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Considered one of the most prominent actors of the Victorian era, William Morris (1843-1896) was a poet, artist, designer, and editor, and did not hesitate to express his socialist political views, which at the time were frowned upon by the establishment.
His encounters with Rossetti and Burne-Jones, as well as his religious studies, made him a man of manifold talents. From this mixture of genres, William Morris would go on to construct a remarkable career, applying his ideas through various enterprises he established under the name of the “William Morris Companies", revolutionizing both interior decorating and architecture. He quickly understood the advantage of industrial production techniques, which he used to design his creations. Together with John Ruskin, he also became a co-founder of the “Arts and Crafts" movement. Despite his admiration for Ruskin, he did not hesitate to publish his own poems in 1858 in his publishing house, Kelmscott Press.

His fascination with the pre-Raphaelite painters lead him to push aside the canons of English art, and, under the influence of Ruskin, to launch the rediscovery of the medieval style of decoration.

While drawing tapestries, carpets, glasswork, and other fine elements of interior decor, he became a fervent defender of socialism and participated actively in the Socialist Democratic Federation, which later became known as the Socialist League.

William Morris transformed his dreams and ideals into the deeds that still inspire our admiration today.

Through a series of illustrations, this work examines the scope of Morris’s talent, which continues to have a major influence on our daily lives today.

From the beautiful mountains and streams of Canada and the Adirondacks to the sandy beaches of New England, from the picturesque coasts of English villages to the sunny shores of the Bahamas, Winslow Homer captured in his paintings the true magnificence of nature.

For more than thirty years between 1873 and 1905, Winslow Homer turned to watercolours during his working vacations, concentrating on capturing the spirit of each place he visited with both spontaneity and intensity. Many of Homer’s most beautiful paintings focus on the interaction between humans and nature - a hunter carrying a deer on his shoulders, a man fishing from a small canoe, a girl lounging and reading in the grass, a young man driving cattle, a fisherman’s family anxiously watching for his return.

It is Homer’s understanding of this important relationship between humans and nature that makes his paintings so intriguing. Winslow Homer Watercolors reproduces the best of these paintings. Large colour plates allow these reproductions to be appreciated almost as much as the originals. Accompanying the more than 100 color plates is an eloquent introduction and detailed chronology of Homer’s life and artistic development.

This stunning volume allows one to experience nature through the eyes of one of America’s greatest painters. It is a vision of nature from a century ago that is still appreciated today.

About the Author

Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., is senior curator emeritus, American and British Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. He has written numerous books, articles, and exhibition catalogues on Winslow Homer.

Impressionism is feminine!

There is a widespread interest in Impressionist painting, and exhibitions on this accessible movement often draw a large and diverse audience. Unfortunately, most of these events display remarkable few works by the female contemporaries of Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, and Pissarro.

Yet there were quite a number of professional female artists in the second half of the nineteenth century, and the exceptional, attractive oil paintings, pastels, watercolors, drawings, and etchings in this volume are by four of the most significant. The works by these French and American artists — Berthe Morisot, a central figure in the Impressionist movement; Mary Cassatt, a very independent artist and a respected colleague of Degas’s; Eva Gonzalès, one of Manet’s most talented pupils; and Marie Bracquemond, whose small oeuvre is of the highest quality — reflect their various lives and experiences as women. Until now, they have never been exhibited together, and this publication contains many unfamiliar and surprising images, waiting to be discovered by both fans of and newcomers to Impressionism.

This book is an extraordinary pictorial dictionary of musical instruments from around the world, containing over 1500 drawings. Each instrument has been selected to provide a balanced historical overview of musical development: aerophones, idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, mechanical and electrical instruments are all equally represented.

All of the drawings have been created specifically for the details of features such as strings, frets and keys, together with characteristic decorative patterns, have been painstakingly reproduced.

World Musical Instruments will serve both as a source of information and as an object of fascination for: scholars, musicians, artists and designers. The accompanying CD-ROM with high-resolution jpeg illustrations of all the instruments provides the reader with an invaluable resource.

Agile Rabbit Editions contain 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.

Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Books are thrilled to present the next instalment of the wildly popular World of Warcraft Chronicle series. Volume 2 will reveal more sought-after details about the game universe's history and mythology. Showcasing lush, all-new artwork from fan favourites such as Peter Lee, Joseph Lacroix, and Alex Horley, this tome is sure to please all fanscasual and collector alike.

Blizzard Entertainment and Dark Horse Books are proud to present the third instalment of their bestselling World of Warcraft Chronicle series! Like its predecessors, Volume III features beautiful full-colour artwork by Peter Lee, Stanton Feng, and other fan-favourite artists, as well as intricately detailed maps and spot art by Joseph Lacroix. Bolster your knowledge of Warcraft lore with this striking third volume!

World of Warcraft: Chronicle Volume 1 — це подорож крізь епоху міфів і легенд, час задовго до появи Орди та Альянсу. Цей вичерпний том історії Warcraft розкриває нерозказані історії про народження космосу, піднесення стародавніх імперій та сили, що сформували світ Азероту та його народ.

Ця чудова книга у твердій палітурці містить двадцять п'ять повносторінкових картин художника World of Warcraft Пітера Лі, а також космологічну діаграму, півдюжини карт, що відображають зміни з часом, та інші ілюстрації лінійного мистецтва Джозефа Лакруа, і є першою в багатосерійній серії, що досліджує всесвіт Warcraft; від далекого минулого до сучасної епохи.

The definitive book for the collector of mechanical wristwatches, with complete information--including prices--on over 1,400 models made by more than 120 international brands.

Following the success of last year’s book, this fourteenth edition of what has become a watch industry classic features over 1,400 of the world’s most luxurious wristwatches and provides color photographs and complete specifications for each watch. With Wristwatch Annual, collectors have a wealth of information close at hand: the book is arranged alphabetically by producer, and within each producer’s section are specifications and materials for each watch, including price, movement, special features, complications, case, dial, band, and available variations of a particular model. A glossary and pronunciation guide help acclimate the reader to the world of fine timepieces, and, for prospective buyers, the addresses of all featured producers are listed together.

The elegant photography and layout will encourage people to peruse the year’s offerings for aesthetic appeal as well. The range of styles, from classic to modern, reflects the inclusive nature of this book, which watch collectors around the world will find both a handy reference and required reading.

Special Features
A glossary and pronunciation guide help acclimate the reader to the world of fine timepieces, and, for prospective buyers, the addresses of all featured producers are listed together.

The must-have guide for the collector of mechanical wristwatches. Complete information — including prices — on over 1,400 models made by more than 130 international brands.

The eighteenth edition of what has become a classic for aficionados of fine watchmaking once again looks at the developments in the watch industry. In addition to the A-to-Z section, which features many new entries, industry expert Elizabeth Doerr looks at news from the independent watchmakers. Watchmaker Bill Yao, owner of Mk II watches, contributes his expertise on crowns, and senior editor Marton Radkai explores the business side of the industry, the problem of counterfeiting, and profiles watchmaking’s mavericks. Also included are a glossary and a guide to watch maintenance.

Wristwatch Annual 2016 presents a broad range of wristwatches with exquisite colour photographs and complete specifications for each watch. Collectors have a wealth of information close at hand: the book is arranged alphabetically by producer, and within each producer’s section are a brief history of the brand (with contact information), and specifications and materials for each watch, including price, movement, special features, complications, case, dial, band, and variations.

The clear photography, structured layout, and lively writing make this book a pleasure to read or just browse. It is conceived as a handy reference for a broad readership from around the world, from the neophyte to the experienced collector.

"Wristwatches" presents illustrated portraits of all the popular watch brands - some of them long since unavailable - from America, Germany, Japan, France and, of course, from the world's major manufacturer of timepieces, Switzerland. In its technical chapters, it explains all the highly complex operations going on underneath the face and tells the fascinating story of the watch, of its design and its various forms and looks. Rounded off by a thorough glossary and a chronology of watchmaking that spans a hundred years, this book is a great read for everyone with a taste for luxury.

Dieser Band stellt alle bekannten, teilweise längst erloschenen Uhrenmarken aus Amerika, Deutschland, Japan, Frankreich und natürlich dem absoluten Uhr-Land Schweiz in illustrierten Porträts vor. Er erläutert in seinen technischen Kapiteln alle hochkomplizierten Schaltvorgänge unter dem Zifferblatt und erzählt die schillernde Geschichte der Armbanduhr, ihres Designs und ihrer verschiedenen Erscheinungsformen. Ein umfassendes Glossar sowie eine Chronologie runden dieses Lesevergnügen ab.

Wristwatches presents illustrated portraits of all the popular watch brands - some of them long since unavailable - from America, Germany, Japan, France, and, of course, from the world’s major manufacturer of timepieces, Switzerland. In its technical chapters, it explains all the highly complex operations going on underneath the face and tells the fascinating story of the watch, of its design and its various forms and looks. This book is a great read for everyone with a taste for luxury.

From the Impressionists to the present day; from the cut-up Cubist collages of Picasso to the monumental filmic narratives of Fiona Banner; from the subversive schoolboy script of Magritte to the demotic scrawl of Cy Twombly, Writing on the Wall shows how artists have responded to an environment increasingly saturated with words, and how the mass media have adopted and adapted artistic devices in typography, propaganda and advertising.

This groundbreaking study explores the strange, unsettling and often humorous results when words escape their traditional confines and begin to inhabit artworks: it ends with an analysis of current developments in the world of hypertext, where word and image have at last found a more essential unity.

HR Giger first received acclaim in the 1960s with his airbrushed fantasy landscapes. However, he scored his breakthrough in applied art, and particularly in his high-profile movie work on Ridley Scott's Alien. In 1980, he received an Oscar for "Best Achievement for Visual Effects" for his designs of the film's title creature and its otherworldly environment.

His other celebrated film projects include Poltergeist II, Alien 3 and Species, for which he designed a deadly but beautiful half-extraterrestrial female creature and a fantastic nightmare train. Giger's album covers for Debbie Harry and Emerson, Lake and Palmer were voted as being among the top hundred in music history by music journalists, while furniture designed by Giger graces a bar in Chur, Switzerland.

This book was designed by the artist himself, and features detailed commentaries in which Giger describes his work from the early 1960s to the late 1990s; the authentic voice of the master.

This is the first exhibition on Wyndham Lewis (Amherst, Nova Scotia, 1882 - London, 1957) presented in Spain and the most comprehensive show since the retrospective exhibition organised by the Tate Gallery in 1956, one year before his death. Over 150 artworks and 60 publications by himself offer a complete survey of the artistic and literary output of this multifaceted and controversial artist who was one of the key figures within international modernism of the first half of the 20th century. In 1914 Lewis founded Vorticism, the only British avant-garde art movement, and was also a pioneer of abstraction, a war painter, a great portraitist (whose sitters included celebrated contemporary authors such as Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot, James Joyce, and Rebecca West, among others), a novelist, essayist, publisher and editor, and a literary and art critic. Lewis founded journals such as Blast and The Enemy and could aptly be described as a "single-handed avant-garde movement", as well as "the most fascinating personality of our times", as T. S. Eliot wrote in 1913. In short, a fascinating artist as yet undiscovered by the general public.The present exhibition has been organised by the Fundacion Juan March with the collaboration of Paul Edwards, the invited curator and leading international expert on Wyndham Lewis, with the assistance of other specialists on Lewis including Richard Humphreys, Alan Munton and Yolanda Morato, among others.