50 de mest populära böckerna i Sverige●Konst och arkitektur

Cities are now home to 55% of the world’s population, and that number is rising. Urban populations across the world will continue to grow, including in megacities with populations over ten million. In 2016 there were 31 megacities globally, according to the United Nations’ World Cities Report, with 24 of those cities located in the Global South. That number is expected to rise to 41 by 2030, with all ten new megacities in the Global South where the processes of urbanization are intrinsically...

Releasedatum: 2020-06-04 399,00 kr

Cities and Nature connects environmental processes with social and political actions. The book reconnects science and social science to demonstrate how the city is part of the environment and how it is subject to environmental constraints and opportunities. This second edition has been extensively revised and updated with in-depth examination of theory and critical themes. Greater discussion is given to urbanization trends and megacities; the post-industrial city and global economic changes; dev...

Releasedatum: 2013-05-29 399,00 kr

Millions of people have learned to draw using the methods of Dr. Betty Edwards's bestseller The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain . Now, much as artists progress from drawing to painting, Edwards moves from black-and-white into color. This much-awaited new guide distills the enormous existing knowledge about color theory into a practical method of working with color to produce harmonious combinations. Using techniques tested and honed in her five-day intensive color workshops, Edwards p...

Releasedatum: 2004-09-23 149,00 kr

Welcome to Ninety Degrees, the first interactive book on the topic of knolling. As a matter of fact, it’s the first time anyone has made a book on the topic. Ever since the launch of the iPad in 2010, I have been fascinated by the publishing potential of the device. Things got even more interesting when Apple released iBooks Author and it’s what drove me to create this experiment. This book, or more accurately, “experience”, will give you a look into the beauty and functionality of knoll...

Releasedatum: 2013-02-28 9,00 kr

How to Draw Portraits is a unique collection of techniques, terminology, and examples for the beginner and advanced graphite artist. Over one hundred illustrations support carefully reviewed explanations of elemental technique. Discover that you can draw with an eraser and simulate skin texture with circularism. Find out how to draw hair, and how to break down complex shapes into simple abstract components. Use layers and "punch-up" your work. You can even draw with a brush and graphite dust. Mo...

Releasedatum: 2013-03-14 49,00 kr

Are you a Manga and Anime enthusiast and would like to start learning step-by-step how to draw manga faces, bodies and accessories from completely scratch? Are you looking for a step-by-step Illustrated Manual that can teach you the essential skills you need to bring your characters to life?  With this Handbook, you can learn the secrets of a real Japanese cartoonist and discover how easy it is to draw your favorite manga models. Learning is designed to be easy and intuitive, with explanato...

Releasedatum: 2022-06-23 45,00 kr

In this 1929 classic, the great architect Le Corbusier turned from the design of houses to the planning of cities, surveying urban problems and venturing bold new solutions. The book shocked and thrilled a world already deep in the throes of the modern age. Today it is revered as a work that, quite literally, helped to shape our world. Le Corbusier articulates concepts and ideas he would put to work in his city planning schemes for Algiers, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Barcelona, Ge...

Releasedatum: 2013-04-09 125,00 kr

Practical guide to creating meaningful Polynesian tattoos: - traditional symbols and motifs - their meanings - positioning guidelines - quick reference to find the right symbols for the desired meanings - maorigrams creation explained - creation process and case studies in detail - 200+ images From TattooTribes' artists, the essential book to learn creating beautiful Polynesian tattoos with a meaning. SHAPE YOUR DREAMS!

Releasedatum: 2011-09-04 35,00 kr

Mona Lisa is one of the world’s most studied paintings, yet she still has secrets to reveal. Join art historian Lee Sandstead—university professor and host of Travel Channel’s Emmy nominated Art Attack —on an interactive journey into the hidden world of Renaissance and realist art. Watch engaging videos. Read interviews with prominent museum conservators. Interact with gorgeous paintings by artists such as Titian, Rembrandt, Waterhouse, and Bouguereau. All to follow Lee on his quest to u...

Releasedatum: 2012-05-29 25,00 kr

Anatomy and art combine in this incredibly detailed manga drawing guide that offers an in-depth look at the human body. Manga artists of every level will benefit from this essential anatomical overview. Step-by-step instructions bring manga characters to life and provide a clearly defined and easy-to-follow art course on drawing the human body. With more than 1,500 highly-detailed drawings and useful tips from a manga artist actually working in the business, this book is a self-contained art cla...

Releasedatum: 2020-03-10 159,00 kr

In recent decades, we have witnessed an explosion in the number of visual images we encounter, as our lives have become increasingly saturated with screens. From Google Images to Instagram, video games to installation art, this transformation is confusing, liberating and worrying all at once, since observing the new visuality of culture is not the same as understanding it. Nicholas Mirzoeff is a leading figure in the field of visual culture, which aims to make sense of this extraordinary explosi...

Releasedatum: 2015-06-04 99,00 kr

Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide is an indispensable—and enchanting—resource for travelers, architecture enthusiasts, historians, and all those with an interest in any aspect of the richly multi-faceted subject that is Roman architecture. At its most expansive, the Roman Empire stretched from the British Isles to Egypt; Rome was the ancient world’s greatest superpower. Roman Architecture: A Visual Guide takes us to the great buildings and engineering marvels of Rome and its empire, explo...

Releasedatum: 2014-01-13 69,00 kr

Manga, the famous Japanese art form, has advanced into a cutting-edge drawing style that takes advantage of the latest digital technologies and innovations. Computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter now allow manga artists to create digital artworks, as well as live-action animation in the style known as anime. With more than 400 images, including step-by-step sequences and screen grabs, this book provides all the information you need to create digital manga or anime, including...

Releasedatum: 2012-07-09 9,00 kr

This expanded and enriched eBook edition of MoMA Highlights: 350 Works from The Museum of Modern Art  brings the Museum’s superlative collection alive in a new, multimedia format.  MoMA Collection Highlights  is an interactive exploration of some of the most significant modern and contemporary artworks, featuring superb high-resolution images and additional views of three-dimensional sculptures. A short text by a MoMA curator accompanies each work, and many are su...

Releasedatum: 2012-07-24 85,00 kr

This is the complete practical introduction to watercolour painting for beginners. It begins with a look at the basic equipment needed to get started, and presents all of the techniques that make up the core set of skills for the watercolour painter. Each technique is introduced as a step-by-step sequence that enables the reader to practise the brush stroke, and is accompanied by a short practice exercise to allow even complete novices to produce watercolour studies from the outset. Written by t...

Releasedatum: 2013-11-30 29,00 kr

This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good design. Broken into sections covering the fundamental elements of design, key works by acclaimed designers serve to illustrate technical points and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Themes covered include narrative, colour, illusion, ornament, simplicity, and wit and humour. The result is an instantly accessible and easy to understand guide to graphic design using professional techniques.

Releasedatum: 2016-04-13 59,00 kr

Apple's Final Cut Pro X was given a chilly reception by Hollywood, but the critics have been proven wrong. Focus, a 2015 Warner Bros. release, starring Will Smith and Margot Robbie, was edited on FCP X. Written by the film's First Assistant Editor, this book discusses tips, tricks and techniques used to navigate the complex world of feature film post-production.

Releasedatum: 2015-02-27 39,00 kr

How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. "Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak." "But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The r...

Releasedatum: 2008-09-25 99,00 kr

This internationally bestselling guide covers essential drawing techniques, written by expert practical art author Barrington Barber. The Fundamentals of Drawing  is a practical and comprehensive drawing course from beginner to advanced levels. Opportunities for practice and improvement are offered across a wide spectrum of subjects with step-by-step examples to guide you through. Subjects include: • Still life • Plants, nature and animals • Portraiture and life drawing • Perspectiv...

Releasedatum: 2003-09-05 9,00 kr

A revised edition of the classic bestselling how to draw book. A life-changing book, this fully revised and updated edition of Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is destined to inspire generations of readers and artists to come. Translated into more than seventeen languages, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used instructional drawing book. Whether you are drawing as a professional artist, as an artist in training, or as a hobby, this book will give you greate...

Releasedatum: 2012-04-26 95,00 kr

Based on the popular class taught by professional artist Steve Beaumont, this book presents actual class tutorials as step-by-step exercises, combined with insider tips used by professionals. Projects are broken down into easy-to-follow steps so that artists can follow precise techniques and achieve impressive results. Taking the human form as its central theme, the book looks at some wild and magnificent figures such as angels, vampires, warriors and other mythological characters. Filled with s...

Releasedatum: 2013-10-10 25,00 kr

Aimed at beginner artists interested in cartooning and at the countless fans of cartoons, animation, and comics. Not only are cartoons a form of entertainment, but they're an incredibly popular style of drawing! With a fresh and easy-to-follow approach to cartooning, Christopher Hart shows readers basic tips for creating a cast of the most hilarious, outrageous characters inspired by today's cartoons. Chock-full of tips, hints, and step-by-step illustrations, Modern Cartooning gives artists of a...

Releasedatum: 2013-03-26 105,00 kr

The 35th anniversary edition of the classic how-to book that has helped millions of artists learn to draw. When it was originally published in 1970, How to Draw What You See zoomed to the top of Watson-Guptill’s best-seller list—and it has remained there ever since. “I believe that you must be able to draw things as you see them—realistically,” wrote Rudy de Reyna in his introduction. Today, generations of artists have learned to draw what they see, to truly capture the world around th...

Releasedatum: 1972-01-01 29,00 kr

An easy step-by-step instruction on how to draw faces. Just follow the instructions and have lots of fun.

Releasedatum: 2015-03-25 5,00 kr

"Less is more" goes the modernist dictum. But is it? In an age when we are endlessly urged to do "more with less", can we still romanticise the pretensions of minimalism? For Pier Vittorio Aureli, the return of "austerity chic" is a perversion of what ought to be a meaningful way of life. Charting the rise of asceticism in early Christianity and its institutionalisation with the medieval monasteries, Aureli examines how the basic unit of the reclusive life - the monk's cell - becomes the foundat...

Releasedatum: 2013-08-27 25,00 kr

Immerse yourself in Monet’s waterlily series of the Musée de l’Orangerie for the very first time on iPad. This Special Edition interactive book, fully illustrated with rich high resolution images and HD film, offers an in depth look at the crowning culmination of Claude Monet’s life work: the waterlily series of the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. By exploring Monet’s gardens in Giverny, demonstrated through beautiful photographs and high quality footage, this book focuses in on the s...

Releasedatum: 2012-08-13 29,00 kr

Love your new 20 megapixel wonder, but having a hard time configuring it or understanding all of its functions? Then this book is for you. Written for the advanced user (with tutorials and easy explanations in case you're not so advanced), this easy-to-understand yet thorough guide provides a complete instruction manual which explains each feature in plain English and provides hundreds of visual examples as well. There is no better way to learn about and get the most out of your camera.

Releasedatum: 2013-01-11 139,00 kr

Here is an inspiring and instructive guide to drawing manga. It offers budding artists the chance to take step-by-step lessons, and learn essential skills from the professionals. The book details all stages of the creative process, from developing characters and designing exciting fantasy worlds to completing a full narrative and dynamic layout. It describes how to create a range of manga settings, from natural or present-day to fantasy and cyberpunk, and the cast of typical characters, from her...

Releasedatum: 2012-10-10 35,00 kr

The New York Times Bestseller "I wish I had read these rules forty years ago and carried them around like a bible. By chance or design I've followed most of them at some point but it took me a lifetime as an artist to find what worked. They are the generous, loving, enthusiastic, b******t-free advice of a master communicator, just reading them makes me want to charge back into the studio" - Grayson Perry "Being an artist is a lonely pursuit - twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the r...

Releasedatum: 2020-03-17 Genre:Konst och underhållning 89,00 kr

The watch has long been a favourite of the design world - both as an indication of the wearer's style and as a test of the designer's ethos and aesthetic. From the early efforts of Le Corbusier and Louis-Francois Cartier to the advent of the digital era and the arrival of the smartwatch, the Design Museum examines the 50 most important and eye-catching examples of all time.

Releasedatum: 2015-09-07 45,00 kr

This is the third volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. A first of its kind in digital print, the ‘Masters of Art’ series allows readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents the complete paintings and letters of the Dutch master Vincent van Gogh. For all art lovers, this stunning collection offers a personal and unique digital portrait of one of the world’s gr...

Releasedatum: 2013-09-07 19,00 kr

In Stan Lee's How to Draw Comics, Stan Lee reveals his secrets for:   * Costumes * Penciling, Inking & Coloring * Lettering & Word Balloons * Digital Advances * Perspective & Foreshortening * What Makes Great Action * Page & Panel Layout * Covers * Creating a Portfolio * Getting Work When it comes to comic books, one name says it all: Stan Lee. His characters are classics. His industry knowledge is vast. His creativity is boundless. And now, he’s sharing what he knows with...

Releasedatum: 2010-11-16 129,00 kr

OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE 'You will quickly amaze and delight yourself. Hands down the best and most life-enhancing thing I've done in lockdown' India Knight, Sunday Times Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you are a professional, a student, or enjoy art as a hobby, Betty Edwards' practical step-by-step guide will give you greater confidence in your ability, deepen your artistic perception and provide a new way to a...

Releasedatum: 2013-02-01 99,00 kr

Henry Chalfant's Graffiti Archive is a work of visual anthropology and one of the seminal documents of American popular culture in the late twentieth century.  The original artworks depicted here, which have been the inspiration and guide for thousands of youthful artists around the world,  were never able to endure for long before the city cleaned the cars, or the artists' enemies crossed them out.  Chalfant's patience and determination in hunting down and capturing these masterp...

Releasedatum: 2012-06-29 39,00 kr

Intramontabile e splendida versione interattiva con lieto fine di "Cappuccetto Rosso". Questo e-book può essere letto ad alta voce seguendo le parole evidenziate, immergendosi in un’incantevole atmosfera grazie alla musica di sottofondo. Suggerimenti di interattività: Seconda pagina: Sposta Cappuccetto Rosso  Terza pagina: Tocca per disturbare la nonna  Quarta pagina: Mantieni per sbirciare  Quinta pagina: Sposta il lupo  Sesta pagina: Osserva un saluto  Settima pagi...

Releasedatum: 2012-04-12 Genre:Konst och underhållning 25,00 kr

The practice of drawing distilled to its essential elements. Embedded with videos, beautifully filmed in Florence, Italy, that provide real-time drawing lessons so that any gaps in the learning process are filled in with live instruction.   In this elegant and inspiring primer, master contemporary artist and author Juliette Aristides breaks down the drawing process into small, manageable lessons; introduces time-tested principles and techniques that are easily accessible; and shares the lan...

Releasedatum: 2011-11-15 169,00 kr

Pick up your pencil, embrace your inner artist, and learn how to draw in thirty days with this approachable step-by-step guide from an Emmy award-winning PBS host. Drawing is an acquired skill, not a talent -- anyone can learn to draw! All you need is a pencil, a piece of paper, and the willingness to tap into your hidden artistic abilities. With Emmy award-winning, longtime PBS host Mark Kistler as your guide, you'll learn the secrets of sophisticated three-dimensional renderings, and have fun ...

Releasedatum: 2011-01-04 129,00 kr

Gesture Drawing: Foundation of the Figure breaks down the complexity of figure drawing into a simple, step by step process; containing over 60 pages of instruction and exercises, and close to 200 hundred gesture drawing examples and diagrams.  It covers topics from the first lines you make in a drawing to anatomy and light and shadow that will help the beginner and the professional alike.

Releasedatum: 2015-06-24 59,00 kr

This drawing tutorial from best-selling author Christopher Hart shows artists how to draw exaggerated musculature of super-sized figures in action poses.

Releasedatum: 2004-10-01 129,00 kr

This handy guide provides numerous insights and shortcuts to drawing and sketching effectively. Describing mandatory skills for beginning and advanced students, the text covers such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing. Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain s...

Releasedatum: 2013-06-17 59,00 kr

Simplified Drawing for Planning Animation is packed with information about drawing the human form in a simplified way, for animators, illustrators, character designers and comic artists. It emphasizes simplified structure, balance and posing with sequential images. This book is used by animators at ILM, Walt Disney, Blue Sky, EA and many more. It has been required text at animation schools since 1999. This is an updated version with more character design information and animated examples from pl...

Releasedatum: 2013-03-01 75,00 kr

The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Widely considered to be one of the greatest painters of all time and perhaps the most diversely talented person ever to have lived. Leonardo Da Vinci was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, poetry, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology, ichnology, and archi...

Releasedatum: 1938-11-01 5,00 kr

THE BESTSELLING SWEDISH PHENOMENON What looks good and why? Design consultant Frida Ramstedt runs Scandinavia's leading interior design blog. In this book she distils the secrets of successful interior design and styling to help you create a home that works best for your space, taste and lifestyle. Filled with practical tips, rules-of-thumb and tricks of the trade, The Interior Design Handbook will help you to think like a professional designer. 'Frida has created this BIBLE to interior design ....

Releasedatum: 2020-10-29 209,00 kr

CONTENTS: 1. The Gilded Age: A Tale Of Today 2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3. The Prince and the Pauper 4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 5. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 6. The American Claimant 7. Tom Sawyer Abroad 8. Pudd'nhead Wilson 9. Tom Sawyer, Detective 10. Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc 11. A Horse's Tale 12. The Mysterious Stranger 13. A Double Barreled Detective Story (BONUS)

Releasedatum: 2018-03-06 5,00 kr

The Nameless City The Festival The Colour Out of Space The Call of Cthulhu The Dunwich Horror The Whisperer in Darkness The Dreams in the Witch House The Haunter of the Dark The Shadow Over Innsmouth Discarded Draft of "The Shadow Over Innsmouth" The Shadow Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Azathoth Beyond the Wall of Sleep Celephaïs Cool Air Dagon Ex Oblivione Facts Concerning the Late Arthur Jermyn and His Family From Beyond He Herbert West-Reanim...

Releasedatum: 2018-03-06 5,00 kr

"Artists in search of figures in intense action—flying through the air, punching, kicking, and crouching—will find more than 100 poses of male and female models in 28 categories of dynamic movement in the latest addition to the Art Models series. Informed by diverse sources such as baroque art, with its moody lighting and twisting figures, and comic books, with heroic figures in strong stances and suspicious crouches, this visual reference will inspire any artist—comic book artists, animat...

Releasedatum: 2012-08-01 89,00 kr

Perspective, the author tells us, is easy; yet surprisingly few artists are aware of the simple rules that make it so. This easy-to-follow book — the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective — remedies the situation. In it, the author uses over 250 simple line drawings to illustrate the concepts involved. Beginning with clear, concise, immediately applicable discussions of the horizon, vanishing point, and the crucial relationship of eye level to perspective drawing, you'...

Releasedatum: 2012-05-23 59,00 kr

Anyone who can hold a pencil can learn to draw. In this book, Bert Dodson shares his complete drawing system—fifty-five "keys" that you can use to render any subject with confidence, even if you're a beginner. These keys, along with dozens of practice exercises, will help you draw like an artist in no time. You'll learn how to:    • Restore, focus, map, and intensify    • Free your hand action, then learn to control it    • Conv...

Releasedatum: 1990-08-15 139,00 kr

Jake Spicer wants you to learn how to draw. This is his complete course in drawing, suitable for complete beginners as well as experienced artists, and designed to help you fit drawing into your lifestyle. Tried-and-tested exercises, ranging from five-minute sketches to dedicated sessions of an hour or longer, cover every subject and location you could wish for, while accessibly written drawing theory helps you relate the technical concepts to your practice, helping you to hone your craft. Whate...

Releasedatum: 2018-06-07 Genre:Konst och underhållning 25,00 kr

Wassily Kandinsky was an influential Russian painter and art theorist, now celebrated as one of the pioneers of pure abstraction in modern painting. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works of the world’s greatest artists in comprehensive detail. This volume presents Kandinsky’s collected works in beautiful detail, with concise introductions, hundreds of high quality images and the usual Delphi bonus mate...

Releasedatum: 2015-03-13 19,00 kr