General Art category: 18772 books
Wabi-Sabi
Art Workshop
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
“Perfectly blending simplicity and complexity, her artwork is quite stunning and has really motivated me to want to use some of her techniques.” —The Altered Page
The Japanese wabi-sabi philosophy of art is a style that finds inspiration and beauty in the imperfect, impermanent and humble...
by Frank Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Frank Miller’s Sin City has set the gold standard for crime comics, both for Miller’s unflinching stories and for his visceral, powerfully charged art. To honor the artist and his groundbreaking work, Dark Horse is proud to return Frank Miller: The Art of Sin City to print, now in an affordable...
Art of the Cut
Conversations with Film and TV Editors
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
Art of the Cut provides an unprecedented look at the art and technique of contemporary film and television editing. It is a fascinating "virtual roundtable discussion" with more than 50 of the top editors from around the globe. Included in the discussion are the winners of more than a dozen...
by Allan Brandon Hill
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2016
Show Me Don't Tell Me eBooks are designed to be the digital version of traditional coffee table books. Their modest purpose is to commemorate the work of accomplished artists without excessive verbal commentary; to serve as a handy reference and guide in the intelligent use of color, line, form and...
Fred Forest's Utopia
Media Art and Activism
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
“France's most famous unknown artist,” the innovative media provocateur Fred Forest, precursor of Eduardo Kac, Jodi, the Yes Men, RT Mark, and the Guerilla Girls.
The innovative French media artist and prankster-provocateur Fred Forest first gained notoriety in 1972 when he inserted a small...
by Jean Lahor
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2014
Art Nouveau gives a name to the decorative and architectural style developed in the 1880s and 1890s in the West. Born in reaction to the Industrial Revolution and to the creative vacuum it left behind, Art Nouveau was at the heart of a “renaissance” in the decorative arts. The primary objective...
Street Art
From Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
This book is an exciting introduction to the world of street art featuring major street art practitioners including Banksy, Eine, Blek le Rat, Os Gemeos and Evol. A colourful combination of eye-catching imagery and well-informed commentary, it is a thought-provoking presentation to this hotly topical...
The Dealer is the Devil
An Insiders History of the Aboriginal Art Trade
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Adrian Newsteads explosive memoir lifts the lid on what Robert Hughes once described as “the last great art movement of the 20th century.” After thirty years sitting round campfires with Aboriginal artists all over Australia, Newstead has produced the definitive expose of “the first great art movement...
by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Baroque master Caravaggio, famous for his masterful use of chiaroscuro, produced during his short and tragic life a body of works that would have a lasting impact on the history of Western art. Combining realistic observation of the human state with dramatic use of lighting, Caravaggio’s paintings...
by Lilian H. Zirpolo
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2009
The Renaissance era was launched in Italy and gradually spread to the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France, and other parts of Europe and the New World, with figures like Robert Campin, Jan van Eyck, Rogier van der Weyden, Albrecht DYrer, and Albrecht Altdorfer. It was the era that produced some of...
Donatello ou l'art d'animer la matière
Un sculpteur avant-gardiste à l’aube de la Renaissance
Language: French
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Décryptez l’art de Donatello en moins d’une heure !Sculpteur de génie considéré comme l’un des piliers de la Première Renaissance italienne, Donatello n’a cessé de perfectionner son art tout au long de sa vie. Revenant à l’Antiquité, il y puise sujets et techniques afin de nourrir son...
Gustave Courbet, le peintre en sabots
Le chantre du réalisme
Language: French
Release Date: December 9, 2014
Décryptez l'art de Gustave Courbet en moins d'une heure !Figure par excellence de l'artiste insoumis, Gustave Courbet voit le jour au début du XIXe siècle, au cœur d'une époque marquée par des bouleversements sociaux et politiques sans précédent. Révolté dans l'âme, il entreprend de représenter...
Caspar David Friedrich et la tragédie du paysage
Les premiers pas du romantisme allemand
Language: French
Release Date: April 14, 2015
Décryptez l'art de Caspar David Friedrich en moins d'une heure !« Cet homme a découvert la tragédie du paysage. » C'est en ces termes qu'un sculpteur français décrit l'art de Caspar David Friedrich. À juste titre : dans une Allemagne où le romantisme en est à ses premiers balbutiements, Friedrich...
Paolo Uccello, le premier des surréalistes ?
De l’obsession de la perspective à la tentation fantastique
Language: French
Release Date: June 4, 2015
Décryptez l’art de Paolo Uccello en moins d’une heure !Si son originalité l’a longtemps écarté des grands artistes de son temps, Paolo Uccello suscite depuis le XXe siècle un regain d’intérêt, grâce à sa redécouverte par les avant-gardes. Les mouvements futuriste et surréaliste ont...