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City Living: Creative Design Ideas for the New Urban Home
Sharne Algotsson Manufacturer: Quarry Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 1564964787 |
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In America alone, nearly 70 million people live in urban areas. Fortunately, cities offer as much variety in living spaces as the people who inhabit them young or old, single or family, super-rich or everyday Joe. Yet many of these unique dwellings, from walk-up studios to narrow brownstones to open lofts, present perplexing design challenges.City Living takes readers to every corner of the world to explore some of the most creative and unique design approaches to city living. Paul Wiseman's tiny San Francisco pad offers space-saving solutions for small apartments. A Krueck & Sexton designed childproof duplex in Chicago shows that style and kids can coexist. A London townhouse with dark, narrow rooms is creatively designed to change with the seasons. A New York designer's cherry blossom-filled terrace brings gardening to high-rise living.
City dwellers the world over will find inventive ways to make their own cityscape both comfortable and beautiful.
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Features inventive and stylish interiors.......2004-06-08
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Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics
Charlotte Speight , and John Toki Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0767405013 |
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This is the only introductory ceramics text available that combines a thorough appreciation of the aesthetics of ceramic art with extensive discussions of the history of ceramics as well as techniques for working in clay.Customer Reviews:
Comprehensive Reference To Ceramics.......2001-04-28
Containing information well beyond the scope of an introductory survey of ceramic processes, this book is densely packed with information, providing a historical and cultural overview of the use and development of one of the most ancient of the arts, as well as detailed discussions of its various forms and construction, the mixing of clays, the necessary chemistry, kilns, and clay's many glazings and firings. Appendixes and charts containing quite a number of recipes for both mixing clay and creating slips, colorants and glazes are provided at the back, encouraging experimentation, as well as a basic description of the chemical constituents encountered in ceramics. In terms of the latter, both within the text and the appendixes, concerns of potential toxicity are highlighted, providing valuable and essential information often overlooked when working with the potentially hazardous components present in most clays and colorants. Additionally, the authors provide encouragement as to how to easily recycle the environmentally unfriendly waste by-products associated with ceramics, along with helpful tips as to how to set up one's studio in a way that is at once utilitarian and environmentally sound, offering a list of governmental agencies and associations that can assist the ceramicist in addressing these concerns. In addition to providing through the appendixes further avenues for exploration on the part of those working with clay, the authors must be applauded for not ignoring or obfuscating the obvious safety and environmental concerns involved in working with ceramics.
Well organized and detailed, the text is also liberally endowed with photographs and drawings, providing clear visual examples of both the equipment and techniques the ceramicist may encounter, as well as beautiful color plates showing contemporary examples of noted artists' work using a variety of forms and processes. These plates exemplify the diverse and often stunning manner of expression that can be captured in clay, ranging from the sculptural and painterly to installation and multimedia. Their inclusion, along with the depth and breadth of information presented here, certainly justify the price asked for this text, and this book should grace the library or studio of any serious student or practitioner of ceramics. And, I suspect, there is enough information provided here to allow the student that has access to a studio and equipment to begin learning ceramics without the necessity of a classroom.
Hands In Clay Volume IV.......2000-04-07
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Hands in Clay : An Introduction to Ceramics
Manufacturer: Mayfield Publish ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0874846455 |
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Well illustrated in b&w, and includes some color. This covers the history of working with clay throughout the world; the last few chapters are of an instructional nature. Index, Glossary, Appendices. Previously published by Alfred Publishing Co.
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Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics. Second Edition.
Charlotte F. Speight Manufacturer: Publisher Unknown ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000UYF6JQ |
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Hands in Clay: An Introduction to Ceramics. Second Edition.
Charlotte F. Speight Manufacturer: see notes for publisher info ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000M485ME |
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The Photographic Art of Hoyningen-Huene
William A. Ewing , and George Hoyningen-Huene Manufacturer: Thames & Hudson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0500280355 |
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George Hoyningen-Huene was born into the privileged world of the Russian aristocracy at the turn of the century. In Paris, as a refugee from the Revolution, he worked for Vogue, first as an illustrator and then as a supremely successful fashion photographer. Confidently, even imperiously, he created unprecedented images of perfect elegance by means of models, clothes, and, above all, the manipulation of light. Moving in the 1930s to Harper's Bazaar, he extended his range to portraiture and travel, capturing artists, composers, Hollywood stars, and the landscapes of Africa, Greece, Egypt, and Mexico in timeless visions of classical harmony. Two hundred and twenty-five superbly reproduced color and duotone illustrations display the full range of Hoyningen-Huene's talent. They have been chosen by William A. Ewing, Director of the Muse de l'Elyse in Lausanne, who also provides an account of the photographer's career, drawing extensively on his unpublished memoirs. He shows how Hoyningen-Huene's style and techniques were shaped by his aristocratic upbringing, by his collaboration with Man Ray, by his intimate contacts with the artistic milieu of 1920s Paris, and by the influence of the photographers Edward Steichen and Baron de Meyer. Little-known aspects of his life, such as his work in Hollywood as color coordinator for George Cukor, are discussed. The text concludes with a survey of his importance for photographers as diverse and distinguished as Avedon, Penn, and Horst.Customer Reviews:
Elegance Personified.......1999-05-12
A Rediscovery of a Master Photographer.......1998-04-30
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Hellas By Baron George Hoyningen-huene (A Photographic Tribute to Classical Greece)
Manufacturer: J.J. Augustin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Comic ASIN: B000MU664C |
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64 photographs by Hoyningen-Huene; b&w photos accompanied by text by various writers including Aeschylus, Byron, Cocteau, Pericles, Sophocles, Wordsworth and Yeats. Beige cover embossed with title. Back of DJ printed in large letter "Buy War Bonds."
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The Photographic Art of Hoyningen-Huene
William A. (Hoynigen Huene)Ewing Manufacturer: Thames and Hudson ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000KUW21K |
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Flee, Puny Humans! The Comic Book Heaven Collection
Scott Saavedra Manufacturer: SLG Publishing ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 094315166X |
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Scott Saavedra's Comic Book Heaven is joyfully devoted to exposing the funny underbelly of our favorite pop-culture obsession: vintage comic books. The Flee, Puny Humans hardcover edition collects the very best of the early, rare self-published fanzine issues with revised text, more art, and an improved design.Customer Reviews:
Picky, picky, picky.......2006-01-17
Heaven is Hilarious.......2003-07-30
Heaven is Hilarious.......2003-07-30
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Quotable Ustinov
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: G. K. Hall & Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0783882807 |
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BiographyLarge Print EditionWhen it comes to commenting on life, there is no one more perceptive or sharper than Sir Peter Ustinov. He hits the nail on the head with acerbic wit and concise wisdom. Touching on subjects as diverse as religion, tennis, children, and fellow celebrities, Quotable Ustinov is packed with the best anecdotes from his many books, articles, and interviews.Customer Reviews:
Sir Peter the Great!!![.].......2003-04-12
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Still at Large
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: Michael Omara ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1854799738 |
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Ustinov at Large
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: Michael Omara ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 185479132X |
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The Universal Ustinov
Christopher Warwick Manufacturer: Chivers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0862204356 |
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Ustinov At Large
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: MICHAEL O'MARA BOOKS LIMITED ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OJPRAK |
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Ustinov at Large
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: Michael O'Mara Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1854790749 |
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Ustinov At Large
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: Michael O'Mara Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000KK9JZM |
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Ustinov Still at Large
Peter Ustinov Manufacturer: Prometheus Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0879759674 |
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USTINOV AT LARGE.
Peter: Ustinov Manufacturer: Pan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000W3203A |
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Naufragio En El Rio De La Plata/shipwreaks In The Silver River (Buenos Aires Coleccion/Buenos Aires Collection)
Arnaldo Torres Hansen Manufacturer: Turisticas ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9879473302 |
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Naufragio En El Rio De La Plata/shipwreaks In The Silver River (Buenos Aires Coleccion/Buenos Aires Collection)
Arnaldo Torres Hansen Manufacturer: Turisticas ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 9879473299 |
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