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      • Trusted Partner
        History of Art / Art & Design Styles
        2020

        Embroidery in the clothes of outstanding Ukrainians

        by Tetyna Zez

        The book includes the stories of extraordinary Ukrainians who made a significant personal contribution to the development of Ukrainian literature, theater, and poetry. Among the characters of the book are Lesya Ukrainka, Ivan Franko, Taras Shevchenko, Maria Zankovetska, Olena Pchilka, Olena Skoropadska, Maksym Rylskyi, Mykhailo Starytskyi. But we do not write about the gossip around them. We popularize the art of Ukrainian embroidery and highlight the private fragments of the lives of prominent Ukrainians that are little known to the general public. The book is organized in the form of a folder, which contains postcards-stories about the figure and a memorial item decorated with Ukrainian embroidery. The publication is the result of the cooperation of a team of like-minded people - museologists, embroiderers, scientists, clothing makers and publishers, who implemented a project aimed at popularizing the art of Ukrainian embroidery and highlighting fragments of the lives of prominent Ukrainians that are little known to the general public. Each postcard of the collection introduces us to the biography of a prominent person and the features of the domestic culture of that time through the presentation of a certain memorial item, which is decorated with Ukrainian embroidery. But the authors go further and present products sewn and embroidered by modern craftsmen, decorated with the same embroidery, as well as special schemes are presented, according to which everyone can reproduce both simple and complex ornaments from museum monuments in the material. The book will be interesting for everyone who is interested in Ukrainian ethnoculture, clothing manufacturing specialists, and embroiderers.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        January 2021

        The Ark Ukraine

        by Yaryna Vynnytska

        An exclusive gift edition on the cultural heritage of Ukraine with special features - lace cutting, golden foil embossing, blind embossing, textured varnish. This is a book of initiation, a journey through thousands of years of Ukrainian history and culture. The book became a visiting card of Ukraine, an official state symbol. The artbook 'The Ark Ukraine' comprises all cultural heritage of Ukraine under one cover: artifacts of traditional culture, masterpieces of professional art, symbols and archetypes, prominent historical and cultural figures - all that deserves the status of 'the Ukrainian brand'.

      • Trusted Partner
        The Arts
        September 2023

        The senses in interior design

        Sensorial expressions and experiences

        by John Potvin, Marie-Ève Marchand, Benoit Beaulieu

        The senses in interior design examines how sight, touch, smell, hearing and taste have been mobilised within various forms of interiors. The chapters explore how the body navigates and negotiates the realities of designed interiors and challenge the traditional focus on star designers or ideal interiors that have left sensorial agency at the margins of design history. From the sensually gendered role of the fireplace in late sixteenth century Italy to the synaesthetic décors of Comte Robert de Montesquiou and the sensorial stimuli of Aesop stores, each chapter brings a new perspective on the central role that the senses have played in the conception, experiences and uses of interiors.

      • The Arts

        Khachkar

        by Hamlet Petrosyan

        This book presents a complete historical and cultural picture of one of the most original and well known creations of Armenian culture, the khachkar, including many complex factors concerning its origin, chronology, functions, associated rites, semantics of the composition and symbolism.

      • The Arts
        October 2020

        Mandala Art Experience Soul Red Edition

        by Dreambox Inc

        Mandala Art Therapy will help you reduce stress, increase focus, and calm your anxiety. Mandala is a spiritual symbol that represents peace and positivity. Mandala Art Experience is a kind of meditative art that helps in gaining inner peace by relaxing the mind & body. Colouring is one of the best ways of expressing your thoughts and with the help of Mandala Art Experience, you can be your own therapist by expressing your feelings through your art. This book will help you maintain your overall well-being and act as an effective tool for relieving stress. Learn the art of balance and bring peace to your mind by drawing Mandalas.

      • Religious subjects depicted in art

        Santos

        Enduring Images of Northern New Mexican Village Churches

        by Marie Romero Cash

        Richly illustrated with examples of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century art from northern New Mexico's village churches, this is an in-depth investigation into the artistic heritage of the New Mexican santero (saint maker). It is also an important study of northern New Mexican artisans and their craft. Along with photographer Jack Parsons, Marie Romero Cash visited every church in the region and documented, identified, and measured each santos. Together they photographed over 500 pieces, including 19 moradas (places of worship for Penitentes) and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Collection housed at the Museum of International Folk Art. Cash's extensive research into these formerly 'anonymous' artisans fills a gap in the study of this unique form, making Santos indispensable for art historians and the general reader interested in the culture and art of the American Southwest.

      • History of Art / Art & Design Styles

        Exploring Folk Art

        Twenty Years of Thought on Craft, Work, and Aesthetics

        by Michael Jones

        Jones explores the human impulse to create, the necessity for having aesthetically satisfying experiences, and the craving for tradition. He also considers topics such as making chairs, remodeling houses, using and preserving soda-fountain slang, preparing and eating food, and sculpting lifelike figures out of cement.

      • Oriental martial arts
        December 1998

        A Guide to Chinese Martial Arts

        Correspondence Between Lu Xun and Xu Guangping

        by Li Tianji / Du Xilian

        Wushu or Chinese martial arts, with a long history and various styles, is beneficial for health as well as for self defence. The book is divided into 3 chapters. The first chapter is about the origin, development and present situation of wushu; the second introduces different styles of wushu and the last chapter explains the main wushu styles. Fully illustrated.

      • The Arts

        Chinese Wood Carving

        by Xv Huacheng

        This book introduces the history of Chinese wood carving with pictures of about 400 works of art.

      • Decorative arts
        May 2011

        Folding Techniques for Designers

        From Sheet to Form

        by Paul Jackson

        Many designers use folding techniques in their work to make three-dimensional forms from two-dimensional sheets of fabric, cardboard, plastic, metal and many other materials. This unique book explains the key techniques of folding, such as pleated surfaces, curved folding and crumpling. It has applications for architects, product designers, and jewellery and fashion designers An elegant, practical handbook, Folding for Designers explains over 70 techniques explained with clear step-by-step drawings, crease pattern drawings, and specially commissioned photography. The book is accompanied by a CD containing all the crease pattern drawings.

      • Decorative arts

        The Art of Cigar Bands

        by Philippe Mesmer

        Cigar-bands have sdorned cigars for more than 150 years. Until World War I they were produced and printed to the hightest quality using the best methods available, with the result that many cigar-bands of the time are genuine works of art. Images depicted on the bands are varied, but specific themes may be distinguished – flowers and foliage, for example, or heraldic ‘charges’, or of course portraits of contemporary rulers and celebrities. This book features nearly 1,800 cigar-bands drawn from the collection of Roger van Reeth, including some of the most beautiful, some of the rarest and some of the oldest. Their presence adds something special to what is already a special publication: the Flavour, perhaps, of a superb Havana cigar.

      • The Arts
        February 2020

        Art & Scrap Book 1

        by Afrasiyab Khan

        The five-part Art & Scrap series is one of the best resources not only for the learning of basic artistic techniques and ideas but also to create a lifelong interest in the medium. The books also introduce the learners to various artists and their artwork. The books contain: Various artistic styles. Information on colour theory and palette recognition. Integrated learning across the books. Separate pages for scrap and other projects.

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