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A celebration of the wonderful creative intersection between the
architecture of Peter Marino and the aesthetic of fashion-house
Chanel - a behind-the-scenes look at the buildings designed by
Marino for Chanel in Chicago, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Los Angeles,
Nanjing, New York, Miami, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, and Tokyo This
stunning celebration of the 25-year collaboration between two
remarkable legends - the fashion house Chanel and Peter Marino -
through a stunning collection of buildings that Marino designed to
elevate Chanel's luxury retail spaces to the realm of fine art.
With more than 300 stunning images, including architectural plans
and original sketches by Marino together with an introduction by
New York Times and Architectural Digest contributor Pilar Viladas,
an interview by creator of Pin-Up magazine Felix Burrichter, and
project descriptions by local writers, each perfectly placed to
discuss Marino's work in its geographical context, this book
features all 16 Chanel buildings worldwide for which Marino
designed both the buildings and interiors - from the USA to Asia.
Through his dedication to his craft and expert devotion to Coco
Chanel's vision and resolutely modern spirit, Marino has ushered
Chanel into a new age, all while perfecting the always elusive art
of the timeless in architecture and design.
A fascinating look at an extraordinary collection of ceramic
masterpieces by celebrated French ceramicist Ernest Chaplet. Over
the last forty years, architect and collector Peter Marino has
acquired a remarkable collection of pieces by French ceramicist,
Ernest Chaplet. This collection is a precious testimony of a rare
production - a new line of ceramics created by Chaplet in 1883 for
the Limoges-based factory Haviland & Co. Ernest Chaplet sheds
deserved light on this great artist, whose career exemplifies the
evolution of artistic ceramics at the turn of the 20th century, and
whose work entered the collections of many museums during his
lifetime.
This book is a great starting place to gain an understanding of how
to perform cartwheels. This book is designed for use in the gym or
at home, and for coaches, parents, and gymnasts. Topics in this
book include exercises for beginners. If you can already perform do
a cartwheel but have certain problems executing it, this book will
help you with exercises focusing on specific aspects of the
cartwheel. Let's begin your journey into learning about cartwheels
and the basic skills required to execute them.
Use this report card to keep track of which skills you have
mastered and which skills you need to improve or start working on.
Each skill is rated with three stars. Let your coach fill out the
stars as you improve and master each skill.
Use this report card to keep track of which skills you have
mastered and which skills you need to improve or start working on.
Each skill is rated with three stars. Let your coach fill out the
stars as you improve and master each skill.
Use this report card to keep track of which skills you have
mastered and which skills you need to improve or start working on.
Each skill is rated with three stars. Let your coach fill out the
stars as you improve and master each skill.
This handbook contains the essential tumbling skills that all level
1-5 gymnasts should master. Each level contains a set of
conditioning routines, mastery skills for each session and skills
for each level. This is a book that all coaches, teachers and
parents should have.
Use this report card to keep track of which skills you have
mastered and which skills you need to improve or start working on.
Each skill is rated with three stars. Let your coach fill out the
stars as you improve and master each skill.
Use this report card to keep track of which skills you have
mastered and which skills you need to improve or start working on.
Each skill is rated with three stars. Let your coach fill out the
stars as you improve and master each skill.
This book is a great starting point for improving your shoulder
flexibility. It is designed for use in the gym or at home, and for
coaches, parents, and gymnasts. Shoulder flexibility is important
for many different skills, such as walkovers, handstands, bridges,
front handsprings and back handsprings. Having good shoulder
flexibility will allow you to execute these skills with ease, while
bad shoulder flexibility will usually make the skills more
difficult to learn. In many cases, the lack of shoulder flexibility
results in incorrect technique. The lack of shoulder flexibility
becomes very evident in gymnasts at higher levels, where many of
the skills require great flexibility. Achieving the necessary
flexibility at the higher levels require a lot of work and can be
frustrating. That's why you should start working on shoulder
flexibility from the day you step foot in a gym. This book covers
the most common stretches to increase shoulder flexibility, and
many can be included in your warm-up routine.
Every coach you ever talk with will tell you that it is essential
to have the basic gymnastic skills mastered before attempting more
advanced skills, like back handsprings, somersaults, whip-backs or
twisting. This book is a checklist of 260 fundamental gymnastic
skills that all gymnasts should be able to perform. Each skill in
this book has been analytically divided into relevant mastery
parts. This approach allows you to grade each part of each skill,
so you will know exactly which part of the skill you need to work
on. All the skills in this book can be done at home or at the gym.
This book is a great starting place to for gaining an understanding
of how to perform a back walkover. It is designed for use in the
gym or at home, by coaches, parents, and gymnasts. The back
walkover is a basic gymnastics skill that will ease your transition
to more difficult skills, such as the back handspring. The back
walkover might look difficult, but if you have good shoulder and
hip flexibility and can hold yourself in a handstand using a wall
then you are already 90% done. The last 10% is learning the
technique needed to perform the walkover. With that said, this book
will also cover the basic stretching routines you should work on to
improve your shoulder and hip flexibility. The exercises in this
book will help you progressively develop your technique for
executing a correct back walkover.
This book is a great starting place to gain an understanding of how
to perform splits. It is designed for use in the gym or at home,
and for coaches, parents, and gymnasts. Splits are all about
flexibility, and it takes a great deal of training to become
flexible enough to execute them. This flexibility is achieved by
doing different types of stretches that focus on the hamstrings,
quadriceps, thighs, and hip flexors. Your warm-up will include a
lot of stretching exercises that will help you become flexible
enough to execute splits. Splits are used not only in gymnastics
but also in dancing, cheerleading, martial arts, synchronized
swimming, and more.
Balance is often a frequently overlooked skill. Some people think
balance is something only women should work on because it is
required on the balance beam. Nothing could be further from the
truth. Balance is a skill that all gymnasts should work on. A
tumbler needs balance when landing and executing certain skills; a
trampoline jumper needs balance each time he or she lands and takes
off on the trampoline. There is not a single gymnastic sport that
does not require balance in some form. This book is a great
starting place to get an understanding of the basic types of
balance a gymnast should master. This book is designed for use in
the gym or at home, and for coaches, parents, or gymnasts.
This book is a great starting place to gain an understanding of how
to perform a headstand. It is designed for use in the gym or at
home, and for coaches, parents, and gymnasts. The headstand is one
of the easier gymnastics skills that you can learn. There are no
skills to master before starting learning to do a headstand. The
exercises in this book are ordered so you steadily progress toward
doing a freestanding headstand. Let's begin your journey into
learning about headstands and the basic skills required to execute
them.
My name is Peter Wraae Marino, and I have been teaching gymnastics
for more than 25 years. I am often asked what the most important
skill a gymnast should master. I always answer "The handstand."
Sooner or later, you will be doing a handstand in just about every
event. Many other skills, such as handsprings and cartwheels,
contain a hidden handstand. Mastering the handstand will certainly
make learning other skills easier and will help to reduce the
learning curve. This handbook contains basic handstand exercises,
all of which can be done at home or the gym. The exercises are
written in order so you will steadily progress toward a perfect
freestanding handstand.
Garden trampolines are excellent for learning basic trampoline
skills at home. In this handbook you will learn the fundamental
skills needed for the trampoline, such as tuck, pike, straddle,
seat drops, back drops and much more. The handbook contains
chapters as diverse as: safety, body positions, warm ups, skills,
and challenges. With topics including: arm circles, straight jumps,
tuck position, pike position, straddle position, seat drops, back
drops, and front drops.
A comprehensive exploration of the life and works of French
ceramicist, Adrien Dalpayrat in a meticulously produced luxurious,
oversized format Adrien Dalpayrat was one of the most highly
regarded ceramicists working in France in the late nineteenth
century. Dalpayrat's recognition came relatively late in life, at
age 45, when he first revealed the distinctive oxblood glazes for
which he was best known, along with the variety of stoneware forms
he employed - everything from gourds to fantastical marine
creatures. Dalpayrat's works are included in global private and
museum collections, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the
Musee d'Orsay, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the
Cooper-Hewitt. In this book architect Peter Marino shares his
collection of Dalpayrat masterpieces, each beautifully reproduced
in a luxurious, oversized format with 270 color illustrations. Also
included is a foreword by Peter Marino and insightful essays by
curator Etienne Tornier as well as an extensive plates section with
works by Dalpayrat. With the same trim size and overall design, the
volume is the perfect companion to Peter Marino's previous book,
Theodore Deck.
Trampoliner er med tiden blevet rigtig billige og kan anskaffes af
stort set alle. Trampoliner er sjove, og de giver mulighed for, at
born kan udforske verdenen af gymnastik i deres egen baghave. I
vores gymnastikklub starter vi nye hold lige efter sommerferien.
Det er meget nemt for os at udpege de born, som har en
havetrampolin. Disse born vil oftest prove mere udfordrende ovelser
uden nogen teknisk viden om, hvordan man udforer disse ovelser. Det
gor mig aergerlig at se at mange af de born, der vil lave
gymnastik, har brugt hele sommeren pa at udvikle gymnastik ovelser
pa trampolinen forkert og har derfor faet det vi kalder "darlige
vaner". Denne handbog er lavet for at imodekomme disse problemer.
Handbogen gar ud fra, at du ingen viden har om gymnastik eller
trampoliner. Vi vil opbygge dine grundlaeggende trampolin ovelser
skridt-for-skridt fra bunden af.
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