Author: Geza Szurovy Publisher: ISBN: 9781610600927 Category : Transportation Languages : en Pages : 196
Book Description
Capture the glory of flight in this nostalgic look back at the colorful posters that lured yesterday's passengers to take to the air. Constellations, tri-motors, and DC-3s are featured decked-out in the liveries of their owners and presented in stunning color artworks created by such famed artists as Norman Rockwell, Calder, and other popular painters. Nostalgic poster art contained within tells the history of yesteryear's airways through its free-spirited and colorful advertising.
Author: Publisher: Peter Pauper Press, Inc. ISBN: 144130679X Category : Body, Mind & Spirit Languages : en Pages : 44
Book Description
Enchanting images by popular fantasy artist Josephine Wall are combined with an uplifting feast for eye and soul. ''Fantasy gives me the opportunity to portray the world as I would like it to be,'' says Jo, who has a wish ''to inspire in her audience a personal journey into the magical world of their own imagination.'' This little book of beauty and inspiring wisdom will help readers—especially those with a fondness for fairies and fantasy—fly as far as their wings will take them.
Author: A. M. Springer Publisher: ISBN: Category : Architecture Languages : en Pages : 204
Book Description
This book explores the physical aspects of aviation and space flight through an appreciation of design evolution, powers of scale, materials, tools of the trade and imagery that captures not only moments in history, but also tire realization of theories and ideas. Each chapter, written by a specialist in aerospace history or aerospace technology, engagingly describes all aspect of the evolution of flight, from ground-testing designs and components to the aircraft and spacecraft themselves. The authors raise numerous fascinating questions: Why (to the vehicles look the way they (lo? How do these designs relate to other forms in our society? What will aircraft and spacecraft look like in the future? The answers to every conceivable question about aerospace design are provided in this landmark publication, which is stunningly illustrated throughout with e broad range of images from NASA's unsurpassable collection. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in aircraft, spacecraft or the broader issues of design.
Author: Ari Marcopoulos Publisher: powerHouse Books ISBN: 9781576870921 Category : Photography Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
Interview by Louise Neri and Edited by Diego Cortez '...delivers of the private moments and personal signifiers of the professional snowboarder's life with the inventiveness of a freestyler and the silent stillness of a mountain's virgin snow' - Paper magazine Following the seasons to keep up with the 21st century's newest tribe of nomads, Marcopoulous here captures the snowboarding lifestyle, from the excitement and awesome tricks to the injuries and bad-weather boredom. With 230 full-colour photos.
Author: Sheryl Fiegel Publisher: Casemate ISBN: 1612007805 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 299
Book Description
Champions of Flight celebrates the work of Clayton Joseph Knight (1891–1969) and William John Heaslip (1898–1970), the two preeminent American aviation artists of their time, as they chronicled the golden age of aviation—from Charles Lindbergh's epochal transatlantic flight through the most devastating war in world history (1927–1945). Knight and Heaslip were experienced military men and formally trained artists who, combining an authenticity of experience and an artistic mastery of illustration, produced powerful artwork that influenced a generation of Americans, creating air-minded adults and youngsters, many of whom flocked to US military service after Pearl Harbor. Aviation became deeply embedded into America’s culture during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Americans became fascinated by aviation celebrities, watched air spectacles, aviation movies and newsreels, and devoured books, aviation industry ads, magazine articles, and Sunday comics featuring pilot heroes. Artists Knight and Heaslip—both of whom were adept as draftsmen, painters and printmakers—fueled the imagination of these Americans through prolific illustrations and artwork that appeared in many diverse publications of the time. Over a period of almost twenty years, Clayton Knight and William Heaslip championed their love of flight through their art, and they did so with enthusiasm, integrity, and generosity. This book, featuring over 400 illustrations and photos, is a tribute to their legacy.
Author: Patrick Nagatani Publisher: SF Design, LLC / Frescobooks ISBN: 9781934491607 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 294
Book Description
The Race is a novel about the discovery of fifteen Supermarine Spitfire airplanes buried in Burma at the end of World War II and their subsequent excavation, acquisition, and transformation into state-of-the-art floatplanes, capable of traveling long distances and landing at sea. Fifteen women of different backgrounds are ultimately chosen to pilot the planes in a trans-Pacific race from Tokyo to San Francisco. Beyond their private narratives, each woman experiences a larger dialogue about culture and gender issues, the moral and ecological state of our planet, the human condition, and the universal need for compassion. Evolving around stories and narrative fictions seen as photographic fact, The Race is a logical extension of Nagatani's visual campaigns. His lifelong interests in Buddhism, fiction and poetry, alternative medicine, indigenous cultures, identity, and self-examination all play a prominent part in this epic tale of adventure.
Author: Walter J. Boyne Publisher: ISBN: Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 172
Book Description
Showcases the work of American sculptor John Safer, whose pieces reflect his love of aviation and space technology, following his stylistic evolution from constructivist compositions to biomorphic abstractions and his current monumental works.
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