Visionaire No. 49: Decades
| PUBLISHER | Visionaire Publishing (11/15/2006) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Leather) |
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Visionaire is a multi-format fashion and art publication released thrice yearly as collectible limited editions. Past editions have been produced collaboratively with such corporate luminaries as Tiffany's, HermÀs and Sony. Each issue features a new format and subject matter. In the upcoming Decades edition, the world's foremost photographers find inspiration in the fashion and cultural phenomena of the past 120 years, the era spanning from 1886 to 2006. Each photographer presents his or her own interpretation of a single decade in a large-scale portfolio of images. The 13 portfolios are housed in a luxurious clamshell case ideal for presenting the edition's unique size and format. Flip through the pages to see history through contemporary eyes and to witness how today's image-makers draw on the artistic and cultural innovations, as well as the inspiring personalities, of the past to capture each era's distinctive style. Contributors include Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Nick Knight, Karl Lagerfeld, David Sims, Glen Luchford and more
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ISBN-13:
9781888645590
ISBN-10:
1888645598
Binding:
Leather / Fine Binding (Sewn)
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
125
Carton Quantity:
5
Product Dimensions:
16.00 x 2.00 x 21.00 inches
Weight:
14.84 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Price on Product,
Unabridged,
Limited Edition
Country of Origin:
US
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BISAC Categories
Design | Fashion & Accessories
Design | History - General
Dewey Decimal:
709
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Visionaire is a multi-format fashion and art publication released thrice yearly as collectible limited editions. Past editions have been produced collaboratively with such corporate luminaries as Tiffany's, HermÀs and Sony. Each issue features a new format and subject matter. In the upcoming Decades edition, the world's foremost photographers find inspiration in the fashion and cultural phenomena of the past 120 years, the era spanning from 1886 to 2006. Each photographer presents his or her own interpretation of a single decade in a large-scale portfolio of images. The 13 portfolios are housed in a luxurious clamshell case ideal for presenting the edition's unique size and format. Flip through the pages to see history through contemporary eyes and to witness how today's image-makers draw on the artistic and cultural innovations, as well as the inspiring personalities, of the past to capture each era's distinctive style. Contributors include Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Mario Testino, Nick Knight, Karl Lagerfeld, David Sims, Glen Luchford and more
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Photographer:
Knight, Nick
Professor Nick Knight, now retired, has written extensively on the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and is Australia's foremost authority on the thought of Mao Zedong. His research has emphasized the period of the 1920s and 1930s, but includes analysis of the way in which Mao's thought has been interpreted and deployed politically in the post-Mao period. Knight's research has made a major contribution to the theoretical development of the field of Mao studies. Nick Knight's books and monographs include (with Colin Mackerras, eds.) Marxism in Asia (1985), Philosophy and Politics in Mao Texts of the Yan'an Period (1987 8), Mao Zedong on Dialectical Materialism: Writings on Philosophy, 1937 (1990), The Philosophical Thought of Mao Zedong: Studies from China, 1981 1989 (1992), Li Da and Marxist Philosophy in China (1996), (with Arif Dirlik and Paul Healy, eds.) Critical Perspectives on Mao Zedong's Thought (1997), Thinking about Asia: An Australian Introduction to East and Southeast Asia (2000), Understanding Australia's Neighbours: An Introduction to East and Southeast Asia (2004), Marxist Philosophy in China: From Qu Qiubai to Mao Zedong, 1923 1945 (2005), Rethinking Mao: Explorations in Mao Zedong Thought (2007), (with Michael Heazle eds), China-Japan Relations in the Twenty-first Century: Towards a Future Past? (2007), Imagining Globalisation in China: Debates on Ideology, Politics and Culture (2008). Nick Knight's articles appeared in many journals, including China Quarterly, China Information, Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs, Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, Journal of Oriental Studies, Asian Studies Review, Journal of Contemporary Asia, and China - An International Journal. Nick Knight was the China Editor of the Asian Studies Review from 1997 2005. Nick Knight taught Asian Studies at Griffith University between 1981 and 2008. He devised and taught a popular first year course, entitled 'An introduction to Asia', on which Understanding Aust
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Photographer:
Lagerfeld, Karl
Karl Lagerfeldis head designer and creative director of the fashion house Chanel. He is based in Paris.
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