General Art category: 18772 books
Art beyond Itself
Anthropology for a Society without a Story Line
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2014
First published in Spanish in 2010, Art beyond Itself is Néstor García Canclini's deft assessment of contemporary art. The renowned cultural critic suggests that, ideally, art is the place of imminence, the place where we glimpse something just about to happen. Yet, as he demonstrates, defining...
The Codex Borgia
A Full-Color Restoration of the Ancient Mexican Manuscript
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2013
Considered by many scholars the finest extant Mexican codex and one of the most important original sources for the study of pre-Columbian religion, the Codex Borgia is a work of profound beauty, filled with strange and evocative images related to calendrical, cosmological, ritual, and divinatory matters....
by John Ruskin, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The leading art critic of the Victorian era, John Ruskin created a large body of work, writing influential essays and treatises on subjects as varied as geology, architecture, ornithology, literature, education, botany and political economy, to name but a few. This comprehensive eBook presents the...
Art Models Anastasia005
Figure Drawing Pose Reference
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Draw, paint, sculpt the figure anytime and anywhere with this portable figure reference.Each Pose gives you 24 or more photos—one every 15 degrees as the model turns through a full circle. Choose your preferred view for 2D art, like painting, or see the whole figure for 3D art, like sculpture. Zoom...
Artificial Hells
Participatory Art and the Politics of Spectatorship
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
Since the 1990s, critics and curators have broadly accepted the notion that participatory art is the ultimate political art: that by encouraging an audience to take part an artist can promote new emancipatory social relations. Around the world, the champions of this form of expression are numerous,...
by Robert Henri
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2007
A classic work of advice, criticism, and inspiration for aspiring artists and lovers of art
"Art when really understood is the province of every human being." So begins The Art Spirit, the collected words, teachings, and wisdom of innovative artist and beloved teacher Robert Henri....
by Donna Karan
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Language: Spanish
Release Date: April 15, 2016
Este libro detalla los inicios de Karan, el desarrollo del concepto "Siete prendas sencillas" y el ascenso meteórico de su compañía, así como su relación con su familia y su turbulenta vida romántica.
Una autobiografía controvertida y sincera, en la que la reconocida diseñadora...
The Toaster Project
Or A Heroic Attempt to Build a Simple Electric Appliance from Scratch
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2007
Hello, my name is Thomas Thwaites, and I have made a toaster. So begins-áThe Toaster Project, the author's nine-month-long journey from his local appliance store to remote mines in the UK to his mother's backyard, where he creates a crude foundry. Along the way, he learns that an ordinary toaster...
Stick
Great Moments in Art, History, Film, and More...
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
A hilarious send-up iconic images from art, history, film, children's stories, and more, rendered in stick figure drawings.
by Christiane Paul
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2015
“Paul does an impressive job of compressing the activity of a huge field, in which there are no obvious heroes and no single aesthetic line.” —Publishers Weekly
Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art today. Not only have traditional forms of art such...
William Hogarth, le Shakespeare de la peinture
Vers la création d'un art national anglais
Language: French
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Décryptez l’art de William Hogarth en moins d’une heure !Considéré comme le père de l'art anglais, celui que ses contemporains surnomment le Shakespeare de la peinture lutte avec ferveur, toute sa vie, pour protéger les artistes locaux et donner à son pays un art national détaché de l'emprise...
Amedeo Modigliani, l'art du portrait et du nu
Entre tradition et avant-garde
Language: French
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Décryptez l'art d'Amedeo Modigliani en moins d'une heure !Figure éminente de la bohème parisienne au tournant du XXe siècle, Amedeo Modigliani reste cependant en marge des avant-gardes de l'époque. Il élabore, dans une quête stylistique sans fin, des portraits épurés où se mêlent mélancolie...
Toulouse-Lautrec, l'âme de Montmartre
Du Moulin Rouge à l’art publicitaire
Language: French
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Décryptez l'art de Toulouse-Lautrec en moins d'une heure !Désigné par ses contemporains comme l'« âme de Montmartre », où il réside, Toulouse-Lautrec célèbre le plaisir dans une œuvre qui se veut chronique du Paris nocturne. Une œuvre colorée où résonnent les pas de danse de la Goulue,...
by Steven Heller
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
From the lost art of show-card writing and the tumultuous days of guerrilla magazine publishing to the latest in electronic leaflet design and hot magazine covers, acclaimed graphic designer and author Steven Heller provides dozens of stunning examples of how graphic design has transformed from a subset of pop culture to a cultural driving force on its own.