Vasari famously wrote that Giotto "recovered the true method ofpainting, which been lost for many years before him," and indeed heis traditionally considered a founder of the Italian Renaissance.Producing a series of commissioned works for the church and upperclasses in his native Tuscany and surrounding regions, Giottochanged the course of European art by breaking away from the rigid,stereotyped figures of the Byzantine and Giotto medievaltraditions. His innovation was to give his characters naturalmovement and expression. His great fresco cycles, such as the livesof the Virgin and Christ in the Scrovegni (or Arena) Chapel, Padua,are populated with realistic depictions of three-dimensionalfigures; secondary characters, both comic and tragic, display therange of the painter's wit and invention. And Giotto's treatment ofperspective was just as revolutionary as his approach to the humanform. The dramatic power of his scenes is heightened by theconvincing illusionistic spaces in which he places them. In thisaut

A revealing, comprehensive and colourful insight into the design process, Fashion Designers Sketchbooks explores many major names working in the fashion industry today. Photographs, sketches, mood boards, line-ups, toiles, fabric swatches and more all contribute to the creation of ideas for fashion designs, and here they are brought together for the first time to show how the final work is conceived and developed. Garments on the catwalk are juxtaposed with lookbooks, the original research material, and with finished illustrations giving a new perspective on the working methods of leading international designers. This approach makes the book a fascinating resource for both students and designers. Numerous leading designers, including John Galliano for Dior, Luella and Christian Lacroix, are interviewed alongside their sketchbooks, discussing the roles they play in evolution of their work, and how they inform and encourage their creative processes. The result is in an inspirational overview of cutting-e

This substantial book features one hundred of the most spectacular interiors across the world, spanning the entire 20th century to the present day. It includes interiors assembled by artists and fashion designers, architects, interior and set-designers, bringing together diverse design talents from Piero Fornasetti and Coco Chanel to Alvar Aalto, Marc Newson and Matthew Williamson. Twenty short profiles are presented in the introduction, with a single iconic photograph and a concise, informative eighty are profiled at length, in chronological order, with superb colour photography and texts recounting the stories of these remarkable designs. Representing every style from minimalism, Art Nouveau and Neo-traditional to Gesamtkunstwerk creations that defy definition, these iconic interiors are elegant compositions that endure as lasting creations.

Paul Strand: Sixty Years of Photographs, a long-unavailableAperture classic, is one of the most comprehensive surveys of thepower and force of a major photographic figure of our time. Beforehis death in 1976 at age eighty-five, Strand combed hisphotographic prints and his many books with an eye to thecompletion of this volume. Seen here is the summation of alifework, from the first abstract photographs to the series ofplant photographs taken in the last years of his life. Alsoincluded is a rarely examined series of films-brilliant,unprecedented documentaries that foreshadowed Italian neo-realismand the new cinema of the post-war years. The re-release of thisvolume, which features the famous biographical profile by CalvinTomkins and excerpts from Strand's correspondence, interviews, andother documents, makes one of photography's major artists newlyaccessible. Essay by Calvin Tomkins. Paperback, 9.5 x 11.5 in./184pgs

An undisputed masterwork among Japanese photobooks, EikohHosoe and Tatsumi Hijikata's "Kamaitachi" was originally releasedin 1969 as a limited edition of 1,000 copies. Hosoe, the renownedphotographer, and Hijikata, the founder of ankoku butoh dance, hadvisited a farming village in northern Japan, where Hijikataimprovised a performance inspired by the legend of a weasel-likedemon named Kamaitachi. As Hosoe photographed Hijikata'sspontaneous interactions with the landscape and with the peoplethey encountered, the two artists together enacted an intenseinvestigation of tradition and an exploration, both personal andsymbolic, of contemporary convulsions in Japanese society. In 2005,Aperture published a limited-edition facsimile in homage to theoriginal, in close consultation with the artist; now, they havemade this enchanting body of work available in its first everaffordable trade edition, which was painstakingly reworked byrenowned graphic artist Ikko Tanaka--the designer of the originalvolume--shortly b

At Home with Books takes the reader into the houses of fortybooklovers to view their very personal libraries and readingspaces. Not only is it a visual delight, but it also includesprofessional advice on editing and categorizing your library;caring for your books; preserving, restoring and storing rarebooks; finding out-of-print books; and choosing furniture, lightingand shelving. This indispensable resource, newly available inpaperback, will be an inspiration for every bibliophile with agrowing home library.

In My View is a collection of reflections by 78 contemporary artists in which each artist reveals the influence and inspiration he or she has found in a particular artwork or artist. Among the artists are John Baldessari, Daniel Buren, Chuck Close, Michael Craig-Martin, Tacita Dean, Marlene Dumas, Antony Gormley, Susan Hiller, Thomas Hirschhorn, Candida H?fer, Vik Muniz, Jorge Pardo, Raymond Pettibon, Ed Ruscha, Bill Viola and Rachel Whiteread. The works chosen range from the fifteenth to the mid-twentieth century, some of them iconic, others lesser known. The accompanying essays are often very personal, recalling childhood memories and life-changing moments, and capturing the joy and excitement that come from encounters with great art. The stories show the profound connections that exist between artists past and present and offer an alternative look at art history from the 15th century to the 1960s, through the eyes of contemporary artists themselves. Simon Grant’s introduction identifies themes tha

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

Alberto Pinto has infused contemporary flair into these—hismost recent—interiors, which are the most innovative of his lengthycareer. This sumptuously illustrated book features Alberto Pinto’slatest and most spectacular interiors. A diverse range of locationsare explored, from contemporary apartments in New York and Londonto an English castle. Fans of Pinto’s elegant and refined interiorswill find new ideas, while new readers will be drawn to hisinnovative designs. Bringing fresh inspiration to establisheddesign principles, Pinto excels at creating a perfect harmony ofvolume and space. In Alberto Pinto Today, the designer continues todefy ascribed categories and dismiss common preconceptions bytranslating his own style into each interior, according to thesite, his client’s tastes, and his own flair for creativity.

William S. Paley, founder of CBS, Inc., and a towering figurein the modern entertainment, communication and news-disseminationindustries, was also an enthusiastic collector of twentieth-centuryart and a committed supporter of The Museum of Modern Art. Thisvolume presents his extraordinary personal collection ofeighty-four paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings by some ofthe most important figures of modern art, including Paul Cézanne,André Derain, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso,bequeathed to the Museum in one of the most significant transfersof a private collection to a public institution in recent history.Paley embraced modernism during a period when most collectorssought works by Old Masters, and he built his collection based onpersonal taste with little regard for art-world prestige. Asidefrom certain loans made to enhance exhibitions at MoMA, hiscollection rarely left the walls of his home and office and wasseldom seem by the public until it was left to the William S. PaleyFoun

There is no doubt about Gustav Klimt's greatness as a draftsman.Remarkable above all is the intensely sensual mood that heestablishes in his limpid, fluid drawings and watercolors: thepencil or crayon line with which his subjects are describedexplores and caresses as though the act of drawing was itself aseduction. Klimt's drawings are often highly erotic and explicit,many to such an extent that they have rarely been reproduced. Thishas made for an unbalanced representation of his work as adraftsman, and a comprehensive survey of his graphic output is longoverdue. Rainer Metzger, a notedart historian, has brought together hundreds of Klimt's drawingsand watercolors in a way that enriches our knowledge of the artistand enhances the visual impact of his oeuvre. Klimt's drawings andstudies, and his elegantly direct and dangerously intoxicatingpreparatory sketches, reveal the underlying impetus for andstructure of his elaborate canvases. 307 color illustrations.

When Claude Monet exhibited his paintings for the first timein Paris, he acknowledged no teacher, intending to claim completeoriginality for his works. Since then, many writers have sought tocorroborate his originality, latching on to statements such as WhatI do here will at least have the merit of not resembling anybody.Because it is simply the expression of what Ive experienced bymyself (letter to Bazille, 1866). In actual fact, Monet wasgregarious, passionately interested in the paintings of hispredecessors and contemporaries, and he made a common politicalcause with his fellow impressionists, being a principal organizerof their first exhibitions. This book aims to recreate the artisticmilieu of Monet and show his rapport with the unconventionalnon-academic currents of French art including the precedinggeneration of landscapists of the Fontainebleu School and thesucceeding generation, including Paul Gauguin. Paintings by ClaudeMonet, approximately 20 in all, are grouped with the works of otherartist

Selected by the world’s most knowledgeable and well-connected graphicdesign commentator, Steven Heller, this survey gets into the minds of designers who create typefaces, word-images and logos through their private sketchbooks. Arranged by designer, it reveals how nearly 120 of the world’s leading designers and typographers continually strive to find new and exciting ways of communicating through letters and words, and provides fascinating insights into their work. Aimed at all those who use type, whether by hand or on screen, this revealing compendium stresses the importance of good typography at a time when reading habits are changing, and celebrates a craft that has endured for centuries.

"Tarkovsky often reflected on the way that time flies and wantedto stop it, even with these quick Polaroid shots. The melancholy ofseeing things for the last time is the highly mysterious and poeticessence that these images leave with us. It is as though Andreiwanted to transmit his own enjoyment quickly to others. And theyfeel like a fond farewell."—Tonino Guerra, from theIntroduction This beautifully produced book comprises sixty Polaroidphotographs of Andrei Tarkovsky's friends and family, taken between1979 and 1984 in his native Russia and in Italy, where he spenttime in political exile.The size of the Polaroids is exactly aspresented in the book, including the frame. The book may thereforebe viewed as a facsimile edition. 60 color illustrations.

This extensive volume uncovers Dali’s influences, artisticdevelopment, and legacy, offering unprecedented access inside theworld of the man behind the mustache. Through astute analysis ofDali’s work and how the events of his time converged with his driveto become a legend, this volume examines one of the mostsignificant contributors to twentieth-century art. Althoughrecognized primarily as a painter, Dali experimented with a widerange of media. This comprehensive review includes the literature,photography, film, and sculpture that influenced and was created byDali throughout his career, from paintings such as The Persistenceof Memory, to the icons of the surrealist movement such as the MaeWest Lips Sofa and the Lobster Telephone, to short filmcollaborations with Luis Bu?uel. The author offers insight intothis undisputed genius, charting Dali’s progression as an artistand controversial public figure, and demonstrating his influence oncontemporary artists such as Warhol, Koons, and Murakami.

Few artists have created as much controversy or survived itwith greater fame than Edouard Manet. In his day, the avant-gardewas not only a challenge to the traditions of art, but it was alsoa gunshot fired at society as a whole. With his painting Olympia(1869), Manet was to become, to quote Degas, as famous asGaribaldi. Yet how the urbane and diffident son of a bourgeoisfamily became the father of both Realism and Impressionism is acomplex and fascinating story that has too often been reduced totextbook clichés. As Manet has become recognized as a touchstonefor historical change but also for interpretations of how thatchange came about, his individual story has become all the morerelevant to the study of art history. Moreover, far from being anartists to shrink behind his work, one of Manets mostcharacteristic practices was to leave an indelible trace of his ownpersonal identity within his paintings, as illustrated throughoutthe volume by eminent scholar James H. Rubin. This lavishlyillustrated volume

A visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this is a comprehensivesurvey of the genre over the last century. The book also offers anoverview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes ofthe greatest illustrators of the day. Early in the century fashionillustration reflected new, liberating currents in art and culture,such as the exoticism of the Ballets Russes, while the postwarperiod saw inspiration from the great Parisian couturiers. Afterthe dominance of the celebrity fashion photographer in the '60s, anew generation of illustrators emerged, embracing the medium of thecomputer, while many returned to more traditional techniques.

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

The End of Print is the definitive statement of the work of the great iconoclast designer, David Carson. In print for the first time in several years, this classic book has itself become part of the history of graphic design. It features work from the magazines where Carson first made his mark including Transworld Skateboarding, Surfer, Beach Culture and Ray Gun as well as his instantly recognizable advertisements for clients such as Nike, Pepsi, MTV and Sony. Lewis Blackwells text includes an interview in which Carson examines the origins of his approach and discusses the extreme reactions to his work.

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.

Four decades of the works of David Gerstein from early childhood to today. As a painter and a sculptor, an excellent draftsman and a designer, David Gerstein seeks to expand the limits of two-dimensional paintings into three-dimensional sculptures. In his choice of subject matter, he breaks down the existing barriers between the work of art and its audience by creating enchanted and straightforward images, which render, at times, intimate, dream-like scenes and at other times, cinemascope-like, large scale, choreographed events. His easily recognizable artistic colourful syntax have developed gradually, reflecting a search for a distinct voice, which ranges from the local to the universal and echoes several levels of representation simultaneously.

Demonstrating Harry Potter’s global reach and unparalleledvisual impact, Harry Potter: The Definitive Movie Posters featuresthe most dramatic national and international movie posters createdduring the entire eight-film run. This elegant, large-scale formatcaptures the magic of the films with forty artfully selected,display-worthy posters. Fans will get a sense of the mountingexcitement that surrounded the screenings worldwide. Belovedcharacters, powerful emotions, and thrilling moments leap from thepage. The posters are printed on glossy cardstock inside a protectivecover. Easily removable as full sheets, they’re crease-free andperfect for displaying. Featured images include the iconicdepiction of Hagrid and young Harry looking up at Hogwarts castle;the all-knowing gazes of Professors Dumbledore and McGonagall; theromantic Yule Ball costumes; the chilling face of Voldemort; andmany others. You’ll want to display each and every image!

marisa bartolucci photography by radek kurzaj Many books that claim to offer inspiration for small- spacedesign and decoration inspire nothing more than a sense of wistfulinadequacy in the average reader. More aspirational thaninspirational, they fail to deliver doable, livable design ideasfor real people with real families and all-too-real budgets. Herenow, at last, is a truly practical guide to living in small spacesthat focuses on 'real' style rather than unattainable 'high'style. In 400 specially commissioned colour photographsand an easily accessible, fast and fun text, design guru MarisaBartolucci takes us inside thirty-three homes to reveal how one'sown innate sense of personal style is really the most effectivetool for transforming an ordinary cramped living space into anextraordinarily stylish, small yet functional private sanctuary. Amyriad of handy hints include advice on colour and lightingchoices, built-in furniture possibilities and neat storagesolutions. From the DIY-