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Figure DrawingA Complete Guide
One of the few available guidebooks of its kind, this manual approaches figure drawing from the draftsman's point of view. With a clear focus on surface lines and prominences, step-by-step instructions and over 300 illustrations guide artists in accurately sketching all aspects of the human form in lively action and repose. Beginning with method and proportion, the author discusses the drawing …
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Beyond Hummus and FalafelSocial and Political Aspects of Palestinian Food in …
Beyond Hummus and Falafel is the story of how food has come to play a central role in how Palestinian citizens of Israel negotiate life and a shared cultural identity within a tense political context. At the household level, Palestinian women govern food culture in the home, replicating tradition and acting as agents of change and modernization, carefully adopting and adapting mainstream Jewish…
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- 9780520953673
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Paradis du monde
Ce livre offre un regard sérieux et souvent humoristique sur un important mouvement artistique québécois et sur les personnes qui collectionnent l'art populaire. Toutes les œuvres qui y figurent proviennent des collections du Musée canadien des civilisations. Le livre examine les tendances, les styles et l'originalité des œuvres, les sources d'inspiration des artistes et la façon dont s…
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- 9782760324268
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Anatomy and PerspectiveThe Fundamentals of Figure Drawing
Artists of classical Greece and the Renaissance were highly aware of the complexity and great beauty of the human figure, and strove in their artwork to depict the ideal form. This book by an experienced twentieth-century art teacher covers two fundamentals of figure drawing that were equally important to masters of earlier eras anatomy and perspective, subjects that seldom receive a thorough …
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Eating Right in the Renaissance
Eating right has been an obsession for longer than we think. Renaissance Europe had its own flourishing tradition of dietary advice. Then, as now, an industry of experts churned out diet books for an eager and concerned public. Providing a cornucopia of information on food and an intriguing account of the differences between the nutritional logic of the past and our own time, this inviting book…
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So we can rememberShowing family photographs
An examination of the relationship between the showing of family photograph albums and the telling of family lore.
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Drawing Boats and Ships
Any artist who loves the beauty of nature and is drawn by the majesty of the sea will want to try sketching boats and nautical scenes. American painter Yngve Edward Soderberg, who spent much of his career mastering this art on the Mystic coast of Connecticut, was known for his breathtaking maritime art. In this concise guide, he makes it look easy with step-by-step instructions perfect for novi…
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Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and Socialist World
Current discussions of the ethics around alternative food movements--concepts such as "local," "organic," and "fair trade"--tend to focus on their growth and significance in advanced capitalist societies. In this groundbreaking contribution to critical food studies, editors Yuson Jung, Jakob A. Klein, and Melissa L. Caldwell explore what constitutes "ethical food" and "ethical eating" in social…
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Du coq à l'âmeL'art populaire au Québec
L'art populaire est le reflet d'une société, de la perspective de ses créateurs, dont les approches sont tantôt traditionnelles et rationnelles, tantôt indisciplinées et débridées. D'hier ou d'aujourd'hui, l'art populaire révèle toute son expressivité, met en valeur les objets anciens et contemporains. Du coq à l'âme. L'art populaire au Québec est le résultat de plusieurs anné…
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Auguste Rodin
"Rilke's observations are wonderfully astute. For readers interested in either [sculpture or poetry], this volume is a treat." The Christian Science Monitor During the early 1900s, the great German poet lived and worked in Paris with Auguste Rodin. In a work as revealing of its author as it is of his famous subject, Rainer Maria Rilke examines Rodin's life and work, and explains the often elus…
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