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Animal Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form
ISBN: 9780195142143 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the author of the classic Human Anatomy for Artists comes this user-friendly reference guide featuring over five hundred original drawings and over seventy photographs.
Designed for painters, sculptors, and illustrators who use animal imagery in their work, Animal Anatomy for Artists offers thorough, in-depth information about the most commonly depicted animals, presented in a logical and easily understood format for artists--whether beginner or accomplished professional. The book focuses on the forms created by muscles and bones, giving artists a crucial... From the author of the classic Human Anatomy for Artists comes this user-friendly reference guide featuring over five hundred original drawin...
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Rethinking Art History: Meditations on a Coy Science
ISBN: 9780300049831 / Angielski / Miękka / 285 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A general overview of the theoretical and institutional history of the discipline of art history. Refuting the image of art history as a discipline in crisis, Preziosi asserts that many of the dilemmas and contradictions of art history today are not new but can be traced back to problems surrounding the founding of the discipline, its institutionalization, and its academic expansion since the 1870s.
"Donald Preziosi has written a timely and incisive study of the methods and assumptions of art history in the modern period. As the book unfolds, one realizes that art history was never as... A general overview of the theoretical and institutional history of the discipline of art history. Refuting the image of art history as a discipline in...
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192,55 |
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The Arts and the Creation of Mind
ISBN: 9780300105117 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are, surprisingly, critically important means for developing complex and subtle aspects of the mind, argues Elliot Eisner in this engrossing book. In it he describes how various forms of thinking are evoked, developed, and refined through the arts. These forms of thinking, Eisner argues, are more helpful in dealing with the ambiguities and uncertainties of daily life than are the formally structured curricula that are employed today in schools. Offering a rich array of examples, Eisner...
Although the arts are often thought to be closer to the rim of education than to its core, they are, surprisingly, critically important means for deve...
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Calligraphy Alphabets Made Easy
ISBN: 9780399512575 / Angielski / Miękka / 111 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is a totally new concept in learning and improving calligraphy skills. It presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year; 365 in all (plus a bonus for Leap Day), ranging from 'angular Italic' to 'turned Celtic.' These alphabets are the perfect program for beginners learning the art of beautiful writing. They also offer the best form of practice and improvement for experienced calligraphers.
In addition to daily practice, a practical lettering project is presented for each week. There are 52 in all, ranging from wholly creative projects such as designing an award for a... This book is a totally new concept in learning and improving calligraphy skills. It presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year; 365 i...
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91,22 |
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In the Aftermath of Art: Ethics, Aesthetics, Politics
ISBN: 9780415362306 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By juxtaposing issues and problems, Donald Preziosi's latest collection of essays, In the Aftermath of Art, opens up multiple interpretive possibilities by bringing to the surface hidden resonances in the implications of each text.
In re-reading his own writings, Preziosi opens up alternatives to contemporary discourses on art history and visual culture. A critical commentary by critic, historian, and theorist Johanne Lamoureux complements the author's own introduction, mirroring the multiple interpretations within the essays themselves. By juxtaposing issues and problems, Donald Preziosi's latest collection of essays, In the Aftermath of Art, opens up multiple interpretive p...
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704,38 |
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The Sense of Art: A Study in Aesthetic Education
ISBN: 9780415900898 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Provides a theory of aesthetic education that addresses the need to revitalise the capacity for genuine judgement in society, to reaffirm the ideal of excellence in culture, and to reorder our thoughts about the teaching of arts in schools.
Provides a theory of aesthetic education that addresses the need to revitalise the capacity for genuine judgement in society, to reaffirm the ideal of...
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The Art Spirit
ISBN: 9780465002634 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Embodying the entire system of Robert Henri's teaching, The Art Spirit contains much valuable advice, critical comment, and inspiration to every student of the arts.
Embodying the entire system of Robert Henri's teaching, The Art Spirit contains much valuable advice, critical comment, and inspiration to every stude...
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75,98 |
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An Atlas of Animal Anatomy for Artists
ISBN: 9780486200828 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Highly recommended as one of the very few books on the subject worthy of being used an an authoritative guide." Design
"Illustrators, sculptors, and taxidermists who draw or model animals will welcome this new revised edition." Natural History Here are 288 remarkably lifelike drawings of animals, furnishing artists and students with an easy-to-follow method of instruction in the drawing of horses, dogs, lions, cows and bulls, stags, and goats. So detailed and so accurate are these drawings that this book has long been a classic work of its kind. The animals are shown... "Highly recommended as one of the very few books on the subject worthy of being used an an authoritative guide." Design
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Heads, Features and Faces
ISBN: 9780486227085 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Certainly one of the most difficult, often neglected areas of art study is the correct rendering of heads, features, and faces. This volume, prepared by an expert in the field, is devoted exclusively to just that. With its clear, concise text, its almost 200 excellent illustrations, and its overall life-drawing approach, the book provides valuable guidelines on how best to portray faces, features, and heads.
There is probably no better instructor to turn to than George B. Bridgman. He brings to the subject both his expertise as an artist and his fifty years' experience as lecturer and... Certainly one of the most difficult, often neglected areas of art study is the correct rendering of heads, features, and faces. This volume, prepared ...
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26,42 |
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Creative Perspective for Artists and Illustrators
ISBN: 9780486273372 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Distinguished art educator and publisher shows importance of classic perspective rules - and when to violate them. Picture plane, foreshortening and convergence, other topics. Analysis of works by leading artists and illustrators. 349 illustrations.
Distinguished art educator and publisher shows importance of classic perspective rules - and when to violate them. Picture plane, foreshortening and c...
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Perspective Made Easy
ISBN: 9780486404738 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Perspective, the author tells us, is easy; yet surprisingly few artists are aware of the simple rules that make it so. This easy-to-follow book -- the first devoted entirely to clarifying the laws of perspective -- remedies the situation. In it, the author uses over 250 simple line drawings to illustrate the concepts involved. Perspective, the author tells us, is easy; yet surprisingly few artists are aware of the simple rules that make it so. This easy-to-follow book -- ... |
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Perspective Drawing Handbook
ISBN: 9780486432083 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This handy guide to perspective drawing provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, and other visual principles of perspective drawing. Accompanying a concise and thoughtfully written text are more than 150 simply drawn illustrations that depict a sense of space and depth, demonstrate vanishing points and eye level, and explain such concepts as appearance versus reality, perspective distortion, and determining heights and widths.
This handy guide to perspective drawing provides important information on such subjects as diminution, foreshortening, convergence, shade and shadow, ...
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Anatomical Diagrams for Art Students
ISBN: 9780486457758 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Any artist wishing to practice figure drawing or to understand the body's movement will do well to study the interaction of muscles with bone structure. This timeless introduction to human anatomy combines art and science, focusing on realistic depictions of the skeleton's impact on the external form and the attachments of the muscular system.
More than 70 black-and-white illustrations show the positions and names of muscles and bones. Clear and accurate, the diagrams cover everything from the bones and muscles in the neck, head, trunk, limbs, hand, and foot to details of the face. Artists... Any artist wishing to practice figure drawing or to understand the body's movement will do well to study the interaction of muscles with bone structur...
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Classic Anatomical Illustrations: Vesalius, Albinus, Leonardo and Others
ISBN: 9780486461625 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An awe-inspiring fusion of science and art, this magnificent single-volume reference features more than 130 ground-breaking anatomical illustrations by history's most brilliant artists. Dramatic and highly studied sketches dating back to the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries, these images by Leonardo da Vinci, Bartolommeo Eustachius, Andreas Vesalius, Bernard Albinus, and Pietro da Cortona have given our modern world an unsurpassed appreciation and understanding of the human body.
Meticulous portraits of our amazing flesh-and-blood machinery many accompanied by the artists' original,... An awe-inspiring fusion of science and art, this magnificent single-volume reference features more than 130 ground-breaking anatomical illustrations b...
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Art for the Fun of It: A Guide for Teaching Young Children
ISBN: 9780671761516 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Every child is born with the power to create, to be original, spontaneous, and innovative. Now, with this book, you can create the climate, provide the encouragement, and supply the material support needed for children to develop their innate creativity to the fullest.
Every child is born with the power to create, to be original, spontaneous, and innovative. Now, with this book, you can create the climate, provide th...
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Primary Arts Education: Contemporary Issues
ISBN: 9780750705950 / Angielski / Miękka / 178 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Primary arts - art, music, dance and drama - is gaining recognition as a subject, and support in the value it offers primary children. This text examines the problems and opportunities, faced by educators, resulting from recent educational reforms and the implementation of the National Curriculum.
Primary arts - art, music, dance and drama - is gaining recognition as a subject, and support in the value it offers primary children. This text exami...
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The State and the Politics of Culture: A Critical Analysis of the National Endowment for the Arts
ISBN: 9780761831808 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The State and the Politics of Culture presents a rare opportunity to view the arts in relationship to politics and government. The results of a research effort that was both descriptive and theoretical, the study offers findings from a critical examination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), including the NEA's evolution. Author Jerry Henderson collected and analyzed data on the framework for governmental involvement and sponsorship of the arts, including the NEA's stated objectives, values, programs, grant allocations, and staffing procedures. Henderson's research specifically...
The State and the Politics of Culture presents a rare opportunity to view the arts in relationship to politics and government. The results of a resear...
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170,03 |
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Understanding Art: A Guide for Teachers
ISBN: 9780761974772 / Angielski / Twarda / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The National Curriculum places strong emphasis on experimenting with and applying the visual elements. This book systematically explores the basic knowledge needed to do this effectively.
The National Curriculum places strong emphasis on experimenting with and applying the visual elements. This book systematically explores the basic kno...
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689,81 |
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The Calligrapher's Bible: 100 Complete Alphabets and How to Draw Them
ISBN: 9780764156151 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Both hobbyists and students of design will value this easy-to-use self-teaching book. Each of its 100 sections shows a complete A-to-Z calligraphy alphabet, with lessons on correct pen strokes and advice on avoiding errors. Beginners will find sound basic instruction, while experienced calligraphers can extend their repertoire with letter styles that range from classic Roman to clean and elegant contemporary styles. In addition to analysis of each alphabet's features, the book's detailed instruction provides information on-- Tools and materials * Layout basics * Numerals and punctuation *...
Both hobbyists and students of design will value this easy-to-use self-teaching book. Each of its 100 sections shows a complete A-to-Z calligraphy alp...
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110,19 |
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Young at Art: Teaching Toddlers Self-Expression, Problem-Solving Skills, and an Appreciation for Art
ISBN: 9780805066975 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the creator of the bestselling Anti-Coloring Book series with more than 600,000 copies sold, a new parenting guide to encouraging creativity in preschool-age children Young at Art is the first and only comprehensive book for the general audience about the nature, value and impact of art on very young children. Directed towards parents and educators of one to five year olds, Susan Striker explains why children's art is not a frill, but the very foundation upon which all later fundamental skills are built. She drives home the idea that encouraging children's artistic... From the creator of the bestselling Anti-Coloring Book series with more than 600,000 copies sold, a new parenting guide to encouraging creat... |
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