本书以大量的图片，介绍了时尚写真文化。包括什么是艺术、艺术写真的“性感”、切肤之爱?贴身情人、拍摄中的亲密接触、艺术写真的艺术素质、艺术写真的创作过程等。

本书以大量的图片，介绍了时尚写真文化。包括什么是艺术、艺术写真的“性感”、切肤之爱?贴身情人、拍摄中的亲密接触、艺术写真的艺术素质、艺术写真的创作过程等。

新媒介、新艺术和新图像被引入本书，与不同时代和多元文化的作品一起，诠释设计的基本知识。每一章都加入了新的内容。第二章和第三章增加了图形设计的新案例。第四章，介绍了当代艺术家的新作。第五章，以人类的脸为例，讨论了对称问题。第六章，用两张爵士乐海报阐述节奏的变化。第七章，新添了很多关于线的图例。第八章，从不同的艺术和设计原则出发，为我们提供了更多的视角。第九章，谈到艺术家是如何发现材料并且将它的纹理转换为装饰的。第十章，通过透视作品，比如达·芬奇未完成的绘画作品，以及弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特的图纸，呈现一场关于空间的讨论。第十一章，进一步将我们的讨论拓展到运动，比如卡地亚·布列松的“决定性时刻”，还有艾略特·巴纳森所制作的舞者的数字图像。第十二章，利用罗曼·欧帕尔卡的绘画作品，探索了我

在艾利斯的请求之下，艾一行人前往艾利斯与蒂伊的故乡——欧斯提亚。那里是一个封闭的空间，无止尽地重复着十四年前的那一年。他们试图解开时间循环的怪圈，后来得知这个怪圈与一名学生的死有关。艾锲而不舍地追寻真相，没想到那名死去的学生竟然是……艾利斯渴望“外界”，艾与他有着同样的目标。而蒂伊尽管一直追随艾利斯的脚步，最后仍与他诀别——

"The Inner Game of Music," the breakout hit that became astandard primer in the music world, has taught thousands ofmusicians--professionals and amateurs alike--how to overcomeself-consciousness and stage fright and to recapture a youthful,almost effortless capacity to learn. Now, in his follow-up book,"The Mastery of Music," Barry Green turns his expert hand to theartistic qualities that make an extraordinary musician. Cullingadvice from dozens of interviews with legends including Bell, Dave Brubeck, Jeffrey Kahane, Bobby McFerrin, ChristopherParkening, Doc Severinsen, Frederica von Stade, the Harlem BoysChoir, and the Turtle Island String Quartet, he reveals that it'snot enough to have a cerebral and emotional connection to thenotes. Green hows how musical excellence, exhibited by truevirtuosos, requires a mastery of ten unique qualities of the souland the human spirit, such as confidence, passion, discipline,creativity, and relaxed concentration, and he discusses specificways in which all musicians,

The subversive songs of Tom Lehrer, the sardonic piano-wieldingfugitive from Harvard, have corrupted generations of Americanssince he first began recording and performing in the 1950s. Hisuniquely depraved wit has been forced again on an unsuspectingpublic' via Tomfoolery, the stage revue based on his ever-trenchantobservation of the American scene. This new songbook, with oldfavorites unavailable for years as well as never-published songs,is the most comprehensive ever assembled. It contains the words,tunes, piano accompaniments, and guitar chords for thesethirty-four classics.

Before his untimely death in 1982, Lester Bangs was inarguablythe most influential critic of rock and roll. Writing inhyper-intelligent Benzedrine prose that calls to mind Jack Kerouacand Hunter S. Thompson, he eschewed all conventional thinking as hediscussed everything from Black Sabbath being the first trulyCatholic band to Anne Murray’s smoldering sexuality. In Mainlines,Blood Feasts, Bad Taste fellow rock critic John Morthland hascompiled a companion volume to Psychotic Reactions and CarburetorDung, the first, now classic collection of Bangs’s work. Here areexcerpts from an autobiographical piece Bangs wrote as a teenager,travel essays, and, of course, the music pieces, essays, andcriticism covering everything from titans like Miles Davis, LouReed, and the Rolling Stones to esoteric musicians like Brian Enoand Captain Beefheart. Singularly entertaining, this book is anabsolute must for anyone interested in the history of rock.

This book includes 100 examples of 20th-century prints kept inthe permanent collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum ofLondon. Arranged chronologically, each entry represents one year ofthe century and includes a full-page reproduction, along with apage of background information about the print and artist. Theauthors, members of the V A's Department of Prints, Drawings,and Paintings, cover a wide range of techniques, including woodcut,lithography, etching, and photographic processes. The artistsincluded are mostly British, but there is also some discussion ofmajor printmakers from other areas of Europe and the United States.The documentation is especially good, with notes about provenance,print numbering, and physical de*ions. One problem, especiallyfor American readers, is that "V A" is not identified as theVictoria and Albert Museum except in the copyright notice. Withthis in mind, it is recommended primarily for specialized users ofacademic and art research libraries as a source of information onprint

Keep it simple, use naturalmaterials, involve the surrounding landscape, mix traditional withinnovation, and finish with a touch of surprise. These principlesof decoration are beautifully realized in this lavish and visualbook of contemporary interior design. With expertise from theirrenowned design consultancy, the authors share coveted secrets oncreating timeless and fresh interiors. Chapters are organized byhome activity—entering, sitting, dining, cooking, working,sleeping, bathing, and relaxing. Each page takes you into thedecisions and dramas of interior design, from conflictingpreliminary sketch ideas to paint and furniture choices. More than130 stunning photographs accompany stories of how designersconceive, plan, and transform interior spaces into areas ofinspiration and serenity.

Picking up where the best-selling Garden House left off, GardenHome: City demonstrates how to infuse an apartment, loft, flat, orother city home with the spirit of the garden. Clusters of yellowblossoms in brightly colored pails on a sill create a flower bedwhere there’s no space for one. Carefully arranged indoor topiariesbring the whimsy of a manicured garden inside. And a wall paintedthe vivid color of a favorite flower adds warmth and vibrancy to asmall room. Garden Home: City also shows how to soften theboundaries between indoors and out with the creative use of windowboxes, fire escapes, and balcony gardens. Anyone who lives in anurban setting will appreciate this richly illustrated,inspirational guide to transforming any space into a modern-dayEden.

' Prints, overshadowed in the past decade by the popularity ofphoto art, are back in the mainstream ' - Wall Street Journal,April 2003 Art is now part of everyday life. Museums, galleries,art fairs and exhibitions are potent crowd-pullers, the visitorslooking for enjoyment and delight as well as instruction andeducation. Financial advisors suggest art as an investment -especially at the very affordable level of original prints. Yetwhat if the enthusiastic collector finds that what they bought isnot what they thought it was? Can you be sure of the differencebetween a photographic reproduction and an original lithograph oretching? And when thousands of T-shirts are printed with silkscreenimages, when can a silkscreen be a limited edition print? And doesa signature guarantee authenticity? What about new technology, too- how are computer graphics programmes used by artists as well asfakers? Today, more than ever, these and a hundred other questionsneed accurate answers, to help the co

Helmut Jahn, FAIA, has earned a reputation on the cutting edgeof progressive architecture and his buildings have had a'staggering' influence on world architecture, according to JohnZukowdky, Curator of Architecture at the Art Institute of Chicago.Jahn is revealed as an architect committed to exploring thematerial and perceptual possibilities of creating architecture in anew millennium, one with a simplicity of form and construction anda clear expression of its component parts and purpose, as hedescribes it. Talking to Jahn, you hear little if anything about'style' or even 'design'. Now collaborating with structural,mechanical and environmental engineers, along with physicists andmaterials manufacturers, Jahn is creating buildings that pushglazing technology, environmental systems and urban place making tothe limits.

The Editors of |LIFE America's favorite picture magazine,published a complete retrospective, organized chronologically andfilled with more than 150 photographs.

Greene shows artists how to achieve a variety of effects withwater-soluble pencils - from loose, watercolour like washes toprecise airbrush looks. Greene, along with six guest artists, showhow they use the medium in 18 painting demonstrations.'

In Stardust Melodies, Will Friedwald takes each of theselegendary songs apart and puts it together again, with a staggeringwealth of detail and unprecedented understanding. Each chapter gives us an extended history of onesong—the circumstances under which it was written and firstperformed—and then explores its musical and lyric content. Drawingon his vast knowledge of records and the careers of performingartists, Friedwald tells us who was responsible for making thesesongs famous and discusses in depth the performers who have lefttheir unique marks on them. He writes about variations inperformance style, about both classic and obscure versions of thesongs, about brilliantly original interpretations and ghastlytravesties. And then there’s the completely unexpected, like StanFreberg’s politically correct “Elderly Man River.” This is a book for all lovers of American songto explore, argue with, and savor.

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No image in our culture invokes a more powerful taboo than themale nude. Yet this subject matter has held a central position inWestern culture-from the idealized beauty of ancient Greek andRoman statues to the photography an pop media of today. With lavish illustrations and an incisive, witty text, Adamreveals a history of the male in art of every medium. This bookshows how the heroic nude traversed the centuries from ancient Rometo the "peplum" movies of the 1950's; how a tamer, feminized malemade his appearance in flirtatious paintings of the French rococo;how the Christian shame of nudity was solved in representations ofthe crucifixion or images of martyrdom; and how baroque artistsexaggerated male characteristics to create supermales. Work ofartists as diverse as Leonardo, Fragonard, Beardsley, Nadar, andWeber- and the historic contributions of men from David Bowie toArnold Schwarzenegger to the Nuba warrior-combine to make Adam afascinating and entertaining romp through the history of art a

A piano prodigy, Clara Schumann made her professional debut at the age of nine and had embarked on her first European concert tour by the time she was twelve. Clara charmed audiences with her soulful playing throughout her life. Music was a constant source of inspiration and support for this strong and resilient woman. After the death of her husband, Robert Schumann, Clara continued her brilliant career and supported their eight children. Clara Schumann's extraordinary story is supplemented with her letters and diary entries, some of which have never before been published in English. Gorgeous portraits and photographs show the members of Clara's famous musical community and Clara herself from age eight to seventy-six. Index, chronology.

Thousands of people want to be recording stars, but lack adeal with a record label. While today's musicians have all thetools they need to build a recording career on their own-pro-toolsfor inexpensive recording and home recording, marketing on theInternet, and opportunities to license their music for use infilms, television, advertising, and video games-they don't alwayshave the skills to use them. I Don't Need a Record Deal is acompletely comprehensive step-by-step guide to the new world ofindependent recording. Drawing on interviews from over 150musicians and industry pros, Schwartz shows readers how to put outa CD and market it through the media, radio, clubs, and retail. Butmore importantly, she shows musicians how to create a businessaround music and to develop opportunities for earning a living.Truly a survival guide for novice and professional musicians alike,I Don't Need a Record Deal brings information on developing one'sown independent music career together, adding new resources andtaking th

Inside this book, readers will find 200 imaginativesuggestions from 56 artists, along with intriguing paintings--inwatercolor, oil pastel, acrylic, and other popular media--that willjump-start their imaginations and lead them to fresh new subjectsand a thrilling sense of creative adventure.

The concept of programmed cell death, or apoptosis, hasexploded into a major scientific field of interest for cellbiologists, oncologists, and many other biomedical researchers.Apoptosis occurs throughout the lifetime of most multicellularorganisms. During development, for example, the selective death ofcells is vital to remove tissue between the digits to producefingers and toes. Apoptosis is also necessary to destroy cells thatrepresent a threat to the integrity of the organism, for examplecells infected by a virus. In many cancers the genes regulatingapoptosis are defective, producing immortal, continuouslyproliferating cells. This book discusses the philosophical andtechnical difficulties in defining the moment of death for a cell,as well as the biological implications and significance ofprogrammed cell death. Recent developments in the genetic controland interacting gene networks associated with apoptosis arepresented. The book is written for advanced undergraduate andpostgraduate students, and is