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Mucha's Figures Décoratives
To many, Alphonse Maria Mucha (18601939) is best known for his beautiful bell poque posters and magnificent decorative panels. His distinctive graphic approach to the 1895 poster advertising Sarah Bernhardt's performance in Gismonda captured the Parisian public's imagination and catapulted the artist into overnight success. During the next ten years he became the high priest of Art Nouveau, pub…
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- 9780486135939
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Drawing and Painting Trees
This classic of art instruction by noted British painter Adrian Hillpresents a well-rounded guide to portraying beeches, elms, pines, and many other varieties of trees.The three-part treatment begins with a brief but informative history of tree painting through the ages, highlighted with images by Titian, Rubens, Constable, Turner, and other masters. Advancing to a well-illustrated series of gu…
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- 9780486135854
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The Art & Illustration of Walter Crane
A prominent figure in the Victorian art world, Walter Crane not only participated in the late nineteenth century's publishing revolution but also led the way toward the Golden Age of Illustration. Crane was instrumental in the transition from simple black-and-white illustrations for children's books to gallery-quality artwork. This original collection features more than one hundred of the influ…
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- 9780486135830
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Fashion Illustration 1920-1950Techniques and Examples
Comprehensive and user-friendly, this volume combines four vintage instructional manuals by Walter T. Foster, the world-famous art teacher and publisher. In addition to explaining the principles of figure drawing, it provides a handy retrospective of fashions for men, women, and children from the first half of the twentieth century. This authentic guide to vintage styles features a splendid ran…
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- 9780486135809
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The Doré GalleryHis 120 Greatest Illustrations
This superb compilation showcases the art of Gustave Dor, one of the nineteenth century's most prolific and successful book illustrators. Brimming with stunning images created to accompany the world's greatest literature, this volume compiles the very finest and most famous plates from Dor's work. Scores of magnificent, finely wrought engravings feature such dramatic and powerful scenes as Don …
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- 9780486135823
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The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci, Vol. I
Scientist, painter, mechanical engineer, sculptor, thinker, city planner, storyteller, musician, architect Leonardo da Vinci, builder of the first flying machine, was one of the great universal geniuses of Western civilization. His voluminous notebooks, the great storehouse of his theories and discoveries, are presented here in 1566 extracts that reveal the full range of Leonardo's versatile i…
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- 9780486135762
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Best Works of Aubrey Beardsley
In the brief span of his life and career, Aubrey Beardsley (187298) galvanized public attention in 1890s London with his exotic renderings of subjects, which often projected the sensual and the grotesque. This splendid volume brings together the best of Beardsley's work a rich selection ranging from illustrations for Laclos's Les Liaisons Dangereuses and Balzac's La Comdie Humaine to magazine …
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Pictorial CompositionAn Introduction
A painting's technique, color, and perspective may all be excellent, yet the painting will fail unless its composition succeeds. Composition is the harmonious arranging of the component parts of a work of art into a unified whole. Henry Poore examines the works of old masters and moderns in this book and uses these examples to explain the principles of compositions in art. All the paintings tha…
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Wildlife SketchingPen, Pencil, Crayon and Charcoal
For every artist who longs to capture the beauty of nature on paper, here is clear, concise instruction on creating true-to-life drawings. Author Frank Lohan, an experienced teacher, stresses perceptive study and analysis. His numerous examples illustrate how to discover the underlying geometric shapes of natural subjects, and they show how to develop sketches that form the basis of realistic c…
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- 9780486135595
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The Painter in Oil
A widely cited resource on painting in the style of the old masters, this classic guide contains a wealth of insights for amateur and professional artists. Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst, one of the foremost artist/instructors of the early 20th century, presents a master's course in the science and technique of painting that encourages the use of traditional tools and methods. Parkhurst's four-part …
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