"Pin-up Poster Book: The Elvgren Collection" is the book that has taken the country by storm. Gil Elvgren's pin-ups boosted the morale of our WWII fighting men the world over. Phillips includes a humorous introduction, photographs of models posing, and reproductions (suitable for framing) of the original paintings.
Billy DeVorss was a uniquely gifted and expressive artist. His paintings of beautiful women stand alone with a light and appeal all their own. Pin-up Posterbook: "The Billy Devorss Collection" contains an extensively illustrated biography, and 16 colorful poster-size images suitable for framing.
A beautifully illustrated book celebrating forty of the world's sexiest brains--people who have changed the world in big and small ways. This beautifully illustrated book celebrates fifty of the world's sexiest brains--people who have changed the world in big and small ways. What have the world's sexiest people ever really done for us? We should be crushing big-time on the beautiful brains of the people who actually make a difference. Elon Musk, swoon-worthy inventor who spends his billions developing sustainable energy sources and space exploration. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, (gavel-)bangin' babe of the US Supreme Court who has spent her life fighting for women's rights. There's the other Tyra, Rupaul: our heroic hunti, and the ultimate champion of drag culture. We have yet to even mention our almightiest Queen, the modest mogal who came from nothing, the incomparable Oprah Winfrey. These dreamboats are the real pin-ups, the poster people for brilliance, bravery, and giving a damn.
This pocket-sized collection of leggy lovelies assembles the most popular wartime pin-ups from WWII's favorite artist, Alberto Vargas. These vintage images, rendered delicately in watercolor and airbrush, depict elegantly dressed, semi-nude to naked beauties--the ladies that inspired and comforted American men far from home.
The only comprehensive reference of Armstrong's pin-up art, this full-color illustrated book contains over 300 reproductions of the best of his dream-girl images from his 50-year career.
Timeless classics from Gil Elvgren to color and adore. Originally conceived to advertise burlesque performers, pinup art came to represent the inspiring personalities of particularly beautiful, desirable women. Gil Elvgren built an empire from his sassy, classic images that have adorned everything from the noses of wartime planes to calendars, soda bottles, and magazines. Grab your pencils and continue the tradition with this amazing coloring book of more than forty timeless classics by a master of the art style.
A look back at vintage magazines and an invitation to enter the spellbinding world of luscious pin-up models. IMAGINED BY MALY SIRI, THIS COFFEE TABLE BOOK IS A REMINDER OF VINTAGE MAGAZINES AND AN INVITATION TO ENTER THE SPELLBINDING WORLD OF PIN-UPS Maly Siri’s Pin-up Art Good Girls / Bad Girls raises two themes: - On one side, the “Good Girls”: the damsels with soft skin powdering their faces in front of the mirror, the Tahitian girls with enchanting smiles and the brave soldiers... Their charm is due to their sparkling characters and apparent candour. - And on the other side, the “Bad Girls”: the rouged vamps with sensuous looks, the spies, the melancholic blues singers and other mis ts... The fact that they are aware of their charms makes them even more dangerous... This book is a rich and delicious homage inspired by the iconography of the 1930’s to 50’s, a concentrate of pure glamour, with a preface by Chantal Thomass.
This dazzling collection celebrates the golden age of pin-up art with 50 deluxe prints from the genre's greatest artists, including Elvgren, Vargas, Petty, Moran, and more. It features a bevy of blondes, brunettes, and redheads who combine girl-next-door wholesomeness with playful sensuality, posing in color-drenched settings that are idealized yet always recognizable. A visual feast for art and nostalgia-lovers alike, the book is an irresistible, affordable introduction to this all-American art form.