Fundamentals of Figure Carving by Ian Norbury @ Art & Architecture book

Fundamentals of Figure Carving by Ian Norbury
This is a highly visual study, illustrated with over 350 drawings and photographs of carving the human figure. Ian Norbury, one of the best-known woodcarvers working today, concentrates on the anatomic structure of the body with skeleton and musculature drawings, close-up details, and specific coverage of the areas that commonly cause difficulty. A great aid to any modeler of the human form, whether in wood, stone, clay, or other materials.

AUTHOR: Ian Norbury
PUBLISHER: Linden Publishing Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Roman Gardens by Marcello Fagiolo, Roberto Schezen
In this volume, photographer Roberto Schezen, together with Italian art historian Marcello Fagiolo, explores the fantastic villas and great gardens located within a 30-mile radius around Rome, in the region of Lazio.

AUTHOR: Marcello Fagiolo, Roberto Schezen
PUBLISHER: Monacelli Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner, Marilyn French
Description not available.The text of the Broadway play, captures the last twenty years of American culture

AUTHOR: Jane Wagner, Marilyn French
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Out of the Ordinary by David Brownlee, David De Long, Kathryn B. Hiesinger
This well-illustrated book, which includes not only images but essays, accompanies a traveling exhibition of the work of Venturi, Scott Brown.

AUTHOR: David Brownlee, David De Long, Kathryn B. Hiesinger
PUBLISHER: Yale University Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Hokusai & Hiroshige by Julia M. White, Reiko Mochinaga Brandon, Yoko Woodson
The society of Japan's Edo period (1615-1867) embraced a number of intriguing contradictions. It was a time of unprecedented stability, when Japan, previously a mosaic of violently warring feudal states, finally achieved unity as a nation. Though strictly stratified in four hereditary classes -- nobles, farmers, artisans, and merchants -- Edo society nevertheless produced a vigorous middle class of enterprising commoners. By the 1800s, commoners enjoyed the numerous amenities of Edo (Tokyo), the world's largest city (pop. ca. 800,000). They launched businesses, perfected crafts, gained leisure time and literacy, traveled a system of safe roads, and enjoyed art and poetry. While initially print makers illustrated the denizens of the pleasure quarters, or Ukiyo (Floating World), the print also became an acceptable and affordable medium for the full range of expression common to Japanese art, including landscape, flowers and birds, and genre scenes. The most important and prolific were the 19th-century artists Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige, whose prints constitute the most recognizable images of Japanese art throughout the world. This collection of 200 prints, 100 by each artist, is designed to explore their full range of expression. The selection includes their great landscape series, among them Hokusai's complete Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji, and the unfailing favorite, Hiroshige's Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido Road, also in its entirety. In Hokusai's and Hiroshige's prints, we see the faces of the new middle class, both the excitement and drudgery of their daily activities, and their favorite views of landmarks and natural wonders.

AUTHOR: Julia M. White, Reiko Mochinaga Brandon, Yoko Woodson
PUBLISHER: University of Washington Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Tales from Shakespeare by Charles Lamb, Julia Briggs, Mary Lamb, Nadia May
Shakespeare's fourteen comedies and six tragedies retold in prose.

AUTHOR: Charles Lamb, Julia Briggs, Mary Lamb, Nadia May
PUBLISHER: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture