Изобразительное искусство, фотография
2694 кн.
Who hasn’t peeked over the shoulder of the person reading next to them on the subway, curious about the book in their hands? Who doesn’t secretly love skipping the party to stay home and read? Who hasn’t daydreamed of catching the eye of a future significant other as you discover from across the room that you’re reading the same book? If you’re a reader, you know you’ve been there, and probably in so many other weird places as well, right? That’s what happens with readers, they have these...
| Автор | Andrés de la Casa Huertas |
<P>The Dancer Within is a collection of photographic portraits and short essays based on confessional interviews with forty dancers and entertainers, many of them world-famous. Well-known on the concert stage, on Broadway, in Hollywood musicals, and on television, the personalities featured in this book speak with extraordinary candor about all stages of the dancer's life—from their first dance class to their signature performances and their days of reflection on the...
| Автор | Rose Eichenbaum |
Photographer Trey Ratcliff crosses borders to find beauty—both literally and figuratively. In a world where people are inundated with images of despair and violence, Ratcliff seeks out life’s gorgeous moments all over the globe and captures them to share with others. As a pioneer of High Dynamic Range (HDR) photography, Ratcliff mixes technology and art together to make each photo as stunning as the real-life experience. Trey Ratcliff’s new eBook Light...
| Автор | Trey Ratcliff |
<P>The photographs in The Connecticut River follow this major waterway for 410 miles, from its origin near the Canadian border to its wide mouth on Long Island Sound, giving us a vivid portrait of a living artery of the New England landscape. Author and photographer Al Braden opens the book with an essay introducing important aspects of the river, and then presents 136 full-page color photos, ranging from close-ups to dramatic aerials, to reveal the river as few people are...
| Автор | Al Braden |
<P>In this gorgeous book, the acclaimed photographer Rose Eichenbaum captures the spirit, beauty, and commitment of dancers along with the dancers' own words of wisdom and guidance. More than 250 color and black and white photographs are paired with inspirational quotes from legendary and emerging dancers, including Bill T. Jones, Katherine Dunham, Ann Reinking, Mark Morris, Pina Bausch, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Gregory Hines, Mitzi Gaynor, Desmond Richardson, Rennie Harris,...
| Автор | Rose Eichenbaum |
<P>Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Steven G. Smith showcases the picturesque Thames River basin, which extends from southern Massachusetts through Connecticut to the Long Island Sound. The river and its watershed help define the borders of a valley that is unique among its East Coast neighbors, considered to be the last place where dark night sky can be viewed between Washington, D.C. and the Boston metro area. Locals like to call the area the «Quiet Corner» or the «Last Green...
| Автор | Steven G. Smith |
<P>Documentary filmmakers have been making films about music for a half-century. American Music Documentary looks at five key films to begin to imagine how we might produce, edit, and watch films from an ethnomusicological point of view. Reconsidering Albert and David Maysles's Gimme Shelter, Jill Godmilow's Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman, Shirley Clarke's Ornette: Made in America, D.A. Pennebaker's and Chris Hegedus's Depeche Mode: 101, and Jem...
| Автор | Benjamin J. Harbert |
Readers will appreciate the value of <i>Standard Catalog of Civil War Firearms</i> because it combines historical, identification, and pricing information in one handy volume.<p> A great deal of advancement in metallurgy and weapons design occurred during the Civil War as people on both sides of the conflict struggled to find better ways to bring a swift end to the war. These new designs are the basis of our modern weapons and spark the interest of historians and...
| Автор | John F. Graf |
Although the name Winchester is known worldwide and is still used generically for its rifles and shotguns, a comprehensive history of the company has never been published. Herbert G. Houze, the former curator of the Winchester Arms Museum, has written a complete account of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company's development from the founding of its predecessor, the New Haven Arms Company in 1856, to the sale of the firm by Olin Corporation in 1981.<p> Using corporate records...
| Автор | Herb Houze |
YOUR GO-TO GUIDE FOR GUNS, AMMO & GEAR<p>Get the complete low-down on what's new in the shooting industry with <b><i>Guns Illustrated 2011</b></i>. Stuffed with photos and behind-the-scenes peeks at today's hottest guns and gear, <b><i>Guns Illustrated 2011</b></i> is an economical guide to the latest and greatest guns, shooting supplies and accessories. Before you spend another dollar on guns or gear, arm yourself with the...
| Автор | Dan Shideler |
Fun, lavishly illustrated, informative and irreverent guide to the best paintings across the US and Canada Previous, full-colour book about European galleries sold nearly 2,600 copies A gallery guide for the rest of us, for people who haven't studied art but want to immerse themselves in the best of North America's thriving gallery culture Gorgeous colour images of every piece in the guide Designed to help plan gallery trips to avoid headaches and achy feet
| Автор | Julian Porter |
Con nostalgia y entusiasmo, sus familiares recuerdan a José Nicolás Goles Radnic (1917 – 1993) como un hombre brillante. Brillante cuando tocaba el piano o jugaba ajedrez; cuando pintaba o dirigía un coro; cuando componía y relacionaba las matemáticas con sus obras musicales. Con oído musical absoluto desde los cinco años, todo lo quería hacer bien. Para Goles, como siempre lo llamaron sus seres queridos, la música era una broma. Y lo refleja fielmente su creación más popular y difundida: «El...
| Автор | Eugenio Rengifo |
The power of water is the power of blood, flood and drought. Water keeps it real, keeps us real. Forgetting this, we turn the earth into a toxic dump. Remembering this, we unfurl the future as perpetual possibility.Water is also the strength of subtlety, quietly making its way through your body. perpetual is both a gift and a warning from water. Through drawings and graphic essays by artist Cindy Mochizuki and writer Rita Wong, the book visits some key sites where people have sabotaged...
| Автор | Rita Wong |
El método para conseguir el éxito de una empresa familiar en nuestro mundo globalizado y competitivo. Con casos reales de empresas familiares exitosas y de otras que fracasaron, que muestran el proceso completo, desde lo que da origen al negocio, hasta su evolución a través del fundador y de sus sucesores. Una obra respaldada por 30 años de experiencia en consultoría, capacitación e investigación de empresas familiares. El abecé para lograr el éxito: – Motivación – Órganos...
| Автор | Santiago Dodero |
Wie mache ich einen Film ohne Fördermittel und Senderbeteiligung? Wie setze ich meine Ideen um? Mit welchen Einschränkungen muss ich rechnen? Was ist der Nutzen von Crowdfunding? Wie überzeuge ich andere Menschen aus dem Filmgeschäft? Muss ich eine Filmschule besuchen, um Filme machen zu können? Malte Wirtz, selbst erfolgreicher Independent- Filmemacher, streift auf unterhaltsame Weise alle Probleme, die man hat, wenn man einen Film machen möchte, aber wenig Erfahrung und kein Geld hat. ...
| Автор | Malte Wirtz |
Keine Gesänge aus dem Elfenbeinturm, sondern ein bewegtes Lebensbild. Zunächst nur für die Enkel begonnen, hat Albrecht Schöne ein bewegendes und eindrucksvolles Erinnerungsbuch geschrieben. Von der Herkunft, der Prägung durch ein konservativ-protestantisches Elternhaus über die Jugend im NS-Staat, den Krieg und das Studium im zerstörten Nachkriegsdeutschland entfaltet sich ein Lebensgang, in dem erlebte Geschichte und wissenschaftliche Reflexion wie Text und Kommentar zusammentreten. Es...
| Автор | Albrecht Schöne |
Desde muy joven, Giles Smith se sintió atraído por el universo del pop: por las canciones que sonaban en la radio, por los conciertos en directo que veía en la televisión, por los singles de siete pulgadas que compraba o hurtaba, por la iconografía pop, los peinados estrambóticos, las guitarras eléctricas Empezó a comprar discos, a clasificarlos y atesorarlos, a imitar a sus ídolos, a Marc Bolan de T. Rex, sobre todo, y a tocar en grupos de escuela, mientras soñaba en convertirse en una...
| Автор | Giles Smith |
Albert Camus, de la felicidad a la moral, esclarecedor trabajo de Susana Cordero de Espinosa, estudia la obra del gran escritor francés y reconstruye el trayecto recorrido por él en su búsqueda de la felicidad y el sentido de la existencia humana. La lectura que realiza Susana Cordero se funda en el conocimiento serio y minucioso de la novela, teatro y ensayo de Albert Camus y la inteligente comprensión de cada uno de los textos. No obstante, la clave de la riqueza de aquella lectura radica en...
| Автор | Susana Cordero |
***En la lista de los Mejores Libros del Año 2019 según NPR*** Cuando Liz Phair irrumpió en la escena musical independiente a principios de los noventa con su controvertido doble álbum «Exile in Guyville» —su particular respuesta, tema a tema, al célebre «Exile on Main St.» de los Rolling Stones—, su sinceridad descarnada, sexualidad sin tapujos y talento como escritora de canciones lo convirtieron en un disco fundamental del rock alternativo y en manifiesto generacional. Siguiendo la estela de...
| Автор | Liz Phair |
BOOKS: SELECTED QUOTES AND WORDS OF WISDOM – Including Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Hemingway, George R.R. Martin, J.K. Rowling, Jane Austen, John Green, Mark Twain, Neil Gaiman, Oscar Wilde, Roald Dahl, Stephen King and many more! – ABOUT GOLDEN QUOTES GOLDEN QUOTES is a collective of passionate individuals that love to appreciate timeless wisdom compiled and compressed into insightful quotes. Our main goal is to infect you with motivation and inspiration to live life and engage with it...
| Автор | Everbooks Editorial |
100 Ways to Improve Your Landscape Photographs is an easy-reference guide to landscape photography; packed with practical advice and stunning photos this book will help and inspire photographers of all levels. This is a simple and comprehensive troubleshooting guide to landscape photography. The book is divided into themed sections and features simple explanations of techniques, which will help both beginners and more advanced photographers get the results they want. The thematic sections cover...
| Автор | Guy Edwardes |
In considering medieval illustrated Buddhist manuscripts as sacred objects of cultic innovation, <i>Receptacle of the Sacred</i> explores how and why the South Asian Buddhist book-cult has survived for almost two millennia to the present. A book «manuscript» should be understood as a form of sacred space: a temple in microcosm, not only imbued with divine presence but also layered with the memories of many generations of users. Jinah Kim argues that illustrating a manuscript with...
| Автор | Jinah Kim |
Por supuesto, hay mucho de mito, conspiranoia (paranoia conspiratoria), leyenda e imaginación desvelada con respecto a cualquier secta por poderosa que sea, sobre todo si tenemos en cuenta que los verdaderos amos del mundo, iluminados, masones, luciferinos, gnósticos, teósofos, o no, no necesitan nada de nadie porque ya lo tienen todo: el dinero y el poder, los medios de producción y comunicación, la distribución y los puntos de venta de todas y cada una de las mercancías y los bienes que...
| Автор | Javier Tapia |
A partir de ideas, casos prácticos y conceptos sobre talento humano, este libro ofrece una manera diferente y superadora de pensar, diseñar e implementar estrategias para la gestión de los talentos en las organizaciones. Se invita a los lectores a ir más allá de las «recetas», para reflexionar desde la propia problemática del talento humano. Se presentan en cada capítulo un conjunto de herramientas conocidas y se ofrecen guías para ajustarlas a la realidad propia -con sus potencialidades y...
| Автор | Sofía Conrero |