designSince 1921, Braun has been shaping the way we live through timeless designs that are simple, useful, beautiful, and designed to keep. Unlike many brands before it, and many more that followed, Braun created a culture of design – underpinned by a set of functional and aesthetic principles – that went on to have worldwide impact. Across 3 sections and more than 500 images, the book charts the company’s defining moments, core identities, and key characters, together presenting the most comprehensive history of Braun ever published. Featuring brand-new photography of Braun’s most iconic products alongside never-before-published archival images, drawings, advertisements, internal documents, and correspondence, in-depth narrative texts interweave the Braun story with the cultural and political history of Germany, providing new context and insight into one of the most famous product design brands in the world. With profiles on key members of the creative and leadership teams that reinforce Braun’s design legacy and the importance of the people behind the process, Braun: Designed to Keep unpacks the brand’s core values – such as simplicity, usefulness, and longevity – that changed the way household products are perceived, designed, and used.Trade ReviewAs featured in The Guardian‘A book you’ll want to keep around as a reference for the next time a new product launches and you think, “Now where have I seen that before?”’ – The Verge‘A showboat of a publication, thanks to the gorgeous glamour shots of Braun’s products.’ – Fast Company‘Makes a incontestable case that the Braun brand values – simplicity, usefulness, longevity – changed the way household products were perceived.’ – Esquire‘A comprehensive and covetable overview of one of the greatest modern manufacturers.’ – Wallpaper* Magazine‘Will serve as an important design reference for any library.’ – Acquire‘With over 500 captivating images, this tome is a must-have for every design enthusiast.’ – Airows‘A comprehensive book on the many iconic products and timeless design principles of [this] German design company.’ – The Bookseller

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Book SynopsisVanguard continues their trademark Definitive Reference series with Frazetta: World''s Best Comics Cover Artist, a sister book to 2022''s hit, Frazetta Book Cover Art.While the prior book by illustration and cartooning historian J. David Spurlock catalogued, documented, and commented on all of Frazetta''s book cover paintings, this new volume focuses on the artist''s comics magazine cover art, which originally appeared on such periodicals as Creepy magazine, Ghost Rider, Mad magazine, Vampirella, National Lampoon and EC Comics'' Weird Science-Fantasy.

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Book SynopsisThis is a detailed visual guide of the M60 tank; 340 photos both show the vehicle's design details and help readers visualize the tank's operational history.

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Book SynopsisA leader in the field of data visualization, Stephen Few exposes the common problems in dashboard design and describes its best practices in great detail and with a multitude of examples in this updated second edition. According to the author, dashboards have become a popular means to present critical information at a glance, yet few do so effectively. He purports that when designed well, dashboards engage the power of visual perception to communicate a dense collection of information efficiently and with exceptional clarity and that visual design skills that address the unique challenges of dashboards are not intuitive but rather learned. The book not only teaches how to design dashboards but also gives a deep understanding of the concepts—rooted in brain science—that explain the why behind the how. This revised edition offers six new chapters with sections that focus on fundamental considerations while assessing requirements, in-depth instruction in the design of bullet graphs and sparklines, and critical steps to follow during the design process. Examples of graphics and dashboards have been updated throughout, including additional samples of well-designed dashboards.Trade Review"Stephen Few is the master of creating simplicity and meaning through the clear visualization of data." --Garr Reynolds, author, The Naked Presenter and Presentation Zen"Design does not happen by accident. It is the product of careful and deliberate planning. Stephen Few demonstrates this through examples and best practices that are easy to understand and will improve how we display and communicate information. Businesses that value design will leap ahead because they will be able to quickly assimilate information, efficiently focus time and efforts, and create alignment, agility, and effectiveness. This book provides a running head start!" --Eleanor Taylor, strategist, SAS Institute"Written by one of the foremost expert in the field of data visualization, this is one of those rare books that seem to make the publication of other works on the same topic unnecessary. This is a very complete book and was obviously developed with great care. I highly recommend Stephen Few's Information Dashboard Design to any information designers who are focusing on the visual display of data and, more particularly, to dashboard designers." --Pabini Gabriel-Petit, CEO and Principal User Experience Architect, Spirit Softworks"How nice to find a book in which the best practices for dashboard design are all thoughtfully packaged. You are advised to make these mandatory reading for your designers." --Claudia Imhoff, president, Intelligent Solutions, Inc.

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Book SynopsisFor over a decade, from a tiny storefront in east London, the artist Viktor Wynd has been reinventing the cabinet of curiosities for the twenty-first century. The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History is now one of the city’s most tantalising tourist destinations. Wynd first introduced his worldview in the book Viktor Wynd’s Cabinet of Wonders, which John Waters called “an insanely delightful how-to guide . . . told with lunatic humour and absolute joy.” In this new volume, he takes readers on a tour inside his mildly-twisted mind, delving deeper into his philosophy of collecting, and describing personal connections to the objects he treasures. Written in his trademark charismatic style, which blends whimsical stories with odd facts and obscure references, this book is filled with lavish and theatrical photographs and drawings. Loosely organised into thematic chapters, it ponders the beauty of skulls and masks; explores beasts, freaks, monsters, fairies, and mermaids; covers magical plants, hallucinogens, erotica, and dandies; and dips into the world of the occult. This might not be a book for everyone. However, it is a book everyone interested in cabinets of curiosities should have on their shelf.

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Book SynopsisA SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'The first significant biography of the artist' Michael Prodger, The Times' 'Best art books of 2021' 'Exemplary ... a scintillating read' Alastair Sooke, Daily Telegraph 'For those who love Magritte and those who do not, Danchev's biography will come as a revelation' Literary Review René Magritte's surreal sensibility, deadpan melodrama, and fine-tuned outrageousness have all become inescapably part of our times. But these groundbreaking subversions all came from a middle-class Belgian gent, who kept a modest house in a Brussels suburb and whose first one-man show sold absolutely nothing. Through a deep examination of Magritte's friendships and his artistic development, Alex Danchev explores the path of an highly unconventional artist who posed profound questions about the relationship between image and reality, challenged the very nature of authenticity and whose influence can be seen in the work of everyone from Jasper Johns to Beyoncé.Trade ReviewDiligent and insightful ... Danchev proved an indefatigable researcher, and Sarah Whitfield does full justice to his labours -- Tim Adams * Observer *A virtuosic portrait of a star surrealist ... surely the definitive full-length biography ... immaculately researched, deeply felt -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *The first significant biography of the artist -- Michael Prodger, 'Best art books of 2021' * The Times *Deeply researched, stylishly written and unusually insightful * London Review of Books *Insightful and broad-reaching -- Alexander C. Kafka * Washington Post *Offers enthralling insight into the man behind the easel -- Susan Swarbrick and Teddy Jamieson, 'The 50 best books to give this Christmas' * Herald *Absorbing, masterful ... there are no lapses in this lively biography ... Magritte: A Life recounts the artist's life in a sympathetic and comprehensive manner, never reducing the mystery of one of the most influential of modern artists -- Alexander Adams * Art Newspaper *[A] monumental biography of the inimitable surrealist artist ... sure to be the definitive account of the extraordinary artist's life * Publishers Weekly *This is a fine book, and Whitfield's tenth chapter, covering the last twenty years of its subject's life, does Danchev's efforts full justice ... for those who love Magritte and those who do not, Danchev's biography will come as a revelation -- Charles Darwent * Literary Review *Exemplary ... a scintillating read -- Alastair Sooke * Daily Telegraph *Danchev's picture of [Magritte] is pointillist and enormous in scope. It is full of shock, for the casual Magritte fan who knows little about his life ... Biographies usually attribute weight to moments or eras in a person's life, building a narrative which will "explain" the artworks, but this one attempts no such thing ... Magritte: A Life paints scenes, all taken from life, but not forced into the realist mode which can constrain works of this type. -- Jo Livingstone * The New Republic *A fascinating portrait -- Christopher Turner * Apollo *Magritte could hardly be in safer hands -- Florence Hallett * inews *Praise for Alex Danchev's Cézanne: Danchev's Cézanne has... virtues of imaginative sympathy, independence of mind, and wide scholarship. He writes as if Cézanne's life and character are as immediately present before him as is the art. -- Julian Barnes * Times Literary Supplement *A brave new life of Cézanne ... much of this new material successfully illuminates Cézanne's inner life. An important book. * Sunday Times *This is the best account of [Cézanne's] astonishing career and Danchev responds to the challenge with great sensitivity and genuine brio. This is a book which will survive the test of time. -- John Golding CBE, Emeritus Professor of the Royal AcademyThe most engrossing biography of an artist that I have read for years. With lightness of touch, depth of thought, a vast cultural hinterland and an assured understanding of painting, Danchev marvellously brings to life Cézanne the man, as well as the pioneering artist called "the father of us all" by Picasso. -- Jackie Wullschlager * FT *

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Book SynopsisFor Marc Chagall (1887–1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved out a unique early 20th-century niche, often identified as one of the earliest expressions of psychic experience. Chagall’s canvases are characterized by loose brushwork, deep colors, a particular fondness for blue, and a repertoire of recurring tropes including musicians, roosters, rooftops, flowers, and floating lovers. For all their ethereal charms, his compositions were often rich and complex in their references. They wove together not only colors and forms, but also his Jewish roots with his present encounters in Paris, markers of faith with gestures of love and symbols of hope with testimonies of trauma. Across scenes of birth, love, marriage, and death, this dependable artist introduction explores the many versions of Chagall’s rich vocabulary. From visions of his native Vitebsk in modern-day Belarus to images of the Eiffel Tower, we explore the unique aesthetic of one of the most readily identifiable modern masters and one of the most influential Jewish artists of all time.

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Book SynopsisThroughout the history of art, figure drawing has been regarded as the very foundation of an artist's education and at the centre of the art-making process. Suitable for artists seeking fresh approaches to drawing the human figure, this title features more than 20 fundamental figure drawing exercises.

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Book SynopsisFrom the ashes of the Second World War came forward-thinking fashions, the likes of which had never been seen before. The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, a make-do-and-mend attitude in a time of war. However, the latter half of the decade saw the emergence of the traditional femininity, elegance and luxury often associated with the era. Spanning the austerity of the war years to the introduction of Dior's revolutionary New Look, this extensive survey brings together vintage photography and illustrations to follow the season-by-season fashion evolution of the Forties, providing a comprehensive overview of this period of contrasts.1940s Fashion: The Definitive Sourcebook covers every aspect of female fashions from the decade, from lace evening gowns, tailored jackets and furs to figure-sculpting undergarments, satin negligées and scandalous bikinis, offering the most comprehensive appraisal of this age of wartime and post-war glamour. This in-depth look at the styles and trends that shaped 1940s fashion features images of the decade's most iconic stars and designers. Stylish leading ladies such as Veronica Lake, Joan Bennett and Barbara Stanwyck are included as well as designs by Dior, Lucien Lelong, Balmain and Worth.Authored and edited by renowned design historian, Charlotte Fiell, this volume also contains an authoritative introduction by fashion historian, Emmanuelle Dirix, as well as the biographies of the key designers and fashion houses of the period.

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Book SynopsisThe making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting?Trade Review'I won’t read a more interesting book all year ... utterly fascinating' - A. N. Wilson, Sunday Times'Hockney asks big questions about the nature of picture-making and the relationship between painters and photography in a way that no other contemporary artist seems to do … Enormously good-humoured and entertaining … On almost every page, there is an interesting provocation' - Andrew Marr, New Statesman'An eloquent conversational testimony to the vividness of life lived through intelligent looking. You will see Caravaggio and Citizen Kane with fresh eyes' - Daily Telegraph'A magic flight of a book … It’s a measure of Hockney’s vividness of perception that he can always put a cap on Gayford’s knowledge … Fabulous!' - Clive James, Guardian'Crisps up perceptions and help readers to look anew' - The TimesTable of Contents1. Pictures, Art and History • 2. Pictures and Reality • 3. Making Marks • 4. Shadows • 5. Picturing Space and Time • 6. Brunelleschi’s Window and Alberti’s Mirror • 7. Mirrors and Reflections • 8. Paper, Paint and Multiplying Pictures • 9. Painting the Stage and Staging Paintings • 10. Caravaggio and the Academy of the Lynx-Eyed • 11. Vermeer and Rembrandt: the Hand, the Lens and the Heart • 12. Truth and Beauty in the Age of Reason • 13. The Camera Before and After 1839 • 14. Photography, Truth and Painting • 15. Painting with and without Photography • 16. Snapshots and Moving Pictures • 17. Movies and Stills • 18. The Unending History of Pictures

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Book SynopsisIn southeastern Morocco, around the oasis of Tafilalet, the Ait Khabbash people weave brightly colored carpets, embroider indigo head coverings, paint their faces with saffron, and wear ornate jewelry. Their extraordinarily detailed arts are rich in cultural symbolism; they are always breathtakingly beautiful—and they are typically made by women. Like other Amazigh (Berber) groups (but in contrast to the Arab societies of North Africa), the Ait Khabbash have entrusted their artistic responsibilities to women. Cynthia Becker spent years in Morocco living among these women and, through family connections and female fellowship, achieved unprecedented access to the artistic rituals of the Ait Khabbash. The result is more than a stunning examination of the arts themselves, it is also an illumination of women''s roles in Islamic North Africa and the many ways in which women negotiate complex social and religious issues.One of the reasons Amazigh women are artists is that the Table of Contents A Note on Transcription and Transliteration Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Ait Khabbash Textiles: Weaving Metaphors of Identity Chapter Two. The Art of Dressing the Body Chapter Three. Dance Performances: Negotiating Gender and Social Change Chapter Four. Women as Public Symbols of Identity: The Adornment of the Bride and Groom Chapter Five. Performing Amazigh Gender Roles: Wedding Ceremonies Chapter Six. Oh, My Sudanese Mother: The Legacy of Slavery in Ait Khabbash Art Chapter Seven. Contemporary Amazigh Arts: Giving Material Form to Amazigh Consciousness Appendix 1. Selected Songs from Ait Khabbash Weddings Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis inspiring book makes drawing in a realistic style easier than you may think and more fun than you ever imagined! Authors Mark and Mary Willenbrink (Watercolor for the Absolute Beginner) cover it all—from choosing materials and the correct way to hold your pencil, to expert advice on the tricky stuff, like getting proportions and perspective right, drawing reflections, and designing strong compositions. (It's not as scary as it sounds…not with Mark and Mary as your guide!) At the heart of this book, a series of fun, hands-on exercises help you practice and perfect your strokes—24 mini-demos lead up to 9 full step-by-step demos. Each exercise builds on the previous one as you develop your skills, build your confidence, and enjoy yourself along the way. The lessons you learn by drawing simple subjects such as coffee mugs, clouds and trees will help you take on progressively more challenging matter like animals, still lifes, landscapes and portraits…the kinds of subjects and scenes you've always dreamt of drawing. This book is just the ticket for budding artists of any age. It's never too early and never too late to discover the pure joy of drawing!

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Book SynopsisWhat to do with the fragments of a love affair?A postcard from a childhood sweetheart. A wedding dress in a jar. Barbed wire. Silicone breast implants. Red stilettos, never worn. These objects and many others make up the inspiring, whimsical, sometimes bizarre, and always unforgettable population of the real-life Museum of Broken Relationships.A decade ago, two lovers were struggling through their own painful breakup, desperate to heal their heartbreak without destroying the memory of the love they had shared. Then, an idea struck: they would create a communal space, a kind of refuge for - and cathartic celebration of - the everyday objects that had outlasted love. These items, along with the anonymous, intimate stories each piece represented, quickly captured hearts and imaginations across the globe. As word spread, the tiny museum became a worldwide sensation.Collected here are 203 of the best, funniest, most heartwarming and thought-provoking piecesTrade ReviewEach photograph in this poignant collection is labelled with a note about the relationship it represents - from the flippant, to the sweetly melancholy to the downright savage - and hint at how that relationships came undone. Compelling and addictive. -- Eithne Farry * THE SIMPLE THINGS *

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Book SynopsisIn line with best-selling The Louvre: All the Paintings, and Rizzoli's successful The Hermitage Collections and The Barnes Foundation: Masterworks, this title offers an exquisite tour, unique in its lavish illustration, scholarship, extent, and graceful packaging. As the first large survey published in 30 years, and the first large general survey of the Met's paintings collection it is the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings of one of the largest, most important, and most beloved museums in the world. This impressive book’s broad sweep of material, all from a single museum, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Lavish color illustrations and details of 500 masterpieces, created over 5,000 years in cultures across the globe, are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization to the present. These works represent a grand tour of paiTrade Review"Succeeds magnificently in evoking a global art history…presented in a way that only a physical book could accommodate: eye-filling reproductions in a stylish package of more than five hundred pages, nicely bound…will delight the casual page flipper but it will also entrance art-book aficionados…consistently evokes illuminating connections and gives readers room to discover them" —Bookforum"Noting that the Met is known for its very scholarly works and exhibition and collection catalogues, Campbell said that this 'exquisite book' ought to appeal to 'a broad audience.'" —Shelf-awareness.com"It is an essential volume for those wishing to experience The Met’s extraordinary collection or to study masterpieces of painting from throughout history and is sure to become a classic cherished by art lovers around the world." —ArtDaily.org"In The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings from Skira Rizzoli, thumb your way through the galleries of New York's famed museum. This coming-soon volume displays 500 masterworks from the dawn of civilization to modern times." —Private Clubs Magazine"This volume’s broad sweep of material, all from a The Metropolitan Museum of Art, makes it at once a universal history of painting and the ideal introduction to the iconic masterworks of this world-renowned institution. Color illustrations and details of 500 masterpieces, created over 5,000 years in cultures across the globe, are presented chronologically from the dawn of civilization to the present." —Hamptons Art Hub"Head exploding: With 544 pages and 1100 color images of the Met’s art and sculpture collection, this book is intense. Masterpieces, indeed."—TheStyleSalononiste.com"The hardcover book is said to be the first to celebrate the greatest and most iconic paintings in the museum"—Art & Antiques"Galitz's text succeed in balancing sound, up-to-date scholarship with an accessible tone that anyone can appreciate... Publicatoins and online series like these are exactly what the Met is ideally suited to create, and we look forward to seeing still more in the years ahead."—Fine Art Connoisseur "The perfect gift for any lover of art."—Art Of The Times

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