The Art Deco movement - with its emphasis on up-to-date individuality combined with good taste, fine materials and exquisite workmanship - became all the rage in France. Other countries produced their own versions of the style, but in furniture especially, the French predominated: the world had not seen such creative design for 125 years; on the one hand, the virtuoso cabinet-making of Ruhlmann, on the other, the brilliant originality of Gray and Legrain. Alastair Duncan introduces us to the work of over eighty architects, furniture makers and interior designers. The colour and monochrome photographs - almost all of them specially commissioned for this book - form a valuable portfolio of Art Deco furniture which should be of special value to those seeking comprehensive information about a design movement which has proved of lasting appeal both to collectors and to the general public.
Este volumen presenta por primera vez de manera completa y con un tratamiento sistemático la temática relativa a la conservación y restauración del mueble. Resultado teórico de una larga investigación documental, se convierte paralelamente en una fecunda serie de experiencias prácticas. La obra considera el mueble en su riquísima variedad geográfica e histórica,y en la extensa diversidad de estilos y tipologías constructivas, examinando una casuística extremadamente amplia y ofreciendo también respuestas concretas tanto a los restauradores y conservadores como a los amantes del mueble. Las autoras aúnan los aspectos técnicos concretos con el contexto histórico-artístico que corresponde al mueble, conduciendo el discurso dentro del marco más general de la teoría de la restauración contemporánea. De esta manera, contribuyen decisivamente a definir el perfil de la nueva figura profesional del restaurador de muebles, depositario de una cultura propia y capaz de proporcionar respuestas prácticas valiéndose con competencia de la aportación de diferentes expertos científicos. Un texto adecuado tanto para la lectura y el estudio como para la consulta; punto de referencia actualizado para la moderna cultura de la restauración del mueble, que satisfará tanto a aficionados como a expertos, estudiosos, restauradores y anticuarios.
Todo el abanico de posibilidades artísticas que permite el uso del pastel y del acrílico se detalla en esta guía práctica que no sólo contiene consejos de uso, sino también reproducciones de cuadros terminados e ilustraciones de las distintas etapas de realizacion para mejorar el aprendizaje.
52 lujosos volúmenes de 21 x 28 cm. Encuadernados con estampaciones de oro. Más de 35.000 páginas. 39.000 ilustraciones con las mas bellas imágenes. Constituye la Historia general del Arte más extens
In this richly illustrated landmark book author and journalist Will Ellsworth Jones documents the sold stolen and destroyed works of Banksy one of the most renowned and controversial artists of our time This is a book about what you can t see the works that have disappeared entirely whether destroyed by authorities or whisked into people s private art collections to languish on walls or in collector s vaults These remarkable works are as elusive as their creator but are returned here for public consumption and enjoyment A victim of his own success Banksy is famous the world over and yet more famously disdainful of the spotlight preferring to remain anonymous Considered by many to be one of the greatest living artists in the world and to others a rogue vandal with a political agenda Banksy has scandalised and enlightened the art world since his acts of guerrilla art began to appear on the streets of Barton Hill in Bristol over 25 years ago His artworks can now be found on streets across the globe adorning the walls of some of the world s most distinguished galleries and even being sold for millions at private auctions Works unveiled in Banksy s Lost Works include The pieces painted on partially destroyed buildings around Kyiv Ukraine one of which
