David Mamet in Conversation by Leslie Kane @ Art & Architecture book

David Mamet in Conversation by Leslie Kane
Twenty-six interviews illuminate the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet. Touching on a variety of topics, these interviews, conducted by Charlie Rose, Jim Lehrer, and others, present Mamet at many stages in his career, from 1976, speaking with the Village Voice's Ross Wetzsteon, through the late 1990s.

AUTHOR: Leslie Kane
PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Latin American Art of the Twentieth Century by Edward Lucie-Smith
Description not available.A survey of Latin American art discusses major subjects and themes and the interrelationship of politics, society, and art, looks at Latin American folk art, and examines the work of notable artists

AUTHOR: Edward Lucie-Smith
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture by Kate Nesbitt
Theorizing a New Agenda for Architecture collects the most significant essays on architectural theory of the last thirty years. Among the paradigms presented are architectural postmodernism, phenomenology, semiotics, poststructuralism, and deconstruction. Nesbitt provides an overview, a thematic structure, and a critical introduction to each essay. This is a thorough and comprehensive introduction to a small but challenging field of intellectual endeavor . -- Colin Davies, Architects' Journal

AUTHOR: Kate Nesbitt
PUBLISHER: Princeton Architectural Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Watercolor Right from the Start by Hilary Page
Before so much as picking up a paintbrush to lay in a wash, an aspiring artist must learn how to see. Hilary Page has created this book to help artists develop that ability and get watercolor painting right - from the start. The book explores four practical ways of learning to see: by understanding the primary geometric forms - the sphere, cylinder, cube, and their derivatives - and relating them to the natural world; by examining relative values of light and dark as they occur in the primary forms; by understanding how the eye perceives color; and by studying the principles of perspective. Complex concepts such as these are presented in ways that make them easy to understand. At the heart of this wonderfully incisive book are six sections that focus on the basic geometric forms. Each section consists of a series of three to five in-depth lessons that explore the characteristics of a specific form while simultaneously exploring ways of seeing, drawing, handling watercolor, and composing a painting. In every densely packed lesson, unusual, highly instructive photographs show how light and color act on and define a given form; this information is then applied, through detailed step-by-step demonstrations, to painting natural or man-made subjects based on that form. Lessons are arranged in carefully programmed series that begin with relatively simple concepts and subjects and progress toward the more complex. Thus, in the section devoted to the cylinder, the first lesson introduces properties of the perfect cylinder, then shows how to paint a striped lighthouse while teaching how color is affected by shadows. Building from there, the last lesson in the sequence shows how to paint atransparent, water-filled glass while also teaching the concept of simultaneous contrast and certain phenomena of reflections. A complete course in seeing, drawing, and painting, Watercolor Right from the Start is ideal for beginners, and is also an invaluable reference for the experienced ar

AUTHOR: Hilary Page
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Georges Braque by Karen Wilkin
Description not available.Shows sculpture, paintings, and drawings of the French artist, and briefly discusses his career

AUTHOR: Karen Wilkin
PUBLISHER: Abbeville Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Taming of the Shrew by Barbara A. Mowat, Brian Morris, Folio Theatre Players, Margaret Leighton, Michael Fynes-Clinton
This newly revised Signet classic includes an extensive overview of Shakespeare's life, a unique introduction to the play, a comprehensive stage history of notable actors, and historical and contemporary dramatic criticism.

AUTHOR: Barbara A. Mowat, Brian Morris, Folio Theatre Players, Margaret Leighton, Michael Fynes-Clinton
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture