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1000 Chairs by Charlotte Fiell
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Category: Home & Garden | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Chairs displayed on their own as pure form. An overview of the 20th centuryMore than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designers. The particular curve of a backrest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the color of the entire artifact all r ...Show more
1000 Lights by Peter Fiell
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Category: No Category | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Light up your life: Luminary design of the 20th century Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1,000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century's most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful lead ...Show more
1000 Nudes - a History of Erotic Photography from 1839-1939 by Hans-Michael Koetzle
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Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
A glimpse through the keyhole of history: From the earliest nude daguerrotypes to experimental nude photography The history of nude photography is the history of people's fascination with the topic. Indeed, the photographic depiction of the human body is the only subject that has enthralled photographer ...Show more
1000 Record Covers by Michael Ochs
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Category: No Category | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Record covers are a sign of our life and times. Like the music on the discs, they address such issues as love, life, death, fashion, and rebellion. For music fans the covers are the expression of a period, of a particular time in their lives. Many are works of art and have become as famous as the music ...Show more
1000 Tattoos by Burkhard Riemschneider (Editor)
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Category: No Category | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Wearable art: An exploration of tattoos past and present Whether you're thinking of getting a tattoo or just want to see to what lengths others have gone in decorating their bodies, this is the book to check out. This edition of 1000 Tattoos explores the history of the art worldwide via designs and phot ...Show more
20th Century Classic Cars 100 Years of Automotive Ads by Phil Patton
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Category: Coffee Table | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Wheels of history: From the Model T and DB5 to the VW Beetle and the Hummer Henry Fordjump-started the age of the automobile with the first assembly-line car in 1908: theModel T. Over the next century the automobile evolved from chugging workhorse to tail fin era showboat to sleek status symbol, complet ...Show more
A History of Photography - from 1839 to the Present by Steven Heller
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Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
This is a unique survey of photography from its origins until now. From a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, George Eastman's career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak died in 1932, and left his house to the University of Rochester. ...Show more
Araki Tokyo Lucky Hole by Nobuyoshi Araki
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Category: No Category | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
It started in 1978 with an ordinary coffee shop near Kyoto. Word spread that the waitresses wore no panties under their miniskirts. Similar establishments popped up across the country. Men waited in line outside to pay three times the usual coffee price just to be served by a panty-free young woman. Wit ...Show more
Camera Work by Alfred Stieglitz
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Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
This title includes highlights from the legendary photo journal. Photographer, writer, publisher, and curator Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946) was a visionary, far ahead of his time. Around the turn of the 20th century he founded the Photo-Secession, a progressive movement concerned with advancing the creat ...Show more
Dalí. The Paintings by Robert Descharnes, Gilles Néret
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Category: Art and Design | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
The seminal surrealist: Exploring Dali's grandiose and grotesque oeuvre Picasso called Dali "an outboard motor that's always running." Dali thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was on ...Show more
Design of the 20th Century by Charlotte Fiell; Peter Fiell
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Category: Home & Garden | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The bible of 20th-century design: From Art Nouveau to minimalism and everything in between Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into everyday life with often staggering results. Ou ...Show more
Encyclopaedia anatomica by Monika Von During
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Category: No Category | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Know thyself. This book explores the complex and amazing universe that lives beneath your skin. From the eccentric Museo La Specola in Florence comes this amazing collection of waxworks depicting the human anatomy in all its dazzling complexity. A selection of wax bodies and body part and organ studies ...Show more