free ebook downloads

Read and Download Drawing Dragons Book PDF BySandra Staple Total Download 38 “Rereading, we find a new book.” –Mason Cooley Synopsis |In easy-to-follow, step-by-step detail, Drawing Dragons teaches you all the tricks and tecniques you'll need to creat your own amazing dragons|-- P. 4 of cover.

Get Download Architectural drawing and draughtsmen Book PDF BySir Reginald Theodore Blomfield Total Download 36 “Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.” –Jeremy Collier Synopsis

Read and Download Contemporary Drawing Online Book PDF ByMargaret Davidson Total Download 32 “Drink deeply from good books.” -John Wooden Synopsis A reference for serious artists explores the conceptual and technical foundations of contemporary art as expressed in biennials, art fairs and exhibitions, offering insight into such topics as the historical and conceptual origins of today's drawing techniques and the examples of leading modern masters.

Download Free Graph Drawing PDF BySymposium on Graph Drawing Total Download 3 So many books, so little time. Synopsis The combination of fast, low-latency networks and high-performance, distributed tools for mathematical software has resulted in widespread, affordable scientific computing facilities. Practitioners working in the fields of computer communication networks, distributed computing, computational algebra and numerical analysis have been brought together to contribute to this volume and explore the emerging distributed and parallel technology in a scientific environment. This collection includes surveys and original research on both software infrastructure for parallel applications and hardware and architecture infrastructure. Among the topics covered are switch-based high-speed networks, ATM over local and wide area networks, network performance, application support, finite element methods, eigenvalue problems, invariant subspace decomposition, QR factorization and Todd-Cox...

Download and Read A Textbook of Machine Drawing PDF ByR.K.Dhawan Total Download 23 “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” -Daniel Handler Synopsis A Textbook of Machine Drawing has been prepared to meet the requirements of the students preparing for B.Sc. Engineering, B.E., B.Tech., A.M.I.E. (India), Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Automobile Engineering and Textile Engineering, I.T.I. (Draftsman Course in Mechanical Engineering), C.T.I. and other Engineering Examinations

Get Download Micromosaics Online Book PDF ByJeanette Hanisee Gabriel,Gilbert Collection Total Download 39 “A book worth reading is worth buying.” -John Ruskin Synopsis A detailed and generously illustrated study of the intricate art of mosaics, as seen through examples from this comprehensive collection. The range of objects is enormous - from jewelry and snuffboxes to large pictures and tabletops. Based on the leading collection founded by Sir Arthur Gilbert and donated to the UK.

Free Download The Robert Lehman Collection Book PDF ByMetropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),George Szabó Total Download 8 Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten. Synopsis

Download and Read Alexander McQueen Online Book ByAndrew Bolton Total Download 17 “Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.” –Mark Twain Synopsis Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Ma6 4-July 31, 2011.

Download Free The Dance of Leadership: The Art of Leading in Business, Government, and Society PDF ByJanet V Denhardt Total Download 23 “A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.” -Franz Kafka Synopsis Most successful leaders know that leadership is an art, not a science. They recognize that beyond all the sophisticated systems and theories, the strategies and tactics, leadership is ultimately about intangible things such as timing, intuition, and passion This book shows how successful leaders can master the artistic aspects of their work. It guides readers to the ways that the leadership can be practiced and learned. |The Dance of Leadership| explores the art of leadership by examining the perspectives, training, and insights of artists, most particularly in the fields of music and dance. The authors look at how these people learn their craft, practice their skills, and attain mastery of their art. Then they adapt these lessons from the arts to the experiences of su...

Get Download The Power of Habit Online Book PDF ByCharles Duhigg Total Download 17 Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Synopsis Groundbreaking new research shows that by grabbing hold of the three-step |loop| all habits form in our brains--cue, routine, reward--we can change them, giving us the power to take control over our lives. |We are what we repeatedly do,| said Aristotle. |Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.| On the most basic level, a habit is a simple neurological loop: there is a cue (my mouth feels gross), a routine (hello, Crest), and a reward (ahhh, minty fresh). Understanding this loop is the key to exercising regularly or becoming more productive at work or tapping into reserves of creativity. Marketers, too, are learning how to exploit these loops to boost sales; CEOs and coaches are using them to change how employees work and athletes compete. As this book shows, tweaking even one habit, as long as it's the right on...

Get Download |Success is a Job in New York...| PDF ByAndy Warhol,Grey Art Gallery & Study Center Total Download 5 “My best friend is a person who will give me a book I have not read.” –Abraham Lincoln Synopsis

Download and Read Mortal Cities - Forgotten Monuments Online Book ByArna Mackic Total Download 38 “Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.” -William Feather Synopsis As a child, architect Arna Mackic experienced firsthand the Bosnian civil war, and with her family she fled her native country for the Netherlands. In 1999, she was able to visit bosnia and the city of Mostar again for the first time to witness the utter devastation--the war had left seventy percent of the buildings destroyed. This experience inspired Mackic's research to explore the emotional effects of war damage on a city's inhabitants and the possibilities for rebuilding collective and inclusive identities through architecture. Mortal Cities and Forgotten Monuments tells a moving story of architecture and history. The first two parts of the book provide historical background on the war in Bosnia and its relationship to the built environment of the region. The final sect...

Download Free Architecture and Identity PDF ByChris Abel,Norman Foster Total Download 16 “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Synopsis 'Instead of tuning the consumer to the machine we can now tune the machine to the consumer' This edited collection of essays, now in its second edition, brings together the author's key writings on the cultural, technological and theoretical developments reshaping Modern architecture into a responsive and diverse movement for the twenty-first century. Chris Abel approaches his subject from a wide range of knowledge, including cybernetics, philosophy, new human science and development planning, as well as his experience as a teacher and critic on four continents. The result is a unique global perspective on the changing nature of Modern architecture at the turn of the millennium. Including two new chapters, this revised and expanded second edition offer...

Read and Download Rethinking Architecture Book PDF ByRaymond Lifchez Total Download 36 “What you don’t know would make a great book.” –Sydney Smith Synopsis

Download The Architecture of Rome Online Book ByStefan Grundmann,Ulrich Fürst Total Download 38 “If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Synopsis Architects and artists have always acknowledged over the centuries that Rome is rightly called the 'eternal city'. Rome is eternal above all because it was always young, always 'in its prime'. Here the buildings that defined the West appeared over more than 2000 years, here the history of European architecture was written. The foundations were laid even in ancient Roman times, when the first attempts were made to design interiors and thus make space open to experience as something physical. And at that time the Roman architects also started to develop building types that are still valid today, thus creating the cornerstone of later Western architecture. In it Rome's primacy remained unbroken -- whether it was with old St Peter's as the first medieval basili...

Download and Read Styling Texts Online Book ByCynthia G. Kuhn,Cindy L. Carlson Total Download 30 “You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” –C.S. Lewis Synopsis Covering a variety of genres and periods from medieval epic to contemporary speculative fiction, Styling Texts explores the fascinating ways in which dress performs in literature. Numerous authors have made powerful-even radical-use of clothing and its implications, and the essays collected here demonstrate how scholarly attention to literary fashioning can contribute to a deeper understanding of texts, their contexts, and their innovations. These generative and engaging discussions focus on issues such as fashion and anti-fashion; clothing reform; transvestism; sartorial economics; style and the gaze; transgressive modes; and class, gender, or race |passing.| This is the first academic volume to address such an extensive range of texts, inviting consideration of how fashionable desires and...

Free Download Fashion PDF ByDK Total Download 4 “Rereading, we find a new book.” –Mason Cooley Synopsis Tracing the evolution of fashion-from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today, Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style is a stunningly illustrated guide to more than three thousand years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of clothing. With a wealth of breathtaking spreads-from ancient Egyptian dress to Space Age Fashion and Grunge-and information on icons like Marie Antoinette, Clara Bow, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Alexander McQueen, Fashion will captivate anyone interested in style-whether it's the fashion-mad teen in Tokyo, the wannabe designer in college, or the fashionista intrigued by the violent origins of the stiletto and the birth of bling.

Read and Download Neue Landschaftsarchitektur Book PDF ByNicolette Baumeister Total Download 12 Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Synopsis Projekter indenfor moderne landskabsarkitektur præsenteres med fotos og farvelagte plantegninger.

Free Download Appraising Art Online Book ByWendell D. Garrett,et al Total Download 17 “Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all.” -Abraham Lincoln Synopsis |[This volume is a] guide to appraising fine and decorative art, antiques and collectibles--from connoisseurship and appraisal methodology to legal considerations and beyond. An excellent resource for those in the arts, legal and financial communities, as well as for private and corporate collectors, this comprehensive guide will cover over seventy-five appraisal topics--everything from American Paintings and Drawings to Baseball Memorabilia, plus Appraising Works of art for Tax Purposes, Resolving Art Disputes, and a Guide to Appraisal Contracts, as well as Conservation Issues, Title Insurance, and more!|--Publisher's description.

Download and Read Aboriginal Art Collections Online Book BySusan Cochrane Total Download 21 “A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.” -W.H. Auden Synopsis

Download Free Reshaping Museum Space Online Book PDF BySuzanne Macleod Total Download 36 Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back. Synopsis Reshaping Museum Space pulls together the views of an international group of museum professionals, architects, designers and academics highlights the complexity, significance and malleability of museum space, and provides reflections upon recent developments in museum architecture and exhibition design. Various chapters concentrate on the process of architectural and spatial reshaping, and the problems of navigating the often contradictory agendas and aspirations of the broad range of professionals and stakeholders involved in any new project. Contributors review recent new build, expansion and exhibition projects questioning the types of museum space required at the beginning of the twenty-first century and highlighting a range of possibilities for creative...

Download Roman Architecture Online Book PDF ByFrank Sear Total Download 18 If you only read the books that everyone else is reading, you can only think what everyone else is thinking. Synopsis Frank Sear traces the evolution of architecture during the four centuries from the late Republic, when Roman building came of age, to A.D. 330, when Constantine moved the empire's capital to Constantinople. More than 200 photographs, maps, and drawings illustrate a discussion ranging over the extent of the empire, from Italy and North Africa and to the European and eastern provinces.Sear elucidates the complex development of Roman architecture by studying in detail the one site he feels to be the most significant and representative of a given period or province and by placing each site in its historical and cultural context. Incorporating the latest archaeological findings, Sear treats much more than stylist innovations; he carefully considers the building methods and materials used by Roman...

Download and Read The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings Online Book PDF ByMarc Kushner Total Download 4 So many books, so little time. Synopsis The founder of Architizer.com and practicing architect draws on his unique position at the crossroads of architecture and social media to highlight 100 important buildings that embody the future of architecture. We’re asking more of architecture than ever before; the response will define our future. A pavilion made from paper. A building that eats smog. An inflatable concert hall. A research lab that can walk through snow. We’re entering a new age in architecture—one where we expect our buildings to deliver far more than just shelter. We want buildings that inspire us while helping the environment; buildings that delight our senses while serving the needs of a community; buildings made possible both by new technology and repurposed materials. Like an architectural cabinet of wonders, this book collects the most innovative buildings of to...

Get Download Pete the Cat's Big Doodle & Draw Book PDF ByJames Dean Total Download 2 “If you love books enough, books will love you back.” –Jo Walton Synopsis Pete the Cat stars in his first-ever coloring and activity book! Pete the Cat fans get to play alongside their favorite groovy guy with 128 pages of cool pictures and activities to complete. With all the humor of the bestselling picture books, this doodle and draw book by New York Times bestselling artist James Dean is sure to spark the imagination of Pete fans of all ages.

Read and Download The Grosvenor Gallery Book PDF BySusan P. Casteras,Colleen Denney,Yale Center for British Art,Denver Art Museum,Laing Art Gallery Total Download 26 “No two persons ever read the same book.” –Edmund Wilson Synopsis London's notorious Grosvenor Gallery was founded by Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife, Lady Blanche Lindsay, to serve as an alternative to the Royal Academy. Although it existed only from 1877 to 1890, the gallery displayed the works and advanced the careers of many progressive artists, particularly those whose work was ignored by the traditional tastes of the usual exhibition venues. The Lindsays' innovative approach to art, audiences, and exhibition display made the gallery an influential force not only in Victorian art and society but also in the evolution of modern-day museum practice.