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A book bursting with passion, hope, and gravity-defying energy. A book to make you dream. A book about youth in all its glory, captured through the lens of dance. Jordan Matter is known to millions for his 10 Minute Photo Challenge YouTube videos. Now, in one dazzling photo after another, he portrays children in ordinary and extraordinary pursuits - from sleepovers to selfies, from leaping for joy to feeling left out. The subjects include TV and Internet...
2) Lady in gold: the extraordinary tale of Gustav Klimt's masterpiece, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer
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Shares the events that shaped the creation of the painter's most famous portrait, covering such topics as the story of the salon hostess who was his model, contributing factors in turn-of-the-century Vienna, and the painting's fate.
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"Browsing an antiques shop in Wiltshire, Alison Bannister stumbles across a delicate old portrait--identified as the doomed Tudor queen, Anne Boleyn. Except Alison knows better. The subject is Mary Seymour, the daughter of Katherine Parr, who was taken to Wolf Hall in 1557 and presumed dead after going missing as a child. And Alison knows this because she, too, lived at Wolf Hall and knew Mary...more than four hundred years ago. The painting of Mary...
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La dificultad que encierra el dibujo y la pintura de retratos no es mayor que la que plantean los demás géneros artísticos y para superarla es necesario estudiar la cabeza humana con objetividad, como si se tratara de una forma más de la naturaleza. Una vez comprendida su forma y estructura, así como las particularidades de los rasgos faciales, la realización de retratos puede llevarse a cabo con plena eficacia. Este libro ofrece un método...
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Constelaciones visuales es una investigación monográfica sobre la producción visual de los viajeros extranjeros que visitaron Colombia durante el siglo XIX. A pesar de algunas investigaciones, aún no existe en la historiografía nacional una publicación panorámica sobre la valiosa obra visual de los viajeros, su significado en algunas narrativas sobre el pasado y sus repercusiones en el presente del país.
Este libro examina cientos de imágenes...
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"Momus. A Walking Interview" is a long conversation between the Italian critic Francesco Tenaglia and Scottish born artist Nicholas Currie aka Momus that took place during a day-long stroll in various areas of the city of Milan with an always-on microphone. The different neighborhoods elicited different topics including musicals, Chinatowns, enterism, Italy, Sehnsucht, David Bowie, word processors, death, classic rock, politics, isolation, future,...
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Full of character and endlessly varied, human subjects are a pleasure to draw. In this book, author and artist Barrington Barber guides you through the process of drawing portraits, from getting the features in correct proportion, to setting up successful portrait compositions. Whether you are an experienced draughtsman or a complete beginner, the tailored exercises and handy hints in this book will help you achieve the best results.
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This book was written for the novice, intermediate, and the advanced artist seeking answers to questions usually only found in a classroom. It can instruct the self learner or can be used as a resource and reference. When you know and apply basic principles and concepts, you are able to create predictable results consistently and confidently. This book will teach you a scientific approach to drawing portraits that will significantly enhance your artwork....
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The book artistically presents beautiful studio paintings of selected iconic black women who are descendants of Africa. The volume recognizes and credits the women's exceptional work, their achievements, as well as their positive contribution to and impact on society. By extension, this book validates and celebrates women in our time. It supports, communicates, and solidifies their trade and realizations. The work identifies these iconic women as...
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In Don't Blink: Capturing Your Child's Story Through Portraits, professional photographer Jeanine McLeod pulls back the curtain on what really goes on in a professional portrait session. Written with warmth and humor, Don't Blink offers parents a roadmap on how to document their child's journey from birth to high school graduation in professional portraits.
In this book, Jeanine McLeod will reveal:
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From The New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home comes a historical novel inspired by true events, and the extraordinary female lighthouse keepers of the past two hundred years. "They call me a heroine, but I am not deserving of such accolades. I am just an ordinary young woman who did her duty." 1838: Northumberland, England. Longstone Lighthouse on the Farne Islands has been Grace Darling's home for all of her twenty-two years....
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Nas on language, Cat Power on looking inward, Spike Jonze on loving what you do, and Kim Gordon on feeling the flow. These are just a few of the indie stars and surprising insights collected in this gorgeous book by Huck magazine. Since launching in 2006, Huck has been at the vanguard of London's thriving independent publishing scene and has grown into an internationally distributed bi-monthly, with editions available on newsstands in 20 countries...
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Artist Jason Mecier creates insanely detailed portraits of celebrities using trash, candy, and other items, crafting sculptural celebrations as beautiful as they are outrageous. Here is Amy Sedaris assembled from her own trash, David Bowie made out of cosmetics and feathers, Snoop Dogg sculpted out of weed, Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus crafted out of candy, Kevin Bacon bespoke in bacon, and many, many more. Fun process shots offer behind-the-scenes...
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La relevancia adquirida por el dibujo de la figura humana a lo largo de la historia ha sido motivo suficiente para atraer el interés del artista. La figura humana sigue siendo en nuestros días, seguramente, el capítulo central de la enseñanza del dibujo. Muchas personas se sienten intimidadas cuando trabajan por primera vez con un modelo, pues saben que la complejidad del cuerpo, su animación y flexibilidad, requiere años de estudio para conocerlo...
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Con EJERCICIOS PARRAMÓN se ofrece al público una colección abierta de títulos destinados a la práctica del dibujo y la pintura. Cada volumen se dedica a un tema (paisaje, bodegón, figura, etc.) o a una técnica (óleo, acuarela, pastel, etc.), y presenta un conjunto de ejercicios variados, desarrollados por diferentes profesores.
La foto del modelo para pintar, una introducción a cada ejercicio, un cuadro de los distintos materiales que se...
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