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Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has been an outstanding success and has become a well-known landmark in the art book world. Now published in over twenty different languages and in a miniature edition, it has received rave reviews from numerous newspapers and magazines and has made many appearances on the bestseller lists. Complemented by The 20th Century Art Book and The American Art Book, its unique approach brings art alive.

A sumptuously illustrated A-Z guide to 500 garden designers worldwide.midi formatPhaidon Editors A sumptuously illustrated survey of 500 garden designers worldwide, organized in A-Z order Presents an unrivalled range of gardens from the fountained oases

Nicholas and the Gang contains 16 new stories about Nicholas, the French schoolboy, and his friends, many of whom are familiar from the other books in the series: there's Alec, who's always eating, Cuthbert, who's always top of the class, Matthew, who's always bottom of the class, and Mary Jane, the little girl with blonde pigtails who lives next door. As usual, the children get into all kinds of trouble, even though they have the very best intentions. In this book, they try to make friends with the owner of a new bookshop near their school, take part in a chaotic radio interview, and play an unusually messy game of chess. "Nicholas and the Gang" is the fourth title in this well-loved series of books, now available to English-speaking children all over the world. Firmly established as a literary cult figure, the sublimely innocent Nicholas has already charmed millions of readers world-wide since these books were first published over forty years ago. Considered classics and available in twenty-six languages, the Nicholas stories continue to delight both children and adults.

A survey of the world's most innovative retail architecture and design. A survey of 24 of the world´s most innovative new retail stores from around the world by renowned architects such as Frank Gehry, Herzog + de Meuron, Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Piano D

Komplexní přehled současného umění minulých třiceti let. Kniha představuje více než 400 nejvýznamnějších současných umělců z celého světa. Je zdrojem informací pro všechny studenty umění, ale také ostatní zájemce o současnou světovou uměleckou scénu. Svý

LIFE STYLE is the first book to document Maus creative process and his studio practice, Bruce Mau Design (BMD). Since founding his Toronto-based studio in 1985, Mau has become one of the worlds most sought-after designers. He became an international figure following the publication of the groundbreaking and award-winning tome S,M,L,XL (Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large), which he designed and co-authored with Dutch architect and recent winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, Rem Koolhaas. Wri tten by Mau and conceived and designed by BMD, Life Style is a collection of playful and critical statements about the visual and cultural trends that influence todays image-driven environment. The book showcases the methodology, philosophy, world vi ew and projects of BMD. With over 1,000 images and available in a variety of luminous satin covers - each reader can choose his/her color to match his/her life style.

A collection of landscape photographs of the past 50 years by Magnum photographers.

Anri Sala's video "Intervista" (1998) begins with the artist moving house and finding an old 16 mm film in a box. On it he can see an interview with a young woman, whom he recognizes as his mother, being interviewed for state television in their native Albania. Without the sound reel the sense of the interview is lost, so Sala enlists lip-readers to restore the missing words. When he shows the subtitled film to his mother, she reacts to the words of her younger self with disbelief - could she really have spouted the empty rhetoric the ruling party? When the film cuts to a shot of her smiling beside the party leaders, the video shows her lifting a hand to her mouth in astonishment, or perhaps recognition. Raised in Albania, Sala relocated to Paris to attend the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts Decoratifs, and moved to Berlin in 2003. In a relatively short time, he has developed a vision that addresses the issues of a posthistorical world with a haunting simplicity that transcends cultures and borders. While his work's technical simplicity recalls straight documentary practices, its basic concerns - light and darkness, achrome and colour, sound and silence - weave into a poetic investigation of its own medium, whether video, photography or sound installation. Sala has had solo exhibitions at museums around the world - including CCA Kitakyushu in Japan, De Appel in Amsterdam, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris - and his work is regularly featured in major international exhibitions - including the 49th and 50th Venice Biennales (2001 and 2003), the 25th Sao Paulo Biennale (2002) and the 2nd Berlin Biennale (2002). Included in the book are an interview with the artist, a survey providing an overview and analysis of the artist's entire career, a focus that discusses a single important artwork in detail, a piece of writing chosen by the artist for its personal significance and a selection of the artist's own writings.

A one-of-a-kind, over-the-top, one-stop-shopping overview of one of the most influential artists of the 20th century. Culled from archives at the Warhol Museum and Warhol Foundation in addition to a variety of other private sources, "Andy Warhol Giant Size" provides an unprecedented look at the life and work of an endlessly fascinating figure. Included are well known works and famous public moments (hanging out with celebrity friends like Halston and Liza Minelli at Studio 54) as well as Warhol's private side (eating corn flakes with his mother) and previously unpublished material.

Edward Hopper's (1882-1967) paintings are often described as belonging to a school of American realism, and were in part inspired by the works of European realists such as Gustave Courbet and Edouard Manet, however the underlying themes of loneliness, melancholy and silence that pervade his works also recall the surrealist, dream-like images of Giorgio de Chirico. These elements of the dream world and the subconscious - psychological states that are intrinsic to all people, however little we understand them - may be what make Hopper's works so universally compelling. The paintings embody a particularly American sensibility, Hopper's evocative depictions of both urban and rural settings, including theatre interiors, railways, restaurants, gas stations, hotels, street scenes and coastal landscapes, have become iconic images of early twentieth-century American culture. Edward Hopper studied illustration and painting in New York City, where he was taught by the artist Robert Henri. Travelling in Europe after completing his education, Hopper gained inspiration from the simple paintings of the realist school and his early works are testimony to this influence. 'House by a Railroad', completed in 1925, marked a turning point in Hopper's artistic development, he went on to hone his mature painting style, which included the use of stark contrasts of sunlight and shadow, the juxtaposed verticals and horizontals of architectural forms, large, bold shapes and often the presence of silent, emotionally detached figures. Walter Wells' informative yet eminently readable monograph explores the many facets of Hopper's art, discussing from various perspectives his etchings, watercolours and oil paintings, which represent a wide range of subjects. Particular attention is paid to the literary works from which Hopper took inspiration, as well as the ways in which the artist's own psychology and emotional states influenced his output.

Cartoonist and illstrator Jean-Jacques Sempe has been delighting readers in France and beyond with his witty drawing and cunning eye for the finer amusements of the human condition for over 40 years. This most recent body of his work from 2003, is now available in English. In "Mixed Messages", Sempe turns his attention to the trappings of modern life, mobile phones, designer water, as well as revisiting his favourite subjects, struggling artists, aloof psychologists and unhappy couples. Now in English by the "Asterix the Gaul" translator Anthea Bell, this book appeals to Francophiles, cartoonists, and the general public.

The artist explores a wide range of topics, from troubled relationships and existential crises to office politics and doping scandals in the literary world.

Between 1942 and 1980, Max Huber (1919-92) earned an international reputation as one of the most innovative, distinctive and significant designers of his generation. After an Arts and Crafts education and later graphic apprenticeship in Switzerland, and inspired by the experience of the early modern masters he moved to Milan and started working at the Studio Boggeri. During the war period, he returned to Switzerland where he became a member of 'alliance', the distinguished association of modernist artists, and worked on various editorial projects. After the war, he moved back to Italy and soon started receiving important commissions, such as the one from Giulio Einaudi, a major cultural publisher in Italy, who in 1946 asked him to renew the typography of his Milan-based publishing house. It was during this time that Huber became acquainted with a circle of brilliant left-wing intellectuals and artists, including Italo Calvino, Natalia Ginzburg, Massimo Mila, Cesare Pavese, Fernanda Pivano, and Stefano Terra. Max Huber then worked on a variety of projects, including the socialist newspaper Avanti with Paolo Grassi and the 8th Milan Triennale. He also had a long collaboration with the Castiglioni brothers and later won the first prize in the competition for the poster of the Monza Grand Prix. His consistently brilliant and innovative design attracted people's attention everywhere, and consequently he travelled widely, mixing with the world's artistic elite. He exhibited his work in Europe and Japan, where he also held visiting professorships. Combining painting and photography with other graphic media he remained avant-garde throughout his career, bringing the utopian vision of such legends as Bayer and Moholy-Nagy to bear on corporate typography and brand design. Huber's graphic work is bright, sharp, always surprising and very effective. For this book, an impressive collection of original artwork and archival photographs from the Max Huber Museum shown in twelve thematic portfolios accompany three essays by experts in the field of Italian and Swiss design. In the first chapter, Stanislaus von Moss recounts Huber's formative years in Zurich, and describes the influences and connections with artists and designers on the international scene. In the second chapter, Mara Campana will cover his time in Milan where he gained his first experience at the Studio Boggeri and then went on to design posters, advertisements as well as corporate identities for major publishers and companies. In the third and final chapter, Giampiero Bosoni will focus on Huber's activity in the related fields of interior and exhibition design and in particular on his collaboration with the Castiglioni brothers. Extensively illustrated with over 300 colour images and b&,w photographs, this book will be a significant addition to the design list and of interest to design students and researchers as well as to collectors of high-quality visual material.

A travel friendly journal, which is a lined and squared paper notebook containing holiday-theme art from cartoonist, Jean-Jacques Sempe.

Velmi žádaná publikace o rodinných domech od nejvýznamnějších japonských architektů. A survey of the most innovative new houses built in Japan. A survey of over 20 of the most innovative new houses built over the last decade in Japan, a country recogn

Influential film critic, leading Nouvelle Vague director and heir to the humanistic cinematic tradition of Jean Renoir, François Truffaut made films that reflected his three professed passions: a love of cinema, an interest in male-female relationships and a fascination with children. A comprehensive, behind-the-scenes examination of his entire career, this fascinating book provides an illuminating and comprehensively illustrated guide to his entire career, and an in-depth look at his methods.