This splendid collection of Indian designs draws on a 5,000-year-old heritage that has produced a vast amount of unique and decorative artistic styles. A stimulating and practical archive for today's commercial artists and designers, this CD-ROM and book set depicts motifs adapted from artifacts of the Harappa culture; coins and pottery from South India; Ajanta and Bagh murals; Muslim monuments; textiles from Gujarat, Punjab, and other regions; as well as masks and other tribal arts. Included in the set are: One CD-ROM containing 800 high-quality, permission-free images scanned at 600 dpi and saved in six different formats (TIFF, PICT, EPS, BMP, as well as Internet-ready JPEG and GIF) A large-format 64-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly on one side of the page only for easy reference and cut-and-paste use Embodying the variety and complexity of traditional Indian design, these designs will be of immediate use to illustrators and craftworkers. They will a

From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Coinciding with a recent exhibition jointly curated by the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson and the International Center of Photography, this splendid selection of more than 300 images presents the iconic French photographer's famous 1930s–1940s scrapbook. Published in its entirety for the first time, it contains many of the pictures that cemented Cartier-Bresson's reputation as one of the 20th century's defining image makers. During World War II, the Museum of Modern Art arranged what its curators thought would be a posthumous exhibition of his work, following his capture by the Germans in 1940. Four years later, the museum discovered that Cartier-Bresson had escaped and survived in hiding. He gladly collaborated with MoMA and brought 300 prints in a scrapbook to New York. Now handsomely reprinted, the collection spans from 1932 to 1946, and includes vivid portraits of Matisse, Picasso, Bonnard and Giacometti, as well as street photography, assigned photo essays

A great musical tradition flourished in late 19th- and early 20th-eentury Russia, nurturing such renowned composers as Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Unfortunately, many superb compositions by lesser Russian composers have been eclipsed by the works of these giants. In this volume, University of Kentucky musicologist Dmitry Feofanov presents eleven overlooked masterpieces-important Russian piano works of the late 18th to 20th centuries virtually unobtainable elsewhere. Here is Mikhail Glinka's Prayer, a rare program piece by the founder of Russian opera, the first Russian composer whose music was performed in the West; German-born Johann Hasler's Sonata-Fantasie, Op. 4, which anticipates Beethoven in structure; and Sergey Liapunov's Transcendental Etude, Op. 11, No. 10, a stunning tour de force of piano technique.

Long one of the most beloved concertos in the violin repertoire,Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor features important formal innovations that place it on a par with the most significant works in the genre, including the violin concertos of Beethoven and Brahms.An utterly carefree mood permeates the work, one of the most lyrical of the composer's instrumental pieces. Reproduced here from an authoritative early edition, the score appears with bar-numbered movements. Ideal for study in the class-room, at home, or in the concert hall, this affordable, high-quality,conveniently sized volume will be the edition of choice for music stu-dents and music lovers alike.

A digital camera is functionally identical to a traditional film camera in all respects except image storage, right? Not at all, and Mikkel Aaland shows exactly why in his excellent Shooting Digital. He shows why digital cameras--the point-and-shoot variety as well as fancier models meant for professional photographers--are overall neither better nor worse than cameras of older design, and goes on to show you how to take advantage of their special traits. He shows how to compensate for their shortcomings, too, notably shutter lag (for which he documents a useful testing procedure) and color fringing. Though there's some coverage of creating animated GIFs, this book generally sticks to shooting time and leaves editing to other volumes. 作者简介： Mikkel Aaland is an award-winning photographer and author of ten books, including Photoshop Elements 4 Solutions from Sybex. His photography has been published in Wired, Newsweek, and several European periodicals, and he is a regular guest on the television

Favorite shorter pieces by the great Viennese master, who was a model for both Mozart and Beethoven, include the popular Andante with Variations in F Minor and other charming miniatures — variation sets, airs, capriccios, minuets, the famous German Dances, and a selection of best-loved movements drawn from Haydn's ground-breaking piano sonatas. Reproduced from authoritative sources.

Throughout his career as a photographer and a teacher of photography, John Hedgecoe maintained a close friendship with Henry Moore Moore (1898-1986) recognised Hedgecoe's ability to capture the essence of his work in photographs, while Hedgecoe in turn developed an intense admiration for Moore and his work, and became a regular visitor to the sculptor's studios for over thirty years. The book is divided into three sections. In the first, Hedgecoe creates through personal reminiscence, quotations from Moore, and a truly masterful photographic essay, an evocation of the roots of Moore's genius as a sculptor, and most particularly, his clear and unerring sense of the monumental. The second section is an exposition of many of Moore's most important works as captured in Hedgecoe's photographs, which now enjoy a classic status. The sculptures are interspersed with contemporary pages from Moore's notebooks giving a real insight into his way of thinking. The third section reproduces, in chronological order, mor

Yves Klein (1928-1962) conquered the world of art, declaringthat "a new world calls for a new man". His idiosyncratic style andhuge charisma set him on a youthful career in the great artcapital, Paris. Soon his famous blue pictures, large-formatcanvases conceived as spaces for meditation, were making him a namefar beyond France. In a short but intense creative life of justseven years, Klein painted over a thousand pictures which are amongthe classics of modern art. This book offers a sample of hiswork.

"A woman once rang me up and said, 'Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.' I replied, 'Madame, if that's the way you see it, so be it, '" An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972)--the complex ambiguities of whose work leave hasty or single-minded interpretations far behind. Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images were thrilling the public, Escher was a master of the third dimension. His lithograph "Magic Mirror" dates as far back as 1946. In taking that title for this book, mathematician Bruno Ernst is stressing the magic spell Escher's work invariably casts on those who see it. Ernst visited Escher every week for a year, systematically talking through his entire oeuvre with him. Their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave Ernst intimate access to the life and conceptual world of Escher. Ernst's account was meticulously scrutinized and

Long one of the most beloved concertos in the violin repertoire,Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto in E Minor features important formal innovations that place it on a par with the most significant works in the genre, including the violin concertos of Beethoven and Brahms.An utterly carefree mood permeates the work, one of the most lyrical of the composer's instrumental pieces. Reproduced here from an authoritative early edition, the score appears with bar-numbered movements. Ideal for study in the class-room, at home, or in the concert hall, this affordable, high-quality,conveniently sized volume will be the edition of choice for music stu-dents and music lovers alike.

Beethoven's symphonies are among his greatest works--in the opinion of many, the greatest orchestral compositions in the history of music. Perfect in their fusion of emotion and form, filled with drama and great beauty, they are among the best-known and best-loved works in all classical music. Now Dover makes available the full orchestral scores for all nine symphonies in three consecutive volumes. This volume contains the scores for: Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67 Symphony No. 6 in F Major ("Pastoral"), Op. 68 Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92 Reprinted directly from the authoritative Litolff edition, these three symphonies offer music lovers unparalleled insight into Beethoven's creativity and masterly use of orchestral resources. Wide margins and large clear noteheads insure ease of reading and study. Moreover, this edition costs far less than comparable full-score editions.

Beethoven's symphonies are among his greatest works--in the opinion of many, the greatest orchestral compositions in the history of music. Perfect in their fusion of emotion and form, filled with drama and great beauty, they are among the best-known and best-loved works in all classical music. Now Dover makes available the full orchestral scores for all nine symphonies in three consecutive volumes.

Schumann's chamber music embraces three trios, four quartets, and a piano quintet that have, on the whole, received enthusiastic acclaim. The trios have passages and whole movements of great spirit that are characteristic of the composer's best work. The quartets exhibit an "essential beauty" that "has engraved itself deep in the minds of all chamber music lovers" (Cobbetl's Cyclopedic Survey of Chamber Music). And the piano quintet, a pioneering work in this form, is still considered one of the finest such pieces ever written. All lovers of chamber music and of romantic music will find much to enjoy in this superb collection. Schumann enthusiasts, whose numbers are legion, have a special reason to be pleased: "Schumann's chamber music of 1842 is in many ways among the most perfect of all the products of his genius; the purest and most powerful in its beauty, the strongest in its form, best balanced in its substance, and best adapted in its technical means and processes to the expression of the composer's

Use this book to start playing straight awa no previous musical knowledge required.Teaches you the basics of acoustic and electric guitar technique.Includes valuable advice on buying an instrument and amplifier.Diagrams and photographs make it easy for you to find notes and chords Explains the workings of song structures,and shows you how to play simple solos and ccompaniments.Find out how to liven up practice sessions by using tape recorders and other electronics.Includes an easy-to-use interactive DVD companion to the book.

Nowadays there is hardly an interior design publication which does not contain at least one article on Feng Shui, the one-thousand-year-old Chinese tradition of the harmonious arrangement of sacred buildings, graves, palaces and streets. The universal value systems of Buddhism and Zen and the principles these involve, such as an affinity with nature and life energy, have left a deep impression on Western lifestyle and have had an important influence on today's trends in design and architecture. This volume attempts, with its selection of particularly interesting and concise examples, to present the inexhaustible variety of Asian living and lifestyles.

The goats of Vigata once grazed on the trash-strewn site stillknown as the Pasture. Now local enterprise of a different sortflourishes: drug dealers and prostitutes of every flavour. Buttheir discreet trade is upset when two employees of the SplendourRefuse Collection Company discover the body of engineer SilvioLuparello, one of the local movers and shakers, apparently deceasedin flagrante at the Pasture. The coroner's verdict is death fromnatural causes - refreshingly unusual for Sicily. But InspectorSalvo Montalbano, as honest as he is streetwise and as scathing tofools and villains as he is compassionate to their victims, is notready to close the case - even though he's being pressured byVigata's police chief, judge, and bishop. Picking his way through alabyrinth of high-comedy corruption, delicious meals, vendettafirepower, and carefully planted false clues, Montalbano can berelied on, whatever the cost, to get to the heart of thematter.

This inexpensive, authoritative edition of one of the world's most popular operas presents the classic 1895 Schirmer edition in the original French, with a complete English singing version by Dr. Theodore Baker. Indispensable for singers, chorus, and rehearsal pianists, this beautiful engraved volume will delight performers and all devotees of great operatic literature. Text in French and English.

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr. Jacqueline Belanger, University of Cardiff A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce's Dubliners and the symbolism of Ulysses, and is essential to the understanding of the later work. The novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, who reappears in Ulysses, and who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist, he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion, politics and essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland. Written with a light touch,this is perhaps the most accessible of Joyce's works.

Tannhauser is one of Wagner's richest and most elaborate musical achievements. Here the composer's inexhaustible genius for composition merges with brilliant orchestration to achieve a masterpiece of melodic invention. Since the opera's premiere at Dresden in 1845, generations of listeners have delighted in such inspired selections as the "Pilgrim's Chorus," "Evening Star," "Shepherd's Song," "Bacchanal Music," "Entry of the Guests," "Elizabeth's Prayer," and other favorites. This edition reproduces the full orchestral and vocal score in a clear, modern engraving with large, legible notation for easy reading and study. The score is the original 1845 version as slightly amended by Wagner in 1847, commonly known as the Secopd Dresden version. This is considered the standard version and the one usually performed today. Not usually performed today but included as a special feature of this volume is the ballet music for the first act, written by Wagner for the infamous Paris production of 1861. A new English t

Alexander Nikolayevitch Scriabin（1872-1915), Russian composer and pianist, is best known for his perfectly spun miniatures where his novel harmonic and pianistic ideas were most brilliantly worked out.This volume in Dover's continuing series of musical scores presents the best of Scriabin's works, his complete etudes and preludes 1or tile solo piano. There are the Chopinesque works from his early period, including the 12 etudes from Op.8 and the 24 Preludes, Op.11.The works of the middle period, when he began working out his new harmonies based on a series of fourths, include the outstandiug sets of Preludes, Opp.33 and 48, and the Etudes, Op.42.The 5 Preludes, Op.74 and the Etudes, Op.65 from the final period reveal perhaps most about his joyous ecstasy and languid contemplation, moods which no other composer could express to such a degree.There are also the preludes and etudes from Opp.2, 9, 13, 15, 16, 17, 22, 27, 31, 35, 37, 39, 45, 49, 51, 56, 59 and 67, each containing ininiatures working out some

Chinese cooking is renowned for its variety,fresh ingredients and simplicity.With full-color photographs,including step-by-step photography,for each recipe,The Book of Chinese Cooking shows you how to prepare authentic dishes from the different regions of China.

Composer's last three chamber works, written between 1915 and 1917. Cello Sonata is rich in unconventional, sometimes surrealistic effects. Violin Sonata integrates jazz influences with impressionism. Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp sparkles with spontaneity and innovation. All are sonatas of individual charm and definite 20th-century character; all reproduced from authoritative French editions.