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For those who have always had--and used--junk, the juxtaposition of the words junk and style is an acknowledgement of what they've always known: useful and attractive objects don't always have to come straight from the furniture showroom. Melanie Molesworth enumerates the ruling principles of Junk Style on the back cover:
1. It doesn't have to match.
2. Don't get attached to an object's original function.
3. Use junk as an accent.
4. If you frame it, it's art.
5. White cures all ills.
6. One is an eyesore; five makes a collection!
Though some of the "junk" pictured wouldn't be out of place in an uptown antique shop and the designer practices rule #5 so assiduously that some of the shots call to mind the sterile interior of an idealized World War I-era hospital, practitioners of secondhand chic will still find Junk Style a useful guide. In particular, there's a good range of interiors pictured, from some that look like funky converted garages to the expensively spacious and light-filled. Not too surprisingly, Moleworth's junk looks great in both. --Barrie Trinkle
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Melanie Molesworth shows you how to create an individual look in your home by using discarded objects. Pieces are chosen for their intrinsic beauty, whether derived from quality of workmanship, quirky styling, or the colours and textures created by the patina of age. The look is neither too coordinated nor too precious: things can be mismatched, patched, or frayed.
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Nothing new.......2007-05-09
I bought this used and I'm glad I didn't pay full price. I found nothing new.
OK but not the best of this genre.......2002-06-29
I am an antiquer and flea market junkie. This book is OK, but it isn't the best. (I also don't like the word "junk.") The points this book makes about mixing things and repurposing things is better made in Flea Market Decorating, a book which also shows a broader variety of locations types as well as flea markets from around the country. I also like the original American Junk book, but it only shows objects versus nice big photos of real rooms.
Beautifully photographed with great ideas.......2002-01-09
I love this book! As an avid junk collector (much to the humour of my family!) I found this book to become one of my favourites.
I have read this book so many times- there are just so many inspiring pictures in this book. The book contains many different interiors and all different types of junk style. A great book.
Beautiful photos!.......2001-12-31
There are a couple of things that could have made Junk Style better and appeal to a broader audience. Most of the pictures are set on a stone or hardwood floors, and I can only think of one that was set on carpet. I'm not a big fan of carpet, but that is what I have to work with in my house and would have liked to have seen what other have done with junk finds in carpeted rooms. I would also like to have seen more pictures with colored walls. The author seems to have a strong bias towards white walls, at times making the rooms seen somewhat lifeless and sterile.
With the criticism out of the way, I'd also like to say that Junk Style was very inspriational to me. I read through it twice in the first day that I received it. The photos are gorgeous and some of the finds inside are quite worthy of jealousy. I would recommed this to anyone who enjoys spending time at yard sales, flea markets, and other second hand stores.
Brilliant & Beautiful!!!.......2000-09-15
Brilliant & beautiful, lots of nice photographs, plenty of inspiration, etc, etc. Just get it! :)
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Concert Rondo in D Major, K. 382: for Piano and Orchestra
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Written with gritty honesty, Low Down is an extended improvisation on growing up among jazz royalty, a moving tour through the dope and deviance of the late-1960s and early-1970s jazz scene in Hollywood's underbelly and beyond.
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A superb and wonderfully grown-up book.......2004-02-17
"Low Down" has plenty of moments that are tragic, horrifying, horrifyingly funny. A lesser person and a lesser writer could've written it in a continuous (and unbearable) whine. Yet, thanks to A. J. Albany's pitch-perfect, mean, clean, uncompromising writing, it's instead an example of how the best art transforms the most sordid reality into something else entirely - something beautiful, pure.
Every time I revisit this book, and I've done so several times, I'm amazed by just how lovely Albany has made her story of wasted talent (the parents) and a ruined childhood (the author's), without letting her text get bogged down by the very natural emotions of self-pity, fury, sorrow. They're there, but they're not all that's there. There's the joy of music played right, the joy of love - however twisted - expressed fully, the joy the author clearly feels at getting it all down, and getting it down right - even righteously.
This book deserves a thousand times more attention than it's gotten.
Raw, Romantic, Tormenting Account of Life with Jazz!!!!.......2003-06-18
Such an amazing story told in such a beautiful way that you truly don't feel 'BAD' after reading the awkward situations this young girl endored!! A completely original writing style adds to the romantic feeling of the entire book, which is a series of short stories about life in a Hardcore Hollywood, most kids couldn't even dream of. With each chapter, you expect to somehow get to the sunshine of her tormented life (ya know, like in the movies!) but, luckily, this book is reality, rather than a predictable movie and it stays true to it's "poetic integerity" throughout! Good luck putting this one down...there's nothing predictable about this book, it's truly BEAUTIFUL, somehow!
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Bassoon Concerto, K. 191 in B-Flat Major: Study Score
Viktor Junk
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Too English For Me!.......2007-02-11
There may be great advice in this book but I found the projects redundant and besides, there were so many English "catch" words that half the time I didn't know what she was saying!
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One person's trash is another's treasure. That's a fact of life that the Junkmarket gals know only too well. Through their Minneapolis retail store, Web site junkmarketstyle.com, and tireless touring, Sue Whitney and Ki Nassauer have helped countless devotees transform junk into one-of-a-kind furnishings and accessories. Working their magic on every room of the house--from kitchen to home office--they present conversational case studies that introduce the clients and explore their needs. With characteristic humor in tow, they take readers through each renovation adventure, from shopping for recycled materials to the actual construction projects. The gals also include complete materials lists, plus paint chips and fabric swatches, so that everything can be recreated down to the last delicious detail.
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Junk Style Daybook
Manufacturer: Ryland Peters & Small Ltd
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More flexible than a dated diary, these highly practical, lavishly illustrated daybooks feature evocative photographs for every week of the year. With their smart matte-laminated covers they make handsome desk diaries or can be used for personal reminiscences or for recording birthdays.
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Junk Style Journal
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Wire-o-bound and with smart, matte-laminated covers and plenty of lined pages, these journals make wonderful gifts and are ideal for notes, recipes, or late-night thoughts. Each journal features an elegant life-style image front and back.
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The sea reflects light and it is affected by weather. Skies change constantly from one minute to the next. Arnold Lowrey explores both subjects with enthusiasm and energy, showing how wonderful effects can be achieved with a range of watercolour techniques. Practical step-by-step demonstrations illustrate how to build up a painting, and inspirational paintings shows how the techniques can be adapted to create new pictures.
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Step-by-step photographs and clear explanations show how to achieve the effects needed to paint the various elements of skies and seascapes. From the initial sketch to the finishing touches, the three demonstrations featured in this manual show every stage of painting a stunning composition. Learn how to create impressive paintings of crashing waves, a coastal footpath, and a sunset over the sea.
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- Some of the greatest dog pictures ever.
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Dog Dogs
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Nearly every one of the 500 black-and-white pictures in this book is a miraculous blend of composition and content, placing photographer Elliott Erwitt right up there with the other postwar, 20th-century masters of moment and meaning. Erwitt writes in his introduction, "This is not a book of dog pictures but of dogs in pictures." It is the photograph that counts, above and beyond its subject, for the photographer of genius. But Erwitt is bound to be called a sentimentalist because he photographs dogs, whom we, in our species-centric way, tend to think of as, well, animals. If Erwitt proves anything, however, it is that our close relationship with these furry fellow travelers is due to mutual resemblance. There is a Native American myth that when the world was created, a great fissure began to split the earth. Humans were caught on one side of the chasm, animals on the other. The dog, however, seeing the gap widen, leaped across to the human side, where he has been ever since. This book captures the pleasures of our loyal, dependent friends, as well as their sorrows and disappointment when they are forced to adapt to human callousness, neglect, or even love. Erwitt sees the dignity of the ankle-high Chihuahua; the anxiety of the homeless hound; the smugness of the adored dachshund, sitting on its chaise longue in the noonday sun; the patience of the pom-pommed poodle; and the gormless joy of a homely but well-loved pug. In his vast range of emotion, and in his easygoing but precise mastery of the abstract elements of composition, Elliott Erwitt has made himself the Cartier-Bresson of the canine world. --Peggy Moorman
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Nearly every one of the 500 black-and-white pictures in this book is a miraculous blend of composition and content, placing photographer Elliott Erwitt right up there with the other postwar, 20th-century masters of moment and meaning. Erwitt writes in his introduction, "This is not a book of dog pictures but of dogs in pictures." It is the photograph that counts, above and beyond its subject, for the photographer of genius. But Erwitt is bound to be called a sentimentalist because he photographs dogs, whom we, in our species-centric way, tend to think of as, well, animals. If Erwitt proves anything, however, it is that our close relationship with these furry fellow travelers is due to mutual resemblance. There is a Native American myth that when the world was created, a great fissure began to split the earth. Humans were caught on one side of the chasm, animals on the other. The dog, however, seeing the gap widen, leaped across to the human side, where he has been ever since. This book captures the pleasures of our loyal, dependent friends, as well as their sorrows and disappointment when they are forced to adapt to human callousness, neglect, or even love. Erwitt sees the dignity of the ankle-high Chihuahua; the anxiety of the homeless hound; the smugness of the adored dachshund, sitting on its chaise longue in the noonday sun; the patience of the pom-pommed poodle; and the gormless joy of a homely but well-loved pug. In his vast range of emotion, and in his easygoing but precise mastery of the abstract elements of composition, Elliott Erwitt has made himself the Cartier-Bresson of the canine world. --Peggy Moorman
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love.......2007-09-09
ive bought like 4 copies of this book to give as gifts...if you like dogs...you'll love this
Some of the greatest dog pictures ever........2006-07-10
Not really a dog portrait book, this book has dogs captured in real settings and sometimes as accessories to the photographic composition. Awesome.
Great Street, also.......2001-12-23
Not only is this a great book for someone who loves dogs, but it just has some great street photography in general. Personally, I love the mass quanities of photographs. Whenever I look through a book by Cartier-Bresson (or anyone else, for that matter) I always want to see what else he shot besides what ultimately made it into the book. Someday, I hope someone will publish a book of contact sheets, and this is close to doing that.
Great pictures, with dogs.......2001-07-26
Without a doubt this is a collection of great photos of dogs (820 dogs, in 512 pages - also horses, pigs, cows, cats, and many people) taken over many years and in many countries.
It appears to be wordless; the photographs begin on page one, and there is no text or even a frontispiece before them. If you dig a little, you will find that in fact, buried deep in the middle of this book are two choice bones: an essay, "My Dog Days," by Erwitt, and P. G. Wodehouse's "About My Friends," an appreciation of Elliott Erwitt and of dogs, in Erwitt's words, " easy, uncomplaining targets." Wodehouse traces his own colorful history of dog-owning with warmth and dry humor. Whereas Erwitt writes that "with dogs, as with love affairs, the first and the last are most vivid," Wodehouse seems to vividly remember many more than a couple of dogs.
Wodehouse is convincing, for example, in his assertion that Aberdeen terriers are so "full of the Calvinistic spirit that it is impossible for an ordinary erring human being not to feel ill at ease in their presence." He loves dogs, (some more than others), he doesn't apologize for it, and asks, finally, for "a standing ovation to all dogs," which is precisely what this terrific little book delivers.
a sweet little book.......2000-10-28
this is a sweet little (inexpensive) book of dogs. there are around 500 photos in this collection, which is why i only gave it three stars. erwitt should have culled through the photos a bit more. because of the sheer quantity of pictures in this collection, you have an over-abundance of mediocre and "average" shots, and a few bad ones. but there are many good phtots in this collection, but i think the book would have been strnoger if erwitt had cut it back to a hundred (or less) photos.
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Elliott Erwitt: Dog Dogs
Manufacturer: Barnes & Noble
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From acclaimed photographer and famed lover of dogs Elliott Erwitt comes Woof, the most unintentionally persuasive advertisement for dog ownership there ever was. Erwitt's eye is unfailing, and his love for dogs is captured in each and every photo. Digging a hole, barking at a cat, jauntily carrying a stick Erwitt takes these ordinary moments and makes them extraordinary. The humorist P. G. Wodehouse once said of Erwitt, 'There s not a sitter in his gallery that doesn't melt the heart, and no beastly class distinctions, either. Thoroughbreds and mutts, they are all there." Add to that the level of respect Mr. Erwitt shows for his subjects: whether it be a scruffy little terrier pausing for a quick pant or a herding dog intensely focused on her flock, with one click of the shutter the individuality of each and every dog is conveyed and memorialized. Mostly new photographs, with a couple of old favorites sprinkled in for good measure, Woof is a celebration of dogs at their finest.
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WOOF - DOG LOVERS DELIGHT.......2007-08-04
Superly produced photo essay with momochromatic photos capturing those delightful fleeting moments in the daily relationship between a dog and his people.
Not worth the free shipping.......2007-01-19
A bunch of pictures about animals. No words...just pictures. No story, nothing. Is about as interesting as watching grass grow. Doesn't keep your attention for 5 minutes. A big waste of time. Save your money. That about sums it up.
Don't waste your money!.......2006-05-21
This is a big disappointment! Pictures are not all on one page. The animals are split in half because of this. What a dumb idea!! Save your money. This book isn't worth half of what I paid.
An outstanding, artistic celebration of the canine .......2006-04-03
Elliott Erwitt loves to take photos of dogs - all kinds of dogs doing all kinds of things - and Woof is a reflection of his passion for the animal, providing black and white shots of dogs in or near water, on land, on display, at play, and more. An outstanding, artistic celebration of the canine which dog and art lovers will find a satisfying blend of diverse images.
Wonderful converstion starter.......2006-02-28
I enjoyed the pictures in this book. They show dogs of all ages in various positions. The orientation on some pages is upright, on others, it's sideways, so you turn the book to look at the picture straight on. It's a wonderful book to use to break the ice, or just to keep the conversation going. The use of black-and white photos was genius - I found myself relating to the dogs as personalities. Color photos tend to make me think of the background more than the dogs.
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Elliot Erwitt's To the Dogs.......2000-04-26
Elliot Erwitt continues to show the humor in how humans are so closely related to the canines. Fortunately for the canines, they appear to be the more intelligent of the two.
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Early MAD reprint, with credits
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Third in a series of classic "MAD" paperback reprints.......2003-01-26
This slightly oversized paperback meant to be read sideways is a facsimile reprint of "Inside MAD," the third a new series of 50th-anniversary reprints of the early "MAD" paperbacks. The original version of "Inside MAD" was released in 1955 and followed "The MAD Reader" and "MAD Strikes Back!" All of these volumes featured reformatted material that originally appeared in the twenty-three issue run of the "MAD" comic book (are you old enough to remember when "MAD" was a color comic book rather than a black & white magazine?). The material was originally written by "MAD" creator Harvey Kurtzman and featured the core group of early "MAD" artists that included Wally Wood, Jack Davis, and Bill Elder. Continuing the practice of having well-known personalities contribute introductions to the "MAD" books (Bob and Ray did the foreward for "MAD Strikes Back!"), comedian Stan Freberg was enlisted to write something similar and came up with a backward (which appears, of course, at the end of the volume).
Among the classic "MAD" parodies reproduced in this volume are "Mickey Rodent," "Howdy Dooit," "Smilin' Melvin," "Mark Trade," "The Katchandhammer Kids," "Bat Boy and Rubin," and "Shermlock Shomes" (figure out how old you are by your ability to figure out what these are parodies off just from the titles). Throughout the book there are ad parodies of "Canadian Specific," "Puntiac," and "Beer Belongs," along with parts of the "Puzzle Page." Be aware that not all of the original material is reproduced faithfully here: "Slow Motion!" originally appeared in a much longer form in "MAD" #21 and now has a different opening pattern. Of course, if you have a chance to check out these "MAD" comics in one of the full-page color reproductions, that would be the preferred avenue of appreciation. But if you remember these original "MAD" paperbacks, then this format may well have nostalgic appeal.
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