AD JUJOL
Josep Maria Jujol was born in 1879 in the city of Tarragona, although his parents came from the country. His father was a schoolteacher, who for career reasons moved with the family to Gracia when Jujol was nine years old. Gracia was at that time still a village, and not yet incorporated into Greater Barcelona. The family later moved again, permanently, into the centre of Barcelona proper. Jujol nevertheless felt bound all his life to his parents' native countryside, and his - strongly emotional - relationship with their home region was to...
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(H/B) LAST SUPPER
When it was evening, he took his place with the twelve; and while they were eating, he said, 'truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.' And they became greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, 'surely not I, lord?' he answered, 'the one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. The son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that one by whom the son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that one not to have been born.' Judas, who betrayed him, said, 'surely not I rabbi?' he r...
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(P/B) ATTRACTION OF THE OPPOSITES
After more than a decade of hosting a number of artist studios and running a diverse international program of exhibitions and performances the Artist Initiative CUCOSA faced the ultimate blow of having its doors shut down for good. In favor of those who think art to be unnecessary and insignificant we might soon have to witness another shopping complex ascending from the ashes of CUCOSA. Hopefully the initiative will continue its activities elsewhere but then again only time will tell. On the occasion of the two consequent exhibitions that...
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(P/B) JAZZ GREATS
I was fortunate that as a young employee of the BBC, I was allowed to follow some elaborate hunches and a deep-seated interest, and go off to make a series of jazz documentaries for Radio Three. This involved foolhardy treks across New Orleans in search of Buddy Bolden's home, and hair-raising trips up into Harlem or the South Bronx to seek out some long-forgotten witness to the early jazz era. My colleague in the making of these programmes was Russell Davies, and I am grateful to him both for his unfailing good company and for the excelle...
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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF STAGE LIGHTING
Those who do not know who a snuff-boy was or how his job related to stage lighting, or need to understand the difference between motivated light and motivating light, may look among the more than 1500 detailed entries of this encyclopedia, which is ideal for students, teachers, lighting technicians and designers and other theatre professionals." "Some of the numerous topics covered are equipment, methods, concepts, design process, electricity, characteristics of light, and lightboard operations. Where applicable, entries present both the h...
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THE WORLD OF ORNAMENT
Imagine having an opulent compilation of history's most elegant and beautiful patterns and designs at your fingertips - to use, peruse, admire, and be inspired by. "World of Ornament" brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: Auguste Racinet's "L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II" (1875/1888) and M. Dupont-Auberville's "L'Ornement des tissus" (1877). Adapted from historical items dating back to antiquity, such as jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated m...
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(H/B) BERLIN
Colours of the Night reveals a surprising and fascinating face of Berlin, as the daytime Cinderella turns into a city of lights and a riot of colour with the onset of darkness. Light creates surreal spaces in which buildings sparkle like jewels on dark velvet. Light in its changing shapes fascinates photographer Leo Seidel - the cold light of neon adverts and on building sites, warm light from windows and streetlights ... or the unreal twilight that erodes all outlines and banishes contrasts. Nothing in his pictures is staged. He waits pat...
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(H/B) TROPICAL ARCHITECTURE
The architecture in the Tropics, which cover nearly forty percent of the world's surface, is both diverse and complex, to meet the demands of an exploding concerns. With more than 300 photographs, illustrations and plans the author examines the continuum of tropical architecture from traditional, precolonial structures to the works of architects such as Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer and Renzo Piano, who advocate an architecture that is sustainable and perfectly adapted to climatic conditions. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) 50 GREAT ADVENTURES
Within these pages you'll travel around the world to meet an eccentric English earl, a Ming emperor and a French postman, a Fascist and a communist, eco-warriors, Utopian idealists, Indian maharanas, cowboys, the power-hungry, the erudite, the fabulously wealthy, and the borderline insane. In my travels I've come across some truly extraordinary man-made places, from stunning mansions, subterranean auditoria, hotels and churches to bizarre houses and breathtaking sports grounds. I've been particularly interested in places that blur the boun...
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(P/B) GABRIEL FAURE
Faure's magic is, to me, quite unique. With his Redon-like sense of ineffable beauty, the knife-edge balance of purity and sensuality and the passionate elan which sweeps him forward in a torrent of winds and waterfalls, Faure gets under the skin like nobody else. His world, too, is a source of endless fascination. Writing this book was a chance to re-immerse myself in an era that has always held tremendous magnetism for me. The music of Debussy, Ravel, Chausson and many others; the fiction of Proust and Ivan Turgenev; the fascinating circ...
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(P/B) AFRICA
Africa: Arts and Cultures explores both the antiquity of Africa and its contemporary arts and cultures, considering the continent as a whole. It combines general regional introductions to African material culture with discussions of specific pieces by eminent anthropologists, artists, and art historians, many of whom are themselves African. [...] (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) TREASURES OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM JERUSALEM
The treasures of the Israel Museum are themselves housed in a treasure chest, the Museum complex. Situated on a hill amidst ancient olive trees, overlooking the Knesset, the Hebrew University campus, and the venerable Monastery of the Cross, the Museum has become an architectural landmark. The modular concept of the building, designed by Israeli architects Al Mansfeld and Dora Gad, has enabled the Museum to grow gallery by gallery, pavilion by pavilion. The distinctive dome of the Shrine of the Book, conceived by Armand Bartos and Frederic...
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(H/B) ART OF THE OSAGE
The Osage people, who have flourished in several locations and within a multiplicity of environments in the American Midwest, have infused their arts with an aesthetic vigor bound to an exquisite simplicity. Art of the Osage, the first comprehensive presentation of the art of the Osage people, explores the interconnections among their material culture, social organization, cosmology, aesthetics, and rituals. This volume draws together over two centuries' worth of Osage art, tracing the patterns of Osage life and culture as they existed fro...
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(P/B) THE SEA
A wild storm shakes a small East Anglian seaside village and sets off a series of events that changes the lives of all its residents. Set in the high Edwardian world of 1907, The Sea is a fascinating blend of wild farce, high comedy, biting social satire and bleak poetic tragedy. (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) PAINTINGS OF THE RAZMNAMA
Nearly fifty years ago, during a year-long London visit, I wrote an article for Lalit Kala on manuscript painting at Agra in circa 1605. It included remarks about the Birla Razmnama. Alas, the article was never printed. While being taken to the Post Office by Underground, my small suitcase opened accidentally and the sole copy of the typed article toppled out. Instantly, it was sucked into the tunnel by the wind of a departing train. While I gawked at the flying spiral of papers, a saintly and responsible Underground employee, barely young...
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(P/B) 1100 ARCHITECT
For more than twenty years, David Piscuskas and Juergen Riehm, principals of 1100 Architect, have honed a distinctive architecture informed by proportion, materiality, light, and detail. The firm's designs do not adhere to any specific stylistic codes but do share an understated architectural signature: an elegance of proportion, an innovative yet direct use of materials, a meticulous execution. A sequel to the best-selling 7700 Architect (1997), this new monograph includes twenty recent buildings and projects, notably Little Red School Ho...
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(P/B) WHITE PORCELAIN AND PUNCH'ONG WARE
This volume has put together significant ceramic objects from the five hundred years of the Choson dynasty, forming a kind of biography of Choson ceramics. Before discussing the individual objects in depth, this chapter presents an overview of the history of Choson ceramics. Ceramics have changed over time. The standard for beauty, different in every period in history, is reflected in the abstract forms of ceramics. Mass produced for all levels of society, ceramics embrace the common artistic tastes of a period with functional characterist...
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(H/B) PROFILE
Pentagram, founded in 1972, is one of the best known and most influential graphic, product, and architectural design firms in the world. Its partners are distinguished members of the international design community, consistently generating award-winning work of the highest quality. Profile is the first ever book on Pentagram to include the design firm's newest partners - Fernando Gutierrez, D J Stout, Lisa Strausfeld and Abbott Miller. The book is a unique collection of essays on Pentagram's nineteen partners by best-selling authors, rever...
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REEL HISTORY (P/B)
This book challenges the familiar negative assessments and recommends a more open-minded view of cinema. It suggests that movies can communicate important ideas about the past, but not in the way that teachers and scholars approach the subject when they deliver lectures or write books. [...] A book is vastly superior to a feature film as a source of detailed information and abstract analysis. Motion pictures cannot deliver a plethora of information or a variety of interpretive perspectives as effectively as a lengthy publication can. Never...
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(P/B) GLASS IN ARCHITECTURE
Glass in Architecture provides the first ever comprehensive technical and historical overview of the art and science of glass, demonstrating its importance in the past and its use in practice today. From the soaring cathedrals of medieval Europe to the technical mastery of the Parisian grands projets, glass has made a special contribution to architectural design. The central section of the book presents 20 international case studies of contemporary glass architecture, showing its applications in a variety of situations, large and small. Th...
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