Art Technique category: 4706 books
The Cinema of Cruelty
From Buñuel to Hitchcock
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2013
“There is no denying his importance in the development of film theory. As an introduction to Bazin’s views, The Cinema of Cruelty is excellent” (Columbia Spectator).
Perhaps the single most important voice of cinema in the twentieth century, André Bazin profoundly influenced the development...
Moving Pictures, Still Lives
Film, New Media, and the Late Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Moving Pictures, Still Lives revisits the cinematic and intellectual atmosphere of the late twentieth century. Against the backdrop of the historical fever of the 1980s and 1990s-the rise of the heritage industry, a global museum-building boom, and a cinematic fascination with costume dramas and literary...
Cinemaps
An Atlas of 35 Great Movies
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
This beautifully illustrated atlas of beloved movies is an essential reference for cinephiles, fans of great films, and anyone who loves the art of mapmaking.
Acclaimed artist Andrew DeGraff has created beautiful hand-painted maps of all your favorite films, from ***King Kong***and North by...
Interstellar
Beyond Time and Space
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
In his sci-fi epic Interstellar, Christopher Nolan takes on the infinite canvas of space to deliver a cutting-edge, emotionally charged adventure that will amaze audiences of all ages. Interstellar: Beyond Time and Space documents the making of Nolan's latest masterpiece in fascinating detail and...
by Paolo Lopez de Leon, John Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Learn How to Draw Animal Cartoons For the Beginner
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction
Materials
First Lesson the Basic Shapes
--For the Circles
--For the Square
--For the Triangle
The Second Lesson: Dimension and Depth with Colors
Application of Shapes
Inking
--Samples
--The Penguin vs. Fish
--The...
by Marco Polo
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The most renowned travel story of the Middle Ages has never lost its allure. A story of true wonder, Marco Polo's experiences as well as the reported myths, transport us to the heart of Central Asia, China, Indochina, and the Indian Ocean. The original manuscripts were accompanied with illustrations...
Better Living Through Criticism
How to Think About Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2016
The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever
Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect...
Collage, Colour and Texture in Painting
Mixed media techniques for artists
Language: English
Release Date: February 12, 2016
In this ground-breaking art book, leading artist Mike Bernard reveals every aspect of working with collage, paint and other mixed-media approaches. Everything from the initial inspiration for a painting through to design, colour, surface qualities and finishing touches is covered. With detailed information...
Paintings Of Travels To Bhutan
Art & Travel Book
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2007
How would you answer the question: Would you like to go to Bhutan with me? That was how our adventure began in November,1984. Even though,we planned to leave for Bhutan in October, The plans had to be changed,when, Indira Gandhi,the Prime Minister of India at the time ,assasinated on our departure...
by Zachary Lipez, Stacy Wakefield
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
"For those who've never had the opportunity to party like a rock star and felt like they were missing out, Please Take Me Off the Guest List' may very well smooth over those regrets."
--The New York Times T Magazine*, Men's Fashion issue*
"It's a gorgeous book, but there's more...
Revolutionary Women
A Book of Stencils
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Both a radical feminist history and a street art resource, this handbook combines short biographies with striking and usable stencil images of 30 female activists, anarchists, feminists, freedom fighters, and visionaries. From Harriet Tubman, Emma Goldman, and Angela Davis to Vandana Shiva, Sylvia...
Inhospitable World
Cinema in the Time of the Anthropocene
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2018
In recent years, environmental and human rights advocates have suggested that we have entered the first new geological epoch since the end of the ice age: the Anthropocene. In this new epoch, humans have come to reshape unwittingly both the climate and natural world; humankind has caused mass extinctions...
by Louis Priscilla
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2012
Unique in its presentation, Basic Drawing teaches by example. Through a profusion of self-explanatory drawings, simple rules of procedure are expertly illustrated for artists, enabling them to build a solid foundation in all aspects of art composition.Presenting informative facts rather than ideology,...
Tattoo
Bodies, Art and Exchange in the Pacific and the West
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2005
Whether fully adorning a biker’s arms or nestled cutely, and discretely, above one’s ankle, tattoos are a commonplace part of modern fashion and expression. But as modern as this permanent accessory can seem, the tattoo, in fact, has ancient and distant roots in Oceana, where it had been practiced...