An excellent, comprehensive overview of the life and work of the groundbreaking artist who broke down the boundaries between photography and graphic design with his innovative techniques.

"I paint what cannot be photographed, I photograph the things I don't want to paint....I would photograph an idea rather than an object, and a dream rather than an idea." Man Ray's own words suggest the essence of his brilliant, original, and deeply influential photographic oeuvre. Taking up photography in 1915 for the purpose of reproducing his paintings, he earned money doing...(展开全部)

A humorous picture book about the adventures of a light bulb who embarks on an enlightening journey, from the acclaimed author-illustrator of Petra. At the end of the hall, near the staircase, is a closet. In that closet lives Ray, who is a light bulb. Ray spends most of his time in darkness, which is pretty boring if you don't know how to fill it. So boring that Ray usually sl...(展开全部)

How our medical obsessions and the image of the body influence modern architecture. This book explores the impact of medical discourse and diagnostic technologies on the formation, representation and reception of modern architecture. It challenges the normal understanding of modern architecture by proposing that the architecture of the early 20th century was shaped by the domin...(展开全部)

2014 Reprint of 1947 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition. Not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Scholar, theologian and philosopher, Martin Buber is one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. He believed that the deepest reality of human life lies in the relationship between one being and another. "Between Man and Man" is the classic work ...(展开全部)

雷·哈里豪森（Ray Harryhausen），于1920年生于洛杉矶，但他职业生涯中大部分的杰作都是在英国完成的。退休之后，他又以极大的热情推动着雷与黛安娜·哈里豪森基金会的运作。这一基金会的成立目的有三：让更多人知晓雷·哈里豪森的大名；讲解传授他的独门动画技艺与特效 艺术手法；妥善保存他手中难以计数的珍藏。2013年，他在英国与世长辞。 托尼·道尔顿（Tony Dalton），曾是一位电影发行宣传员兼影史专家，现在则经营着自己的档案研究公司。他与雷·哈里豪森相识已有30多年，并和雷合著了他那本极为成功的自传《动画人生》，该书也是由Aurum出版社发行的。 徐辰，又名Cliffx、范克里夫大尉、恒星际战术绦虫、日丹诺夫第一一二工厂五号锅炉房司炉工、鲜卑利亚大规模杀伤性拖稿神拳第三十五代传人。喜爱传统影视特效的老小孩，近年译作《星际迷航：联邦星舰进取...(展开全部)

雷·哈里豪森（Ray Harryhausen），于1920年生于洛杉矶，但他职业生涯中大部分的杰作都是在英国完成的。退休之后，他又以极大的热情推动着雷与黛安娜·哈里豪森基金会的运作。这一基金会的成立目的有三：让更多人知晓雷·哈里豪森的大名；讲解传授他的独门动画技艺与特效 艺术手法；妥善保存他手中难以计数的珍藏。2013年，他在英国与世长辞。 托尼·道尔顿（Tony Dalton），曾是一位电影发行宣传员兼影史专家，现在则经营着自己的档案研究公司。他与雷·哈里豪森相识已有30多年，并和雷合著了他那本极为成功的自传《动画人生》，该书也是由Aurum出版社发行的。 徐辰，又名Cliffx、范克里夫大尉、恒星际战术绦虫、日丹诺夫第一一二工厂五号锅炉房司炉工、鲜卑利亚大规模杀伤性拖稿神拳第三十五代传人。喜爱传统影视特效的老小孩，近年译作《星际迷航：联邦星舰进取...(展开全部)

The huge ape of Mighty Joe Young. The fighting skeletons of Jason and the Argonauts. And, of course, the angry T. Rex of Island of the Gwangi. All these creations and many more, seared into our collective consciousness, are the work of one man--Ray Harryhausen. The father of special effects, Ray Harryhausen is revered among film historians, animators, special-effects designers,...(展开全部)

As one of the most highly acclaimed stop-motion animators in movie history, Ray Harryhausen was responsible for the dinosaurs, animals, mythological creatures, and aliens in such classic films as The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, King Kong, Jason & The Argonauts, and War of the Worlds . These extraordinary creatures stole scene after scene from human actors, and this book shows how ...(展开全部)

This book will guide you through the steps of creating your own powerful ray tracer program, proceeding from simple images through advanced special effects such as soft shadows, glass and metal textures, and motion blur.