Vitamin P is an image-heavy book offering an overview of the state of painting today & documents the most recent concerns & ideas among contemporary painters. In the wake of new media such as installation video performance & digital art the traditional medium of painting has enjoyed a renaissance among a recent generation of artists. Alongside the evergrowing reputation of significant living painters such as Gerhard Richter Agnes Martin & Peter Halley many younger artists have chosen painting over any other medium & are exploring new means to broaden the traditional field of oil on canvas". It is this younger generation (who emerged in the 1990s) that Vitamin P aims to represent in an A-Z survey of 114 of its leading new international practitioners with each artist illustrated by numerous examples of his or her works accompanied by a short explanatory text. Often moving beyond the most traditional image associated with this medium Vitamin P hopes to illustrate the richness eclecticism dynamism & contemporaneity of the practice of painting today. Barry Schwabskys introductory text offers a critical survey of the evolution of painting since the late 1950s" ...

The first volume of Vitamin P published in 2002 inaugurated a vibrant period for painting. Since its publication a whole new generation of painters has emerged some inspired by the artists who appeared in that book others taking cues from new sources. Vitamin P2 introduces this new wave of painters to the world. The vast medium of painting continues to be a central pillar of artistic practice & Vitamin P2 presents the outstanding artists who are currently engaging with & pushing the boundaries of the medium. Over 80 international critics artists & curators have nominated the 115 artists who have made a fresh unique or innovative contribution to recent painting. All of the artists in Vitamin P2 have recently emerged onto the international scene & none appeared in the first Vitamin P. An introduction by Barry Schwabsky who also wrote the introduction for Vitamin P provides a broad overview of recent developments in the medium while also looking towards its future. Artists featured in Vitamin P2: Nina Chanel Abney Richard Aldrich Ellen Altfest Hurvin Anderson Juan Araujo Tauba Auerbach Karin Mamma Andersson Jules de Balincourt Antonio Ballester Moreno Tilo Baumgartel Hernan Bas Michael Borremans Mark Bradford Kerstin Bratsch Lisa Brice Rafal Bujnowski Stephen Bush Varda Caivano Brian Calvin Gillian Carnegie Sarah Crowner William Daniels Noah Davis Philippe Decrauzat Benjamin Degen Kaye Donachie Pierre Dorion Milena Dragicevic Thomas Eggerer Nicole Eisenman Ida Ekblad Zhang Enli Michael Fullerton Wayne Gonzales Adrian Ghenie Mark Grotjahn Wade Guyton Josephine Halvorson N. S. Harsha Richard Hawkins Carmen Herrera Charline Von Heyl Alex Hubbard Jacqueline Humphries Nathan Hylden Merlin James Xylor Jane Jia Ailli Magdalena Jitrik Chantal Joffe Chris Johanson Jitish Kallat Maki Na Kamura Jacob Kassay Khalif Kelly Martin Kobe Jutta Koether Tomasz Kowalski Makiko Kudo Stefan Kurten Li Dafang Li Shurui Li Songsong Liang Yuanwei Liu Xiaodong Marcin Maciejowski Tala Madani Nalini Malani Victor Man I Nyoman Masriadi Birgit Megerle Dianna Molzan Katy Moran Kristine Moran Justin Mortimer Farhad Moshiri Surendran Nair Odili Donald Odita Paulina Olowska Silke Otto-Knapp Christopher Orr Alessandro Pessoli Jon Pestoni Vitaly Pushnitsky R. H. Quaytman Blake Rayne Clare E. Rojas Sterling Ruby Christoph Ruckhaberle Serban Savu Maaike Schoorel Dana Schutz Raqib Shaw Amy Sillman Anj Smith Josh Smith Glenn Sorensen Neal Tait Mickalene Thomas Padraig Timoney Alexander Tinei Phoebe Unwin Lesley Vance Pieter Vermeersch Kelley Walker Wang Xingwei Corinne Wasmuht Matthias Weischer Andro Wekua Wendy White Katharina Wulff Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Luiz Zerbini Jakub Julian Ziolkowski ...

Perhaps the greatest achievement of 18th Century English architectural thought this groundbreaking work established Palladianism as the national style unifying the nations landscape. Originally published in three volumes it features 300 extremely detailed illustrations blueprints & cross sections of country homes & parks. No design library is complete without this amazingly influential work the reprint of Vitrvius" or " The British Architect" London 1715-1725." ...

A VAMPIRE IN THE ITALIAN AGE OF GOLD... Sixteen years old Vittorio is the sole survivor of a bizarre & violent massacre at his father's Tuscan palazzo. Escaping to the Florence of Cosimo de Medici he seeks vengeance & retribution. But though he has been saved from death by a mysterious woman he finds himself at the mercy of demonic bloody nightmares war & political intrique. & beyond even these perils Vittorio faces being torn apart by a dangerous love. Against a backdrop of the wonders
- both sacred & profane
- of Rennaisance Italy with it's art & ferocity angels & demons Anne Rice introduces a seductive new character & creates a passionate traggic legend of doomed young love & lost innocence.

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Author Martin Roach reveals how the band members met played their early gigs financed their own early EPs & how with four hit albums under their belt; they still continue to maintain a tight degree of control over their output. Featuring insights into Coldplays professional insecurities & anxieties & the notoriously angst-ridden personality of lead vocalist Chris Martin this is an in-depth portrait of one of Britains most successful bands of the new millennium. Fully illustrated & including a comprehensive discography. ...

Winter spring" finds Peter under the sharp eye of his long-suffering wife Ellie struggling to shake off the relaxed Spanish tranquiloness that he has now mastered all too well. Old friendships have been established & new ones are found as the Kerrs are introduced to Mallorcas champagne-swilling filthy rich set & theireyes are opened by just how the other half lives. Mosquito-repellant vinegar baths delicious Mallorcan food & with background support from dogs donkeys geckos parrots & canaries this is an autumn such as theyve never known." ...

The Tour De France is one of the most revered thrilling sporting events in the world not to mention one of the most physically exhausting. Every year top cyclists from around the globe break speed records & push themselves harder & faster in pursuit of the legendary yellow jersey. Vive le Tour! is the ultimate guide to the competitions heroes cheats controversy extreme terrain triumphs & tragedy
- on & off the trail. Now fully revised & updated this edition reflects the huge interest generated in the Tour thanks to the recent success of British cyclists the high-profile launch of Team Sky in 2010 & the fact that the event once again returns to freeview TV (ITV 4). Vive Le Tour! is your essential companion to this awe-inspiring event with a wealth of tales & trivia drawn from the Tours century-long history.
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Over 300 illustrations convey the dynamism & impact of her ideas from the early punk years to her more recent collections presenting imaginative & stunning creations that have been a major influence on fashion music & art since the 1970s. Outfits worn by the Sex Pistols contrast with more recent creations for Tracey Emin & Cameron Diaz demonstrating why Westwood is the most talked-about designer in Britain. Her enormous cult following in Japan Europe Australia & the USA gives the book instant international appeal while Claire Wilcox's authoritative text sheds light on the sources of inspiration & working practices of this fascinating & dedicated designer. ...

Over thirty years ago on an ultra-secret flight to the South Pacific the transport plane Vixen 03 vanished. It was believed to be lost at sea. & carrying canisters of the most lethal substance known to man. Now Vixen 03 has returned to haunt the world. Dirk Pitt the ace maritime troubleshooter who raised the Titanic is the only man who can overcome the nightmarish problems involved in retrieving her cargo. & the price of failure is terrifying. ...

DRACULA. A name of horror depravity & the darkest sensuality. Yet the real Dracula was just as alluring just as terrifying his story not of a monster but of a man
- & a contradiction. For the one they called The Devils Son was both tyrant & lawgiver crusader & mass slaughterer torturer & hero lover & murderer. His tale is told by those who knew him best. The only woman he ever loved who he must sacrifice. His closest comrade & traitor. & his priest betraying the secrets of the confessional to reveal the mind of the man history would forever remember as Tepes
- The Impaler. But Vlads actions defy such labels. His extraordinary life burns with passion taking him from his years as hostage to the Turk through torture battle triumph & betrayal ultimately to a last crusade
- there perhaps beneath the twin banners of the Dragon & the Cross to find redemption for his innumerable sins.


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