Picasso
Picasso

Author: Pablo Picasso

Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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This text presents an in-depth examination of Picasso as a politically and socially engaged artist, from the 1940s, when he defiantly remained in Paris during the Nazi occupation, throughout the subsequent Cold War period.

Light and Video Microscopy
Light and Video Microscopy

Author: Randy O. Wayne

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2019-06-11

Total Pages: 518

ISBN-13: 0128161671

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Light and Video Microscopy, Third Edition provides a step-by-step journey through philosophy, psychology and the geometrical and physical optics involved in interpreting images formed by light microscopes. The book addresses the intricacies necessary to set up light microscopes that allow one to visualize transparent specimens and, in the process, quantitatively determine various physico-chemical properties of specimens. This updated edition includes the most recent developments in microscopy, ensuring that it continues to be the most comprehensive, easy-to-use, and informative guide on light microscopy. With its presentation of geometrical optics, it assists the reader in understanding image formation and light movement within the microscope. - Provides a fully-revised, updated resource on three-dimensional (3D) structures - Contains a new appendices on Diffraction Theory and Advanced Image Processing - Provides practical applications, lab exercises and case studies on the mathematics, physics and biology used in microscopy - Discusses bright field, dark field, phase-contrast, fluorescence, interference, differential interference and modulation contrast microscopes, oblique illumination and photomicrography

The Art of the Reprint
The Art of the Reprint

Author: Rosalind Parry

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2023-03-31

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 1009272047

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A rich history of the nineteenth-century novel as it was re-imagined for everyday readers by extraordinary twentieth-century illustrators.

Prayer for a Child
Prayer for a Child

Author: Rachel Field

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2011-07-19

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1442439270

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Ideal for sharing, this Caldecott Medal–winning beloved classic presents an illustrated prayer full of the intimate gentleness for familiar things, the love of friends and family, and the kindly protection of God. Bless this milk and bless this bread Bless this soft and waiting bed Where I presently shall be Wrapped in sweet security Winner of the Caldecott Medal and in print since 1941, this is a prayer for boys and girls all over the world. It carries a universal appeal for all ages and brings to our hearts and minds the deep responsibility of preserving for all times the faith and hopes of little children.

The Atlantic in Global History
The Atlantic in Global History

Author: Jorge CaÏizares-Esguerra

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-11-03

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1315508079

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This reader, composed of original essays by leading authors, expands the category of the Atlantic chronologically, spatially, and methodologically. It firmly places the Atlantic within global history and the coverage expands into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The essays present events that formed the nations and cultures of the Atlantic region and show their global roots and how they intertwine with non-Atlantic communities of the world.

Classic Book Jackets
Classic Book Jackets

Author: Thomas Stansfield Hansen

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 9781568984919

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"Salter's life and work bridged two continents and cultures and spanned the political turmoil of the mid-twentieth century. He survived both world wars, the rise of National Socialism in Germany, and permanent exile in a new land, but nothing halted his tireless and brilliant design work. Classic Book Jackets tells Salter's story and describes the innovative thinking he brought to his clients and students (including his designation of seven jacket types that are still valid today). It includes more than two hundred reproductions of his finest works as well as a complete catalog of his jackets, designs, and lettering jobs for the book trade."--BOOK JACKET.

Classics Illustrated
Classics Illustrated

Author: William Bryan Jones, Jr.

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2024-04-17

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1476651019

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In its expanded third edition, this definitive work on Classics Illustrated explores the enduring series of comic-book adaptations of literary masterpieces in even greater depth, with twice the number of color plates as in the second edition. Drawing on interviews, correspondence, fanzines, and archival research, the book covers in full detail the work of the artists, editors, scriptwriters, and publishers who contributed to the success of the "World's Finest Juvenile Publication." Many previously unpublished reproductions of original art are included, along with new chapters covering editor Meyer Kaplan, art director L.B. Cole, and artist John Parker; additional information on contributions from Black artists and scriptwriters such as Matt Baker, Ezra Jackson, George D. Lipscomb, and Lorenz Graham; and a complete issue-by-issue listing of significant international series.