BELLAS ARTES

Every Pierce and Ward home tells a story. Emily and Louisa believe that there is a beauty in the unfolding of a room that takes the eye dancing from one piece to the next, swirling over velvets of peach and gold, gliding over glass and marble, and stopping to take in the homeowner s precious sentimental favorites. As the designers for such Hollywood powerhouses, supermodels, and rock stars as Brie Larson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Dakota Johnson, Kate Hudson, and Karen Elson, Pierce and Ward artfully blend classic elements and fanciful touches, creating an irresistible kaleidoscope of patterns, textures, art, and objects. Stately striped wallpaper mixes with French florals. Brass-lion bookends sit beside trays inlaid with glinting mother-of-pearl. Milk-glass globes hang down hallways like glowing moons to guide one s path. Humble finds from eBay and lovingly worn textiles mix with museum-quality art and family photos. This book will teach readers about organized abundance and un-gaudy decadence, with a dash of restraint for good measure: it s an evocative and inspiring ode to the art of more.

This illustrated book tells the story of artists Brad Davis and Janis Provisor and their discovery of the ancient practice of carpet weaving in China. This book provides a fascinating look at the intricate transformation of a watercolor painting to a beautiful silk carpet, examining the step-by-step process that led to a revolutionary "painterly" style in modern carpet design and manufacture. This volume offers beautifully photographed and printed views of these sumptuous carpets in rooms designed by some of the world's leading interior designers. The carpets have been collected by luminaries in the design, fashion, and art worlds including curators Mark Rosenthal and Allan Schwartzman, Joseph Ettedgui, founder of the Joseph brand, Pierre Alexis-Dumas, creative director of Hermès, and celebrities such as Steve Martin, Madonna, and Brad Pitt, among others. Experience the highs and humorous lows of Davis and Provisor's adventures in Asia as they track down the best in materials and craftsmanship, as well as the most authentic cuisine in each region.

Hailed as the first American-born art movement to have a worldwide influence, Abstract Expressionism denotes the non-representational use of paint as a means of personal expression. It emerged in America in the 1940s, with lead protagonists including Jackson Pollock, Philip Guston, Robert Motherwell, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. Abstract Expressionism spawned many different stylistic tendencies but two particularly prominent sub-categories: action painting, exemplified by de Kooning and Pollock, and color field painting, made most famous by Rothko. Throughout, Abstract Expressionists strove to convey emotions and ideas through the making of marks, through forms, textures, shades, and the particular quality of brushstrokes. The movement favored large-scale canvases, and embraced the role of accident or chance. With featured works from 20 key Abstract Expressionist artists, this book introduces the movement which shifted the center of art gravity from Paris to New York and remains for many the golden moment of American art.

Nadie mejor que Michael Caine para enseñar los trucos de la interpretación en el cine. «¿Por qué les cuento todo esto? ¿Qué derecho tiene Michael Caine a enseñarles a actuar en el cine? Absolutamente ninguno. Hay muchos actores que saben tanto como yo y más. Pero una parte de este negocio es algo más que un negocio: es una comunidad. Y una comunidad en la que la gente comparte sus experiencias. Lo que yo sé hoy es el resultado de lo que otros actores de éxito han compartido conmigo. Solo estoy pasando la antorcha. No tomen mi experiencia por el sagrado evangelio. ¡Limítense a tomarla y echar a correr!» Nadie mejor que Michael Caine para enseñar los trucos de la interpretación en el cine. Michael Caine apareció en una película en 1956 por primera vez, y desde entonces no ha parado de demostrar lo importante que son el naturalismo y la espontaneidad ante las cámaras. Su filmografía cuenta con más de cien títulos de todo género y nacionalidad, ha sido un icono hockney, el secundario más brillante y el protagonista de películas dirigidas por los más grandes de la historia del cine: John Hudson, Woody Allen, Vittorio de Sica, Brian De Palma, Stanley Donen, Christopher Nolan o Paolo Sorrentino han hecho de él un actor polifacético, siempre ingenioso y seductor sin encasillarlo en un personaje.En este libro, Michael Caine brinda una lección de actuación en cada frase. Atento a los detalles sin perder ni un ápice de diversión, 'Actuar para el cine' es también un recorrido por su carrera, lleno de consejos sobre cómo ser una estrella y cómo mirar sin miedo a la cámara. Imprescindible para el actor profesional, para el estudiante de interpretación y para el aficionado que desea conocer los secretos del oficio.

The go-to architect for the Jazz Age elite of South Florida and beyond, Addison Mizner created a new architectural style and a new lifestyle for the wealthy and socially prominent of Palm Beach--America's preeminent winter resort town of the time. Building mansions, clubs, hotels and apartment houses with a bent toward fantasy and romance, Mizner established a design vocabulary and tradition that to this day influences architects, designers, and builders. Evocative of old Spain, Venice, and the Moorish capitals of Granada and Seville, Mizner's work is a dream realized: courtyards with fountains, trellises with climbing bougainvillea, arched windows, glazed tile floors, spiraling marble columns, expansive interiors with grand proportions. This book explores Mizner's legacy through the extraordinary houses and other structures he built, including such storied homes as La Guerida, an 11-bedroom Spanish Revival mansion, best known now as the Kennedy Estate--the place where JFK he composed his Inaugural Address. Known for their beauty, opulence, fantastic detail, as well as the stories of those individuals who have lived or played in them, the houses and buildings of Addison Mizner stand as monuments to grand living and romance made in stone and iron, stucco and tile.

Si pudiéramos viajar en el tiempo, ¿a dónde iríamos? ¿A revisar nuestro pasado o a conocer nuestro futuro? ¿Querríamos cambiar algo de nuestras vidas o nos limitaríamos a ser testigos pasivos de la historia? Estas son solo algunas de la infinidad de preguntas que se plantean en las películas de viajes en el tiempo, una de las manifestaciones más recurrentes del cine fantástico de ayer y de hoy. Es un tema que traspasa las fronteras de los géneros y que adopta múltiples formas. Entender el concepto de viaje en el tiempo es comprender mejor la misma función del cine, lleno de viajeros que, como los cineastas y los espectadores, juegan a desafiar los límites de su existencia. Este libro propone un recorrido por 50 títulos fundamentales que demuestran que los protagonistas de películas como Regreso al futuro o Atrapado en el tiempo no están solos en su aventura contra el reloj.