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Author: Derrel B. DePasse
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781578063116
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReveals how the artist recorded his memories of the American railroad and the traveling circus as landscapes.
Author: Naomi Ritter
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 1989
Total Pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780826207197
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhy do images of entertainers abound in European literature and art since Romanticism? From Baudelaire to Picasso, from Daumier to Fellini, mimes, clowns, aerialists, and jesters recur in major works by continental artists. In Art as Spectacle, Naomi Ritter investigates this phenomenon and offers explanations that transcend the array of works discussed. Her analysis implies much about the triangle of creator, work, and audience that inevitably controls art. Although a broadly comparative study underlies Art as Spectacle, the book focuses mainly on examples from Germany and France. Three areas of argument-identification, primitivism, and transcendence-account for the performer's ubiquity in the arts of the last two centuries. Ritter shows that writers, painters, choreographers, and filmmakers have persistently identified with the entertainer, whose roots lie in primitive ritual: a source of all art. Accordingly, the artist also sees the player as morally or spiritually elevated. With three chapters on literature, a chapter comparing poetry to painting, and a chapter each on dance, the visual arts, and film, Art as Spectacle offers unprecedented scope on a compelling topic in comparative studies. By integrating such varied material into an original commentary on the image of the entertainers, this book provides an invaluable resource for all the disciplines it touches.
Author: Pierre Théberge
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004-01-01
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 0300103751
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA beautiful book that showcases how circus figures and artifacts have been portrayed in art over the past two centuries The circus is a dazzling world filled with acrobats and harlequins, tumblers and riders, monsters and celestial creatures. Now this engaging book sets that world in a new light, examining how painters, sculptors, and photographers from the eighteenth century to the present have used the circus as a springboard for their imaginative expression and have envisioned the clown as a metaphor for the modern artist. The book presents more than 175 works by such artists as Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rouault, Picasso, Chagall, and Léger. Some of these are masterful works shown for the first time; these range from the 18-meter stage curtain Picasso designed in 1917 for Erik Satie's ballet Parade to more intimate works such as Nadar and Tournachon's photographs of Pierrot as played by celebrated mime Charles Debureau.
Author: Linda Krall
Publisher: Walter Foster
Published: 2012-02
Total Pages: 130
ISBN-13: 1600582559
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Beginning and advanced artists alike have experienced "artist's block" at some point in their endeavors. Now artists can turn to this book in their time of need. Artist's Block Cured! provides a stimulating array of ideas for beating blank canvas syndrome and conquering other creative ailments. Broken down into four color-coded categories, beginners will find activities, lessons, quizzes, and inspiration from the Masters to help jumpstart creativity. Written by creative thinker and illustrator Linda Krall, this book is an effective and entertaining tool no artist should be without!"--Publisher's description.
Author: Louise Gale
Publisher: Walter Foster Publishing
Published: 2016-04-01
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 1633220729
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLearn to create beautiful mandalas using a variety of tools and mediums. Mandala for the Inspired Artist has prompts, exercises, and projects perfect for all skill levels.
Author: James W. Gousseff
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
Published: 1974-12
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780871291905
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Richard Meyer
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9780807079355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOutlaw Representation is a Beacon Press publication.
Author: Sarah Simblet
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2010-04-19
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 0756672341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJoin artist Sarah Simblet on an inspirational journey of discovery as she teaches you how to draw every type of plant. From the tiniest mosses to exotic flowers and majestic trees, this book shows how understanding botany will give your portraits of plants vibrancy and life. In Botany for the Artist, Sarah Simblet takes you on a personal tour of the kingdom of plants, encouraging you to observe them more closely and draw them more accurately. She shows how to begin with simple shapes, outline the composition, blend colors, and add highlights and other finishing touches. Complemented by beautiful photographs, Sarah's drawings reveal the structure of roots, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruits. Step-by-step drawing classes and detailed pages from Sarah's sketchbooks guide you through all the techniques that you need to draw plants successfully. Masterclasses by famous artists - from Renaissance masters to contemporary illustrators - showcase different approaches to botanical illustration over the centuries. Botany for the Artist is a visual feast, not just for anyone wishing to master drawing plants, but for gardeners, photographers, and everyone who is passionate about plants and how they are portrayed in art.
Author: Alison Cann Clift
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alena J. Williams
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2015-07-21
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 0520282361
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNewly available in paperback, this landmark volume is the definitive study of the work of visionary American artist Nancy Holt (1938–2014). Since the late 1960s, Holt’s wide-ranging production has included Land art—particularly the monumental Sun Tunnels (1973–76)—as well as significant projects in sculpture, installation, photography, film, and video. A comprehensive representation of Holt’s working process in both word and image, Alena J. Williams’s momentous publication illuminates the artist’s interest in physical space and reveals how the geographic variety and boundlessness of the American landscape afforded her numerous opportunities to develop large-scale projects beyond the confines of New York City’s gallery walls. Contributions by a distinguished group of writers—including Pamela M. Lee, Lucy R. Lippard, Ines Schaber, and Matthew Coolidge—chart Holt’s fascinating trajectory from her initial experiments with sound, light, and industrial materials to major site interventions and environmental sculpture. James Meyer’s valuable interview with Holt and Julia Alderson’s illustrated chronology expand our knowledge of this groundbreaking artist and the crucial contexts in which she worked. More than twenty original writings by the artist and a rare selection of her concrete poetry, documentary photographs, and preparatory drawings reveal Holt’s revolutionary concepts of space, time, optics, and scale.
