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Felicien Rops was a Belgian artist who spent most of his life in Paris. He worked in many mediums and was also a master printmaker utilizing various techniques. Rops was originally trained in lithography by the University of Brussels, but went on to produces engravings and etchings as well. He was one...

Are you trying to develop your skills around some form of creative expressions?  You might have probably considered the idea of being an artist who has excellent drawing abilities. You might have probably tried your hands on some drawing techniques and you are finding it very difficult getting a hold...

Extrait : "Il est très difficile de dégager une réalité historique du milieu des légendes qui avaient cours en Grèce sur les origines de la sculpture. Quand les Grecs ont commencé à s'inquiéter de leur histoire, ils avaient des rapports fréquents avec des peuples plus anciens qu'eux. Ils ont...

On attendait depuis longtemps en France une exposition consacrée au sculpteur américain David Smith (1906-1965): le Musée national d'art moderne-Centre Georges-Pompidou l'a finalement présentée du 14 juin au 21 août 2006... À PROPOS DE L’ENCYCLOPAEDIA UNIVERSALIS Reconnue...

Les plus grands spécialistes pour comprendre la sculpture Plus de 400 articles composent la table des matières de ce Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs qui embrasse l’histoire de l’art universel et aborde tous les styles et toutes les époques. Une somme unique, empruntée à l’Encyclopædia...

Auguste Rodin, mondialement célèbre de son vivant, présent dans les collections des plus grands musée sa révolutionné l’art de la sculpture et construit sa propre modernité. Tour à tour naturaliste, impressionniste, expressionniste, symboliste, moderne…Rodin a, tout au long de sa vie, suivi...

Discover how to create realistic drawings of dogs, cats, and horses with this easy-to-follow guide. Written and illustrated by a noted creator of art instruction books, the manual emphasizes the importance of capturing your own distinctive vision to reveal the subject's special characteristics. Clear,...

The power of reportage drawing is in the immediacy of the images that are created and the feeling of the illustrator's presence on location. Comparable in some ways to photojournalism, reportage illustrators are acting as visual journalists, proactively creating narrative work about issues and subjects,...

From amassing sacred relics to collecting celebrity memorabilia, the impulse to hoard has gripped humankind throughout the centuries. But what is it that drives people to possess objects that have no conceivable use? To Have and To Hold is a captivating tour of collectors and their treasures from...

This book covers several topics including: - 10 Acrylic Painting Tips for Beginners - Art Supplies Shopping List for Acrylic Painting - Acrylic Painting Basics - Acrylic Painting: Basic Color Palette - Moisture-Retaining Palettes for Acrylics and so much more! Scroll up... and click on "Buy Now" to deliver almost instantly to your Kobo or other reading device.

This user-friendly guide from the 1930s offers aspiring cartoonists a wealth of practical advice. Rich in period flavor, it supplies the ageless foundations of comic art. Abundant illustrations and clear, nontechnical prose cover: creating expressions, attaining proportion and applying perspective, depicting anatomy, simple shading, achieving consistency, lettering, and writing a strip.

* Haydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low calibre bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain. * His second attempt also failed: a deep slash across his throat left a large pool of blood at the entrance to his studio, but he was still able...

Mouldmaking and Casting is a technical manual of the many techniques of this ancient craft and art form. With step-by-step illustrations, it explains the materials required and the processes involved to create reproductions of a range of pieces. The book covers traditional techniques as well as today's more advanced technical methods.

The first appearances of graffiti “tags” (signatures) on New York City subway trains in the early 1970s were discarded as incidents of vandalism or the rough, violent cries of the ignorant and impoverished. However, as the graffiti movement progressed and tags became more elaborate and ubiquitous,...