Artistic students of all types will find value in this in-depth guide to creating a solid, still life composition. Utilizing a variety of drapery methods and objects found in everyday life, the sequential path to expressive displays are broken down for easy understanding.
"Brimming with examples from across the artistic spectrum, this is the perfect primer to hook future art enthusiasts." Publishers Weekly Interested in art but feel under-informed? Curious but afraid you might not "get" it? Already a fan and wishing to immerse yourself in a fun, engaging, informative and informed read that will refresh and top up your Art History 101 and Introduction to Art cour…
eDossier: una collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile e accessibile. René Magritte (Lessines 1898 – Schaerbeek 1967) è, tra i pittori surrealisti, il più fine cesellatore di immagini di accurato realismo e in realtà trappole visive che tendono tutte allo stesso fine: cosa è davvero il reale? Cosa si nasconde…
The politics, art, and culture of Perth's Workers Art Guild are detailed in this comprehensive history, as well as the personal and professional lives of some of the movement's key figures. The Workers' Art Guild was a left-leaning political force and influential cultural movement of the 1930s and 1940s in Perth. Police and intelligence arms kept close tabs on the Guild and its members, jailing…
The Next Thing: Art in the Twenty-first Century is a highly visual collection of essays about the future of art and the art of the future. This anthology brings together writings by world-renown theorists, artists, critics, novelists and philosophers, all of them engaged in current discussions about new and emerging artistic trends and sensibilities. From "post-human" installations, to transgen…
eDossier: una collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile e accessibile. Bill Viola ( New York 1951) si forma come videoartista a fianco di Nam June Paik e Bruce Nauman negli anni Settanta. In quegli anni incontra Kira Perov, che sarà sua moglie e la sua principale collaboratrice. Nel 1995 rappresenta il suo Paese all…
Culinary wizard and cafe owner Josefa Gonzalez-Hastings offers this extravagance of Cuban cooking as a celebration of her heritage. Many of the recipes were passed down to her from her mother and aunts; others are "nuevo Latino cuisine"--a fusion of traditional Cuban foods with modern dishes. Cuban food and preparation always has been varied, she says, flavored by the ancestry of the island, wi…
Artistic expression frequently engages with the question of suffering. In so doing, it confronts the gravity and complexity of the human condition. This volume investigates the relationship between art and suffering. In short, the contributors to this volume collectively demonstrate that suffering is an undisputed and shareable motivating experience. This collection features original essays tha…
eDossier: una collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile e accessibile. Sebastiano del Piombo (Venezia 1485 – Roma 1547) è il più tosco-romano dei pittori veneti. Di buona famiglia, buon conversatore, Sebastiano inizia a dipingere relativamente tardi: la sua prima scelta professionale è di fare il musicista e il …
From its founding in 1935 to the present, trips to American Beach have meant good times, good friends, and great food. Located on Amelia Island in northeast Florida and established by the Pension Bureau of the Afro-American Life Insurance Company, American Beach today is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It remains a beloved vacation destination as well as a year-round …