Fifth Edition

Virtually all the masterpieces of Islamic art—the Alhambra, the Taj Mahal, and the Tahmasp Shahnama—were produced during the period from the Mongol conquests in the early thirteenth century to the advent of European colonial rule in the nineteenth. This beautiful book surveys the architecture and arts of the traditional Islamic lands during this era. Conceived as a sequel to Th...(展开全部)

Burlesque / Art of the Teese A tour of the world of burlesque and fetish includes in the first part a history of burlesque complemented by Dita's provocative tips on erotic fashion and sensuality, and in the second part a celebration of fetish style. Copious photographs throughout from the worlds best pinup, glamour and fashion photographers make this thick tome essential for a...(展开全部)

Burlesque / Art of the Teese A tour of the world of burlesque and fetish includes in the first part a history of burlesque complemented by Dita's provocative tips on erotic fashion and sensuality, and in the second part a celebration of fetish style. Copious photographs throughout from the worlds best pinup, glamour and fashion photographers make this thick tome essential for a...(展开全部)

Hal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art has become a defining feature of contemporary culture. While architects such as Zaha Hadid and Herzog and de Meuron draw on art to reanimate design, architecture has inspired fundamental transformations in painting, sculpture and film, which are also explored here. The book includ...(展开全部)

Everything physical is made up of the elements and the infinite variety of molecules they form when they combine with each other. In Molecules, Theodore Gray takes the next step in the grand story that began with the periodic table in his best-selling book, The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe. Here, he explores through fascinating stories and ...(展开全部)

Aldo Rossi, a practicing architect and leader of the Italian architectural movement La Tendenza, is also one of the most influential theorists writing today. The Architecture of the City is his major work of architectural and urban theory. In part a protest against functionalism and the Modern Movement, in part an attempt to restore the craft of architecture to its position as ...(展开全部)