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Dior is one of the most revered names in fashion, the archetype of the Parisian couture house. Famous for launching the “New Look,” Christian Dior’s landmark first collection that marked a sea change in women’s dress after the Second World War, Dior is known today for its exquisite couture line of dramatic dresses.

The second volume of legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier’s sublime portraits of iconic Dior haute couture looks, from Christian Dior to Raf Simons. From the moment Christian Dior unveiled his famed "New Look" collection in Paris on February 12, 1947, women’s fashion changed forever. Still one of the most revered names in fashion, Dior is known today for its unique couture dresses. This gorgeous volume continues the homage paid by famed photographer Patrick Demarchelier to one of the most important and influential fashion houses in the world. Working closely with the House of Dior, Demarchelier showcases the extraordinary gowns made in the Dior ateliers from 1947 to today. Alongside dresses designed by Dior himself, creations by the designers who succeeded him show the continuity of the house’s rich heritage up to the absolute modernity of Raf Simons’s designs. Sumptuously illustrated and beautifully designed, this book—a must for every fashion library—immortalizes the archetype of haute-couture glamour.

This exquisite book takes the reader on a kaleidoscopic journey through the history of makeup, style, and color at the revered fashion house of Dior. An exquisite ode to color, this book presents the history of Dior cosmetics placed within contexts of fashion and art. Divided into twelve chapters (White, Silver, Nude, Pink, Red, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Gray, and Black) Dior: The Art of Color showcases not only the sometimes glamorous, sometimes natural cosmetics, but also the aesthetics of color, which was the source of inspiration for so much of Dior’s creations. The evolution of color through the ages is presented with iconic works from renowned artists and Dior makeup advertising campaigns—including creations from some of the greats in the field, such as Serge Lutens, Tyen, and the current head of Dior makeup, Peter Philips—captured by master photographers such as Irving Penn, Guy Bourdin, and Richard Burbridge. With a highly engaging text and never-before-seen imagery, this is a book that no student of fashion or art should be without.

Uno de los manuales más importantes y exitosos de los últimos tiempos, El arte cinematográfico es también un espléndido resumen de todo lo que el estudioso y el aficionado deben saber sobre el cine antes de empezar a profundizar de verdad en la materia. Desde una descripción de los elementos primordiales de la producción cinematográfica hasta una sucinta historia formal del cine, pasando por un visión extremadamente fenoménica del estilo -a partir de la puesta en escena, el montaje, la fotografía y el sonido- y ejemplos de análisis críticos de filmes, el libro no sólo intenta erigirse en un completísimo mosaico sobre todas y cada una de las cuestiones que pueda suscitar el cine entendido como un arte autónomo, sino que además lo hace con un objetivo muy claro: como en El significado del filme, La narración en el cine de ficción y EL cine clásico de Hollywood, los otros tres textos de Bordwell -este último junto con Kristin Thompson y Janet Staiger- también editados por Paidós, lo que debe importar no es tanto lo que dicen las películas como el modo en que lo dicen, o, en otras palabras, lo que Bordwell y Thompson llaman la forma cinematográfica, absolutamente distinta de la literaria o de la pictórica. Pues bien: es el dominio de ese alfabeto lo que conseguirán todos aquellos que se adentren en las páginas de esta obra excepcional.

Esta biografía, magníficamente ilustrada, contiene diez documentos extraíbles, que incluyen pósteres y copias de fotos únicas Los tesoros de Bruce Springsteen relata el increíble ascenso en la carrera musical del Boss a través de fotos históricas, textos reveladores y documentos extraíbles. Los diferentes capítulos analizan en profundidad la trayectoria de Springsteen desde su infancia en Freehold, Nueva Jersey, pasando por la formación de la E Street Band, su álbum de debut «Born to Run» y su primer superéxito, Born in the U.S.A., hasta la actualidad.

This book presents the epic story of New York on nearly 600 pages of emotional, atmospheric photographs, from the mid-19th century to the present day. Supplementing this treasure trove of images are over a hundred quotations and references from relevant books, movies, shows, and songs. The city’s fluctuating fortunes are all represented, from the wild nights of the Jazz Age and the hedonistic disco era, to the grim days of the Depression and the devastation of 9/11 and its aftermath, as its brokenhearted but unbowed citizens picked up the pieces. New York’s remarkable rise, reinvention, and growth are not just the tale of a city, but the story of a nation, From the building of the Brooklyn Bridge to the immigrants arriving at Ellis Island; from the slums of the Lower East Side to the magnificent art deco skyscrapers. The urban beach of Coney Island and the sleaze of Times Square; the vistas of Central Park and the crowds on Fifth Avenue. The streets, the sidewalks, the chaos, the energy, the ethnic diversity, the culture, the fashion, the architecture, the anger, and the complexity of the city are all laid out in this beautiful book. This is the greatest city in the world after all and great are its extremes, contradictions, and attitude.