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Oil Painting 101: Pocket GuideEssential Techniques, Color Mixing, Brushwork, …
Quickly learn the basics of how to create gorgeous paintings while on the go with the Oil Painting 101 Pocket Guide! Designed for artists who are starting out on their painting journey, or those who just need a refresher on the basics, this handy and ultra-portable reference guide helps you create beautiful artwork whether in your studio or out and about. Choose the right material including …
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Kunsthistorikerinnen im 20. Jahrhundert: Institutionen, Strukturen, Handlungs…
»Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?«, fragte Linda Nochlin 1971. Der vorliegende Band greift diese Frage auf und erforscht die Rolle von Kunsthistorikerinnen in der deutschsprachigen Kunstgeschichte. Zahlreiche Frauen waren im 20. Jahrhundert erfolgreich an Museen, Universitäten und Galerien tätig, ihr Werk und ihr Wirken ist aber heute weitgehend unbekannt. In diesem Buch wird nun…
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Manuale per interpreti del patrimonioDalla teoria alla pratica
Questo manuale, dal taglio estremamente pratico, è pensato per tutti coloro che, lavorando in contesti naturali o culturali, aspirano a migliorare e aggiornare il proprio stile di accompagnamento e a creare connessioni significative tra il pubblico e i luoghi, grazie all'interpretazione del patrimonio (heritage interpretation). Questo tipo di approccio mira a facilitare e arricchire la nostra …
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Looking OutWelsh Painting, Social Class and International Context
The six sequential essays in this collection provide a narrative of a century and a half of Welsh painting, written with an emphasis on issues of social class and national identity. Through his earlier writing, Peter Lord has contributed to the establishment of an historical tradition of Welsh painting, but because it does not feature in the wider story of Western art history as presently told,…
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Helen ChadwickLife Pleasures
Helen Chadwick (19531996) embraced the sensuous aspects of the natural world, breaking taboos of the traditional or beautiful. Her sculpture, performance and photography is radical, provocative and often steeped in humour, and employs unusual, sometimes grotesque materials bodily fluids, meat, flowers, chocolate and compost among them. She quickly became a leading figure amongst Britains post-w…
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Where Is My Home?The Art and Life of the Russian-Jewish Sculptor Mark Antokol…
Where Is My Home?: The Art and Life of the Russian-Jewish Sculptor Mark Antokolskii, 1843–1902 is the first full-length study in English of the art and life of Mark Antokolskii, the widely recognized Russian and European sculptor of the late 19th century. An originator of novel trends in sculpture in its transition to modernism, Antokolskii was the first artist of Jewish origin to attend the …
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Inexorable ModernityJapan's Grappling with Modernity in the Arts
Beginning in late Edo, the Japanese faced a rapidly and irreversibly changing world in which industrialization, westernization, and internationalization was exerting pressure upon an entrenched traditional culture. The Japanese themselves felt threatened by Western powers, with their sense of superiority and military might. Yet, the Japanese were more prepared to meet this challenge than was th…
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Movement, Manifesto, MeleeThe Modernist Group, 1910-1914
The years before World War I were a fertile period for artists in Europe and the United States who were challenging aesthetic convention in music, writing, and the visual arts. These early pioneers of modernism sometimes preferred to work alone, but just as often they were associated with groups whose boundaries were permeable and freely changing. While these individual groups-including the Fut…
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American Artifacts of Personal Adornment, 1680-1820A Guide to Identification …
Bracelets, buckles, buttons, and beads. Clasps, combs, and chains. Items of personal adornment fill museum collections and are regularly uncovered in historical period archaeological excavations. But until the publication of this comprehensive volume, there has been no basic guide to help curators, registrars, historians, archaeologists, or collectors identify this class of objects from colonia…
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The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820'A True North Britain' in the Souther…
This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing furniture makers during the post-Revolutionary period. Shearer emigrated from Scotland in the late 18th century and retained loyalist sympathies throughout his life, evidenced by the imagery and inscriptions sympathetic to various British causes-suc…
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