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The Japanese artist Sorayama is a global phenomenon and has the reputation of being an enfant terrible. At last, there is a new and considerably expanded edition of his COMPLETE MASTERWORKS in enhanced print quality and at a very reasonable price.

This thick tome is a reference catalogue to Sorayama’s rich work including a lot of new illustrations. Printed in high-density and best possible quality his MASTERWORKS sparkle with extraordinary talent, wondrous imagination and impeccable skill. Enjoy!
READERS' VIEWS:
"Sorayama’s surreal and futuristic DADAIST images not only produce incredible sensations in the observer but also blend into a unique homage to life. With joyful freedom, he combines and morphs fear with happiness, pain with pleasure, repulsion with attraction, past with future, flesh with metal, the organic with ethereal. Stronger than any constraint, the energy of life and love that goes through his work is what I admire most in his amazingly perfect technique." Thierry Mugler

"Sorayama is blessed with extraordinary talent, a wonderful imagination and peerless skill."Bob Guccione (Penthouse)

"Many up-and-coming artists in the world of airbrushing regard Sorayama as their godfather. One reason is doubtless the fact that his various bright, shiny, sexy robots and pin-ups, for which he has a predilection, have been done so perfectly, that people mistakenly presume his most important tool is the airbrush. In fact, an ordinary paintbrush is what he mainly uses. A misunderstanding one can easily live with..." Arno Welke

"Sorayama is, without doubt, the number one in the world of erotic illustration!”Peter W. Czernich (Marquis)
Der japanische Künstler Sorayama gilt weltweit als Phänomen und enfant terrible. Endlich liegt eine wesentlich erweiterte Neuausgabe seiner COMPLETE MASTERWORKS in verbesserter Druckqualität und vor allem zu einem sehr günstigen Preis vor.
Lesermeinung:
"Sorayama’s surreal and futuristic DADAIST images not only produce incredible sensations in the observer but also blend into a unique homage to life. With joyful freedom, he combines and morphs fear with happiness, pain with pleasure, repulsion with attraction, past with future, flesh with metal, the organic with ethereal. Stronger than any constraint, the energy of life and love that goes through his work is what I admire most in his amazingly perfect technique." Thierry Mugler

"Sorayama ist begnadet mit außergewöhnlichem Talent, wundervoller Einbildungskraft und makelloser Geschicklichkeit." Bob Guccione (Penthouse)

"Sehr viele Nachwuchskreative aus dem Bereich der Airbrushmalerei sehen in Sorayama ihr großes Vorbild. Eine der Ursachen ist zweifellos der Umstand, da? Sorayama seine Vorliebe für alles Leuchtende und Glänzende sowohl bei den Sexy Robots als auch bei den vielen Pin-Up-Variationen so perfekt mit dem Pinsel umgesetzt hat, dass ihm fälschlicherweise die Spritzpistole als wesentliches Arbeitsmittel zugeschrieben worden ist. Sicher ein Missverständnis, mit dem es sich gut leben lässt..." Arno Welke

"Sorayama ist unangefochten die Nr. 1 in Sachen erotischer Illustrationen!" Peter W. Czernich (Marquis)

The revised edition of "Soviet Impressionism," including fresh information as well as 140 additional colour plates.

This book is a completely revised and updated edition of "Soviet Impressionism," published in 2001 and quickly sold out. Vern Swanson has included a mass of new information as well as 140 additional colour plates. Soviet Art of the 1930s to the 1980s is now considered the twenieth century's major realist school of painting, although much of it had remained hidden during its heyday due to the politics of the Cold War. Now percipient and adventurous art historians are turning the balance and addressing the presence of Soviet Impressionist paintings. This is a vibrant and powerful school of art. Beautiful colour illustrations throughout and a highly perceptive text make this a reference book no art lover or historian would wish to be without.

The subject matter of these vibrant paintings is the intimate life of the Soviet man, woman and child: at work in field, factory, school and mine, and at home or at play. The policy-makers dictated the message: art should be readily understood and appreciated by the people, reflecting their hopes and aspirations for themselves and their efforts.

Together, the stunning illustrations and highly perceptive, fully up-to-date text serve to make Soviet Impressionist Painting a true testament to this powerful and vibrant school of art.

Vern G. Swanson, Ph. D. is the author of numerous books, catalogues and articles on Soviet painting, 19th century European classicist artists and American realist art. Swanson is the director of the Springville Museum of Art in Utah, USA, and is a graduate of the Brigham Young University and the Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London.

Dating from 1917 to the end of the Cold War, the posters in this book feature the work of such major Russian groundbreaking avant-garde designers as El Lissitzky and Alexander Rodchenko as well as extraordinary works by lesser known artists. Presented in full color, the 250 posters gathered here range in themes from warnings about the dangers of alcohol abuse and the creeping Nazi menace to illustrations of utopian harmony and the Soviet industrial machine. A brief illustrated introduction offers a chronological overview of the period that produced such eloquent art, which has long been a major source of inspiration to artists and designers.

This exhibition, organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, presented in the Crystal Palace of the Retiro Park proposes a reflection on the interrelationship and analogies that exist between sculpture and architecture. The show, for which the Department of Collections made a selection from the Museum's art funds, picks up four sculpture projects by Per Barclay, Cristina Iglesias, Mario Merz and Susana Solano whose nexus is their relation with the idea of habitat. With this exhibition the Museum takes a pledge, which is undertaken with the show La visión impura (The Impure Vision), to stand out the artworks belonged to the institution's funds, some of which never exhibited before.

This is the premiere showcase for imaginative illustration, sculpture, and Fine Art. Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning "Spectrum" series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today's culture.

With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of creators working in every style and medium, both traditional and digital.

The best artists from the United States, Europe, China, Australia, South America and beyond have gathered into the only annual devoted exclusively to works of fantasy, horror, science fiction, and the surreal, making Spectrum one of the year's highly most anticipated books.

Featured in "SPECTRUM 19" are 300 diverse visionaries, many of them world-renowned, including Michael Whelan, Sam Weber, Donato Giancola, Leo & Diane Dillon, Kinuko Craft, James Gurney, Peter de Seve.

With art from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising, "Spectrum" is both an electrifying art book for fans and an invaluable resource for clients looking for bright new talent. The entire field is discussed in an invaluable, found-nowhere-else "Year In Review".

Contact information for each artist is included in a handy index. Often imitated, never equaled, "SPECTRUM 19" continues the freshness and excellence that was established seventeen years ago.

This is the premiere showcase for imaginative illustration, sculpture, and Fine Art. Challenging, controversial, educational, and irreverent, the award-winning "Spectrum" series reinforces both the importance and prevalence of fantastic art in today's culture.

With exceptional images by extraordinary creators, this elegant full-color collection showcases an international cadre of creators working in every style and medium, both traditional and digital.

The best artists from the United States, Europe, China, Australia, South America and beyond have gathered into the only annual devoted exclusively to works of fantasy, horror, science fiction, and the surreal, making Spectrum one of the year's highly most anticipated books.

Featured in "SPECTRUM 19" are 300 diverse visionaries, many of them world-renowned, including Michael Whelan, Sam Weber, Donato Giancola, Leo & Diane Dillon, Kinuko Craft, James Gurney, Peter de Seve. With art from books, graphic novels, video games, films, galleries, and advertising, "Spectrum" is both an electrifying art book for fans and an invaluable resource for clients looking for bright new talent. The entire field is discussed in an invaluable, found-nowhere-else "Year In Review".

Contact information for each artist is included in a handy index. Often imitated, never equaled, "SPECTRUM 19" continues the freshness and excellence that was established seventeen years ago.

A visual analysis of the colours used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to now, providing inspiration for designers

Spectrum offers a fascinating visual analysis of the colour palettes used in furnishing fabrics and wallpapers from the 15th century to the present day. Presented in chronological order, the earliest detail is taken from an early 15th-century embroidery in brick red, dusky pink, sage green, mustard yellow and smoky blue, the last from a graphic wallpaper design of 2009 that combines orange and yellow on a dramatic, dark background. Next to each pattern is a colour grid, which shows the relative proportions of the colours used, each labelled with its CMYK number – a worldwide standard printing code for colour that precisely identifies it. The grid gives a clear understanding of the ways colours have been expertly combined at different periods to create the beautiful designs we admire and emulate today.

This unique sourcebook will provide inspiration for all designers, both amateur and professional.

Contents List:

Introduction • About this book • About these objects • 15th century • 16th century • 17th century • 18th century • 19th century • 20th–21st century • Further reading

About the Author:

Ros Byam Shaw is a journalist who writes on design and interiors for The World of Interiors and House and Garden. She is the author of Farrow & Ball Living with Colour and Farrow & Ball Decorating with Colour as well as numerous other books on historic houses and interiors.

Discover the world of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in this stunning collection of art. Packed with concept art, final designs, and artist commentary plus previously unseen storyboards.

Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the creative minds behind The Lego Movie and 21 Jump Street, bring their unique talents to a fresh vision of a different Spider-Man Universe, with a groundbreaking visual style that’s the first of its kind. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse introduces Brooklyn teen Miles Morales, and the limitless possibilities of the Spider-Verse where more than one wears the mask.

Unmasking the artistry behind the hotly-anticipated movie, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Art of the Movie contains concept art, sketches, and storyboards, and will give you fascinating insights into the creative process. With exclusive commentary from the animation team, plus a foreword written by Miles Morales co-creator Brian Michael Bendis, this extraordinary collection of art will take readers into the Spider-Verse.

About the Author:

Editor in chief of Animation Magazine, and former senior editor at Daily Variety, Zahed has been covering the entertainment industry for over 15 years. As well as writing The Art of The Iron Giant, Home, The Little Prince, Rise of the Guardians, Puss in Boots and The Art of DreamWorks Animation, Zahed has written for the Los Angeles Times, Hollywood Reporter, LA Weekly and Movieline Magazine on film, animation, vfx and TV.

One of the most esteemed filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick (1928–1999) was also one of the most enigmatic. He broke into the film scene at the age of 26 with the ambitious, independently produced Killer's Kiss and within a few years was working with the likes of Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, and Peter Sellers on such seminal films as Lolita and Spartacus. Having gained the support of the actors, producers, and movie studios with his early efforts, Kubrick garnered the creative control he needed to produce uncompromising masterpieces such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, and Barry Lyndon. Polishing off 1999's Eyes Wide Shut just before his untimely death, Kubrick left behind a puzzling and positively brilliant body of work.

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN's Basic Film series features:

* an introduction to the director and coverage of every film he or she directed
* over 100 scenes from the movies, shots of the director at work, and film posters, with explanatory captions
* rare images from around the world
* informative text by acknowledged experts
* a chronology, filmography, and bibliography

Past, present, future: the world through Kubrick's eyes

The incomparable career of a cinematic genius

One of the most esteemed filmmakers of all time, Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) was also one of the most enigmatic. He broke into the film scene at the age of 26 with the ambitious, independently produced Killer’s Kiss and within a few years was working with the likes of Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, and Peter Sellers on seminal movies such as Lolita and Spartacus. Having gained the support of actors, producers, and movie studios with his early efforts, Kubrick garnered the creative control he needed to produce uncompromising masterpieces such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clockwork Orange, and Barry Lyndon. Polishing off 1999’s Eyes Wide Shut just before his untimely death, Stanley Kubrick left behind a puzzling and positively brilliant body of work.

Стенли Кубрик (1928–1999), один из самых почитаемых режиссеров в истории кинематографа, является и самой большой его загадкой. В киноиндустрии Кубрик заявил о себе уже в 26 лет, сняв свою первую картину «Поцелуй убийцы», а затем на протяжении нескольких лет работал с такими знаменитостями как Кирк Дуглас, Лоуренс Оливье и Питер Селлерс над фильмами «Лолита» и «Спартак», вызвавшими немало споров и разногласий. Получив поддержку от актеров, продюсеров и киностудий, Кубрик сумел объединить в своих руках все составляющие творческого процесса, которые были необходимы ему для создания таких киношедевров, как «Космическая одиссея 2001 года», «Заводной апельсин» и «Барри Линдон». Последняя работа «С широко закрытыми глазами», которую в 1999 году мастер едва успел довести до конца, прежде чем его жизнь внезапно оборвалась, венчает выдающееся творческое наследие одного из самых ярких и загадочных режиссеров XX столетия.

These are the guitars so famous that their names are often household words: B. B. King’s Lucille, Eric Clapton’s Blackie, Stevie Ray Vaughan’s First Wife, Billy F Gibbons’ Pearly Gates, Neil Young’s Old Black, and many more. Here’s the first-ever illustrated history of the actual guitars of the stars that made the music.

Other best-selling guitar histories look at the rank-and-file models, but this book is unique in profiling the actual “star guitars” - the million-dollar babies, such as the 1968 Stratocaster that Jimi Hendrix burned at Woodstock, which sold at Sotheby’s auction house in 1993 for $1,300,000. Amateurs buy guitars to emulate the stars - Clapton’s Strat, Slash’s Les Paul - and this book explains the stars’ modifications, thus showing how others can recreate those famous tones.

Take a stunning visual tour of Star Wars with DK's comprehensive pictorial guide to the galaxy far, far away!

From lightsabers and beasts to food and clothing, Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia is a virtual museum of a book. Explore beautiful galleries with more than 2,500 images, and discover facts about Star Wars culture, science and geography.

Throwing the spotlight onto carefully curated images and beautiful photography, Star Wars: The Visual Encyclopedia showcases characters and objects from episodes I-VII, Star Wars Rebels, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. This stunning visual tour of the Star Wars galaxy celebrates everything from extreme architecture and hardworking droids, to ferocious sea creatures and decadent royal gowns.

Sections include: Geography, Nature, History, Culture and Science and Technology.

Foreword by Dennis Muren, Senior Creative Director, Industrial Light and Music

© & TM 2017 LUCASFILM LTD.

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The Force is strong with this ultimate collectible for fans of all ages

Star Wars Topps Classic Sticker Book is the first sticker book to collect more than 250 iconic Star Wars stickers—many reproduced in their original size — released by Topps between 1977 and 1983. As an added bonus, this collection also includes 18 stickers from the “Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens” promotion, featuring a mix of classic characters from the original films and new characters from Episode VII. In the back are five pull-out posters so you can make your own unique sticker creations on one side, or display a recreation of a classic Topps Star Wars puzzle poster on the other. Whether you are a lifelong Star Wars fan, or if you have just discovered the epic saga, this is the perfect package for fans of all ages to enjoy!

About the Authors:

The Topps Company, Inc., founded in 1938, is the preeminent creator and brand marketer of sports cards, entertainment products, and distinctive confectionery

During his more than forty years as a film historian, Ira M. Resnick amassed a superb collection of more than 2,000 vintage movie posters and 1,500 stills. They were never shared with the public until Starstruck: Vintage Movie Posters from Classic Hollywood was published in 2010. This remarkable volume features the best of Resnick’s collection, with vivid reproductions of 250 posters and 40 stills from 1912-1962, Hollywood's golden age.

Ira M. Resnick founded the Motion Picture Arts Gallery in Manhattan — the first gallery exclusively devoted to the art of the movies. A renowned institution amongst movie poster collectors, the gallery is now located just outside of New York City in East Rutherford, NJ. A respected figure in the NYC film community, Resnick served as chairman of the board of the Film Society of Lincoln Center from 1999 to 2005. A one-of-a-kind art book, STARSTRUCK combines cinematic history, a guide to poster collecting, firsthand account, and dramatic full-colour artwork — a blend of genres that is unlike any other movie poster book. Resnick offers entertaining anecdotes about how he managed to acquire such stellar examples of movie poster art, as well as historical information about the stars and films shown on the pieces he collected. Bonus material includes a list of Resnick’s fifty favourite one-sheets, advice for the movie poster collector, and a glossary of terms and poster sizes.

A must-have book for every collector and film buff, STARSTRUCK offers a beautifully illustrated, personal tour of a bygone age of the motion picture advertising industry.

About the Author:

Author Ira M. Resnick started his impressive collection while studying at New York University Film School. A professional photographer, he founded the Motion Picture Arts Gallery, the first gallery devoted exclusively to the art of the movies. Resnick is a trustee of the Film Society of Lincoln Center and served as chairman of the board from 1999 to 2005. Resnick is also a trustee of the International Center for Photography and MUSE Film and Television. He resides in New York City with his wife and two children.

This concise yet wide-ranging survey of collectable antique furniture, illustrated throughout in full colour, guides the new collector through almost three centuries of Western Furniture with clarity and authority.

Invaluable as a reference tool, it offers collectors the means to identify key features of a wide variety of pieces, ranging from the Gothic and Renaissance period to Art Nouveau, and the beginning of the twentieth century. The book is structured chronologically by century and, within each time period, by country. Existing collectors will find all titles in the series act as a handy and portable reference, and beginners will welcome a reliable, accessible starting point from which their interests can develop.

Readers will find succinct sections detailing all major phases in Western Furniture, with full-colour coverage of English, American, French, Italian, German, Austrian, Low Countries, Spanish and Portuguese pieces. The work of important furniture designers is discussed, from the French ébénistes and Chippendale, through key 19th century figures such as Biedermeier, Pugin and Stickley and the mass producers of bentwood such as the Austrian Thonet, to the Belgian and French Art Nouveau designers.

 - Clear, relevant information on Western furniture from 1660 to 1900 by a leading authority

 - Comprehensive, full-colour illustrations throughout

 - Succinct details of all important design features, styles, terminology and historical context

 - Features country and provincial furniture, including Windsor, Alsatian and Shaker pieces, as well as the work of all major designers of the period