General Art category: 18772 books
Routledge Revivals: In Modernity's Wake (1989)
The Ameurunculus Letters
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
First published in 1988, this book attempts to tackle the problem of how to write about art, culture, and the issues of postmodernism in a style appropriate to what is being claimed. The letters are written on art’s behalf to a range of institutions and individuals, and have as their recurring concern...
Understanding Art Markets
Inside the world of art and business
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
The global art market has recently been valued at close to $50bn - a rise of over 60% since the global financial crisis. These figures are driven by demand from China and other emerging markets, as well as the growing phenomenon of the artist bypassing dealers as a market force in his/her own right.
This...
Extra/Ordinary
Craft and Contemporary Art
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2011
Contemporary artists such as Ghada Amer and Clare Twomey have gained international reputations for work that transforms ordinary craft media and processes into extraordinary conceptual art, from Amer’s monumental stitched paintings to Twomey’s large, ceramics-based installations. Despite the amount...
Pencil Art Workshop
Techniques, Ideas, and Inspiration for Drawing and Designing with Pencil
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
In Pencil Art Workshop, well-known artist and illustrator Matt Rota demonstrates several techniques in graphite, then ties it together with an international gallery of artists for inspiration.
The humble pencil is the world’s most flexible and forgiving drawing material. Pencil Art Workshop is...
No Innocent Bystanders
Performance Art and Audience
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
At a moment when performance art and performance generally are at the center of the international art world, Frazer Ward offers us insightful readings of major performance pieces by the likes of Acconci, Burden, Abramovic, and Hsieh, and confronts the twisting and troubled relationship that performance...
Aesthetics of Discomfort
Conversations on Disquieting Art
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
Through a series of provocative conversations, Frederick Luis Aldama and Herbert Lindenberger, who have written widely on literature, film, music, and art, locate a place for the discomforting and the often painfully unpleasant within aesthetics. The conversational format allows them to travel informally...
Paris Without End
On French Art Since World War I
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2014
“[A] tour de force . . . As one critic’s demonstration of what he considers the best in art and the best way to write about it, this book sets a high standard” (Roberta Smith).
This brilliant blend of history, biography, and criticism explores the seminal figures of twentieth-century French...
Creating Art at the Speed of Life
30 Days of Mixed-Media Exploration
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2013
In this inspirational volume, artist and author Pam Carriker offers uninhibited mixed-media play while encouraging you to look at your work with a newly evaluative eye and determine what works for you. Create your own art journal while using a variety of mixed-media techniques and explore seven important...
A Brief History of Working with New Media Art
Inteviews with Artists
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This book of interviews tracks the work of artists in the field of new media art in order to consider the massive changes and developments over a relatively short period of time. They are also a celebration of the ten years that the online resource for curators of new media art, CRUMB, has been publishing...
by Dory Kanter
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2003
Inspire your creative spirit - everyday!
Whether you're a beginner or an experienced artist, Art Escapes provides the ideas and encouragement you need to discover greater creativity and artistic confidence, even when you're short on time. Professional artist and instructor Dory Kanter shows...
Art Revolution
Alternative Approaches for Fine Artists and Illustrators
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
With an unprecedented array of media and digital tools at their disposal, today's artists are faced with unlimited possibilities for creative experimentation. Never before has there been such innovation in the way art can be conceptualized, produced and presented.
Art Revolution is on the cutting-edge,...
Inner Hero Creative Art Journal
Mixed Media Messages to Silence Your Inner Critic
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2014
Dear Inner Critic, meet your inner heroes!
As a creative person, you are familiar with the critic--that nagging presence in your head that is always trying to point out your shortcomings. But there is hope: Your inner heroes are also always with you at your worktable. Through the creation of...
The Art of Expressive Collage
Techniques for Creating with Paper and Glue
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2015
What story will your art express?
There's a dialogue waiting to happen on your worktable. The Art of Expressive Collage will teach you to listen to what paper and glue, ink and paint have to tell you. From the fear of messing up to the excitement of letting things flow, you'll come to see the...
by Dorothy James
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
Thinking about creating your own art at home? Don't want to purchase art pieces that don't connect with who you are as a person and what you want your home to look like?
Dorothy James points out some of the best ways to create beautiful art on a budget.
It does not get easier than this!