Brief Review of the Origin and Progress of the Fine Arts
Author: James Jackson (Of Baltimore)
Publisher:
Published: 1839
Total Pages: 48
ISBN-13:
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Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana
Author: Michael Witwer
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 2018-10-23
Total Pages: 450
ISBN-13: 0399580948
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn illustrated guide to the history and evolution of the beloved role-playing game told through the paintings, sketches, illustrations, and visual ephemera behind its creation, growth, and continued popularity. FINALIST FOR THE HUGO AWARD • FINALIST FOR THE LOCUS AWARD • NOMINATED FOR THE DIANA JONES AWARD From one of the most iconic game brands in the world, this official DUNGEONS & DRAGONS illustrated history provides an unprecedented look at the visual evolution of the brand, showing its continued influence on the worlds of pop culture and fantasy. Inside the book, you’ll find more than seven hundred pieces of artwork—from each edition of the core role-playing books, supplements, and adventures; as well as Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance novels; decades of Dragon and Dungeon magazines; and classic advertisements and merchandise; plus never-before-seen sketches, large-format canvases, rare photographs, one-of-a-kind drafts, and more from the now-famous designers and artists associated with DUNGEONS & DRAGONS. The superstar author team gained unparalleled access to the archives of Wizards of the Coast and the personal collections of top collectors, as well as the designers and illustrators who created the distinctive characters, concepts, and visuals that have defined fantasy art and gameplay for generations. This is the most comprehensive collection of D&D imagery ever assembled, making this the ultimate collectible for the game's millions of fans around the world.
Magic: The Gathering: Legends
Author: Wizards of the Coast
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2020-10-27
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1683358627
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn official guide to the most iconic legends and legendary creatures from the world of Magic: The Gathering The world of Magic: The Gathering is home to many fantastical characters and creatures, but perhaps none so intriguing as its legends. Legendary dragons, demons, angels, goblins, vampires, merfolk, wizards, and more roam the multiverse. These characters harken back to Magic’s early history, having been introduced in one of the first Magic card sets (1994’s Legends); new legends continue to tell epic stories in lore and on the battlefield through the present day. Magic: The Gathering: Legends showcases high-quality reproductions of the legendary card art from across the game's history—in many instances for the first time outside of the card frame—along with accompanying histories written by Jay Annelli. This collection also offers exclusive insight into the art and mythology behind some of Magic: The Gathering’s most powerful, popular, and enduring legends, including Niv-Mizzet, Emmara Tandris, Marit Lage, Sisay, Atraxa, the Eldrazi titans, Edgar Markov, Queen Marchesa, Zurgo, Pia Nalaar, Zacama, King Algenus Kenrith, Snapdax, and many, many more.
Transformers: A Visual History
Author: Jim Sorenson
Publisher: VIZ Media LLC
Published: 2019-11-12
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781974710584
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCelebrating 35 years of rare and iconic TRANSFORMERS imagery, this deluxe art book will delight fans of all ages! One of the world’s most popular franchises, TRANSFORMERS has been delighting fans since 1984. Now, Hasbro reveals behind-the-scenes production sketches, beautifully polished final art, classic posters, and everything in-between. From the obscure to the iconic, Transformers: A Visual History features packaging artwork, animation models, video game designs, comic pages, and production artwork from all six Paramount live-action films! Curated by Transformers archivist Jim Sorenson, this is the most comprehensive collection of Transformers imagery ever assembled. © 2019 Hasbro. All Rights Reserved.
The Invention of Art
Author: Larry E. Shiner
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9780226753430
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks us to reconsider its history entirely, arguing that the category of ine art is a modern invention - and that the lines drawn between art and craft emerged only as the result of key European social transformations during the long eighteenth century"--Publisher's description.
Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts
Author: Alois Riegl
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2021-03-23
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1890951463
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA to is Riegl (1858-1905) was one of the greatest modern art historians. The most important member of the so-called "Vienna School," Riegl developed a highly refined technique of visual or formal analysis, as opposed to the iconological method with its emphasis on decoding motifs through recourse to texts. Riegl also pioneered understanding of the changing role of the viewer, the significance of non-high art objects or what would now be called visual or material culture, and theories of art and art history, including his much-debated neologism Kunstwollen (the will of art). At last, his Historical Grammar of the Visual Arts, which brings together the diverse threads of his thought, is available to an English-language audience, in a superlative translation by Jacqueline E. Jung. In one of the earliest and perhaps the most brilliant of all art historical "surveys," Riegl addresses the different visual arts within a sweeping conception of the history of culture. His account derives, from Hegelian models but decisively opens onto alternative pathways that continue to complicate attempts to reduce art merely to the artist's intentions or its social and historical functions. Book jacket.
Art Explained
Author: Robert Cumming
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2007-07-30
Total Pages: 108
ISBN-13: 0756643252
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaking an original photographic approach to look in detail at certain topics, these four fascinating books provide deeper understanding and richer enjoyment of the worlds of architecture, art, famous artists, and myths and legends. Features detailed annotation of 45 works from the world''s greatest artists Decode the mysterious symbolism of the world’s most familiar paintings Contains biographical notes on each artistRobert Cumming has been the chairman of Christie''s Education, London, studied art history at Cambridge University, and his books have won several internationalawards and include Just Look, Just Imagine, and Looking into Paintings.
Brief Review Of The Origin And Progress Of The Fine Arts
Author: James Jackson (of Baltimore )
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781022598355
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPublished in 1826, this book provides an overview of the history of painting, engraving, and sculpture, as well as an argument for the importance of the study of art. It also includes a prospectus for the founding of a new academy in Baltimore, which would focus on design and drawing. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Origin, Progress, and Present Condition of the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland
Author: William Benjamin Sarsfield Taylor
Publisher:
Published: 1841
Total Pages: 444
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Author: Kim Grant
Publisher: Penn State Press
Published: 2017-02-28
Total Pages: 295
ISBN-13: 0271079495
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn recent years, many prominent and successful artists have claimed that their primary concern is not the artwork they produce but the artistic process itself. In this volume, Kim Grant analyzes this idea and traces its historical roots, showing how changing concepts of artistic process have played a dominant role in the development of modern and contemporary art. This astute account of the ways in which process has been understood and addressed examines canonical artists such as Monet, Cézanne, Matisse, and De Kooning, as well as philosophers and art theorists such as Henri Focillon, R. G. Collingwood, and John Dewey. Placing “process art” within a larger historical context, Grant looks at the changing relations of the artist’s labor to traditional craftsmanship and industrial production, the status of art as a commodity, the increasing importance of the body and materiality in art making, and the nature and significance of the artist’s role in modern society. In doing so, she shows how process is an intrinsic part of aesthetic theory that connects to important contemporary debates about work, craft, and labor. Comprehensive and insightful, this synthetic study of process in modern and contemporary art reveals how artists’ explicit engagement with the concept fits into a broader narrative of the significance of art in the industrial and postindustrial world.
