75 Years of the Oscar, newly updated, revised, and expanded, is the official history of the Academy Awards written by film critic Robert Osborne in association with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. It begins with a general history of the Academy followed by the author's lively, decad..
For the film industry, the Academy Awards is the most celebrated and most significant night of the year: everyone longs for the recognition of being nominated to win a little golden statuette. For most of us, however, even a walk down the red carpet is just a dream. 80 Years of the Oscar puts reader..
From the camera lucida to the latest in digital image making and computer manipulation, photographic technology has dramatically changed throughout its nearly 200-year history, as succinctly explained and powerfully illustrated in A World History of Photography. Thanks to the unique immediacy with w..
The dialogue between art and science has powerfully shaped both endeavors since antiquity. Artists have been pioneering figures in disciplines from engineering to medicine, while scientists have decisively influenced our visual culture with their discoveries. In an authoritative and accessible text ..
Photographs depict the people, landscapes, cultures, festivals, and architecture of Myanmar, also known as Burma Author: Cribbs, Gillian Publisher: Abbeville Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0789202549 ISBN-13: 9780789202543..
In recent years, the richly colored, exuberantly painted canvases by artists such as Franz Bischoff, Alson Clark, Joseph Raphael, Guy Rose, and William Wendt have attracted an expanding circle of admirers all across the country. In addition to the work of these established West Coast masters, many l..
Every extant work by Caravaggio is reproduced in color in this lavish newly updated volume, the long-awaited result of more than twenty years of research by a leading authority on the artist.In an engaging and informed text, John T. Spike explores in detail Caravaggio's scandalous life and provocati..
In Celestial Nights, photographer Neil Folberg skillfully captures a spectacular worldof nocturnal landscapes where the horizon isnGÇÖt always definitive. The earth and heavensare mingled in this collection of arresting photographs, which to Folberg representa blurred division between present and et..
As travelers are making plans to visit the Summer Olympics in Beijing and tour China, this volume portrays China's must-see places as well as regions visitors rarely discover. Internationally acclaimed photographer Basil Pao set out on an expedition through all of China's provinces to capture the sp..
For centuries opera companies have mesmerized audiences with their elaborately costumed and made-up characters and the pageantry of their productions. Among the several hundred regional companies in China today, the best known are the Peking, the Cantonese, and Shanghai's Yue Operas, which are featu..
Creator of brilliant devotional paintings and mosaics, Cimabue (c. 1240-1302) represented the transition from medieval to early Renaissance art; his legacy is revealed in this authoritative volume, the first new monograph in 30 years. Cimabue is credited with bringing a naturalistic style to the sti..
An invaluable resource on vintage watches, Classic Wristwatches 2008-2009 contains detailed information on some fifty of the most historically interesting brands sought after by collectors.Updated every two years, Classic Wristwatches deals solely with vintage watches, that is, watches no longer in ..
From the Maine shoreline to the Florida Keys, and from the Northwest's inland waters to Baja, California, this collection of oils and watercolours includes views of New England's rocky shores and sandy beaches, Chesapeake Bay, South Carolina's Low Country, the rugged Oregon Coast (where Lewis and Cl..
Handsomely illustrated, this comprehensive guide to one of the world's classic spirits features an annotated alphabetical listing of the finest brands--more than 100 producers. The entries contain extensive tasting notes describing aroma and flavor and providing information about the quality and ind..
This engaging cookbook, which features the tropical dishes of South India, demystifies the cuisine and offers more than 100 recipes with light, tropical flavors and simple praparations, along with sumptuous photographs of the food and the region. 24 full-color illustrations. Author: Maya Kaimal Macm..
This handy reference book is perfect for anyone interested in Japanese art, whether they be art history students and enthusiasts or tourists visiting Japan. A comprehensive overview of the major trends in art throughout the history of Japan, Discovering the Arts of Japan includes a select bibliograp..
This work presents signature images of 20 of the century's greatest photographs alongside excerpts from their interviews with the author and his portraits of each. Photographers include: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Jeanloup Sieff, Jean-Philippe Charbonnier, Edouard Boubat, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Sebastiao Sa..
Book by Brott, Armin A., Ash, Jennifer Author: Ash, Jennifer Publisher: Abbeville Press Binding: Paperback Language: English ISBN-10: 0789208245 ISBN-13: 9780789208248..
The beloved rabbit--whose globe trotting tales have sold nearly 2.4 million copies worldwide--is back with his friend Sophie, leading kids on a new set of adventures and teaching them a new set of interactive skills in this expanded and updated activity book. 216 illustrations. Author: Nobleman, Mar..
When Felix, Sophie's stuffed rabbit, is sent on an accidental balloon ride, he finds himself exploring the many different environments of the planet, including the North Pole, a tropical island, a desert, and the rain forest. Author: Droop, Constanza Publisher: Abbeville Pr Binding: Hardcover Langua..
Over the course of her fifty-year career, Lucille Ball appeared in eighty movies and starred in five television series. And ever since the first episodes of "I Love Lucy" aired in 1951, she has been America's favorite funny lady. Now her legions of fans can revel in a book devoted to all the memorab..
A dedicated collector and advocate of contemporary art since the late 1940s, Giuseppe Panza has played a fundamental role in the artistic culture of his time, introducing American phenomena such as Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, Pop Art, Environmental Art, and Conceptualism to the museums of Eu..
A catalog of the influential works of Gustave Caillebotte, an impressionist painter who also collected and preserved many important impressionistic works Author: Distel, Anne Publisher: Abbeville Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0789200414 ISBN-13: 9780789200419..
Two young Americans take us to Humla, an ancient territory at the edge of Nepal where no Westerner has ever lived before. In breathtaking photographs and evocative prose, Thomas Kelly and Carroll Dunham capture Humla's limitless vistas and disclose intimate details of the lives of its extraordinary ..