Hollywood Sketchbook: A Century of Costume Illustration
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0061984965 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 600 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-12-18 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Academy Award-nominated costume designer Deborah Nadoolman Landis follows-up her acclaimed Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design, to showcase the artistry of costume illustrators and designers from silent film to today's blockbusters.. The very first book on the subject of costume illustration for the movies, Hollywood Sketchbook, contains over 500 previously unpublished drawings. More than just pretty pictures, each drawing provides a blueprint for the creation of a costume and a character. This gorgeous volume affords the viewer a rare peek inside the portfolios of a century of costume designers and illustrators including Theadora Van Runkle (Bonnie and Clyde, The Godfather: Part II), Piero Tosi (The Leopard, Death in Venice), and Travis Banton (Scarlet Empress, Blonde Venus)
From the Back CoverHollywood Sketchbook is the first volume published on costume design illustration for the movies. Featuring a comprehensive introduction that contextualizes the rigors of costume design and a filmography that details the career highlights of each artist, Hollywood Sketchbook is the perfect gift for any lover of fine art, costume design, and the movies.. Whether the film, costume designer, or star was significant or successful did not factor into the criteria for choosing the sketches in thi
in the history of design from the Royal College of Art, London.. She is the author of Screencraft/Costume Design (2003), 50 Designers/50 Costumes: Concept to Character (2004), Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design (2007), FilmCraft/Costume Design (2012), and Hollywood Costume (2012). She is an Academy Award-nominated costume designer of Comi
Great Sketches, sketchy history. First, let me say that anyone interested in film costume should buy this book. It is a wonderful reference source for the work of sketch artists and designs from the earliest years of the industry to current films. The sketches are stupendous, raging from rough sketch styles of Harold Grieve for "Ben-Hur" to the perfectly finished drawings of An. Thank You Deborah Nadoolman Landis for your expertise on presenting this rare inside world of amazing illustrators. I recommend this book to anybody interested in the world of costume design, fashionistas, movie buffs and art lovers alike. Can't put this book downa journey into the past hundred years with a timeless newness.On a special note to Deborah Nadoolman Landisplease join us on the TCM Classic Cruise with your personal collection of illustrations and . "A beautiful book for people into fashion or costuming" according to Paul A. Smith. We gave this to a friend who majored in costuming in college, although she eventually got an MBA to make a living. She loves the book, has it on her coffee table by her favorite chair, and says she often just picks it up and carefully looks at a few pages to marvel at the talent and imagination on display in these sketches.