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A celebration of the human body and spirit in more than 100 photographs - all nude, all taken at night. These photographs illustrate the hard work and the dedication it takes to succeed in dancing, acting, photography - or really any creative endeavour that at first may be incredibly frightening or make you feel vulnerable, but once achieved offers an exhilaration previously unimagined. The photos were shot over 200 nights, with 300 different dancers, in more than 400 locations, in all kinds of weather. The photos are grouped by theme - Vulnerability, Ferocity, Stability, Ecstasy - and include shots from sunset to dawn, in spectacular black and white and glorious colour. Many will be accompanied by an inspiring quote. Additional text will include Jordan's introductory essay, describing how he came up with the book idea and how he is inspired by the dancers he photographs, as well as "Behind the Scenes" stories of how the shot was achieved and "In Their Shoes" - words from the dancers on what it was like to be photographed in nude in public.

Featuring a cover illustration drawn from the Olga Hirsch collection at the British Library, one of the largest and most diverse collections of decorated papers in the world, this beautifully produced journal is the perfect gift for designers, bibliophiles and anyone with a love of pattern and decoration.

The Master Magician A fantastic voyage through Walt Disney s animation works It s kind of fun to do the impossible. Walt Disney One of the most creative minds of the 20th century, Walt Disney created a unique and unrivaled imaginative universe. Like scarcely any other classics of cinema, his astonishing collection of animated cartoons revolutionized storytelling on screen and enchant to this day across geographies and generations. In TASCHEN s first volume of one of the most expansive illustrated publications on Disney animation, some 1,500 images and essays by eminent Disney experts take us to the beating heart of the studio s Golden Age of Animation . This landmark book traces Disney s complete animation journey from the silent film era, through his first full-length feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and the pioneering artistic experiment Fantasia (1940), right up to his last masterpieces Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) and The Jungle Book (1967). With extensive research conducted through the historical collections of The Walt Disney Company, as well as private collections, editor Daniel Kothenschulte curates some of the most precious concept paintings and storyboards to reveal just how these animation masterpieces came to life. Masterful cel setups provide highly detailed illustrations of famous film scenes while rare pictures taken by Disney photographers and excerpts from story conferences between Walt and his staff bring a privileged insider s view to the studio s creative process. Each of the major animated features that were made during Walt s lifetime including Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Lady and the Tramp, and One Hundred and One Dalmatians are given their own focus chapter, without forgetting less familiar gems such as the experimental short films of the Silly Symphonies series and underappreciated episodic musical films such as Make Mine Music and Melody Time, all of which receive the same meticulous research and attention. Many unfinished projects, among them the proposed sequels to the legendary musical Fantasia or a homage to Davy Crockett by painter Thomas Hart Benton, are also highlighted with rarely seen artworks, many of them previously unpublished. Throughout, the contributions from such leading Disney specialists as Leonard Maltin, Dave Smith, Charles Solomon, J. B. Kaufman, Russell Merritt, and Brian Sibley detail the evolution of each respective film. Realizing the Disney style was a collective project and as much as the master himself, The Walt Disney Film Archives acknowledges the outstanding animators and designers who influenced the style of the studio, among them Albert Hurter, Gustaf Tenggren, Kay Nielsen, Carl Barks, Mary Blair, Sylvia Holland, Tyrus Wong, Ken Anderson, Eyvind Earle, and Walt Peregoy. First volume of one of the most expansive illustrated publications on Walt Disney. Produced with the assistance of the Walt Disney Archives and Disney s famous Animation Research Library. Covers the Walt Disney journey from the era of silent films through to his final masterpiece The Jungle Book (1967). Includes the first full-length feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), the landmark artistic experiment Fantasia (1940), and beloved post-war classics such as Cinderella (1950) and Peter Pan (1953). 1,500 illustrations and essays by eminent Disney experts. Masterful cel setups provide highly detailed illustrations of famous film scenes. Remarkable behind-the-scenes insight with excerpts from story conferences with Walt and his staff and rare pictures taken by Disney studio photographers.Copyright (c) 2016 by Disney Enterprises, Inc."

On a freezing night in January 2013, an assailant hurled acid in the face of the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet, Sergei Filin. The crime, organized by a lead soloist, dragged one of Russia's most illustrious institutions into scandal. Under Vladimir Putin, the Bolshoi Theatre has been called on to preserve Russia's lengthy artistic legacy and to mirror its neo-imperial ambitions. As renowned musicologist Simon Morrison shows in his tour-de-force account, the attack, and its torrid aftermath, underscored the importance of the Bolshoi to the art of ballet, to Russia, and to the world. With exclusive access to state archives and private sources, Morrison sweeps us through the history of the ballet, tracing the political ties that bind the institution to the varying Russian regimes, and detailing the birth of some of the best-loved ballets in the repertoire. From its disreputable beginnings in 1776, the Bolshoi became a point of pride for the tsarist empire after the defeat of Napoleon in 1812. After the revolution, Moscow was transformed into a global capital; meetings of the Communist Party were hosted at the Bolshoi, and the Soviet Union was signed into existence on its stage. Recently, a GBP450 million restoration has returned the Bolshoi to its former glory, even as prized talent has departed. The Theatre has been bombed, rigged with explosives and reinforced with cement. Its dancers have suffered unimaginable physical torment to climb the ranks. But, as Morrison reveals, the Bolshoi has transcended its own fraught history, surviving 250 years of artistic and political upheaval to define not only Russian culture but also ballet itself.

The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. Two-thirds of it is irrevocably lost, since the earliest images known to us are from about 40,000 years ago. But what a 40,000 years, explored here by David Hockney and Martin Gayford in a brilliantly original book. They privilege no medium, or period, or style, but instead, in 16 chapters, discuss how and why pictures have been made, and insistently link 'art' to human skills and human needs. Each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting? Why are optical projections always going to be more beautiful than HD television can ever be? How have the makers of images depicted movement? What makes marks on a flat surface interesting? Energized by two lifetimes of looking at pictures, combined with a great artist's 70-year experience of experimentation as he makes them, this profoundly moving and enlightening volume will be the art book of the decade.

Magritte's Apple

The ultimate guide to 25 years of contemporary art, as seen through the filter of the world's leading contemporary art magazine frieze A to Z of Contemporary Art charts the dynamic, changing landscape of the contemporary art and culture of the past quarter century. Drawing on frieze magazine's exceptional back catalogue of articles, this book brings together a curated collection of over fifty engaging highlights. It features artist interviews; essays on subjects as varied as museums, photography, pre-historic art and television; and think pieces on broader cultural topics, such as fame, gentrification, nostalgia, and style. The book's content - selected from throughout the magazine's history - offers a guide to this dynamic era of visual culture, revealing the increasing internationalism, popularity, and market dominance of contemporary art.

Svätí – martýri, ktorí kedysi položili život za svoju vieru a presvedčenie, ale aj anjeli – dokonalí a všadeprítomní prostredníci medzi Bohom a človekom, boli zvyčajne stvárňovaní ako vznešené bytosti, trpiace (svätci) a bezpohlavné (anjeli). Sadovskej svätí a anjeli sú však napospol ľudia (v prípade anjelov len muži, i keď svoje mužstvo na obdiv nevystavujú). Sú nahí, nie vždy krásni a dokonalí, netrpia. Celkom všedne, gestom či posunkom, pohybom tela, len akoby mimochodom nám sprostredkovávajú svoju stigmu. Niektorí sa dokonca venujú vcelku pozemským činnostiam – diskutujú, ochutnávajú, počúvajú, načahujú sa, ukrývajú, žobrú... A keď sa im prizriete bližšie, možno zistíte, že viacerých dokonca poznáte. Takže môžete začať tipovať kto je kto. Ako svätcov a anjelov Dorota zobrazila svoje priateľky a priateľov, známych i neznámych ľudí zo svojho okolia, ktorí jej boli ochotní pózovať – niekedy pravdepodobne aj bez toho, aby videli výsledné dielo. Tak teda ako je to? Poľudštila svet svätých a anjelov, alebo premenila ľudí na anjelov a svätých? Isteže, táto ideová ambivalentnosť sa opiera aj o iný – materiálny základ. Vyplýva totiž z jej pracovnej metódy, kde spája fotografiu s maľbou. Práve paradox prenosu obrazu videného cez fotoaparát do rýdzo maliarskych prostriedkov tvorí základ živého a dynamického napätia, ktoré sprevádza jej maľbu. Využíva takmer „staromajstrovské“ prostriedky – perspektívny nadhľad, vizuálnu deformáciu proporcií, farbu, svetlo, tieň, iluzívnosť, ako by sme povedali dnes, pokúša sa o trojrozmerný priestor na dvojrozmernej ploche. Znova sa posunula o krok ďalej a v najlepších prácach skoncentrovala výraz, odhodila „literárne“ barličky, prízračné bytosti sa vynárajú z neba ako sochy, ale občas na vás (možno) aj žmurknú, uhranú vás pohľadom, natiahnu k vám ruku, dotknú sa vás ako priateľky či priatelia. Vstúpte, prosím.

Hokusai - A Life in Drawing

How to cut through the labyrinthine contemporary art world - from the complex and animated process starting in the mind of an artist to the end in a museum, collector's property, storage space or dump, via workshops, galleries and art fairs? The best way is to follow the only 'witness' to all these developments: the work of art itself. This book follows the 'life' of works by eight major contemporary artists, from Martin Creed's conceptual works and Gregory Crewdson's photographs (requiring crews and production values similar to that of big budget movies) to Marina Abramovic's performances and Barry McGee's motorway sound barrier graffiti (touching upon the ambivalent relationship between street art and the art market).

Have you seen the Waste Land documentary? It s about the largest landfill in the world in Brazil where people make a living out of garbage in the dump. Until artist Vik Muniz comes and Art is born out of rubbish materials and ends up in Phillips, an auction house in London, one of the most important in contemporary art. Inspired? Through Trashures useless garbage will become indispensable to your project. You can also get to know how other artists reacted to the transition from useless, scrap, ordinary things to unique pieces of art, ingenious assemblages of beautiful and smart designed new products. For whoever has an eye for it, there is beauty in everything, from rubbish to stuff that is plain useless. This book features fifteen international artists who work with rubbish, showcases some of their projects, andincludes a DIY spread for a project by every artist. "

Thames & Hudson has enjoyed exceptional commercial success and critical acclaim in its collaborative ventures with Magnum Photos, notably with Magnum Magnum and Magnum Contact Sheets, which have combined sales of over 200,000 copies to date across eleven languages. With their 70th anniversary approaching in 2017, Magnum Photos has entered into an exclusive agreement with Thames & Hudson for the creation of a range of paper-based gift products. Created with Magnum's full involvement and collaboration, and with each product aimed at either the active photographer or those who simply love great photography, these beautifully produced gifts will connect the Magnum brand with a greater global audience than ever before.

Jedna z nejinspirativnějších a nejvlivnějších knih o umění a vizualitě, která je právem považována za zakladatelskou klasiku oboru vizuálních studií. Poprvé vyšla v roce 1972, ale dodnes neztratila nic ze své břitké pronikavosti, s níž bezprostředně a srozumitelně zpřístupňuje základní vědění o obrazech a dívání, do té doby zastřené sofistikovanými mystifikacemi profesionálních teoretiků a kritiků. Sedm esejů (z nichž tři jsou čistě obrazové) se zabývá takovými tématy, jako jsou moderní reprodukce starých mistrů, zobrazováním ženské nahoty, vztahu vidění a moci anebo reklamou. Kniha Způsoby vidění (Ways of Seeing) britského kritika, spisovatele a výtvarníka Johna Bergera (nar. 1926) představuje klíčovou publikaci z oblasti teorie vizuální kultury. Oproti původní černobílé verzi český překlad, který nyní vychází vůbec poprvé, doprovází bohatý obrazový materiál v barvě.

Epic exploits. The intrepid voyages, bloody battles and heroic burials of the French Crusades. Completed circa 1474, Sebastien Mamerot's lavishly illustrated manuscript is the only contemporary document to describe several centuries of French crusades, when successive kings tried to seize the Holy Land. Jean Colombe, the medieval illuminator best known for his work on the Tres Riches Heures du Due de Berry, is the principal artist of its 66 exquisite miniatures. Les Passages d'Outremer (The Expeditions to Outremer) comprises 277 parchment folios, illustrated by Colombe and the tinest caligraphers of the medieval era, and now resides in the French national library. This new hardcover edition in our popular Klotz format comprises a complete translation of the manuscript text, illustrated with 66 colourful miniatures by Jean Colombe, accurate down to the color of the medieval gold heightening. and their explanations. The battles, burials. coronations and processions depicted in the illustrations come to life before our eyes and create a forceful image, as well as a compelling read, of this centuries-long campaign of religious fervour and epic journey.

Each template is divided into hundreds of spaces, each with a number that corresponds to a particular sticker. Find the sticker, peel it, and place it in the right space. Add the next, and the next, and the next - it's an activity that's utterly absorbing, both in the mindful pleasure of peeling and sticking and the growing satisfaction of watching a painting come to life, emerging from a flat black and white illustration to a dazzling image with colour, body, and spirit.

Ďalšia kniha známeho autora o najväčších zberateľoch. Pred čitateľmi defilujú zaujímavé príbehy bohatých zberateľov Rothschildovcov, amerického milionára a veľvyslanca v Londýne A.W.Mellona, ktorý v roku 1931 kúpil so súhlasom J.V.Stalina viaceré obrazy svetoznámych maliarov z Ermitráže a potom , aby sa vyhol väzeniu za daňové podvody, daroval ich Národnej galérii vo Washingtone. Aj v tejto práci sa autor usiluje o slovenský „dotyk“ s európskym maliarstvom. S Rothschildovcami spolupracoval chýrny maliar so slovenskými koreňmi Andy Warhol. V umeleckej zbierke vládcov Lichtenštajnska hľadal Vároš stopy po našom Jánovi Kupeckom a neznámom českom zberateľovi Arthurovi Meierovi... Autor uvádza aj pozadie predaja sochy pápeža Pavla v. zo zbierky slovenského umelca Ernesta Zmetáka do Múzea J.P.Gettyho v Los Angeles za 30 miliónov dolárov....

The cabin has become our third place, our hideaway where we can recharge our spirits and reconnect with ourselves, away from the restraints of society and the stress of the everyday. This book presents the best new cabin architecture and design. We all need to be somewhere else, just for a little while. The cabin is that somewhere else. They allow us to get into a different state of mind, one where we can just have a good time. Four walls and a roof and a weekend?these getaways free us from the distracting and unessential, and put us back in touch with nature and our own inner peace. In cabins, we can savor solitude or share experiences with friends among mountains, rivers, woods, and wildlife. The Hinterland explores architecture and design approaches to creating the refuges that refresh and revitalize amidst the beauty of nature.

From the author of the New York Times bestseller, "Lost in Translation," come this collection of 52 artistic renderings of sayings from around the world that illuminate the whimsical nature of language. Ella Frances Sanders's first book, "Lost in Translation, " captured the imagination of readers with its charmingly illustrated words that have no direct English translation. Now, the New York Times-bestselling author is back with an illustrated collection that addresses the nuances of language in the form of sayings from around the world. From the French idiom "to pedal in the sauerkraut," (i.e., "to spin your wheels,") to the Japanese idiom "even monkeys fall from trees" (meaning, "even experts can be wrong"), Sanders presents sayings that reveal the remarkable diversity, humor, and poignancy of the world's languages and cultures.

Monografi e literárního a kulturního historika se vůbec poprvé u nás zaměřuje na zkoumání tzv. populární fantastiky v českém prostředí, zejména pak oblasti žánrové fantastické literatury, jejíž příjemci zvaní fanové tvoří osobitou subkulturu (fandom). Kniha stojí na pomezí literární vědy, kulturní antropologie, sociologie a mediálních studií a vychází z hypotézy o aktivním a tvůrčím přístupu příjemců k textům. Stírání hranic mezi elitní a populární kulturou, typické pro postmoderní dobu a společnost, ukazuje československý fandom přelomu dvacátého a jednadvacátého století právě jako výslovně postmoderní fenomén, kterému se zatím domácí společenskovědní výzkum věnoval jen minimálně.