Art & Photography Books
Pie International Co., Ltd. The Great Ballets Russes and Modern Art: A World
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£40.00
Hatje Cantz Paul Cezanne: A-Z
Book SynopsisThe incomparable play of light and color in Paul Cezanne’s work was the foundation of his reputation as a forerunner of modernism. From the start he went his own way, and his paintings initially evoked a lack of understanding in art critics of the time, as well as ridicule. Despite his romantic, baroque, impressionist, and finally classical influences, it is still difficult to ascribe Cezanne to any particular art movement. Still, which specific places left lasting impressions on the scion of a provincial banker’s family? What and who were major influences supporting and advancing his innovative oeuvre? James H. Rubin traces Cezanne’s life and work from A to Z in this brief volume, creating an image of a painter who wanted to transform painting itself. The author—and established connoisseur—succeeds in closely approaching the artist while at the same time maintaining the necessary distance to his inimitable paintings.
£16.50
John Wiley & Sons Inc Residential Interior Design
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Chapter 1 Introduction 1 What This Book Is About 1 An Overview: Quality and Quantity 1 Human Behavior, Culture, and Housing 2 Defining Housing-Related Terms 6 An Overview of Chapter Topics 6 Introduction to Accessibility Notes 7 Accessibility, Universal Design, Visitability, and Usability 7 Federal Accessibility Regulations Governing Housing 8 Introduction to Sustainability Notes 9 Defining and Understanding Sustainability 9 Green Building Codes, Rating Systems, and Certification Programs 10 Life-cycle assessment 11 Global Warming, Climate Change, Carbon, and the Built Environment 13 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 14 Organizational Flow 14 Related Codes and Constraints 14 More About the International Residential Code 16 Section R303 of the IRC covers light, ventilation, and heating 16 Section R304 of the IRC covers minimum room areas 16 Section R305 of the IRC covers ceiling height 16 Fire sprinklers and alarms are covered as follows 17 Electrical and Mechanical 17 Lighting 19 Types of Lighting 20 More Lighting Basics and Lighting Terminology 20 Smart Homes and the Internet of Things 25 References 26 Chapter 2 Basic Design Graphics and Sample Project 30 An Introduction to Orthographic Projections 30 Introductory Sample Project Design Drawings 33 Diagrams 33 Preliminary Orthographic Projection Drawings 33 Site Plans 34 Floor Plans 35 Exterior Elevations 39 Interior Elevations 39 Schedules 40 Additional Graphic Symbols 41 Final Sample Project Drawings 42 Dimensions 49 Sections 54 Reflected Ceiling Plans 54 Electrical and Lighting Plans/Power and Lighting Plans 55 References 55 Chapter 3 Entrances and Circulation Spaces 56 Introduction 56 Foyer and Entry Areas 56 Vertical Movement 58 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 61 More About Stairs 61 Organizational Flow 65 Related Codes and Constraints 69 Electrical and Mechanical 74 Lighting 74 References 78 Chapter 4 Social and Leisure Spaces 79 Introduction 79 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 83 Organizational Flow 87 Related Codes and Constraints 92 Electrical and Mechanical 93 Lighting 93 References 95 Chapter 5 Kitchens 97 Introduction 97 Getting Started 97 Organizational Flow 101 Fixtures and Appliances 104 Sinks 105 Faucets 110 Garbage Disposers 113 Dishwashers 113 Ranges 114 Cooktops 117 Wall Ovens 117 Microwave Ovens 118 Refrigerators 119 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 121 Work Counters and Cabinets 121 Dining Spaces for Interaction 123 Sinks 124 Dishwashers 126 Ranges and Cooktops 126 Ventilation 127 Ovens and Microwaves 128 Refrigerators 129 Kitchen Storage and Cabinetry 131 More on Cabinets and Built- In Storage 135 The Pantry 141 The Super Pantry and Butler’s Pantry 141 Related Codes and Constraints 142 Selected IRC Kitchen- Related Code Items 143 Electrical and Mechanical 143 Lighting 145 Prototype Kitchen Illustrations 149 References 159 Chapter 6 Bedrooms 161 Introduction 161 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 162 Organizational Flow 166 Related Codes and Constraints 169 Electrical and Mechanical 172 Lighting 174 References 180 Chapter 7 Bathrooms 181 Introduction 181 Fixtures 182 Toilets 182 Urinals 183 Bidets 184 Sinks 186 Faucets 188 Bathtubs 190 Showers 191 Showerheads and Fixtures 195 Smart Fixtures 198 Shut off Valves 198 Storage and Cabinetry 198 Sink Area 198 Toilet, Tub, Shower, and Linen Storage 201 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 201 Organizational Flow 209 Related Codes and Constraints 216 Electrical and Mechanical 216 Lighting 217 References 219 Chapter 8 Utility and Workspaces 220 Introduction: Types of Utility and Workspaces 220 Garages and Equipment Rooms 220 Laundry Spaces 220 Mudrooms 221 Hobby Spaces 222 Home Offices/Workspaces 222 Working and Learning from Home 224 Electronic Devices and Equipment 225 Managing Household Paperwork and Activities 225 Home Gyms and Exercise Equipment 225 The Flex Room 226 Laundry Appliances and Sinks 226 Clothes Washers and Dryers 226 Utility Sinks 228 Storage and Cabinetry 228 Garage Area Storage 228 Laundry Area Storage 228 Mudroom Area Storage 229 Bookshelves and Bookcases 229 Ergonomics and Required Clearances 229 Organizational Flow 230 Related Codes and Constraints 230 Electrical and Mechanical 232 Electric Vehicles 234 Lighting 238 References 239 Chapter 9 Basic Light Frame Residential Construction 240 Introduction 240 Standard Residential Building Platform Types 240 Basic Wood Frame Construction 240 Plumbing 240 Doors and Windows 240 Doors 240 Windows 245 Roof Types and Styles 248 Fireplaces and Stoves 250 References 255 Chapter 10 Notes on Remodeling 256 Introduction 256 Additions and Alterations 257 The Remodeling Process 259 The Assessment Phase 260 The Design Phase 261 Selection and Construction 262 Budgeting and Return on Investment 262 Organizational Flow, Ergonomics, and Required Clearances 264 Zoning and Building Codes 264 References 265 Appendix A ANSI, UFAS, and Fair Housing Bathrooms and Kitchens 267 Appendix B Sample Project Scenario/Problem Statement 271 Appendix C Common Construction Abbreviations 273 Appendix D Seated Wheelchair Dimensions 275 Appendix E Residential Elevator Information 277 Appendix F Common Stock Cabinet Configurations and Sizes 279 Appendix G Outdoor, Secondary, and Compact Kitchens 281 Index 285
£52.16
Lannoo Publishers Botanical Buildings: When Plants Meet
Book SynopsisThe green architecture movement is a worldwide phenomenon that addresses sustainability and a parallel awareness of how the built world is enriched by nature. This lavishly illustrated book presents the most beautiful and innovative buildings from around the world and explores how they incorporate plants and architecture in both interior design and construction. With inspiring projects and practical tips for both the professional and the enthusiast, the author explores the best of what’s green in houses large and small, apartment buildings, and offices.
£40.50
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. A Postcard from Kasos 1965
Book SynopsisKasos is the southernmost island of the Dodecanese, lying between Carpathos and Crete. Roughly 11 miles long and four miles wide, with a rocky, mountainous landscape, Kasos was famed from antiquity as a centre of shipbuilding, and played a role in the Greek War of Independence. But with the advent of steam, the island's shipyard closed, and its population dwindled. Today some one thousand people remain on the island, living in five small villages full of historic homes and churches. The islanders produce agricultural products of exceptional quality; preserve their distinctive culinary, musical, and dance traditions; and welcome a small number of adventurous travellers to their sparkling beaches.Robert A. McCabe's stunning black-and-white photographs of Kasos, most taken in 1965, offer a unique record of the island's people, architecture, and natural landscapes. In a stark contrast to the transformation undergone by other Greek islands, many of the scenes depicted in McCabe's
£22.49
ArchiTangle GmbH The Kinetic City and Other Essays
Book SynopsisThis book presents Rahul Mehrotra’s writings over the last thirty years and illustrates his long-term engagement with and analysis of urbanism in India. This work has given rise to a new conceptualization of the city. Mehrotra calls it the Kinetic City, which is the counterpoint to the Static City, as familiar to most of us from conventional city maps. He argues that the city should instead be perceived, read, and mapped in terms of patterns of occupation and associative values attributed to space. The framework is established in this publication by Rahul Mehrotra’s anchor essay, which draws out its potential to “allow a better understanding of the blurred lines of contemporary urbanism and the changing roles of people and spaces in urban society.” The emerging urban Indian condition, of which the Kinetic City is symbolic, is examined in this publication through a selection of writings curated by Mehrotra, which led to and then subsequently built on this framework. The theory is reinforced by different perspectives that Rahul Mehrotra brings to bear on discourse, and on the profession of architects and urban designers, thanks to his career as an architect, urban designer, conservationist, educator, and advocate for the city. From essays such as “Evolution, Involution and the City’s Future: A Perspective on Bombay’s Urban Form” to more generally applicable ruminations such as “Our Home in the World,” this book offers an in-depth look at the last thirty years of reflection and theorizing behind Mehrotra’s work. The publication is divided into three parts. The anchor essay, “Negotiating the Static and Kinetic Cities,” and other contributions (twenty-one in total) make up the main section. A second book within the book is dedicated to an expansive complimentary photo essay by the photographer Rajesh Vora, illustrating the key themes transaction, instability, spectacle, and habitation. The last section presents an illustrated bibliography of Rahul Mehrotra’s wide range of research and writings.Trade ReviewIn the chronology at the end of Working in Mumbai, the excellent monograph from 2020 on RMA Architects, the firm of Rahul Mehrotra, buildings by RMA are listed and illustrated alongside publications written or edited by Mehrotra. There are dozens of the latter spanning between 1994 and 2018, but they are only a smattering of the architect and educator's prolific written output. The publication of The Kinetic City and Other Essays is therefore fitting, serving to present the breadth of Mehrotra's writing over a period of thirty years. All of it is generally focused on the city; specifically the essays illustrate his development of the idea of the "kinetic city."Although the collection of 22 essays does not include one strictly called "The Kinetic City," as the title of the book suggests, the phenomenon is explicitly found in two essays: "Negotiating the Static and Kinetic Cities: The Emergent Urbanism of Mumbai" and "Looking at the Kinetic City," a photo essay by Rajesh Vora with words by Mehrotra. The former was published in Other Cities, Other Worlds: Urban Imaginaries in a Globalizing Age, a 2008 book edited by Andreas Huyssen, while the latter appears to be newly published for this collection published by ArchiTangle. In a nutshell, the Static City is the relatively permanent, formal city of concrete, steel, and brick, and the Kinetic City is temporary, built of recycled materials and sometimes used for celebrations in India where throngs of people converge for a few days or weeks.Vora's photo essay is especially good at illuminating the myriad aspects of the Kinetic City. Mehrotra structures the photographer's street scenes and aerials into four categories: transaction, instability, spectacle, and habitation. To use the first as an example, photos of street vendors in Mumbai (third spread, below) are accompanied by drawings and words illustrating the gradients of permanence and legality, from vendors squatting on a mat with their wares to attached lean-tos that are not demountable but do enable the wares to be locked up. This is followed by step-by-step photos of the dabbawala service (lunchbox delivery and pickup) that is also mentioned in the "Negotiating" essay that precedes it. In short, rather than being separate, the Kinetic City is grafted onto the Static City, the former serving the needs of entrepreneurship, celebrations, housings and the like.Of the twenty other essays in the book, the one that stood out to me the most was "The Architecture of Pluralism: A Century of Building in South Asia," Mehrotra's lengthy introduction to the volume of World Architecture 1900-2000: A Critical Mosaic that he edited. Although the reprint here does not have as many illustrations as the original, its appearance in this collections commendably makes it available to hopefully many more people than in its initial publication (year ago series editor Kenneth Frampton lamented the bad distribution of the ten-volume set). Furthermore, Mehrotra singles out that essay in his "Preface and Gratitude," writing that Frampton's invitation to edit the volume on South Asia "propelled many subsequent writings," many of which are found in this excellent collection. -- John Hill * A DAILY DOSE OF ARCHITECTURE BOOKS *
£49.50
Park Books Sponge Park
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£29.75
Chronicle Books The Creative Business Handbook: Follow Your
Book SynopsisOffering veteran insight and friendly, actionable advice from two self-made women who have helmed four successful creative businesses, this practical guide to becoming a creative entrepreneur will speak to anyone wanting to make art, be their own boss, and not have to work a second job to make ends meet. Figuring out how to make a living from your creative work poses unique challenges and obstacles. From choosing the right business model to building a brand, from managing your time to scaling up your production-starting your own creative business often means doing it all yourself. Enter The Creative Business Handbook by Alicia Puig and Ekaterina Popova, the dynamic duo behind Create! Magazine . With its conversational tone and accessible advice, this handbook lays an essential foundation for anyone wanting to earn a living with their art-no fancy business degree required! In addition to nuts-and-bolts advice based on the authors' real-life experiences, each chapter of the book includes an interview with a creative entrepreneur from a different background and craft, and ends with action steps that will help keep you on track. Written by creative business owners for creative business owners, this is the perfect book for anyone with a vision who is ready to hit the ground running.
£16.19
National Gallery Company Ltd After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
Book SynopsisThrough the 1880s the very essence of representation, meaning and process in Western art were profoundly interrogated. Plausible representations of the external world were cast aside in favour of non-naturalism expressed in varying degrees, from modest distortions of reality to pure abstraction. The decades that followed, up to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, were a complex, vibrant period of artistic questioning, searching, risk-taking and innovation. Concentrating on this period of great upheaval, this book will explore the constructive dialogue between painting and sculpture, and the influential roles played by three giants of the era, Paul Cézanne, Paul Gauguin and Vincent van Gogh, across European art as a whole. While acknowledging the centrality of Paris as a cultural capital, it will also uniquely highlight other centres of artistic ferment in Europe, from Brussels and Barcelona to Berlin and Vienna, and track the variety of routes into modernism in the early twentieth century. This fully illustrated catalogue will contain four essays, introductions to each city of ferment and biographies of the artists. Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London 25 March–13 August 2023
£38.00
Yale University Press The Private Universe of James Castle
Book SynopsisA new approach to the work of self-taught artist James Castle that focuses on how his drawings and practice resonate with earlier masters
£23.75
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Palette Knife Painting Deep Impasto
Book SynopsisLearn how to create your own Deep Impasto® masterpieces using a palette knife and oil paints with this book featuring tips, techniques, and 8 complete step-by-step projects.Professional artist Lisa Elley works from her studio in the San Francisco Bay Area with the purpose of inspiring and bringing joy to people through her art. In Palette Knife Painting: Deep Impasto, Lisa shares her techniques with you through easy-to-follow step-by-step projects.Learn to paint: Art inspired by Vincent van Gogh Seascapes and landscapes A Tuscan vineyard Flower fields Wet-into-wet (alla prima) With texture And more! Also included in the book are: Primers on the best palette knives and paints to use Color mixing and color theory instructions Beautiful, textured artwork that seems to lTrade Review"An ideal, comprehensive, and thoroughly 'user friendly' DIY course of instruction for artists of all skill levels looking to learn to paint and scrape with oil paint." * Midwest Book Review *"Far from a how-to for beginners, this book includes projects that expertly teach processes, such as color blocking, blending, and multiple effects that can be executed with a knife." * Library Journal *Table of ContentsContents Introduction Why Paint with a Palette Knife? Getting Started Hokusai–Inspired Ocean Wave Van Gogh–Inspired Poppy Field Van Gogh–Inspired Irises Piccola Casa (The Little House) Summer Peonies Birch Tree Forest in the Fall Coastal Landscape with Wildflowers Tuscan Vineyard Landscape with Sunflowers Cleanup & Care Signing Your Art Varnishing Presenting Wiring a Painting About the Artist
£15.29
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd Owen Jones and the V&A: Ornament for a Modern Age
Book SynopsisOwen Jones (1809–1874), a prolific architect, designer, illustrator and printer, was recognised during his lifetime as one of the most influential contemporary figures in art and design theory. This insightful book, the latest in the V&A Nineteenth-Century Series, explores his relationship with the South Kensington Museum (later the Victoria and Albert Museum), from its inauguration in the 1850s through to his death in 1874. With particular focus on the creation of his celebrated volume The Grammar of Ornament (1856), his decorative scheme for the museum’s so-called ‘Oriental Court’ and the preparation of his lesser-known publication Examples of Chinese Ornament (1867), it offers a fascinating exploration of the identity of the early museum and its imperial context.Table of ContentsDirector’s Foreword; Series Editor’s Foreword; Introduction: From the Great Exhibition to the South Kensington Museum; Chapter 1 - ‘An ever-gushing fountain’: The Grammar of Ornament; Chapter 2 - Applied Principles: The ‘Oriental Court’; Chapter 3 - ‘Suggestive Character’: Examples of Chinese Ornament; Conclusion - ‘The Lawgiver of Ornamental Art’; Notes; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index.
£33.25
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd A Series of Glances
Book Synopsis"This extensive travelogue features many different styles of fine art photography – street, portraiture, landscapes, nudes and still life – but it is the street portraits that really stand out and, presumably, earned the book its title." — Black + White Photography magazine "The Police guitarist combines his music and photography in a performance Friday at The Heights Theater." — NPR Houston "Beyond the iconic riffs and hits lies another realm of Andy’s genius — his aptitude as an art photographer." — WhyNow "Police guitarist Andy Summers unearths hypnotic photographs that evoke the poetic majesty of music." — Blind Magazine "In “A Series of Glances”, Andy now collects for the first time his best art photographs from several decades in a large, lavishly designed and decorated illustrated book." — The Eye of Photography Since the 1970s, Andy Summers has been one of the great guitarists of his generation as the guitarist of The Police and achieved worldwide fame alongside singer Sting, but also later as a solo artist. But Andy has also been making a name for himself internationally as an art photographer since the 1980s. Several successful book publications and various international exhibitions followed, underlining his exceptional talent in the field of photography as well. In A Series of Glances, Andy now assembles for the first time his best art photographs from several decades in a large, lavishly designed and decorated coffee-table book. These are images full of poetry and mood, mostly in black and white, with which Andy takes us into his world: on his extensive travels through the cultures of different countries and continents, to his portrait and nude photography, whose focus is always on the artistic moment. How exactly can the mood of a moment be captured in a picture? Andy succeeds in combining his music and his photographic art in a unique way. Not only are his images present at all times at his concerts, but various AR elements in the book give the reader an even deeper insight into Andy's life and work online. A Series of Glances becomes perhaps Andy Summer's most personal work ever.Trade Review"In “A Series of Glances”, Andy now collects for the first time his best art photographs from several decades in a large, lavishly designed and decorated illustrated book." - The Eye of Photography"This extensive travelogue features many different styles of fine art photography – street, portraiture, landscapes, nudes and still life – but it is the street portraits that really stand out and, presumably, earned the book its title." - Black + White Photography magazine"The way Summers sees it, there's a great deal of similarity between his photographic and musical work. Both seek to evoke human emotion, both attempt to tell a story or introduce a person in an artistic fashion." - Ultimate Classic Rock"The Police guitarist combines his music and photography in a performance Friday at The Heights Theater." - NPR Houston"Andrew Dansby chats with the musician and photographer who plays the Heights Theater Friday about old movies, funky Houston hotels and guitar solos." - Houston Chronicle"Beyond the iconic riffs and hits lies another realm of Andy’s genius — his aptitude as an art photographer." - WhyNow"Police guitarist Andy Summers unearths hypnotic photographs that evoke the poetic majesty of music." - Blind Magazine"A fêted guitarist, known for his distinctive and inventive output for The Police and subsequently as a solo artist, Summers’ photography is no less interesting and accomplished." - Digital Camera Magazine"Andy Summers has amassed an impressive body of work over the decades — including work that goes far outside of his work as a musician." - InsideHook"The Police guitarist Andy Summers on the passion for photography he developed while touring in the 1980s." Digital Photographer - Digital Photographer"His latest collection is A Series of Glances. It includes photos from his far-flung days on the road, through Morocco, China, Brazil and Bolivia. Most interesting of all, there’s hardly any text from Andy Summers in A Series of Glances. Instead, the book’s narrative comes via his lens." - Rock CellarMy Best Shot: "The Police guitarist has been taking photographs since 1979. Here he discusses the risks he took capturing ‘one of the most impressive religious events on the planet’." - The Guardian"Andy Summers is best known as a guitarist for the English rock band The Police, popular in the late 1970s to the mid-1980s. But he has also been a passionate and award-winning photographer from the film days through the digital transition to today. Summers has published five books on his photography, the latest from teNeues is A Series of Glances, and has had his work shown at over 60 exhibitions worldwide." - PetaPixel
£999.99
Thames & Hudson Ltd Flora Photographica
Book SynopsisVivid, bold, spectacular and unexpected: a definitive overview of one of contemporary photography's most innovative fields, showcasing flower imagery by more than 120 of the world's leading practitioners. There has never been a period in photography's long history no school, no movement when flowers have not been a central focus, whether in the form of the classic still life, the botanical study, incorporated into portraiture and studies of the human body, documented in street photography, or used subversively in surrealist collage and montage. Today, flower photography remains in full bloom, with photographers the world over depicting flowers and floral motifs in novel ways. Featuring works by more than 120 photographers, Flora Photographica links the very best of flower photography from the past thirty years with its predecessors canonical floral studies from the realms of photography, botanical illustration, drawing and painting that have marked the collective imagination
£28.00
F&W Publications Inc Draw More Furries
Book SynopsisThis book shows readers how to create anthropomorphic characters (animals with humanlike characteristics) that effectively convey various personalities, combining elements of people with those of furry (or feathered or scaled) animals, reptiles and mythical creatures.
£15.99
RIBA Publishing RIBA Health and Safety Guide 2023
Book SynopsisTo ensure chartered architects are reaching a high standard of health and safety knowledge and the life safety of building users, the RIBA has introduced an online test based on a comprehensive curriculum to test for competency. This guide is designed to improve industry understanding of issues in accordance with CDM Regulations and prepare architects for the health and safety test. It provides practitioners with the required knowledge regarding site safety, hazards and design risk management to discharge their professional services and legal duties competently and safely. The 2nd edition features updates to the content relating to design risk management and statute that reflects the changes enacted under the Building Safety Act 2022 and amendments to the Building Regulations 2010, introduced in 2023. The new content includes a new chapter with guidance on designer’s duties and competence requirements under Part 2A of the Building Regulations. This features a review of the relationship between these and the dutyholder regime under the CDM Regulations and practical examples of how designers/architects might discharge their duties in accordance with the requirements of the regulations. Essential guidance for improving professional standards and ensuring safety among architects Companion book for architects preparing for the RIBA health and safety test Features over 80 high-quality original illustrations, highlighting safety risks and best practice. Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Preparing to Visit Site Chapter 2: Undertaking Site Visits Chapter 3: Site Hazards Chapter 4: Design Risk Management Chapter 5: Statute, Guidance, Competence and Codes of Conduct Chapter 6: Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 Chapter 7: The Building Safety Act and Building Safety Regulations Chapter 8: Building Safety Design Chapter 9: Principles of Fire Safety Design Appendix I: Principles of human behaviour during an emergency Appendix II: Examples of site safety signs
£27.55
Edinburgh University Press The Art of Iran in the Twentieth and TwentyFirst
Book SynopsisDeals with the exploration and theorisation of Modern and Contemporary art of Iran through the examination of art movements and artistic practices in relation to other cultural, social and political discourses during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.Trade Review"Few scholars of contemporary Islamic art, a seriously underdeveloped field, exhibit both range and staying power. Keshmirshekan, the outstanding specialist on its richest subset, Iranian art, does just that. In good, plain, jargon-free English and with clear, concise arguments and passionate commitment, he highlights the treasures of modern and contemporary art in Iran and beyond.?" -Robert Hillenbrand, University of Edinburgh
£76.50
C & T Publishing HandStitched Oasis
Book SynopsisCapture your happy place with embroidered portraits of landscapes. Learn everything from making a design from memory or photograph to stitching realistic details and basic embroidery stitches. Stitch various textures, from foliage and water to pavement and upholstery, to personalize your compositionEmbroider five starter projects and add personalized outdoor details to reflect your happy place. Learn 35 techniques to create realistic details and get step-by-step instructions for basic stitches.
£15.29
Insight Editions Harry Potter: Voldemort Wand Pen
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£18.35
Imperial War Museum John Singer Sargent's Gassed
Book SynopsisJohn Singer Sargent's Gassed is one of IWM's most iconic and best-loved objects. Truly monumental in scale, it is also the largest painting in the museum's collection and has been on near-constant display since it was first exhibited in 1919. A favourite among visitors and the most requested image by researchers and publishers, the work endures as a lasting symbol of modern art in public service, and of the transformative conflict from which it came. In the following pages IWM's Head of Art Rebecca Newell traces the origins of this large and powerful painting in the final months of the First World War and celebrates the vibrancy and visual power of the work, revealed once again during recent conservation. John Singer Sargent's Gassed reflects on the challenges of creating and displaying a canvas of such size and the dramatic impact the work has had on generations of visitors to IWM. Finally, the book considers the painting's enduring legacy in the context of art inspired by conflict - a legacy now secured for future generations.
£21.25
Taschen GmbH Dian Hanson’s: The History of Men’s Magazines.
Book SynopsisSexual revolution, civil rights, Flower Power, miniskirt, women’s liberation, The Pill, Black Panthers, hippies; all these words and phrases entered our language in the turbulent 1960s. The decade started as an extension of the domestic ’50s and ended with worldwide chaos as baby boomers reached sexual maturity. What a fun decade for men’s magazines. While Playboy’s world dominance grew, with France, Germany, England, and Italy producing “men’s lifestyle” titles, diversification spread in the U.S. The first big breast magazines debuted, with Fling, Gem and The Swinger; men’s adventure titles – with nudes – provided nostalgia for mid-life veterans; humor magazines hung on – barely – while hippie nudist titles exploited a legal loophole allowing them to show pubic hair. Italy finally joined the party with sexy fumetto photo comics and a hero named Supersex. Latin America clung to the old burlesque format, mired in religious restriction and political unrest. France retained post-war favorite Folies de Paris et de Hollywood for an older audience and launched elegant Playboy clone LUI for its sons. While the world donned miniskirts England did England, reveling in bloomer and petticoat fetishism with Spick and Span digests. But no one topped Germany, where Ulrike Meinhof edited Konkret in 1969, a magazine of sexual and political revolution, before forming Red Army Fraction with Andreas Baader to bomb, kidnap, and assassinate her way into domestic terror history. Volume 3 contains over 650 groovy covers and photos from Argentina, England, France, Germany, Italy, and The U.S., plus text.Trade Review“…approaches men’s magazines with a historical lens and also tracks the wider societal changes alongside their evolution.” * creativereview.co.uk *“[An] impressive six-volume collection…” * monocle.com *
£42.50
Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture
Book SynopsisOver more than five decades, legendary architect Moshe Safdie has built some of the world's most influential and memorable structures - from the 1967 modular housing scheme in Montreal known as Habitat to the Marina Bay Sands development in Singapore. For Safdie, the way a space functions is fundamental; he is deeply committed to architecture as a social force for good, believing that any challenge, including extreme population density and environmental distress, can be addressed with solutions that enhance community and uplift the human spirit.If Walls Could Speak takes readers behind the veil of an essential yet mysterious profession to explain through Safdie's own experiences how an architect thinks and works - from the spark of imagination through the design process, the model-making, the politics, the engineering, the materials. Relating memorable stories about what has inspired him - from childhoods in Israel and Montreal to the projects and personalities worldwide that have captured his imagination - Safdie reveals the complex interplay that underpins every project and his vision for the role architecture can and should play in society at large. Illustrated throughout with drawings, sketches, photographs, and documents from his firm's voluminous archives, If Walls Could Speak is a book like no other, and will forever change the way you look at and appreciate any built structure.Trade ReviewWhat are the deep personal sources of creativity? How is it possible for someone to take the conventional built environment and make it new? A visionary book, If Walls Could Speak triumphantly answers these questions by giving us intimate access to the life and mind of one of the greatest architects of our time. -- Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of THE SWERVEThe world knows Moshe Safdie as an international architect of the greatest modern buildings. With this compelling memoir Moshe Safdie will now be known as a beautiful writer who conveys - with elegance and understanding - what it takes to create a building while telling the story of a long and fascinating life the reader is privileged to share. -- Ruth RogersIf Walls Could Speak is not just about architecture; it is about a man in search of beauty, truth, and service to people through examining "nature, the nature of the universe, and the nature of man." In his autobiography, Moshe Safdie succeeds in making the walls speak, revealing not only the depth, curiosity and drive of a man with a mission, but also the challenges he faced creating extraordinary work for over six decades. Perhaps he says it best: "If we seek truth, we shall find beauty." I was profoundly moved reading this book. -- Yo Yo MaMoshe Safdie makes beautiful and important buildings. He makes buildings that infuse into your day and life a sense that bigger things might suddenly be possible. He makes buildings that you will never, ever forget. What is remarkable about If Walls Could Speak is that Safdie's memoir is as unforgettable as anything he has produced out of stone, cement and steel. Because of his storytelling gifts, it is also a coming-of-age story in which one man developed a vision for how he could do his part to improve the experience of living -- Samantha Power, former United Nations ambassador and bestselling author of THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST[A] marvelous look at his life and career...In prose unburdened by pretension, Safdie articulates his artistic philosophy against the backdrop of a changing world...A brilliant defense of architecture as an expression of truth and beauty. * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *Table of Contents1: One A House on a Hill 2: Ideas and Mentors 3: The World of Habitat 4: Old City, New City 5: Private Jokes in Public Places 6: "Does God Live There?" 7: Cutting through the Mountain 8: The Power of Place 9: Megascale 10: What If? 11: Faith and Peace
£21.25
The University of Chicago Press Lateness and Longing
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Lateness and Longing is a work of great originality and a significant contribution to the history and theory of art, as well as to the criticism of contemporary photography. Through his close critical readings, Baker presents exhaustive critical accounts of four important artists, revealing how the figure of lateness achieves a kind of intimacy within their practices and developing an original conceptual vocabulary for the philosophy of photography.” -- D. N. Rodowick, author of An Education in Judgment: Hannah Arendt and the Humanities“Multifaceted, innovative, and provocative, Lateness and Longing provides an original account of photographic anachronism, working through its cultural, social, aesthetic, and philosophical dimensions.” -- Sabine Kriebel, author of Revolutionary Beauty: The Radical Photomontages of John Heartfield“Photography and art criticism are not obsolete but they are in eclipse, and that is where George Baker finds them. In the shadows, there is redemption and the promise of unpredictable reemergence. Baker sifts through the situation like a twenty-first-century Baudelairean, in the company of some of the most compelling contemporary artists. To find what? Revolutionary cause? Melancholy consolation? Something of both, along with a deeper understanding of what the past does for us, and with us, today.” -- David Campany, author of On PhotographsTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Lateness and Longing 1. You See I Am Here After All: Zoe Leonard 2. Film and Other Fatigues I: Tacita Dean 3. Film and Other Fatigues II: Tacita Dean 4. The Photographic Echo: Sharon Lockhart 5. The Absent Photograph: Moyra Davey Afterword: Late Criticism Notes Index
£41.80
Figure 1 Publishing Echoes of the Supernatural: The Graphic Art of
Book SynopsisOver six decades of brilliant prints and paintings from the most prominent Northwest Coast artist of his generation.Finalist for the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, a BC & Yukon Book Prize Since leaving Haida Gwaii to study art in Vancouver—where he carved argillite with Bill Reid in a department store and hand-sold prints on the UBC campus—Guud sans glans, Robert Davidson has moved between two worlds. As a host of Potlatches, carver of masks and totem poles, and performer and teacher of traditional Haida songs and dances, he has been one of the driving forces in the resurgence of Haida culture in the aftermath of colonization. As an artist working in serigraphs, acrylic, wood, silver, and aluminum to preserve and breathe new life into Haida formline, he has become among the most respected, celebrated, and thrilling artists in the country, if not the world.Echoes of the Supernatural is the first publication in over forty years to offer a comprehensive visual retrospective of his astonishing career. It includes new photography of over 150 prints, as well as images of over fifty paintings; numerous painted woven hats, painted and carved sculptures, jewellery, aluminum sculpture; and dozens of archival photos. His long-time gallerist Gary Wyatt, who worked closely with Davidson in shaping the book and received full access to his archives, details the artist’s life and career, and offers insights on the work based on extensive new interviews. A foreword by Karen Duffek situates the contours of Davidson’s practice within the broader Northwest Coast art world. Trade Review"The book is a visual marvel, with its bold colours and the dramatic curves of Haida formline, aspects that are incorporated into its design, including the stunning cover."—Galleries West"This singularly gorgeous book showcases the extraordinary work of Guud San Glans Robert Davidson, one of the world’s most innovative and influential contemporary Indigenous artists. Echoes of the Supernatural is art publishing at its best, delivering a volume of breath-taking textual and print quality"—British Columbia Review"Since the 1960s, Guud san glans Robert Davidson has been instrumental in the renaissance of Haida art and culture and has long been appreciated as one of the most inventive artists working within Haida artistic traditions." —Broadway World"A stunning and interesting collection of Davidson’s prints, paintings, and drawings."—Calgary Herald"Robert Davidson is a modern master who helped spark a renaissance."—Vancouver Sun"Davidson described his role in the resurgence of Northwest Coast art and culture as one of not only solving the "puzzle", but of bringing it back.—Stir"A big and bountiful book, by independent writer and curator Gary Wyatt, it is jointly published by the VAG and Figure.1—not as a catalogue to the show but as a separate and distinct record of Davidson’s astounding achievements in two-dimensional art forms."—Preview Art Magazine
£38.69
Black Dog Press Edinburgh: An Architectural Portrait: Photography
Book SynopsisEdinburgh: An Architectural Portrait features an inspiring portfolio of imagery created over a ten-year period by the photographer and visual artist James Reid. Documenting the City of Edinburgh using digital, analogue and polaroid formats, the book captures the city’s main conservation areas, with an emphasis on key architects, listed buildings and distinct aspects of the cityscape.Presented as a beautiful collection of black-and-white images, along with a handful of colour works, the book’s digital images are a mixture of full-frame capture and large-scale composite pieces, along with a selection of 35mm analogue single-frame photography. These include panoramic views as well as more intimate perspectives, made possible by Reid’s unique access to the city’s various buildings and structures of note.The book also features essays by five established Edinburgh-based artists – Aly Gordon (painter), Bruce Hare (artist and architect), Marianne Magnin (artist and curator), Merlin Ramos (painter) and Henry Stevens (artist and architect) – each of whom offers a personally informed response to the city and how its architecture, art and history inform, influence and impact on them.The resulting publication is a unique visual mapping of the city’s most architecturally significant areas that will appeal to not only architects, artists and academics, but also residence of and visitors to one of the world’s most architecturally rich capitals of culture.
£31.46
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Ingrid Pollard: Carbon Slowly Turning
Book SynopsisPublished to accompany an exhibition at MK Gallery, this is the first major survey of the work of contemporary British artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard, nominated for the Turner Prize 2022. This publication provides the first overview of works by British artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard. Pollard is renowned for using portrait and landscape photography to question our relationship with the natural world and to interrogate social constructs such as Britishness, race, sexuality and identity. Working across a variety of techniques from photography, printmaking, drawing and installation to artists’ books, video and audio, Pollard combines meticulous research and experimental processes to make art that is at once deeply personal and socially resonant. ‘Ingrid Pollard’s practice has long been focused on the human body, astro-physics and geology, and in particular geology in the formation of the stars and planets. The title of this publication – Carbon Slowly Turning – invites us to reflect on geological time in relation to human time. On the one hand, the millennia in which carbon, rock and other natural materials are made, and on the other, the brevity of human existence by comparison and the affecting nature of geology on the human form. A number of Pollard’s works reflect on the cyclical nature of history and human experience, where everything is subject to change, sometimes over hundreds or thousands of years, at other times in the blink of an eye.’ — Gilane Tawadros, Curator, writer and CEO, DACS ‘Ingrid Pollard’s work slows down our looking to create space to consider alternative formations of history and landscape. Across four decades she has re-scripted Britishness, looking back in order that we might move forward differently. This is a profound and timely exploration of this vital British artist.’ — Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate This book accompanies an exhibition at MK Gallery and Turner Contemporary, curated by Gilane Tawadros, with the artist, and supported by the Freelands Award 2020. Edited by Fay Blanchard and Anthony Spira. Essays by Anna Arabindan-Kesson, Cheryl Finley, Paul Gilroy, Mason Leaver-Yap and Gilane Tawadros.Trade ReviewIngrid Pollard’s work slows down our looking to create space to consider alternative formations of history and landscape. Across four decades she has re-scripted Britishness, looking back in order that we might move forward differently. This is a profound and timely exploration of this vital British artist. * Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate *a new book that gives a stunning overview of artist and photographer Ingrid Pollard’s practice [...] the creatively we have witnessed in this brilliant book is both shared and contagious. * Glasgow Women’s Library *Table of ContentsCarbon Slowly Turning: An Introduction - Anthony Spira and Clarrie Wallis At the End of Black Boy Lane: Paul Gilroy Seventeen of Sixty Eight Seaside Series Pastoral Interlude Landscape Interrupted: Anna Arabindan-Kesson The Boy Who Watches Ships Go By The Cost of the English Landscape Bursting Stone Unruly: Mason Leaver-Yap Contenders Deny: Imagine: Attack Bow Down and Very Low - 123 Materials and Practices: Cheryl Finley Landscape Trauma There Was Much Interruption Self Evident Carbon Slowly Turning: Gilane Tawadros The Valentine Days I & II Emancipation Day Performers & Portraits Image Credits
£25.50
HarperCollins Publishers The Unofficial World Cup Album A Poorly
Book SynopsisThe greatest moments in sporting history in inglorious technicolour, from the artists' known as NO SCORE DRAWSGenuinely upsetting.' David SquiresRepulsively ugly.' Séamas O''ReillyAn Unofficial World Cup Hall of Infamy, featuring the worst fouls, best goals, most questionable refereeing decisions, dodgiest barnets, mintest kits and a host of Where were you when?' moments.This is the first (and, let's face it, probably only) book from the multi-untalented team behind moderately successful Twitter account @CheapPanini, bringing mild bemusement to the world through the medium of wonky hand-drawn stickers.You can't fault them for effort, even if they still can't do hands, so dive into these pages like Roy Keane into a tackle.Trade Review‘As someone who has spent/wasted years drawing wonky likenesses of footballers, this book really speaks to me. Sure, one of Mandor Hidegkuti’s eyes has dropped deep and their Mark Van Bommel is genuinely upsetting, but this is a funny and loving collection, as fans of No Score Draws have come to expect.’ David Squires, Guardian cartoonist and author of The Illustrated History of Football ‘An exquisitely beautiful book of repulsively ugly drawings. Come for the terrifying gallery of disgusting freaks, but stay for the humour, nostalgia and sheer unbridled joy it shares for the game, and for sticker books; the holy texts of any football-mad childhood. Essential reading for anyone who's ever picked up a ball, a book, or a marker pen, and thought: "why not?" Well, it replies, this is why…’ Séamas O'Reilly, author of Did Ye Hear Mammy Died? Praise for the work of ‘No Score Draws’: ‘It’s absolutely awful and I love it.’ ‘Will absolutely ruin my partner’s Christmas.’ ‘Splendid and horrid at the same time.’ ‘Were my expectations met? Sadly, yes.’
£999.99
British Museum Press Feminine power
Book SynopsisAn exciting, wide-ranging exploration of the power and diversity of female figures of worship in world cultures and belief systems, from the ancient world to today. ---------- âWritten in plain and accessible language, without losing academic rigor... Crerar, who, like a contemporary Virgil, introduces us to sublime and terrifying entities, guiding us all the way through the complex and fascinating meanings of femininity and faith.â â MarÃa Pinal Villanueva, The Journal of Folklore Research Reviews âAn excellent catalogueâ â Waldemar Januszczak, The Sunday Times âA lucidly argued and richly illustrated catalogueâ â Marina Warner, The Guardian ---------- Divine women â in many guises â have featured in every world faith from deep history until the present day, inspiring people and cultures across the world. In a cross-cultural and global approach, this book discusses Eve alongside Inanna, Radha and Aphrodite in the context of sex and desire, while in the chapter on evil, witches Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Forces of nature 2. Passion and desire 3. Evil 4. Justice and defence 5. Compassion and salvation Conclusion Notes and bibliography Acknowledgements and credits Index
£24.00
Design Originals Creative Coloring Mandala Expressions
Book SynopsisColoring books for grownups are this year's biggest new trend in publishing. Coloring books have consistently held the #1 and #2 sales positions on Amazon for many weeks. Print, online, and social media are buzzing about coloring books, with recent big stories in USA Today, New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Slate, Business Insider, and Huffington Post. This series stands out with artistic designs that appeal to everyone, especially the art audience. Printed on premium extra thick paper with perforated pages, they offer a high level of design sophistication.
£5.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Langfords Starting Photography
Book SynopsisStarting with the basics of camera control and moving on to shutter speeds, aperture, zoom and flash, Langford's Starting Photography gives you the only introduction to digital photography you'll ever need. Once you've mastered the basics, examples and projects allow you to explore the key methods for capturing a variety of subjects from portraits and pets to landscapes and sports photography, alongside straightforward advice on using editing software to get the best out of your digital shots, will have you producing unforgettable images in moments. More inspiring than a textbook, more interesting than a reference, and more in-depth than a photography class, Langford's Starting Photography is the only guide you need to start taking great images. Table of ContentsChapter 1: Picture Making; Chapter 2: Cameras, Sensors and Film; Chapter 3: Creative use of Camera Controls; Chapter 4: Tackling Different Photographic Subjects; Chapter 5: Controlling Light; Photographic Workflow; Chapter 6: Digital Processing and Printing; Chapter 7: Black and White Film Processing and Printing; Chapter 8: Experimental and constructed images; Chapter 9: Presenting and Assessing Your Work; Chapter 10: Troubleshooting; Appendices. Glossary.
£32.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Salted Paper Printing
Book SynopsisSalted Paper Printing: A Step-by-Step Manual Highlighting Contemporary Artists makes one of the oldest known photographic processes easy for the 21st century using simple digital negative methods. Christina Z. Andersonâs in-depth discussion begins with a history of salted paper printing, then covers the salted paper process from beginner to intermediate level, with step-by-step instructions and an illustrated troubleshooting guide. Including cameraless imagery, hand-coloring, salt in combination with gum, and printing on fabric, Salted Paper Printing contextualizes the practice within the varied alternative processes. Anderson offers richly-illustrated profiles of contemporary artists making salted paper prints, discussing their creative process and methods.Salted Paper Printing is perfect for the seasoned photographer looking to dip their toe into alternative processes, or for the photography student eager to engage with photographyâs rich history. Table of Contents1. A Brief History of Salted paper2. Talbot’s Original "Photogenic Drawing" ProcessPart 1: Salted Paper Step-by-Step3. Setting up the Salted Paper "Dimroom"4. Digital Negatives for Salted Paper5. Salted and Sensitizing the Paper6. Exposing, Processing and Toning the Salted Paper Print7. An Illustrated Guide to Troubleshooting Salted Paper8. Printing Gum Over Salted Paper9. Hand-coloring Salted Paper and other creative ideas10. Finishing, Framing, and Storing Salted PaperPart 2: Contemporary Salted Paper Artists11. Contemporary Salted Paper Artists12. Bibliography
£49.39
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Art of Light on Stage
Book SynopsisThe Art of Light on Stage is the first history of theatre lighting design to bring the story right up to date. In this extraordinary volume, award-winning designer Yaron Abulafia explores the poetics of light, charting the evolution of lighting design against the background of contemporary performance. The book looks at the material and the conceptual; the technological and the transcendental. Never before has theatre design been so vividly and excitingly illuminated. The book examines the evolution of lighting design in contemporary theatre through an exploration of two fundamental issues: 1. What gave rise to the new directions in lighting design in contemporary theatre?2. How can these new directions be viewed within the context of lighting design history? The study then focuses on the phenomenological and semiotic aspects of the medium for light the role of light as a performer, as the medium of visual perception andTable of ContentsList of FiguresForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Towering Figures in the History of Theatre Lighting Design2. Light Art – the Rising Autonomy of Artificial Light3. Theoretical Framework4. A New Conceptual Framework for the Analysis of LightIntroduction to the Performance Analyses5. Madama Butterfly6. On the Concept of the Face, Regarding the Son of God7. Stifters Dinge8. Rechnitz (Der Würgeengel)9. Peer Gynt EpilogueAppendix: GlossaryIndex
£46.99
Amberley Publishing Yorkshire in Photographs
Book SynopsisA stunning collection of images showcasing the county of Yorkshire in all its glory.Trade Review‘Yorkshire’s countryside has everything: from the awesome limestone Dales to the rugged cliffs of Flamborough, there’s no county quite like it. Dave’s photography captures the incredible scenery, beauty and vivid colour like no other.’ * Paul Hudson, BBC Yorkshire’s weather presenter *
£16.19
Yale University Press Inigo Jones and the European Classicist Tradition
Book SynopsisProvides a study on one of England's influential classical architects. This book surveys architecture in Italy, Germany, France and Netherlands, and reveals how many parallels there are on the Continent with Inigo Jones's work in England. It also studies Jones's buildings, in terms of their chronological development and the growing complexity.
£38.00
Oxford University Press The Art of Art History
Book SynopsisWhat is art history? Why, how, and where did it originate, and how have its methods changed over time? The history of art has been written and rewritten since classical antiquity. Since the foundation of the modern discipline of art history in Germany in the late eighteenth century, debates about art and its histories have intensified. Historians, philosophers, psychologists, and anthropologists among others have changed our notions of what art history has been, is, and might be. This anthology is a guide to understanding art history through critical reading of the field''s most innovative and influential texts, focusing on the past two centuries. Each section focuses on a key issue: art as history; aesthetics; form, content, and style; anthropology; meaning and interpretation; authorship and identity; and the phenomenon of globalization. More than thirty readings from writers as diverse as Winckelmann, Kant, Mary Kelly, and Michel Foucault are brought together, with editorial introductions to each topic providing background information, bibliographies, and critical elucidations of the issues at stake. This updated and expanded edition contains sixteen newly included extracts from key thinkers in the history of art, from Giorgio Vasari to Walter Benjamin and Satya Mohanty; a new section on globalization; and also a new concluding essay from Donald Preziosi on the tasks of the art historian today.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition vivid and inspiring... a flamboyant book * Johanne Lamoureux, University of Montreal *Definitely the best introduction to art history currently available * Norman Bryson, Havard University *Inspires productive debate and contemplation. What makes this anthology more than an arresting assemblage is the author's critical stance toward what he has wrought. Robert S. Nelson, Yale * Robert S. Nelson, Yale *Table of Contents1. ART AS HISTORY; 2. AESTHETICS; 3. FORM, CONTENT, AND STYLE; 4. ANTHROPOLOGY AND/OR ART HISTORY; 5. MECHANISMS OF MEANING; 6. THE LIMITS OF INTERPRETATION; 7. AUTHORSHIP AND IDENTITY; 8. GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS
£22.94
Getty Trust Publications Michelangelo's Tomb for Julius II - Genesis and
Book SynopsisIn 1505, Michelangelo began planning the magnificent tomb for Pope Julius II, which would dominate the next forty years of his career. Repeated failures to complete the monument were characterized by Condivi, Michelangelo's authorized biographer, as "the tragedy of the tomb." This definitive book thoroughly documents the art of the tomb and each stage of its complicated evolution. Edited by Christoph Luitpold Frommel, who also acted as the lead consultant on tge recent restoration campaign, this volume offers new post-restoration photography that reveal the beauty of the tomb overall, its individual statues, and its myriad details. This book traces Michelangelo's stylistic evolution; documents the dialogue between the artist and his great friend and exacting patron, Pope Julius II (who died long before the work was completed); unravels the complicated relationship between the master and his assistants, who executed large parts of the design; and sheds new light on the importance of Neo-Platonism in Michelangelo's thinking, which gave shape to the tomb's most famous statue, the Moses, and the work as a whole. A rich trove of documents in the original Latin and archaic Italian-many unpublished-relates the story firsthand through letters, contracts, and other records covering Michelangelo's travels, the purchase of the marble, the concerns that arose as work progressed, and numerous disagreements and negotiations. The book also includes catalogues of fifteen sculptures designed for the tomb and more than 80 related drawings, as well as an extensive and up-to-date bibliography.Trade Review"An indispensable reference work, rich in documentation and interpretation." --Renaissance Quarterly "A superbly illustrated and meticulously documented volume."--Spectator
£63.00
Island Press Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design
Book SynopsisWhat if, even in the heart of a densely developed city, people could have meaningful encounters with nature? While parks, street trees, and green roofs are increasingly appreciated for their technical services like storm water reduction, from a biophilic viewpoint, they also facilitate experiences that contribute to better physical and mental health: natural elements in play areas can lessen children's symptoms of ADHD and adults who exercise in natural spaces can experience greater reductions in anxiety and blood pressure. The Handbook of Biophilic City Planning & Design offers practical advice and inspiration for ensuring nature in the city is more than infrastructure, that it also creates an emotional connection to the earth and promotes well-being among urban residents. Divided into six parts, the Handbook begins by introducing key ideas, literature, and theory about biophilic urbanism; followed by chapters that highlight urban biophilic innovations in more than a dozen global cities; the final part concludes with lessons on how to advance an agenda for urban biophilia and an extensive list of resources.As the most comprehensive reference on the emerging field of biophilic urbanism, the Handbook is essential reading for students and practitioners looking to place nature at the core of their planning and design ideas and encourage what pre-eminent biologist E. O. Wilson described as "the innate emotional connection of humans to all living things."
£40.47
Island Press People Cities: The Life and Legacy of Jan Gehl
Book Synopsis"A good city is like a good-party," you stay for longer than you plan," says Danish architect Jan Gehl. He believes that good architecture is not about form, but about the interaction between-form and life. Over-the last 50 years, Gehl has changed the way that we think about architecture and city planning, moving from the Modernist separation of uses to a human-scale approach inviting people to use their cities. At a time when growing numbers are populating cities, planning urban spaces to be humane, safe, and open to 'all' is ever-more critical. With the help of Jan Gehl, we can all become advocates for human scale design. Jan's research, theories, and strategies have been helping cities to reclaim their public space and recover from the great post-WWII car invasion. His work has influenced public space improvements in over 50 global cities, including New York, London, Moscow, Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney, and the authors' hometown of Perth. While much has been written by Jan Gehl about his approach and by others about his influence, this book tells the inside story of how he learned to Study urban spaces and implement his people-centred approach.People Cities discusses the work, theory, life, and influence of Jan Gehl from the perspective of those who have worked with him across the globe. Authors Matan and Newman celebrate Jan's role in changing the urban planning paradigm from an abstract, ideological modernism to a people-focused movement. It is organised around the creation of that movement, using key periods in Jan's working life as a structure. People Cities will inspire anyone who wants to create vibrant, human-scale cities and understand the ideas and work of an architect who has most influenced how we should and can design cities for people.
£27.90
Design Originals Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning
Book SynopsisPatterning is fun, easy, relaxing and adds interest and texture to any design. Joanne Fink presents creative monogram and pattern techniques in Zenspirations, offering intriguing ideas for filling boarders, edges and spaces with creative flourishes. The many decorative boarders, frames, shapes and alphabet will appeal to a spectrum of tastes and styles. Use Joanne's techniques to create details, depth and beauty reminiscent of classical architecture, medieval block printing and manuscript calligraphy. Her passion for beautiful patterns is contaigious. Joanne makes it easy to turn simple lines into attractive designs, while her doodled shapes inspire readers to embellish more and just have fun with the process.Trade ReviewZenspirations, Letters & Patterning by professional calligrapher Joanne Fink is sure to be popular with everyone who loves her videos as well as anyone who enjoys paper crafts, scrapbooking, card-making, illustration and making personalized gifts. In her introduction Joanne writes, "I fell in love with patterning in the summer of 2008 when I discovered the wonderful world of Zentangle, an art form developed by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas. Since then I have incorporated patterning into my work, and call my new style Zenspirations." Joanne's new book Zenspirations is an 8 x 8-inch, 52-page (including covers) softcover that demonstrates in much greater detail the patterning techniques in Joanne's videos and contains many examples of her colorful and whimsical illustrations. Joanne reviews her seven basic patterns and suggests ways to add more detail to each. From there she moves on to filler patterns and vertical patterning - dangles that "hang" off the edge of a horizontal strip. The next sections demonstrate various pattern types and examples - circles and simple circle designs, simple flower designs, wave patterns, and pattern blocks. In the coloring tools section Joanne talks about her favorite coloring tools and paper supplies. She discusses techniques for each - working with dark and light backgrounds, watercolor paints and techniques, and the paper she chooses for water media. The next sections are about embellished frames, creating patterned illustrations, flower and leaf designs and simple landscapes - all with many examples to spark your creativity. The final section of the book is about lettering, embellished monograms and how to use words in shapes. Zenspirations will teach you how to create beautiful patterns to add a whole new dimension of interest to your favorite crafts. "Joanne Fink's passion for beautiful patterns is contagious; her Zenspirations: Letters & Patterning makes it easy for artists and non-artists alike to master patterning quickly and easily." It's another great addition to enrich your imagination and your art library!
£10.44
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Let's Draw Plants and Small Creatures
Book SynopsisCreated by one of Japan's most popular artists, this book provides detailed and complete instruction for illustrating fun and appealing characters and elements that celebrate life. The author's special and distinct style is simple, appealing, happy, and cute and offers artists, crafters, and art enthusiasts-with and without experience-the instruction and inspiration to draw in the Japanese character style. This book is for artists and crafters of all skill levels that want to bring their own illustration to their work. It offers both entertaining and fun drawing instruction and techniques along with inspiring and sweet unique style characters and elements.
£11.39
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc Let's Draw Happy People (Illustration School)
Book SynopsisCreated by one of Japan's most popular artists, this book provides detailed and complete instruction for illustrating fun and appealing characters and elements that celebrate life. The author's special and distinct style is simple, appealing, happy, and cute and offers artists, crafters, and art enthusiasts-with and without experience-the instruction and inspiration to draw in the Japanese character style. This book is for artists and crafters of all skill levels that want to bring their own illustration to their work. It offers both entertaining and fun drawing instruction and techniques along with inspiring and sweet unique style characters and elements.
£12.28
HarperCollins Publishers The Hooded Gunman An Illustrated History of
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2019 H.R.F. Keating Award for best biography or critical book related to crime fiction!A lavish full-colour celebration of the 2000 books by more than 250 authors published by the iconic Crime Club between 1930 and 1994.The Hooded Gunman was the sinister figure who, having appeared in various guises on the covers of Collins' various series of Mystery and Detective books in the 1920s, finally gained recognition with the launch of Collins' Crime Club, becoming the definitive imprint stamp on more than 2,000 books published by that august imprint between 1930 and 1994. From Agatha Christie to Reginald Hill, the Hooded Gunman was a guarantee of a first-class crime novel for almost 65 years, and those books are now as sought after and collectable and almost any other book series, with many commanding high prices and almost impossible to find.In the year that Collins the publisher founded by William Collins in Glasgow in 1819 is enjoying its 200th birthday, this book celebratTrade ReviewREVIEWS FOR AGATHA CHRISTIE’S SECRET NOTEBOOKS: 'Many of Curran's discoveries will shape how Christie is read in future… This book is fascinating.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY ‘Agatha Christie’s notebooks have had to wait for the meticulous attention, dedication and prodigious knowledge of John Curran to achieve publication.’ THE TIMES ‘A meticulously detailed study that is packed with shrewd perceptions about Christie's fiction… Curran has produced an enthralling miscellany of a book, in which her fans will rummage to their heart's content.' SUNDAY TIMES 'Curran has organized his material as efficiently as an Agatha Christie mystery… His enthusiasm for his subject carries us along.' IRISH TIMES
£32.00
Cinebook Ltd Last Templar the Vol. 1: the Encoder
Book SynopsisAcre, 1291. The last Crusadercity in the Holy Land is about to fall. TwoKnights Templar, obeying the grandmaster's orders, manage to escape theinvading Muslim army on the order's last ship. New York City, nowadays. During the unveilingof an exhibition of some of the Vatican's treasures, four men disguised asTemplars attack the Metropolitan Museum and steal several artefacts, includinga centuries-old decoder - a loss that horrifies the Church.
£7.59
The Crowood Press Ltd The Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture
Book SynopsisThe Language of Mixed-Media Sculpture is both a survey and a celebration of contemporary approaches to sculptures that are formed from more than one material. It profiles the discipline in all its expanded forms and recognizes sculpture in the twenty-first century not as something solid and static, but rather as a fluid interface in material, time and space. It gives insightful revelations of the creative journeys of ten renowned sculptors and showcases twenty-eight international sculptors. With over two hundred colour photographs, this sumptuously illustrated volume will inspire those intrigued by and interested in contemporary sculpture.
£22.50
Jessica Kingsley Publishers The Expressive Body in Life, Art, and Therapy:
Book SynopsisDrawing on her extensive experience in expressive arts therapy, Daria Halprin presents a unique approach to healing through movement and art. She describes the body as the container of one's entire life experience and movement as a language that expresses and reveals our deepest struggles and creative potentials. Interweaving artistic and psychological processes, she offers a philosophy and methodology that invites the reader to consider the transformational capacity of the arts. In this essential resource for anyone interested in the integration of psychotherapy and the arts, Halprin also presents case studies and a selection of exercises that she has evolved over her career and practised at the Tamalpa Institute for over twenty-five years.Trade ReviewIn this book is an introductory guide for newcomers to the field of expressive therapy. It includes many concrete examples of Halprin's method in visual illustrations and through a variety of therapeutic excercises. One of the highlights of expressive therapy is its embrace of multiplicity fuelling an initiation into de-territorialised spaces of mind and body, where anything can happen. -- The Canadian Art Therapy Association JournalThis book marks, I believe, the period of the coming of age of expressive arts therapy in relation to our global society. It makes a significant contribution to practitioners, students and teachers in this field, and it also makes a broader contribution to what is referred to as "living artfully in a fragmented world." Anyone walking the path of growth and transformation will benefit from this embodied, arts based approach. For me, and I hope for all of us, the arrival of this book is cause for celebration! -- Jack S. WellerIt is clear from Halprin's writings that her work is not only about self-preservation, but also about preservation of this beautiful planet we depend upon to nurture our souls daily. Given the disembodied age we are entering with advanced technologies, she believes it is expressive artist's ethical obligation to reintroduce the arts back into daily living. Reading her book will indeed inspire those inclined, to hear the message and respond to the call. -- Beth Lucchi, American Dance Therapy AssociationTable of ContentsForeword (Jack Weller). Preface. Acknowledgments. Part One: Introduction. 1. Movement as Metaphor. 2. How I got Here. Part Two: Roots and Cross-Pollination. 3. Historical Context. 4. Psychology. 5. Somatic Psychology. 6. Dance. 7. Modernism, Postmodernism, and the Avant Garde. Part Three: The Practice. 8. Creativity, Art, and Therapy. 9. Maps and Methods of the Practice. 10. Body Part Metaphors. 11. Living Artfully with the Wounded Self. 12. Case Studies. Part Four: Conclusion. 13. Art as a Healing Force in the World. References. Index.
£25.64
The University of Chicago Press Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the
Book SynopsisThe age of the baroque - a time of great strides in science and mathematics - also saw the construction of some of the world's most magnificent buildings. Hersey explores the interrelations of the two developments and how they cross-fertilised.Trade Review"In Architecture and Geometry in the Age of the Baroque, George L. Hersey examines the era's scientific, musical and architectural lore of number, shape and proportion.... A beguiling book." - Kerry Downes, Times Literary Supplement "Learned and lucidly written.... Hersey demonstrates how, through geometry, architecture translated abstract ideas into visual, haptic forms. In chapters on music, optics, the cube, symmetry, circles and ovals, spirals and epicycles, Hersey explicitly shows the cross-fertilisation of science and art that scholars have hitherto assumed but never demonstrated." - Art Newspaper
£38.00
MIT Press Ltd Digital Performance A History of New Media in
Book SynopsisThe historical roots, key practitioners, and artistic, theoretical, and technological trends in the incorporation of new media into the performing arts.The past decade has seen an extraordinarily intense period of experimentation with computer technology within the performing arts. Digital media has been increasingly incorporated into live theater and dance, and new forms of interactive performance have emerged in participatory installations, on CD-ROM, and on the Web. In Digital Performance, Steve Dixon traces the evolution of these practices, presents detailed accounts of key practitioners and performances, and analyzes the theoretical, artistic, and technological contexts of this form of new media art. Dixon finds precursors to today's digital performances in past forms of theatrical technology that range from the deus ex machina of classical Greek drama to Wagner's Gesamtkunstwerk (concept of the total artwork), and draws parallels between contemporary work and the
£45.00
Laurence King Publishing Marketing Fashion, Second edition: Strategy,
Book SynopsisMarketing and branding inform many of the strategic and creative decisions involved in fashion design and product development. Marketing is a vital component of the industry and an understanding of its importance and role is essential for those planning a career in fashion. Marketing Fashion, Second Edition is a practical guide to the fundamental principles of marketing and branding, from developing brand identity to creating a customer profile. The book explains key theoretical concepts and illustrates how they are applied within the global fashion and retail industry, from haute couture to the mass market. All tools in the modern marketer''s kit are discussed, from attending fashion fairs to viral marketing and online strategies. Using examples and case studies drawn from a broad range of fashion, textile, and retail businesses, students are led through the marketing process from initial consumer and market research to the creation of exciting marketing and branding campaigns. The book is designed to appeal to students at degree or foundation level as well as those contemplating a career within the fashion industry.
£28.04
