With beautiful laser scanner duotones and 365 previously unpublished photographs, this is a fascinating study of the "great quake" in San Francisco in 1906--and of the likelihood of a similar quake today.
With artful images rich in visual poetry, Light at the Edge brings the reader into the beautiful and ephemeral landscapes of Point Reyes, California. Located at the edge of the continent and sculpted by massive tectonic plates, this landscape is constantly changing. Pacific Ocean fog pours in and glows in dawn and at sunset. Waves crash against the shore and create stunning vistas defined in beautiful light. It is a place that stimulates all one’s senses, and each moment is a gift. Breaking new ground in landscape photography, the images throughout Light at the Edge have the power to convey the land’s beauty and the magic of experiencing it.
With artful images rich in visual poetry, Light at the Edge brings the reader into the beautiful and ephemeral landscapes of Point Reyes, California. Located at the edge of the continent and sculpted by massive tectonic plates, this landscape is constantly changing. Pacific Ocean fog pours in and glows in dawn and at sunset. Waves crash against the shore and create stunning vistas defined in beautiful light. It is a place that stimulates all one’s senses, and each moment is a gift. Breaking new ground in landscape photography, the images throughout Light at the Edge have the power to convey the land’s beauty and the magic of experiencing it.
This book embodies one person’s life of creativity and the pursuit of a vision – in this case an architectural vision. Years of teaching have allowed the author to observe that we all have the power to be creative. He lays out the experiential process of being creative, from early influences, through the evolutionary development of ideas and forms and, finally, to the reality of multiple expressions. As he has stated in his lectures, the starting point of creativity is contained in the ancient meaning of two words: enthusiasm and genius. The word enthusiasm, from the classical Greeks, is derived from “en-theos” – bringing forth the God or spirit within. Originally the Latin word, genius (spirit), described a person who utilized his or her natural talents and abilities – a person thought to be in touch with his inner spirit. In both cases the ancients believed the ability to be creative was already inherent within each individual. The author envisions architecture as a restatement of nature – of the earth and the sky. The language of this architecture has a universal appeal originating from visual codes accumulated over eons of time in the human unconscious. It puts us back in touch with our primordial roots. This is an architecture of belonging – to the earth, to the place, to the human spirit.
This is the first book on the American sculptor and ceramist Mary Tuthill Lindheim (1912- 2004) who, with contemporaries Edith Heath, Peter Voulkos, Marguerite Wildenhain and others, awakened the art world and public to the exciting potential of clay as a fine art medium. A student of Alexander Archipenko, Isamu Noguchi, and José de Creeft, Lindheim entered ceramics in 1946 as a fully formed sculptor. A year into her new career, she was exhibiting with the best potters of her generation. A leader in three influential artists’ organizations–the Association of San Francisco Potters, San Francisco Women Artists, and Designer-Craftsmen of California—Lindheim worked to foster dialogue among museums, critics, and artists and to break down what she saw as artificial and destructive distinctions between "art" and "craft". During her most prolific period in ceramics, 1947-1969, she was featured prominently in national publications and exhibited in most of the important ceramics and studio craft shows of the period. Her work is in the collections of numerous museums, including Arizona State University Art Museum, the Bolinas Museum, Crocker Art Museum, Mills College Art Museum, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art (Utah State University), and the Oakland Museum of California, among others. MARY TUTHILL LINDHEIM: ART AND INSPIRATION features a foreword by Julie Muñiz, curator of decorative arts at the Oakland Museum of California; a lead essay by West Coast critic and sculptor Maria Porges; an essay on Lindheim’s role in Bay Area ceramics by editor and art writer Abby Wasserman; and an essay by Wasserman and filmmaker Aram Fischer, Lindheim’s grand-nephew, on Lindheim’s social and political activism. It also contains a detailed illustrated chronology, a bibliography, short bios of Lindheim’s teachers and contemporaries, an index, and passages of Lindheim’s own writing, documenting her personal and professional history and imparting the flavor of a fascinating and beautiful woman who lived by her own rules.
Hardcover, Foil-stamped case, Limited Edition I have no doubts that this collection of Quinn’s paintings will permanently place him in that pantheon of brave and talented painters who have distilled a distinct and compelling aesthetic message from nature. Without propagandizing, but armed with the intent to seek truth, the artist is a messenger as he expands and clarifies our understanding of the world. Among the best, Thomas Quinn has produced a body of magnificent paintings that, along with bringing us singular pleasure in their beauty, also testify to what is at stake if nature and we are to endure. — From the foreword by Tony Angell, Artist / Naturalist
The granddaddy and originator of all low-carb diets. This classic was first published in 1964 and sold 2,400,000 copies in 13 languages.
The one and only original, newly updated with wine recommendations for each dish. More than 200 recipes in a health-conscious guide to good dining with an emphasis on fresh, natural ingredients and simplicity of preparation. Robert W. Cameron, in cooperation with a panel of doctors, nutritionists and home economists, have devised a fantastic resource. It counts carbs for you- by the recipe and by the day.
West Marin Review is a literary and art journal inspired by the extraordinary landscape of western Marin County in Northern California. Framed by the Point Reyes National Seashore and rolling pastureland, this area has long attracted artists and writers, many of whom are featured within the Review alongside others whose work appears here for the first time in print.
Wine’s Hidden Beauty reveals an exciting new perspective on wine that combines art, science, and spirit just like winemaking. Scientist-photographer Sondra Barrett's revolutionary images will help you enjoy wine while exploring its mysteries. With the microscope as a starting point, the author presents a delectable discovery of wine’s secrets - from stories of great winemakers, tasting tips, sustainability, and why the grape, to the potential of mysterious patterns within wine. Wine’s Hidden Beauty is an unabashed feast for the senses, a glorious celebration of the magic and fun of wine.