Listening, Speaking and Critical Thinking. Unlock your academic potential with this six-level, academic-light English course created to build the skills and language students need for their studies (CEFR Pre-A1 to C1). It develops students' ability to think critically in an academic context right from the start of their language learning. Every level has 100% new inspiring video on a range of academic topics. ... |
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All about the Belle Époque. Delicate illustration that defined an era. ... With his instantly recognizable decorative style, Czech artist and Art Nouveau master Alphonse Mucha (1860 - 1939) defined the look of the fin-de-siecle. In evocative shades of peach, gold, ochre, and olive, his seductive compositions of patterns, flowers, and beautiful women became paradigms of the Belle Époque years. Mucha's work permeated illustration, posters, postcards, and the advertising designs of his day. His striking posters of star actress Sarah Bernhardt were particularly famous. Alongside this delicate decorative work, ... |
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Èíòåðåñóâà ëè Âè áúäåùåòî íà ñêóëïòóðàòà, íàñòîÿùåòî, åñòåòèêàòà è ðàçâèòèåòî ѝ? Òàçè êíèãà ùå Âè áúäå îò ïîëçà. Åëåìåíòàëíà ñêóëïòóðà å èçâåäåíà òåîðèÿ, îñíîâàíà âúðõó ñúùåñòâóâàùà, íî íå è èçñëåäâàíà òåíäåíöèÿ 3à âçàèìîîòíîøåíèÿòà ìåæäó ñêóëïòóðà è ïðèðîäà. Èçñëåäâàíåòî ðàçêðèâà êîíòåêñòà íà ìåñòàòà, îáèòàâàíè îò ñêóëïòóðàòà, è òÿõíîòî âëèÿíèå âúðõó íåÿ. Òåîðèÿòà å ïðåäñòàâåíà â êîíöåïòóàëåí è ïðàêòè÷åñêè àñïåêò ïðåç ïîãëåäà íà äåéñòâàù ñêóëïòîð. Àâòîðúò ñúïîñòàâÿ ñêóëïòóðàòà ñ äðóãè èçêóñòâà è ïîñòàâÿ àêöåíòà âúðõó ñïåöèôèêèòå íà ñúâðåìåííàòà ñêóëïòóðà, ïðîìåíèëà ðàäèêàëíî òîâà èçêóñòâî, îò âñè÷êî ñúùåñòâóâàùî äî ... |
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Scottish architect, designer, and painter Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868 - 1928) was one of the earliest pioneers of modern architecture and design. While he did not receive much recognition in his hometown of Glasgow during his lifetime, his bold new blend of simplicity and poetic detail inspired modernists across Europe. Mackintosh's avant-garde approach embraced a variety of media as well as fresh stylistic devices. His multi-faceted oeuvre incorporated architecture, furniture, graphic design, landscapes, and flower studies. He embraced strong lines, elegant proportions, and natural motifs, combining an ... |
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A key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872 - 1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whose influence resonates to this day. Coining the term "Neo-plasticism", he pursued a style of painting composed only of primary colors against a grid of black vertical and horizontal lines and a white base background. Mondrian's vision was that this essential painting would help to achieve a society in which art as such has no place, but rather exists for the total realization of "beauty". With stints in Amsterdam, Paris, London, and New York, Mondrian drew ... |
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Ëóàíà (ìå÷êà) ïðèãîòâÿ ïèðøåñòâî ñ ïîíè÷êè, ïîäãîòâÿéêè ñå çà äúëãèÿ ñè çèìåí ñúí. Íî òúêìî ïðåäè äà îòõàïå ïúðâàòà õàïêà... Äçúí! Íàìèíàâà ïðèÿòåëÿò ѝ Óóäðîó (ìàðìîò). Ëóàíà ñ ðàäîñò ñïîäåëÿ ïîíè÷êèòå ñè, íî ùîì òÿ è Óóäðîó ñÿäàò äà ñå õðàíÿò... Äçúí! Êëàéä (åíîò) å ïðåä âðàòàòà. Åäèí ïî åäèí, âñè÷êè ïðèÿòåëè íà Ëóàíà ïðèñòèãàò - Òîïñè (îïîñóì), Ìóôѐò (ñêóíêñ) è ×èï è ×îìï (áóðóíäóöè), äîêàòî íå ñå îôîðìÿ ãîëÿìî ïàðòè. Ëóàíà ïîñðåùà íåî÷àêâàíèòå ãîñòè è ïðèãîòâÿ îùå è îùå ïîíè÷êè, êàòî ãè ðàçäåëÿ ïîðàâíî ìåæäó ïðèÿòåëèòå ñè. Íî ïðàâè åäíà Ãîëÿìà ãðåøêà â ñìåòêèòå. Íå ñëåä äúëãî êóõíÿòà ѝ å ïðàçíà, ... |
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Multilingual Edition: English, French, German. ... Time-travel through the Automobile Age with a collection that puts you in the driver’s seat. 20th Century Classic Cars offers a lush visual history of the automobile, decade by decade, via 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. Using imagery culled from a century of auto advertising, this book traces the evolution of the auto from horseless carriage to rocket on wheels and beyond. With an introduction and chapter text by New York Times automotive writer Phil Patton, as well as an illustrated timeline, this volume highlights the technological ... |
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Multilingual Edition. ... Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century's most interesting electric lights, from Tiffany's beautiful leaded-glass shades to completely outrageous designs from the late 1960s and 1970s to the latest high-tech LED lamps. All major styles are represented here - Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern Movement, De Stijl, Postwar, Pop, Radical, Postmodern, and Contemporary in 640 pages of truly illuminated works. You'll find 1000 bright ideas ... |
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Èçäàíèåòî å òðèåçè÷íî - íà àíãëèéñêè, íåìñêè è ôðåíñêè åçèê. ... An unprecedented catalog of modern trademarks. Modernist aesthetics in architecture, art, and product design are familiar to many. In soaring glass structures or minimalist canvases, we recognize a time of vast technological advance which affirmed the power of human beings to reshape their environment and to break, radically, from the conventions or constraints of the past. Less well-known, but no less fascinating, is the distillation of modernism in graphic design. This unprecedented Taschen publication, authored by Jens Muller, brings together ... |
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Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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Compiler: Neli Miteva . ... This book follows the process in the search for personal identity in Bulgarian fashion design through the three conceptual exhibition projects "XXSOFIA", "1.5 km of...", and "STATIONS". The garment is seen as a specific connection of the individual with its environment ("XXSOFIA"), as a visual commentary on the concept of "distance", its duration, length or transience ("1.5 km of..."), or as an interpretation of the global trend multilocalism through the study of our identity created through the experience collected by living in ... |
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Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti (1891 - 1979) is difficult to pin down. With an extraordinarily prolific output and eclectic style, his oeuvre remains one of the most diverse and groundbreaking in design history. Trained initially in architecture, Ponti soon moved into industrial and interior design, experimenting with ceramics, silverware, and glass. Ponti's key works are spread throughout this extensive overview, including structures of all kinds, from small residential dwellings to high-rise buildings, schools, and office blocks. The home was one of Ponti's recurring interests and central areas of ... |
