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Prometheus: The Art of the Film
Author: Mark Salisbury
ISBN-10: 1781161097
ISBN-13: 9781781161098
Published: 2012-06-12
Publisher: Titan Books
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Book Description:
Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The movie takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life's ultimate mystery.With an introduction by Scott himself, this lavish book will be the only publication to accompany Prometheus. Stunning production art and behind the scenes photos will grant the reader a window on the process of creating this astounding new epic.
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Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series
Author: John Berger
ISBN-10: 0140135154
ISBN-13: 9780140135152
Published: 1990-12-01
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Book Description:
"Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. "But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled." John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the (London) Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in more ways than one: by concentrating on how we look at paintings . . . he will almost certainly change the way you look at pictures." By now he has. "Berger has the ability to cut right through the mystification of the professional art critics . . . He is a liberator of images: and once we have allowed the paintings to work on us directly, we are in a much better position to make a meaningful evaluation" —Peter Fuller, Arts Review "The influence of the series and the book . . . was enormous . . . It opened up for general attention to areas of cultural study that are now commonplace" —Geoff Dyer in Ways of Telling
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BLAST: spaceship sketches and renderings
Author: Scott Robertson
ISBN-10: 1933492546
ISBN-13: 9781933492544
Published: 2012-04-28
Publisher: Design Studio Press
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Book Description:
Following in the successful tracks of DRIVE, vehicle sketches and renderings, BLAST takes the readers on a visual exploration of spaceships. The team from DRIVE, Scott Robertson, Annis Naeem, and Danny Gardner are together again for BLAST, with each of the three artists exploring spaceships and sci-fi environments with concept sketches executed in wide range of mediums through to final full color Photoshop and 3D digital renderings.BLAST also features a guest artist section with spaceship art from Harald Belker, Ian McQue, Thom Tenery, David Hobbins, Darren Bacon and Joon Ahn.Take off with these visionaries as they launch us out of this world with their captivating spaceship creations. Following on the fast and successful treads of DRIVE, vehicle sketches and renderings, BLAST takes the readers on a visual development journey of spaceships. The formula from DRIVE is applied again to BLAST, with each of the three artists taking spaceships from preliminary concept sketch to final, fully rendered, photorealistic detail.Take off with these visionaries as they launch us out of this world with their captivating spaceship creations.
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Art Forms in Nature: The Prints of Ernst Haeckel (Monographs)
Author: Ernst Haeckel
ISBN-10: 3791319906
ISBN-13: 9783791319902
Published: 1998-08-01
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
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Book Description:
The geometric shapes and natural forms, captured with exceptional precision in Ernst Haeckel's prints, still influence artists and designers to this day. This volume highlights the research and findings of this natural scientist. Powerful modern microscopes have confirmed the accuracy of Haeckel's prints, which even in their day, became world famous. Haeckel's portfolio, first published between 1899 and 1904 in separate installments, is described in the opening essays. The plates illustrate Haeckel's fundamental monistic notion of the "unity of all living things" and the wide variety of forms are executed with utmost delicacy. Incipient microscopic organisms are juxtaposed with highly developed plants and animals. The pages, ordered according to geometric and "constructive" aspects, document the oness of the world in its most diversified forms. This collection of plates was not only well-received by scientists, but by artists and architects as well. Rene Binet, a pioneer of glass and iron constructions, Emile Galle, a renowned Art Nouveau designer, and the photographer Karl Blossfeld all make explicit reference to Haeckel in their work.
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The Artist's Way Workbook
Author: Julia Cameron
ISBN-10: 1585425338
ISBN-13: 9781585425334
Published: 2006-09-21
Publisher: Tarcher
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For the millions of people who have uncovered their creative selves through the Artist's Way program-a workbook and companion to the international bestseller. Alife-changing twelve-week program, The Artist's Way has touched the lives of millions of people around the world. Now, for the first time, fans will have this elegantly designed and user-friendly volume for use in tandem with the book. The Artist's Way Workbook includes: - more than 110 Artist's Way tasks; - more than 50 Artist's Way check-ins; - a fascinating introduction to the workbook in which Cameron shares new insights into the creative process that she has culled in the decade since The Artist's Way was originally published; - new and original writings on Morning Page Journaling and the Artist's Date-two of the most vital tools set forth by Cameron in The Artist's Way. The Artist's Way Workbook is an indispensable book for anyone following the spiritual path to higher creativity laid out in The Artist's Way.
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Aliens - Colonial Marines Technical Manual
Author: lee Brimmicombe-Wood
ISBN-10: 1781161313
ISBN-13: 9781781161319
Published: 2012-05-29
Publisher: Titan Books
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Book Description:
The United States Colonial Marines. Ultimate troubleshooters equipped with state-of-the-art firepower, capable of power projection across the vast expanse of deep space. They can sharpshoot a man at a thousand meters or obliterate an entire world from the safety of orbit. They reckon they are unbeatable.But on a dirtball colony planet known only as LV-426 the unthinkable happens. The Marines lose. The Aliens - Colonial Marines Technical Manual is your official guide to the equipment and organisation of the United States Colonial Marine Corps. Packed with diagrams, technical schematics and plans, the manual takes a detailed look at the guns, vehicles and ships of the USCMC, and the men and women who use them. A must-have book for any Aliens fan, the Aliens - Colonial Marines Technical Manual examines the technology of the movie's futuristic nightmare in every detail.
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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Roger Scruton
ISBN-10: 0199229759
ISBN-13: 9780199229758
Published: 2011-04-08
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Book Description:
Beauty can be consoling, disturbing, sacred, profane; it can be exhilarating, appealing, inspiring, chilling. It can affect us in an unlimited variety of ways. Yet it is never viewed with indifference. In this Very Short Introduction, the renowned philosopher Roger Scruton explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object--either in art, in nature, or the human form--beautiful, and examining how we can compare differing judgments of beauty when it is evident all around us that our tastes vary so widely. Is there a right judgment to be made about beauty? Is it right to say there is more beauty in a classical temple than a concrete office block, more in a Rembrandt than in an Andy Warhol Campbell Soup Can? Forthright and thought-provoking, and as accessible as it is intellectually rigorous, this introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects that fill our lives.
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Wabi-Sabi: for Artists, Designers, Poets & Philosophers
Author: Leonard Koren
ISBN-10: 0981484603
ISBN-13: 9780981484600
Published: 2008-11-01
Publisher: Imperfect Publishing
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Book Description:
An updated version of the classic volume on the beauty of things imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.
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Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities (8th Edition)
Author: Dennis J. Sporre
ISBN-10: 0131931148
ISBN-13: 9780131931145
Published: 2005-02-18
Publisher: Prentice Hall
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Book Description:
KEY BENEFIT: Written for individuals who have little or no knowledge of the arts, Perceiving the Arts has a specific and limited purpose: to provide an introductory, technical, and respondent-related reference to the arts and literature. KEY TOPICS: Intended to give basic information about each of the arts disciplines–drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, music, theatre, dance, cinema, landscape architecture, and literature–the book seeks to give its readers touchstones concerning what to look and listen for in works of art and literature. MARKET: For arts and humanities instructors and enthusiasts.
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The LEGO Book
Author: Daniel Lipkowitz
ISBN-10: 0756656230
ISBN-13: 9780756656232
Published: 2009-10-05
Publisher: DK ADULT
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Reveal, explore, and celebrate the fascinating LEGOŽ story in The LEGOŽ Book. From its beginnings in a carpenter's workshop and the development of the first plastic brick, to the group's current position as an international brand, a timeline highlights key moments in LEGOŽ history. Fascinating facts on every significant LEGOŽ product line, theme park, video game, artwork, competition, club, collectible and more combine with images from the LEGO Group's photo archives-many seen here for the first time-and inspiring ideas on how to make a variety of things from just a few bricks. Packaged in a beautiful slip case with cutting-edge design, this two-volume set also features Standing Small-a 96-page book celebrating the minifigure. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick configuration and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. Š2009 The LEGO Group.
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