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Drawing Italy
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| NZ$ 50.00 each |
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| Author: David George Holm |
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As one of Australia's leading architects, David Holm is passionate about drawing, the built environment and Italy. These three passions are brought together in Drawing Italy to create this intelligent and beautiful guide book to architecture of Italy. Why Italy? Italy is arguably the most geographically compact crucible of western architecture in the world. Etruscan, Roman, Byzantine, Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Neoclassicism, Fascist, Modernist and contemporary architecture are all represented, sometimes iconically, within Italy. David explains each architectural style as he takes us on a grand tour of Italy region by region, showing all the piazzas, chiesi and palazzo. His drawings are remarkable for their detail and beauty. Designed for use on the ground (hence the flexi-bound paperback format) as well as in the armchair, Drawing Italy shows us all the major sites of Florence, Rome ,Venice, Sienna as well as
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Graffiti New York
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| NZ$ 78.00 each |
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| Author: Eric Felisbret |
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"Graffiti New York" is the comprehensive history of New York City graffiti from the late 1960s up until present day. In a fashion that strikes a balance between strong visuals and brief but substantive text and interviews, it presents the big picture of the city that gave birth to a global visual/social revolution. Decades after the movement globalized, New York is still the Mecca of graffiti culture. Painting there is a badge of honor, with graffiti artists from around the globe making pilgrimages to New York for that purpose. This is the city where it all began, yet few know the back story. "Graffiti New York" fills that gap, detailing the concepts, aesthetics, ideals and social structures that have served as a cultural blueprint for graffiti movements across the world. The book features approximately 1,000 images, complemented by texts by the authors and other relevant players in the movement, as well as descriptive graphics and
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The Art of Avatar
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| NZ$ 65.00 each |
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| Author: Lisa Fitzpatrick |
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Academy Award-winning writer/director James Cameron, the maker of "Titanic" and the "Terminator" series, has been crafting "Avatar" for over ten years. The film follows the story of Jake, an ex-marine who becomes torn between his allegiance to his fellow humans on earth and the aliens who populate the planet of Pandora. "The Art of James Cameron's Avatar", the companion book to this epic 3-D action adventure, explores the developmental and conceptual art used by the creative team - art directors, visual effects designers, animators, costume designers and creature makers - to bring Cameron's vision to life. With over 100 exclusive full-color images including sketches, matte paintings, drawings and film stills, "The Art of James Cameron's Avatar" reveals the process behind the creation of set designs for the film. It also includes character, creature and set development as envisioned by the award-winning visual effects team. With
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1000 Signs
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This is TASCHEN's 25th anniversary - special edition! This is a special budget abridged edition! This book features an amusing collection of signs from around the world. Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, weapons, transport, children, toilets, work, 'no!', etc.), the signs demonstrate how different cultures portray the icons with which we are all so familiar. The diverse selection of photographs is accompanied by texts describing the cultural and social significance of signs. You may even learn things from this book that could save your life the next time you travel!
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