Архітектура

У цій книзі широко представлена ​​одна із найяскравіших сторінок історії світового мистецтва –The Italian Renaissance. Італійський Ренесанс - це епоха безмірного зльоту творчої фантазії, небаченої насамперед свободи людського генія, що гармонійно підкорював усі області доступної йому діяльності - архітектуру, скульптуру, живопис.

У період раннього Відродження мистецтво і культура, що зосередилися і вигодовані у Флоренції та Італії, зазнали радикального оновлення, яке поступово поширилося по всій Європі різними засобами та стилістичними проявами. Відродження ґрунтувалося на оновленому інтересі до Стародавнього світу – від філософії до літератури, від міфології до образотворчого мистецтва – неоплатонічної філософії та гуманізму. Наукові інтереси включали пізнання природи та людини, у тому числі, її анатомії, та пошук нових технологій. Гармонійне поєднання основних мистецтв зростало над рівнем механічного відтворення, щоб перетворитися на вільний вираз тепер уже консолідованих інтелектуальних прерогатив майстра. Перелік великих імен, які зробили цей художній період, таким плідним включає Мазаччо, Брунеллескі, Леонардо, Мікеланджело і Рафаеля.

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Архітектура у Флоренції та Тоскані ........................4
Архітектура у Північній Італії................................50
Архітектура в Центральній та Південній Італії.........108
Скульптура у Флоренції та Тоскані 144
Скульптура у Північній Італії.................................224
Скульптура в Центральній та Південній Італії...........260
Живопис у Флоренції та Тоскані...........................292
Живопис у Північній Італії 388
Живопис у Центральній та Південній Італії...........502

The gabled manor houses of the early 17th century are, for many, the epitome of the English country house; indeed, Jacobean houses form the core of the National Trust collection. Richly illustrated with colour and duotone photographs from "Country Life's" unparalleled archive, this book tells the absorbing story of the evolution of the Jacobean country house. Though the Jacobean period itself spanned only 22 years (1603-25), it was to have a major impact on English domestic architecture. This was an exciting period of experiment and discovery, with an extraordinary range of architectural styles being brought into play. Plain Classical formality coexisted with French, Italian and Dutch examples adapted to English tastes, the result of an explosion in new ideas that also produced revolutions in other aspects of life - notably the English Civil War. Nicholas Cooper's authoritative essays on 22 key Jacobean houses are brought to life with beautifully reproduced photographs in the next in the "Country Life" series on houses by period.

Phoebe Howard's penchant for creating stylish spaces has evolved into her own brand of decorating. Known for her fresh take on traditional style, Mrs. Howard continually strives to keep it pretty. This book will feature several of her biggest design projects including houses in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Alabama, Bermuda and New York and will address the most common decorating issues and problems she gets asked about by clients and customers.

The book's design projects are organized by theme: Inviting, Inspiring, Timeless, Graceful, Tranquil, Casual and Comfortable.

These are words used to describe Mrs. Howard's style of decorating and also illustrate the many different ways she strives to make her houses look and feel.

This beautiful book, in both package and content, will appeal to the design conscious and individuals with a flair for the pretty.

Whether homeowner or tenant, our homes are one of our most significant emotional assets. They can define our quality of life, protecting and comforting, inspiring and motivating, but only if our homes are a liberating expression of who we are and an effective tool in how we want to live. In "The Joy of Home", interior designer, Naomi Cleaver, guides you through everything it takes to design the perfect home for you, from revealing your unique 'creative DNA' to common sense practicalities. Naomi reveals insider information on visualisation, space planning, the mechanics of heating and ventilation and what 'green' really means. When it comes to implementation, whether major construction or a simple craft project, Naomi explains, based on years of personal and professional experience, how to get the results you want. Written in the same easy-to-follow narrative of a much-loved cook book, and packed with inspiring ideas and seductive imagery, "The Joy of Home" is an essential reference book in any home transformation project, illustrating how to design a home to reflect your heart's desire.

Kitchens have been transformed from a purely utilitarian workspace to a culinary-family-friends mecca where everyone congregates. While kitchens in condos and small houses may still be limited in square footage, even a tiny galley-style space is often now open to living and dining areas in loft-style arrangement for better camaraderie and conversation.

Divided into two sections, this book will guide you through the process of designing the perfect kitchen. The first section takes you through a step-by-step approach to kitchen design and renovation, complete with questions to ask contractors, layout suggestions and checklists. Followed by a selection of inspiring kitchens, highlighting different options and styles to help you create your ideal space, The Kitchen Bible is an invaluable tool to help you design a culinary space that inspires and delights.

This work is devoted to one of the home's most essential spaces: the kitchen. With over 600 photographs, the book offers an extensive selection of the best kitchens with examples of different styles chosen for their size and layout: XXS, Medium, Open & View, Eat-in and XXL. Each chapter, in addition to the inspiring photos, includes a range of products related to each of the five styles, with information on leading brands and manufacturers of kitchens and accessories.

This is the first book devoted to Tiffany lamps in more than 20 years. Experts in the field have made a selection of exceptional lamps - many of which have rarely been seen or published - and each one has been newly photographed with the latest photographic techniques to reveal in extraordinary detail the artistic quality and high craftsmanship of these masterpieces of decorative art.

Martin Eidelberg and Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen have contributed essays on the history of the lamps, enlarging our understanding of Louis Comfort Tiffany's achievement. They have drawn upon a host of previously unpublished photographs, paintings, and watercolors by Tiffany and other artists in his employ, as well as on working drawings and studio photographs, and images evoking the lost gardens and interiors of Tiffany's country estate, Laurelton Hall, that so inspired him. They outline the development and manufacture of the Tiffany lamp from freehand sketch to finished form, as well as the chief decorative themes in Tiffany's glass masterpieces and their relation to the work of other fin de siecle glassmakers.

At an early age, Alexa Hampton learned the language of good design, the vocabulary to speak it, and the elements that define it. As the daughter of interior design legend Mark Hampton, she traveled the world by her father’s side, touring the great architectural landmarks and discovering beauty, training her eye.

Now one of America’s most influential designers herself, Alexa Hampton provides a tour of stunning residences from her own portfolio.

Eighteen classic spaces illustrate in rich detail the elements that govern cultivated design - contrast, proportion, color, and balance. Among the residences are a landmark 1912 McKim, Mead & White restoration on Fifth Avenue in New York City; an eclectic house by the sea layered in textures, patterns, and colors; a contemporary apartment distinguished by simple geometry and clean lines; and Hampton’s own apartment, filled with an exquisite collection of architectural elements.

Hampton also explains how she tailored each space to meet her clients’ needs while retaining a timeless aesthetic, and she provides design expertise on everything from fabric schemes to the particulars of paint. From a French neoclassical tour de force of architec-ture, artwork, and design to a Queen Anne summer cottage furnished to showcase the house’s graceful nineteenth-century dimensions, the spaces here speak the language of design - a language that, under Hampton’s tutelage, anyone can master.

Останне слово про мову міського планування та дизайну.

The Language of Towns & Cities – це знакова публікація, яка пояснює мову, якою ми говоримо про міське планування та дизайн. Повсякденні слова, такі як «авеню», «бульвар», «парк» та «район», а також менш вживані слова та терміни, такі як «сталий розвиток», «вуглецево-нейтральний» або «ефект Більбао», використовуються з найрізноманітнішими значеннями, що викликає плутанину серед громадян, міських чиновників та інших осіб, які приймають рішення, коли вони намагаються проектувати життєздатні райони, містечка та міста.

Цей чудовий том є плодом понад десяти років досліджень та написання, спрямованих на покращення цієї ситуації. The Language of Towns & Cities, що рясно ілюструється понад 2500 фотографіями, малюнками та діаграмами, є як багатим детальним глосарієм, що містить понад сімсот слів та термінів, що зазвичай використовуються в архітектурі та міському плануванні, так і збірником, що представляє великий візуальний інтерес. Від вулиць «А» та «Б» до «Нульової стоянки» та «Цуй часу» – книга одночасно вичерпна та доступна.

Ця книга, що є важливою працею для архітекторів, містобудівників, студентів-дизайнерів та всіх, хто цікавиться майбутнім міст, має стати класикою у своїй галузі.

Про авторів

Дхіру А. Тадані – практикуючий архітектор та викладач, який працював у Північній та Південній Америці, Європі та Азії в галузі міського дизайну, містобудування, архітектурного проектування, ландшафтного дизайну та управління будівництвом.

Леон Крієр – відомий архітектор, який викладав архітектуру та містобудування в Королівському коледжі мистецтв Лондона, Принстонському університеті, Єльському університеті та Університеті Вірджинії.

Андрес Дуані – один із найвпливовіших архітекторів та містобудівників Америки.

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Погортати книгу The Language of Towns & Cities: A Visual Dictionary на сайтi видавництва.

The definitive worldwide architectural history of the library, with spectacular original photography by one of the finest architectural photographers at work today

Ambitious and wide-ranging, this is the first single-volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world and from the beginnings of writing to the present day.

Book collections have always served to display their owners’ culture and learning and the word ‘library’ has come to mean not only the books themselves, but also the buildings that house them. Each age and culture has moulded them to reflect its own priorities and preoccupations – mirroring the history of civilization itself.

In its highest form the library became a total work of art, combining painting, sculpture, furniture and architecture. From their designs for the libraries of ancient Rome to those of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, architects have sought to outdo each other by producing ever more spectacular settings.

The author and photographer have travelled the globe, documenting some eighty libraries. Architectural historian James Campbell contributes an authoritative and highly readable account. Will Pryce is one of the world’s leading photographers of interiors and architecture. Arresting and technically flawless, his photographs are both lucid and deeply atmospheric.

Contents List:

Preface; Introduction • 1. Lost Beginnings – Libraries in the Ancient World • 2. Cloisters, Codices and Chests – Libraries in the Middle Ages• 3. Cupboards, Chains and Stalls – Libraries in the Sixteenth Century • 4. Walls, Domes and Alcoves – Libraries in the Seventeenth Century • 5. Angels, Frescoes and Secret Doors – Libraries in the Eighteenth Century • 6. Iron Stacks, Gas Lights and Card Catalogues – Libraries in the Nineteenth Century • 7. Electricity, Concrete and Steel – Libraries in the Twentieth Century • 8. The Future of Libraries in the Electronic Age

About the Authors:

James W. P. Campbell, Fellow in Architecture and History of Art, Queens’ College, Cambridge, is the author of Building St Paul’s and Brick: A World History, also with Will Pryce.

Will Pryce, a trained architect and award-winning photographer, is the author of six books, all published by Thames & Hudson.

A privileged invitation into a world of beauty -- from a seventeenth-century Italian palace and retreats in the Swiss Alps and Morocco to artists' studios and noble residences in Austria and Spain. Simon Watson takes the reader into highly personal environments that reveal the creativity and personality of their esteemed inhabitants.

Since the 1990s, Watson has been one of the most prolific chroniclers of remarkable interiors and portraits, gracing the pages of W magazine, Vanity Fair, AD, and T Magazine. From hard-edged modernity and historical exoticism to pure classicism, the photographer has documented rooms of note in cities, atop mountains, and by the sea.

Complementing his masterful images, Watson gives an intimate description of each location. On this journey with the photographer, one experiences the Duchess of Alba's Palacio Liria in Madrid, filled with sixteenth- and seventeenth-century masterpieces; interior designer Roberto Peregalli's splendid riad in Tangier; the magnificent and vast Castello Gardena in the Italian Alps owned by the Franchetti clan; Guinness
heir Garech de Brun's hillside retreat in County Wicklow, Ireland; the Renaissance Palazzo Massimo alle Colonne in Rome, designed by Baldassarre Peruzzi in the sixteenth century; shoe designer Christian Louboutin's fanciful Parisian apartment; and many other splendid places around the world.

About the Author:

Simon Watson, a native of Dublin, is one of the leading interiors photographers of today. His work appears in notable fashion, travel, and interior publications. Marella Caracciolo Chia is a design journalist for several industry publications. Tom Delavan is the design/interior director of T: The New York Times Style Magazine. James Reginato is writer-at-large for Vanity Fair and a contributing editor of Sotheby's Magazine.

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Пролистать книгу The Lives of Others: Sublime Interiors of Extraordinary People

The salon is the main room in the home, the place where family and friends come together. Previously found only in the mansions of the upper classes and reserved for banquets and balls, the salon has today evolved into the lounge or living room. The living rooms in this 600 page volume have been arranged according to decorative and architectural style. In addition to contemporary lounges in keeping with the majority of tastes, there are vintage lounges, and the minimalist living rooms that have now become a classic.

Creative Homeowner's lead title in its tremendously successful, ground-breaking home plan series, The Lowe's Ultimate Book of Home Plans, 3rd edition, offers readers 730 of the best-selling designs from leading architects and designers.

Over 550 gorgeous, full-color photographs and 1,600 illustrations allow readers to experience homes actually built from the designs, plus some interiors. Virtually every home style is offered, including farmhouses, country cottages, contemporaries, luxury estates, vacation retreats, and regional specialties. In addition to these designs, The Lowe's Ultimate Book of Home Plans, 3rd edition, offers practical tips and advice on everything from selecting a site and hiring a contractor to adding such finishing touches as trimwork and landscaping.

Owning your own swimming pool is a dream that is coming true for more and more people. So, for the first time in this series of lifestyle books, we are devoting a volume to swimming pools and everything related to the subject: pool houses, bathing spaces, saunas and hammams, and also garden designs, materials used for cladding the pool, terraces, furniture and so on.

"A woman once rang me up and said, 'Mr. Escher, I am absolutely crazy about your work. In your print Reptiles, you have given such a striking illustration of reincarnation.' I replied, ‘Madame, if that`s the way you see it, so be it.`" An engagingly sly comment by the renowned Dutch graphic artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898–1972) - the complex ambiguities of whose work leave hasty or single-minded interpretations far behind. Long before the first computer-generated 3-D images were thrilling the public, Escher was a master of the third dimension. His lithograph "Magic Mirror" dates as far back as 1946. In taking that title for this book, mathematician Bruno Ernst is stressing the magic spell Escher`s work invariably casts on those who see it. Ernst visited Escher every week for a year, systematically talking through his entire œuvre with him. Their discussions resulted in a friendship that gave Ernst intimate access to the life and conceptual world of Escher. Ernst`s account was meticulously scrutinized and made accurate by the artist himself.

Escher`s work refuses to be pigeonholed. Scientific, psychological, or aesthetic criteria alone cannot do it justice. The questions remain. Why did he create the pictures? How did he construct them? What preliminary studies were necessary before he could arrive at the final version? And how are the various images Escher created interrelated? This book, complete with biographical data, 250 illustrations, and explications of mathematical problems, offers answers to these and many other questions and is an authentic source text of the first order.