Altered and Adorned
Author: Suzanne Kathleen Karr Schmidt
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300169119
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished in conjunction with the exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago on April 31-July 10, 2011.
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Adorned in Dreams
Author: Elizabeth Wilson
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780813533339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhen Adorned in Dreams was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as "the best I have read on the subject, bar none." From haute couture to haberdashery, "deviant" dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. She also discusses fashion's vociferous opponents, from the "dress reform" movement to certain strands of feminism. Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity or subvert it. This brand new edition of her book follows recent developments to bring the story of fashionable dress up to date, exploring the grunge look inspired by bands like Nirvana, the "boho chic" of the mid 90's, retro-dressing, and the meanings of dress from the veil to soccer player David Beckham's pink-varnished toenails.
The Alteration
Author: Kingsley Amis
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Published: 2013-05-07
Total Pages: 257
ISBN-13: 1590176170
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBOOKER PRIZE–WINNING AUTHOR Set in a world in which the Reformation failed, this award-winning science fiction tale is “one of the best . . . alternate-worlds novels in existence” (Philip K. Dick) In Kingsley Amis’s virtuoso foray into virtual history it is 1976, but the modern world is a medieval relic, frozen in intellectual and spiritual time ever since Martin Luther was promoted to pope back in the sixteenth century. Stephen the Third, the king of England, has just died, and Mass (Mozart’s second requiem) is about to be sung to lay him to rest. In the choir is our hero, Hubert Anvil, an extremely ordinary ten-year-old boy with a faultless voice. In the audience is a select group of experts whose job is to determine whether that faultless voice should be preserved by performing a certain operation. Art, after all, is worth any sacrifice. How Hubert realizes what lies in store for him and how he deals with the whirlpool of piety, menace, terror, and passion that he soon finds himself in are the subject of a classic piece of counterfactual fiction equal to Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle. The Alteration won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for best science-fiction novel in 1976.
Interactive and Sculptural Printmaking in the Renaissance
Author: Suzanne Kathleen Karr Schmidt
Publisher: Brill's Studies in Intellectua
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 439
ISBN-13: 9789004340138
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSuzanne Karr Schmidt's 'Interactive and Sculptural Printmaking in the Renaissance' tells the story of a hands-on genre of prints: how innovative paper engineering redefined the relationship of early modern viewers to art, humanism, and science. Interactive and sculptural prints pervaded the European reading market of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Single sheets and book illustrations featured movable flaps and dials, and functioned as kits to build three-dimensional scientific instruments. These hybrid constructions - part text, part image, and part sculpture - engaged readers; so did the polemical, satirical, and, occasionally, erotic content. By manipulating dials and flaps, or building and using the instruments, viewers learned to think through images as well as words, interacting visually with desires, social critique, and knowledge itself.
Altered Curiosities
Author: Jane Ann Wynn
Publisher: North Light Books
Published: 2007-09-20
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781581809725
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDiscover a curious world of assemblage with projects that have a story to tell! Step inside Altered Curiosities, where a wisdom tooth gets its own shrine, a honeybee lights up the room and a taxidermy eye becomes the eye in the back of your head. As author Jane Wynn shares her unique approach to mixed-media art, you'll learn to alter, age and transform odd objects into novel new works of your own creation. Step-by-step instructions guide you in making delightfully different projects that go way beyond art for the wall—including jewelry, hair accessories, a keepsake box, a bird feeder and more—all accompanied by a story about the inspiration behind the project. You'll also learn to: Find your personal symbols and incorporate them into your work. Alter toy figures to create curious new creatures. Master simple soldering techniques that take you beyond the soldering iron. Apply beautiful patinas and etchings to brass and copper. Transform cast resin into pieces that look like metal. The endless possibilities of assemblage are yours to discover! Let Altered Curiosities inspire you to create a new world that's all your own.
Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe
Author: Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art
Publisher:
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300171075
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished to accompany an exhibition held at the Harvard Art Museums, Sept. 6-Dec. 10, 2011, and the Block Museum of Art, Jan. 17-Apr. 8, 2012.
Tokyo Adorned
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Publisher: Booth-Clibborn
Published: 2014-03-11
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781861543479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPortraits documenting the Kawaii Lolita street fashion scene.
Scarface Nation
Author: Ken Tucker
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2008-11-11
Total Pages: 307
ISBN-13: 1429993294
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Don't get high on your own supply." Brian de Palma's brash, bloody version of Scarface was trashed by critics when it came out twenty-five years ago and didn't do well at the box office, but has become a spectacular fan favorite and enduring pop culture classic since. "Never underestimate the greed of the other guy." What makes millions of people obsess over this movie? Why has Al Pacino's Tony Montana become the drug kingpin whose pugnacity and philosophy are revered in boardrooms and bedrooms across America? Who were the people that made the movie, influencing hip-hop style and swagger to this day? "The world is yours." Scarface Nation is Ken Tucker's homage to all things Scarface—from the stars that acted in it to the influence it's had on all of us, from facts, figures and stories about the making of the movie to a witty and comprehensive look at Scarface's traces in today's pop and political culture. "Say hello to my li'l fren!" You know you love the line. You know you've seen the movie more than once. Now dive into the ultimate book of Scarface—mounded as high as the pile of cocaine on Tony's desk with delicious details and stimulating observations. "You know what capitalism is? F--- you!"
Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &c., of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England ...
Author: Jones and Co
Publisher:
Published: 1829
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13:
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