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Jerry Sibal is no mere party planner. He’s a world-renowned designer of unforgettable celebrations of every description. Each of Sibal’s projects - whether for a private birthday party or holiday dinner, a lavish wedding or bar/bat mitzvah, a corporate retreat or charity ball - is a distinctive work of art. An Event to Remember presents a portfolio of some of Sibal’s finest and most visionary work - with dramatic photographs that will make you wish you’d been there.

Throughout, Sibal reveals how he coordinates architecture, lighting and audiovisual systems, interior decor, tabletop arrangements, and his trademark floral extravaganzas to create such gloriously spellbinding environments. Venues from all over the country are featured, from New York City’s Rainbow Room, to Miami Beach’s Setai Hotel, to Atlantic City’s Borgata Casino, to outdoor settings such as the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and a California hillside with breathtaking Pacific Ocean views.

In 1920, a well-known illustrator compiled hundreds of his preliminary studies of costumed models. He photographed them and produced two portfolios that offer a revealing look into an expert's technique. Students in need of suggestions and assistance related to figure drawing will find here exactly the sort of help they seek — the position of the body in walking and sitting, the pose of a hand and position of an arm, facial expressions of every variety, and a host of other postures and attitudes.

This new edition marks the first time Arthur Keller's Sketchbook has been made available since its original publication. Although it features no descriptive text, the energy and expressiveness of its studies will instill in art students and professionals a higher appreciation of the rendering of the draped figure. In addition to its appeal to fine art enthusiasts and seekers of art instruction, this volume will also serve as a source of inspiration for fashion designers and costumers.

In this indispensable entertaining guide, Michael Devine, a well-known tastemaker, shows how the garden can be a perfect and easily transformable setting to stage enchanted events in every season.

Michael Devine shares the joys of outdoor dining in his exquisite garden, presenting several get-togethers throughout the year-from breakfast and lunch to cocktails and dinner. Included are easy-to-prepare recipes as well as lots of ideas for creating festive tablescapes and decor that befit each occasion, from an iridescent butterfly-themed summer luncheon to a Christmas Eve feast in his cozy candlelit garden folly.

Each garden event is chic and infused with whimsical effects. This small backyard garden has clipped bushes, trellised climbing roses, potted containers, and raised sprightly vegetable and herb beds, which serve as the source for many of the fresh ingredients for his mouthwatering menus. An array of sensuous blooms for the table is ready for the picking. A charming bagatelle with a thatched roof and a gravel terrace enveloped by the lush garden function as intimate seating areas for his chic parties.

This book provides expert guidance and inspiration for readers looking to create their own stylish outdoor parties with ease, whether they are city dwellers with a small plot of land or the owners of country property.

Many initiatives to support women were begun in the late 1800s, but the Royal School of Needlework (RSN) is one of the few that remain. This initiative was born from the desire of three women – Princess Helena, Lady Victoria Welby and Lady Marian Alford – to popularise the lost art of ornamental needlework and place it on a par with other decorative arts, such as painting and sculpture. Their other, yet no less important goal was to provide employment for women compelled to earn their own livelihood. Though women are no longer so limited in occupational options, the RSN has been keeping traditional embroidery techniques alive for a century and a half. 

Published to coincide with the RSN’s 150th anniversary, this book will tell the story of the RSN from its founding in 1872 to the current day. It will highlight key people, royal and other special commissions, the changing fortunes of the school as fashions changed and the approach to teaching hand embroidery, as well as bringing attention to the role and position of the RSN historically and today, associating with everyone from society ladies and theatre impresarios in the late 19th century to working with fashion designers Patrick Grant, Nicholas Oakwell and Alexander McQueen, and architects in the 21st century.

About the Author:

Dr Susan Kay-Williams has been chief executive of the Royal School of Needlework since 2007. She is also a curator and archivist. She has spent a lot of her spare time researching the RSN’s history because she believes more of its remarkable history needs to be known. In her own right her research interest is in the history of dyes and textile dyeing. She published The Story of Colour in Textiles in 2013 (Bloomsbury).

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Ce livre décrit la structure de trente meubles du XVIIIè siècle. Les nombreux dessins en perspective éclatée réalisés par l’auteur présentent d’une manière inédite et particulièrement explicite la façon dont sont construits ces meubles. Le texte complète judicieusement les dessins en permettant de mieux comprendre les particularités de chaque meuble. De son expérience de restaurateur, l’auteur, ancien ébéniste, fidèle défenseur de la tradition, témoigne par cet important travail d’une expérience qui lui a permis de côtoyer des meubles exceptionnels dont il restitue très fidèlement l’anatomie.

Sommaire :
Style Louis XIV : Commode en marqueterie Boulle, Commode marquetée,Bureau à huit pieds, Bureau en marqueterie Boulle.
Style Louis XV : Commode légèrement galbée, Commode plaquée en aile de papillon, Commode galbée marquetée avec fleurs de couleur, Secrétaire à abattant, Bureau en pente, Bureau plat, Petit bureau de dame, Table liseuse, Table serre-bijoux, Bureau à bascule.
Style Transition : Table de toilette, Petit secrétaire de dame, Meuble d’entre-deux à rideau, Table ronde avec écritoire, Table ronde, Table ovale, Commode à ressaut.
Style Louis XVI : Commode à pieds cannelés, Commode à pieds colonne en façade, Bureau plat, Bureau plat avec tirette, Bonheur du jour,Table rognon, Bureau à cylindre, Secrétaire, Table à la tronchin.Glossaire.

This instructive book presents excellent annotated line drawings of anatomical structure for the beginning artist, explaining the subject in simple terms, identifying parts of the body and demonstrating physical activities through the author’s sketches. Chapters cover the human skeleton, head and neck, torso, arm, hand, leg, foot, and musculature. 179 black-and-white illustrations.

The fundamentals of figure drawing--anatomy and perspective — seldom receive a thorough treatment within the same book. This volume, written by an experienced teacher, covers both aspects and provides a basic understanding of how to convey the structure and functions of the human figure. Oliver discusses and illustrates the principles involved in figure drawing — including its representation by such simple forms as the cube, the cylinder, and the sphere— as well as anatomical features, from the trunk and limbs to the head and facial features

Meticulously adapted from authentic murals, pottery, jewelry, and other sources, this rich display of designs provides an authentic view of gods and pharaohs, priests and ordinary folk, plants, animals, and other elements of ancient Egyptian life. 434 black-and-white illustrations plus 17 color designs.

This magnificent reproduction of two rare French design collections of the early twentieth century encompasses everything a graphic artist could wish for in ancient Egyptian decor. All the classic elements are included: funerary art, costumed figures with exotic headdresses, charioteers, religious iconography, elaborately embellished vases, magnificent sailing ships, and many exquisite patterns from interior and exterior architectural ornamentation.

A rich treasury of lush, brilliantly colored design motifs, this superb collection of royalty-free images will serve as an excellent source of inspiration for artists and designers and provide a magnificent book for browsers and all those interested in the culture and art forms of ancient Egypt.

Republication of the Paris, 1923 edition.

Included are elaborate examples of Aegean costume, Doric and Ionic styles of dress for women, Greek and Roman armor, graceful and intricately arranged Roman togas, more. Ornate vestments of the Eastern Orthodox Church and Byzantine costumes are carefully described and portrayed as are styles of hairdressing, jewelry, and other decorative elements. 315 black-and-white illustrations.

Пролистать книгу Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine Costume

Book DescriptionThis book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs; no installation is required. For most applications, single images can be used free of charge. Please consult the introduction to this book, or visit our website for conditions.

L’auteur, professeur de marqueterie à l’école Boulle et docteur en histoire de l’art, nous décrit la vie et l’œuvre de cet ébéniste d’exception avec le regard combiné d’un artisan et d’un historien.

André-Charles Boulle (1642-1732) était déjà à 30 ans considéré comme « le plus habile ébéniste de Paris » (Colbert). Il fut le seul artisan de sa génération à réunir plusieurs savoir-faire qui tous participaient à la beauté des objets qu’il fabriquait. Son nom est en effet associé à ses talents de marqueteur, lui qui avait développé l’art de recouvrir les meubles d’écaille de tortue et de métal (laiton, étain ou cuivre), procédé qui prit le nom de marqueterie Boulle. Il était également un virtuose de la « peinture en bois », une technique associant diverses essences pour former bouquets, rinceaux, guirlandes et arabesques. Il fut aussi dessinateur, tabletier, menuisier et il maîtrisait l’art du bronze : il dirigea finalement son propre atelier de fabrication des bronzes où il sculptait parfois ses modèles et pratiquait la ciselure et la dorure.

Il nous laissa des meubles magnifiques, mais aussi de plus petits objets : écritoires, consoles, horloges, coffrets et de nombreux dessins manuscrits ou gravés que l’auteur se fait un plaisir de présenter à travers de nombreuses photographies et de commenter en précisant leur histoire, les techniques utilisées, les essences et matières mises en oeuvre. À l’occasion il les accompagne de leur relevé, et pour mieux rendre compte des nombreux détails, certains dessins de grandes dimensions sont présentés sur des planches dépliantes.

Le livre commence par un rappel des techniques de marqueterie utilisées par Boulle : le dessin, les matériaux, le découpage et ses outils, la partie et la contre-partie, la marqueterie de bois (ou peinture en bois), la gravure. Il raconte ensuite la vie de l’ébéniste, précise son contexte historique dans le Paris des artisans au XVIIe siècle, sa famille avec Jean Bolt, son père déjà menuisier en ébène, sa jeunesse, sa rapide ascension dans l’artisanat jusqu’à être logé pendant 60 ans au Louvre par le roi qui l’a ainsi placé au-dessus des règlements corporatifs. L’auteur nous rappelle que l’homme était aussi un fou de peinture et collectionneur passionné, ce qui le faisait toujours vivre avec des créanciers à sa porte et le fera même tâter de la prison pour dettes.
Le texte est émaillé de nombreuses photographies accompagnées de descriptions d’ouvrages de Boulle sans oublier ceux de certains ébénistes contemporains qui l’ont influencé ou au contraire suivi, et de certains meubles plus tardifs qui montrent des panneaux de marqueterie du Maître réemployés par d’autres. Le livre se termine par un reportage dans un atelier parisien qui a récemment effectué dans les règles de l’art la copie d’une armoire de Boulle.

Pierre Ramond est également l’auteur de plusieurs livres de référence : La Marqueterie et les trois tomes des Chefs d’œuvre des marqueteurs, également aux éditions Vial.
Sommaire :
Préface de Daniel Alcouffe, conservateur du musée du Louvre
Histoire et technique de la marqueterie
La vie et l’œuvre d’André-Charles Boulle
L’héritage d’André-Charles Boulle

Throughout his career, Andy Warhol easily crossed the boundaries between fine art and graphic design; in fact, he made no distinction between art and advertising.

Posters were a natural medium for this talented artist, and he was much in demand to promote some of the most renowned celebrities, causes, and brands of his time.

This richly illustrated book catalogs all of Warhol's posters commissioned for a specific purpose and features original artwork. Arranged chronologically, they present a fascinating array of subjects, including cultural events, musicians, political campaigns, and iconic brands. Each of the posters is exquisitely reproduced, including some with multiple variations, and accompanied by informative texts and comparative illustrations.

The author's introductory essay offers a brief history of poster art and contextualises Warhol's output against masters of the form such as Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec and Keith Haring. Seen in their entirety, these posters - bearing all the hallmarks of the artist's finest work - both reflect and reveal the cultural zeitgeist that drove Warhol's innovative practice.

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