Botanical Art with Scientific Illustration
Botanical Art with Scientific Illustration

Author: Sarah Jane Humphrey

Publisher: The Crowood Press

Published: 2018-05-21

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1785004204

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Botanical and scientific illustration share many common themes - the meticulous observation, the crucial composition, the precision of rendering and the accuracy of colour are all intrinsic to this niche genre of art. In this beautiful book, Sarah Jane Humphrey explains the techniques of the botanical artist but also introduces ideas for scientific illustration, so that the illustrator has a fuller understanding when rendering the natural world. Detailed instruction on all aspects of illustration is given, from application and materials to research and field trips. There is practical advice on using monochrome and colour theory to bring your illustration to life. Illustrated with over 200 of the author's exquisite illustrations, it is an invaluable companion for both beginners and experienced artists, as well as a source of inspiration and joy. Beautifully illustrated with 429 colour illustrations including 200 of the author's own illustrations.

Story of Art
Story of Art

Author: Ernst Hans Gombrich

Publisher: Turtleback Books

Published: 1995-09-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785793427

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The most famous and popular book on art ever published, this quintessential "introduction to art," now in its sixteenth edition, has been a worldwide bestseller for over four decades.

The Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden
The Barbara Hepworth Sculpture Garden

Author: Miranda Phillips

Publisher: Tate

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 56

ISBN-13:

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English artist Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) created a unique combination of subtropical garden and sculpture park at Trewyn in St.Ives -- a haven of peace that acted as a showplace for her sculpture, a working environment, and an opportunity for Hepworth to pursue her other great love, gardening. This book is a beautiful record of the plants and sculptures at Trewyn throughout the seasons; it explores the evolution of the garden, its purpose, the placement of the works, and the relationship between Hepworth's abstract sculptures and the natural forms that surround them. With specially commissioned photographs taken in all seasons, two essays on Hepworth's work at Trewyn, and full descriptions of both plants and sculptures, this is a wonderful addition to the literature on St.Ives and on Barbara Hepworth.

Art in Cornwall
Art in Cornwall

Author: Michael Bird

Publisher: Alison Hodge Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780906720752

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A lively and authoritative introduction to the history of art in Cornwall, from Turner to the present day. Themes include: Cornwall in the Romantic vision of landscape; the Victorian development of 'mythical' Cornwall as a tourist destination; the search for rustic authenticity and the early art colonies in Newlyn and St Ives; Cornwall's ......

The St Ives Artists
The St Ives Artists

Author: Michael Bird

Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Limited

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13:

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St Ives is unique in British art history. Between the Second World War and the 1970s, many progressive artists chose to work and often settle around this small port in the far west of Cornwall.Drawing on fresh research, Michael Bird has created a fascinating and highly readable account of St Ives and its artists.

Debi Cornwall: Necessary Fictions
Debi Cornwall: Necessary Fictions

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-20

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9781942185697

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From the author of Welcome to Camp America, an eerie exploration of America's performance of power and identity in the post-9/11 era What are the stories we tell ourselves, the games we play, to manage unsettling realities? Made on ten military bases across the United States since 2016, Necessary Fictionsdocuments mock-village landscapes in the fictional country of "Atropia" and its denizens, roleplayers who enact versions of their past or future selves in realistic training scenarios. Costumed Afghan and Iraqi civilians, many of whom have fled war, now recreate it in the service of the US military. Real soldiers pose in front of camouflage backdrops, dressed by Hollywood makeup artists in "moulage"--fake wounds--as they prepare to deploy. Brooklyn-based conceptual documentary artist and former civil rights lawyer Debi Cornwall (born 1973) photographs this meta-reality--the artifice of war--presented in the book with a variety of texts to provoke critical inquiry about America's fantasy industrial complex. The book includes an essay by PEN Award-winning critical theorist Sarah Sentilles.

A Fairy Find
A Fairy Find

Author: Andrew Lanyon

Publisher: Granta

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 9781846270611

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Welcome to Fairyland, where Our Correspondent is embedded with the sprites, and risks life, limb and sanity to bring you news that will rock the very foundations of your belief. This is the first ever on-the-ground account of the weird workings of this parallel universe, in which we humans exist purely for the amusement of our fairy keepers, and our continued existence hangs by the gossamer thread of fairy whim. Displaying the luck and tenacity of the great photojournalists, Lanyon uses happenstance images and curious captions to provide a tantalising glimpse of the tiny, capricious creatures that pull our strings, trip us up, and bend us to their mischievous ends.