Описание: "A riveting tale told through personal accounts and sketches along the way--ultimately, a story of success against great odds. I enjoyed it enormously." --Tom BrokawThe Ghost Army of World War II is the first book to tell the full story of how a traveling road show of artists wielding imagination, paint, and bravado saved thousands of American lives. In the summer of 1944, a handpicked group of young GIs--including such future luminaries such as Bill Blass, Ellsworth Kelly, Arthur Singer, Victor Dowd, Art Kane, and Jack Masey--landed in France to conduct a secret mission. From Normandy to the Rhine, the 1,100 men of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the Ghost Army, conjured up phony convoys, phantom divisions, and make-believe headquarters to fool the enemy about the strength and location of American units. Every move they made was top secret and their story was hushed up for decades after the war's end. Hundreds of color and black and white photographs illuminate how their creations supported the war tactics that helped open the way for the final drive to Germany. The stunning art created between missions offers a glimpse of life behind the lines during World War II: - Lavishly illustrated with original paintings, sketches, maps, and photographs - Presents personal accounts and never-before-seen artwork by some of twentieth-century America's leading visual artists - Shows first-hand the inflatable tanks, counterfeit patches, and highly orchestrated fake maneuvers created by the Ghost Army Any collector of World War II books will find The Ghost Army of World War II an essential addition to their library.
Описание: Renowned throughout Renaissance Europe, Pieter Coecke van Aelst (1502–1550) produced works for the wealthiest and most important patrons of the time, including Emperor Charles V, Francis I of France, Henry VIII of England, the Habsburgs, and Cosimo de Medici. While he is best known for his magnificent tapestries, he was also a consummate artist in other media, and the output from his workshop included painted altarpieces, as well as designs and cartoons for stained glass. This lavish publication, the first comprehensive volume devoted to this Renaissance master since 1966, introduces Pieter Coecke van Aelst to a contemporary audience and places him among the great artists of the 16th century. New photographs, including fine details, reunite twenty of the splendid Renaissance tapestries made to his designs with some of his finest surviving drawings and panel paintings, while texts by thirteen prominent scholars explore Coecke's art and world. Both a feast for the eyes and an important reappraisal of a great Renaissance master, this important study will stand as the comprehensive volume on a major artist of the Northern Renaissance
Автор: Skipwith, Peyton Название: Edward Bawden`s Kew Gardens ISBN: 1851777792 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851777792 Издательство: Abrams Рейтинг: Цена: 2970 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Brian WebbThis book draws on Edward Bawden's delightful illustrations, posters and linocuts of Kew Gardens made over 60 years. It presents a light-hearted social history of Kew, peopled with the many Hanoverian Kings, Queens and Princes who resided there, as well as courtiers such as the 3rd Earl of Bute, Joseph Banks Fulke Greville and their proteges including William Chambers, William Aiton, Fanny Burney and Sir William Hooker. Alongside Bawden's posters and linocuts, the book is illustrated with the contemporary caricatures of Rowlandson and Gillray as well as botanical illustrations by Franz Bauer and others.
Автор: Skipwith Peyton Название: Edward bawden`s london ISBN: 1851776559 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851776559 Издательство: Abrams Рейтинг: Цена: 2970 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Includes previously unpublished material from Bawden`s scrapbooks Ephemera and correspondence shows Bawden`s fascination with London life Appeal to London`s numerous visitors and residents as well as twentieth-century British art aficionados.
Автор: Elizabeth M. Dowling Название: New Classicism ISBN: 0847826600 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780847826605 Издательство: Rizzoli USA Рейтинг: Цена: 5173 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: For those interested in contemporary permutations of neo-classical architecture, this volume offers a photo essay of the work of 14 architectural firms. Among them are Robert Adam Architects Ltd, Norman Davenport Askins, John Blatteau Associates, Fairfax & Sammons, Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Michael G. Imber, and Porphyrios Associates. The build
Автор: Wilhide Elizabeth Название: Mackintosh Style ISBN: 1909815543 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909815544 Издательство: Anova Рейтинг: Цена: 3300 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: Why has the United States continued to develop ballistic missile defenses in an era of irregular warfare and asymmetric terrorist threats? How does missile defense contribute to US global strategy? Can the BMD system achieve the goals that lay behind its creation? Michael Mayer addresses these questions in his balanced approach to the contentious debate over the strategic value of missile defense.
Автор: Walker, Elizabeth Название: Style Book ISBN: 2080200828 ISBN-13(EAN): 9782080200822 Издательство: Thames & Hudson Цена: 3292 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: "A must for fashion students and followers alike." -Susannah Frankel, fashion director, The Independent. True style transcends fashion. Style is innovation, creation, and inspiration-with a personal twist. But the ability to find such inspiration and blend it into a signature wardrobe is what sets real style makers apart. With her sharp eye and clever pen, long time fashion editor and style maven Elizabeth Walker navigates fashion devotees through the recurring themes that define the essence of style. She juxtaposes more than 450 exhilarating images, from 1865 to the present and from street fashion to haute couture. These iconic looks from famous stars and anonymous fashionistas alike include Diana Ross's striped jumpsuit, Marilyn Monroe's simple sheath dress, Louis Armstrong's argyle socks, Kate Moss's bondage dress, Tom Selleck's Magnum P.I.-era jeans, Raquel Welch's itsy-bitsy bikini, Jackie O's embroidered peasant blouse, Lauren Hutton's menswear suit, and Farrah Fawcett's chain-mail tank dress, as well as leopard-print sunglasses, platform clogs, and a natty fedora. Divided into thirteen categories ranging from accessories to menswear, prints to denim, and exotic influences to animal motifs-these photographs will guide readers to create their own unique look.
Автор: Wilhide Elizabeth Название: William Morris Decor & Design ISBN: 1909815535 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781909815537 Издательство: Anova Рейтинг: Цена: 4125 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: William Morris - one of the most influential designers of the 19th century and an important figure in the Arts and Craft movement - revisited in this inspirational interior design guide. Rich natural colours, liquid floral patterns, light airy rooms and simple wooden furniture are all radical principles of the Arts and Crafts movement, and are also the fundamentals of most modern decor. There has never been a better time for introducing Morris designs into the home.
Illustrated with a wide range of historical and contemporary decorative schemes, this practical and inspirational guide suggests simple and cost-effective ways of creating an interior decor that aspires to purity, colour and craftsmanship, as defined by William Morris. Chapters provide information on pattern-matching, wall and window treatments, floor coverings, tiles and furnishings, so that a 'Morris style' can be extended to whatever degree of authenticity desired. A comprehensive suppliers' list details where to buy Morris and Co.
fabrics and wallpapers, and Arts and Crafts furnishings, while an illustrated glossary containing sixty of the best-known designs allows for easy pattern selection and identification.
Автор: Simonetta Fraquelli and Elizabeth Cowling Название: Picasso: The Great War ISBN: 1785510347 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781785510342 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Рейтинг: Цена: 4942 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Picasso: The Great War, Experimentation, and Change examines the work that Pablo Picasso made in Paris during the tumultuous years of World War I. Focusing on Picasso's oeuvre from 1912 to 1924, when he utilised both Cubist and classical modes in his art, this fully illustrated catalogue highlights one of the most important periods in the history of modern art. Picasso's shifts in style became a means of not repeating, in his words, 'the same vision, the same technique, the same formula.' With that approach in mind, the book also includes the work of Picasso's peers and friends, artists who were also exploring themes relevant to the difficult times in which they lived. Published to accompany a major exhibition of the same name at the Barnes Foundation and the Columbus Museum of Art, this elegantly designed book is essential reading for all those interested in Picasso's work and the dramatic and innovative period of art history during the Great War.
Автор: Patricia C. Pongracz, Elizabeth De Rosa, Lindsy R. Название: Louis Comfort Tiffany And Art Devotion ISBN: 1907804021 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781907804021 Издательство: ACC-distribution titles Цена: 5775 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Publication Date: 24 Oct 2012
'Louis C. Tiffany and the Art of Devotion' is the first volume to explore the vast assortment of church decorations and memorials produced by Louis C. Tiffany (1848-1933) and the Tiffany Studios. For over 50 years Tiffany oversaw the production and marketing of a multitude of decorative elements for numerous chapels, churches and synagogues, afforded by the late 19th century American boom in religious building. Although an important part of the ecclesiastical business consisted of the vibrantly coloured leaded-glass windows most famously associated with his name, Tiffany was interested in the bigger picture and employed designers, draftsmen, and craftspeople to produce a complete interior design, including mosaics, windows, floors,lighting, furniture, altarpieces, pulpits, candlesticks, headstones and mausolea, vestments and jewellery. This beautifully illustrated volume includes preliminary designs, cartoons, watercolour sketches and archival photographs designs and products, many never published before. In numerous cases these are the only surviving remnants of buildings which have long since been demolished.
Автор: Brown Susanna Название: Queen Elizabeth II ISBN: 1851776540 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851776542 Издательство: Abrams Рейтинг: Цена: 2969 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Cecil Beaton`s glittering photographs of Queen Elizabeth II became among the most widely published portraits of the twentieth century. This fascinating book explores his long relationship with the Queen and the royal family. It celebrates photographs so powerful that they moulded the world`s perception of a princess, monarch and mother.
Название: Elizabeth Taylor: A Life in Pictures ISBN: 1862058326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781862058323 Издательство: Anova Рейтинг: Цена: 4125 р. Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
Описание: Elizabeth Taylor was one of the first great actresses to embrace the Hollywood lifestyle. Accomplished in her field and revered for her beauty, Liz`s career firmly placed her in the limelight from an early age.
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