Art category: 43213 books
Art Journey - Abstract Painting
A Celebration of Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
An Inspired Collection of the Best of Abstract Art!
Abstract art is a visual language--a riot of color, a profound explosion of texture and shape, a quiet collision of forms. Dynamic works of art can showcase pastel painting, showcase watercolor flowers, or even build off pen and ink drawings....
by James Elkins
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2004
Can contemporary art say anything about spirituality? John Updike calls modern art "a religion assembled from the fragments of our daily life," but does that mean that contemporary art is spiritual? What might it mean to say that the art you make expresses your spiritual belief?
On...
No Excuses Art Journaling
Making Time for Creativity
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2013
Kiss those excuses goodbye!
"I don't have time."
"I don't know what to journal about."
"I can't keep the momentum going."
Sound familiar? What are your excuses for not spending time with your art journal? Get ready to cast those excuses aside because Gina Rossi...
Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso's & Husain's Paintings (Part - 2)
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, #2
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2015
Master Minds: Creativity in Picasso's and Husain's Paintings (Part - 2). Creative Activity & Forms and Colors in Paintings.The e-books Part 1 to Part 5 the outcome of the Ph. D Thesis, also serve the purpose of academic study for art scholars and art researchers all over the worldIn the...
Van Gogh on Demand
China and the Readymade
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2014
In a manufacturing metropolis in south China lies Dafen, an urban village that famously houses thousands of workers who paint van Goghs, Da Vincis, Warhols, and other Western masterpieces for the world market, producing an astonishing five million paintings a year. To write about work and life in...
Drawing & Designing Tattoo Art
Creating Masterful Tattoo Art from Start to Finish
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
Learn how to create bold, original designs from a master tattoo artist!
Tattooing is an art form like no other . . . indelible, wearable paintings, each on a one-of-a-kind, ever-moving "canvas." Step into the parlor with master tattoo artist Fip Buchanan as he shares more than thirty years...
Nail Art
Inspiring Designs by the World's Leading Technicians
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
Nail Art is a lavishly illustrated, full colour exploration of nail art in all its weird and wonderful variations. It highlights the talents, tools and creativity behind this expressionistic art form and looks at its impact on celebrity culture and competitive exhibitions. Featuring freehand designs,...
In Senghor's Shadow
Art, Politics, and the Avant-Garde in Senegal, 1960–1995
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
In Senghor’s Shadow is a unique study of modern art in postindependence Senegal. Elizabeth Harney examines the art that flourished during the administration of Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegal’s first president, and in the decades since he stepped down in 1980. As a major philosopher and poet...
The Politics of Contemporary Art Biennials
Spectacles of Critique, Theory and Art
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2017
Contemporary art biennials are sites of prestige, innovation and experimentation, where the category of art is meant to be in perpetual motion, rearranged and redefined, opening itself to the world and its contradictions. They are sites of a seemingly peaceful cohabitation between the elitist and...
by Tanya Angelova
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Would you like to create beautiful nail art flower decorations?
This is short and to the point guide with step-by-step colorful pictures on each element of the flowers and the overall nail design. I will literary "hold your hand" through each step of the process with easy to follow...
Elementary Instruction in The Art of Illuminating and Missal Painting on Vellum
A Guide to Modern Illuminators
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Example in this ebook
beautiful "Art of Illuminating," which sprang up with the early dawn of Christianity, and attained its highest perfection in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, owes its total extinction to that powerful instrument of modern civilisation, the Printing Press. Whether...
The Everything Art Handbook
A comprehensive guide to more than 100 art techniques and tools of the trade
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
The Everything Art Handbook is an all-inclusive, go-to resource for artists of any skill level. A refreshing, accessible compendium of materials and techniques, The Everything Art Handbook is the perfect all-inclusive resource for beginning artists wanting to experiment and play with a variety of...
Notes on Participatory Art
Toward a Manifesto Differentiating It from Open Work, Interactive Art and Relational Art.
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010
We are living in the Age of Participation. Social media are exploding, customer cooperation is sought in product development, and customer content is even built into media. But where is the art reflecting our times? Where are the artists making this kind of art? Who were their predecessors?
In...
by Jonathan Harris
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2006
Art History: The Key Concepts is a systematic, reliable and accessible reference guide to the disciplines of art history and visual culture. Containing entries on over 200 terms integral to the historical and theoretical study of art, design and culture in general, it is an indispensable source of...