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Visual indictment of war's horrors, modeled after Spanish insurrection (1808), the resultant Peninsular War and following famine. Miseries of war graphically demonstrated in 83 prints; includes veiled attacks on various people, the Church and the State. Captions reprinted with English translations.
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The timeless Carceri etchings of Piranesi (1720–1778) represent not only spectacular artistic accomplishments but also unforgettable expressions of psychological truths. Combining the influences of Tiepolo, Bibiena, and Rembrandt, these works of architectural fantasy challenge the boundaries of perception, creating a vast system of visual provocation. Innumerable staircases, immense vaults, and other ambiguous structures are compounded with projecting...
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This state of the union is not normal.
In this clothbound, hardcover volume, acclaimed artist Ward Schumaker transforms the egregious utterances of the 45th president of the United States of America into provocative text-based paintings. Translating the politics of our moment into visceral works of art, Schumaker offers an alternative to the desensitizing barrage of the news media. Refusing to sanitize or explain these statements, he intuitively...
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A catalogue of Hall Thorpe colored woodcuts, including a Foreword by Richard King, Introduction (Hall Thorpe: A Consideration of His Work) by Robert and Ingrid Holden, and 'On Color in the Cottage' by Hall Thorpe, R.B.A., reproduced from The Studio Year-Book of Decorative Art 1919.
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Disguised as a book of innocent postcards, Slingshot is a dangerous collection of Eric Drooker's most notorious posters. Plastered on brick walls from New York to Berlin, tattooed on bodies from Kansas to Mexico City, Drooker's graphics continue to infiltrate and inflame the body politic. Drooker is the author of two graphic novels, Flood! A Novel in Pictures (winner of the American Book Award), and Blood Song: A Silent Ballad. He collaborated with...
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This book shares large full-color images and profiles each of the high-profile, amazingly talented artists that discuss their sketchbooks and how they use them. People are fascinated by artist's sketchbooks. They offer a glimpse into private pages where artists brainstorm, doodle, develop and work on ideas, and keep track of their musings. Artists use these journals to document their daily lives, produce their initial ideas for bigger projects, and...
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Collection of portraits, selected from public and private holdings by art historian Trevor J. Fairbrother, reveal the technical skill and intuitive eye for which American portrait painter John Singer Sargent is renowned. Drawings in pencil, pastels and charcoal - a lesser-known aspect of Sargent's oeuvre - are shown. List of Plates. Introduction. Captions.
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Gustave Dore's magnificent engravings for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner are among the later works of the great French illustrator. The intensely evocative poem provided Doré with the long-awaited opportunity to convey limitless space on a gigantic scale, and he exploited the poem's fantastic range of atmosphere to the limits of its possibilities. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the vast icy caverns...
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Foreword by Minette Shepard.
The enchanting story of some of the most beloved characters in English children's literature-Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends from the Hundred Acre Wood, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger, Kanga, Roo, Christopher Robin, and more-and the remarkable partnership between a writer and an illustrator that brought them to life, told for the first time in this beautiful volume illustrated with more than 125 full-color images from the Pooh...
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The words of Scripture are both inspired and inspiring. Too often, as we defend the former, we forget the latter. We read Scripture to absorb facts, settle doctrinal disputes, and organize church life.
In Reflections on Scripture, Dandelions, and Sparrows, Wanda Thompson brings the power of photography, art, and poetry to our experience of Scripture, and through it, the God of Scripture. Using stunning photography, graphite drawings, and watercolors,...
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Creative Infrastructures is a new collection of connected essays that examines the relationships between art, innovation, entrepreneurship and money. Essig uses her extensive knowledge of the field of arts entrepreneurship and puts it to broader practical use and greater impact by offering a theory for arts entrepreneurship that places more emphasis on means over ends. Essig uses illustrative case studies to show how her theoretical framework explains...
93) The Eye's Mind
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Sixty original photographs taken at locations across the globe, converted into stunning, unique digital artworks with varying degrees of abstraction. A feast for the eyes and inspiration for the imagination. (Originally released as The Eye's Mind: A Stroll Through the Davmandy Collection.) The M.I.N.Digital Art Project: M(atter gives shape) I(ndescribable simplicity) N(othing in the world can subjugate it), from stanzas 51, 32, and 37 of the Tao Te...
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In Chibi Art Book, popular artist Martha Folsbee teaches you the art of chibi, step by adorable step. Learn how to master this popular anime and manga drawing style with this book that focuses on getting the inspiration to drawing over 100 Chibi characters. Chibi is Japanese slang for "short," and the characters live up to this description with their cute bodies that make them extremely lovable and huggable. Learn how to draw adorable Along with the...
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In a world of turmoil and uncertainty, prayer is a powerful weapon to stay at peace in the midst of the storm. I began these pieces as a way to remain at peace, and to do war in the spirit for God's truth and light to break through in every state of the USA. Zechariah 1:20-21 says this: Then the LORD showed me four craftsmen. And I said, What are these coming to do?" And he said, These are the horns that have scattered Judah so that no one lifts up...
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The city of Venice has always provided an almost irresistible lure for both writers and artists. Adam Van Doren has created a verbal and visual account of his love affair with the city. His story is personal; like other artists, he sees the city with and through his own eyes and laces his tour with information, opinion, and notes.
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Through the 1950s and the early 1960s, working with that era's supermodels, fashion photographer Lillian Bassman created the quintessential modern feminine image of women in their lingerie. As Ginia Bellafante put it in the New York Times recently, "In place of heavyset women constraining themselves in what was essentially equipment, Ms. Bassman deployed immeasurably lithe models, conveying a world in which women seemed to linger in the pleasures...
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Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis
L'œuvre picturale de Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) est l'une des plus radicales du XXe siècle.
Une fiche de lecture spécialement conçue pour le numérique, pour tout savoir sur The New Art-The New Life, The Collected Writings de Piet Mondrian
Chaque fiche de lecture présente une œuvre clé de la littérature ou de la pensée. Cette présentation est couplée avec un article...
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Chivalry and romance of the Middle Ages, dramatically and powerfully depicted in 36 splendid illustrations, recapture the romance of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, the love story of Lancelot and Guinevere, the tale of the fair Elaine, and more. Accompanied by appropriate quotes from Tennyson's poem.
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"Hapa" is a Hawaiian word for someone of mixed ethnic ancestry.
Voluptuary Media's principle photographer, Michael Laudini, set out on a 3-year journey to capture the unique beauty of the Hapa woman. This is the only book known to merge that beauty with his moody, artistic pro photography. All images were captured with existing light, never harsh strobe light, which enhanced that artistic approach.
None of the women appearing in the book are professional...