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Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Jazz Guide: The History of the Music in 1001 Best Albums is an indispensible guide to the recordings that every fan should know.

Richard Cook and Brian Morton's Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings is firmly established as the world's leading guide to the music. In this book, Brian Morton has picked out 1001 essential recordings from their acclaimed guide, adding new information, revising and reassessing each entry, and showing how these key pieces tell the history of the music - and with it the history of the twentieth century.

These are the essential albums that that all true jazz fans should own, or - at the very least - have listened to, from Kind of Blue to lesser-known classics and more surprising choices. Full of fascinating updated biographical information, new quotes and interviews and, of course, highly opinionated and wittily trenchant critical reviews, the result is an endlessly browsable companion that will prove required reading for aficionados and jazz novices alike.

About the Authors:

Brian Morton is a freelance writer and broadcaster who for many years presented Radio 3's jazz magazine Impressions and In Tune. He has also broadcasted extensively on BBC Radio Scotland.
Richard Cook (1957 - 2007) was formerly editor of The Wire and edited Jazz Review. He contributed to many other publications, including the New Statesman and his books included Richard Cook's Jazz Encyclopaedia and It's About That Time: Miles Davis on Record.

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“A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned.” — Roberta Smith’s “Top Art Books of 2019,” The New York Times

This fascinating and enlightening study of the tie-on pocket combines materiality and gender to provide new insight into the social history of women’s everyday lives — from duchesses and country gentry to prostitutes and washerwomen — and to explore their consumption practices, sociability, mobility, privacy, and identity. A wealth of evidence reveals unexpected facets of the past, bringing women’s stories into intimate focus.

“What particularly interests Burman and Fennetaux is the way in which women of all classes have historically used these tie-on pockets as a supplementary body part to help them negotiate their way through a world that was not built to suit them.” — Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian

A brilliant book.” — Ulinka Rublack, Times Literary Supplement

About the Authors:

Barbara Burman is an independent scholar, and Ariane Fennetaux is an associate professor of eighteenth-century history at the Université de Paris.

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Пролистать книгу The Pocket: A Hidden History of Women's Lives, 1660-1900

Ця приголомшливо ілюстрована книга досліджує історію дизайну плакатів і його зв’язок із мистецтвом і культурою в цілому.

Плакат — це універсальний маркетинговий інструмент, який широко використовувався з 19 століття до сьогодні для всього, від політичних подій до фільмів. Хороший плакат має багато шарів, він виходить за рамки реклами та висловлює твердження про стиль, історію, моду та смак того часу. Саме ці шари здатні перетворити плакат на витвір мистецтва. У цій книзі представлено 480 плакатів понад 200 художників і дизайнерів, а також викладено повну історію плаката. Книга містить плакати в стилі модерн, баугауз, поп-арт і сучасні плакати видатних художників, таких як Альфонс Муха, Егон Шіле, Пабло Пікассо та Енді Воргол, а також від відомих дизайнерів, починаючи від Лючіана Бернхарда та А.М. Кассадре Солу Бассу, Таданорі Йокоо та Стефану Сагмайстеру. Книга також знайомить з багатьма іншими провідними дизайнерами плакатів, імена яких менш відомі. Також досліджено сучасну рекламу Calvin Klein, United Colors of Benetton і Coachella. Простежуючи історію плаката, ця книга показує соціальні події в усьому світі та висвітлює, як з часом змінювалися художні стилі.

Про автора:

Юрген Дорінг – керівник відділу графіки та плакату в Музеї мистецтва та мистецтва в Гамбурзі, Німеччина.

The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap became recognized as part of the cultural and musical landscape, and comes right up to the present. Shea Serrano deftly pays homage to the most important song of each year. Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround the history and culture of rap music — from artists’ backgrounds to issues of race, the rise of hip-hop, and the struggles among its major players — both personal and professional. Covering East Coast and West Coast, famous rapper feuds, chart-toppers, and show stoppers, The Rap Year Book is an in-depth look at the most influential genre of music to come out of the last generation.

Complete with infographics, lyric maps, hilarious and informative footnotes, portraits of the artists, and short essays by other prominent music writers, The Rap Year Book is both a narrative and illustrated guide to the most iconic and influential rap songs ever created.

About the Author:

Shea Serrano is an award-winning writer, author, and illustrator. His first book, Bun B’s Rap Coloring and Activity Book, was widely praised, receiving accolades from Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, the Los Angeles Times, Pitchfork, MTV, and more. Currently, he is a staff writer for Grantland.

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The Rap Year Book takes readers on a journey that begins in 1979, widely regarded as the moment rap as a genre became recognised as part of music’s landscape and comes right up to the present. Shea Serrano deftly pays homage to the most important song of each year. Serrano also examines the most important moments that surround the history and culture of rap music–from artists’ backgrounds to issues of race and safety, to the rise of hip-hop and the struggles among its major players–both personal and professional.

Covering East Coast and West Coast, famous rapper feuds, chart-toppers and show stoppers, The Rap Year Book takes an in-depth look at the last thirty-five years of the most influential genre of music to come out of the last generation. Complete with quizzes, infographics, lyric maps, hilarious and informative footnotes, portraits of the artists, and the occasional rebuttal essay by other prominent music writers, The Rap Year Book is both a narrative and illustrated guide to some of the most iconic and influential songs ever created under the umbrella of rap music. Serrano cites a variety of sources to form his arguments including biographies, magazines and documentaries, as well as his own experiences growing up at a time when hip-hop was becoming a prevalent force in the music industry.

With its all-encompassing look at the ups and downs of rap music, and the landmark songs that are its tent-poles, this book will be perfect for anyone who is a fan of the genre.

Drawing on images of women and men from the heyday of Japanese printmaking, this book explores the subtle iconography and complex symbols inherent in the tradition of ukiyo-e (traditional Japanese woodblock printing meaning 'Fleeting World'). The intriguing elements refer to Japanese history, literature, mythology, fashion, folklore and gossip of the Edo period and are at times difficult to discern, let alone grasp, without proper knowledge. Divided into classic printmaking themes such as beautiful women, heroes, actors and shunga (erotic prints), this lavishly illustrated book provides readers with the keys to understanding the hidden meanings in more than 100 top Japanese prints. 

Beautiful women – including ladies from Edo's famous Yoshiwara brothel district – take up much of the book. Heroes and villains illustrate Japan's rich mythological and pseudo-historical past. The popular pastimes of kabuki and sumo are also covered: famous actors play their best-known roles as brave men or delicate geisha. These colourful masterpieces demonstrate the economy of line and powerful expression of the woodblock medium. Each print is explored in the finest detail in order to explain the many riddles of ukiyo-e – that intriguing and captivating mode of visual expression that had such a profound influence on Western art.

About the Authors:

Chris Uhlenbeck has been a dealer in Japanese prints for 40 years. He acted as curator of many exhibitions in the field of Japanese art, starting with the major retrospective exhibition on 20th-century Japanese prints from the Robert O. Muller collection in 1992 for the National Museum of Ethnology in Leiden, The Fondation L'Hermitage in Lausanne and the Musée Marmottan in Paris. From 2007, he fulfilled the role of curator of the Nihon no Hanga museum in Amsterdam for 10 years. Between 2011 and 2021 he created various exhibitions in the Japan Museum SieboldHuis in Leiden: on Hiroshige (2011), Yoshitoshi (2012) Kuniyoshi (2013), Kunisada (2015) and recently on Gekko (2020). He is co-author of the recent Ludion publication Shin Hanga: The New Prints of Japan 1900–1960 (2022).

Josephine Smit is a scholar and lecturer who obtained her master's degree in Japanese Studies from Leiden University, The Netherlands. Specialising in Japanese politics and international relations, she wrote her master's thesis on the evolution of post-disaster mental health care responses in Japan after conducting research for a year at Kobe University, Japan. As a freelancer, Smit lectures on kimono culture. Smit is currently employed as a Japanologist at both Japan Museum SieboldHuis and Hotei Japanese Prints in Leiden doing Ukiyo-e related research and exhibition management.

Jim Dwinger is a scholar of Japanese art history with a specialization in woodblock prints. He is co-author of the recent Ludion publication Shin Hanga: The New Prints of Japan 1900–1960 (2022) and is currently involved in preparing an upcoming catalogue of prints by Utagawa Hiroshige. He is also a member of the editorial board of Andon, Journal of the Society for Japanese Art.

It’s Just a Shot Away. The definitive, authorized, illustrated history of The Rolling Stones

The kind of fame and success The Rolling Stones have achieved in their almost 60-year career is without parallel; their most famous riffs and catchiest lyrics are indelibly engraved in our collective memory. With their mesmerizing on- and off-stage presence, the Stones set the standard for how a rock band should sound, pose, pout, and behave. They were the first to instinctively understand that what you looked like was as important as the music, and that photography had a vital role in promoting that image. “The clothes and the hair are always impeccable,” describes author Luc Sante. “They were playing themselves, but with such consistent finesse you knew they were instinctively aware of the camera and how good they will look in the photos.” Unsurprisingly many of the greatest photographers in the history of the medium wanted to take their picture.

Produced in close collaboration with the band, this updated edition charts the Stones’ remarkable history and outrageously cool lifestyle in over 450 pages of photographs and illustrations, gathered from archives all over the world. Unprecedented access to the Rolling Stones’ own archives in New York and London adds an equally extraordinary, more private side to their story. For Mick, Keith, Charlie, and Ronnie this is their official photographic record.

Features:

- Over 450 pages of incredible images from some of the world’s greatest photographers, including David Bailey, Annie Leibovitz, Cecil Beaton, Anton Corbijn, Herb Ritts, Albert Watson, Andy Warhol, David LaChapelle, Peter Beard, Helmut Newton, Bent Rej, Gered Mankowitz, and Norman Parkinson.
- Essays from award-winning writers David Dalton, Waldemar Januszczak, and Luc Sante
- Appendix including the Stones in the media, a Stones timeline, a discography, and photographers’ biographie.

The editor:

Reuel Golden is the former editor of the British Journal of Photography and the Photography editor at TASCHEN. His TASCHEN titles include: Mick Rock: The Rise of David Bowie, both London and New York Portrait of a City books, Andy Warhol. Polaroids, The Rolling Stones, Her Majesty, Football in the 1970s, the National Geographic editions, and The David Bailey SUMO.

Featuring fresh insights from Mick, Keith, Charlie and Ronnie, Unzipped digs deeper than ever before into the Stones’ archives to present a comprehensive collection of Stones artworks, instruments, stage outfits and notebooks alongside key work by some of the legends of rock photography

For almost 60 years the Rolling Stones have helped shape popular culture around the globe. Unzipped captures the compelling character and dynamic spectacle of the band through distinctive photography and interviews with the Stones themselves, tracing their impact and influence on rock music, art, design, fashion, photography and filmmaking.

Evocative archive photos, artworks, outtakes and memorabilia, together with dazzling images of the band’s instruments and outfits, plunge you into the ever-changing world of the Stones. Many of the instruments and outfits are paired with pertinent archive photos, so you can examine the detail and see the objects in use. Peppered throughout with engrossing and insightful new commentary by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood, the book also features a compelling introduction by Anthony DeCurtis, which chronicles their career, and perceptive articles by some of their most important creative collaborators, including Buddy Guy, Don Was, Anna Sui, John Varvatos, Martin Scorsese, Shepherd Fairey, Patrick Woodroffe and Willie Williams.

Bold, glamorous and captivating – and beautifully bound and finished – Unzipped is the perfect showcase for ‘the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world’.

Contents List:

Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones on Display, Anthony DeCurtis
Blues Roots: Interviews with Buddy Guy and Keith Richards
Edith Grove: Interviews with Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts
Recording: Interview with Don Was
Songwriting: Interviews with Mick Jagger and Keith Richards
Instrument Folio
Style: Interviews with Anna Sui and John Varvatos
Film and Video: Interview with Martin Scorsese
Art and Design: Interview with Shepard Fairey
Live: Interviews with Patrick Woodroffe and Willie Williams

About the Authors:

The Rolling Stones - Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood - have all been interviewed specially for the exhibition and accompanying book. Anthony DeCurtis is an author and music critic. He has written for the New York Times, Relix and Rolling Stone, for which he is a contributing editor.

В этой книге представлена ​​таинственная формула, которая управляет искусством, природой и наукой.

В этой книге рассматривается Божественная пропорция, секретный код, который управляет искусством, природой и наукой. Она известна под многими названиями: Золотая середина, Священное сечение и Фи — вот лишь некоторые из них; и не случайно Божественная пропорция получила свое название. Ее называют божественной, потому что на протяжении тысяч лет она таковой считалась.

Божественная пропорция раскрывает ряд простых закономерностей: ее можно увидеть в семенных узорах фруктов, генеалогическом древе пчел, египетских пирамидах, готических соборах, картинах эпохи Возрождения, человеческом теле, ракушках... список бесконечен. Математики используют греческий символ F для обозначения Божественной пропорции и приравнивают ее к числу, которое определяется соотношением (1 + v5) / 2 или 1,6180339... Однако числа мало что делают для описания этого уникального соотношения, которое встречается повсюду в природе и на протяжении 2500 лет является эстетическим ориентиром в искусстве и архитектуре.

Начиная с вычислений, найденных на глиняных табличках в Древнем Вавилоне, историю Божественной пропорции можно проследить вместе с историей чисел до фракталов цифровой эпохи. По мере того, как раскрываются ее многочисленные формы, мы обнаруживаем Золотой прямоугольник в Парфеноне, Золотые спирали во внутреннем ухе человека, Золотой угол в узорах лепестков розы и числа Фибоначчи в лилиях, маргаритках, ананасах и в нашей собственной ДНК. Благодаря своему естественному балансу и элегантной красоте Божественная пропорция является вечным напоминанием о том, что наша надежда на возрождение и непрерывность заключается в осознании осмысленной и гармоничной связи всех частей с целым.

From the belief of its healing powers to the self-declaration as criminals, through the representation of myths and different religions or affirmation of group belonging, tattoos are one of the most characteristic means of expression associated with sailors, soldiers, organised crime, gangs or urban tribes, as well as being a form of body adornment and expression of a lifestyle, philosophy or belief. By way of a clear, insightful text, this publication unveils the meaning of the tattoos that have lived on through the passage of time and that, even today, explain a lot about the person who wears them. After all, a tattoo is much more than a drawing on the skin, it’s a declaration of intent. And each tattoo has a hidden story that this book is eager to reveal.

Захоплююче художнє та філософське дослідження складних моральних кодексів людства

Супутній твір до Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology та Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology, Seven Sins and Seven Virtues завершить цю моральну трилогію та, нарешті, розгляне найзагадковіше творіння Бога: жодна головоломка метафізики не є такою бароковою, як мотивація людської душі. На відміну від дияволів, засуджених на загибель, і ангелів, змушених потрапити в рай, люди є божественними створіннями, які містять у собі ворожі імпульси.

Seven Sins and Seven Virtues дослідить літературні, філософські, теологічні та, головне, мистецькі вираження семи смертних гріхів і відповідних семи кардинальних чеснот, спираючись на тисячоліття історії, щоб зібрати компендіум людства в найкращих і найгірших проявах. Як том, книга досліджуватиме маніхейську природу людської тварини у всій її величі та виразках, мотивована вірою в те, що казки про прокляття та порятунок є єдиними історіями, які зрештою варті розповіді.

Про автора:

Штатний автор Millions, який New York Times називає «незамінним літературним сайтом», а також редактор журналу Belt, Ed Simon розмістив свою характерну захоплюючу культурну критику майже для всіх великих американських літературних видань, включаючи New York Times, Atlantic, Paris Review Daily, New Republic та Washington Опублікувати. Статті Саймона охоплювали все: від перетину робототехніки та релігії до єретичного походження сонета, від забутого язичницького поселення Томаса Мортона в колоніальній Новій Англії до культурної історії чорного кольору. Саймон є автором кількох книг, у тому числі найбільш продаваної An Alternative History of Pittsburgh, Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology та, восени 2023 року, Elysium: A Visual History of Angelology, яка обіцяє стати стандартним текстом на цю тему для популярних читачів.

Ця легендарна книга була визнана найкращою, найчитабельнішою та найпровокаційнішою розповіддю про сучасне мистецтво, коли-небудь написаною.

У кожному з тематичних розділів Г’юз зберігає свою історію, засновану на історії 20-го століття, демонструючи, як модернізм прагнув описати досвід тієї епохи, і показуючи, що для багатьох ключових напрямів мистецтва це було життєво важливим завданням.

Спосіб, у який Г’юз повертає цю життєву силу та безпосередність через вдало підібраний приклад і влучну фразу, є серцевиною успіху цієї книги.

Про автора:

Роберт Хьюз (1938 – 2012) був австралійським мистецтвознавцем, письменником і продюсером телевізійних документальних фільмів.

The third volume of the trilogy collecting the complete Simpsons Treehouse of Horror comics by creator Matt Groening—packaged in a deluxe, die-cut slipcase that glows in the dark

Collected for the first time, these award-winning comics place the world’s most beloved animated family in exciting horror, science fiction, and supernatural settings, making this series the perfect gift for Simpsons fans of all ages.

The Treehouse of Horror started as an annual Halloween tradition on The Simpsons, beginning during the second season in 1990. In 1995, the first of 23 comics were produced, with all-new stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics and entertainment.

This third volume in the trilogy is the perfect addition to any Simpsons collection, and the deluxe hardcover slipcase with a glow-in-the-dark die-cut cover makes it a perfect gift. The volume also includes an introduction by Marge Simpson.

About the Author:

Matt Groening is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award–winning series The Simpsons, as well as the creator of the animated television series Futurama and Disenchantment. In addition to supervising the ongoing production of his television series, he wrote and illustrated “Life in Hell,” a weekly syndicated comic strip from 1977 to 2012. Groening lives in Los Angeles.

The first of three volumes collecting the complete Simpsons Treehouse of Horror comics by creator Matt Groening, packaged in a deluxe, die-cut slipcase that glows in the dark The Treehouse of Horror started as an annual Halloween tradition on The Simpsons, beginning during the second season in 1990. In fall 1995, the first of 23 comics were produced by Bongo, telling new stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics, including Michael Allred (Madman), Sergio Aragonés (MAD magazine), Kyle Baker (Nat Turner), Jeffrey Brown (Star Wars: Darth Vader and Son), and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother), as well as celebrities such as Mark Hamill, Thomas Lennon, and Patton Oswalt.

Collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with an all-new die-cut cover, these award-winning comics place the world’s most beloved animated family in exciting horror, science-fiction, and supernatural settings, making this series the perfect gift for the Halloween season and Simpsons fans of all ages. The volume also includes an introduction from Bart Simpson.

About the Author:

Matt Groening is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award–winning series The Simpsons, as well as the creator of the animated television series Futurama and Disenchantment. In addition to supervising the ongoing production of his television series, he wrote and illustrated “Life in Hell,” a weekly syndicated comic strip from 1977 to 2012. Groening lives in Los Angeles.

The Treehouse of Horror started as an annual Halloween tradition on The Simpsons, beginning during the second season in 1990. In 1995, the first of 23 comics were produced by Bongo, and while some adapted the TV episodes, most told new stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics, including Kyle Baker, Dan Brereton, Gerry Duggan, Pia Guerra, Peter Kuper, Carol Lay, Nina Matsumoto, Terry Moore, Steve Niles, Brian Posehn, James Robinson, Scott Shaw!, and Jim Woodring. Collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with an all-new die-cut cover, these award-winning comics place the world’s most beloved animated family in exciting horror, science-fiction, and supernatural settings, making this series the perfect gift for the Halloween season and Simpsons fans of all ages. This second volume in the trilogy is the perfect addition to any Simpsons collection. The volume also includes an introduction by Lisa Simpson.

About the Author:

Matt Groening is the creator and executive producer of the Emmy Award–winning series The Simpsons, as well as the creator of the animated television series Futurama and Disenchantment. In addition to supervising the ongoing production of his television series, he wrote and illustrated “Life in Hell,” a weekly syndicated comic strip from 1977 to 2012. Groening lives in Los Angeles.