Art, Architecture & Design

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788898774050Author Pino ScaglioneFormat PaperbackImprint ListLabPublisher ListLab

In 2018 India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the world's tallest statue: a 597-foot figure of nationalist leader Sardar Patel. Twice the height of the Statue of Liberty, it is but one of many massive statues built following India's economic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262047128Author Daniel NaegeleFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

How artists from Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi to Whistler and Arthur Wesley Dow embraced and transformed Hokusai's dynamic style and innovations The great painter, book illustrator and print designer Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) has become the best known...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781647291792Author Atsushi NakajjimaFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Vertical Inc.Publisher Vertical Inc.

Cybernetic-Existentialism: Freedom, Systems, and Being-for-Others in Contemporary Arts and Performance offers a unique discourse and an original aesthetic theory. It argues that fusing perspectives from the philosophy of Existentialism with insights from...

Gathie Falk: Revelations, published on the occasion of the retrospective exhibition curated by Sarah Milroy, investigates the career of a legendary Canadian artist.Now in her nineties, Gathie Falk was born in 1928 in Brandon, Manitoba, settling finally...

Digital technologies in fashion are becoming more accessible and now any creative with a basic knowledge of fashion design and computing can create convincing still or animated 3D visualizations of styles, designs and products. With this technology, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783956790973Author Nina Valerie KolowratnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 152Imprint Sternberg PressPublisher Sternberg PressWeight(grams) 136gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780954190408Author Neil HagueFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Quester PublicationsPublisher Quester Publications

Pontius Pilate is one of the Bible's best-known villains--but up until the tenth century, artistic imagery appears to have consistently portrayed him as a benevolent Christian and holy symbol of baptism. For the first time, Pontius Pilate, Anti-Semitism,...

This is not simply a guidebook to the Acropolis Museum: by presenting the works of art exhibited in the museum, it endeavours to resynthesize the history of the Sacred Rock as part of the cultural and the wider historical process of Athens. Following the...

Learn how to create professional models for advertising on TV and the web. Blending real-world experience and the technical aspects of poly-modeling, this book shows how to ultimately create content in a dynamic, efficient manner.This collection of tips,...

Sensual and psychedelic sculpture affirming the primacy of the handmade object, from a leading New York sculptor The vibrant, small-scale wooden sculptures of New York-based artist Matthew Ronay (born 1976) cull from the vocabularies of organic...

How fluorescent orange symbolizes the uneven distribution of safety and risk in the neoliberal United States Safety Orange first emerged in the 1950s as a bureaucratic color standard in technical manuals and federal regulations in the United States...

An essential book for all those working with fashion and design, particularly fashion print design. It covers all the techniques for the creation of fashion prints using the most popular software, Photoshop and Illustrator. With step-by-step...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783735640338Author Andre ButzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Kerber VerlagPublisher Kerber Verlag

Many contemporary societal issues have grown to be too complex to solve with traditional approaches. It is no wonder that design practices increasingly appeal to public organisations as a new and promising approach. But, before we can make the...

Learn to paint your favorite everyday items using watercolor, gouache, ink, pastel, and more. From food and kitchen tools to clothing, gardening supplies, home decor, cosmetics, and more, Paint Every Little Thing will show you how to see the beauty in...

In the 19th century, numerous photographers chose the same motifs as Impressionist painters: the forest of Fontainebleau, the cliffs of Etretat or the modern metropolis of Paris. They, too, studied the changing light, seasons and weather conditions. From...

The rebirth of realistic representation in Italy around 1300 led to the materialization of a pictorial language, which dominated Western art until 1900, and it dominates global visual culture even today. Paralleling the development of mimesis,...

A revealing collection of quotations from world-renowned artist Damien HirstHirst-isms is a collection of quotations-bold, surprising, often humorous, and always insightful-from celebrated artist Damien Hirst, whose controversial work explores the...

Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e was a particular genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries and came to...

The milestone 100th issue of Camera Obscura recognizes the work and legacy of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman (1950-2015). Arguably the most important figure in feminist film culture, Akerman is central to Camera Obscura's own legacy, and her film...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783969120415Author Terry R MyersFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Dr. Cantz'sche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KGPublisher Dr. Cantz'sche...

Public Space: notes on why it matters, what we should know, and how to realize its potential journeys a vast territory and presents a panoramic view of public space-an understanding from numerous disciplines-under one cover in an incisive and concise...

Through the lens of sensory affect, this book offers a new way of thinking about day-to-day teaching and student engagement within learning spaces in design education.The book examines the definitions, concepts, ideas, and overlaps of a repertoire of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781737797968Author Trinh T Minh-HaFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Primary InformationPublisher Primary InformationWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

The latest spectacular celebration from Architizer of the most inspiring contemporary architecture from around the globe. The Architizer A+ Awards represent 2021's best architecture and products, celebrated by a diverse group of influencers within and...

Meeting children as equals is not only a question of pedagogical attitude. Designing Spaces for Children shows how architecture and interior design can promote childhood development. Based on historical and current concepts of progressive education, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506725314Author Yoshitaka AmanoFormat HardbackPage Count 168Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

Essays on the chronology and interpretation of the Byzantine mosaics of Thessaloniki. Thessaloniki contains the finest collection of surviving Byzantine mosaics in any one city. Made over the course of a millennium between the fourth and the fourteenth...

The Benaki Museum of Islamic Art in Athens has a substantial collection of Iznik ceramics (tableware, tiles and sherds). Although well-known to those who visit the museum, this collection has never been fully published. John Carswell first studied the...

The heart of any system that simulates the physical interaction between objects is collision detection-the ability to detect when two objects have come into contact. This system is also one of the most difficult aspects of a physical simulation to...

Bringing together a wealth of primary sources and with contributions from leading experts, Dress History of Korea presents the most recent approaches to the interpretation of dress and fashion of Korea. Through close analysis of visual, written, and...

For over 142,000 years, beads have played an important role around the world as the oldest form of personal adornment. Joyce J. Scott has revolutionised and transformed the potential of the ubiquitous bead as a relevant, contemporary art form. For over...

"A 'wrong' family moment that is full of truth." Like seventeenth century Dutch painters who made otherwise ordinary interior scenes appear charged with meaning, Jessica Todd Harper looks for the worth in everyday moments. The characters in her imagery...

Find your unique fashion illustration style with Draw Fashion Now! Draw Fashion Now is a combination how-to guide and workbook that teaches the best techniques for illustrating and envisioning 21st-century fashion. Professional fashion illustrator...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262545006Author Mari HvattumFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

Solid matter. Monolithic and homogeneous concepts for a circular approach to architecture. In response to climate change, architects have been seeking a contemporary expression for durable, solid and homogeneous wall structures made of clay, wood,...