Immaterial Ultramaterial by Toshiko Mori @ Art & Architecture book

Immaterial Ultramaterial by Toshiko Mori
Description not available.A second volume in the Millennium Matters series based on work by Harvard University's Graduate School of Design considers modern architectural materials and methods, citing their continuing impact on design methods, the conception of form, and the modes of production. Original.

AUTHOR: Toshiko Mori
PUBLISHER: Braziller, George Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling by Alan Sklar, Ross King
King debunks the myth of the Chapel frescos` creation in this history of the artist`s most famous commission. MICHELANGELO AND THE POPE`S CEILING offers a new version of what the Renaissance great would have experienced in the Vatican, providing a day-by-day account of the progress and an accounting those cultural and political forces swirling around the city that affected him.

AUTHOR: Alan Sklar, Ross King
PUBLISHER: Audio Partners Publishing Corporation
FORMAT: Audio
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Secret Garden by Marsha Norman
For her first venture into music-theatre, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Marsha Norman, in collaboration with composer Lucy Simon, achieved Broadway success with the moving book and lyrics she adapted from Frances Hodgson Burnett's beloved 1911 novel, The Secret Garden. The story of 10-year-old orphan Mary Lennox and her search for friendship, love and an understanding of the past in her lonely uncle-guardian's locked garden has often been dramatized for the stage, the screen, radio and television, but never before has it been so fully and imaginatively realized. Using the classic form of the traditional American musical, Norman has fashioned a faithful rendition of her source which is equally appealing to children and adults, to devotees of the novel and to Secret Garden newcomers as well.

AUTHOR: Marsha Norman
PUBLISHER: Theatre Communications Group, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Make Your Own Japanese Clothes by John Marshall, Steven Jenner
Description not available.Includes patterns and step-by-step instructions for making 14 selected traditional garments, with tips on creative variations

AUTHOR: John Marshall, Steven Jenner
PUBLISHER: Kodansha America, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Hannibal Files by Adrian Rigelsford, Daniel O'Brien
Dr. Hannibal Lector has been haunting readers and filmgoers for more than two decades. Now, in THE HANNIBAL FILES, Adrian Rigelsford unravels the fascinating story behind the Hannibal Lector trilogies, offering incisive critical appraisals of Thomas Harris' novels as well as shrewd insider assessments of their screen adaptations. He also reveals new information on the casting of the films, and how the disappointing box-office returns of MANHUNTER gave way to the critically acclaimed blockbuster THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The story is brought right up to date with a look at the scripting and production of this year's HANNIBAL, the third and final film. Complete with previously unpublished film stills and photos, THE HANNIBAL FILES is a must-read for fans of Thomas Harris' chilling creation.

AUTHOR: Adrian Rigelsford, Daniel O'Brien
PUBLISHER: Reynolds & Hearn
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

America's Architectural Roots by Dell Upton
"American Ethnic Building Traditions Blend Memory and Experience in Varying Proportions." Dell Upton Which ethnic groups introduced the log cabin as a lasting symbol of the American frontier? Who helped turn the front porch into an American institution? Which immigrants built saunas to recall Old World traditions? Where did we get neat, whitewashed row houses, barn paintings and stuccoed arches that now tell us where to find tacos and tortillas? All of these pieces in America’s architectural mosaic came from the varied and industrious ethnic groups that built America. Native peoples, settlers before the Revolution and 19th-century immigrants each contributed their own building patterns to help create what we call American architecture. But each ethnic tradition was changed by the experience of building in America — adapted to new terrains and materials, different climates, existing forms and styles. In the process, a distinctive new architecture developed, one whose multifaceted origins can be traced just as clearly as can ethnic customs in language and food. America’s Architectural Roots is the first book to explore the ethnic derivations of American buildings with such a broad scope. The contributions of 22 groups are highlighted in this fascinating overview that provides an important new way of looking at the buildings that surround us. Groups covered include: Afro-Americans Belgians Chinese Czechs Danes Dutch English Finns French German-Russians Germans Hawaiians Irish Japanese Mexicans Native Americans Norwegians Russians Spanish Swedes Swiss Ukrainians

AUTHOR: Dell Upton
PUBLISHER: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture