Art Technique category: 4706 books

En associant le mot rocaille, référence aux formes alambiquées des coquillages, à l’italien baroco, les Français donnèrent naissance au terme de « rococo ». Apparu au début du XVIIIe siècle, il s’étendit rapidement à l’ensemble de l’Europe. Extravagant et aérien, le Rococo répondait...

Extrapolating the boundaries between art and education, Carla Caffé portrays the art direction work of the award-winning feature film The Cambridge Squatter (2016) through the comics format. With the help of architecture students of Escola da Cidade, Carla worked on the composition of the art direction...

From the hit-makers at Pixar Animation Studios who brought us Buzz Lightyear, Nemo, and Mr. Incredible, now comes Remy, the furry star of Ratatouille. A lovable rat (yes, a rat!), Remy is driven by his passion for fine cuisine to become a chef—against all odds and with madcap adventures along the...

In the tradition of the smash hits Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles comes the newest film from Pixar Animation Studios, Cars, the story of a race car who learns that it's not all about the fast lane. (In fact, life begins at the off-ramp.) Offering...

The Art of Moana is the latest title in our exceptional series showcasing artwork from the creation of Walt Disney Animations' latest releases. Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world ventured across the Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium,...

In Wreck-It Ralph, Disney's expert team of concept, visual development and story artists explore the hidden world of video games from classic 8-bit arcade games to the most modern and inventive offerings of the digital age. At the center of this hilarious and wildly original video-game-hopping adventure...

Incarnation du mythe de l’artiste maudit, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) est devenu une référence de l’art contemporain. Expressionniste pendant le courant postimpressioniste, son art fut incompris tout au long de sa vie. Vincent van Gogh réalisa plus de 2000 œuvres mais n’en vendra qu’une...

This is an anecdotal history of an art teacher who displayed his illustrations and paintings at art show and street fairs across America. In order to become successful in the art world he realized that he had to develop a unique style that had general appeal to everyone. After years of trial and error he finally achieved that goal.

Il était une fois... le 7 e art ! Rédigé dans un style vivant et clair, cet ouvrage fait revivre l'histoire du 7e art. Cette saga pleine de vie s'appuie sur de nombreuses anecdotes. Saviez-vous que Louis Lumière a eu l'idée du du cinématographe en regardant la machine à coudre de sa...

In film history, director-cinematographer collaborations were on a labor spectrum, with the model of the contracted camera operator in the silent era and that of the cinematographer in the sound era. But in Weimar era German filmmaking, 1919-33, a short period of intense artistic activity and political...

Sound and visual are independent elements brought together to become the  audiovisual of modern cinema. Sound in cinema and moving pictures juxtapose each other to represent a conversation. However, they speak together as a single and decisive voice. Theodor Adorno’s criticism of the standardization...

1000 Chefs-d’oeuvre de la peinture réunit les oeuvres incontournables de l’art occidental à voir au moins une fois dans sa vie. À travers ces trésors culturels, c’est toute l’histoire de l’art qui se dessine au fil des pages. Unanimement reconnues, ces peintures sont accompagnées de...

De l’Antiquité jusqu’au XXe siècle, cette collection de sculptures offre une vision véritablement originale de l’art occidental. Sont représentées ici les œuvres les plus sensuelles, les plus harmonieuses, jusqu'aux plus provocantes et minimalistes. La sculpture modèle le monde ainsi...

The Airfix company was formed in 1939 and, since it produced its first plastic kit in 1949, grew to be the United Kingdom's leading model kit manufacturer. Several generations of young and young-at-heart modellers have made Airfix kits and, despite turbulent times in the 1970s and 1980s when the company...