Assouline
Длина 279

Описание:
For over 35 years, Prosper Assouline and Azzedine Alaïa were close friends. As a tribute to their friendship, Prosper Assouline decided to republish Assouline's 1992 "Collector's Book" on Alaïa's Summer 1992 show that lays bare the work of a creative artist. Never before had a haute couture designer given such an in-depth view of the secret alchemy that goes into a fashion show. Azzedine Alaïa was not one to do things the way everyone else had done, so it was fitting that he would be the first to produce such a work. What this book offers is the complete story of a fashion show from start to finish, including: everyone participating, all of the objects required, and every item of décor or inspiration which helped form Alaïa's work. It is like a seismographic recording of all the emotions, colors, fabrics, and shapes that go into creating a fashion show. The French call such a show a "collection", hence the title Livre de Collection, which offers an inside view of an intensely creative universe. This book also redresses what could be described as an injustice of the fashion world by giving a durable form to the eminently ephemeral event that is a couture show. It is a permanent record of the creative chaos that is a feature of every fashion collection, an ordered reflection of the fragile and wonderful craziness in which a creative artist lives and works. A faithful mirror, this "Collector's Book" reflects the intense and magnificent work of artist Azzedine Alaïa.

Описание:
The sacred buildings of America churches, synagogues, temples, mosques, meetinghouses are as diverse as the people they serve. In this book, we hear from architects, designers, clergy, and congregations as we explore and reflect on the intersection of faith, design, and community. We visit a variety of houses of worship across the nation, from a Quaker meetinghouse built in 1694 to a Baptist church constructed by slaves and a synagogue completed at the end of the twentieth century.

Описание:
With more than two hundred richly colored. painstakingly detailed antique illustrations. "Lost Fish" offers a chance to meditate on the dazzling beauty of marine life before it is too late. Culled from rare eighteenth century scientific volumes. these stunning prints testify to the ages curiosity about the natural world. which spurred legendary writers to expound on the beauty of creation and etymologists like Linnaeus. Buffon. and his successor. the Comte de Lacpde. to catalogue the species around them. Today. only the very deepest crevasses of the ocean elude us. But many of these species so meticulously enumerated by Lacpde are lost forever. or pushed to the ink of extinction. put at risk by the planets changing climate.