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"This book features more than 150 rarely seen images documenting the rise of hip hop in the early 1980s, taken by French photographer Sophie Bramly. Bramly lived in New York during this period and became firmly embedded in the emergent scene. The book features many stunning, intimate images of a star-studded roll call of legendary hip hop figures, all of whom were only just getting known or in their ascendency. These include Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmixer DST, Jazzy Jay, Red Alert, Grandmaster Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Lisa Lee, the Fat Boys, Run-DMC, Beastie Boys, and many more. Bramly knew that hip hop was becoming a cultural force rather than just a musical fashion, and spent many hours photographing the four essential elements of this new world: the emcees, the deejays, the graffiti artists, and the break dancers"--

This edition of TASCHEN's award-winning XXL volume explores Matisse's gouaches decoupees, produced during the final years of his life. Discover the complete history of these bright, bold cut-outs through rare photographs by the likes of Henri Cartier-Bresson and F. W. Murnau, as well as texts from poets like Louis Aragon, Matisse's son-in-law...

The indispensable companion to a vital component in every actor's toolkit, this is the first in-depth exploration of Actioning for student actors, those who train them, and professionals working in the industry, whether they're brand new to the technique or have been practising it for years.

"Akasegawa is the kind of artist who inspires everybody every time he makes a new piece of art." -Yoko OnoIn the 1970s, estranged from the institutions and practices of high art, avant-garde artist and award-winning novelist Genpei Akasegawa (1937-2014) launched an open-ended, participatory project to search the streets of Japan for strange objects which he and his collaborators labeled "hyperart," codifying them with an elaborate system of humorous nomenclature.Along with "modernologists" such as the Japanese urban anthropologist Kon Wajiro and his European contemporary, Walter Benjamin, Akasegawa is part of a lineage of modern wanderers of the cityscape. His work, which has captured the imagination of Japan, reads like a comic forerunner of the somber mixed-media writings of W.G. Sebald, and will appeal to all fans of modern literature, art, artistic/social movements and writing that combines visual images and text in the exploration of urban life.In this revised edition, Matthew Fargo's original US translation of Akasegawa's hilarious, brilliantly conceived exercise in collective observation is accompanied by reflections from noted scholars Jordan Sand and Reiko Tomii, as well as a new essay by Akasegawa scholar William Marotti and a reflection on Akasegawa's legacy as a teacher by writer, artist and composer Masayuki Qusumi, a former student of Akasegawa's.

This comprehensive 600+ page guide covers everything aspiring artists need to know.Includes practical exercises and step-by-step projects to follow.Written by bestselling author Barrington Barber, who brings his many years of experience as a commercial illustrator and fine artist to his art instruction books.

A meticulously crafted, sparkling history of the legendary museum in Paris.

Paul Harris‿s ground-breaking and inspirational new approach encourages teachers to explore and transform how they teach. Paul identifies and reimagines the barriers or ‿conditions‿ that can stand in the way of effective teaching, to allow for the most immersive and positive learning experience. Written in Paul‿s accessible and engaging style, ideas are tackled from both a practical and psychological perspective, rooted in Paul‿s renowned Simultaneous Learning methodology. For teachers of all disciplines and learners of all ages, this seminal book will begin your journey towards an unbounded, unconditional way of teaching. Unconditional Teaching is in my view one of those potentially transformative “best books about teachingâ€?, and I would encourage every instrumental teacher to make a priority of reading it. A miniature masterpiece, a profoundly rewarding read: I quite simply cannot recommend Unconditional Teaching highly enough!Andrew Eales, pianodao.com review, January 2022Whether you‿re a new teacher, or an experienced one, this book is a must-read. Prepare to be both challenged and inspired; everything you take from it will enrich and enhance your teaching. This is the book I wish I‿d read before I taught my very first lesson, but it‿s of no less value now. David Barton, davidbartonmusic.co.uk, April 2022

Free-motion stitching without fear. Kovarik shares her insights and inspirations in a collection of essays and exercises focused on making stitch an active part of the art of composition and texture in quilted pieces.

Teleport yourself to the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons with these licensed art posters!HIGH QUALITY POSTERS: Gorgeous 8x10-inch full-color posters featuring 12 cityscapes from the Forgotten Realms READY TO HANG: Easy removable sheets come ready to hang in your home, office, or anywherePERFECT GIFT FOR THE D&D FAN: Share and show-off your love for Dungeons & Dragons with these unique postersOFFICIALLY LICENSED: An authentic Dungeons & Dragons productDungeons & Dragons, D&D, their respective logos, and the dragon ampersand, are registered trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC. ©2022 Wizards of the Coast. All rights reserved.

An investigation of mathematics as it was drawn, encoded, imagined, and interpreted by architects on the eve of digitization in the mid-twentieth century.In Formulations, Andrew Witt examines the visual, methodological, and cultural intersections between architecture and mathematics. The linkages Witt explores involve not the mystic transcendence of numbers invoked throughout architectural history, but rather architecture’s encounters with a range of calculational systems—techniques that architects inventively retooled for design. Witt offers a catalog of mid-twentieth-century practices of mathematical drawing and calculation in design that preceded and anticipated digitization as well as an account of the formal compendia that became a cultural currency shared between modern mathematicians and modern architects.            Witt presents a series of extensively illustrated “biographies of method”—episodes that chart the myriad ways in which mathematics, particularly the mathematical notion of modeling and drawing, was spliced into the creative practice of design. These include early drawing machines that mechanized curvature; the incorporation of geometric maquettes—“theorems made flesh”—into the toolbox of design; the virtualization of buildings and landscapes through surveyed triangulation and photogrammetry; formal and functional topology; stereoscopic drawing; the economic implications of cubic matrices; and a strange synthesis of the technological, mineral, and biological: crystallographic design.             Trained in both architecture and mathematics, Witt uses mathematics as a lens through which to understand the relationship between architecture and a much broader set of sciences and visual techniques. Through an intercultural exchange with other disciplines, he argues, architecture adapted not only the shapes and surfaces of mathematics but also its values and epistemic ideals. 

The best-selling book of Mushroom Art is now available in a new luxury English edition!Mushroom Botanical Art is a collection of mushroom and fungi paintings by European and Japanese naturalists in 18th to 19th century. The paintings each show the plant in its natural habitat and have been executed in a straightforward natural history illustration style with meticulous attention to detail. Beautiful color plate illustrations of each mushroom will attract both botanical art fans and lovers of mushrooms. It is pleasant to look and appreciate the beauty of these mushrooms, also useful for your own drawing and painting.

Clay sculpting royalty "The Shiflett Brothers" offer unique insight into their practices and the techniques used to create their stunning fantasy characters.

Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Volume 1 is now in paperback! A deluxe softcover reprint of a "best-of-Hi-Fructose" selection from the first four hard-to-find volumes of Hi-Fructose in one beautiful 250-page collection, with a high quality sewn binding. Hi-Fructose Collected Edition Volume 1 features artists Kurt Halsey, Greg "Craola" Simkins, Invader, Gary Taxali, Chris Ware, Ron English, Ragnar, Mark Ryden, Joe Ledbetter, Friends With You, Wilfrid Wood, Jim Woodring, Alex Pardee, Seen, Tim Biskup, Leslie Reppeteaux, Brian McCarty, Attaboy, Fawn Gehweiler, Saur Kids. Chris Uphues, Michael Salter, Gary Baseman, Jeff Soto, Scott Musgrove, Junko Mizuno, Kaiju Big Battel, Dave Cooper, Chris Uphues, PShaw!, Jenny Bird, Ray Caesar, Cat Chow, Longo Land, and many more. Cover art by Ray Caesar. Hi-Fructose began as a quarterly print art magazine, founded by artists, Attaboy and Annie Owens in 2005. Hi-Fructose focuses squarely on the art which transcends genre and trend, assuring readers thorough coverage and content that is informative and original. Hi-Fructose showcases an amalgamation of new contemporary, emerging as well distinguished artists, with a spotlight on awe inspiring spectacles from round the world. Hi-Fructose goes beyond the comfort zone of the "alternative" norm to deliver a diverse cross section of the most influential, genre bending art of our time as well as breaking new and amazing talents.

A lushly photographed and detailed inspirational gift book featuring over 80 spectacular cabins around the world, all available to rent.

"e;Billow and breeze, islands and seas, Mountains of rain and sun........."e; Since 18th-century Highland warrior Jamie Fraser and resourceful 20th century medic, Claire Randall first met on screen in 2014, millions of viewers have been swept away by the Outlander TV series to the wild hills and craggy castles of Scotland. Now you can follow in the footsteps of Claire and Jamie with this guide to the inspiring locations where Diana Gabaldon's novels were set and the hit tv show were filmed. From the ancient cobbled streets, gabled palace and herb garden of Culross, which became fictional Cranesmuir, to the iconic 1960s Pathfoot Building at the University of Stirling, which Claire's daughter Brianna visits on her first trip to Scotland, you can time-travel through centuries. In Scotland, different eras coexist and collide - just as they do in Outlander. Focusing on easy day trips from the characterful cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow - themselves jam-packed with Outlander locations - this guide will tell you about the most rewarding sights, when to visit them and how to get there.

A charming and heartfelt story about war, art, and the lengths a woman will go to to find the truth about her family.'As devourable as a thriller... Incredibly moving' Elle'Pauline Baer de Perignon is a natural storyteller - refreshingly honest, curious and open' Menachem KaiserIt all started with a list of paintings. There, scribbled by a cousin she hadn't seen for years, were the names of the masters whose works once belonged to her great-grandfather, Jules Strauss: Renoir, Monet, Degas, Tiepolo and more. Pauline Baer de Perignon knew little to nothing about Strauss, or about his vanished, precious art collection.But the list drove her on a frenzied trail of research in the archives of the Louvre and the Dresden museums, through Gestapo records, and to consult with Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano. What happened in 1942? And what became of the collection after Nazis seized her great-grandparents' elegant Parisian apartment?The quest takes Pauline Baer de Perignon from the Occupation of France to the present day as she breaks the silence around the wrenching experiences her family never fully transmitted, and asks what art itself is capable of conveying over time.

From the award-winning costume designer of Amazon Prime Video's The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, a collection of the show¿s costumes, with never-before-seen photography, sketches, production stills, and moreAmazon Prime Video¿s Emmy- and Golden Globe¿winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel centers on Miriam "Midge" Maisel, a 1950s New York City woman whose seemingly perfect life suddenly takes an unexpected turn, taking her from a comfortable life on Riverside Drive through the basket houses and nightclubs of Greenwich Village as she embarks on a groundbreaking standup comedy career. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (creator and showrunner of Gilmore Girls), and starring Rachel Brosnahan, Alex Borstein, and Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has garnered fan and critical praise alike, with much of the attention focused on the exquisitely designed period costumes.Madly Marvelous: The Costumes of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel explores the inner workings of award-winning costume designer Donna Zakowskäs process, as well as the many inspirations for the show¿s wardrobe, including period photography, American and European fashion trends, and the various cultures and countercultures of late-1950s New York. The clothes of Mrs. Maisel are gorgeous, authentically detailed, and carefully crafted. Illustrated with sketches, photographs from Zakowskäs workspace, behind-the-scenes shots, and production stills, the book follows the series from season to season, showing how the vocabulary of fashion¿context, style, color, cut, accessories, and more¿is integral to defining and developing the characters in the show. Madly Marvelous is a must-have for fans of the show and fashionistas alike, providing readers with a curated and well-informed look at an integral period in fashion history.

Each building is a little gem, where every detail reflects the architecture. For instance the Vita Family Center in Roscommon assumes the volume and appearance of the surrounding traditional buildings, while varying the details in an astute and subtle way. Text in English and German.

Bestselling artist and writer Hazel Soan presents a concise and approachable guide to portrait painting, with simple exercises and step-by-step demonstrations.

A monograph that explores various groups of the author's work chronologically via genre-oriented approach, such as mud-colored paintings, mirror paintings, computer paintings, and so forth.

An uplifting, nostalgic look at Ireland through the eyes of an icon of Irish photography.

Britney Spears barely survived 2007. She divorced her husband, lost custody of her kids, went to rehab, shaved her head and assaulted a paparazzo. In the midst of her public breakdown, she managed to record an album, Blackout. Critics thought it spelled the end for Britney Spears' career.But Blackout turned out to be one of the most influential albums of the aughts. It not only brought glitchy digital noise and dubstep into the Top 40, but also transformed Britney into a new kind of pop star, one who shrugged off mainstream ubiquity for the devotion of smaller groups of fans who worshipped her idiosyncratic sound.This book returns to the grimy clubs and paparazzi hangouts of LA in the 2000s as well as the blogs and forums of the early internet to show how Blackout was a crucial hinge between twentieth and twenty-first-century pop.

Learn all you''ll ever really need to know as a ukulele player in this step-by-step, easy-to-understand, entry level introduction to music theory (includes free online video demos).No music reading necessary, just confusion-free language with diagrams and hands on examples to put theory into practice.This step-by-step guide is for you if:You''ve just picked up a ukulele and have learned to play a few chordsYou''ve been playing for a while and now want to develop your playing through a greater understanding of the art of making musicYou find yourself confused by the words and language other musicians use at jams, ukulele club, campfire song sessions etcYou''ve learned to play from chord sheets, song sheets, books or online videos and now want to understand more about what makes music workYou want to learn the basic nuts and bolts of music so that you can learn and remember songs more easily, work out other peoples songs and maybe even write some of your own (!)You''re looking for a step-by-step method for learning 95% of the music theory you''ll ever need to know, without the confusion and explained in simple terms which everyone can understandThis book will help you:Break free from song sheet slaveryNail the theory behind keys, chord families and useful chord progressionsLearn to understand the music you play and listen toUse your own knowledge and ability to learn songs more easilyBuild your knowledge step-b-step, chapter-by-chapterTest your knowledge with quizzes each step of the wayI''ll see you inside!