《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。 作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。 《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

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。

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Following independence in 1947, Indias artists faced aparticular challenge: how to express the new nations distinctivecharacter while entering a global discourse focused on modernismsuniversal premises of experimentation and shared human values. Inthe absence of a dominant aesthetic, painters could turn where theywished and blend as they liked from Abstract Expressionism toTantric spiritualism; from Rajasthani painting to changes in Indiascomplex politics, religions, castes and daily life. This richlyillustrated, in-depth study, published to accompany the exhibitionorganized by the Peabody Essex Museum in the USA, surveys the threegenerations of artists responsible for these critical shifts in thedevelopment of Indias modernist art. It shows how theirachievements and the countrys unprecedented boom ushered Indiasmodern and contemporary art into a new era of globalism, a soaringinternational market, and an explosion in the media andtechnologies of art.

Desde queen 1890 en Estados Unidos se utilizara el terminorascacielos para designar al edificio de oficinas en altura, esteha suscitado diversidad de reflexiones --entre el entornoarquitectonico y la opi-nion pOblica- acerca de sus limites ydisefio. El ras-cacielos es un producto genuinamenteestadouniden-se, fruto del siglo xx, cuya presencia y evoluci6n essin6nimo de progreso tecnologico, la sociedad de consumo y lapolftica liberal. Este volumen propone una revision de los rascacielos queinauguran el nuevo milenio, con la seleccion de edificios de laultima decada del siglo xx y principios del xxi de algunos de losarquitectos mas relevantes de la actualidad. Asf, se muestranedificios que forman parte del debate arquitect6nico actual y quemuestran como sus autores afrontan la arquitectura en relacion conla sociedad y la ciudad.

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.

An illustrated study of traditional and figurative art ofAfrica that reflects the continent’s rich artistic and culturalheritage. African Art explores the continent’s marvelousartistic achievements which share its roots with humanitiesorigins. Sculpture has historically been the chief means ofartistic expression. The human figure, whether real or symbolic, isalmost the exclusive subject of African art. This vast world ofAfrican sculpture is the result of an evolutionary process, basedon humanity’s rich history and diversity deriving from migrations,wars, and alliances. During the last century, the African continenthas experienced radical transformations in the fields of social andpolitical organizations, the economy and religions. Inevitably, newartistic forms are being established simultaneously with theglobalization process and the creation of works for the art market,which retain less and less ties with those of the past. AfricanArt is an exhaustive presentation of the traditional figurativearts

This catalogue of a travelling American exhibition is thefirst comprehensive publication on the influential contemporaryartist Andrea Zittel. It focuses on the experimental nature of hersignature objects, inhabitable sculptures and other projects. Inher work as an artist, Zittel investigates domestic and urban lifein Western societies. Exploring the various aspects of living, theartist designs her own household settings to serve as a test casefor her experimental living structures. Her work has provokeddebates about the changed meaning of domestic and collective spaceand the possibilities for new adaptations to urban conditionstoday. Richly illustrated, "Andrea Zittel: Critical Space" includesnearly two hundred reproductions of Zittel's works of art, many ofwhich are published here for the first time. The book includes overone hundred sculptures and drawings, documentation of early workand recent site-specific work in the Mojave Desert of California.With essays that touch on urbanism, architecture, design

In his highly acclaimed text, Robert Hughes points out that thereality pursued in Freud's paintings goes far beyond naturalism. Itis both startling and disconcerting, producing some of the mostpowerful and moving visual images to have appeared in the lastthirty years. Freud—once dubbed "the Ingres ofexistentialism"—has almost single-handedly redefined the figurativepainting of our time. No other living artist possesses his abilityto paint the texture and thinness of skin over flesh, and hisdistinctive portraits have a haunting quality that makes themimpossible to forget. This volume, with over one hundred superbreproductions of his greatest paintings, pays tribute to one of themost original and accomplished artists of the twentiethcentury.

EVERYTHING YOU NEEDTO KNOWABOUTCULTIVATING CACTI IN THE HOMEDETAILED DENTIFICATION OF 150 SPECIES INCLUDING INFORMATIVE SYMBOLS OVER 180 COLORPICTURES