Graphic Art category: 1709 books
Fashion's Double
Representations of Fashion in Painting, Photography and Film
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2015
Mere clothing is transformed into desirable fashion by the way it is represented in imagery. Fashion's Double examines how meanings are projected onto garments through their representation, whether in painting, photography, cinema or online fashion film, conveying identity and status, eliciting fascination...
Know It All Fashion
The 50 Key Modes, Garments, and Designers, Each Explained in Under a Minute
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Most of us have some feeling for fashion and have a vague idea of what’s in and what’s out. Less familiar to most, however, is the way fashion works as a global business. Know-It-All Fashion looks beyond the surface of this billion-dollar industry. Each entry is summarized in under a minute–using...
Design on trial
Critique and metamorphosis of the contemporary object
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Different industrial objects have been taken to trial during time, such as steel handles, plastic vessels, decorated chairs, packaging or neon lamps. They have been accused of perpetrating a crime against art and soul, against ecology and civilisation, against style and imagination. Through 12 keywords...
Danish Modern
Between Art and Design
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Danish Modern explores the development of mid-century modernist design in Denmark from historical, analytical and theoretical perspectives. Mark Mussari explores the relationship between Danish design aesthetics and the theoretical and cultural impact of Modernism, particularly between 1930 and 1960....
by Vladimir Loukinin, Anatoli Ivanov
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Encounter one of history’s greatest civilisations through miniatures. In Persian Miniatures, the story of the magnificent Persian Empire is told by way of a small but vibrant artistic tradition. The colourful images, which are, in fact, elaborate book illustrations, introduce a curious world of...
Twentieth Century Limited
Industrial Design In America 1925-1939
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2010
In the late 1920's "streamlined" became the term businessmen used to describe new models that were easier to produce as well as those that met with less sales resistance than older products. Illustrating this concept with streamlined objects from soup cans to the Chrysler building, Jeffrey...
Designing Disability
Symbols, Space, and Society
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2017
Designing Disability traces the emergence of an idea and an ideal – physical access for the disabled – through the evolution of the iconic International Symbol of Access (ISA). The book draws on design history, material culture and recent critical disability studies to examine not only the development...
by Klaus Carl
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Mega Square Shoes focuses on the history of the shoe and elevates the shoe to the rank of a work of art. The author is a leading expert on the subject and curator of France‘s Shoe Museum, which holds the greatest shoe collection in the world, with 12,000 specimens.
by Victoria Charles
Language: French
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Language: French
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Découvrez l'une des plus grandes civilisations de notre histoire à travers les miniatures. Dans Miniatures persanes, l'histoire de l'empire perse nous est racontée aux travers de sa tradition artistique.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
Color speaks a powerful cultural language, conveying political, sexual, and economic messages that, throughout history, have revealed how we relate to ourselves and our world. This ground-breaking compilation is the first to investigate how color in fashionable and ceremonial dress has played a significant...
Fashion's Front Line
Fashion Show Photography from the Runway to Backstage
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Before the live streaming of international fashion shows and the instant publication of runway images online, the collections were strictly 'invitation only'. It was the photographer, runway's unsung hero, who allowed us a glimpse of an exclusive and fascinating spectacle.
A visual journey...
Fashion Installation
Body, Space, and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2019
Gone are the days when fashion relied on a runway launch with coinciding press promotions to show a couturier's new range. Today, design houses are thinking beyond traditional methods of display to stimulate interest in their collections, such as to the internet, fashion film and, more recently, fashion...
by LarsGöran Boström
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2017
Learning is a challenge. To design a workable learning experience is even more challenging. It is like moving art with a well-defined purpose and goals. This book is intended to work as practical guide to improve the prospects for you to succeed with your learning design project. It includes four...
A Decade of French Fashion, 1929-1938
From the Depression to the Brink of War
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
"A well-illustrated survey of style. Chock full of detailed, quality illustrations accompanied by brief descriptions. A worthy offering. Nostalgic types who enjoy perusing vintage catalogs and clip art books will find much to savor here. This practical resource is sure to provide inspiration...