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Paint Pouring is a form of abstract art that uses acrylic paints with a runny (fluid) consistency. The acrylic paints react with each other when combined to make interesting and visually organic motifs. Fluid acrylics can be used on many types of substrates through various techniques such as pouring,...

The art of portraiture approached its apex during the sixteenth century in Europe with the discovery of oil painting when the old masters developed and refined techniques that remain unsurpassed to this day. The ascendance of nonrepresentational art in the middle of the twentieth century displaced...

This book argues that mobility is the central theme of the interwar mode of design known today as Art Deco. It is present on the very surfaces of Art Deco objects and architecture – in iconography and general formal qualities (whether the zigzag rectilinear forms ­popular in the 1920s or curvilinear...

The definitive guide on everything one needs to know about commissioning contemporary art In an age of blockbuster exhibitions and public art projects, the most exciting artworks are often those that have been specially commissioned for a specific site or event. This invaluable guide reveals...

In this witty and compelling defence of the art field itself, Joan Murray, one of the country's most outspoken art historians, discusses the great figures of Canadian art and the rise of our national are in institutions such as the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the master Impressionist, produced a stunning oeuvre of oil paintings, celebrated for their inimitable beauty and expression of feminine sensuality. Delphi’s Masters of Art Series presents the world’s first digital e-Art books, allowing digital readers to explore the works...

Camille Pissarro was a key figure in the history of Impressionism, being the only artist to show his work in all eight Impressionist exhibitions, remaining dedicated to the movement’s artistic beliefs. His paintings combine a fascination of rural subject matter with the empirical study of nature...

The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th century in Italy and had extended across the whole of Europe by the second half of the 16th century. The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of the arts following the break-down of the dogmatic certitude...

Richly illustrated, and featuring detailed descriptions of works by pivotal figures in the Italian Renaissance, this enlightening volume traces the development of art and architecture throughout the Italian peninsula in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. A smart, elegant, and jargon-free...

A fresh look at the early Renaissance, considering Florentine and Netherlandish art as a single phenomenon, at once deeply spiritual and entirely new.Adam and Eve are driven from the Garden of Eden into a rocky landscape, their naked bodies lit by a cold sun, their gestures and expressions a study in...

Décryptez l’art de Tintoret en moins d’une heure ! Depuis Le Miracle de saint Marc, toile qui marque sa reconnaissance officielle, jusqu’à sa fameuse Dernière Cène, les œuvres de Tintoret témoignent toutes de la fureur de peindre qui anime l’artiste vénitien. Influencé par Titien,...

Décryptez l’art d’Auguste Renoir en moins d’une heure !C’est en 1841, dans un monde synonyme de renouveau, que naît Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Reflet de l’effervescence de son temps, son œuvre met à mal l’académisme jusqu’alors prégnant. Adepte de la peinture « sur le motif » chère...

Décryptez l'art de Van Gogh en moins d'une heure !Personnalité fragile, Van Gogh est le premier artiste à puiser son inspiration dans les méandres de son esprit torturé. Son instabilité mentale, qui trouve un écho dans la torsion de la ligne ou dans la violence des couleurs, est paradoxalement...

Décryptez l’art de Giuseppe Arcimboldo en moins d’une heure !Si Arcimboldo connaît une brillante carrière en tant que peintre, maître des festivités et conseiller des arts à la cour des Habsbourg dans la seconde moitié du XVIe siècle, c’est surtout grâce à ses têtes composées qu’il...