This text is a journey through the shapes and colours, forms and functions of design history in the 20th century. It contains an A-Z of designers and design schools, which builds into a complete picture of contemporary living.
Awe-inspiring classics become accessible, captivating stories thanks to this investigation into the covert world of Renaissance masterpieces. From Botticelli to Michelangelo, delve into the works of Italian masters like never before. Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen meticulously dissect 12 key pieces alongside analytical essays and enlarged details...
El viaje estadounidense de Richard Avedon y James Baldwin regresa a las librerías con una impresionante reimpresión de su obra de 1964. Esta edición de Nothing Personal explora las complejidades de la sociedad estadounidense, especialmente relevante en la era de Donald Trump. A través de imágenes y texto, Avedon y Baldwin analizan la formación de la identidad y las relaciones que conectan y separan a las personas. Un cuaderno adicional de 72 páginas incluye un ensayo reciente del crítico Hilton Als, imágenes inéditas de Avedon, correspondencia y material documental. Baldwin critica una sociedad que considera injusta y alienante, compartiendo un relato personal sobre el acoso que sufrió por un policía racista en su Nueva York natal. Sin embargo, tanto Baldwin como Avedon concluyen su trabajo enfatizando la necesidad del amor. Diseñado por Marvin Israel, Nothing Personal es una obra maestra del minimalismo, presentada en un estuche blanco que revolucionó el diseño de libros de fotografía. Esta meticulosa reimpresión, producida en colaboración con la Fundación Richard Avedon, revive un volumen que había estado descatalogado durante décadas. Al publicarse en 1964, la visión de Avedon y Baldwin provocó controversia, enfrentándose a críticas por ser considerados liberales elitistas que no representaban a los verdaderos estadounidenses.
Celebrate Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II with this resplendent photographic story of her public and private life. Brimming with tradition, history, glamour, and culture, this book features international tours, state functions, royal weddings, and jubilees, and showcases the glorious royal photography of such luminaries as Cecil Beaton, Lord Snowdon, David Bailey, and Annie Leibovitz.
Princess Margaret was one of the most controversial royal figures of the twentieth century. Widely admired as a young woman, she was famous for her beauty and charisma, but also for her sense of loyalty and duty. The charismatic Princess not only brought colour and sex appeal into an otherwise colourless royal family, but did much to help bring the monarchy and its attitudes into the modern world. In recent years, dogged by accidents and ill-health, much of the Princess's youthful vigour and charm, not to mention her hard work, has been forgotten. Following her death on 9 February, in the Queen's golden jubilee year, and poignantly close to the anniversary of George VI's death, the story of her life is once again front pages news. In this fully updated memorial edition of his acclaimed study, originally undertaken with the co-operation of the Princess and many of those closest to her, her authorized biographer Christopher Warwick looks again at the life and work of this enigmatic and individual royal figure, and brings her story to a close with her funeral in Windsor. Written with authority and insight, Princess Margaret - A Life of Contrasts is a fitting tribute to an exceptional, deeply complex woman. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.