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Ulysses Press The Unofficial Christmas Movie Coloring Book
£17.72
Bonnier Books Ltd Dot Painting
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£16.63
Batsford Ltd The Magic of Watercolour Flowers: Step by step
Book SynopsisWatercolour is the ideal medium for painting flowers due to its wonderful translucency and in his new book, The Magic of Watercolour Flowers, Paul Riley shows readers how to paint colourful, vibrant flower paintings. He explains how to achieve exciting special effects in your flower compositions by using certain textural techniques, such as soft edges, and different light sources to make the most out of watercolour’s natural translucency and create mood for your paintings. Paul Riley encourages readers to be more adventurous in their paintings by adding figures and still life objects to their compositions, which can lend character and personality to a painting. There are many step-by-step paintings and useful tips and techniques throughout with chapters on flower markets, flowers in the garden, flowers in the landscape and a fascinating section showing how to combine imaginative decorated still life objects with flowers. In addition, Paul Riley shows how to use collage to create exciting and unexpected compositions. Capturing the beauty of flowers in watercolour has been the aim of painters for centuries and in this book, Paul Riley, inspires and encourages readers to take their watercolour flower paintings a step further, to make the most of the medium’s natural versatility.
£16.99
21 Publishing Ltd William Tillyer Watercolours
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£27.00
Design For Today Lithography: Drawn To The Stone
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£11.78
Walter de Gruyter Handbuch Comicforschung
£184.00
Walter de Gruyter Künstlerische Therapien Und Spiritualität
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£84.96
Brill Fink Was Wir Sehen Blickt Uns an: Zur Metapsychologie
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£999.99
Hirmer Verlag Innovative Impressions: Prints by Cassatt, Degas,
Book SynopsisInnovative Impressions explores an under-examined aspect of three impressionists’ careers: their groundbreaking prints and the new techniques they developed through collaboration and experimentation. In 1879, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro formed the most active core of a group of artists planning a periodical to feature their prints. Through this collaborative effort they challenged each other to develop a new language of printmaking whose visual and expressive potential went well beyond the traditional reproductive purpose of the medium. Indeed, the intimacy of small-scale works on paper at times spurred the artists to be even more daringly creative than they were in their paintings. Their interactions and engagement with printmaking varied over time, culminating in the 1890s, when each developed distinctive methods of introducing color into their work. For much of their careers this unlikely trio of artists inspired and challenged each other, and these dynamics played a crucial role in their creative processes.
£999.99
Taschen GmbH Basilius Besler. The Garden at Eichstätt
Book SynopsisWhen Prince-Bishop Johann Konrad von Gemmingen (1593/95–1612) undertook a radical renovation of the Willibaldsburg Castle, overlooking the Altmühl River in Eichstätt, Bavaria, he also created a surrounding palatial pleasure garden of magnificence and grandeur. To preserve the garden for future generations – and provide an ‘evergreen’ record of its contents, compiling plants from all four seasons and presenting them in that order – he commissioned the garden’s director, Nuremberg apothecary Basilius Besler (1561–1629), and a team of engravers to immortalize its treasures in print.The resulting Hortus Eystettensis, published in Nuremberg in 1613 and containing 367 hand-colored plates and detailed descriptions, was a work of meticulous execution and spectacular diversity, and remarkably expensive for its time. As the garden contained a variety of plants imported from exotic locales, the three volumes exhibited a remarkable range, covering a total of 90 families and 340 genera. Due to the decorative, stylized execution of these illustrations, which began to see plants in aesthetic, rather than merely practical or medicinal terms, the book is seen as a milestone in the art of botanical illustration. While published before a time of standardized classification systems, it was nonetheless later described by Carl Linnaeus as an “incomparable work”.Besler’s catalog long outlived the gardens, which were destroyed in 1634 by invading Swedish troops during the Thirty Years’ War. However, a lengthy redevelopment project at the historic site has culminated in the opening of the modern Bastion Garden in 1998, containing many of the plants shown in the Hortus Eystettensis.Offering high-quality reproductions of these arresting illustrations, based on the copy of the Hortus Eystettensis at the University Library of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, this facsimile edition is accompanied by detailed plate descriptions of each plant’s botanical, pharmaceutical, and symbolic significance and an appendix of further essays which place the garden and the book in their historical contexts.This edition presents a valuable piece of botanical literature which, on the rare occasions where a copy appears on the market, can fetch prices of over $1,000,000 at auction. In line with Besler’s original intentions, this facsimile unfurls the garden to a wider audience and captures it for posterity.Trade Review“This book should find its way to many a library and coffee table.” * Chicago Botanic Garden Book Review *
£170.00
Blue Moon Colouring BIRDS Coloring Book: Butterflies, Birds, and
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£11.42
Skira Radiance. They Dream in Time (Bilingual edition):
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£21.25
BIS Publishers B.V. Create with Artists: Art Activites for Everyone
Book SynopsisThe programme 'Create with Artists' offers the most inspiring workshops the Stedelijk Museum of contemporary art in Amsterdam has organized for young people over the past decade. These workshops with artists and designers have become a true phenomenon in Amsterdam. Only about a dozen kids can participate in a workshop, which are always sold out, leaving the parents and many, many others jealously behind. In response to their ever-increasing popularity, the workshops have been transformed into this book. Now everyone can do these fun workshops-created by renowned contemporary artists and designers-at home, at a party, at a community centre, or at school. All the artists have a special connection to the museum and many of them are world famous. In this book they give us insights into their ways of looking at the world and the questions they ask themselves. The artists also share their personal tips and techniques. The workshops all start with a question to trigger the imagination and are spread out over an array of media, from painting, to sculpture, video, design, graffiti, photography, and more. The workshops are accessible for both children and grownups and can be done in groups as well as individually. The Stedelijk Museum is the largest museum for modern and contemporary art and design in the Netherlands.
£15.29
BIS Publishers B.V. Creative Block: Kids!
Book SynopsisCreative Block: Kids! is a fun and practical art book for children (and their parents!) to start experimenting with creative ideas, play with art and test out new materials and means of making art. It encourages children to play with their creativity, develop new skills and have fun with the results.They are the artist in charge and get to make all the decisions to create their own weird and wonderful work that they would not explore at school. Creative Block: Kids! wants children to have fun and explore their creative ideas. If you can imagine it, you can make it!
£13.29
Tara Books Art Sparks: Ideas. Methods. Process
Book SynopsisA step-by-step guide to art lessons, as well as thoughtful and clear summaries of ideas on art and art teaching.
£13.50
Talisman Sketchbook Basics of Visual Storytelling
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£18.00
Yale University Press The Art of Captain Cooks Voyages Voyage of the
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£999.99
Yale University Press Edward Norgate
Book SynopsisWith introductory essays on Edward Norgates's life, readership and technique, this edition of his treatise on limning incorporates new critical and annotated text. Written first in 1627-28 and revised in 1648, it presents the techniques used by the English miniaturists.
£38.00
Yale University Press Gauguin
Book SynopsisAn unprecedented exploration of Gauguin's works in various media, from works on paper to clay and furniture
£42.75
Yale University Press Modern Painters Old Masters
Book SynopsisWith the rise of museums in the 19th century, including the formation in 1824 of the National Gallery in London, as well as the proliferation of widely available published reproductions, the art of the past became visible and accessible in Victorian England as never before. Inspired by the work of Sandro Botticelli, Jan van Eyck, Diego Velázquez, and others, British artists elevated contemporary art to new heights through a creative process that emphasized imitation and emulation. Elizabeth Prettejohn analyzes the ways in which the Old Masters were interpreted by critics, curators, and scholars, and argues that Victorian artists were, paradoxically, at their most original when they imitated the Old Masters most faithfully. Covering the arc of Victorian art from the Pre-Raphaelites through to the early modernists, this volume traces the ways in which artists such as Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, and William Orpen engaged with the art of the past and produced some of the greatest art of the later 19th century.Published in association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British ArtTrade Review“Many art historians have emphasised the ways in which the Pre-Raphaelites imitated the art of the past. Prettejohn not only looks again at the nature of this imitation but demonstrates how it enabled them to contribute to the re-evaluation of that art.” —Nicholas Penny, London Review of Books"…a brilliantly realised excavation of the mindset of progressive Victorian painters."— Nicholas Tromans, Burlington Magazine"a pleasure to read" — Susan Owens, TLS "This is a finely written book, full of the kind of detail which would warrant further study." — Paul Flux, Albion Magazine Online"a book to reference and return to" — Mark Jones, Pre-Raphaelite Society Review "This book confirms Elizabeth Prettejohn as our foremost writer on Victorian art." — Andrew Saint, The Victorian
£42.75
Yale University Press The Power of Color
Book SynopsisTrade Review“[A] sumptuously illustrated survey” —Barbara Kiser, NatureCHOICE Outstanding Academic Titles, 2020“Marcia Hall covers a familiar historical path but in a way that encourages readers to look at works of art through a different and more subtle lens. She explains and illustrates her argument with wonderful clarity.”—Jo Kirby, formerly Senior Scientific Officer, National Gallery, London“Marcia Hall has written a wide-ranging, ambitious book that is the fruit of long reflection on the significance of color in early modern and modern Western painting.”—Stuart Lingo, University of Washington"This book would make an excellent addition to art history curricula, especially those built to expand students’ interest and knowledge into materials and process—both key concepts for pursuing study in conservation and curatorial work. Hall’s clear writing and ability to illustrate connections across time and space make this an excellent resource for a general audience. The extensive notes and bibliography will provide specialists with avenues for additional and deeper research."—L. L. Kriner, Berea College
£33.25
WW Norton & Co Airbrush Illustration for Architecture Norton
Book SynopsisThis book dispels common misconceptions and gives instructions for mastering the airbrush.
£31.34
W. W. Norton & Company Dimensional Color
Book SynopsisTo the basic grammar of color and form presented in the first edition of Dimensional Color, Lois Swirnoff adds a chapter on color structure and expands one on color and light.Trade Review"Landmark research in relating color and form." -- Architecture"[O]ne of the very few books that examines the relationship of color to three-dimensional form…[F]ills a very real need..." -- Barbara E. Martinson, Ph.D. - COLOR Research and Application"An invaluable tool for the teaching and practice of color in architecture and design." -- From House to Home
£27.54
John Wiley & Sons Inc Advances in Art Therapy
Book SynopsisPresents new ways in which art therapy is being used. Describes a wealth of cases where art therapy has been used with bereaved children, refugees, psychotics, psychosomatic patients, and many others. Discusses a variety of methods employed by art therapists, including the creative use of photography, video, computers, and psychodrama.Table of ContentsNEW POPULATIONS. Cross-Cultural Dimensions of Art Psychotherapy: Cambodian Survivorsof War Trauma. West Indian Children and Their Families: Art Therapy with NewImmigrants. Art Therapy for Bereaved Children. A Mother's Art Therapy Group in a Short-Term PsychiatricSetting. Art Therapy for Battered Women. The Arts in Therapy with Survivors of Incest. Making Art in a Jail Setting. Fighting Cancer with Images. Engaging the Somatic Patient in Healing Through Art. Severe Head Injury and Its Stages of Recovery Explored Through ArtTherapy. Art Therapy for Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and RelatedDisorders. Art Therapy with the Unidentified Patient. Artistic Giftedness in the Multiply Handicapped. NEW METHODS. Visual Transitions: Metaphor for Change. Art Therapy and Computers. The Marriage of Art Therapy and Psychodrama. Six Starting Points in Art Therapy with Children. ``Barrier'' Drawings for Depressed Patients. ART THERAPY TRAINING. Addressing Countertransference Through Image Making. A Model for Art Therapy Supervision Enhanced Through Art Making andJournal Writing. The Art Therapy Termination Process Group. Author Index. Subject Index.
£126.85
University of California Press Electrographic Architecture
Book SynopsisBridging histories of technology, media studies, and aesthetics, Electrographic Architecture forges a critical narrative of the ways in which illuminated light and color have played key roles in the formation of America's white imaginary. Carolyn L. Kane charts the rise of the country's urban advertisements, light empires, and neoclassical buildings in the early twentieth century; the midcentury construction of polychromatic electrographic spectacles; and their eclipse by informatically intense, invisible algorithms at the dawn of the new millennium. Drawing on archival research, interviews, and visual analysis, Electrographic Architecture shows how the development of America's electrographic surround runs parallel to a new paradigm of power, property, and possession.Table of ContentsContents List of Illustrations Introduction: White like No Other 1. Synthetic White, 10,000 BC–1700 AD 2. Edison’s White Light Empire, 1750–1881 3. The “Great White Way,” 1880s–1910 4. Douglas Leigh’s Times Square Spectaculars, 1930–1960 5. The Young Electric Sign Company and Las Vegas Neon, 1920–1970 6. Jenny Holzer’s Light Art as Urban Critique, 1970–1990 Conclusion: Chromophobia in the Smart City, 1992–2022 Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
£64.00
Princeton University Press Viewpoints
Book SynopsisSuitable for students of all mathematics and art levels, this title focuses on two mathematical areas: perspective related to drawing man-made forms and fractal geometry related to drawing natural forms. It encourages experimentation and collaboration, and captures the essence of artistic and mathematical creation and discovery.Trade Review"The book goes a long way trying to convey to its audience--through both theory and practice--professional techniques that could not fail but empower students to make accurate, sophisticated drawings. The book presents an elegant fusion of mathematical ideas and practical aspects of fine art."--Cut the Knot "[T]his is an excellent text that I will certainly consider using for a future class. The material on perspective is accessible, thorough and well-written, and the text is designed for a hands-on pedagogy that is well-suited to the intended audience. And as an elementary, but thorough, discussion of both the mathematics and practice of perspective drawing, it deserves a place in any collection of books on mathematics and the arts."--Blake Mellor, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts "The writing is extremely clear, the material is fresh, and the many excellent diagrams clarify the ideas under discussion. The authors use relevant artwork to illustrate the mathematical principles... The exercises are original and promote active learning... This is an excellent work for academic curricula and an outstanding resource for self-study in mathematical perspective, fractals, and the relationship between art and mathematics."--Choice "This is not a book to read passively and, indeed, you will want to read this book with a pencil in hand. The text is designed to be experienced first hand, sketching out examples whilst following the text, as well as doing the exercises at the end of each chapter that develop the material well... Prerequisites for this book are a minimum, effectively being an understanding of basic coordinate geometry. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the interplay between mathematics and art."--George Matthews, Mathematics TodayTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments ix Chapter 1: Introduction to Perspective and Space Coordinates 1 Artist Vignette: Sherry Stone 9 Chapter 2: Perspective by the Numbers 13 Artist Vignette: Peter Galante 25 Chapter 3: Vanishing Points and Viewpoints 29 Artist Vignette: Jim Rose 39 Chapter 4: Rectangles in One-Point Perspective 43 What's My Line?: A Perspective Game 55 Chapter 5: Two-Point Perspective 59 Artist Vignette: Robert Bosch 77 Chapter 6: Three-Point Perspective and Beyond 85 Artist Vignette: Dick Termes 113 Chapter 7: Anamorphic Art 117 Viewpoints at the Movies: The Hitchcock Zoom 135 Plates follow page 138 Chapter 8: Introduction to Fractal Geometry 139 Artist Vignette: Teri Wagner 157 Chapter 9: Fractal Dimension 161 Artist Vignette: Kerry Mitchell 193 Answers to Selected Exercises 197 Appendix: Information for Instructors 215 Annotated References 223 Index 229
£46.75
Princeton University Press Aquatint
Book SynopsisTrade Review"A lavishly illustrated book of rare works." * ArtDaily *"[A] fascinating, richly illustrated companion book."---Barrymore Laurence Scherer, Wall Street Journal"This catalogue provides an excellent overview of the golden age of aquatint in the era of revolution and Romanticism."---Alexander Adams, The Jackdaw
£46.75
Getty Trust Publications Looking at Paintings
Book SynopsisA guide to the technical terms most commonly used in painting. It presents explanations of the technical terms most often encountered by art enthusiast, visitors to galleries, and museum goers. It also pays special attention to the processes and methods of painting conservation, and offers definitions and examples of materials and techniques.
£16.14
National Gallery of Art,Washington American Paintings of the 19th Century Part II
Book SynopsisCatalogues more than one hundred works that are devoted to the National Gallery of Art's holdings of 19th-century American paintings. Featuring works of Thomas Sully, John Singer Sargent, and James McNeill Whistler, this collection also includes John Quidor's "The Return of Rip van Winkle" and Albert Pinkham Ryder's "Siegfried".
£141.95
MP-OKL Uni of Oklahoma Murals of the Americas
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£22.46
John Wiley & Sons Inc Creating Exhibitions
Book SynopsisThis is a must-read for the nervous novice as well as the world-weary veteran. The book guides you through every aspect of exhibit making, from concept to completion. The say the devil is in the details, but so is the divine.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vi Foreword vii Introduction ix Chapter 1: Collaboration 1 Collaboration Unpacked 2 Why Collaborate? 4 Why Collaborate in Museums? 5 How to Collaborate 7 A Case Study: Science Gallery, Dublin 16 An Intrinsic Imperative 19 Chapter 2: Advocacies and Action Steps 21 Advocacy Positions as a Team Creation Strategy 21 Five Advocacies Needed for Every Team 22 Action Steps 34 Dangers and Pitfalls 35 Chapter 3: Advocacy for the Institution 39 Creating the Landscape for Exemplary Exhibitions 39 Laying the Foundation 40 Planning Major Change 43 Plan Ahead, Leslie Swartz 47 Reflecting Institutional Identity, Charlie Walter 50 Review, Critique, and Approval 60 Institutional Culture and Risk 64 Assessing Results and Learning from Them 65 Chapter 4: Advocacy for the Subject Matter 69 It’s about Something Too! 69 Approach and Philosophy 70 Object or Idea Driven 74 Dangers for the Subject Matter Expert 78 History through Objects, Jessica Neuwirth 80 An Art Historian’s Perspective, Rachel McGarry 83 Chapter 5: Advocacy for Visitor Experiences 89 Developing Exhibition Content for Visitors 89 Getting Started: Developing the Concepts 100 Strategies for Organizing Information 103 Synthesizing and Presenting Initial Concepts 107 Organizing the Concepts into a Cohesive Narrative 108 The Story on Storyelling, Leslie Bedford 113 Documentation and Presentation 115 Getting the Details Ironed Out: How Does This Thing Really Work? 119 Educator as Advocate, Shari Rosenstein Werb 120 Strategies for Ironing Out the Details 124 Chapter 6: Advocacy for Design 131 Advocating for the Physical and Sensory Experience 131 Design Advocacy: Working within the Collaboration 134 Primary Exhibition Design Principles 141 The Launch of Design 143 Spatial Planning and Visitor Flow 146 Gestalt—Sensory Perception Forming a Whole 153 The Impact of Lighting, Lauren Helpern and Traci Klainer Polimeni 154 The Medium Is the Message: Modes of Display 161 Wheel of Dependent Implementation, Jeff Hoke 162 Environmental Graphic Design, Richard Cress 165 Multimedia Integration, Richard Lewis 169 Magic and Illusion in Exhibition, Diane Perlov 172 Theater and Immersive Environments, Donna Lawrence 174 Object Theater, Paul Martin 174 Accessible and Universal Design 180 Accessible Design, Lath Carlson 181 Environmentally Sound Practice 184 Sustainable Exhibitions, Lath Carlson 186 Conclusion 189 Chapter 7: Advocacy for Project and Team 193 Managing the Project and Team 193 Creating a Schedule 195 Creating a Budget 201 Managing a Team 208 Chapter 8: Methods and Techniques 213 Getting the Most out of the Process 213 Process Documentation 214 Ways to Produce and Shape Ideas 215 Concept Organization and Visual Documentation 220 Sketching as Team visualization, Dottie Miles 222 Making Decisions and Conducting Evaluation 232 Evaluation, Jeff Hayward 236 Pilot Testing, Dana Schloss & Katherine Ziff 246 Prototyping to Test Ideas, Erika Kiessner 249 Visitors’ Bill of Rights, Judy Rand 254 Writing a Successful RFP, George Mayer 258 Chapter 9: Process and Phases 263 How Do We Set Up Our Process? 263 Process Outline 266 Process Phases 270 The Postpartum: Evaluating, Maintaining, Evolving, and Documenting 295 Exhibition Closing 300 Index 301
£51.25
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Drawing Geological Structures
Book SynopsisDespite the modern dominance of computer graphics programs and digital cameras, the ability todraw geological structures manually remains a necessity in academic geology and beyond. Drawings serve for quick and simple documentation in the field or at the microscope.Table of ContentsAbout the Author vii Preface ix 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Why Do We Need Drawings? 5 1.2 The Tools 11 1.3 Sizes of Drawings 12 1.4 Geological Versus Artistic Drawing 13 1.5 Drawing With Symbols 15 1.6 Realistic Drawing 21 1.7 The Fractal Geometry of Geological Fabrics 26 1.8 Basic Rules of Geological Drawing 29 References 30 2 Rock Thin Sections 33 2.1 Drawing as a Form of Microscopy 35 2.2 Drawing with Various Tools 35 2.3 Foundations of Thin-Section Drawing 36 2.4 Minerals and Their Characteristic Fabrics Under the Microscope 41 2.5 Sketches for Fast Documentation 52 2.6 Development of Precise Thin-Section Drawings 60 2.7 Digital Reworking of Manual Thin-Section Drawings 82 2.8 Digital Drawing 83 Summary 90 References 93 3 Specimen Sections 95 3.1 The Geological Message of a Drawing 95 3.2 Schematic Representation of Minerals 97 3.3 Schematizing Rocks and their Structures 100 3.4 Development of Drawings 104 3.5 Illustration on Different Scales 107 3.6 Detailed Drawings of Sample Cuts 110 Summary 116 4 Drawing Rock Structures in Three Dimensions 117 4.1 Foundations 118 4.2 The Development of Schematic 3D Drawings 125 4.3 Field Drawing 156 4.4 Digital Processing 169 4.5 Rules of Labeling 172 Summary 174 References 177 5 Geological Stereograms 179 5.1 Foundations 179 5.2 Orientation and Extension 181 5.3 Additions and Labeling 189 5.4 Digital Processing 193 Summary 195 References 196 6 Solutions 199 Index 207
£32.25
Johns Hopkins University Press Mathematics in TwentiethCentury Literature and
Book SynopsisAn insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art.Trade ReviewFor those viewing mathematics and the creative arts as distinctly separate endeavors, Tubbs provides an insightful treatise that proves otherwise... Though the content of Tubbs's book is challenging, it is also accessible and should interest many on both sides of the perceived divide between mathematics and the arts. Choice A fascinating journey through the works of modern art and literature... This book can be seen as a guide to understanding the various movements that emerged within artistic circles in the 20th century. Tubbs does an excellent job of leading the reader through this world of ideas, gently guiding the non-mathematicians through the panorama of advanced mathematics, and mathematicians and those who are artistically naive to an appreciate of the world of modern art and literature... The book serves as a compass to guide the reader to a better understanding of modern art. -- Jay Kapraff LMS Newsletter A beautiful narration... Every chapter is well balanced between the mathematical side and the art side. -- Riccardo Moschetti Zentralblatt Math Books like Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art help us get rid of prejudices, and indeed open our eyes to see. -- Capi Corrales-Rodriganez Mathematical Reviews Tubbs's exposition proves so clear and thorough that the mathematical novice reading Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art receives an introductory course in the fundamentals of higher mathematics... Reluctant mathematicians will be delighted to discover that Tubbs's mathematical explanations afford new analyses of canonical artworks. Make Literary MagazineTable of ContentsPrefaceChronology1. Surrealist Writing, Mathematical Surfaces, and New GeometriesMathematical Imagery and ImagesMan Ray and Mathematical SurfacesGeometries, Flat and Curved2. Objects, Axioms, and ConstraintsBlack Squares and AxiomsGeometry without Objects / Literature without Words3. Abstraction in Art, Literature, and MathematicsThe White PaintingsAbstract NumbersStructure4. Literature, the Möbius Strip, and Infinite NumbersConcrete ArtThe Möbius Strip and LiteratureConcrete Mathematics and Infinite Numbers5. Klein Forms and the Fourth DimensionIn the LabyrinthSurfaces, Mysticism, and the Fourth Dimension6. Paths, Graphs, and TextsLiterature and ChoiceMathematical Graph TheoryA Play Based on a Graph7. Poetry, Permutations, and Zeckendorf's TheoremStructured and Programmed PoemsConcrete Poetry and Mathematical Images8. Numbers and MeaningTargets, Numbers, and EquationsNumbers: Imagined and ImaginaryRandomness, Arbitrariness, and Perfect NumbersDada PoetryDisorder and ArtArbitrariness10. The ArtworldNotesBibliographyIndex
£23.85
John Wiley & Sons Inc Ceramics and Civilization, Volume VII: The
Book SynopsisApplication of heat to clay transforms it into a ceramic, and thus the history and technical features of structures supplying that heat - kilns - are of considerable importance. The 14 chapters in this volume discuss ancient and historic kilns from the viewpoint of their excavation, their operational principles, and their contributions to an understanding of ceramic production within ancient economies.Table of ContentsIntroduction and Overview by P.M. Rice. Operational Principles of Ceramic Kilns (W.D. Kingery). Inferring Firing Procedures from Sherds: Early Greek Kilns (K.D. Vitelli). Pottery Firing Structures (Kilns) of the Indus Civilization During the Third Millennium B.C. (H.M.-L. Miller). The Jingdezhen Egg-Shaped Kiln (J.Q. Hu and H.T. Li). Technology and Organization of Anasazi Trench Kilns (E. Blinman and C. Swink). The Variability and Evolution of Prehispanic Kilns on the Peruvian Coast (I. Shimada). Ceramic Firing in Ancient and Modern Oaxaca (G.M. Feinman and A. Balkansky Prehispanic Kilns at Matacapan, Veracruz, Mexico by C.A. Pool). The Fires Without and the Fires Within: Evidence for Ceramic Production Facilities at the Late Classic Site of La Sierra, Naco Valley, Northwestern Honduras, and in its Environs (P.A. Urban, E.C. Wells and M.T. Ausec). Brick and Tile Making in Spanish California with Related Old and New World Examples (J.G. Costello). An Integrative Review and Examination of Glass Furnace Technology in Renaissance Italy (W.P. McCray). Unusual Old Kilns (O.J. Whittemore) Concluding Comments (P.M. Rice).
£121.46
Getty Trust Publications House Paints, 1900–1960 – History and Use
Book SynopsisThis title provides an extensive and comprehensive examination of the history and use of modern house paints. The versatility of modern commercial house paints has ensured their use in a broad range of applications, including the protection and decoration of historic buildings, the coating of toys and furniture, and the creation of works of art. While the ubiquity of commercial paints means that conservators are increasingly called upon to preserve them, such paints pose unique challenges including establishing exactly which materials are present. This book traces the history of the household paint industry in the USA and UK over the first half of the 20th century and will be of interest to conservators and conservation scientists working on a broad range of painted surfaces, as well as curators, art historians, and historians of architectural paint.
£45.00
Getty Trust Publications American Painters on Technique – 1860–1945
Book SynopsisThis is an insightful survey on the materials and techniques of American artistis, from 1860 to 1945. This second volume in the American Painter's on Technique series is the first overview of an important but largely unknown aspect of American art from 1860 to 1945. The study is based primarily on firsthand descriptions of the materials and techniques that artists used to make paintings. The book is into two parts: 1860 to 1910 and 1910 to 1945. Between 1860 and 1910, the predominant theme is the increased number of Americans who traveled to Europe for instruction, resulting in an explosion of transplanted techniques. The period 1910 to 1945, was marked by a fundamental change in the attitudes of painters toward their materials. An epilogue summarizes the lessons American painters' experiences over 250 years can hold for contemporary artists interested in the long-term preservation of their paintings.
£42.75
Getty Trust Publications Rubens in Repeat - The Logic of the Copy in
Book SynopsisThis book examines the reception in Latin America of prints designed by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, showing how colonial artists used such designs to create all manner of artworks and, in the process, forged new frameworks for artistic creativity. Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. Prints made after the Flemish artist's designs were routinely sent from Europe to the Spanish Americas, where artists used them to make all manner of objects. Rubens in Repeat is the first comprehensive study of this transatlantic phenomenon, despite broad recognition that it was one of the most important forces to shape the artistic landscapes of the region. Copying, particularly in colonial contexts, has traditionally held negative implications that have discouraged its serious exploration. Yet analyzing the interpretation of printed sources and recontextualizing the resulting works within period discourse and their original spaces of display allow a new critical reassessment of this broad category of art produced in colonial Latin America-art that has all too easily been dismissed as derivative and thus unworthy of sustained interest and investigation. This book takes a new approach to the paradigms of artistic authorship that emerged alongside these complex creative responses, focusing on the viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It argues that the use of European prints was an essential component of the very framework in which colonial artists forged ideas about what it meant to be a creator."Trade Review"Rubens in Repeat is an innovative study about the mobility of objects and their reinterpretation across the vast geography of the early modern Spanish Empire. Aaron M. Hyman's attention to buildings, cities, and viceroyalties as settings for the transformation of print into paint, stone, and other media provides a scholarly model for thinking locally and writing globally."-Jesus Escobar, Northwestern University;; "An explosive defamiliarization of the Flemish Baroque as period, geography, and mode. Hyman weaves close looking with startling archival finds to situate Rubens not so much as a transatlantic brand, but as an inflection of what exactly "European" art-and so too Latin American visual culture-was in the long seventeenth century. No longer just the art historical fellow of Van Dyck, Snyders, and Jan Bruegel, here Rubens aligns with Durer, Warhol, even Judd. But time remains fundamental: Hyman sinks us into the documents and places us before dozens of never-published objects, disabling the colonialist myth of the copy as "other." Rubens-always an artist more interesting than his art-emerges as a willful ghost, forever betwixt repetitions."-Christopher P. Heuer, author of Into the White: The Renaissance Arctic and the End of the Image;;"Both "logic" and "copy" are carefully examined, and finally subverted, in this extraordinary book. The extensive use of prints after works by Rubens throughout Spanish and Portuguese America from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries is a commonplace in studies of Latin American art. Delving deeply into specific examples and their variations in different geographies and institutions, Hyman both informs and expands the reader's knowledge and understanding of the paths of creativity and reception."-Clara Bargellini, Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de MexicoTable of ContentsDedication Acknowledgements Introduction: Conformity Part I. The City: Cuzco Ch. 1 Cuzco's Aesthetic of Sameness Ch. 2 Rethinking "Rubens" in the Andes Part II. The Cathedral: Mexico City Ch. 3 Inventors in New Spain Ch. 4 Metropolitan Academicians Part III. The Viceroyalty: New Spain and Peru Ch. 5 The Transatlantic Thesis Disputation Ch. 6 Rubens Works Miracles in New Spain Photo credits Biographical Note Index
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Concepts of Creativity in Seventeenth-Century
Book SynopsisThe first genuinely interdisciplinary study of creativity in early modern England In the seventeenth century, the concept of creativity was far removed from most of the fundamental ideas about the creative act - notions of human imagination, inspiration, originality and genius - that developed in the eighteenthand nineteenth centuries. Instead, in this period, students learned their crafts by copying and imitating past masters and did not consciously seek to break away from tradition. Most new material was made on the instructions of apatron and had to conform to external expectations; and basic tenets that we tend to take for granted-such as the primacy and individuality of the author-were apparently considered irrelevant in some contexts. The aim of this interdisciplinary collection of essays is to explore what it meant to create buildings and works of art, music and literature in seventeenth-century England and to investigate the processes by which such creations came into existence. Through a series of specific case studies, the book highlights a wide range of ideas, beliefs and approaches to creativity that existed in seventeenth-century England and places them in the context of the prevailing intellectual, social and cultural trends of the period. In so doing, it draws into focus the profound changes that were emerging in the understanding of human creativity in early modern society - transformations that would eventually lead to the development of a more recognisably modern conception of the notion of creativity. The contributors work in and across the fields of literary studies, history, musicology, history of art and history of architecture, and their work collectively explores many of the most fundamental questions about creativity posed by the early modern English 'creative arts'. REBECCA HERISSONE is Head of Music and Senior Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Manchester. ALAN HOWARD is Lecturer in Music at the University of East Anglia and Reviews Editor for Eighteenth-Century Music. Contributors: Linda Phyllis Austern, Stephanie Carter, John Cunningham, Marina Daiman, Kirsten Gibson, Raphael Hallett, Rebecca Herissone, Anne Hultzsch, Freyja Cox Jensen, Stephen Rose, Andrew R. Walkling, Amanda Eubanks Winkler, James A. Winn.Trade ReviewThe volume's interdisciplinary approach, contextualizing concepts of creativity across the cultural milieu of seventeenth-century England, is one of its strengths. * RENAISSANCE QUARTERLY *Will be of enormous help to anyone wishing to understand more about 17th-century culture in general; and the high quality of the chapters will ensure a long life as a standard reference source and as a stimulant for future research. * EARLY MUSIC *Table of ContentsIntroduction - Rebecca Herissone 'Big with New Events and some Unheard Success': Absolutism and Creativity at the Restoration Court - Andrew R. Walkling Creativity on Several Occasions - James A. Winn Author, Musician, Composer: Creator? Figuring Musical Creativity in Print at the Turn of the Seventeenth Century - Kirsten Gibson Published Musical Variants and Creativity: An Overview of John Playford's Role as Editor - Stephanie Carter Space, Text and Creativity in the Late Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries - Raphael Hallett The 'Artificial Sceane': The Re-creation of Italian Architecture in John Evelyn's Diary - Anne Hultzsch Telling what is Told: Originality and Repetition in Rubens's English Works - Marina Daiman Plagiarism at the Academy of Ancient Music: A Case Study in Authorship, Style and Judgement - Stephen Rose A meeting of Amateur and Professional: Playford's 'Compendious' Collection of Two-Part Airs, Court-Ayres (1655) - John Cunningham 'Creating' Cato in Early Seventeenth-Century England - Freyja Cox Jensen 'Our Friend Venus Performed to a Miracle': Anne Bracegirdle, John Eccles and Creativity - Amanda Eubanks Winkler Music and Manly Wit in Seventeenth-Century England - Linda Phyllis Austern
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd A Musical Eye: The Visual World of Britten and Pears
Book SynopsisThis heavily illustrated publication considers the importance of art and design in the lives of composer Benjamin Britten and tenor Peter Pears. Anyone who has visited the Red House in Aldeburgh will have been struck by the range and quality of art collected by Benjamin Britten and, in particular, by Peter Pears. A Musical Eye is illustrated with more than 200 worksfrom the Britten-Pears collection and considers more widely the importance of art and design in their lives and work. There is also a comprehensive checklist of over 300 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures in the collection with details including size, medium, date and purchase price. The book is edited by former Britten-Pears Foundation Curator Judith LeGrove, who also explains how the collection evolved and provides a checklist of keyworks. Colin Matthews, who worked with Britten and is now BPF's Director of Music, provides an introduction, while the current Curator at The Red House, Caroline Harding, uses correspondence in the BPF archive to explore the patronage by Britten and Pears of a wide range of artists. Julian Potter writes on the friendship between his mother, the artist Mary Potter, and Britten. Broadening the scope of the visual arts, architectural historian AlanPowers considers the buildings commissioned or modified by Britten and Bloomsbury; Britten's work for film; Sidney Nolan's artistic responses to Britten's music; and the designs for Britten's stage works, most notably by John Piper.Trade ReviewThis fascinating collection ... provides a rich and timely conspectus of the synaesthetic background to the life and work of Britten and Pears ... I cannot recommend this book too highly to anyone with the least interest in Britten or indeed the visual arts, let alone both: it is thoughtful and perceptive, authoritative yet sensitive, enlightening, stimulating and produced to a befittingly attractive technical standard. * SPIRITED MAGAZINE, December 2013 *
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti 10:
Book SynopsisMore than an index to the nine volumes of letters, this volume is a concise guide to an entire cultural era seen through the lens of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Volume 10 of The Correspondence of Dante Gabriel Rossetti is the first ever analytical and biographical index to all Rossetti's letters from 1835-82. It gives readers the widest possible contextual access to all names of persons, places, works of art, writings, movements, organizations and activities, both physical and intellectual, mentioned in these letters with their annotations and appendices. But this index, augmenting the partial ones in Vols2 and 5, is far more than a simple listing of names: it also serves as a subject index, providing mini-précis descriptions of the information detailed in the annotated letter texts. Subheadings within entries depend on the complexity of the subject and may include letters to/from (for recipients) and lists of artistic and literary works by Rossetti's correspondents, or predecessors such as Blake, Keats and Coleridge. It is a concise guide to an entire cultural era. Since Rossetti is the lens through which all other entries are filtered, his own entry is divided into multiple subheadings to facilitate easy access. The researcher can quickly locate all references to the sonnet sequence The House of Life, the various versions of the Proserpine picture or the complex relationship of his drug use to Rossetti's life and work.Trade ReviewIt contains an encyclopaedic index covering many thousands of headings.... Practically everything one might want to know about Rossetti is covered in microscopic detail....Taken as a whole [the set provides] an invaluable tool and will be used by all future researchers seeking to understand the imitable Rossetti, his art, his family, his circle of friends, his enemies and his loved ones. * PRS REVIEW *Table of ContentsBiographical and Analytical Index Undated, unpublished letters Bibliography
£108.00
National Gallery Company Ltd A Closer Look: Colour
Book SynopsisA Closer Look is the new series title for the updated and refreshed National Gallery Pocket Guide range. The series has been enhanced with a stronger format, attractive design, new photography, and additional information. It is self-evident that colour is fundamental to painting, but it is not always obvious from looking at pictures what kinds of materials may be used by an artist to make colour. This Pocket Guide explains how coloured pigments are combined with a medium to form a paint layer, and how this affects our perception of the appearance of colour. It not only describes the materials of colour but also explains colour theories and examines writings about colour, including painters’ treatises.Through a selection of superb pictures from the National Gallery, London, including works by Piero della Francesca, Leonardo, Titian, Caravaggio, Canaletto, Rembrandt, Velázquez, Monet, and Seurat, the authors demonstrate how painters through the centuries have exploited the characteristics of colour in paint.Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
£11.77
National Gallery Company Ltd Monochrome: Painting in Black and White
Book SynopsisPainting “without color” has long held a fascination for artists. In this striking and original book, the authors explore how and why artists from the 15th century to the present have chosen to paint in black, white, and shades of gray. Sometimes artists used trompe l’oeil monochromatic effects to represent other media, such as sculpture, prints, or photography; others have consciously limited their palette as a means of re-focusing the viewer’s attention, while contemporary artists such as Gerhard Richter and Bridget Riley have often found inspiration in pushing black and white to its limits, and in new directions. The authors trace the history of this art form, from the symbolism of sacred images in medieval church ritual – epitomized in Netherlandish painting from the 15th century onwards by Hans Memling and Jan van Eyck – to the modern era and the work of artists such as Josef Albers and Ellsworth Kelly. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University PressExhibition Schedule:National Gallery, London (10/30/17–02/18/18)Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (03/21/18–07/15/18)
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Wichita State University Stocked: Contemporary Art from the Grocery Aisles
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Super Cute! Coloring Book
Book SynopsisTake your time to relax and colour in these super cute original designs from illustration artist Meni Tzima. These beautiful line drawings can be filled in and coloured any way you want. In this book you will find cupcakes, funny bunnies, flowers, sweet candies, cactus, happy cats, donuts, hearts and stars. When you're finished colouring, simply remove the pages, place them in a frame and hang them on your wall!
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Instituto Monsa de Ediciones Lettering: Through the Creative Process
Book SynopsisThe art of lettering enjoys a high level of popularity due to the possibilities, uses, and techniques that gives artists the opportunity to experience, play, and enjoy while you create. There are more people now than ever who understand its potential and are dedicated to making "letters" full of beauty and individual style. Following the hand of authentic masters from around the world, newcomers can learn techniques, tips, and tricks from each artist.
£16.79
Forgotten Books The Venetian Painters of the Renaissance With an Index to Their Works Classic Reprint
£26.27
Hardpress Publishing Modern Painters 1
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Hardpress Publishing Vite De Pi Eccellenti Pittori Scultori E Architetti Arricchite C Per Opera Del P G Della Valle 1
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