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Oscar Niemeyer Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003

Oscar Niemeyer Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003

Oscar Niemeyer

The Serpentine Gallery Pavilion 2003, designed by seminal Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, will be his first completed structure in the United Kingdom.
Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer

Matthieu Salvaing

Oscar Niemeyer rose to prominence at Le Corbusier's side but swerved from the hard, straight lines of orthodox Modernism.
Oscar Niemeyer: Eine Legende der Moderne / A Legend of Modernism

Oscar Niemeyer: Eine Legende der Moderne / A Legend of Modernism

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Der brasilianische Architekt Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012) gehört zu den Klassikern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Weltberühmt wurde er durch seine Bauten für Brasilia, das 1987 zum Weltkulturerbe erklärt wurde. 1988 er-hielt er den Pritzker-Preis.
Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence

Oscar Niemeyer: Curves of Irreverence

Styliane Philippou

This gorgeously illustrated book explores the development of Niemeyer's extraordinary body of ideas and forms as well as his role in the construction of Brazil's modern image and cultural tradition.
The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer

The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Neimeyer

This first English edition of the iconic architect's memoirs is now available in paperback to mark his 100th birthday.
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Oscar Niemeyer:

Oscar Niemeyer:

Josep M. Botey

With more than 400 illustrations, this is the most complete study yet published on the work of one of the Brazil's most famous architects.
Oscar Niemeyer Buildings: Brasília, United Nations ...

Oscar Niemeyer Buildings: Brasília, United Nations ...

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Cult Buildings

Cult Buildings

Kenneth Powell

The book features 30 buildings across the world dating from the late 19th century to the present day, from William Van Alen’s beloved Chrysler Building in New York to Oscar Niemeyer’s magnificent Cathedral of Brasília and Zaha ...
Oscar Niemeyer and the architecture of Brazil

Oscar Niemeyer and the architecture of Brazil

David Kendrick Underwood

In this first book to discuss the oeuvre in a comprehensive and analytic way, architectural historian David Underwood covers the stylistic evolution and gives an overall view of the most important projects, set against the social, political ...
A arquitetura de Lelé: fábrica e invenção : arquiteto João ...

A arquitetura de Lelé: fábrica e invenção : arquiteto João ...

Max Risselada

Em mais de 50 anos de carreira, iniciada ao lado de Oscar Niemeyer e Darcy Ribeiro nos canteiros de obras de Brasília, João Filgueiras Lima, conhecido como Lelé, levou longe as propostas do Movimento Moderno.
Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: The Making of a Legend

Oscar Wilde and Modern Culture: The Making of a Legend

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Oscar Wilde, Lady Gregory, and late-Victorian table-talk / Lucy McDiarmid -- Sexuality in the age of technological reproducibility: Oscar Wilde, photography, and identity / Daniel A. Novak -- Salomé as bombshell, or, How Oscar Wilde became ...
BRASILIA PALACE

BRASILIA PALACE

RUY TEIXEIRA

O hotel Brasília Palace - construção modernista de 1958 projetado por Oscar Niemeyer para hospedar os visitantes à capital brasileira ainda em construção - é mostrado neste livro por meio do ensaio fotográfico de Ruy Teixeira e rica ...
Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 2

Oscar Wilde and the Ring of Death: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 2

Gyles Brandreth

Oscar Wilde Mystery: 2 Gyles Brandreth. doorway facing him. 'Good luck, my friend. I've no doubt tonight the better man will win.' 'Thank you,' rasped the boxer. 'And by breakfast, Oscar, all your worries willbe over.Iwill have survived and you'll  ...
Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 3

Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile: Oscar Wilde Mystery: 3

Gyles Brandreth

Oscar Wilde Mystery: 3 Gyles Brandreth. 11. A. Mother's. Touch. C lutching a single capacious handbag in one hand and holding the biscuit tin containing Traquair's remains under his arm with the other, Oscar left Paris for London by the two ...
The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Presents a collection of Oscar Wilde's book reviews.
Lady Jane Wilde's Letters to Oscar Wilde, 1875-1895: A ...

Lady Jane Wilde's Letters to Oscar Wilde, 1875-1895: A ...

Lady Wilde

This book presents Lady Wilde's letters to her son, Oscar Wilde, correspondence which began when Oscar left Trinity College, Dublin, to attend Oxford University and ended just before Oscar was charged in 1895 with offenses under Section ...
Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations

Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdom: A Book of Quotations

Oscar Wilde

Amusing, thought-provoking epigrams, aphorisms, and other jests from the plays, essays, and lively conversation of Oscar Wilde offer a feast of humorous and profound quips. Nearly 400 quotes.
Oscar Wilde Prefigured: Queer Fashioning and British ...

Oscar Wilde Prefigured: Queer Fashioning and British ...

Dominic Janes

That there is a queeras opposed to merely homosexualhistory before Oscar Wilde will come as news to many in the sexuality studies field. Oscar Wilde Prefigured.
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

A simplified retelling of five stories by the Irish author, Oscar Wilde.
Corn Palaces and Butter Queens: A History of Crop Art and ...

Corn Palaces and Butter Queens: A History of Crop Art and ...

Pamela Hemenway Simpson

The complete letter is reproduced in Jeanne Snodgrass King, “The Preeminence of Oscar Howe,” in Dockstader, Oscar Howe. A lengthier analytical treatment of this shift is in White, “Oscar Howe and the Transformation.” Karen Iverson ...
Oscar Wilde: Reminiscences

Oscar Wilde: Reminiscences

André Gide

Personal recollections from André Gide on a man who profoundly influenced his work—Oscar Wilde André Gide, a towering figure in French letters, draws upon his friendship with Oscar Wilde to sketch a compelling portrait of the tragic, ...
The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian ...

The Complete Works of Oscar Wilde: The picture of Dorian ...

Oscar Wilde

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A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant

A Talent for Genius: The Life and Times of Oscar Levant

Sam Kashner

Oscar Levant was one of the wildly self-destructive personalities ever to become a household name.
Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

Ruth Robbins

A short, readable introduction to Oscar Wilde's life, work and afterlife.
Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing

Oscar Peterson: The Will to Swing

Gene Lees

An engaging biography of a living musical legend, Oscar Peterson.
Oscar Wilde - The Major Works

Oscar Wilde - The Major Works

Oscar Wilde

This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.
The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde

The Unmasking of Oscar Wilde

Joseph Pearce

Details the life of Oscar Wilde, including his work as an author, his fascination with Catholicism, and his time in prison for a homosexual affair.

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