From the No.1 International Bestselling author of The Atlas SixCHICAGO, SOMETIME. Two people meet in the armory of the Art Institute by chance. Prior to their encounter, he is a doctoral student who manages his destructive thoughts with compulsive calculations about time travel; she is a bipolar counterfeit artist undergoing court-ordered psychotherapy. After their meeting, those things do not change.Everything else, however, is slightly different.Both obsessive, eccentric personalities, Aldo Damiani and Charlotte Regan struggle to be without each other from the moment they meet. The truth - that he is a clinically depressed, anti-social theoretician and she is a manipulative liar with a history of self-sabotage - means the deeper they fall in love, the more troubling their reliance on each other becomes.ALONE WITH YOU IN THE ETHER is a glimpse into the nature of love, what it means to be unwell, and how to face the fractures of yourself and still love as if you're not broken.Reader re
For fans of P is for Pterodactyl comes this groundbreaking spin on the ABCs from an acclaimed bestselling author and artist duo!Here's a totally twisted take on the alphabet that invites readers to lo
A stray kitten changes the way the watchman sees nighttime in this tender book based on a true story, illustrated by Strictly No Elephants artist Taeeun Yoo.The night watchman hugs his wife and kids a
This beautifully illustrated picture book from Iranian artist Reza Dalvand leads readers on a guessing game that will inspire imagination!On the edge of a clearing in the woods there's something myste
鍾孟宏的第一本文字影像書【鍾導＆中島合體之作】私藏的人生往事˙珍藏近40年的攝影創作看過他的電影，這一次讀他的文字、看他的照片金馬獎導演第一手回望幽默訴說人生路上跌跌撞撞的鳥事那些比電影更真實，也更不真實的生命故事「我常不自覺地進入一個夢，然後又不自覺地從夢中被踢出來。」童年、求學、出國、拍廣告、拍電影紀錄片《醫生》、劇情片《失魂》《一路順風》《陽光普照》壞人 vs 善惡、售票員 vs Ａ片、吳郭魚vs鄉愁太陽系、ＭＴＶ、walkman，屬於五、六年級的影音記憶……▌說故事的鍾導有私藏的人生故事，拍影像的中島也有珍藏的攝影作品鍾孟宏，台灣電影界重要的名字，有著獨特的個人風格。除了慣常自編自導的自己，他還有一個重要分身──攝影師「中島長雄」。這個名字始自他的電影《停車》，他突然為身為片子攝影師的自己取了一個藝名：「大家都叫我鍾導，那麼就叫中島（鍾導諧音）長雄吧！」他還強調「長雄」二字聽來十分陽剛，很有氣勢。原以為的玩笑，最後在電影字幕上成真。很多人都很好奇日本攝影師中島長雄是什麼來頭？這個本尊與分身的業內笑話，是屬於鍾孟宏才有的幽默。在這本私文字影像書中，說故事的鍾導，與另一個鮮為人知擅長影像的中島合體，帶我們看見那些他私藏至今的人生往事和回溯近40年至今的攝影作品。▌為什麼拍黑道大哥這麼逼真？壞人為何如此迷人？也許《陽光普照》可以拍得更好？好不容易出國從資工系轉念電影留學回來，卻發現台灣電影圈已變成一塊荒地?! 導演路上，他如何跌跌撞撞，不放棄理想？從交大、赴美，看著同學，他如何一步步邁向自己憧憬的影像之路？拍廣告謀生的甘苦與荒謬？為什麼廣告朋友奉勸他，客戶只要餿水，不必弄餡、桿水餃皮？沒混過黑道，為何他的黑道大哥選角如此逼真？安東尼奧尼的《春光乍現》如何影響了許多大導演？影像的真實性為何？是眼睛所見？還是隱藏在內心裡一塊不自知的角落？ 哪個導演的電影讓他哭到笑出來，又笑到哭出來？為什麼他最愛溫德斯的《美國朋友》？為什麼台灣色情電影業者，走在整個時代的最前端？羅伯・法蘭克的經典攝影集《美國人》，如何對他的攝影開啟了悠悠的一扇窗？如果滿分是五顆星，在他心中六星級是哪本小說？哪本九百頁的經典文學名著，如果早幾年讀過，《陽光普照》或許會拍得更好？若是早十年看過，不知還會不會想拍電影？《瀑布》中王淨的角色，如何讓他明白角色宛如靈魂一般，駐紮在演員的心中？拍完《瀑布》，他甚至
Presents a brief biography of the African-American artist who created the painted story quilt, an art form that combines rich oral history with colorful paintings on quilted fabric and canvas.
Where Are You, Agnes is a stunning imagining of abstract artist Agnes Martin’s childhood and the ways in which it may have shaped her work as an adult.Agnes Martin was born on the Canadian prairies in
A distinguished artist plants seeds of inspiration with this guide. Dozens of black-and-white illustrations are accompanied by text that offers background on the blossoms' origins, colors, and symboli
With more than 250 characters across all the popular genres, this is the big, must-have book for every aspiring manga artist! Drawing on the mega-success of Christopher Harts Manga Mania serie
Learn how to read hieroglyphs in this compelling puzzle adventure story, publishing 200 years after the Rosetta Stone was deciphered! Written by Blue Peter award-winning author Andy Seed, in consultation with experts at the British Museum, and sumptuously illustrated in colour by highly acclaimed artist James Weston Lewis.When ancient Egyptian friends, Nub and Iteti, overhear a gang of tomb robbers plotting to raid Queen Neith’s tomb, they set off on a quest to stop them. But there are lots of clues and puzzles to solve along the way, from a suspicious list of hieroglyphic words found in the marketplace to a confusing maze across the River Nile. Will they get there in time to stop the robbers unleashing a terrible curse? And who was behind the evil plot all along?With breathtaking artwork, fascinating facts about ancient Egypt and a fold-out guide at the back of the book which explains how to read hieroglyphs and contains an easy-to-use hieroglyphic dictionary, this is the perfect book
Discover namaste’s many meanings in a simple, lyrical text, paired with a charmingly detailed visual narrative about a little girl’s kindness.Namaste calms your heart when things aren’t going right.Namaste is saying “You matter.”What is namaste? It’s found in a smile, a friendship, a celebration. It exists in silence; it can be said when you’re happy or when you’re feeling low. For one small girl in a bustling city, namaste (“I bow to you”) is all around her as she and her mother navigate a busy marketplace―and when she returns with a little plant and chooses to give it to an elderly neighbor, it can be seen in the caring bond between them. In a sweet, universal text, debut author Suma Subramaniam shines a light on a word with significance far beyond yoga class, while artist Sandhya Prabhat makes the concept of mindfulness come alive in delightful illustrations likely to draw children in again and again.
Good b.o means good "box office." You can smell it from a mile away' The legendary sixties New York pop artist Andy Warhol's hilarious and insightful vignettes and aphorisms on the topics of love, fam
In this fairy tale-like story a beloved tree is saved and children learn how architecture can co-exist with nature. The Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser believed that humanity and nature shared a harmonious partnership, a philosophy that he demonstrated with his architectural creations. Filled with color-saturated illustrations that echo Hundertwasser's bold style, this story introduces young readers to the idea of environmentally conscious and playful architecture.When construction starts on a new building in Lea's neighborhood, she fears that her favorite tree will be chopped down. For days she watches anxiously as the tree is covered up and surrounded by bricks. Finally, she learns that the tree has been spared and made the centerpiece of a fantastic new building, where it will live a long and healthy life.Lucie Vandevelde's joyful drawings convey a kid's-eye view of city life, complete with people, pets, automobiles, and machinery. As the new building emerges, readers wi
Starving Artist Knifed to Death in Village Room... Famous Artist Dies Penniless and All Alone... Deep in the archives of The Metropolitan Museum of Art are two strange scrapbooks packed with century-old newspaper obituaries of painters, illustrators, sculptors, and photographers, famous and forgotten alike. Somber death notices of luminaries like Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin are preserved on their crumbling pages, side by side with tragic and often grisly stories of obscure artists who met their demise as victims of accident, murder, poverty, and disease. Compiled from 1906 to 1929, the scrapbooks not only memorialize the subjects of these obituaries: they also record graphic and sensationalized news reporting from the heyday of yellow journalism. Who collected the artists' obituaries? What was their purpose for the Met Museum? Were the scrapbooks assembled in a nod to Giorgio Vasari's bestselling sixteenth-century magnum opus, Lives of the Artists, with its hundreds of gossipy artis
A gorgeous, expressive picture-book biography of Marc Chagall by the Caldecott Honor team behind The Noisy Paint Box.Through the window, the student sees . . .His future--butcher, baker, blacksmith, but turns away.A classmate sketching a face from a book. His mind blossoms.The power of pictures. He draws and erases, dreams in color while Papa worries.A folder of pages laid on an art teacher's desk. Mama asks, Does this boy have talent?Pursed lips, a shrug, then a nod, and a new artist is welcomed. His brave heart flying through the streets, on a journey unknowable.Known for both his paintings and stained-glass windows, Marc Chagall rose from humble beginnings to become one of the world's most renowned artists. Admired for his use of color and the powerful emotion in his work, Chagall led a career that spanned decades and continents, and he never stopped growing. This lyrical narrative shows readers, through many different windows, the pre-WWI childhood and wartime experiences that shap
With stunning, original photographs, an Antarctic scientist and explorer takes us to one of the most sublime, remote, and pristine regions on the planet. The interior of Antarctica is an utterly pristine wilderness, a desolate landscape of ice, wind, and rock; a landscape so unfamiliar as to seem of another world. This place has been known to only a handful of early explorers and the few scientists fortunate enough to have worked there. Edmund Stump is one of the lucky few. Having climbed, photographed, and studied more of the continent-spanning Transantarctic Mountains than any other person on Earth, this geologist, writer, and photographer is uniquely suited to share these alien sights. With stories of Stump's forty years of journeys and science, Otherworldly Antarctica contains 130 original, color photographs, complemented by watercolors and sketches by artist Marlene Hill Donnelly. Over three chapters--on the ice, the rock, and the wind--we meet snowy paths first followed during
Classic Calligraphy for Beginners is an introduction to traditional calligraphy that demonstrates the creative potential of various tools and how to apply them in a variety of ways to make learning Copperplate and Spencerian scripts easy and fun.Classic Calligraphy for Beginners introduces the fundamental techniques for mastering two classic calligraphic scripts, Copperplate and Spencerian, plus easy-to-follow exercises and fun, modern projects.Guided by instructions and illustrations by noted calligraphy artist and teacher Younghae Chung, you will:Get a detailed yet concise overview of tools, supplies, and terminologyTry out your materials with basic warm-ups and nib exercisesLearn the essential principles or strokes and create the lowercase and uppercase letters of the featured scriptsTake your letters to the next level and add flourishes with confidenceExplore brush pens and non-flexible writing tools to emulate the look of calligraphy on large-scale and unusual surfacesReinforce co
A fast, funny 'It's behind you!' tale with a rollicking rhyming text and bold, bright illustrations. Mouse was feeling fabulous. The sky was blue and bright.The day was warm and wonderful, with not a cat in sight... Mouse sets off on his perfect day blissfully unaware (in the tradition of all the best cat-and-mouse capers) that he is being followed every step of the way. He imagines he's at the circus, skydiving, discovering priceless treasure...And the best bit? There's not a cat in sight. Or is there...? Children will delight at being one step ahead of all the characters in this riotous tale, featuring an irresistible refrain, delightfully skilful rhyming text by Frances Stickley, and the debut picture book illustrations from exciting new artist Eamonn O'Neill.
Like many others who have retold the tale of the juggler, the American children’s book author and illustrator Barbara Cooney (1917–2000) dropped clues about her sources of inspiration. In the foreword to the first edition of 1961, she reported having been exposed to the story first on the radio in 1945. She knew that the roots of the story stretch back seven hundred years to a poem from France—her title page describes it as “an Old French legend.” When researching her project, Cooney journeyed to the Parisian library that holds the thirteenth-century manuscript with the best text and the sole illumination extant from the Middle Ages. Among other manifestations of the narrative that caught her attention, Cooney singled out the opera of French composer Jules Massenet, “The Juggler of Notre Dame,” and the short story of 1890 by Anatole France. From France’s retelling of the medieval poem, the American book artist took for her protagonist both the name Barnaby and the profession of juggler
