Filled with tapestries, illustrations, carpets and tiles, this extensive volume brings together the two largest encyclopaedic collections of 19th-century ornaments in one indispensable reference book. A monumental work devoted to decoration covering designs from medieval times to the 19th century and styles as diverse as Egyptian, Etruscan and Middle...
Assorted chocolates by Dian Hanson. This compilation, as extensive as it is exuberant, brings together almost 100 pin-up artists and includes chapters dedicated to the ten most outstanding authors, Gil Elvgren and Alberto Vargas among them. Each chapter includes exquisite reproductions of vintage calendars or covers as well as original photos of the...
From soft watches to the famous flaming giraffe, this work celebrates the fantastical world and flamboyant personality of Salvador Dalí, one of the most visionary and prolific artists of the 20th century. Provocative, eccentric and technically adept, Dalí revolutionised the concept of the creator with his consumer art and his controversial persona. An...
Window frames in organic shapes like blossoming branches and shimmering ceramic tiles that create surfaces evoking the skin of reptiles are just two of the fruits of Antoni Gaudí's fiery architectural imagination. This introduction to the Catalan modernist author explores how his fascination with nature and his unique worldview transformed Barcelona's...
A global collection of original art from punk tattoo artists around the world.60 full color and line art subculture frogs on 120 pages in a 6 x 9 inch book.Cover by Josh Howard, cover and design by Alex Hagen, Flipbook by Rane Eddy inspired by the art of Glenn Carvajal.
Step into a world of evocative power and dark psychedelia with this masterpiece in the size of SUMO, which pays homage to the biomechanical art of H. R. Giger. This volume covers Giger's painting, sculpture, cinematography and unmistakable record covers, as well as the legacy of his own museum. It includes seven fold-outs, an in-depth study by Andreas J....
Between 1940 and 1950 the American women's magazines could not show much, so publisher Robert Harrison attracted his readers with eye-catching covers illustrated by great artists such as Earl Moran, Billy DeVorss and Peter Driben. This edition features those of Beauty Parade, Wink, Titter, Eyeful, Flirt and Whisper (1942-1955).Hardcover, 14 x 19.5 cm,...
This book brings to life the guts and glamour of the circus phenomenon. Images include photographic gems from early circus photographers Frederick Whitman Glasier and Edward Kelty, many of the earliest colour photographs ever taken of the circus from the 1940s and 1950s, iconic circus photographs by Mathew Brady or Cornell Capa, and little-known circus...
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