Pools & Gardens / Piscines & jardins / Pools & garten
Human beings are enchanted by Nature. The feeling that links humans to the abundance of vegetation and to water in its multiple forms, such as fountains, lakes or rivers, causes them to constantly search for these...
"Everything is beautiful", raved Andy Warhol, in raptures at the glamour of modern life, consumer society, and the world of the media and its stars; his proclamation can be considered the maxim of the pop generation,...
Beginning in the 14th century and working its way through the ages up to the current day, this book examines the portrait via the most beloved and important examples in history.
\'Genuine ideas to express\'. Sometimes considered the first avant-garde art movement, the Pre-Raphaelites rejected their era\'s dominant artistic theories for what they saw as a more spiritual, naturalistic and...
This book shows around 25 international houses that are based on modular and prefabrication systems. All of them have ecological advantages in comparison to standard construction systems, since they represent a more...
Arnt Cobbers
Elvis Presley would have been the first to laugh at the mad, godlike status he attained after death, but he would have surely identified with the human, gospel-haunted need such adoration rises out of. He shared that...
French architect and designer Jean Prouve was one of the most important constructors of the 20th century. Prouve`s design innovations included cleverly-shaped metal parts for building prefabricated structures; he...
We tend to divide buildings into two basic categories - private structures such as houses, and public buildings like railway stations, concert halls, or museums. Public buildings have limits of their own: whether a...
Rembrandt (Basic Art) HC/Рембрандт
Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre encompasses religious,...
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From birth to death and beyond This book depicts people at some of the most emotional moments of their lives. For more than seven years Anders Ryman traveled the world documenting life cycle rituals. The result is a...
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Before the advent of corporate communications and architectural uniformity, America`s built environment was a free-form landscape of individual expression. Signs, artifacts, and even buildings ranged from playful to...
"For over six decades, Robert Doisneau cast his net in still waters, light years away from the predatory news photographers of today, "feeling his way", in his own words, `prompted by feelings of attraction and...
