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Philippe Garner

    1 janvier 1949
    The Decorative Twenties
    Cecil Beaton : the dandy photographer
    Utopia....or Bust
    Helmut Newton. Legacy: Mehrsprachige Ausgabe
    Irving Penn
    Sixties design
    • Sixties design

      • 176pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      Sixties Design explore, accompagné d'abondantes illustrations, une décennie fascinante. Le texte aborde les thèmes principaux : courant moderniste, culture pop, style " ère de l'espace ", tendance utopiste et anti-design, soulignant l'impact des idées nouvelles sur toutes les branches du design. Dans le sillage du texte, l'iconographie évoque de très nombreux médias et fait apparaître les rapports entre design domestique et industriel, graphisme, cinéma, mode, architecture et urbanisme. Pour la première fois, un ouvrage analyse les tendances internationales du design au cours d'une décennie dont on reconnaît de plus en plus l'importance, sur le plan visuel, au sein du vingtième siècle. Une décennie dont se rappellent avec attendrissement ceux qui l'ont vécue et qui passionne la jeune génération.

      Sixties design
      3,6
    • Irving Penn

      Centennial

      • 371pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      "Celebrating the centennial of Irving Penn's birth, this volume spans the entirety of his groundbreaking career. The introduction situates his work in the context of the various artistic, social, and political environments and events that affected the content of his photographs. The essays acquaint readers with Penn's primary subjects and campaigns, including early documentary scenes and imagery; portraits; fashion; female nudes; people of Peru, Dahomey (Benin), New Guinea, and Morocco; still lifes; and more"--Provided by publisher.

      Irving Penn
      4,6
    • Spanning over five decades, the photography of Helmut Newton (1920–2004) reached millions through publications like Vogue and Elle. His work transcends genres, infusing elegance, style, and voyeurism into fashion, portrait, and glamour photography. Mastering fashion photography early on, Newton’s shoots often blurred the lines between reality and illusion, with a clear aesthetic that permeated his fashion, portraiture, and nude photography. Women, including icons like Catherine Deneuve and Liz Taylor, take center stage in his work. Newton moved beyond traditional narratives, infusing his fashion photography with luxurious elegance, subtle seduction, cultural references, and humor. In the 1990s, he contributed to various international editions of Vogue, primarily shooting in Monte Carlo, where he lived from 1981. He transformed everyday locations into minimalist theatrical stages, portraying the eccentric lives of the wealthy with eroticism and elegance. Newton often questioned visual clichés with self-irony and empathy. This book, accompanying an international exhibition tour, showcases highlights from his prolific career, including rediscovered images, celebrating his lasting influence on modern photography and visual art. The exhibition will be on view at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin from October 31, 2021, to May 22, 2022.

      Helmut Newton. Legacy: Mehrsprachige Ausgabe
      4,5
    • The Decorative Twenties

      • 224pages
      • 8 heures de lecture

      A reference work describing the kaleidoscopic range of styles within the Twenties - a creative decade which saw development in book production, graphics, fashion, jewellery, glassware, ceramics, textile and wallpaper design. Artists and designers in France, England and the USA are analyzed.

      The Decorative Twenties
      4,0
    • Emile Gallé

      • 170pages
      • 6 heures de lecture

      Examines the glasswork, furniture, and decorative pieces of the fin-de-siecle French artisan who combined dedication to the traditions of the European craftsmen with the elegant designs and styles of Art Nouveau

      Emile Gallé
      4,0
    • Antonioni's Blow-Up

      • 139pages
      • 5 heures de lecture

      Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film Blow-Up is a masterfully constructed and paced exploration of the enigmas that challenge our interpretations of both the moving and the still image. Photography plays a key role at the very core of the film, providing the metaphorical site for the director's questioning of the relationship between reality and perceptions. This book provides a fresh and stimulating study of Antonioni's masterpiece. It reassembles and re-tells - through onset stills and the original blow-ups - the film's key narrative and pictorial strands in a focused visual investigation that is complemented by the authors' analytical essays. These texts draw on new research and effectively situate the film in the social and creative contexts that informed Antonioni's screenplay and art direction - on the one hand through an account of the milieu of fashionable photographers and models and the media through which they became so vivid a phenomenon, and on the other hand through the revelation of the artistic and literary reference points that so pervasively enrich the film.

      Antonioni's Blow-Up
      4,0
    • The Teacher’s Book gives you everything you need to teach the course effectively.Information on how the Coursebook helps prepare students for FCE and CELS Integrated answer keys to all exercises Photocopiable activities for communicative practice in key skills areas Photocopiable audio-scripts Photocopiable unit and progress tests

      Going for gold. Upper intermediate. Teacher's book