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Early Italian Painting 1290-1470: The Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
Miklos Boskovits
Manufacturer: Philip Wilson Publishers
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ASIN: 0856673811 |
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Representative of the quality of the fourteenth and fifteenth century Italian paintings in the Thyssen Bornemisza Collection is the panel from the back 'predella' of Duccio's "Maesta" for Siena Cathedral. Other "Trecento" and early "Quattrocento" artists in this volume include Fra Angelico, Bernardo Daddi, Agnolo and Taddeo Gaddi, Giovanni di Paolo, Lorenzo Veneziano, Paolo Uccello and Vitale da Bologna with concise biographies of each artist.
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Add Another Dimension to Your Portfolio—And Move to the Top of Your Craft
Professional artists who strive to bring a new look to their illustrations are using Alias' premier 3D software in tandem with Adobe's prominent digital imaging program to create cutting-edge graphics. Now, with Maya 6, this remarkable combo is even better integrated than before.
Creating Striking Graphics with Maya and Photoshop—brought to you from Maya Press, a publishing partnership between Sybex and Alias—is a dazzling introduction to the vibrant world of 3D and Maya. Graphics wiz Daniel Gray, with help from an elite group of pros, will inspire you to incorporate 3D into your graphics and think more artistically when approaching your creations. And if you're already familiar with Maya, you'll learn how Maya 6 makes it even easier to work between both applications.
First you'll get the essential Photoshop user's introduction to Maya and learn how to make the leap from 2D to 3D. Then, you'll discover how high-profile artists use Maya and Photoshop together in real-world scenarios where 2D and 3D collide in a burst of creativity. Through a series of interviews that address a variety of 3D applications, you'll discover how:
- Maya Master Meats Meier depicts Mother Nature with otherworldly success
- Michael Elins combines photography and classical painting with the 3D world
- Damon Riesberg cranks out a daily comic strip by posing and rendering his cast of characters
- guru studios crafts beautiful 3D cartoons with a cool retro feel for TELETOON
- Meteor Studios brings ultra-realistic prehistoric creatures to life for the Discovery Channel's Dinosaur Planet
- IBM painstakingly re-creates ancient artifacts, such as the Sphinx, for the Egyptian Museum in Cairo
- Meshwerks digitizes automobiles for use in movies, advertising, and video games and creates the ultra-cool chopped and channeled Honda EleMENTAL Woodie!
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Customer Reviews:
This book is one huge resume.......2007-02-16
I wish I would have read the reviews before buying this book. At least I got it used. This book is almost devoid of actual tutorials and hands-on learning. The first few chapters have some instruction, but the majority of the book reads like a compilation of resumes with stunning imagery. There are lots of pictures and in-depth biographies of industry professionals with very little tips on how to create the images included. If you are a new user looking to expand your skills this is not the book for you. If you are an industry professional looking to hire a skilled artist, this may be what you're looking for. I regret buying this book.
I should have read the review's of the book first !!.......2006-05-08
The Book is just a info commercial at best, almost no tech help.
Don't Purchase.......2005-07-06
I flipped through the book and saw some nice imagry and thought it might have some good tutorials on the CD-ROM. Was I wrong, this book teaches nothing...it informs the reader of how cool it is to combine Photoshop and Maya and stops right there. I don't know how this book was published with maya on the title.
Sorry but I cannot recommend it.......2004-08-25
I am used to buy a lot of good books from Amazon, but this time I had bought this book without waiting for other opinion about, so I think I have to inform that this book is really useless if you are looking for ideas or tutorial regarding integration between the two programs. Really a basic level targeted book, with nothing useful for intermediate/advanced users.
Not happy.......2004-07-29
I really thought this book would show techniques in using both programs. There is pretty much only two tutorials (Chapter 2 and 3) throughout the book. The rest of the 8 chapters shows case studies and gives long bios of the people that created the work. If you are looking to really learn hands on techniques this is not the book. The CD is horrible, there are only two chapter folders that have scene files. The CD also contains a corny little quicktime movie of Alanis Morisette's video. Get the book used if you must have it.
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Donald Duck's at it again........2002-07-10
This was an okay comic album with two donald duck stories in it. In the first story Donald gets pierced by the thorn from an old Voodoo doll and is followed by a zombie from Africa. After getting new information from his Uncle Scrooge, Donald and his three nephews travel to Africa so they may be able to find the chief of a remote village and reverse Donald's curse so he doesn't shrink. In the second story Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge and their nephews search for treasure in a recently purchased castle in Scotland.
Great!.......2000-06-07
This is one of the classics by the old duck master himself
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All-new long adventures featuring Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Uncle Scrooge, and other Disney characters. In "A World Beyond," Donald looks forward to a lazy weekend of role-playing. But things go too far when real hobbit-like critters turn up at his door! Soon our chicken-hearted Duck is at the center of a battle for power in an incredible realm of fantasy. In "Pluto's Nose Knows," Mickey and Pluto are in Greece helping two old rivals, professors Dustibones and Wagstaff, who have joined forces to find the Golden Fleece. But things go sour when Pluto is dognapped! Distraught Mickey must search all Athens to find his beloved pooch. Finally Uncle Scrooge, Donald and the boys discover a mythic lost city's "Bronze Gates."
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September, 1991. "In the talons of the ancient roc bird!"
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This dependable creature stands ready to take the blame-or at least the stickpins-for many transgressions that are part of modern life. Following the great success of our Voodoo line, the kit includes a humorous book and a plush scapegoat toy printed with phrases, plus stickpins.
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Classical Myth and Culture in the Cinema is a collection of essays presenting a variety of approaches to films set in ancient Greece and Rome and to films that reflect archetypal features of classical literature. The diversity of content and theoretical stances found in this volume will make it required reading for scholars and students interested in interdisciplinary approaches to text and image, and for anyone interested in the presence of Greece and Rome in modern popular culture.
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- This book is the BOMB!
- What's Your Hi-Fi Q?: From Prince to Puff Daddy, 30 Years of
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What's Your Hi-Fi Q?: From Prince to Puff Daddy, 30 Years of Black Music Trivia
Scott Poulson-Bryant , and
Smokey Fontaine
Manufacturer: Fireside
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Binding: Paperback
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ASIN: 074322955X |
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Do you know your HI-FI Q?
Which TV star wrote the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye"?
Which funk icon produced Eddie Murphy's first hit single?
Can you name the first song that Puff Daddy used as a sample?
Which rapper's real name is Reggie Noble?
You don't know? Then this book is for you.
What's Your HI-FI Q? is the ultimate quiz book of black music history. Crammed full of questions, lyrics, and lists detailing every black music genre from the funk and soul of the seventies to the rap and R&B of today, What's Your HI-FI Q? is guaranteed fun for both the casual listener and the connoisseur. It's a funk-filled voyage down the Soul Train line that will school you, stump you, and send you to your stereo.
Take the quiz and get your score. Know your HI-FI Q.
ALL INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERNIE PANICCIOLI, THE DEAN OF HIP-HOP PHOTOGRAPHERS
Customer Reviews:
Real Cool Fun Book.......2002-06-25
I always enjoy Books as these they are fun for cook-Outs&things where you can ask questions&things on different Musical Artists.it covers a Wide Range.it truly has a Family Affari Vibe at how it covers so many different time periods but yet combines&brings them as one.
This book is the BOMB!.......2002-06-15
I heard these guys on the radio and saw them on TV talking about this book and they seemed real interesting and knowledgeable about music. The book proves it. It's full of tons of trivia questions about hiphop and r&b, but the best part is the funny and informative lists they have, like Top 5 Posse Records and Top 5 Blue-Eyed Soul records. I don't agree with their choice for the best Duet ("The Closer I Get To You" by Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack). I would have picked Donny and Roberta's "I Who Have Nothing". But anyway they got some good choices all over the book. You'll enjoy this book if you love music and you love trivia. It's like a hiphop version of "Jeopardy."
What's Your Hi-Fi Q?: From Prince to Puff Daddy, 30 Years of.......2002-06-15
This book is an awesome example of fun and education working in tangient. I would highly recommend What's Your Hi-Fi Q ? for summer outings as well as a tool for black music education. Scott and Smokey has done a phenomenal job in using their expertise of black music to create an outstanding product. It's definitely a book I would want to have if I were even remotely interested in black music history.
Intelligent and fun!.......2002-05-29
I love trivia books, especially whent he authors actually know more than I do about the subject area. Scott and Smokey are journalists and music lovers. I used the book at a BBQ I had and everyone from my niece to my mother-in-law got into the action. People were singing hooks to remember answers and recalling where they were when a specific song was playing. I think I have found a great Christmas gift too! I can't wait until the second edition comes out. Where's the boardgame?
Product Description
Do you know your HI-FI Q?
Which TV star wrote the Jackson 5's "Never Can Say Goodbye"?
Which funk icon produced Eddie Murphy's first hit single?
Can you name the first song that Puff Daddy used as a sample?
Which rapper's real name is Reggie Noble?
You don't know? Then this book is for you.
What's Your HI-FI Q? is the ultimate quiz book of black music history. Crammed full of questions, lyrics, and lists detailing every black music genre from the funk and soul of the seventies to the rap and R&B of today, What's Your HI-FI Q? is guaranteed fun for both the casual listener and the connoisseur. It's a funk-filled voyage down the Soul Train line that will school you, stump you, and send you to your stereo.
Take the quiz and get your score. Know your HI-FI Q.
ALL INTERIOR PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERNIE PANICCIOLI, THE DEAN OF HIP-HOP PHOTOGRAPHERS
About the Author
Scott Poulson-Bryant was one of the founding editors of the hip-hop magazine VIBE. His writing has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, The New York Times, The Source, Essence, and Spin magazine. He divides his time between New York and Miami.
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The game must go on! If you haven't yet discovered Sudoku, you'll be playing like a pro in no time. If you -- like millions of other Americans -- are already hooked on the game, this second book in the SUDOKU MANIA series will provide further hours of challenging, mind-boggling fun -- with four skill levels:
Painless • Tricky • Nasty • Migraine
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Experience the Message is an exciting guide to today's revolution in marketing that challenges long-held beliefs about how products are introduced and sustained on the consumer's highly cluttered radar screen. This book reveals how today's companies can use credible voices and sensory experiences to bring the brand—its essence and its benefits—to life, how a company stimulates interaction between the brand and consumers in meaningful locations, creating a positive and memorable association in places and at times where the consumer is most receptive to learning or interacting with a product or brand.
Customer Reviews:
A Good Read.......2006-02-25
Max Lenderman does a good job of illustating the sea change that is taking in the advertising world. His knowledge of the principles of The Experience Economy are sound and he uses them effectively to make his case.
Some good points, too repetitive.......2006-02-22
Overall, this is a decent book that makes some great points. The book, however, is extremely repetitive and can become tedious at times as the author cites the same examples and ideas over and over (how many Tivo owners skip the commercials?).
To put it another way, this book would be perfect if it were about 100 pages shorter. Another book that covers much of the same material without the repetition is Brand Hijack. I recommend reading that one instead.
Not Your Average Marketing Book! Great stuff. .......2006-01-12
I bought this book after seeing author Max Lenderman on TV talking about selling toilet paper to hipster rock fans and I'm glad I did... I got so many good ideas from this book and I have been using it to help think of new strategies for my own business. I went to see Max speak at a bookstore recently and he is actually a very nice, down to earth young guy with a great future... there are so many bad marketing books out there, but this one was right on the money and fun to read.
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