Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Techniques - Painting

"Yes, but is it art?" This lucid book by Julian Bell, himself a painter, confronts the uncertainty many people feel about art today and challenges generally accepted ideas.

Now in a completely revised second edition, What is Painting? is a fresh, focused look at painting. Bell addresses questions such as "does anything unite those objects we call paintings?" and "what factors have changed the nature of painting over the last two centuries?" by looking at historical evidence and reasoning from common experience. The current shape of painting pushes the book's arguments in new...

ManfreDu SCHU agiert jenseits aller traditionellen Genres. Seine stark performativ und philosophisch gepragte Kunst materialisiert sich als Musik, in Installationen, Performances und Malerei. Sie vereint die Biologie mit den Ritualen der Musik und mit Mode. In aussergewohnlich hochwertiger Ausstattung bietet diese erste Monografie einen umfassenden und konkurrenzlosen Uberblick uber das vielgestaltige kunstlerische Werk ManfreDu Schus.

Lynn Miller has worked as an artist, painting and drawing, for over fifty years. This book includes an extensive essay by him on his philosophy with and approach to the creative process and painting in particular. It also includes over 90 images of his artwork, most in color. Mr. Miller's art works are in private collections across the U.S, with a few in Europe and Asia. He graduated with a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1970 and an MFA from the University of Oregon in 1972.

Presented in My Journey through Ink and Paint is the mind of a pensive wanderer who journeys through a world of colors. This work depicts abstract art in a stylish evolution of colors through contrasting, blending, or complementing one color with another juxtaposed on it. The color movement is like a flow chart of events created by nature during a rainbow formed by the sun and raindrops. This technique can be seen in The Wilderness Mind, Eleganza, and others in the book. My Journey through Ink and Paint is a compilation of abstract art drawn over the years through enjoyable and sad...