Art & Photography Books
Pie International Co., Ltd. Shiba Inu Ryuji
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£9.49
Pie International Co., Ltd. Auspicious Animals: The Art of Good Omens
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£23.99
Pie International Co., Ltd. embroidery: The Art of Yoshioka
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£19.54
Pie International Co., Ltd. Flexible: The Art of Yo Shimizu
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£23.99
Pie International Co., Ltd. The Beautiful Traditional Colors of Japan: A
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£23.38
Pie International Co., Ltd. Hirosaki Museum of Contemporary Art
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£40.00
Pie International Co., Ltd. Image Graphics for Small Takeout Shops and Food
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£32.00
Pie International Co., Ltd. Etoile: The World of Princesses & Heroines by
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£37.50
Pie International Co., Ltd. VSI: Wataboku Art Book
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£28.00
Pie International Co., Ltd. Soleil: Illustration Lookbook
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£21.25
Pie International Co., Ltd. Makura Kurama Illustration Card Book
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£24.00
PIE Books An Extraordinary Ordinary Day: The Art of 526
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£19.54
Pie International Co., Ltd. S vol. 83
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£16.99
Pie International Co., Ltd. Tomidoron
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£23.38
Pie International Co., Ltd. Honojiro Towoji Illustration Works 2
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£19.54
Pie International Co., Ltd. Small S vol. 76
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£16.19
Pie International Seekers
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£19.54
Pie International Yukina Artworks Fashion Sketches
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£24.67
Pie Intl Inc Kusamori Shuichi Animation Artworks
£67.50
Pie Intl Inc Serenity Rosuuri Illustrations Japanese only mostly visual
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£21.98
Kodansha America, Inc Four Seasons Of Mt. Fuji
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£15.99
EI Publishing Co., Ltd Barber Style
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£27.90
Tuttle Publishing Keiko Okamoto's Japanese Knitting Stitches: A
Book SynopsisKeiko Okamoto's Japanese Knitting Stitches presents 150 exquisite knitting and crochet stitches from one of Japan's most prolific and innovative designers. Her designs range from classic to ethnic to quirky in colours ranging from earthy to vivid. Keiko Okamoto is recognized around the world for her colourful and textural stitches, and this book features beautiful colour photos showing the full potential of these stitch patterns. An introduction by veteran Japanese knitting expert Gayle Roehm translator of Japanese Knitting Stitch Bible and 250 Japanese Knitting Stitches explains the ins and outs of using the Japanese-style knitting charts and executing the stitches in a way that is simple and easy for all knitters to understand. Full instructions and diagrams for crochet and knitting projects offer a chance to put these stitches to use. These projects include: A cardigan with charming crocheted strawberry garland A multi-coloured, fringed neck wrap A pair of funky, sculptural arm-warmers toasty and multi-textured A charming Fair Isle knitted basket bag A pair of fluffy, cuffed mittens An elegant A-line textured wool sweater suitable for any body type A chic Nordic-patterned short coat. This book will be a prized addition to every knitter's library, and a favourite reference for years to come!Trade Review"150 exquisite knitting and crochet stitches from one of Japan's most prolific and innovative designers. Her designs range from classic to ethnic to quirky--in colors ranging from earthy to vivid." -- Library Journal"I think intermediate and advanced knitters will get the best value from this book because many of these stitches and patterns will require you to either have preexisting skills, or to develop the skills as you go…If you put your mind to knitting these stitches, you can absolutely do it…I have fallen in love with Keiko Okamoto's Japanese Knitting Stitches--and I think you're going to love it, too."-- KnittingandCrochet.net"…a valued addition to your craft book collection and a go-to reference and resource book for future projects." -- Pausitive Living blog
£15.29
Tuttle Publishing Drawing Basic Manga Characters: The Complete
Book SynopsisThis workbook provides a revolutionary new 3-step tracing technique that beginning artists can use to quickly learn to draw manga characters just like a pro!Popular manga artists Junka Morozumi and Tomomi Mizuna guide you through a series of carefully graded lessons to build up your skills gradually. Each pose and scene has a star skill level, so you can build your way up from 1 to 5! Learn character poses ranging from standing, walking and running, to signature manga poses with expressive movements, 2-person poses, and so many more! Practice drawing from various perspectives and viewpoints Trace and draw directly into your workbook and learn to master the basics of manga character poses faster than you could imagine! Each page presents a classic manga pose, from walking and running to jumping for joy, in three different steps: A simple outline of the body, to practice drawing features and basic anatomy The defining elements of the character (like clothes, hair and facial expression) highlighted for easy tracing so you can practice placing them onto the basic body outline. The finished drawing (for inspiration). The six chapters of poses are supplemented by expert tips and easy exercises for capturing the right facial expressions, drawing the clothes and getting the perspective and body proportions right.Beginning manga artists are in good hands with Morozumi, who lectures at art academies in Tokyo, and Mizuna, whose work has been exhibited in the U.S., Europe and beyond. If you've been looking for an easy-to-use guide to drawing manga, The Manga Artist's Handbook: Drawing Basic Manga Characters is the perfect place to start!
£11.69
Tuttle Publishing The Complete Guide to Drawing for Beginners: 21
Book SynopsisAn easy-to-follow, yet comprehensive beginner's guide to drawing.In The Complete Guide to Drawing for Beginners, experienced art instructor Yoshiko Ogura explains the basics of pencil drawing through a series of lessons that provide insights on artistic composition, simulating highlights and shadows, depicting realistic forms, rendering texture and creating a sense of depth in your artwork. At the beginning of the book, she provides you with all the information you need to get started—what materials to buy, how to prepare your work surface, pencils and erasers—even how to sit correctly when drawing.Once you know these, Ogura provides a series of easy and clear step-by-step lessons showing you how to draw simple objects while gaining an understanding of the essential concepts of perspective, how to convey hard and soft surfaces and textures, composition and balance. From here, you progress to more complex shapes and objects including landscapes and portraits of people and animals, as she explains all the additional concepts needed to draw these realistically.This book teaches you how to draw the following interesting subjects: Simple forms (an apple, a milk carton, an egg, a mug) Hard & soft surfaces (fabric, a loaf of bread, a stone, a book) Transparent objects (water droplets, a glass) Complex objects (a piece of squash with seeds and pulp, a sunflower) Human anatomical features (hands, faces) Landscape elements (trees, buildings) Animals (a cat, a parakeet) Still life (fruit, flowers) Plus, many other inspirational examples and ideas! By the end, all your drawings will begin to look impressively polished and realistic! As you work through the lessons, you'll master all the skills and knowledge that seasoned artists demonstrate in their work.Trade Review"The Complete Guide to Drawing for Beginners lives up to its title as a user-friendly guide to learning the basics of drawing…[It] is enthusiastically recommended for anyone with an interest in drawing, whether as a hobby or as the first step toward an art-related profession." -- Midwest Book Review"With a dramatically different approach than many drawing how-to books, Japanese illustrator Ogura thinks of all the questions and issues a novice might face, then addresses them simply and head on…It's difficult to see how an in-person class could teach much more. Appended with Ogura's inspirational works." -- Booklist, Starred Review"…the right balance of text and visual aids in this guide to drawing that encourages readers to embrace every step of the process, including the struggle…highly recommended for aspiring artists of all types, especially those looking for encouragement to give drawing a go." -- Library Journal
£13.49
Tuttle Publishing Drawing Fantastic Female Fighters: Manga & Anime
Book SynopsisTwo superstars of anime and manga open their studio doors and spill their secrets in this private master class.Join Hisashi Kagawa, an animation director for Sailor Moon, and Yoshihiko Umakoshi, a character developer for My Hero Academia, as they show you how to bring your battle heroines boldly to life.Helpful sidebars and tips appear in dialogue bubbles throughout this book, as the artists guide aspiring illustrators from initial idea to finished artworks, pointing out common missteps and pitfalls that can easily frustrate beginning artists along the way.The essential techniques and design elements needed to create engaging female-led battle scenes are first reviewed in detail. Then each author walks the reader through their entire creative process of developing an original story from beginning to end. Along the way the authors give you hundreds of helpful tips on how to create compelling characters and render realistic expressions and poses, showing you how practiced professionals work. Starting from a storyboard sequence of simple sketches you'll progress to a polished finished drawing.By learning from two artists with different styles at the same time, readers get twice the advice and emerge doubly prepared to create scenes, stories and battle heroines of their own.Trade Review"Drawing Fantastic Female Fighters lives up to its title as an art guide to bringing female characters in the style of Japanese anime and manga to life on the page. The text offers in-depth instructions and advice on everything from expressions and poses to issues specific to women's clothing…[It] is a treasure for anyone interested in creating manga-style art or comics. Highly recommended!" -- Midwest Book Review"…richly designed books that SHOW you how to refine and perfect your drawings so you actually improve…if you're (or someone you know is) looking to up your game and improve your art, they've made it super easy to assemble a super helpful library." --The Roarbots
£16.19
Tuttle Publishing Sketching Men: How to Draw Lifelike Male Figures,
Book SynopsisIn Sketching Men, veteran art instructor Koichi Hagawa, PhD explains how to quickly capture the dynamic male form through two distinct styles of sketching: Very rapid (1-3 minute) line drawings that capture the essence of the subject's posture and movement—perfect for recording athletic action poses in the moment More finished tonal drawings, which take a bit longer to render (7-10 minutes), but fill in lots of interesting texture and wonderfully realistic details and nuances, including the play of light and shadow, three-dimensional form and a sense of mass and balance Learn to sketch the following: Individual body parts and their bones and muscles Objects held in the hands and with both arms Standing and sitting poses Transitions from prone and sitting poses to a standing pose Bending, reaching and leaning poses Pushing, throwing and dancing poses Folds, gathers and drape of clothing This book contains hundreds of detailed studies and helpful examples. Your sketches will improve rapidly as you learn all about how human anatomy—the skeleton, muscles and posture—all come together to express the uniquely male form. When you hone your line and tonal drawing skills with this book, all of your artwork will improve as a result, no matter the application: storyboarding, cartooning and graphic novels, illustration, formal drawings, painting and more!
£15.29
Seigensha Art Publishing Snow White 360 Book - Yusuke Oono
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£31.00
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Secession: Art and Architecture 1890–1914
Book SynopsisA lavishly illustrated exploration of forward-looking Czech art around the turn of the twentieth century. Though it’s less widely heralded than Berlin and Vienna, 1890s Prague was every bit as much a fin-de-siècle cultural center as its Mittel European peers. At the end of the nineteenth century, the city found itself home to a fervent coterie of young visual artists all deliberately pushing against—indeed, seeking to secede from—the traditional artistic structures of the day. This book traces Czech Secessionist art from the turn of the twentieth century by following its three main stylistic schools: naturalistic-impressionistic, symbolist, and ornamental-decorative. Though these styles developed separately, their symbiotic relationship gives the art a deeper significance and disrupts the traditional understanding of Art Nouveau and Secessionist art as an eclectic decorative style that faded away at the beginning of the twentieth century. Illustrated with more than three hundred color plates, Czech Secession is a fittingly lush tribute to one city’s underappreciated and forward-looking artistic blossoming. Table of ContentsSecessionSignalsThe End of the CenturyGo to the PeopleInto the Wider WorldDefianceSpringFairy TalesSensesEpochSynthesisExpressionGeometrisationThe Second SecessionLegacy
£45.60
Hoaki PROTEST: Pictogram Activism to Change the World
Book SynopsisThis book is a visual guide that collects 400 downloadable copyright-free images of a social and political nature that can be used in T-shirts, posters, fanzines, stationery, and many other supports. Presenting complex ideas in a straight to the point way, these images make us reflect on the contradictions of this world. Accompanied by thought-provoking texts, they are a reaction to issues such as racism, drugs, terrorism, inequality, poverty, war, destruction, life and death, freedom, war and peace, smoking, and animal rights, among others. This brilliant work not only raises important questions about today’s society in general but is also a superb illustration of pure graphic design with a political conscience. It is an ideal working tool and reference for professionals and students, or anyone with a keen interest in visual culture and communication. With a foreword by Liz McQuiston and texts by Steven Heller, Bettina Richter, Sarah Corbett, Fons Hickmann, Lincoln Cushing, King ADZ, and others.
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Loft Publications Concrete: Beyond Grey
Book SynopsisConcrete Architecture: Beyond Grey is a fascinating exploration of the possibilities and potential of concrete as a building material. The book showcases some of the most innovative and striking examples of concrete architecture from around the world, revealing the beauty and versatility of this oft-misunderstood material. It highlights the ways in which concrete is being used to create structures that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing, and explores the ways in which architects and designers are pushing the boundaries of what is possible with concrete. The book also examines the environmental impact of concrete, and the ways in which new technologies and techniques are making it a more sustainable choice for construction. This beautifully illustrated volume is a thought-provoking and visually stunning book that will appeal to anyone interested in architecture, design or the potential of building materials. It is a must-read for architects, designers and anyone who appreciates the beauty and innovation of contemporary architecture.
£31.96
Nippan IPS Pom Pom Cats: 30 Unique Pom Pom Cats Made by Wool
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£12.34
Munch Museum Goya and Munch: Modern Prophecies
Book SynopsisFrancisco de Goya and Edvard Munch revolutionised art through their groundbreaking pairing of raw realism and unique imaginative power. Exploring inner worlds and existential questions, they had a formative impact on art history and our understanding of our times. The book is published in conjunction with the exhibition Goya and Munch: Modern Prophecies, the first comprehensive presentation of these two artists in tandem. It is lavishly illustrated with reproductions of all the exhibited works and features texts by Trine Otte Bak Nielsen, Manuela B. Mena Marqués, Janis Tomlinson, Ute Kuhlemann Falck and Ask Salomon Selnes.Table of ContentsTrine Otte Bak Nielsen, Munch’s Goya: Underexposed connections Manuela B. Mena Marqués, Modern Goya Janis Tomlinson, Beyond myths and misrepresentations: Recovering Munch and Goya Ute Kuhlemann Falck, Goya and Munch: A Shared Passion for Printmaking Ask Salomon Selnes, Goya in Munch’s Time, Society’s Illusions, The Impact of War and The Empty Cross(shortere thematic texts)
£31.50
Hoaki Wrap It Up: Creative Structural Packaging Design.
Book SynopsisThis book presents creative and innovative packaging design examples, explaining the basic principles of packaging from different perspectives such as structure, materials, and visual design. It features a variety of classic and new packaging materials, and provides an overview on the application of these materials in packaging. A good packaging design infuses energy into the product, as well as sparking consumers' interest in exploring the product within. The publication discusses fundamental issues relating to packaging structure and showcases innovative packaging design, taking into account the main functions of packaging: protection, portability and interactivity.
£31.99
Hoaki Atlas of Modern Clothing: From the Trench Coat to
Book SynopsisThis beautifully illustrated and inspiring atlas for fashion designers and fashionistas reveals the structure, characteristics and materials of contemporary garments for women and men. A handbook for clothing designers, stylists and fashionistas, this dashing publication uses beautiful illustrations and drawings to highlight the design and key details of various forms of contemporary clothing, such as coats, jackets, shirts, tops, blouses, dresses, trousers, shorts and skirts. Traditional and contemporary materials, colours and textures for different styles are also listed. This atlas will help designers in their work, no matter which creative method of costume design they choose: inversion, analogy, empathy, fantasy, creating new combinations and problem-solving. It is meant to be a source of inspiration and a useful tool for artists and designers working with clothing, and will be of interest to anyone who is passionate about fashion and style. AUTHOR: Marina Madzhugina graduated from the Institute of Design and Technology at Omsk State Technical University (Russia) with a degree in costume design. She has worked at her alma mater since 2013, teaching students who want to become stylists and image-makers. She is the winner of the Fashion Formula Competition (Omsk), the Local Style Competition for Young Fashion Designers (Voronezh) and the Russian Silhouette Contest (Sochi, Moscow). Over her career, she has developed a unique method to compile a basic assortment of clothing, which became the basis for this atlas. SELLING POINTS: . A captivatingly-illustrated handbook which playfully reveals the structure and characteristics of contemporary clothing . A useful tool for fashion illustrators, fashion lovers, and designers working with clothing . An essential guide to the most distinguishable features of each piece of contemporary clothing 300 colour illustrations
£999.99
Hoaki Portraying Children: Expressions, Proportions,
Book SynopsisPortraying people is undoubtedly one of the most difficult aspects of drawing. Expressions, movements, emotions and gazes add a series of challenges not present when drawing still lifes or landscapes. In addition, the scant number of books specifically about drawing children leave many of the particularities related to the portrayal of childhood unresolved. This book, now in paperback, fills this void. Using live models, either posing or simply naturally, photographs, videos, drawings of faces, it contains a step-by-step, detailed explanation on how to draw children. Through an introduction to proportions, and by training in observing the changes children experience over the years, the reader learns how to capture both children's physical and psychological transformations. Portraying Children is intended for illustrators and those who love to draw, and anyone else who wants to capture the memorable and fleeting moments associated with childhood.
£15.29
Hoaki Display Art: Visual Merchandising and Window
Book SynopsisThis book highlights the relationship between brands, consumers, products and the display environment, by way of examples of story-telling visual displays from some of the world's from some of the world's most glamorous fashion emporia, such as Hermès, Karl Lagerfeld, Cartier and Fendi, but also small outlets, department stores, museums and bookshops. The projects included in this volume showcase a wide array of ideas by renowned graphic design agencies and boutique designers that have been successfully put into practice, focusing on aspects such as structure, texture, lighting design, custom lettering, amusing illustrations, delicate paper crafting, and installations made of multiple materials such as wood, steel, fabric or rubber. This book is the perfect inspirational guide for art directors, visual merchandisers and fashion professionals.
£23.99
Hoaki New Tattoo Artists: Illustrators and Designers
Book SynopsisArtists from graphic design, photography, illustration, painting and sculpture have found in tattooing a new tool to express themselves and give way to their distinctive language. And they do it with a fresh look and extraordinary results, often far removed from the traditional tattoo. New Tattoo Artists presents the work of 25 tattoo artists from around the world, taking us on an exhilarating journey through this “new art of tattooing”. Their work is nurtured by many sources, resulting in a rich, diverse and especially unique book that offers a revitalized vision of an ancient art along with the artists’ own reflections and personal experiences.
£19.12
Hoaki Street Art by Women: 50+ Essential Contemporary
Book SynopsisA recognition of graffiti and street art by women from around the world. This book brings together the personal experiences, dreams, purposes, cultural tastes, struggles and samples of the work of more than 50 female graffiti artists, street artists and female muralists dedicated to reclaiming the public space and enriching our urban environments. This thoroughly illustrated book will inspire the reader to seek out street art in our cities, pointing towards a fairer world in terms of female equality within street art and graffiti. The book shows how these women fight to break free of the inequalities that linger in our society today and continue to affect women's status in many sectors, including art. PARTICIPANTS. Argentina: Agus Rucula, Hola Pum Pum, K2man, Milu Correch. Australia: Danielle Weber, Vexta. Belarus: Julia Yu Baba. Brazil: Magrela. Canada: Emily Read, Priscilla Yu. Chile: Anis88. Colombia: Ledania, Mugre Diamante. Equador: Mo Vasquez. France: Claire Prouvost, Emyart, Mademoiselle Kat, Wuna (+Canada), Zabou (+UK), Zoia. Finland: Camilla Siren, Anetta Lukjanova (+Spain). Germany: Minas. Italy: Alice Pasquini, Rame13, Vera Bugatti. Mexico: Lourdes Villagomez, Paola Delfin, Tahnee Flor, Triana Parera, Adry del Rocio, Alina Kiliwa, Alegria del Prado (+Spain:). Norway: Missprinted. Peru: Niz (+USA). Poland: Natalia Rak, Nespoon. Portugal: Tamara Alves. Spain: Btoy, Didi Leona, Elisa Capdevila, Julieta xlf, Lily Brik. The Netherlands: JDL. UK: Helen Bur, Rosie Woods (+Australia). USA: Emily Eldridge (+Germany), Kaz Williams/KAZILLA (Miami, FL), Kee Romano, Nico Cathcart (Richmond, VA), Toofly (+Equador). Venezuela: Sandra Betancort. AUTHOR: Diego Lopez has a degree in Documentation from the University of Valencia. He later furthered his training in the documentation centers of the Valencia Museum of Fine Arts and the newspaper Las Provincias. He has also contri-buted to such publications as Cultivar Salud and Hello Valencia and is a blogger on social networks with thousands of followers. Passionate about graffiti and street art, he is dedicated to delving into this fascinating world within cities and collecting photos of the works and pieces created on the street and meeting their creators. He has published a book on regional Spanish street art. SELLING POINTS: . The book honours the contribution to graffiti and street art by women around the world . More than 50 female graffiti artists, urban artists and muralists who contribute to creating an open-air art museum
£23.99
Hoaki Isidro Ferrer: About Nothing
Book SynopsisIsidro Ferrer is a multi-award-winning graphic designer and illustrator whose work includes illustration books, theater posters, large-scale murals, animated shorts, sculptures, textiles, brand images and lamps. With a background in theater, he uses a variety of media, techniques and communication channels to transform his clients’ ideas into powerful yet subtle images. In About Nothing, readers will find examples of his extensive work, both the most recognizable and also the most unknown, as the author explores the personality and creative processes of this multifaceted artist, sharing Ferrer’s thinking, ideas and understanding of why design matters and what it means to be a designer and an illustrator. The book portrays the artist's vision of his work as a creator, visions of his studio, excerpts from his notebooks, autobiographical texts and a whole treasure trove of illustrations and designs that are largely unpublished or made especially for this book. As a result of this wealth of text and images, we are introduced to the personal philosophy, techniques, experiences, aesthetics, poetics and influences that inform the work of Isidro Ferrer, with numerous examples of how the art of creative thinking is developed, cultivated, honed and, ultimately, transformed into beautiful objects.
£23.80
Strandberg Publishing Quick Guide to Design Thinking
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£16.96
Louisiana The Cold Gaze: Germany in the 1920s
Book SynopsisA sweeping journey through the roaring art and culture of the Weimar Republic At the center of this volume are the Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) artists—Otto Dix, George Grosz and Albert Renger-Patzsch—and the groundbreaking photographer August Sander, in particular his famed series People of the 20th Century, which portrayed both prominent and anonymous Germans from all parts of society in a simple and matter-of-fact pictorial style. Sander and the Neue Sachlichkeit artists both pursued an anti-Expressionist aesthetic, embracing social engagement and a rejection of romantic idealism. The Cold Gaze also looks at the extraordinary writers associated with the Weimar Republic, such as Vicki Baum, Bertolt Brecht, Alfred Döblin, Hans Fallada, Erich Kästner and Christopher Isherwood. Further points of focus by a range of contributing writers include Germany’s Americanization during this period; Marcel Breuer’s innovations in furniture design; the invention and ascent of the Futura font; the Weimar cult of technology; and much more. This richly illustrated catalog unfolds a period that was at once euphoric and harsh, an extraordinary moment in modernity birthed in the shadows between two world wars.Trade ReviewOffers a rich view into the creative production and daily life in the Weimar Republic, with its glamour and its grotesquerie. -- AX Mina * Hyperallergic *
£27.00
Silvana Pieter Bruegel the Elder - Fall of the Rebel
Book SynopsisPieter Brugel the Elder - Fall of the Rebel Angels argues that many of the hybrid falling angels are carefully composed of naturalia and artificialia, as they were collected in art and curiosity cabinets of the time. Bruegel's much noted emulation of Jheronymus Bosch was thus only part of his wider interest in collecting, inspecting, and imitating the artistic and natural world around him. This prompts an examination of the world at the time that Bruegel painted the Fall of the Rebel Angels, locally, in the urban and courtly centres of Antwerp and Brussels on the eve of the Dutch revolt, and globally, as the discovery of the New World irreversibly transformed the European perception of art and nature. Painted as a tale of hubris and pride, Bruegel's masterpiece becomes a meditation on the potential and danger of man's pursuit of art, knowledge and politics, a universal theme that has lost nothing of its power today.
£22.46
Silvana Christina Quarles: Collapsed Time
Book SynopsisIn Collapsed Time, Christina Quarles (Chicago, 1985) shows an installation that occupies the entire exhibition space and exhibits her paintings alongside works from the Nationalgalerie collection. Quarles confronts several decades of diverse forms of artistic practices, from photography and sculpture to video and performance, that have dealt with notions of physical and psychological confinement, and their impact on the representation of the human body. The formal language of Quarles’ paintings explores the experience of living in a racialised, queer body. Her figures contend with the boundaries of identity, as they intervene with complex patterns and planes. The catalogue features a curatorial essay by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, an extended interview with Christina Quarles and a contribution by Jillian Hernandez, Associate Professor at the Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research, University of Florida, USA. Text in English and German.
£11.40
Arquine 5468796 Architecture platform.MIDDLE
Book SynopsisResearch on multifamily housing and its impact on the daily lives of ordinary people, from a leading Canadian architectural firmThese four slipcased volumes build on 5468796 Architecture's housing manifesto Add via Edit: A Decade in Housing, the symposium platform.MIDDLE: Architecture for Housing the 99% hosted at Illinois Institute of Technology and examples by practice-related offices.The work and research of the Winnipeg-based firm 5468796 Architecture (described as one of the most talented young design firms worldwide) has focused on missing middle and midrise housing in its many forms and ownership models, from refugee and social housing to market-rate condominiums. With the condominium boom taking hold across North America, the number of residential units passing across architects' desks is unprecedented. As a result of the typology's inherent repetition and potentially banal programas well as the private sector's pursuit of profit, often at the expense of quality and livabilitythe margin in which architecture can operate is very narrow. Architects must respond to the challenges of this typology with the rigor it deserves.
£42.30
Skira Naked Architecture
Book SynopsisNaked Architecture Valerio Paolo Mosco An account of one of the most interesting phenomena of contemporary architecture: the return to the structure and methods with which contemporary constructions are realized. Over the last ten years architecture would seem to have rediscovered engineering. Now that the Postmodern period, in which the structure of buildings was camouflaged by coverings of every kind, has passed, architecture today seems to have undressed, almost as though wishing to show how it is made (and to render this spectacular). On the other hand, the rediscovery in recent years of plastic form has brought about a closer relationship between architects and engineers. In the wake of the phenomenon that is the work of Santiago Calatrava, figures of engineer-architects have emerged such as Cecil Balmond, Sasaki and Guy Nordenson, who have been able to give a strongly "engineering-oriented" guise to ever more complex building sites. To this we must add the rise of new issues, such as that of environmental engineering, which has changed from being a specifically technical sphere to one of many other realms of knowledge, not least the aesthetic. If, therefore, there is a phenomenon today that is able to hold together the various expressions of contemporary architecture, it is precisely this return to the structure and methods with which it is realized.
£23.96
Arquine Housing Strategies for Urban Redensification
Book SynopsisAn accessible reader offering case studies of innovative alternatives to expansionist urban housingThis reader takes the following assumption as its basis: the ceaseless expansion of the urban periphery has been detrimental to not only urban populations but also the planet at large, corroding its most valuable and scarce resource, land. Housing proffers redensification as the corrective measure to the failing expansionist approach toward urban planning. Gathered here are case studies of alternative social housing projects from the past centuryall of which incorporate methods of redensification. They span the Weißenhofsiedlung Estate (1927) to architectural experiments in suburban Mexico as recent as 2017.These alternative developments have offered solutions to countries experiencing intense population growth and provided sanctuary for those who have lost their homes in natural disasters. Altogether, the projects evince that the problem of urban hou
£16.62
Szepmuveszeti Muzeum Kertesz Capa MoholyNagy
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£36.00
