Art & Photography Books

Book SynopsisScandinavia is world famous for its inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between craftsmanship and industrial production, organic forms and everyday functionality. This all-you-need guide includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware, and product design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on 125 designers and design-led companies.Featured designers and designer-led companies include Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Timo Sarpaneva, Hans Wegner, Tapio Wirkkala, Stig Lindberg, Finn Juhl, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Arnold Madsen, Barbro Nilsson, Fritz Hansen, Artek, Le Klint, Gustavsberg, Iittala, Fiskars, Orrefors, Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Arabia, Marimekko, and Georg Jensen.

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Book SynopsisThis original and unique new book takes an integrated approach to interrogating the experience and location of the self/s within the context of performance art practice. In its framing and execution of practical exercises and focused snapshots of internationally recognized performance practice, Bacon situates their argument within the boundaries of specialism in the critical curation of performance art praxis as well as contemporary phenomenological scholarship. Introducing the study and application of performance art through phenomenology for radical artists, educators and practitioner-researchers; this exciting new book invites readers to take part, explore contemporary performance art and activate their own practices. Applying a queer phenomenology to unpack the importance of a multiplicity of Self/s, the book guides readers to be academically rigorous when capturing embodied experiences, featuring exercises to activate their practices and clear introductory definitions to key phenomenological terms. Includes interviews and insights from some of the best examples of transgressive performance art practice of this century help to help unpack the application of phenomenology as Bacon calls for a queer reimagining of Heidegger’s ‘The Origin of the Work of Art.’ This is an important contribution to the field, and will be welcomed by performance artists and academics interested in performance. It may also appeal to those teaching concepts of phenomenology. It will be relevant to students of performance as well as to artists, audiences and museum goers. The approachable layout and clear authorial voice will add to the appeal for students, early career researchers and mean that it has strong potential for inclusion in undergraduate and postgraduate syllabi within the field. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Foreword: Enduring Reorientations: Self, Time, and Space in Performance Author’s Note Introduction - Phenomenology - Eidetic Reduction - Self - Dasein Section One: Embodied Experience - Exercise 1 - Flesh - Gestalt - Exercise 2 Identity, Sexuality, and Gender - Exercise 3 Lori Baldwin Anne Bean - Intersubjectivity - Intercorporeality Rosana Cade and Will Dickie - Korper and Leib - World and Being Esther Marveta Neff - Reciprocity Niko Wearden - Mineness - Exercise 4 Cultural Contexts - Fundierung - Exercise 5 Jamal Harewood - Exercise 6 Regina José Galindo Health and Dis/Ability - Exercise 7 Katherine Araniello Kamil Guenatri - Givenness Section Two: The Rapture and Rupture of the Lived Body - Cartesianism - Exercise 8 Rapture - Exercise 9 Rocio Boliver Louis Fleischauer Weeks and Whitford - Befindlichkeit Rupture - Alētheia Hellen Burrough Arianna Ferrari - Exercise 10 Ernst Fischer - Exercise 11 Section Three: The Intersubjectivity and Intercorporeality of Noise and Sonic Arts - Exercise 12 Sound through the Body Sarah Glass Joke Lanz - Punctum - Mother Disorder Sound through Collaboration FK Alexander Clive Henry and Yol - Exercise 13 Section Four: The Perception of Self/s - Exercise 14 Vulnerability - Exercise 15 Helena Goldwater Natalie Ramus Helen Spackman Failure - Exercise 16 Chelsea Coon Selina Bonelli Heather Sincavage - Augenblick - Exercise 17 (Part 1 of 2) - Exercise 17 (Part 2 of 2) Extremis - Exercise 18 tjb Hancock and Kelly Niko Raes - Exercise 19 Postface: The Argument for Queering ‘The Origin of the Work of Art’ - Manifesto for Performance Artist as Artwork Notes Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThe ultimate, accessible guide to drawing and doodling flowers and botanicals.Mindful, achievable and satisfying, this book gives readers a unique way to interact with the natural world around them, whether that's drawing cut flowers in a vase or wild flowers in their front garden. Start at the beginning of the book and get a back-to-basics guide to line drawing, then move on to accessible step-by-step tutorials for stunning projects such as bouquets, patterns, wreaths and other floral motifs. Artist and educator Chloe Wilson breaks down each flower into easy repeatable elements, and gives plenty of tips on overcoming the fear of the blank page. She also provides plenty of tips on choosing the right materials, finding inspiration and developing your own style, along with ideas for using your drawings to create personalized stationery and artwork to go on your walls, so you can immediately enjoy the benefits of your new hobby in your

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Book SynopsisA beautiful gift edition of the autobiography of famed fashion designer Christian DiorChristian Dior (1905–1957) found fame with his first collection in 1947 when the 'New Look' took the world by world by storm. This charming autobiography gives a fascinating insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment. Originally published in English in 1957, with a translation by Antonia Fraser, this beautifully designed new edition features three updated plate sections, including iconic photographs of Dior creations by Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, and Horst P. Horst.

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Book SynopsisTwenty Gentle Protest craft projects to help you make a positive difference in our world.If we want our world to be more beautiful, kind and fair, can we make our activism more beautiful, kind and fair? ‘Gentle Protest’ is a unique methodology of strategic, compassionate and visually intriguing activism using handicrafts as a tool. Since its creation in 2009, the award-winning global Craftivist Collective has helped change laws, policies, hearts and minds around the world as well as expand the view of what activism can be.Dreams inspire positive action, so stitch a Dream Cloud to hang up at home or work and prompt you to think past a problem to the solution. Sew a Gentle Nudge Label to help keep your conscience sharp and your spirit strong. Craft your own Mini Protest Banner to turn heads and influence change, or fly solidarity’s flag for those suffering as a result of the world’s injustices. Stitch

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Book SynopsisThe only book that brings together all London's historic and contemporary Great Estates - documents a remarkable history, unique to England but with lessons for landowners and communities around the world. - Shows how they shape the way development takes place in England providing essential lessons to all those wishing to understand city planning, whether practitioners or academics. - Provides a model example of corporate modernisation following the impact of leasehold reform. Much of the story of London''s development can be traced through the historic ownership of large pieces of land which, through the ongoing ownership of freehold assets and their lease terms, have created a resilient cycle of change and renewal. Today this long-term attitude to investment, development and management has influenced the development of new large-scale and mixed-use areas of the capital, such as King''s Cross, Canary Wharf, and the Olympic Park. This book provides a comprehensive picture on all of

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Book SynopsisInteriors designed by Michael Del Piero are full of delightful contradictions. She designs minimalist rooms rich with historical character, meticulously edited gallery-like spaces that still have the comforting warmth of home, and breezy abodes with crisp architectural details that feel tailored rather than severe. But the fact that her projects, sprinkled across the United States, come off as reassuringly familiar yet entirely fresh, as they blend elements of American and European style, is a direct result of her background. The designer was born and raised in Chicago. She worked for decades as a business coach, advising executives at Fortune 500 companies on how to further their goals, inspire their people and energise their operations. At the same time, she dove head-first into design, almost without realising it. Thrilled by the hunt for distinctive antiques, unusual objects and compelling art, she loved few things more than combing auction houses and flea markets for unexpected finds. Enjoying herself too much to go back to corporate consulting, Del Piero took on the mantle of antiques dealer, and began making regular buying trips to Europe and hosting biannual sales, composing a different interior design scheme in a different house each time. Every sale was more successful than the last, but it didn’t take long for some of her customers to see the larger picture: the objects Del Piero brought back were beautiful, but it was the way she used them to create cohesive, compelling interiors that was the real attraction. One of those customers eventually asked Del Piero to design her home. She spent the next year designing every aspect of the client’s Chicago house while learning how to manage a construction site. When it was finished, the home was published and widely lauded, and Del Piero’s interior design firm was off and running. She formally established her studio in 2007. Since then, the designer’s work has been rooted in her early travels and experiences, and reflects her natural curiosity and embrace of decorative arts from different cultures and periods. As her studio has grown, the scale of her projects has grown as well, creating more opportunities to expand her creative vision. Today, she embraces an increasingly holistic approach to design as her projects move beyond interior design to architecture. She is conceiving new-construction houses built from the ground up, including an oceanfront house in Florida and a multibuilding compound on the site of an old hunting lodge in Westchester, New York, as well as interiors for a sleek new modernist house in Amagansett, a stately Upper East Side apartment in Manhattan and the overhaul of a historic greystone on Chicago’s Gold Coast. Some projects appear more polished than others, but all feature overlapping elements that might seem incongruous in less skilled hands: refinement mixed with rusticity, artful composition without pretension and exacting details that nevertheless contribute to an inviting sense of calm.

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Book SynopsisIn Anteaesthetics, Rizvana Bradley begins from the proposition that blackness cannot be represented in modernity's aesthetic regime, but is nevertheless foundational to every representation. Troubling the idea that the aesthetic is sheltered from the antiblack terror that lies just beyond its sanctuary, Bradley insists that blackness cannot make a home within the aesthetic, yet is held as its threshold and aporia. The book problematizes the phenomenological and ontological conceits that underwrite the visual, sensual, and abstract logics of modernity. Moving across multiple histories and geographies, artistic mediums and forms, from nineteenth-century painting and early cinema, to the contemporary text-based works, video installations, and digital art of Glenn Ligon, Mickalene Thomas, and Sondra Perry, Bradley inaugurates a new method for interpretation—an ante-formalism which demonstrates how black art engages in the recursive deconstruction of the aesthetic forms that remain foundational to modernity. Foregrounding the negativity of black art, Bradley shows how each of these artists disclose the racialized contours of the body, form, and medium, even interrogating the form that is the world itself. Drawing from black critical theory, Continental philosophy, film and media studies, art history, and black feminist thought, Bradley explores artistic practices that inhabit the negative underside of form. Ultimately, Anteaesthetics asks us to think philosophically with black art, and with the philosophical invention black art necessarily undertakes.Trade Review"Anteaesthetics is the study of black aesthetics I didn't know I sorely needed. Bradley offers a razor-sharp and sumptuous meditation on black aesthetics in, through, and vestibular to an anti-black world."—Alexander Ghedi Weheliye, Brown University"Rizvana Bradley's searching theory of black aesthesis traces black art's recursions through the violent origins of the aesthetic. Anteaesthetics opens a mode of reading for black art's non-instrumental exploration of abyssal descent. An incisive and energizing book through and through."—Rei Terada, University of California, Irvine"In this brilliantly conceived and exquisitely rendered study, Bradley offers a path-breaking analysis that will revolutionize how we approach, contest, and undo the Western visual field. Anteaesthetics offers an indispensable and undisciplined new frame for black feminist theorizing."—Huey Copeland, University of Pennsylvania"Incisive and compelling, Bradley's Anteaesthetics restores to thought and feeling a capacious sense of the aesthetic, revealing its tremendous and violent power as nothing less than foundational to a racially typified modern world."—Shane Denson, Stanford University"Anteaesthetics limns the depths of aesthetic and semiotic violence, refocusing our theoretical vision. This is an indispensable text—a tour de force."—Calvin Warren, Emory UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Toward a Theory of Anteaesthetics 2. The Corporeal Division of the World, or Aesthetic Ruination 3. Before the Nude, or Exorbitant Figuration 4. The Black Residuum, or That Which Remains 5. Unworlding, or the Involution of Value

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Book SynopsisEscape to peaceful, cozy hideaways in this second art book from Iraville, with new galleries, tutorials, and insight on her processes. Iraville is a Munich-based illustrator with a passion for watercolors, autumn, nature, birds and cozy things. This book, Hideaways, is the follow-up to the artist's first art book, Cozy Days, and continues the theme of escaping from reality into a world of tranquillity and warmth. Brand-new tutorials include one on creating a watercolor image, and another based around the application of "negative painting." Iraville also shows readers how to make their own watercolor paper and create ink from natural materials.There are galleries of Ira's recent work, and insights on the artist's development since her first book was published. A stand-out section of the book is based around color - including pigments, mixing methods, and color theory - which aspiring artists will find invaluable. This cozy new book from Iraville makes a perfect pair with her first title, offering readers a chance to leave the realities of life behind for a while and delve into a peaceful artistic world.

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Book SynopsisThe first book from a rising superstar of the interior design world, whose signature combination of warmth and luxury has earned him a celebrity clientele and a place on the AD100 list.Trade Review"The young British-born, Los Angeles–based designer JAKE ARNOLD is known for emotionally resonant interiors. So it makes sense that the chapters of this book, his first, published by Rizzoli, are named for vibes, including “Immersive” and “Optimism.” Whatever the mood, he favors soft-looking rich surfaces and a relatively neutral palette that sometimes includes a shot of millennial pink, as in a cement bathtub for a contemporary house in Benedict Canyon. (He loves sculptural tubs, as well as Calacatta marble.) Photographer Michael P. H. Clifford captures Arnold’s clever decor juxtapositions in all nine homes showcased here, such as custom stone tables providing a contemporary counterpoint to an antique rug in a Hancock Park mock-tudor. At the end of each chapter, Arnold takes us inside his process with a sidebar including the mood boards and explaining his decision making along the way. Reading the recipe makes the result all the tastier." —1stDibs"The mix of rich textiles, plastered walls and natural materials have become a go-to design move these days, but L.A.-based Brit Jake Arnold is a big part of why the blend became so popular. The young designer’s projects for famous clients like Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, Aaron Paul and Katy Perry all possess a soulful presence, something explored in Arnold’s first book, Redefining Comfort. Inside, he explores nine projects, from a 1920s Spanish revival home renovation in Brentwood to a ground-up estate in Florida, showcasing the designer’s talent for blending elegance with comfort effortlessly." —MODERN LUXURY INTERIORS"John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, Rashida Jones, Whitney Cummings and Zendaya all have been captivated by British designer Jake Arnold’s sophisticated version of cozy. Weaving together natural materials, warm colors and comfortable furnishings, he creates spaces that are inviting, chic and relaxing. “When you live in places where you’re surrounded by brightness, you need a home that feels like a respite.” Arnold’s interiors, seen in his new book Redefining Comfort (Rizzoli), are those spaces." —THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER"British designer Jake Arnold has made a name for himself in the States with his signature style that mixes English sensibility with the relaxed California lifestyle. In his first book, Arnold gives a inside look into his own design philosophy, taking readers into nine homes that blend elegance and chic minimalism." —VERANDA"The first book from pioneering young British designer Jake Arnold shares 9 projects — from sprawling estates in California to seaside homes in Florida." —HOUSE & HOME"In his first book, Arnold compiles nine projects, each representing a key element of his personal design philosophy. Unlike many books, which showcase only the finished project, the designer takes readers back to the start of each process, mixing in sketches, swatches, and inspirations alongside the realized interiors." —CULTURED"Jake Arnold didn’t let a lack of formal design training stop him from starting his own design studio in 2020. After designing homes for stars like Aaron Paul, Rashida Jones, Katy Perry and John Legend and Chrissy Teigen, the English-born designer is publishing his first book, Jake Arnold:Redefining Comfort (Rizzoli), out this September. “In terms of clients, my dream scenario is always a high level of collaboration,” explains the designer. “I love when clients come with ideas but are also interested in exploring and expanding on those ideas together. I’m really drawn to mixing vintage and traditional with contemporary and modern elements to create an environment that feels lived-in and timeless.” —DuJour"If you haven’t seen British interior designer Jake Arnold’s work—which includes his recent collab with Crate & Barrel—then you’re in for a real treat. In this stunning book, (his first!) Arnold brings readers into nine home projects that embody his elegant mix of California cool with a drop of old- world British style. The result is a visual feast for the eyes that is pure delight." —Serendipity"British-born, Los Angeles–based AD100 designer Jake Arnold imbues all his spaces with warmth and intrigue, and we see it through the motley, lively details he incorporates. These delights include elements like a 1930s Adolf Loos light fixture in the breakfast nook of a Paul Williams domicile in Brentwood and a sculptural dining table that pops against Fortuny drapery in a 1940s ranch in Coldwater Canyon. Each chapter in Redefining Comfort closes with a deeper look into Arnold’s contemplative, research-driven design process." —ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST

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Book SynopsisLouis Vuitton, the global luxury fashion house, and world-famous artist Yayoi Kusama partner again, and in the storied history of the brand’s epic collaborations with artists, this is the most ambitious to date.In this important volume about this powerhouse collaboration, artwork by trailblazing artist Yayoi Kusama is featured alongside the groundbreaking fashion collection she designed with Louis Vuitton, and is organized around the seminal artistic themes that inspired the project.Edited by Ferdinando Verdi and Isabel Venero, the volume includes contributions from renowned experts in both fashion and art, including writer Jo-Ann Furniss who explores the collaboration, designer Marc Jacobs who initiated the house’s relationship with Kusama, and curators Mika Yoshitake and Philip Larratt-Smith, both of whom have organized important exhibitions on the artist’s work. And Hans Ulrich Obrist, the renowned curator and Artistic Director of Serpentine Trade Review"Celebrating Kusama’s pop-cultural influence, the book also includes a number of reflections from modern artists and musicians, including Arca, Katherine Bradford, Anne Imhoff, Ryan McNamara, Raúl de Nieves, Ryan Trecartin, Nora Turato and Jacolby Satterwhite. Each contemporary waxes poetic on Kusama’s impact, as well as her “extraordinary ability to create fantastical worlds through her renowned polka dots and mirror spheres.” ~HYPEBEAST"...extends an enticing invitation to readers, urging them to embark on an enchanting voyage through the artistic realm of the visionary Yayoi Kusama. The book not only showcases the brilliance of Kusama’s artistic creations but also unveils the revolutionary fashion collection she meticulously crafted in tandem with Louis Vuitton. As you turn its pages, you’ll delve into the fundamental artistic themes that underpinned this remarkable partnership." ~RAIN MAGAZINE"The book walks through the inspirations behind the many coveted pieces from the past few years and takes the reader on a journey through the genesis of the partnership. Overseen by Ferdinando Verderi and Isabel Venero, the book is not only a timeline but a love letter including memories from an array of people who have worked with Kasuma. Marc Jacobs, Jo-Ann Furniss, Hans Ulrich Obrist, and Mika Yoshitake are just a few of the notable figures who have come together under the namesake of the groundbreaking collections." ~V MAGAZINE"What do you get when you combine a legendary fashion house and an iconic artist? An avant-garde masterpiece, now captured in this mesmerizing book that appeals to art and fashion aficionados alike." ~THE ZOE REPORT

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Book SynopsisThis book charts a twenty-year period in theatre design that maps the growth of large-scale adaptable theatre through Charcoalblue's work, alongside the world's leading architects. From the remaking of London's Young Vic Theatre in the mid-2000s, through larger scale projects for the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and many other cultural organisations worldwide, the practice have provided specialist expertise, collaborating with and mindful of everyone in the business, from actors and musicians, producers and directors, to engineers and architects. Highly illustrated with photos and drawings, the book includes sections on adaptable theatres, temporary spaces, anti-culture palaces, theatrical transformations, and hidden gems. Each case study provides insightful analysis. There are sections which focus on updating historic theatres and creating performance spaces for leading academic institutions. The book also includes useful technical sections

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Book Synopsis"Monet, van Gogh and Cezanne feature in a pleasurable Royal Academy show that demonstrates why the Impressionists remain the world's favourite set of artists." — Independent Best known for their superlative oils on canvas, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, Toulouse-Lautrec, Van Gogh and numerous other Impressionists and Post-Impressionists also regularly used paper as a support for works in watercolour, gouache, pencil, tempera and that most elusive of media, pastel. Their practice transformed the status of these works from preparatory studies, to be left in the studio and not shown in public, to works of art in their own right. With insightful texts by acknowledged experts in the field, this sumptuous book brings together some 70 masterworks on paper by leading Impressionist and Post-Impressionist artists. Their bold innovations challenged traditional attitudes, radically transformed the future direction of art and ultimately paved the way for later movements such as Abstract Expressionism.Trade Review"Monet, van Gogh and Cezanne feature in a pleasurable Royal Academy show that demonstrates why the Impressionists remain the world's favourite set of artists." - Independent

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Book SynopsisUnlock the world of contemporary watercolour bird painting with popular artist and dynamic teacher, Tom Shepherd. Free Daniel Smith paint dot card included to get you started immediately!

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Book SynopsisCafé Cool: feel-good inspiring designs is the much-anticipated third book in the series by Robert Schneider, and features 39 cafés and coffee shops and roasteries in 26 cities around the world, richly illustrated with full-colour images. The curated selection shares a focus on modern contemporary designs, showcasing independent, local coffee hubs that sit at the heart of communities and are designed to foster a fantastic coffee experience. Insightful commentary by the owners and designers capture the feel and personality of each project. Schneider has once again served up an engaging and inspiring collection of modern cafés and coffee shops for lovers of coffee and good design. This book is a homage to his belief that, particularly given the recent global pandemic, it is vital that we continue to support and appreciate quality coffee in cafes and coffee shops that exhibit great feel-good inspiring designs.Table of Contents Introduction April Coffee Roasters | Copenhagen, Denmark Back In Black | Paris, France Bonanza Coffee Roasters | Berlin, Germany Casa Neutral | Madrid, Spain Coutume Foundation | Paris, France Coutume Galeries Lafayette | Paris, France Crooked Nose School+Roastery | Vilnius, Lithuania Formative Coffee | London, United Kingdom Grounds + RNCR Roastery | Prague, Czech Republic Hotel Ame | Rotterdam, The Netherlands Le Peloton Café | Paris, France Monmouth Coffee | London, United Kingdom Omotesando Koffee | London, United Kingdom Original Coffee | Copenhagen, Denmark Sawerdō | Geneva, Switzerland Single Estate Coffee Roasters | The Hague, The Netherlands Typika | Prague, Czech Republic WAY Bakery | Helsinki, Finland White Rabbit Surf Café | Ukraine Andytown Coffee Roasters | San Francisco, CA, United States The Coffee Movement | San Francisco, CA, United States Dayglow Coffee | Chicago, IL, United States Equator Coffees | Los Angeles, CA, United States Farouche Tremblant | Steamboat Springs, Quebec, Canada Intelligentsia | Los Angeles, CA, United States Loquat Coffee | Los Angeles, CA, United States Milky’s Coffee | Toronto, ON, Canada Nemesis Coffee | Vancouver, BC, Canada Roseline Coffee | Portland, OR, United States Thor Espresso Bar | Toronto, ON, Canada Bicycle Thieves Café | Melbourne, VIC, Australia Industry Beans Fitzroy | Melbourne, VIC, Australia Upstanding Citizens | Melbourne, VIC, Australia Drop Coffee | Dubai, United Arab Emirates Fifteen Steps Workshop Coffee | Taipei, Taiwan Nagasawa Coffee | Morioka, Japan PONT Coffee | Seoul, South Korea The Second Coffee Brewers | Shanghai, China SSAP Coffee | Ulsan, South Korea About the Author Project Credits Acknowledgments

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Book SynopsisUse the full-size traceable outlines and the clear step-by-step instructions to create 6 dynamic coastal landscape paintings, and learn the key skills you need to become an accomplished artist. 'This series from Search Press is simply brilliant and brilliantly simple. Take one look and you'll get it immediately. I just love them.' - Henry Malt, Paint MagazineWhether a beginner or more experienced artist you'll be amazed at how quickly you will acquire the skills needed to produce beautiful paintings. Written by professional artist Charles Evans, this guide begins with a short yet indispensable 'what you need' section, and some brief guidance on general techniques such as how to mix your watercolours, how to make the most of your palette, and how to enhance your watercolours with the addition of gouache. The 6 stunning step-by-step projects that follow build in difficulty as you work through the book, introducing new techniques as they are used and incorporating numerous handy hin

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Book SynopsisAt the beginning of the 20th century, a group of artists around Henri Matisse and André Derain were carrying out revolutionary colour experiments. The art critic Louis Vauxcelles gave them their name in 1905: the "Fauves". Translated into English, this means something like "beasts" or "wild animals". This catalogue is being published for the first survey exhibition on the Fauves staged in Switzerland for decades. It presents the expressive painting style and unusual colour combinations employed by Matisse, Derain and their companions in the years 1904 to 1908, situating them in the aesthetic and socio-political debates of that time. The male connotation of the term Fauves already suggests the exclusion of women artists on a conceptual level. The exhibition and catalogue challenge this traditional view and draw attention to female protagonists on the Paris art scene. Richly illustrated and supplemented by new art-historical research contributions, the publication offers an insight into the diversity of the colourful painting by the "beasts". Fauvism – the first avantgarde movement of the 20th century Brilliant colour experiments in a break with academic conventions Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Basel, New building, September 2, 2023 to January 2, 2024 Look inside https://issuu.com/deutscher_kunstverlag/docs/look_inside_matisse_derain_and_friends

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Book SynopsisWallpaper*Thomas Heatherwick: MakingCovering the studio''s complete output since its foundation in 1994, this new edition features several extraordinary new projects, at all scales, from an unfolding National Trust Glasshouse in Sussex to an iconic red Friction Table shown at Design Miami in Shanghai. Revealing texts give an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at Heatherwick''s creative processes, now ingrained in the DNA of the studio itself, answering the question How did he do that? and Why did he do that? As Heatherwick''s body of work continues to expand, pushing creative, design and manufacturing boundaries, this tome will provide inspiration for curious minds across the globe.

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Book SynopsisTake a 30-day art challenge and build watercolor skills while creating 30 gorgeous skies for every time of day and light effect. Art challenges are a popular way for artists at all skill levels to learn about and master a medium and establish a consistent creative practice. Written and illustrated by Zaneena Nabeel, popular Instagram artist and online art instructor also known as Aurora by Z, Bold and Beautiful Watercolor Skies teaches aspiring artists how to master simple techniques to create inspiring images of striking skies through 30 sky projects.   Getting to Know Watercolor. Learn about the essential supplies, techniques, and color knowledge through easy exercises that give you the skills you’ll need to create the projects. Bold and Beautiful Skies: 30 Days, 30 Projects. Explore what an art challenge can help you achieve as an artist, then follow the 30 step-by-step tutorials to create a range of stunning,Trade Review"The book is organized into clear, step-by-step instructions and you’ll simply love the color combinations. You start understanding the skies immediately and may find yourself watching the sunset with a whole new mindset." * GeekDad *"An ideal and effective DIY introduction to painting with watercolors." * Midwest Book Review *

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Book SynopsisIn 1881, a writer in the Saturday Review called tattooing an art without a history'. No-one', it went on, has made it the business of his life to study the development of tattooing.' Until now.Painted People is a beguiling and intimate look at an untold history of humanity.The earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to Ötzi, the iceman', whose mummy allows us a brief glimpse into the prehistory of the practice. We know that over the more than five thousand years since he was tattooed, countless cultures have performed this ancient practice, and people in every corner of the world have been tattooed. For the most part, these fascinating histories remain stubbornly untold, and the secrets of Siberian princesses, Chinese generals and Victorian socialites have been hidden on the skin, under layers of clothing and under layers of history. Now with access to a wealth of new and unreported material, this book will roll up its sleeves and reveal the artwork hidden beneath them.In Painted PeopTrade Review‘Intriguing and thoughtful’ Shahidaha Bari, Literary Review ‘Fascinating’ Stories & Ink

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Book SynopsisHilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world’s great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material worldTrade Review“[A] charming book, which examines what Austen actually wore on the evidence of voluminous letters exchanged with her sister Cassandra whenever they were separated. . . . A delightful companion.”—Maev Kennedy, Art Newspaper “This lavishly illustrated book offers readers a unique peek into the clothes worn by celebrated Regency author Jane Austen.”—History Revealed “Davidson’s engaging and illuminating study portrays a household in which appearances are important but budgets tight. . . . Nothing I have read has brought Austen so close.”—Rosemary Goring, The Herald “It’s by [an] evocation of the everyday real world that Jane Austen’s Wardrobe triumphs (that and its magnificent production values—the design is appropriately sumptuous). We turn these pages watching one of the world’s greatest novelists manage her appearance and sort out what she’ll wear day by day and what she’ll pay for it. . . . It’s captivating, particularly with [Davidson’s] historical insight as a guide.”—Steve Donoghue, Open Letters Review “Rakewell is looking forward to the publication of Jane Austen’s Wardrobe by Hilary Davidson (Yale University Press).”—Rakewell column, Apollo Magazine “As gripping as a corset, this superb book is a must-read for Austen lovers and scholars.”—Philippa Stockley, The Oldie “A visual feast, as well as offering insight into Austen’s fabled attention to the minutiae of her own social class. It also sends a message to the modern [over] consumer.”—Jacqueline Riding, Country Life “[Davidson’s] book provides significantly more detail than is generally known about any individual wardrobe. . . . It provides as close to a comprehensive look at her wardrobe as is possible.”—Cassidy Percoco, History Today "go forth and read" —YouTuber and author Bernadette Banner “An intriguing and wholly original approach to Jane Austen. . . . A most delightful book and a must for every Austen reader.”—Claire Tomalin, author of Jane Austen: A Life “The definitive compendium of Jane Austen’s clothes, recreated from fragments, by an acknowledged mistress of the field. Open the book, the author invites, as you might a chest of drawers, to find anything but a dowdy spinster.”—Amanda Vickery, author of Behind Closed Doors “This gorgeously illustrated volume from the world’s leading expert on the fashion of the Regency era lifts the skirts on Jane Austen’s wardrobe.”—Paula Byrne, author of The Real Jane Austen “Hugely enjoyable, charmingly illustrated and beautifully produced, a book to linger over and which, moreover, sheds light on just how seriously Jane Austen took fashion.”—Claire Wilcox, author of Patch Work

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Book SynopsisPhotographer Anders Petersen was hanging out at a dive bar on the Reeperbahn in Hamburg in 1968 when someone grabbed his camera from the table where he was sitting and started taking pictures. Petersen used the opportunity to photograph the culprit—and the rest of the bar’s motley crew of patrons. The resulting project is one of the most revered photobooks of all time, a celebration of a gritty city at the tail end of the sixties, and the cornerstone of Petersen’s storied career. The images have become classics of their genre; Tom Waits used one for the cover of his legendary album Rain Dogs. Their candidness and authenticity remain as eloquent today as when they were first published in 1978. This sumptuously produced reissue features a new foreword by Waits, and is certain to find a new audience, who will appreciate the stunning analog photography and its elegiac collective portrait of the fringes of society.

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Book SynopsisConstantin Brancusi (18761957), one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and a pioneer of modernism, is also referred to as the patriarch of modern sculpture. From A as in Africa to S as in Studio, D as in Dance, F as in Furniture or R for Reflections, this lavishly illustrated volume takes the open form of a dictionary to present Brancusi's celebrated art in its full richness. More than 110 entries contributed by leading Brancusi specialists form a complete panorama of his career, from his native Romania to Paris, where he established himself in 1903, and to the United States, where his work was on display for the first time at New York's legendary 1913 Armory Show.Published in conjunction with a major exhibition at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the book sheds new light on Brancusi''s creative process, his relationship with materials, his use of film, photography, and drawing, and his taste for music. It also addresses the global reception of his work and anal

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