The Portfolio: An Architectural Student's Handbook (Architectural Students Handbooks)

Book Description

The portfolio is the single most important part of every architectural student's education. This book proides a complete guide to preparing, compiling and presenting this crucial element of the architecture course.

The experienced author team gives practical advice for the creation of the portfolio covering issues of size, storage, layout and order. They go on to guide the student through the various forms a portfolio can take: the Electronic Portfolio, the Academic Portfolio and the Professional Portfolio suggesting different approaches and different media to use in order to create the strongest portfolio possible. The team also presents the best examples from international student portfolios to show the reader their recommendations in practice.

The book has a companion website where full colour representations of the best examples of portfolio work can be accessed.

Also in the Seriously Useful Guides series:
* The Dissertation
* The Crit
* Practical Experience

* Offers step-by-step advice for students on how to prepare and present their portfolios
* Advice from the experts on how to make portfolios the best they can be
* Fully illustrated with examples of the best students' work from around the world

Customer Reviews:

Not a step-by-step guide.......2006-07-07

If you want to be inspired and gain a new prespective on how to design an architectural portfolio, this is an excellent book.

Not the step-by-step guide, or a list of creative ideas, it allows for creativity along with both basic and detailed pointers on layout, overall design, content and award-recipent portfolio examples. Direct references to certain colleges in both Europe and the USA.

Something not in the description that was a very pleasent surprise: The authors compare UK schools and USA schools, their application process and how the portfolios differ. A very useful thing for a student, such as myself, planning on applying to both European and USA architecture grad. schools.

Disappointing!.......2005-05-06

I was very excited at first when I bought this book. It's full of nice illustrations and examples, but I was very disappointed when I finished reading it. It's very general with no structural orientation. It does not serve as a guide on how to design and develop your portfolio and just mentions general common knowledge which, as an architecture student or professional, you can learn throughout college and work.
I would not recommend it for those who want to create a portfolio with strong impact.

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"Realistic" Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil

Great book, really helped!

Useful for beginners as well as more advanced artists

Best colored pencil instruction book for pets on the market!

Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil IS A REALISTIC VALUE

Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil
Anne Demille Flood
Manufacturer: North Light Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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Colored Pencil Solution Book

ASIN: 1581804091

Book Description

With this surprisingly simple step-by-step guide, anyone can create beautiful pet portraits. Anne deMille Flood walks readers through her easy techniques for rendering cats, dogs, birds, horses and other cuddly friends.

Beginning and intermediate artists will appreciate the close-up demos for getting the texture of fur and feathers just right. There's also clear instruction on working from reference photos, choosing focal points and getting started.

This is an essential reference for anyone who wants to create animal portraits in colored pencil. Artists will quickly find themselves drawing better than they ever thought possible!

Customer Reviews:

"Realistic" Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil.......2007-05-14

This book would be less misleading if the "realistic" were left off of the title. The drawings are good illustrations, say for a children's book or the like. There's actually a couple included drawings that I had to wonder why they were included because they looked like good drawing for someone in highschool. Anyway, it may help if you really are just beginning to draw, but it was not what I had hoped for at all. If you want to see amazing colored pencil drawings and some interesting techniques, I would recommend the "Colored Pencil Solution Book" by Janie Gildow and Barbara Benedetti Newton.Colored Pencil Solution Book

Great book, really helped!.......2007-02-08

Lots of details about producing the appearance of details in animals. It is amazing what you can produce. I refer to this book a lot.

Useful for beginners as well as more advanced artists.......2007-01-09

Animal portraiture - especially of beloved pets - can be a very satisfying artistic endeavor, both emotionally as well as financially. This book provides a great overview of methods, materials, and examples of drawing full color pet portraiture that should be tremendously helpful for beginners, as well as more experienced artists looking for some tips and helpful tricks.

The author covers more than just cats and dogs, going into details and examples specific to horses, rabbits, exotic birds, and even hamsters! Her instructions for layering color to achieve depth and effects such as shine and reflections are clear and easy to follow. Colored pencil can be a tricky medium to work with yet it is also one of the best, in my experience, for capturing the intricacies of animal fur and feathers, and this book does a lot to make a difficult medium less intimidating.

The only thing I could possibly have seen added to this book to make it even more useful is just some simple anatomical drawings of the animals included, at least muscle groups and/or skull structre. While this might be more useful for advanced artists, there is truth to the fact that "the camera lies" and an artist working from photo references, as is the focus here, can make his or her work even more realistic by knowing how to fill in the details that the camera can miss or distort. But this is a minor issue. In every other way I highly recommend this book.

Best colored pencil instruction book for pets on the market!.......2006-09-19

This is the best colored pencil book for learning to master pet portraits on the market. Hands down!!! I own allot of art books and am a self-taught artist in colored pencil and believe me, Anne deMille Flood has done for pet portraits when Ann Kullberg has done for people portraits. I cannot possibly say enough about this book, but it's worth every penny and then some. You won't be dissappointed, except perhaps wishing she had a full series of these books.

Realistic Pet Portraits in Colored Pencil IS A REALISTIC VALUE.......2006-02-21

Outstanding book. Excellent results obtained immediately after just briefly reviewing the first few chapters. Wonderfully effective techniques. Easy to learn. Excellent format! I've been an Illustrator/ Artist for over twenty-seven years. I highly recommend this book.
JF Willis

Book Description

In this society in which the essential is generally considered incidental (which is reflected in the unbearable dullness of the contemporary man), Catherine David picks the essence from inconspicuous corners where it has been gathering dust and shows us how she uses it to unlock the gates leading to inner beauty. In this remarkable series of 26 linked meditations, The Beauty of Gesture, subtitled "The Invisible keyboard of Piano and T'ai Chi," the French journalist Catherine David explores the analogies between playing the piano and practicing t'ai chi chu'an. A serious pianist and student of martial arts, David draws on a wide familiarity with literary and philosophical texts to evoke the intellectual and spiritual world of her imagination. "A beautiful act is an island of absoluteness in an ocean of chance," she writes, and her essay reminds us that the world vibrates with possibilities, necessities, and poetry for those who can focus attention.

Customer Reviews:

The Beauty of Gesture.......2004-07-04

As an tai chi chuan player of more than 14 years and an amateur pianist for a much longer period, I thought this book might have been written especially for me. Not so, unfortunately. It is beautifully written in a rather voulu, creative writing school kind of way. But it has little to say about taichi--no Chinese sources are mentioned, none of the tai chi classics are mentioned. Indeed, she touches very lightly on tai chi and most of what she does say seems to come from a Japanese source (David speaks of katas, her dojo). No mention of chi (qi), the style of tai chi she does, names of the forms etc; and the dantian appears as the tanden. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who knows anything about tai chi. Nevertheless, there is some pleasure to be had here, some insights into literature and gesture. It just doesn't really deliver on the promise of its subtitle.

I Can't Get Through This Book.......2002-07-28

I bought it years ago & have tried several times, but I find the writing style nearly impossible to read. At times it reads as if the author is trying too hard to make every sentence convey a deeply profound concept and at other times she jumps erratically to some obscure thought, feeling or concept. Not only did these jumps not move or interest me, I often couldn't even figure out (on either an intellectual or emotional level) what the author was trying to do.

After several attempts at completing the book, and having read only about 50 pages, I could barely bring myself to skim through the rest of the book to try to pick up a few interesting points or stories. I saw nothing to warrant additional attempts on my part.

I bought this book because I love to read about people's experiences in martial arts. I also enjoy poetry (and good writing in general), and Tai Chi is an art that I practiced at one time, so I really thought I would like this book. I love the concept (and even the cover) but this book did not do it for me. Perhaps linguistically and culturally this book works better in French. For those who are looking for a more readable book describing a person's experiences in Tai Chi, I would suggest, "There Are No Secrets" by Lowenthal.

'tis about beauty.......2001-09-13

Can we, by practicing a discipline such as Tai-Chi, refine our sense of self, our Being-In-The -World? Catherine David, in this sublime book, investigates the space that is behind the physical movement, behind the conscious mind, at the very core of what constitutes our sense of the Self - that space which gives birth to our sense of beauty and which can be translated through innumerable ways (including the Tai-Chi exercises and piano playing) into wordly manifestations of our uniqueness. In this space imagination and sensation are interlocked, like lovers. Once we realize that Self is just a metaphor and that the mental image can be the impulse to opening of a technical skill , we hold the keys to true freedom. In this society in which the essential is generally considered incidental (which is reflected in the unberable dullness of the contemporary man), Catherine David picks the essence from inconspicuous corners where it has been gathering dust and shows us how she uses it to unlock the gates leading to inner beauty. By doing this she helps us glimpse and perhaps touch that space. This book is a rare treat.

Considering "The Beauty of Gesture" In and Out of Sight.......2000-03-27

In this remarkable series of 26 linked meditations, subtitled "The Invisible keyboard of Piano and T'ai Chi," the French journalist Catherine David explores the analogies between playing the piano and practicing t'ai chi chu'an. A serious painist and student of martial arts, David draws on a wide familiarity with literary and philisophical texts to evoke the intellectual and spiritual world of her imagination. "A beautiful act is an island of absoluteness in an ocean of chance," she writes, and her essay reminds us that the world vibrates with possibilities, necessities, poetries for those who can focus attention. "Coded meanings brought to light after endless repetitionon" -- that is practice, that is success. It is not a matter simply of what can be seen, for, with Plato, David reminds us that "A sudden light first blinds you." But she steps away from the classical position when she goes on to say that "Then it shows you the world." The world of Catherine David is well worth a leisurely read.

Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls

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Engaging and Delightful--more importantly, empowering
Gotta read it!!!!!!
Female Martial Artist perspective
There's nothing feminine about being a corpse.
Great attitude, terrible facts

Beauty Bites Beast: Awakening the Warrior Within Women and Girls
Ellen Snortland , and Ellen Shortland
Manufacturer: Trilogy Books
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Binding: Paperback

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Engaging and Delightful--more importantly, empowering.......2007-01-09

If you have daughters or ever were one yourself, read this book. Ellen Snortland will show you how to awaken your inner warrior. She provides a guide for the journey from passivity to confidence, from being being bullied to alertness, and from being at risk to healthy self-protection. Give yourself permission to walk the path to strength in mind, body, and spirit. Read it for yourself; share it with someone you truly care about.

Gotta read it!!!!!!.......2006-08-07

Violence and disrespect of women is so ingrained in our daily lives that many individuals, male and female, fail to see or identify it as such. It is all pervasive, ubiquitous and insidious. While the statistics say that one in three women is attacked, I think one would be hard put to find even one woman who has not had to deal with unwanted advances, unsolicited attention and even physical confrontation. Read this book! Learn to protect yourself. Teach your sisters, daughters, wives and mothers to protect themselves. The world will be a better place for EVERYONE when this occurs!

Female Martial Artist perspective.......2006-05-04

I have never taken a women's self-defense class, but am a committed martial artist. This book has inspired me to go to a women's self-defense class. The book is not so much about why women should take self-defense classes, but why we deserved to. It emphasizes in a powerful way that women on not lesser than men, no matter what messages we receive to the contrary.

This empowerment is missing from my martial arts training - even as I'm being encouraged by good men (and women), there is still the nagging thought in myself (and I think in my Sensei) that when push comes to shove, my lack of self-esteem will sabotage my ability to fight back. Having the skills to fight is one thing, but having the feelings that I'm worth fighting for is another.

I see it as the next step in my martial arts training to correct that flaw. This book is a good start, and taking a full impact self-defense course before seemed redundant in addition to all of my other training, now seems essential to my mental training - which is every bit as important because that is what will determine my reaction when the time comes.

I do agree with some of the other reviews - I would like to see sources cited, and I do think that sometimes the author's passion for feminism makes somes paragraphs longer than they should be. But, as the author points out, feminism isn't a bad thing in itself, it's been portrayed as "bad" by media and men in general because it's misunderstood, or because it's threatening - this is one of the ideas that helped me, because I've spent my entire life in the "boy's club" and never before had I thought of feminism as anything other than "uppity women", which is unfortunate and now that I see how I've been unfairly judging other women who have found the power and passion to fight for women's rights and freedoms, I feel more empowered myself.

There's nothing feminine about being a corpse........2005-07-29

I have to disagree with Ellen Snortland's statement that there are no rules in self defense. There's one, and she mentions it: SURVIVE! Survive physically. Survive mentally. Survive spiritually. Survive socially. In "Beauty Bites Beast," the author justifies a woman's self defense and outlines resources and techniques.

I had several heroines during the 1960's--Joan of Arc, Dale Evans, Mrs. Emma Peel, and Agent 99 were strong women who more than held their own with men. One was an actual historical figure! Ellen Snortland had no heroic female role models when she was growing up?

On page 151, the author wrote about an unconscious fear of women would subject men to the same cruelty that women have been given--with me, it's not an unconscious fear. I am very much aware that "plumbing" (the genitals) does not make one wise or "fair" -- I have already suffered injustice from women in positions of power over me. Nothing like Joan of Arc, of course, but enough to demand checks and balances on all power. "Trust me" sets off alarm bells.

You have to take charge of your own personal safety. Often, the power structure will prohibit self defense measures. In England, resisting criminal assault or running from an attacker is a crime that can result in serious jail time for "endangering the public." Mexico does not recognize the right of self defense. In practice, this means the powerless people (includes most women) are disarmed by law, but those with political power and great wealth get to do anything without fear of punishment. Until September 11, 2001, interfering with a skyjacker was a serious federal crime in the United States--a flaw exploited by Al Qaeda.

I applaud programs such as IMPACT and KIDPOWER. Training starts with baby steps (just say "no" like you mean it!) and progresses to full-power contact against a live (padded) aggressor. It is important to produce winners from these programs--criminals "interview" potential victims. "Are you helpless? Are you my next meal?" Overcoming opposition breeds confidence--this has to be earned, but trainers that "kill" their students in training only train them to die. IMPACT seems to be a full force spectrum, covering everything from bearing, to verbal exchanges and body language, to the grim knock-down and stomp-stomp-stomp of hand to hand combat. I wish I had KIDPOWER training anytime between 1963 and 1975--but boys of that era "didn't need protecting." I wasn't allowed to fight at all, and when I asked for protection against bullies or worse, I was punished for lying. As soon as I received my high school diploma, I went someplace safer--Marine Corps boot camp. There, Vietnam veterans taught me how, when, where, who, what, and why I would fight. If you think IMPACT is expensive, sign up for four years! On the other hand, I did get paid and I received first rate training...

There's nothing feminine about being a corpse. "Beauty Bites Beast" can be nit picked, but the basic message is that women have the right to protect themselves. History proves that if women don't protect themselves, nobody will.

Great attitude, terrible facts.......2005-06-22

The first rule of self-defence should always be: be smart. Arm yourself with facts, be alert and find out everything you can about the situation you're in. Sometimes standing your ground and fighting isn't as smart as simply running away. Every situation is different, and if you have your wits about you, you'll be able to seize the scene up and respond accordingly.

"Beauty Bites Beast" has all the energy an inspirational book on self-defence should contain, but it fails to provide the reader with solid facts. For instance, none of the chapters have footnotes, and so you don't know which source Ellen B. Snortland is quoting when she claims that, "As it turns out, many of the warriors whom the last century diggers assumed were men, were women." Nothing would please me more than to hear that the women of yore were tough and hard-hitting, but which digging expeditions is Snortland referring to? And what civilisations?

Another unsubstantiated charge Snortland makes is that the Black Plague was partly a result of the witch-trials. Her claim is that when they burned women they also burned cats, and with fewer cats there would be more rats to spread the disease. Say what? The Black Plague originated in the east and was brought to Europe by the trading routes. It wasn't domestic rats that caused all the excitement, but immigrant rats. And once the plague had hit shores it didn't need to rely on rats to spread from person to person. (More information: http://www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0017916.html) Another fact to consider is that the Black Plague came to Europe around 1347, whilst the witch trials didn't catch fire until 1484 when Pope Innocent VIII declared that a war be fought against witches and warlocks. (More information: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/witches1.html) So much for conspiracy theories.

There are other sections in "Beauty Bites Beast" that threw me off. In a complaint that feminists are scoffed at, Snortland mentions Susan McKinnon and the late Andrea Dworkin as being serious feminists. If serious is used as a synonym for 'without humour,' then yes, I agree; they are both serious. But even a non-humorous feminist has to see why Dworkin and McKinnon have been the recipients of much mockery. They have never been what you could call moderate, and despite their own claims have not been the voices of the everywoman (or man).

Snortland clearly has a good agenda, but her own energy sometimes runs off with her. Having read and benefited from Gavin deBecker's "The Gift of Fear," I was hoping this would be a good companion book, something to further inspire me to keep my fighting spirit intact. It didn't do that for me, instead it simply fell to the floor with a hard thump. This is a real shame.

Sloppy fact checking in the name of self-improvement simply isn't good enough. To be truly fierce, we have come prepared, and that includes knowing what we're NOT up against.

Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values

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I Didn't Get It
recommended
a MUST READ for serious photographers!

Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values
Robert Adams
Manufacturer: Aperture
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

ASIN: 0893810878

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These essays address us in the quiet voice of a working photographer, an artist and craftsman who has thought long and seriously about his endeavor, who has tested and questioned his own assumptions in the light of actual practice. The result is a rare book of criticism, one that is alive to the pleasure and mysteries of true exploration. Written over a ten-year period, and originally published in 1981, this timeless collection of writings now includes a new preface by the author.

Robert Adams possesses the wit to avoid cant, dogma, and platitudes of the scholar that can deaden our responses to the lively business of art. His eight essays pose a host of questions about photography's place in the arts-- and in our lives: How is photography art? By what standards are we to judge the success or failure of a photograph? His reflections are delicate, unusually calm, but they also carry the force of sure conviction, the passion of absolute dedication.

Few visual artists are capable of articulating the subtle, potent wellsprings of their own creative achievement. Adams does so with extraordinary grace and power. This book offers not only an insight to the work of a distinguished photographer, but also an illuminating challenge and corrective to the usual pieties and pettiness of photography criticism today.

Customer Reviews:

I Didn't Get It.......2007-07-13

In an essay in this little book, entitled "Civilizing Criticism", Robert Adams cites Henry James as asking of a work of art "What is the artist trying to do? Does he do it? Was it worth doing?" I had to guess at what Adams was trying to do; if I guessed correctly, it was worth doing; he didn't do it.

Adams, who was born in 1937, was and probably still is an American landscape photographer. This series of short essays was originally published in 1981 and has now been republished. The essays range in title from "Truth and Landscape" to "Photographing Evil". I am reluctant to describe the contents further because I found it hard to follow the author's reasoning or extract a theme from most of the essays. The author writes with good grammar but his rhetoric seemed weak to me. Perhaps this was a failing on my part, but I read most of the essays twice and still failed to grasp them.

Consider the first essay. Adams seems to say that we are disappointed by the American landscape because it has been despoiled. I'm not going to deny that the littered beaches of Long Island are not as beautiful as they once were. But after watching the sunrise from Cadillac Mountain in Maine and rafting through the Grand Canyon, I've still been able to become excited about the landscape. In the same essay Adams says that landscape can offer us three verities: geography, autobiography and metaphor. He states that geography, the mere recording of the view, cannot hold our attention unless the photographer impresses himself on the picture. I agree with this, but he offers no basis for this conclusion, and offers no suggestion of a use for this information. He never discusses metaphor again.

One has to wonder who the audience for this book is. Photographers have little to learn from it. Photograph viewers get no help in understanding the truth of a photograph, landscape or otherwise. Who else is there?

I guess I was misled by the title. I expected discussions of beauty in photography and what the traditional and present values were. I never got it.

recommended.......2004-11-27

For me, there are two key assertions in Robert Adams' "Beauty in Photography". First, that we "live in discouraging hours of society's apparent decay" (p. 88). Second, that the purpose of art is to "help us meet our worst fear, the suspicion that life may be chaos and that therefore our suffering is without meaning" (p. 25).

From these two assertions Adams develops his interpretation of photography: Photography detects, extracts and emphasizes the beauty around us, and by doing so it points toward something deeper in the world, an organizing power, a coherence supporting the world and our lifes. To Adams, photography is a spiritual exercise, making bearable an otherwise decaying sourrounding.

Art not concerned with depicting the world beautifully is, to Adams, mere "decoration". Thus, Adams tells us little interesting about most modern art, and his approach does not generalize, for instance, to music. That beauty can exist as such, that it can tell us something about ourselves even without refering to things in the world: This does not seem to be Adams experience.

In these very conservative views I disagree with Adams. Still, I recommend his essays to anyone who wants to understand why some photography is moving us while other is not. Even if Adams is not telling the whole story -probably nobody will- he is an excellent writer who talks about art in a clear and understandable way.

The only disappointment with the book was the poor reproduction quality of the images depicted. As a publisher specializing in photography books Aperture could do better.

a MUST READ for serious photographers!.......1998-08-26

This is an important collection of essays for the serious photographer and for anyone interested in the art of photography. This book is destined to become a classic and will be read a hundred years from now. Adams' many excellent books of his own photography are testimony to the validity of what he writes about. I have read these essays over and over again and continue to learn. Robert Adams is one of the few photographers whose writing matches his photography.

The Gift of Vilnius. A Photographic Document in Defense of Freedom. January 13, 1991. "A Terrible Beauty is Born".

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The Gift of Vilnius. A Photographic Document in Defense of Freedom. January 13, 1991. "A Terrible Beauty is Born".
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Visually Inspiring
Size isn't everything...
The Definition of Beauty
NOTES FOR THE COLLECTOR OF MALE EROTICA
Packed with Pictures!

In Defense of Beauty

Manufacturer: Crown
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0517702231
Release Date: 1995-11-21

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In Defense of Beauty is Bianchi's answer to his critics. This unabashed celebration of male beauty in word and pictures fills an important niche in the growing gay book market. Black-and-white photographs.

Customer Reviews:

Visually Inspiring.......2005-08-16

This is a wonderful little book that aptly documents male beauty in a stunning fashion. The book may be small, but it packs a whole lot of punch.

Size isn't everything..........2003-07-05

Don't let the small size fool you, this is a great little book. Tom Bianchi has been wowing the public and critics alike with his photos for years. Some have been critical that the only people who find themselves in his work are individuals who are utterly flawless. In the the book, In Defense of Beauty, Mr Bianchi answers his critics with a thought provoking essay and the stunning photographs for which he is so well known and loved. Not only does he answer his critics- he provides a frame of thought which, if applied to our everyday lives, can create a positive change in the least physically attractive individual and bring forth that beauty in their own everyday lives. Attitude is truely the first step to not only inner beauty but of sharing a love for yourself and those around us in our daily lives. Get this book, you won't be sorry!

The Definition of Beauty.......2000-10-01

Known for his homoerotic images, photographer Tom Bianchi gives us a small taste (and I really mean small, since this book is pocket-size) of male nudes mixed in with prose and quotes from several authors. While his black and white imagery has always captured the eyes of many, due to his excellent depiction of the most beautiful male bodies on the planet, Bianchi's books gives anyone a reason to define beauty the way they see it.

It is not necessary to look like an Adonis like most of the men in this book (not that wouldn't hurt if you were one), but the fact that most of the men featured in this book are over their 40's, some even HIV+, often can open our eyes that stereotypes can't often steal from beauty's definition.

Whether gay or not, whether an art student or admirer, this book will give you a small glimpse and taste from one of nude photography's greatest photographers. Although this book will appeal primarily to gay men, I wouldn't toss aside if you weren't. You might discover things you didn't realize by browsing through this book.

NOTES FOR THE COLLECTOR OF MALE EROTICA.......2000-04-24

Black and white photos of male nudes by Tom Bianchi. Small photobook, could easily fit in your back pocket. Excellent and beautiful photography, one photo of two men on a beach at sunset(?)is one of the most beautiful photographs I've ever seen. Photography is joyous and truly celebrates male beauty; Bianchi expresses his art affectionately and with dignity. Wonderful art. Aside from the excellent quotes from Oscar Wilde, ignore the text, especially the Deepak Chopra hubris. Wilde's quotes, and the beauty of the photography, more than adequately defend Bianchi and his art. Buy this book for the photographs, not the philosophy.

Packed with Pictures!.......2000-01-12

Although small, this book has plenty of well done, fairly explicit photograhs.

IN DEFENSE OF BEAUTY: THE BATTLE FOR THE CEDARS

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IN DEFENSE OF BEAUTY: THE BATTLE FOR THE CEDARS
Katherine Scarborough
Manufacturer: Fleet-McGinley, Inc.
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ASIN: B000QB02ZG

In defense of beauty;: Being in particular the battle for the cedars,

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In defense of beauty;: Being in particular the battle for the cedars,
Katherine Scarborough
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ASIN: B00087WCQK

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Beauty in Photography: Essays in Defense of Traditional Values
Robert Adams
Manufacturer: Aperture
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000KVPH5C

Managing natural resources : productive forests-- , croplands-- , grasslands-- , and wetlands rich with wildlife and scenice beauty-- on U.S. Army lands (SuDoc D 103.2:M 31/2)

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Managing natural resources : productive forests-- , croplands-- , grasslands-- , and wetlands rich with wildlife and scenice beauty-- on U.S. Army lands (SuDoc D 103.2:M 31/2)
U.S. Dept of Defense
Manufacturer: Dept. of the Army
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: B000109A82

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Not everyone knows this, but when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, so too did fabulous babes in little fur bikinis! It's true! Scientific proof is pending, but until it becomes public, you'll just have to amuse yourself with these artistic representations of prehistoric highjinx! Such notable illustrators as Mitch Byrd, Esteban Maroto, Blas Gallego, Roca, Tomas Giorello, Tom Grindberg, and Daerick Gross among others have been signed on to this prestigiuous historical project! With such wise and studied individuals, can there be any doubt? If you like your dinosaurs savage and your cave-gals buff, Dino Babes is the book for you!. Cover art by fan-favorite Joe Chiodo.

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