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。
本书的照片都是从国家地理学会超凡的馆藏摄影档案中精心挑选出来的，时间跨越了一个多世纪，反映的题材遍及地球上的每一个角落，也涉及了摄影艺术的每一个层面。这些照片既反映了一些*摄影大师观察生活的独特视角，也代表了我们人类某些共同的情感追求和人性的张扬。 The Collectors Seriesedition of "In Focus" is simply the existing book at a smaller trimsize. This magnificent collection of 280 photographs by many of theworld's greatest photographers tells the tale of portraitphotography over time in page after page of arresting images. Eachphotograph stands proudly on its own, yet taken together, they tella much more complex and subtle story of the ever-evolving art formin constant creative response to new ideas, new eras, and newtechnologies.
Welcome to the world of high-powered investment banking. Please check your soul at the door. Meet John and Peter, two young business school graduates, grabbing their chance to become lords of the investment universe, as they run willingly into the open arms of one of Wall Street's giants, DLJ. Frustrated foot soldiers in a designer white-collar army, the two find themselves embedded in the strata of overworked and overlooked lemmings furiously trying to spin straw into gold. It's a high-stakes pressure cooker fueled by 20-hour days, inflated salaries, senseless prospects, outlandish characters, and strip club lap dances. Suddenly, escaping with their sanity seems like the wisest investment of all -- if it's still on the market.
As a tribute to the gardening of a unique region this volumeportrays 32 of the most celebrated gardens of the American South,ranging from the grand gardens of the Antebellum Plantations tostrikingly simple, creative plantings of the modern era. Drawingfrom primary sources as well as first-hand impressions of eachgarden featured, the author reveals the special beauty of southerngardens along with the personalities of their gardeners. Thisvolume, illustrated with 200 specially commissioned photographs incolour and many vintage prints, surveys the southern garden from1750 to the present. It includes early gardeners who introduced newplants and garden designs to the early coastal plantations;homesteaders who moved inland as far west as Tennessee and plantedsmall, practical gardens; industrialists who used new money tobuild large formal gardens, such as the Vanderbilt country estatein Asheville, North Carolina; and, finally, 20th-centuryindividuals whose rustic getaways consist of fantastic countrygrounds o
The world of the fashionista is brought to vivid life with 101introductory lessons on such topics as how a designer anticipatescultural trends and "sees" the fashion consumer, the workings ofthe fashion calendar, the ways a designer collection is conceived,the manufacture of fabric, fashion illustration, and more. Illustrated in the distinctly unique packaged style of thebestselling101 THINGS I LEARNED IN ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL, this newbook on fashion design will be a perfect book for any fashionschool wannabe, a recent graduate, or even a seasonedprofessional.
For almost half a century, Foxfire has brought the philosophyof simple living to hundreds of thousands of readers, teachingcreative self-sufficiency and preserving the stories, crafts, andcustoms of Appalachia. Inspiring and practical, this classicseries has become an American institution. The Foxfire 45th Anniversary Book continues the beloved traditionof celebrating a simpler life, this time with a focus onAppalachian music, folk legends, and a history full of outsizedpersonalities. We hear the encouraging life stories of banjoplayers, gospel singers, and bluegrass musicians who reminisceabout their first time playing at the Grand Ole Opry; we shiver atthe spine-tingling collection of tall tales, from ghosts born oflong-ago crimes to rumors of giant catfish that lurk at the bottomof lakes and quarries; we recollect the Farm Family Program thatsustained and educated Appalachian families for almost fifty years,through the Depression and beyond; and we learn the time-honoredskills of those who ca
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Turquoise and silver is an icon of the American Southwest. Forgenerations, people have ogled these gemstones in pawn shops,jewelry shops and antiques stores, looking for a special piece ofNative American jewelry that speaks to their heart. Southwestjewelry is now valued and collected around the world. Photographs of collectible pieces reveal what the attractionis about. Whether in shades of pale aqua or deeper aquamarine, blueor jade green, Mary Emmerling reveals that the collector's hunt isabout color. And beyond jewelry, the color turquoise appearsthroughout the Southwest in architecture and decoration. After all,it's the color of calm.
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.
American Gargoyles: Spirits in Stone is thefirst pictorial essay on the many gargoyles found in the UnitedStates, featuring unique stories and breathtaking full-colorphotographs of these monstrous but delightful angels with a senseof humor. A number of books have showcased the medieval gargoylesof Europe, but never before has one been devoted to the thousandsof gargoyles that peer down from American buildings. Lewd orferocious, holy or humorous, these astonishing carvings aredistinguished by fine artistry, vivid imagination, and spiritualmystery. American Gargoyles puts us face-to-face with the wingedgriffins, fallen angels, and damned souls of Washington's NationalCathedral, as well as those adorning the Woolworth Building and theCathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, PrincetonUniversity, the University of Pennsylvania, Tribune Tower inChicago, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, and many otherbuildings. Robert Llewellyn's glorious photographs reveal thecraftsmanship of the artisan
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