White heat, cold logic

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Vic Gatrell

In the teeming, disordered, and sexually charged square half-mile centered on London's Covent Garden something extraordinary evolved in the 18th century. It was the world's first creative 'Bohemia'. The nation's most significant artists, actors, poets, novelists, and dramatists lived here. Vic Gatrell recreates this time and place by drawing on a vast range of sources, showing the deepening fascination with 'real life' that resulted in the work of artists like Hogarth, Blake, and Rowlandson, or in great literary works like The Beg.

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Robert Klanten and Elli Stuhler

Eine Reise durch traumähnliche Landschaften, unglaubliche Gebäude und fantastische Räume an der Grenze des Vorstellbaren.0Laut Oscar Wilde ist ?Fortschritt die Verwirklichung von Utopien?. Dreamscapes folgt seinem Weitblick und lädt seine Leser ein, Kulissen zu entdecken, die nicht von dieser Welt sind und die mit ihren Ideen den Weg in die Zukunft öffnen. Indem die Grenzen zwischen architektonischer Funktionalität und abstrakten künstlerischen Ausdrucksformen verschwimmen, offenbaren sich neue Visionen für Architektur, Design, Innenraumgestaltung und Bühnenbild. Das Buch präsentiert die Arbeiten führender Kreativer aus der ganzen Welt gemeinsam mit ihren Inspirationen und Zielen. Ideen, die von den Möglichkeiten digitaler Techniken wie Computeranimation und -grafik bestimmt sind und die eine neue inspirierende Richtung vorgeben, an der sich die Grenzen zwischen Realität und Fiktion auflösen.

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Richard Walker

Using the power of macro photography and cutting technology of that time, this book conducts the reader on a journey of the surfaces and inside of the human body. The human body IS a natural wonder.

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Joan Severa

"During the nineteenth century - a time of great technical and cultural change - fashion was a cultivating force in the development of American society and was influenced by one's social status, geographic location, and economic standing. 'My Likeness Taken' is a collection of daguerreotype portraits of men, women, and children taken between 1840 and 1860. Selected from the top collections in the United States, each image is analyzed to clarify datable clothing and fashion components. With subjects from among the best-dressed members of society, these portraits - reproduced in full color - reflect the latest fashion developments, trends, and influences. For students of photographic and costume history, this is extraordinary material. Many of these images have never before been published, and Severa's keen analysis adds immeasurably to our understanding of the importance of dress in American society. Photo archivists and colectors, costume curators, social historians, material culturalists, and theater designers will also find My Likeness Taken to be an invaluable resource."--Jacket.