Charles Frederick Worth
Charles Frederick Worth, widely considered the Father of Haute Couture, was an English-born fashion designer of the 19th century.
Andrjez Klimowski
Andrjez Klimowski was a Polish poster artist much admired by Harold Pinter.
Shape moiré
Shape moiré is a pattern.
Bomarzo monster park
Bomarzo monster park is filled with bizarre sculptures for which only the accompanying inscriptions provide any explanation. Among the pieces are a war elephant, a monstrous fish-head, a giant tearing another giant in half, and a house built on a tilt to disorient the viewer. Perhaps the most frightening piece in the garden is an enormous head, mouth opened wide in a scream. The accompanying inscription reads “all reason departs.”
Guido Mocafico
Guido Mocafico is a specialist in still life and nature photography. He explores subjects such as tarantulas, snakes, jellyfish, and skulls, as well as subjects taken from Flemish still-life painters of the 17th century.
Roe Ethridge
Roe Ethridge is a postmodernist commercial and art photographer, known for exploring the plastic nature of photography.
Reel-to-reel tape recorders
Reel-to-reel tape recorders is a form of magnetic tape audio recording.
Feszty Panorama
Feszty Panorama, is a large circular panoramic painting by Hungarian painter Árpád Feszty. The painting is nearly 15 meter tall and almost 120 meter in length.
VA-111 Shkval
VA-111 Shkval is a very fast torpedo. Its speed far exceeds that of any standard torpedo currently fielded by NATO. This speed is a result of supercavitation: the torpedo is, in effect, flying in a gas bubble created by outward deflection of water by its specially shaped nose cone and the expansion of gases from its engine. By keeping water from coming into contact with the surface of the body of the torpedo, drag is significantly reduced, allowing extremely high speeds.
Arcana Books
Arcana Books specializes in new, rare and out of print books, catalogues, and ephemera on 20th and 21st century.