A passionate interest and a lifetime spent seeking out theworld's finest ethnic jewelry has contributed to making the Ghyselscollection one of the premier collections of its kind in the world.Jean-Pierre and Colette Ghysels have indulged their passionindiscriminately, according as much attention to ethnographicobjects as to extraordinary pieces of ethnic jewelry. They areguided by a single criterion: the quality that gives rise tobeauty, a strict standard indeed, but one made possible by theirlongstanding familiarity with ethnic objects. A vast array of haircombs, pins, jewelry made to be woven into braids, nose rings, lipplugs, forehead ornaments and other related objects made out of themost diverse materials, many never before seen, are presented inbeautifully composed photographs. The book is divided intogeographical sections and includes 200 annotated photographs, aglossary, an index, maps, and a general bibliography. The author'sessay describes the uses and meaning of the objects in differentcultu

Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (16151868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). At any given time scores of publishers competed for the services of the leading artists of the day. Publishers and artists displayed tremendous ingenuity in finding ways to sustain demand for prints and to to circumvent the restrictions placed upon them by government censorship. Japanese woodblock prints have long been appreciated in the West for their graphic qualities but their content has not always been fully understood. In recent years, publications by scholars in Japan, Europe and the United States have made possible a more subtle appreciation of the imagery encountered in them. This book draws upon this recent scholarship to explain how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Through stunning new photography of both well-known and rarely published work

Here, in more than 1,500 full-color, specially drawnillustrations, is the most comprehensive and detailed history andsourcebook of twentieth-century jewelry ever published. From the1900s to the year 2000, John Peacock charts the development ofevery kind and style of jewelry for both women and men: brooches,earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, buckles, dress clips,hair ornaments, rings; watches, cufflinks, and more. Both preciousjewelry and costume jewelry appear, as does novelty jewelry.JohnPeacock is the doyen of fashion illustration. His many books onmen's and women's fashion and accessories form an unparalleledlibrary for students, collectors, and fashion enthusiasts alike.Many years of research for this book, using paintings, photographs,and the jewelry itself, have allowed him to reproduce in meticulousdetail a host of representative pieces from every year of thecentury. Arranged in twenty-year sections, the pictures areaccompanied by complete de*ions of each piece, includingdetails of materi

Featuring 290 color images, many of them full-page, thislavish volume presents Cartier's most famous and complicatedwatches in a new never-before-published collection. Fromtheir forms to their movements, Cartier watches are unique. Theyare an enduring combination of the unexpected and theclassical. In the world of timepieces, the Cartier nameinevitably evokes a glamorous range of legendary, universallyadmired watches: the Santos, the Tortue, the Tank, the Baignoire,the Pasha de Cartier, the Panthère de Cartier, and others. This book chronicles Cartier's constant quest for excellence in themanufacture of complicated watches. From a Tortue single push-piecechronograph, created in 1929 to a contemporary Santos 100 skeletonwatch, Cartier interprets complications in its own inimitable way,always with a sense of design. Laziz Hamani's photographs capture these objects of exceptionalartistry while author and expert Jack Forster shares the spiritthat motivates each craftsman, engineer, and artist to create themost

From its ancient status as the jewel of an empire to itsmodern incarnation as a troubled, yet culturally vibrant Europeancapital, Rome has compelled the imagination of artists for over twothousand years. Now, in "The History of Rome in Painting", that

Stephen Sondheim has won seven Tonys, an Academy Award, sevenGrammys, a Pulitzer Prize and the Kennedy Center Honors. His careerhas spanned more than half a century, his lyrics have becomesynonymous with musical theater and popular culture, and in Finishing the Hat —titled after perhaps his mostautobiographical song, from Sunday in the Park withGeorge —Sondheim has not only collected his lyrics for the firsttime, he is giving readers a rare personal look into his life aswell as his remarkable productions. Along with the lyrics for all of his musicals from 1954 to1981—including West Side Story, Company, Follies, A Little NightMusic and Sweeney Todd —Sondheim treats us tonever-before-published songs from each show, songs that were cut ordiscarded before seeing the light of day. He discusses hisrelationship with his mentor, Oscar Hammerstein II, and hiscollaborations with extraordinary talents such as LeonardBernstein, Arthur Laurents, Ethel Merman, Richard Rodgers, AngelaLansbury, Harold Prince an

Nikolai Roerich was born on October 9th, 1874 inSaint-Petersburg. After studying law and attending the Academy ofArt, Roerich developed a passionate interest in archaeology, hiscontribution to which was acknowledged when he became a lecturer atthe Russian Archaeological Society in 1900. His extensive travelsin Europe, Russia, Asia, and especially India were a source ofinspiration wholly original and unique. The prolific creator ofover 7000 paintings, Roerich belonged to the great creative artmovement which took place in Russia before the Bolshevikrevolution. Besides his enormous artistic talent, Roerich was theauthor of the Pact which bears his name and which was designed toprotect the cultural heritage in time of war. After living a veryfull life, he died in the Kulu valley in India in 1947. Recognizedin 1923, there is a museum in New York devoted to him. He wrotenumerous books and collections of poetry, and contributed toartistic and archaeological journals. Roerich, with his huge andversatile talent

对于提琴制作的业内人士来说，本书可以说是书。读了本书，才会知道斯特拉蒂瓦里这个人以及他的琴是怎么回事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》对所有知名的斯特拉蒂瓦里琴，它的出处，流传，以及它的特点都有描述。一些重要的琴都有尺寸。书后有索引，可以找到你要查的琴。对于拉琴的人来说，你应当了解你拉的琴是怎么回事。小提琴绝非只是一件乐器那么简单。它有深刻的文化内涵，有许多讲究，有许多故事。《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》就是好的入门。对音乐爱好者来说，看《小提琴巨匠斯特拉蒂瓦里：他的生平和作品（1644-1737）》可以知道许多关于琴的知识。小提琴是一种艺术品，她诞生于文艺复兴时期，成为乐器之王，为什么她会迷倒那么多人，为什么一把斯特拉蒂瓦里的琴现在动辄几百万

Each volume contains all the winning and commended entriesfrom the annual British Gas Wildlife Photographer of the YearCompetition--from the best international photographers.

This book offers a detailed introduction for fashion designstudents, aspiring designers and start-up businesses to the designprinciples, construction techniques and professional practices forthe growing market sector of accessory and footwear design. Twoleading educators explain the fundamental principles of research,design and development, covering core techniques and processes,specialist terminology and tools of the trade. Following chaptersare dedicated to particular subjects handbags, footwear, hats,belts, gloves and small leather goods with a concluding informationsection on courses, careers and trade fairs. Anyone who wants tomake a career in this exciting niche area will find this anindispensable reference book.

W. Dean Sutcliffe investigates one of the greatest yet leastunderstood repertories of Western keyboard music: the 555 keyboardsonatas of Domenico Scarlatti. Scarlatti occupies a position ofsolitary splendour in musical history. The sources of his style areoften obscure and his immediate influence is difficult to discern.Further, the lack of hard documentary evidence has hinderedmusicological activity. Dr Sutcliffe offers not just a thoroughreconsideration of the historical factors that have contributed toScarlatti's position, but also sustained engagement with the music,offering both individual readings and broader commentary of anunprecedented kind. A principal task of this book is to remove thecomposer from his critical ghetto (however honourable) and redefinehis image. In so doing it will reflect on the historiographicaldifficulties involved in understanding eighteenth-century musicalstyle.

This book documents in pictures the most exciting anddiverse period in fashion: from 1900 to today, covering highsociety, uniforms, sportswear, streetwear and couture. It willappeal to everyone with an interest in fashion as well as students.The last hundred or so years bore witness to the transformation ofwomens fashion. The restrictive corsetry of the early twentiethcentury gave way to looser styles such as those made fashionable byFrench fashion designer Paul Poiret. As womens lives changeddramatically under the shadow of two World Wars, so the style offemale dress was altered beyond recognition. From home dressmakingto couture, from rationing to The New Look, from the birth of theteenager to mass manufacture, from high society to celebrityculture. Over 400 photographs and illustrations, many published forthe first time, tell the stylish story of a fashionrevolution.

"I don't have two lives," Annie Leibovitz writes in theIntroduction to this collection of her work from 1990 to 2005."This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignmentwork are all part of it." Portraits of well-known figures-JohnnyCash, Nicole Kidman, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Keith Richards, MichaelJordan, Joan Didion, R2-D2, Patti Smith, Nelson Mandela, JackNicholson, and William Burroughs-appear alongside pictures ofLeibovitz's family and friends, reportage from the siege ofSarajevo in the early Nineties, and landscapes. The pictures form anarrative of a life rich in contrasts and continuities. Thephotographer has a long relationship that ends with illness anddeath. She chronicles the celebrations and heartbreaks of her largeand robust family. She has children of her own. All the while, sheis working, and the public work resonates with the themes of thelife.

A spotlight on French landscape painters of the first half of the 20th century which is a true hymn to nature Eight French painters born after 1870 are brought together for the first time in an exhibition that highlights their mutual affinities and charts their respective influences and evolutions. Aside from Gaston Balande (1880-1971), who is well known for his art deco wall murals designed for transatlantic ships, and Paul Deltombe (1878-1971), who benefited from a retrospective exhibition in 1970, the work of the other painters collected here has remained uncelebrated for far too long. The present exhibition and its catalogue aim to repair this oversight, as well as to reignite the study of this generation of French painters who, without turning their back on the avant-gardists, concentrated primarily on the traditional genre of landscape, and to a lesser degree on still-lifes. The 80 works of art, mainly painted between the wars, are at the crossroads of the many influences of this creative period,

A company's logo is the most important component of its brandidentity. So why would a company ever change its logo? Becausethings change -- the competition, the times, even the companyitself. And the company whose logo does not reflect presentrealities is at a marketing disadvantage. In this comprehensively illustrated compendium, David E.Carter shows 200 corporate logo changes, and then discusses each.You'll see everything from minor "evolutionary" changes to complete"revolutionary" changes where the old logo has been discarded and atotally new one designed. Examples of the ultimate logo changes --where a new corporate name has been adopted -- are also included inthis book. Packed with case studies on logo redesign, it featurescompanies both large and small, and from a diverse array ofindustries -- global firms such as Apple Computer, UPS, and TimeWarner, as well as small firms who compete, no less vigorously, intheir own arenas. This essential resource will be invaluable todesigners, ad creati

A wonderful and original tribute to the curious, comical Dodoand the beautiful island of Mauritius. Award-winning Finnishphotographer Harri Kallio creates the illusion that thesefascinating creatures are alive and abundant, living as they oncedid in their own unspoiled haven, the island of Mauritius.Accompanied by a thorough history of this extraordinary bird,including eyewitness accounts and pictorial sources, the book wasthe winner of the 2004 European Publishers’ Award forPhotography.

In her lavishly produced third book, accomplished editor and photographer Kelly Klein celebrates the myriad incarnations of the cross in photography of the past century. Here are images of the cross in both nature and the man-made world, in precious decorative objects and industrial architecture, in the shapes of the human body and the shapes of shadows. These pictures show how this most potent symbol can be transformed into the sacred, the ordinary, the profane, depending on its use and surroundings. This is the first book ever to distill the icon of the cross to its pure aesthetic essence, to explore its universal beauty. Photographs from the best photographers of the 20th century -- Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Fabien Baron, Erwin Blumenfeld, Nan Goldin, David Hockney, Horst, Andre Kertesz, Steven Klein, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Mary Ellen Mark, Duane Michals, Tina Modotti, Francois Nars, Len Prince, Man Ray, Herb Ritts, Michael Robert