Visual Metaphor and the Contemporary Artist: Ways of Thinking and Making by Daniel Serig

Visual Metaphor and the Contemporary Artist: Ways of Thinking and Making by Daniel SerigVisual Metaphor and the Contemporary Artist: Ways of Thinking and Making by Daniel Serig

Visual Metaphor and the Contemporary Artist: Ways of Thinking and Making investigates the practices and exhibition of contemporary artists to understand how they create meaning. Inquiry into metaphor arose from the field of rhetoric and has a tradition of study in linguistics. How, then, does metaphor become visual? And how do artists use them? Theories of visual metaphor often align with theories of linguistic metaphor. Yet cognitive views of metaphor suggest linguistic media may not be the only or best starting point for understanding visual metaphor. This study determines a conceptual structure to the creation of visual metaphors by these artists that closely aligns with the cognitive view of metaphor. This study also questions the role of metaphor in art education. This qualitative study includes art-based research methods in developing a conceptual structure of visual metaphor creation. Dan Serig takes an in-depth look at one aspect of artists'' work in a way that will be of interest to people seeking an example of alternative approaches to empirical research that includes studio practices, as well as those interested in the intersection of cognition and art.

Visual Metaphor and the Contemporary Artist: Ways of Thinking and Making by Daniel Serig

The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan by Tryna Lyons

The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan by Tryna LyonsThe Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan by Tryna Lyons

In this beautifully illustrated study, Tryna Lyons combines ethnographic and art historical methods to examine the work and careers of artists in Nathadwara, Rajasthan, India. The religious pilgrimage center of Nathadwara is home to a large community of traditional artists, who retain sketchbooks and other materials handed down in their families for generations. The old sketchbooks, still used to teach younger generations and to provide established artists with ideas, reveal the connection between contemporary practice and the historical antecedents of the Nathadwara school of painting. Lyons's innovative approach focuses on analysis of the sketchbooks of five artists active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, reproduced here in detail alongside full-color reproductions of their work and related images. The sketchbooks reveal personal style and innovation, demonstrating the array of choices open to artists in a time of cultural ferment and excitement. A section on women artists documents the careers of successful female exponents of the Nathadwara style. Appendixes include a glossary and a collection of artists' genealogies, some stretching back 17 generations, recording significant information on artistic activities, commissions, and patronage. The Artists of Nathadwara should make us question Orientalist assumptions about tradition and the anonymity of South Asian artisans.

The Artists of Nathadwara: The Practice of Painting in Rajasthan by Tryna Lyons

Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) by Tina Skinner

Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) by Tina SkinnerHarrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) by Tina Skinner (Author) , Bruce Magnotti (Author) , Harrison Fisher (Author)

Harrison Fisher 's illustrations in nearly 450 color and black and white magazine covers and book pages document his career. Most famous from 1905 to 1920, he achieved celebrity status and was the leading judge of beauty. Includes price guide by dealer and collector Bruce Magnotti.

Harrison Fisher: Defining the American Beauty : With Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors and Designers) by Tina Skinner

Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women by Michael Gross

Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women by Michael GrossModel: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women by Michael Gross

Model is the definitive story of the international modeling business - and its evil twin: legalized flesh peddling. It's a tale of beautiful women empowered and subjugated, of vast sums of money, of sex and drugs, obsession, and tragic death. At its heart is the most unholy combination in commerce: beautiful, young women and rich, lascivious men.

Investigative journalist Michael Gross has interviewed modeling's pioneers, survivors, and hangers-on, telling the story of the greats: Lisa Fonssagrives; Anita Colby; Candy Jones; Dorian Leigh and her sister Suzy Parker; Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy; Veruschka and Lauren Hutton; Janice Dickinson and Patti Hansen; and the supermodel Trinity: Christy, Naomi, and Linda.

Taking us into the private studios and hidden villas where models play and are preyed upon, Gross tears down modeling's carefully constructed faÇade to reveal untold truths of the ugly trade in pretty women.

Model: The Ugly Business of Beautiful Women by Michael Gross

Everything About Me Is Fake-- And I'm Perfect by Janice Dickinson

Everything About Me Is Fake-- And I'm Perfect by Janice DickinsonEverything About Me Is Fake-- And I'm Perfect by Janice Dickinson

In Everything About Me Is Fake...and I'm Perfect, the hilarious and candid follow–up to the national bestseller No Lifeguard on Duty, Janice Dickinson tackles our society's unattainable standards of beauty and reveals the secrets behind her own lifelong struggle to achieve perfection –– from her bra–stuffing days as a flat–chested teenager through her career as the world's first supermodel to her ultimate comeback as a bestselling author and television star on the top–rated reality television hit America's Next Top Model.

Even as she graced the glossy pages of Vogue and Cosmo, Janice had to struggle to keep up the image of brazen self–confidence and bravado that became her trademark. Behind every smile and pose was a sea of self–doubt and insecurities. Now, after years of experience as a supermodel –– being stitched into clothing, starving herself, and undergoing cosmetic surgery –– Janice debunks the beauty myths and breaks down what's real and what's not. Drawing on her vast knowledge of fashion, beauty care, and fitness, Janice offers no–nonsense advice and tips on how to look and feel your best on your own terms.

you see on the magazine pages starve themselves for weeks on end, smoke up a storm, and scarf down enough diuretics to blast out the Pacific Ocean.

No one tells a story like the world's first supermodel, and Janice's eagerly awaited follow–up is filled with outrageous anecdotes from her personal life, including how she stole Donald Trump's heart after jacking his limo, her steamy date with JFK Jr., and the wonders and pitfalls of going under the knife. In a fabulous fashion that only Janice can deliver, she tells all about her bumpy and unpredictable road to a healthy self–image and pulls back the curtain on the modeling industry, as well as her own life, proving why, as Janice explains: "Everything about me is fake . . . and I'm perfect."

Everything About Me Is Fake-- And I'm Perfect by Janice Dickinson

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios by Billy Pegram

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios by Billy PegramPosing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios by Billy Pegram

With detailed discussions and eye-catching, dynamic images, this guidebook shows professional photographers how to masterfully create beautiful images of a model to achieve any creative objective. Instructions illustrate basic poses as well as a host of subtle variations to provide photographers with an endless array of looks for editorial fashion shots, athletics, glamour or nude photography, and shots designed to show curves, reveal personality, or showcase the hands, hair, or legs. This comprehensive resource also provides expert advice on conducting a successful session, how to work with the model, how to work with a support staff of image stylists, and tips for designing a high-quality portfolio. Additional lessons provide a start-to-finish analysis of four different shooting sessions, each with a different model and a different objective.

Posing Techniques for Photographing Model Portfolios by Billy Pegram

SS Uniforms, Insignia and Accoutrements: A Study in Photographs (Schiffer Military History) by A. Hayes

SS Uniforms, Insignia and Accoutrements: A Study in Photographs (Schiffer Military History) by A. HayesSS Uniforms, Insignia and Accoutrements: A Study in Photographs (Schiffer Military History) by A. Hayes

This new work explores in detailed color the complex subject of Allgemeine and Waffen-SS uniforms, insignia, and accoutrements. Hundreds of authentic items are extensively photographed in close-up to enable the reader to examine and study.

SS Uniforms, Insignia and Accoutrements: A Study in Photographs (Schiffer Military History) by A. Hayes

Beyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development (2nd Edition) by Sandra J. Keiser

Beyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development (2nd Edition) by Sandra J. KeiserBeyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development (2nd Edition) by Sandra J. Keiser (Author),

Myrna B. Garner (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 30, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1563675560 | ISBN-13: 978-1563675560 | Edition: 2nd

This practical text takes students step-by-step through the preproduction processes of
apparel product development: planning, forecasting, fabricating, developing silhouettes
and specifications, pricing, and sourcing. It demonstrates how these processes must be
coordinated to get the right product to retail when consumers want it and at a price they
are willing to pay. Based on consultations with some of the most successful and innovative
firms in the fashion business, the Second Edition covers the evolving partnerships among
textile suppliers, product developers, manufacturers, and retailers as they work to develop
apparel products in today s customer-driven environment.

Beyond Design: The Synergy of Apparel Product Development (2nd Edition) by Sandra J. Keiser

Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515 by Anne H. van Buren

Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515 by Anne H. van BurenIlluminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515 by Anne H. van Buren

A comprehensive study of dress in Northern Europe from the early fourteenth century to the beginning of the Renaissance, Illuminating Fashion is the first thorough study of the history of fashion in this period based solely on firmly dated or datable works of art. It draws on illuminated manuscripts, early printed books, tapestries, paintings, and sculpture from museums and libraries around the world.

“Symbolism and metaphors are buried in the art of fashion,” says Roger Wieck, the editor ofIlluminating Fashion. Examining the role of social customs and politics in influencing dress, at a time of rapid change in fashion, this fully illustrated volume demonstrates the richness of such symbolism in medieval art and how artists used clothing and costume to help viewers interpret an image.

At the heart of the work is A Pictorial History of Fashion, 1325 to 1515, an album of over 300 illustrations with commentary. This is followed by a comprehensive glossary of medieval English and French clothing terms and an extensive list of dated and datable works of art. Not only can this fully illustrated volume be used as guide to a fuller understanding of the works of art, it can also help date an undated work; reveal the shape and structure of actual garments; and open up a picture’s iconographic and social content.

It is invaluable for costume designers, students and scholars of the history of dress and history of art, as well as those who need to date works of art.

Illuminating Fashion: Dress in the Art of Medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515 by Anne H. van Buren

Clarence House: The Art of the Textile by Kazumi Yoshida

Clarence House: The Art of the Textile by Kazumi YoshidaClarence House: The Art of the Textile by Kazumi Yoshida

This lavish book presents the distinguished fabrics of Clarence House, one of the world’s most renowned textile houses, with inspiring applications for interiors.   For the past fifty years Clarence House, founded by Robin Roberts in 1961, has been infusing the textile industry with luxurious and inventive fabrics. From Mark Hampton to Robert Couturier to Charlotte Moss, interior designers have long relied on the firm’s superb fabrics to add just the right note to their decorating schemes. This book presents some of the most imaginative textiles available today and provides an array of inspirational fabric applications and ingenious choices for upholstering furniture, creating dreamy window treatments, and adding finishing touches such as tassels and other trims.  The heart of the book, however, illuminates Kazumi Yoshida's creative process and his ideas for use of fabrics in the home. Whether he is interpreting historical documents or drawing in the studio he is always concocting modernist abstractions, contemporary prints, or new interpretations of eighteenth-century patterns.

Clarence House: The Art of the Textile by Kazumi Yoshida

American Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry, 1935-1950, A-M by Roberto Brunalti

American Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry, 1935-1950, A-M by Roberto BrunaltiAmerican Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry, 1935-1950, A-M by Roberto Brunalti (Author) ,

Carla Ginelli Brunalti (Author)

This encyclopedic study is the fruit of twenty years of collecting, research, and study of the most significant American costume jewelry from 1930-1950. It offers readers a meticulous, reliable instrument to knowing these gems, which are often true and pr

American Costume Jewelry: Art & Industry, 1935-1950, A-M by Roberto Brunalti

Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael Clerizo

Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael ClerizoMasters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael Clerizo

Illuminates the craftsmanship and ingenuity of contemporary craft watchmaking.

The advent of quartz technology had a huge effect on traditional watchmaking. In Switzerland, in the 1970s, tens of thousands lost their jobs in the watch industry, and for a time it looked as if a 500-year-long tradition of skills would be lost forever. Today, against the odds, artist craftsmen have triumphantly brought about the renaissance of the mechanical handmade watch.

The aesthetic agenda is being set by a group of remarkable independents. This book tells their story, and it is beautifully illustrated with hundreds of examples of their virtuoso work.

Here is George Daniels, who systematically set out to surpass the skills of the most celebrated watchmaker of all time, Abraham Louis Breguet. Daniels, the world’s most renowned watchmaker, has even improved upon those eighteenth-century skills by inventing a lever escapement requiring no lubrication. Svend Andersen (Denmark), Vincent Calabrese (Italy), Alain Silberstein and Vianney Halter (France), Aniceto Jiménez Pita (Spain), Marco Lang (Germany), Philippe Dufour, Antoine Preziuso, and Franck Muller (Switzerland), and Roger Smith (England) are among the other participants. In addition to the major interviews, other craftsmen and workshops from Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Holland, Finland, Ireland, and Hungary are introduced and illustrated. 400 color, 30 b&w illustrations.

Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking by Michael Clerizo

Clothing through American History: The Civil War through the Gilded Age, 1861-1899 by Anita Stamper

Clothing through American History: The Civil War through the Gilded Age, 1861-1899 by Anita StamperClothing through American History: The Civil War through the Gilded Age, 1861-1899 by Anita Stamper (Author),

 Jill Condra (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 17, 2010 | ISBN-10: 0313335516 | ISBN-13: 978-0313335518

In Clothing through American History: The Civil War through the Gilded Age, 1861–1899, authors Anita Stamper and Jill Condra provide information on fabrics, materials, and manufacturing; a discussion of daily life and dress; and the types of clothes worn by men, women, and children of all levels of society. The volume features numerous illustrations, helpful timelines, resource guides recommending Web sites, videos, and print publications, and extensive glossaries.

 

Among the many topics discussed include:

• The hours that middle class women of the nineteenth century spent making clothes for themselves and their families

• The plain, rough clothes assigned to slaves to ensure that they did not enhance their appearance and their later trouble in buying clothes after emancipation

• The Bloomer dress reform movement in the mid to late 19th century, where women who adopted loose, baggy trousers for practicality were called evil and unnatural

• The beginnings of clothing and department stores.

Clothing through American History: The Civil War through the Gilded Age 1861-1899 by Anita Stamper

The Dynamics of Fashion 3rd Edition by Elaine Stone

The Dynamics of Fashion 3rd Edition by Elaine StoneThe Dynamics of Fashion 3rd Edition by Elaine Stone

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2008 | ISBN-10: 1563676869 | ISBN-13: 978-1563676864 | Edition: Third Edition

Fashion today is fast-paced, technologically savvy, and global—and this 3rd Edition of The Dynamics of Fashion has been updated accordingly. Featuring the latest facts, figures, and theories in fashion development, production, and merchandising, as well as a brand new chapter on the history of fashion, this book provides a broad foundation for students hoping to become a part of the industry. Apparel, accessories, cosmetics, home fashions, green design and more are explored in detail, while hundreds of examples make the business aspect fun. Fresh, forward, challenging and comprehensive, Elaine Stone’s classic text is for those in fashion who want to be both in the now and in the know.

The Dynamics of Fashion 3rd Edition by Elaine Stone

Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles, Ming to Ching by Paul Haig

Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles, Ming to Ching by Paul HaigThreads of Gold: Chinese Textiles, Ming to Ching by Paul Haig (Author) , Marla Shelton (Author)

A comprehensive guide to collectible Chinese textiles shown in over 500 color photos, with an understandable grading system to aid in establishing value. This beautifully illustrated book is designed for all historians, Asian study scholars, and textile collectors, from beginning to advanced. It is a real-world representation of court robes, badges and decorative textiles and a must for appraisers and connoisseurs alike.

Threads of Gold: Chinese Textiles, Ming to Ching by Paul Haig

Woven into the Earth: Textile finds in Norse Greenland (None) by Else OSTERGAARD

Woven into the Earth: Textile finds in Norse Greenland (None) by Else OSTERGAARDWoven into the Earth: Textile finds in Norse Greenland (None) by Else OSTERGAARD

Book Description

Publication Date: November 3, 2004 | ISBN-10: 8772889357 | ISBN-13: 978-8772889351

One of the century's most spectacular archaeological finds occurred in 1921, a year before Howard Carter stumbled upon Tutankhamun's tomb, when Poul Norlund recovered dozens of garments from a graveyard in the Norse settlement of Herjolfsnaes, Greenland. Preserved intact for centuries by the permafrost, these mediaeval garments display remarkable similarities to western European costumes of the time. Previously, such costumes were known only from contemporary illustrations, and the Greenland finds provided the world with a close look at how ordinary Europeans dressed in the Middle Ages. Fortunately for Norlund's team, wood has always been extremely scarce in Greenland, and instead of caskets, many of the bodies were found swaddled in multiple layers of cast off clothing. When he wrote about the excavation later, Norlund also described how occasional thaws had permitted crowberry and dwarf willow to establish themselves in the top layers of soil. Their roots grew through coffins, clothing and corpses alike, binding them together in a vast network of thin fibers - as if, he wrote, the finds had been literally sewn in the earth. Eighty years of technical advances and subsequent excavations have greatly added to our understanding of the Herjolfsnaes discoveries. Woven into the Earth recounts the dramatic story of Norlund's excavation in the context of other Norse textile finds in Greenland. It then describes what the finds tell us about the materials and methods used in making the clothes. The weaving and sewing techniques detailed here are surprisingly sophisticated, and one can only admire the talent of the women who employed them, especially considering the harsh conditions they worked under. While Woven into the Earth will be invaluable to students of medieval archaeology, Norse society and textile history, both lay readers and scholars are sure to find the book's dig narratives and glimpses of life among "the last Vikings" fascinating.

Woven into the Earth: Textile finds in Norse Greenland (None) by Else OSTERGAARD

High Fashion Crime Scenes by Melanie Pullen

High Fashion Crime Scenes by Melanie PullenHigh Fashion Crime Scenes by Melanie Pullen

High Fashion Crime Scenes by Melanie Pullen

Paper Illusions: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave by Barbara Stoeltie

Paper Illusions: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave by Barbara StoeltiePaper Illusions: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave by Barbara Stoeltie  (Author) , René Stoeltie (Author)

Belgian artist, designer, and interior decorator Isabelle de Borchgrave has created exquisite paper dresses evoking high fashions from the courts of the Medici in the Renaissance to the legendary Fortuny silks of the early 20th century. Their historical authenticity, combined with their startling realism, caused an overnight sensation when they were first shown in France in 1998 as “papiers à la mode.” Since then, the dynamic, light-hearted collection has traveled all over the world to critical and popular acclaim.



Paper Illusions does full justice to De Borchgrave’s magical workshop, where paper is cut, folded, and painted on the way to being transformed into shimmering visions of beautiful clothing and luxurious living.  In Rene Stoeltie’s vivid photographs, figures from the history of style seem to breathe in atmospheric rooms, while details of color, pattern, and form jump off the page. It is a publishing event of unprecedented creativity, wit, and elegance.

Paper Illusions: The Art of Isabelle de Borchgrave by Barbara Stoeltie

The Clothing of the Renaissance World: Europe - Asia - Africa - The Americas by Ann Rosalind Jones

The Clothing of the Renaissance World: Europe - Asia - Africa - The Americas by Ann Rosalind JonesThe Clothing of the Renaissance World: Europe - Asia - Africa - The Americas by Ann Rosalind Jones (Author),

Margaret F. Rosenthal (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 2008 | ISBN-10: 0500514267 | ISBN-13: 978-0500514269

A tour de force of scholarship and book production: an essential reference for anyone interested in costume history, Renaissance studies, theater, and ethnography.

The Venetian Cesare Vecellio’s two books on the costumes of the known world were hugely popular and influential in their time, and their lively descriptions and vivid illustrations have captivated readers ever since. This is the first time that the entire first edition of 1590, along with the New World section from the 1598 second edition, have been translated and published with their original woodcuts.

Here we rediscover the world as seen in the sixteenth century. Beginning with the dress of the inhabitants of Venice—from the grandest doge to the humblest porter—Vecellio’s project quickly grew to include all of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Like his contemporaries, Vecellio assumed that clothing acted as an identifier of rank, yet he also realized, in a very modern way, that fashion was constantly changing, crossing borders, and transforming the way people lived.

All the woodcuts are reproduced full size and accompanied by Vecellio’s commentaries on each costume. An extensive, illustrated introduction by two of the world’s leading experts on Renaissance literature and culture offers the most thorough context possible, complete with additional color illustrations: portraits and sculptures, maps and cityscapes, and details of textiles.

436 woodcuts and 100 color illustrations.

The Clothing of the Renaissance World: Europe - Asia - Africa - The Americas by Ann Rosalind Jones

A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 by Gloria Seaman Allen

A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 by Gloria Seaman AllenA Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 by Gloria Seaman Allen

One of the nation’s premier textile scholars discusses more than 500 samplers and embroideries, most never before published. Reflecting Maryland’s rich mix of ethnic and religious cultures, they provide glimpses into the lives of young women from Colonial times to the eve of the Civil War.

Some samplers contain registers of family history; others are memorial or mourning samplers. Poems, moral precepts and biblical verses abound. Especially engaging are the samplers with "busy yards," populated by animals, birds and people. Exquisite silk pictorial embroideries were created under the tutelage of the Sisters of Charity at Saint Joseph’s Academy in Emmitsburg. Unique to Maryland are the embroideries worked by the children of free African-Americans taught by the Oblate Sisters, the world’s first order of black nuns. Quaker samplers are distinguished by broad compartmentalized borders filled with pairs of gorgeous flowers, butterflies and birds. Embroidered maps, all worked between 1797 and the early 1800s, form their own recognizable group.

Students of women’s history will be fascinated by the role of needlework in early female education. Modern day embroiderers will find inspiration in the designs. Collectors and antiques dealers have long awaited such a book.

A Maryland Sampling: Girlhood Embroidery 1738-1860 by Gloria Seaman Allen