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'a mixture of artistic sensibility and imagery that leaves nothing to the imagination'  - The Telegraph

In early modern Japan, thousands of sexually explicit paintings, prints, and illustrated books with texts were produced. These were euphemistically called ‘spring pictures’ (shunga) and were originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e school of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, including the celebrated artists Utamaro and Hokusai.

This catalogue of an exhibition in 2013/4 at the British Museum aims to answer some key questions about what shunga is and why was it produced. Erotic Japanese art was heavily suppressed in Japan from the 1870s onwards and it is only in the last twenty years or so has it been possible to publish unexpurgated examples in Japan. 

Drawing on the latest scholarship and featuring over 400 images of works from major public and private collections, this book sheds new light on this unique art form within Japanese social and cultural history.

About the author:

Timothy Clark, Head of Japanese Section, British Museum

Few people realise the extent to which the Hollywood movie industry today was shaped in the silent era. Drawing on the resources of The Library of Congress, one of the greatest repositories for silent film and associated memorabilia, Peter Kobel explores the fascinating world of silent film, from its birth in the 1890s, with the earliest narrative shorts, through the full-length features of the Twenties and puts directors, actors and their films into a broad historical perspective. The book also looks at the technology of early film, the use of colour photography and the restoration work being spearheaded by some of Hollywood's most important director such as Scorcese and Francis Ford Coppola. Lavishly illustrated by the Library of Congress's extensive collection of posters, paper prints, film stills and other memorabilia, most of which has never been in print, SILENT MOVIES will take its place as the defining work on this most important and fascinating aspect of American culture.

В этой книге представлено несколько сотен разнообразных силуэтов многих веков, видов и стилей, начиная со старинных восточноазиатских и заканчивая силуэтами начала 20-го века.

Они помогут вам придумать ваши собственные модели для любого случая, или вы можете просто разглядывать их как будто при свете волшебного фонаря.

В книге выбраны самые оригинальные, интересные и необычные модели силуэтов, чтобы усладить ваш взор и развить воображение.

A captivating tribute to one of the best-loved performers the world has ever known

Frank Sinatra was an entertainer of mesmerizing talent, charisma and style. As well as being one of the bestselling musical artists of all time, he was an Academy Award-winning actor who starred in over sixty movies, and a cultural icon of seismic influence.

Published as part of the celebrations to commemorate Frank Sinatra’s one-hundredth birthday, Sinatra 100 follows the full trajectory of his remarkable life, from his childhood in 1930s New Jersey through legendary Las Vegas performances in the 1960s to world tours that extended into his late seventies.

Created in close collaboration with the Sinatra family and Frank Sinatra Enterprises, this momentous book captures the man in public and private, with exclusive unseen photographs and memorabilia from the family archives, as well as the most iconic images, outtakes and contact sheets from celebrated photo shoots.

In candid accounts from his closest friends and associates, a portrait emerges of a man who was intensely loyal to his friends, enthusiastically devoted to charity and who demonstrated exceptional stamina and resilience in a career that spanned an incredible six decades.

Featuring afterwords by Nancy Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr. and Tina Sinatra, Sinatra 100 is the definitive celebration of the ultimate entertainer, whose unique and enduring legacy continues to win him fans in every generation, all over the world.

Charles Pignone is a producer and writer. He is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Sinatra Treasures, The Sinatra Family Photo Album and co-author of The Copa: Jules Podell and The Hottest Club North Of Havana. He has produced numerous albums including Frank Sinatra: Nothing But The Best and the television special Sinatra Sings. Pignone has been associated with the Sinatra family for over thirty years.

Tony Bennett is a singer and painter. In terms of his artistry and accomplishments, Mr. Bennett is in a class of his own.

Steve Wynn who contributes a forward, is the founder of Wynn Resorts Ltd. Mr. Wynn is a visionary and legendary figure in the hotel and casino industry.

The Sistine Chapel is the geographical and spiritual centre of the Vatican City, but it is also one of the most internationally famous artistic sites. The chapel's outstanding beauty lies above all in its vast cycle of paintings covering the entire vault, featuring stories from the Book of Genesis and the Last Judgement, the grandiose, bustling scene located on the back wall. Michelangelo's masterpieces are what make the Sistine Chapel the most visited place in the world, illustrated in this volume in the minutest detail, so the reader can not only appreciate the works as a whole, but also the artist's creative process. This can be observed in the preparatory marks on the plaster, the brush strokes and occasionally traces left by the painter's actual fingers. A graphic diagram of the vault is a guide to the different parts and scenes depicted. Biographies and an index of artists conclude the volume.

Skeletons contains a selection of amazing line drawings of skeletons of a wide array of animals: from frogs to ostriches, from fish to mammoths, and from mice to... humans. This incredible collection of surprising, amusing, and very recognisable images is stored on the accompanying free CD-ROM in high and low resolution.

This book is part of a new series of high-quality blank sketchbooks aimed at a young audience of graffiti fans, graphic designers and students inspired by street art and graffiti, as well as anyone who buys street art books. Each sketchbook has a screen-printed board cover depicting a specially commissioned artwork by a well-known graffiti artist. A highly respected American graffiti artist, Dalek works extensively in the skateboard industry. He is well known for his Space Monkey pieces, which he describes as 'self-portraits in a lot of ways, and also portraits of humanity'.

Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. They are the authors of RackGaki, a book and DVD dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene.

This book is part of a new series of high-quality blank sketchbooks is aimed at a young audience of graffiti fans, graphic designers and students inspired by street art and graffiti, as well as anyone who buys street art books. Each sketchbook has a screen-printed board cover depicting a specially commissioned artwork by a well-known graffiti artist. Darbotz is an artist, graffiti writer and graphic designer from Jakarta, Indonesia. As a well-known graffiti writer, he likes to blend his two lives - his commercial work and his underground work. His trademark character, Cumi, can be seen on walls all over Indonesia.

Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. They are the authors of RackGaki, a book and DVD dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene.

This book is part of a new series of high-quality blank sketchbooks is aimed at a young audience of graffiti fans, graphic designers and students inspired by street art and graffiti, as well as anyone who buys street art books. Each sketchbook has a screen-printed board cover depicting a specially commissioned artwork by a well-known graffiti artist. Born in 1972 in Tokyo, ESOW came across graffiti at the age of 16 and has since devoted his time to the fusion of traditional Japanese art with graffiti. He is a painter with a love of skateboarding and cycling. Best known for his unique characters, he is regarded as one of the finest character illustrators on the Japanese graffiti scene.

Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. They are the authors of RackGaki, a book and DVD dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene.

This book is part of a new series of high-quality blank sketchbooks is aimed at a young audience of graffiti fans, graphic designers and students inspired by street art and graffiti, as well as anyone who buys street art books. Each sketchbook has a screen-printed board cover depicting a specially commissioned artwork by a well-known graffiti artist. Jimi Crayon started working with Rarekind, the UK's first graffiti art gallery, where he did commissioned work, including murals for Harvey Nichols and Nokia. He has had solo shows in Brighton and a host of group shows in London. He also runs a successful clothing company known as urgh' from his London base. Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film.

Studio Rarekwai specializes in the promotion of international culture and music through documentary production and film. They are the authors of RackGaki, a book and DVD dedicated to Japan's explosive graffiti scene.

A fantastic source of inspiration, the book gives insight into the inner workings and private inspiration of creatives from the world of advertising, design, graphic design, fashion design, art, street art, and illustration. Intimate and often unseen, sketchbooks document the sources of inspiration as well as the journey to final execution. Providing a showcase of ideas, the sketchbooks themselves are complemented by interviews where the artists explain how they use their sketchbooks and how these relate to finished works, giving readers a direct and unmediated insight into the process of research and creation.

About the Author:

Richard Brereton began his career in the London and New York art markets, before becoming a television producer for the BBC. He currently lives and works in London and is the editor of GRAPHIC.

Renowned artist and expert instructor Frank J. Lohan shows how to capture the individual personalities of cats of all kinds. Lohan's highly descriptive, artist-friendly text is accompanied by more than 400 detailed, easy-to-follow illustrations. Nearly 60 step-by-step lessons advance from the fundamentals of line drawing to the quick and easy creation of appealing, lifelike sketches of domestic breeds, lions, tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and other cats.

Suitable for artists at all levels, this guide demonstrates the geometric structure of feline bodies with a simple series of boxes and lines. Tips include the use of pen and pencil to enhance the "furry" impression of a cat's coat, creating shadows in both dark and light fur, and adding depth and sparkle to a cat's eyes. Each lesson is structured so that artists can apply the sketching principles to a wide array of real-life subjects.

Table of Contents for Sketching Domestic and Wild Cats: Pen and Pencil Techniques

Introduction
1. Tools and Materials
2. Copying, Enlarging, Reducing, and Transferring a Subject
3. Pen-and-Ink Techniques
4. Pencil Techniques
5. Finding and Using Reference Materials
6. The Basic Structure of Cats
7. Drawing Domestic Cats
8. Drawing Lions
9. Drawing Tigers
10. Sketching Leopards
11. Sketching Cheetahs
12. Sketching Other African Cats
13. North American Cats
14. Sketching Central and South American Cats
15. Sketching Polecats and Meerkats
16. A Final Word on Pen Techniques
Other Books by Frank J. Lohan
Index

This groundbreaking book gets up close and personal to show how two urban styles have melded together.

Graffiti and tattoos are now firmly entrenched as mainstream art forms. Over the past few decades, these raw products of street culture have converged in a unique visual aesthetic definitively documented for the first time in this compelling and inspirational book. Famed graffiti tattoo artist Kaves and tattoo documentarian Billy Burke introduce, one by one, the masters of graffiti tattoo art, their personal stories, and their diverse handiwork. Each chapter contains an in-depth profile, a personal statement, and fascinating photos of studios and clients. Readers will learn about the “skin graffiti” process, view brilliant “flash” drawings (design sketches for patrons to choose from), and come away with a new understanding of and appreciation for an art form that transforms the human body into the ultimate canvas for self-expression.

The development of Soviet realist painting over fifty years through a selection of works from Russias leading museums.

Socialist Realism was and remains an exceptional phenomenon in twentieth-century art. It bore the challenge of promoting realist figuration on a scale without parallel in the rest of the world, employing the talents of thousands of artists over decades and spreading over an immense and varied empire. By glorifying the social role of art, affirming the primary value of content as opposed to form and restoring the central role of traditional practices, socialist Realism was the declared opponent of the modern movement, and in fact represented the only completely alternative artistic system.

Created by the great Russian artists (Deineka, Malevic, Adlivankin, Laktionov, Plastov, Brodskij, Korzhev) the works present a multiplicity of questions, themes and formal approaches to art spanning from the last phases of the civil war to the beginnings of the Brezhnev era, stopping at the early 1970s when trends in official Soviet art took on varied and inconsistent directions such that the cultural supremacy of the socialist-realist current faded definitively.

A non-monolithic view emerges, in which the movement does not originate exclusively as the product of totalitarian control and political pressures but as an evolving organism that reflected internal issues and echoed the great historic events of the twentieth century.

The only up-to-date illustrated account of one of the most intriguing and influential buildings in history.

The Temple of Solomon has been the focus of profound spiritual reverence for over three thousand years. From its Bronze Age antecedents in the portable shrines of nomadic tribes, through countless permutations in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the idea of the Temple of Solomon--a place of communion between God and man--has proven endlessly alluring.

The sacred building itself was destroyed more than once, on the last occasion by the Romans in AD 70, yet the great church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the Templars, and numerous medieval cathedrals were all conceived as symbolic re-creations of Solomon's original. Medieval magicians practiced magic to harness the demons who were believed to have constructed the Temple, and mystics of all faiths had visions of a celestial Temple, mirroring that on earth, where divine secrets would be revealed.

"Solomon's Temple" draws on holy texts and mystic writings, works of art and architecture, modern reconstructions, and photographs to reveal the myriad ways in which the Temple and the sacred ground on which it stood have inspired mankind through the ages