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Capture the MagicTrain Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition
In Capture the Magic: Train Your Eye, Improve Your Photographic Composition, author Jack Dykinga uses a structured approach to teach the art of creating interesting, well-composed images. This book provides solutions to problems that often get in the way of producing great photographs and emphasizes the importance of training the eye to exclude the extraneous. Examples of strong images are ju…
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Diagrammatik-ReaderGrundlegende Texte aus Theorie und Geschichte
In den letzten Jahren hat das theoretische und praktische Interesse an Diagrammen stark zugenommen. Kultur- und Bildwissenschaft, Philosophie, Medientheorie, Gestaltung und Kognitionsforschung sind gleichermaßen am epistemischen Gebrauch diagrammatischer Bild- und Denkformen interessiert. Bislang gibt es jedoch keine gemeinsame Lektürebasis, die die Diskussionen zu diesem Thema bündelt. In …
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- 9783050093833
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Il Papa e il suo pittoreMichelangelo e la nascita avventurosa della Cappella …
Un viaggio all'interno della Cappella Sistina per osservare da vicino l'ombroso e tormentato Michelangelo mentre dà vita a uno dei più grandi capolavori della pittura mondiale. Nel 1508 papa Giulio II affidò al giovane Buonarroti - già celebre scultore, poco più che un dilettante come pittore - il compito immane di affrescare la volta di un edificio dedicato a Sisto IV della Rovere, sulle …
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Il mistero delle ninfee
Per i viaggiatori che si fermavano sul bordo della strada a sbirciare i fiori o che allungavano il collo dai finestrini del treno per scorgere un angolo dello stagno, il giardino di Monet a Giverny era una visione paradisiaca. "Un Paradiso dove, all'ombra di alcuni alberi, i fiori variopinti giocano sul prato illuminati dal sole che filtra a chiazze tra le fronde mosse dalla brezza" scrisse un …
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Die Entwicklung des Altarstipes in Florenz vom 12. bis 15. Jahrhundert
Der Altar als liturgisches Zentrum im Kirchenraum hat meist auch immer eine besondere künstlerische Gestaltung erfahren. Gemessen daran wurde dem Altarstipes, also dem Altarunterbau, bislang wenig Aufmerksamkeit seitens der kunsthistorischen Forschung geschenkt. Er erhielt aber gerade in Florenz als eine der prominentesten Kunstlandschaften zwischen dem 12. und 15. Jahrhundert eine sehr aufwä…
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Art EssaysA Collection
Art Essays is a passionate collection of the best essays on the visual arts written by contemporary novelists. This vibrant and diverse selection includes essays by award-winning writers such as Zadie Smith, Chris Kraus, Teju Cole, Orhan Pamuk, and Jhumpa Lahiri. From the art of Sonia Delaunay to contemporary photography, from the docks of Malaysia to Leonora Carrington's home in Mexico City, a…
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Heritage Baking
"[This] lavishly illustrated labor of love is a must-have for any baker who seeks to create honest, authentic and flavorful breads and pastries." —Stanley Ginsberg, award-winning author of The Rye Baker Here is a go-to resource for bakers of all skill levels who love new information and techniques that lead to better loaves and more flavor. These forty-five foolproof recipes for delicious, nu…
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Michael SnowLives and Works
An all-encompassing view of the life and work of one of Canada's greatest living artists Michael Snow is rightly recognized as one of the greatest Canadian artists. In a productive, lengthy career, he has, in a wide variety of genres and media, asked (and often answered) some of the most vexing and important questions in the history of art. During his lifetime, the notion of what constitutes a …
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The Way It IsThe Life of Greg Curnoe
The long-awaited biography of one of Canada's most intriguing and beguiling artists. Do artists really thrive in big cities, or do they just learn to imitate New York? Is it a contradiction for an artist to be fiercely local and profoundly identified with international art movements? If the brilliant colourist and regionalist pioneer Greg Curnoe stood for any one thing, it was making trouble. A…
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Inner PlacesThe Life of David Milne
2016 Hamilton Arts Council Literary Award for Non-Fiction — Winner David Milne is one of Canada's finest artists, a man whose work speaks to the intricate beauty of the world as he experienced it. David Milne (1882–1953) dedicated his life to exploring nature and casting it into art in a variety of modernist formats. He was born into poverty in rural Ontario and remained poor all his life b…
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