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August Sarnitz Hoffmann ENJosef Hoffmann’s pioneering minimalism. Before aesthete, designer, and architect Josef Hoffmann (1870–1956) came along, Austrian architecture and design was suffocating under a surfeit of opulent ornamentation and bombastic flourish. With his radical new approach and a band of like-minded figures, Hoffmann was a founding father of the Viennese Secession and Wiener Werkstätte, and revolutionized Western aesthetics…
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Rhiannon Paget HokusaiMeet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend of the Edo period, but also a founding father of Western ...
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Norbert Wolf Holbein ENRenaissance presence Hans Holbein the Younger, portraitist extraordinaire Religion, Renaissance, and Reformation - these three ideologies shaped the world of 16th-century portraitist Hans Holbein the Younger (1497/98-1543), a pivotal figure of the Northern Renaissance, whose skills took him to Switzerland, Belgium, Italy, and England, and garnered patrons and subjects as prestigious as Henry VIII, Thomas More, Anne…
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Daniel Kothenschulte, Robert Nippoldt Hollywood in the 30s ENTinseltown's golden era, illustrated: From Chaplin's last silent films to the colorful Wizard of Oz In the 1930s, the legendary City of Cinema moved from the silent era to the talking picture. It was a decade of pomp and excess in the motion picture capital, of glorious stardom and megalomaniac directors; a time when politicians and the mob all wanted a piece of the thrilling action. It was the age of the Marx…
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Ivo Kranzfelder Hopper ENEdward Hopper (1882–1967) is considered the first significant American painter in 20th-century art. Living in a secluded country house with his wife, Josephine, he depicted the loneliness of big-city people in canvas after canvas. Probably the most famous of them, Nighthawks, done in1942, shows a couple seated quietly, as if turned inwards upon themselves, in the harsh artificial light of an all-night restaurant.…
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Jonathan Penner, Steven Jay Schneider Horror Cinema ENThis is the best scary movies of all time.This exciting new visual history examines the genre in thematic, historical, and aesthetic terms.Horror is both the most perennially popular and geographically diverse of all film genres; arguably, every country that makes movies makes horror movies of one kind or another. Depicting deep-rooted, even archetypal fears, while at the same time exploiting socially and culturally…
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Robert Vavra Horses of the Sun ENWith the superior artisanship and eye for the natural horse that has made him the world’s most celebrated photographer of horses, Robert Vavra presents a book of all-new images, profiling eighteen stunning equines spanning six breeds: Arabian, Andalusian, Morgan, American Saddlebred, Friesian, and Peruvian Paso. As in Vavra’s most popular books, all are alone and running free in glorious natural settings; a white…
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Bjarke Ingels Hot to Cold ENAfter the global success of YES IS MORE, one of the best-selling architecture books of its generation, BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group presents HOT TO COLD, an odyssey of architectural adaptation. The book coincides with the HOT TO COLD show at the National Building Museum in Washington DC and presents 60 case studies in harsh climate conditions in order to examine where and how we live on our planet. As we travel from…
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Human Skeleton ENA life-sized model (1.80 m). With anatomical labels in English and Latin. Joints that will bend and straighten. Can be used in a variety of different ways. For demonstration purposes at school and college. As an ideal gift for medical students, doctors, or indeed anyone else. To put your clothes on. Cardboard kit. Complete with accessories. Ready cut shapes with indentations for the folds (no need for scissors or…
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James Ursini Humphrey Bogart ENHumphrey Bogart is a legend and an icon whose magic has not dissipated with time. The wounded tough guy image Bogart molded over the decades of his career still resonates. There is a truth to this image; audiences sense that the world-weariness, the angst, and the vulnerability, which made him an icon of noir as well, were rooted somehow in reality. Even if the spectator knew nothing about his personal life, they…
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Pierre Restany Hundertwasser CZHundertwasser. Tento maliar zamilovaný do krásy, prežil svoje najsvetlejšie okamihy ako lekár architektúry, hlásajúci ekologickú zdržanlivosť, nenávisť k rovným líniám a k povestnej Európskej únii. Maľoval všade. Na svojich cestách, výletoch, v lietadle, vo vlaku aj na lodi, u priateľov i v nemocnici. Monografia, ktorú prinášame predstavuje umeleckú vitalitu a originalitu jedného z najväčších majstrov.
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Harry Rand HundertwasserFriedrich Stowasser, born in Vienna in 1928, called himself Friedensreich Hundertwasser Regentag Dunkelbunt. True to the variety of his names, his practice spanned innumerable forms from painting and designing buildings to creating stamps and coins and his titles were many: environmental activist, philosopher, individualist, architect, ecologist, and visual artist. He was, in his own words, one who awakens…
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Andy Summers I'll Be Watching You: Inside The Police 1980-83 ENIn the early 1980s, The Police went on tour accompanied by a photographer who documented the band behind the scenes in a series of candid and striking black and white photos. This talented photographer also happened to be the band's guitarist, Andy Summers. Yes, it’s true—the man responsible for the guitar lick from Every Breath You Take was not only the backbone of one of the most popular bands of all time, he also…
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Julius Wiedemann Illustration Now! ENFrom magazines and newspapers to ads, websites, album covers, and even mobile phone wallpaper, illustration is a crucial element in visual communication today. With unlimited creative possibilities, illustration is as unbound as imagination itself; whether it's a simple pencil drawing, an ornate airbrushed painting, or a computer-generated image, an illustration speaks the international language of ideas. This…
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Julius Wiedemann Illustration Now! Fashion ENStyled by hand, this title features the many incarnations of illustration in the world of fashion. Every dress begins with a drawing, every skirt with a sketch. Illustration is integral to fashion design not only as a means of expression, and the starting point of every design, but also for patterns and prints as well as magazine editorial illustrations. Often, artists will even illustrate the newest looks directly…
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Illustration Now! FashionEvery dress begins with a drawing, every skirt with a sketch. Illustration is integral to fashion design not only as a means of expression, and the starting point of every design, but also for patterns and prints as well as magazine editorial illustrations. Often, artists will even illustrate the newest looks directly from the catwalks. It's high time we celebrated fashion illustration in our Illustration Now!…
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Julius Wiedemann Illustration Now! Portraits ENThe field of illustration has flourished over the last decade, with professionals working both by computer and by hand. In illustration, the single most challenging and captivating subject has been the portrait, frequently used in editorials, advertising, products, and most recently, being the subject of major exhibitions. The book gathers together the exclusive (and frequently unpublished) portrait work of over 80…
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Julius Wiedemann Illustration Now! Vol. 2 ENDrawing delight Following the success of Illustration Now!, this installment presents a new selection of illustrators from all around the world on a budget price. Whereas the first volume brought together a fascinating mix of star illustrators and brand new faces that together formed the face of illustration around the world, Illustration Now! Vol. 2 is even more exciting, featuring illustrators from over 20…
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Julius Wiedemann Illustration Now! Volume 2 ENFollowing the success of Illustration Now!, this installment presents a completely new selection of 150 illustrators from all around the world. Whereas the first volume brought together a fascinating mix of star illustrators and brand new faces that together formed the face of illustration around the world, Illustration Now! 2 is even more exciting, featuring illustrators from 25 countries, with styles ranging from…