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Book Installations by Architects

Download or read book Installations by Architects written by Sarah Bonnemaison and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2009-08-12 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last few decades, a rich and increasingly diverse practice has emerged in the art world that invites the public to touch, enter, and experience the work, whether it is in a gallery, on city streets, or in the landscape. Like architecture, many of these temporary artworks aspire to alter viewers' experience of the environment. An installation is usually the end product for an artist, but for architects it can also be a preliminary step in an ongoing design process. Like paper projects designed in the absence of "real" architecture, installations offer architects another way to engage in issues critical to their practice. Direct experimentation with architecture's material and social dimensions engages the public around issues in the built environment that concern them and expands the ways that architecture can participate in and impact people's everyday lives. The first survey of its kind, Installations by Architects features fifty of the most significant projects from the last twenty-five years by today's most exciting architects, including Anderson Anderson, Philip Beesley, Diller + Scofidio, John Hejduk, Dan Hoffman, and Kuth/Ranieri Architects. Projects are grouped in critical areas of discussion under the themes of tectonics, body, nature, memory, and public space. Each project is supplemented by interviews with the project architects and the discussions of critics and theorists situated within a larger intellectual context. There is no doubt that installations will continue to play a critical role in the practice of architecture. Installations by Architects aims to contribute to the role of installations in sharpening our understanding of the built environment.

Book Champions of Flight

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sheryl Fiegel
  • Publisher : Casemate
  • Release : 2019-12-13
  • ISBN : 1612007805
  • Pages : 299 pages

Download or read book Champions of Flight written by Sheryl Fiegel and published by Casemate. This book was released on 2019-12-13 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Champions of Flight celebrates the work of Clayton Joseph Knight (1891–1969) and William John Heaslip (1898–1970), the two preeminent American aviation artists of their time, as they chronicled the golden age of aviation—from Charles Lindbergh's epochal transatlantic flight through the most devastating war in world history (1927–1945). Knight and Heaslip were experienced military men and formally trained artists who, combining an authenticity of experience and an artistic mastery of illustration, produced powerful artwork that influenced a generation of Americans, creating air-minded adults and youngsters, many of whom flocked to US military service after Pearl Harbor. Aviation became deeply embedded into America’s culture during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Americans became fascinated by aviation celebrities, watched air spectacles, aviation movies and newsreels, and devoured books, aviation industry ads, magazine articles, and Sunday comics featuring pilot heroes. Artists Knight and Heaslip—both of whom were adept as draftsmen, painters and printmakers—fueled the imagination of these Americans through prolific illustrations and artwork that appeared in many diverse publications of the time. Over a period of almost twenty years, Clayton Knight and William Heaslip championed their love of flight through their art, and they did so with enthusiasm, integrity, and generosity. This book, featuring over 400 illustrations and photos, is a tribute to their legacy.

Book Apocalypse Next Tuesday

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Safier
  • Publisher : Hesperus Press
  • Release : 2014-08-01
  • ISBN : 1780943172
  • Pages : 246 pages

Download or read book Apocalypse Next Tuesday written by David Safier and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The course of true love never runs smoothly, especially when the Apocalypse gets in the way—a hilarious rom-com, Bridget Jones meets Life of Brian When 30-something Marie jilts her boring boyfriend at the altar she wonders if life can get any worse. So when a handsome carpenter comes to work on the roof, she realizes she has nothing to lose by asking him out. Even his bizarre assertions that he is Jesus isn't enough to put Marie off—her biological clock is ticking, and it's time to settle down. Meanwhile, Satan (a dead ringer for George Clooney) is on the prowl, recruiting horsemen for next week's Armageddon, scheduled for Tuesday, and Archangel Gabriel has discovered the pleasures of the flesh and is off on a sex marathon. Things are looking grim. Fortunately, Marie is dating the son of God—maybe, just maybe, he can get things straightened out. Provocative and blasphemous (with added pizza), this is a wonderfully light, witty book full of surprises.

Book Havana Bay

    Book Details:
  • Author : Martin Cruz Smith
  • Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
  • Release : 2001
  • ISBN : 0345390458
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Havana Bay written by Martin Cruz Smith and published by Random House Digital, Inc.. This book was released on 2001 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A novel about the murder of a Russian man in Cuba.

Book Who s who in Art

    Book Details:
  • Author : Bernard Dolman
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1980
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 592 pages

Download or read book Who s who in Art written by Bernard Dolman and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Exploring Travel and Tourism

Download or read book Exploring Travel and Tourism written by Jennifer Erica Sweda and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring Travel and Tourism: Essays on Journeys and Destinations offers a broad treatment of topics in global travel/tourism studies through articles first presented at Travel and Tourism panels at Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association conferences between 2007 and 2010. Through archival research, close readings and case studies, the authors assembled here examine the significance of travel and the tourist experience over the last two hundred years, from Borneo to Cuba to Niagara Falls, and places in between. The contributions seek to unpack the meanings of nationality, postcolonialism, place, gender, class and the Self/Other dyad as they bump up against the framework of travel studies. Taken together, the articles speak to central issues in current scholarly debates about travel, tourism and culture from various historical, geographical and disciplinary perspectives. The contributions are grouped thematically into three sections. Part I, “The Personal Travel Narrative: Constructing the Self Through Encounters with the Other,” offers close readings of travelogues, both published and unpublished. Part II, “Constructing a National Identity Through Tourism,” details the ways that nations and states market themselves to tourists. Part III, “The Meaning of Journey; The Meaning of Destination,” investigates places, both real and created, and the ways people travel to get to them.

Book Who s Who in American Art

Download or read book Who s Who in American Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 90 Miles to Havana

Download or read book 90 Miles to Havana written by Enrique Flores-Galbis and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Julian's parents make the heartbreaking decision to send him and his two brothers away from Cuba to Miami via the Pedro Pan operation, the boys are thrust into a new world where bullies run rampant and it's not always clear how best to protect themselves. 90 Miles to Havana is a 2011 Pura Belpre Honor Book for Narrative and a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Book The Urban Sketcher

    Book Details:
  • Author : Marc Taro Holmes
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2014-09-30
  • ISBN : 144033479X
  • Pages : 146 pages

Download or read book The Urban Sketcher written by Marc Taro Holmes and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-09-30 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make the world your studio! Capture the bustle and beauty of life in your town. Experience life as only an artist can! Join the rapidly growing, international movement of artists united by a passion for drawing on location in the cities, towns and villages where they live and travel. Packed with art and advice from Marc Taro Holmes, artist and co-founder of Urbansketchers.org, this self-directed workshop shows you how to draw inspiration from real life and bring that same excitement into your sketchbook. Inside you'll find everything you need to tackle subjects ranging from still lifes and architecture to people and busy street scenes. • 15 step-by-step demonstrations cover techniques for creating expressive drawings using pencil, pen and ink, and watercolor. • Expert tips for achieving a balance of accuracy, spontaneity and speed. • Practical advice for working in the field, choosing subjects, coping with onlookers, capturing people in motion and more. • Daily exercises and creative prompts for everything from improving essential skills to diverse approaches, such as montages, storytelling portraits and one-page graphic novels. Whether you are a habitual doodler or a seasoned artist, The Urban Sketcher will have you out in the world sketching from the very first page. By completing drawings on the spot, in one session, you achieve a fresh impression of not just what you see, but also what it feels like to be there . . . visual life stories as only you can experience them.

Book Islands Magazine

    Book Details:
  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2006-07
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 136 pages

Download or read book Islands Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 2006-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Art Index Retrospective

Download or read book Art Index Retrospective written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1812 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Whitaker s Book List

Download or read book Whitaker s Book List written by and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 1770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Leave Me Alone with the Recipes

Download or read book Leave Me Alone with the Recipes written by Cipe Pineles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saveur “Best New Cookbooks of the Year" Finalist for the Gourmand Award for Cookbook Design The newly discovered illustrated recipes of wildly influential yet unsung designer Cipe Pineles, introducing her delectable work in food and art to a new generation. Not long ago, Sarah Rich and Wendy MacNaughton discovered a painted manuscript at an antiquarian book fair that drew them in like magnets: it displayed a vibrant painting of hot pink beets and a hand-lettered recipe for borscht written in script so full of life, it was hard to believe it was more than sixty-five years old. It was the work of one of the most influential graphic designers of the twentieth century--Cipe (pronounced “C. P.”) Pineles, the first female art director at Condé Nast, whose impact lives on in the work of Maira Kalman, Julia Rothman, and many others. Completed in 1945, it was a keepsake of her connection to her childhood's Eastern European food--she called it Leave Me Alone with the Recipes. For Wendy and Sarah, it was a talisman of a woman they had not known was their idol: a strong, independent spirit whose rich archive--of drawings, recipes, diaries, and letters to family and friends--led them into a dazzling history of mid-century design, art, food, New York City society, and culture. They teamed up with Maria Popova of Brain Pickings and Debbie Millman of Design Matters, along with contributors Mimi Sheraton, Steven Heller, Paula Scher, and Maira Kalman, to present Cipe Pineles's life and work as it should be presented--in glorious color. With Pineles's illustrated cookbook and a section of updated recipes as its centerpiece, this gorgeous volume will delight foodies and design devotees alike.

Book Who s who in American Art  1973

Download or read book Who s who in American Art 1973 written by and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 956 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Sweetest Thing

Download or read book The Sweetest Thing written by Christina Mandelski and published by Egmont USA. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the world of Sheridan Wells, life is perfect when she’s decorating a cake. Unfortunately, everything else is a complete mess: her mom ran off years ago, her dad is more interested in his restaurant, and the idea of a boyfriend is laughable. But Sheridan is convinced finding her mom will solve all her problems—only her dad’s about to get a cooking show in New York, which means her dream of a perfect family will be dashed. Using just the right amount of romance, family drama, and cute boys, The Sweetest Thing will entice fans with its perfect mixture of girl-friendly ingredients.

Book Yaya Han s World of Cosplay

    Book Details:
  • Author : Yaya Han
  • Publisher : Union Square & Co.
  • Release : 2021-02-16
  • ISBN : 145493266X
  • Pages : 516 pages

Download or read book Yaya Han s World of Cosplay written by Yaya Han and published by Union Square & Co.. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative guide to cosplay written by a legend in the community, and packed with step-by-step advice and fascinating investigations into every aspect of the art. Cosplay—a portmanteau combining "costume" and "play"—has become one of the hottest trends in fandom . . . and Yaya Han is its shining superstar. In this guide to cosplaying, Han narrates her 20-year journey from newbie fan to entrepreneur with a household name in geekdom, revealing her self-taught methods for embodying a character and her experiences in the community. Each chapter is information-packed as she covers everything from the history of cosplay, to using nontraditional materials for costumes, to transforming your hobby into a career—all enhanced with expert advice. Illustrated throughout and easy to use, this practical manual also delights with fascinating stories from the past decades' global cosplay boom. It's the perfect gift for anyone interested in learning (or improving their skills in) the art of cosplay.

Book Studio Visit

    Book Details:
  • Author : Linda Geary
  • Publisher : Studio Visit
  • Release : 2013
  • ISBN : 9780615849669
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book Studio Visit written by Linda Geary and published by Studio Visit. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Art. California Interest. With an essay by Norma Cole. STUDIO VISIT collects impressions about art and life from 100 in-studio conversations with Bay Area artists, writers, curators, and gallerists. Each conversation was whittled down to a list of words and a series of color swatch collages that each person chose during the visit. The result is a series of fragmentary portraits of each person. Participants include: Zarouhie Abdalian, Claudia Altman-Siegel, D-L Alvarez, Mari Andrews, Kim Anno, Chris Ashley, Stephen Beal, Dodie Bellamy, Bill Berkson, Libby Black, Rebeca Bollinger, Matt Borruso, Rena & Trish Bransten, Brad Brown, Christopher Brown, Regina Clarkinia, Ishan Clemenco, Amanda Curreri, Mel Davis, Veronica De Jesus, Apsara DiQuinzio, Nathaniel Dorsky, Chris Duncan, Sally Elesby, Amy Ellingson, Amy Evans-McClure, Liam Everett, Kota Ezawa, Josh Faught, Bruno Fazzolari, Vincent Fecteau, Aida Gamez, Rema Ghuloum, Bryson Gill, James Gobel, Matt Gordon, Leonie Guyer, Glen Helfand, Cliff Hengst, Scott Hewicker, Richard Hoblock, Jens Hoffmann, David Huffman, Colter Jacobsen, Jordan Kantor, Rachel Kaye, Kevin Killian, George Kuchar, Ruth Laskey, Neil LeDoux, Steven Leiber, Connie Lewallen, Robin McDonnell, Philip McGaughy, Mac McGinnes, Martin McMurray, Leigh Markopoulos, Pam Martin, Andrew Masullo, Cheryl Meeker, Anthony Meier, Jim Melchert, Maysha Mohamedi, Ron Nagle, Jay Nelson, Tucker Nichols, Shaun O'Dell, Sian Oblak, Francesca Pastine, Chris Perez, Joey Piziali, Josh Podoll, Maria Porges, Mel Prest, Emily Prince, Lucy Puls, Laurie Reid, Brody Reiman, Eli Ridgway, Larry Rinder, Annabeth Rosen, Jesse Schlesinger, Jovi Schnell, Allison Smith, Dean Smith, Lynn Sondag, Kathryn Spence, Jordan Stein, Suzanne Stein, Jill Storthz, Margaret Tedesco, Sarah Thibault, Dan Tierney, Kathryn Van Dyke, David Wilson, Pamela Wilson- Ryckman, Cooley Windsor, Steven Wolf, John Zurier, and Nina Zurier."