Download or read book The Book of Camouflage written by Tim Newark and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-20 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its origins to its use in combat today, 'The Little Book of Camouflage' tells the history of camouflage in conflict. Its conception, its uses and the colours are looked at, as well as the key patterns such as the German uniforms of World War II, the ever-recognisable American type worn during Vietnam and the British DPM forming a sort of recognition guide to the various patterns in use in the armies of history and present day. Illustrated throughout with the patterns themselves and images of camouflage in use, Tim Newark presents a quick and detailed look at the most prolific camouflage patterns.
Download or read book False Colors written by Roy R. Behrens and published by . This book was released on 2002-01-01 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Camouflage and Art written by Henrietta Goodden and published by Unicorn Publishing Group. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henrietta Goodden explores the development of the extraordinary ideas which were to play such an important part in defeating the enemy in the air, on land and at sea.
Download or read book Camouflage Cultures written by Ann Elias and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-06 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approaching this subject from the disciplines of art history and theory, art practice, biology, cultural theory, literature and philosophy, this volume greatly expands the reach of camouflage's cultural terrain. The result is a collection that provides a new perspective on the developing discourse of camouflage and contributes to debates about the roles that physical, artistic and social camouflage play in contemporary life.
Download or read book A Color of His Own written by Leo Lionni and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011-09-28 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Elephants are gray. Pigs are pink. Only the chameleon has no color of his own. He is purple like the heather, yellow like a lemon, even black and orange striped like a tiger! Then one day a chameleon has an idea to remain one color forever by staying on the greenest leaf he can find. But in the autumn, the leaf changes from green to yellow to red . . . and so does the chameleon. When another chameleon suggests they travel together, he learns that companionship is more important than having a color of his own. No matter where he goes with his new friend, they will always be alike. Now available as an eBook.
Download or read book Abbott H Thayer written by Abbott Handerson Thayer and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vanishing Act written by Art Wolfe and published by Cameron. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this astonishing book, legendary wildlife photographer Art Wolfe turns to one of nature's most fundamental survival techniques: the vanishing act. His portraits show animals and insects disappearing into their surroundings, using deceptions, disguises, lures, and decoys to confuse the eyes of both predator and prey. In a world where nothing is as it appears to be, a lion blends into the tall grass in the late-afternoon sun, or a harp seal disappears against his snowy backdrop. Pastel orchids can suddenly morph into predatory praying mantises, while lizard heads become tails. What at first appears to be a torn and decomposing leaf on a forest floor in Peru suddenly sprouts legs and starts walking: it is a leaf-mimic katydid. Spotting each cryptic animal amid Wolfe's clever compositions is both a fun and an informative challenge. At a time when many species are performing permanent vanishing acts due to habitat loss and human encroachment, this book showcases the beauty and evolutionary extremes of animal behavior and artfully illustrates the tenacious will to stay alive in an eat-or-be-eaten world.
Download or read book Hiding Out written by James Martin and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 1993 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With photographs of remarkable clarity and an absorbing, informative text, this book displays and describes numerous examples of animals camouflaging themselves. "Strongly recommended."--Booklist. "Solid information in a colorful, appealing, and dramatic package."--Kirkus.
Download or read book Camoupedia written by Roy R. Behrens and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An encyclopedic sourcebook for camouflage enthusiasts in all research areas who want to explore the history and development of camouflage (artistic, biological and military) since the 19th century. Richly illustrated with historic photographs, diagrams and drawings. Includes subject timeline, bibliography and index.
Download or read book Art Camouflage written by Roy R. Behrens and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hide and Seek written by Hanna Rose Shell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history and theory of the drive to hide in plain sight.
Download or read book Brassey s Book Of Camouflage written by Tim Newark and published by Brasseys Uk Limited. This book was released on 2002-07-31 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Camouflage has come a long way from jungle drab to modern-day colorful fluorescents—and this volume covers its history and development, with 450 patterns from around the world. It includes the pioneering and now highly collectible camouflage equipment of the German Army in World War II; the famous Tigerstripe worn by American soldiers in Vietnam; and the classic designs worn by today’s armies, including the U.S. Military “woodlands” pattern and the British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material).
Download or read book Camouflage Australia written by Ann Elias and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells a once secret and little known story of how the Australian government accepted the advice of a zoologist and seconded the country's leading artists and designers to deploy optical tricks and illusions to protect the nation.
Download or read book Skull Style written by Patrice Farameh and published by Curated Collection. This book was released on 2011 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Skull Style' presents not only one of the most ancient symbols used in the history of mankind but how it is utilized in the most surprising and modern way today. Formerly an emblem of evil and mortality, the skull has been transformed into an avant-garde design element used in the most cutting-edge art, chic interiors and vanguard style of the moment. Whether embellished on costly T-shirts, woven on limited edition chairs, and even encrusted with diamonds sold at an art auction for $100 million, the skull is no longer just a daunting memento of our frail mortality but a contemporary figure of fashion. This book shows how this once morbid trinket of death has been reinvented into the much-desired decoration by the trendsetters of tomorrow.
Download or read book Dazzled and Deceived written by Peter Forbes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world - including butterflies, moths, fish, birds, insects and snakes - have honed and practised camouflage over hundreds of millions of years. Imitating other animals or their surroundings, nature's fakers use mimicry to protect themselves, to attract and repel, to bluff and warn, to forage and to hide. The advantages of mimicry are obvious - but how does 'blind' nature do it? And how has humanity learnt to profit from nature's ploys? "Dazzled and Deceived" tells the unique and fascinating story of mimicry and camouflage in science, art, warfare and the natural world. Discovered in the 1850s by the young English naturalists Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Russel Wallace in the Amazonian rainforest, the phenomenon of mimicry was seized upon as the first independent validation of Darwin's theory of natural selection. But mimicry and camouflage also created a huge impact outside the laboratory walls. Peter Forbes' cultural history links mimicry and camouflage to art, literature, military tactics and medical cures across the twentieth century, and charts its intricate involvement with the dispute between evolution and creationism.
Download or read book A Polar Bear in the Snow written by Mac Barnett and published by Candlewick. This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A majestic polar bear heads out on a mysterious walk in a dazzling, playful collaboration from an exciting pair of picture-book creators. Follow a magnificent polar bear through a fantastic world of snow and shockingly blue sea. Over the ice, through the water, past Arctic animals and even a human . . . where is he going? What does he want? Acclaimed author Mac Barnett’s narration deftly balances suspense and emotion, as well as poignant, subtle themes, compelling us to follow the bear with each page turn. Artist Shawn Harris’s striking torn-paper illustrations layer white-on-white hues, with bolts of blue and an interplay of shadow and light, for a gorgeous view of a stark yet beautiful landscape. Simple and thought-provoking, illuminating and intriguing, this engaging picture book will have readers pondering the answer to its final question long after the polar bear has continued on his way.
Download or read book Performing Ground written by L. Levin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performing Ground explores camouflage as a performance practice, arguing that the act of blending into one's environment is central to the ways we negotiate our identities through space. The book offers a critically rich investigation of how the performative practice of camouflage renders the politics of space, power, and gender (in)visible.
