Central Kansas Library System

Une fiche de référence sur Le Tambour, un chef-d'oeuvre de Volker Schlöndorff. Le Tambour (Die Blechtrommel, 1979) est sa production la plus ambitieuse. Il s'attaque alors à un monument de la littérature allemande contemporaine, écrit par Günter Grass en 1959. Après le succès mondial de ce film qui obtient, en 1979, la palme d'or à Cannes avec Apocalypse Now de Francis Ford Coppola, Schlöndorff poursuit son travail d'adaptation littéraire...

One of the wonderful traditions of Christmas is the Nativity. But you don't have to be Christian or a regular churchgoer to love these wonderful displays. The creativity and artistry speaks to all children and to the child in us all. Nativity is a scene from the stories of the birth of Jesus. They are in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. With inspiration in these stories, you use either figurines or live people to create the scene and convey the story. These...

Ojos y capital es un ensayo de textura piel y tft que oscila entre las 4 y las 15 pulgadas, habla sobre el presente y la cultura-red y amenaza con la materialidad de "lamer los ojos". Este libro, que transita por la conformación identitaria a través de la visualidad y la economía, se pregunta por cómo los ojos operan hoy como nueva moneda. Para ello, pretende identificar desarrollos contradictorios de la transformación capitalista de un mundo...

Life Drawing for Artists teaches a contemporary approach to figure drawing that includes both the familiar poses-standing, sitting, lying down-but also how to capture figures in movement and in more dynamic and engaging positions. Author Chris Legaspi is a dedicated, life-long artist and admired instructor who is known for his dynamic figurative drawings and paintings, and as a successful illustrator in the entertainment industry. Whether you are...

With How to Draw Manga Furries, you'll follow the lead of five professional Japanese artists as they show you how to bring dynamic fantasy characters to life-on the page or on screen! Furries are anthropomorphic characters-animals who have human traits (not to be confused with kemonomimi, or humans with some animal features!). They're widely popular in manga, anime and cosplay-from fan favorites like Wolf's Rain and Lackadaisy to the newer Beastars...

Are you a fan of movies from the decade they call the noughties? Do you think you could recognise a film just from a single quote? If so, you'll love this fantastic quiz featuring 90 of the greatest movies from the decade that gave us masterpieces such as Gladiator, Cast Away and Slumdog Millionaire. With classic lines from all of these and many more, the questions - sorted into easy, medium and hard categories - are sure to keep the whole family...

This inspiring, everything-in-one card-painting kit blends traditional watercolor painting techniques with a fresh, contemporary sensibility. Learn unique techniques and design ideas for making beautiful, hand-painted greeting cards from the full-color 32 page book. Once you're ready to try the techniques out yourself, you'll be all set to go with the included 4 blank greeting cards, 6 postcards, 4 tubes of watercolor paint, and two paintbrushes....

Although American by birth and heritage, James McNeill Whistler spent most of his life in western Europe, particularly in Paris and London, where he lived his life in a swirl of controversy over his art and his often self-aggrandizing behavior, which tainted his associations with fellow artists and the public. His guiding principle was "art for art's sake" meaning that the artist should only work to please himself. Whistler's tonally disciplined palette...

40-page storybook based on the colorful and inspiring life of Mary Blair, the creative mind behind It's a "Small World", and concept artist for "Cinderella", "Peter Pan", "Alice in Wonderland."

No46: 'Why there are so many tables of still life in modern paintings is because they are really laboratory tables on which aesthetic problems can be isolated' Margaret Preston's 92 Aphorisms have only appeared in a rare limited edition Recent Paintings 1929. This eBook edition offers the original design, the aphorisms, ten Preston woodcuts and fourteen color plates. No53: A lemon can be an inspiration as well as a fruit.