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Zen, soothing, mystical, meditative—words cannot do justice to Asia’s most beautiful interiors. Whether it’s a gilded Tibetan monastery, a plantation in Sri Lanka, or a private villa in Thailand, each of the havens featured in this book are remarkable not only in aesthetic, but also in spirit. This showcase features about 40 exceptional locations across Tibet, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia. Highlights include traditional Burmese stilt houses; the breathtaking Shiv Niwas Palace in India, visited by James Bond in Octopussy; Cambodian temples; a rice barge-turned houseboat in Thailand; the “Blue Mansion”, an magnificient, indigo-painted courtyard house featured in the film Indochine; a breathtaking garden designed by Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa; and many, many more.

Scandinavia is world famous for its inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production, organic forms and everyday functionality. This all-you-need guide includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware, and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in-depth entries on 125 designers and design-led companies. Featured designers and designer-led companies include Verner Panton, Arne Jacobsen, Alvar Aalto, Timo Sarpaneva, Hans Wegner, Tapio Wirkkala, Stig Lindberg, Finn Juhl, Märta Måås-Fjetterström, Arnold Madsen, Barbro Nilsson, Fritz Hansen, Artek, Le Klint, Gustavsberg, Iittala, Fiskars, Orrefors, Royal Copenhagen, Holmegaard, Arabia, Marimekko, and Georg Jensen.

Scandinavia is world famous for its inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between crafts and industrial production, organic forms and everyday functionality. This all-you-need guide includes a detailed look at Scandinavian furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, metalware, and industrial design from 1900 to the present day, with in depth entries on 125 designers and design led companies.

Este magnífico libro es la guía visual definitiva de todas las prendas que se han llevado a lo largo de la historia: desde la extravagancia del antiguo Egipto hasta los diseños contemporáneos más innovadores, pasando por las míticas casas de alta costura francesa. Un deslumbrante compendio de prendas y tendencias para entender cómo la moda es el reflejo de cada época y cada lugar. Esta edición en gran formato está totalmente actualizada y es una exhaustiva guía visual de las prendas que se han llevado a lo largo del tiempo.

Pese a ser aclamado como uno de los mejores guitarristas de su época y de la historia, George Harrison luchó contra sentimientos de inferioridad, especialmente en sus primeras décadas. A menudo era el blanco de las bromas de sus compañeros de banda debido a su origen de clase baja y, por lo general, no se le permitía contribuir más que con una o dos canciones por álbum de las decenas que escribía. Ahora, el aclamado biógrafo de los Beatles, Philip Norman, examina a Harrison a través de la lente de sus numerosas contradicciones. Comparado con las enormes luminarias compositoras Lennon y McCartney, se le consideraba un talento menor; sin embargo, compuso obras maestras como «While My Guitar Gently Weeps» o «Here Comes the Sun», y su triple álbum de debut en solitario All Things Must Pass consiguió un inmenso éxito, apareciendo en muchas listas de los 100 mejores álbumes de rock de todos los tiempos. Los críticos de música moderna lo sitúan en el panteón de los dioses de la guitarra de los años sesenta, junto a Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Keith Richards y Jimmy Page.

Among the few women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907–1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists such as Manuel and Lola Álvarez Bravo, Nickolas Muray, and Martin Munkácsi, they made Frida Kahlo an iconic image of 20th century art.After an accident in her early youth, Frida became a painter of her own free will. Her marriage to Diego Rivera in 1929 placed her at the forefront of an artistic scene not only in the cultural Renaissance of Mexico, but also in the United States. Her work garnered praise from the poet André Breton, who added the Mexican painter to the ranks of international surrealism and exhibited her work in Paris in 1939 to the admiration of Picasso, Kandinsky, and Duchamp.We access the intimacy of Frida’s affections and passions through a selection of drawings, pages from her personal diary, and an extensive illustrated biography featuring photos of Frida, Diego, and the Casa Azul, Frida’s home and the center of her universe.This book allows readers to admire Frida Kahlo’s paintings like never before, including unprecedented detail shots and famous photographs. It presents pieces in private collections and reproduces works that were previously lost or have not been exhibited for more than 80 years.