Kategoria BISAC: Art >> Subjects & Themes - Human Figure

Seit Jahrtausenden werden bewegliche Menschenfiguren gefertigt. Die Varianten der Gattung Gliederpuppe" reichen von einfachen Statuetten uber standardisierte Modelle bis hin zu hochkomplexen Preziosen. Die Monographie leistet erstmals eine grundlegende Erforschung beweglicher Skulpturen in Menschengestalt. Sie beschreibt die kulturelle Verankerung der Gliederpuppe im christlichen und profanen Kult seit der Antike, aber auch innerhalb der modernen Kultur und Wissenschaft. Sie verfolgt ihren Einsatz als Modell und Inspirationsquelle in der Kunstlerwerkstatt der Neuzeit und analysiert ihren...

Bring your artwork to life with the power of the FORCE Watch, listen, and follow along as Mike Mattesi demonstrates the fundamental FORCE line and explains dynamic figure drawing techniques through 30 videos that are launched through the book's companion App. Packed with superb, powerfully drawn examples, the updated third edition of FORCE features an all-new section on the "FORCE blob," and dozens of fresh illustrations. Mike Mattesi's 10^th anniversary edition of FORCE will teach readers how to put thought and imagination to paper. Whether you are an illustrator,...

Bring your artwork to life with the power of the FORCE Watch, listen, and follow along as Mike Mattesi demonstrates the fundamental FORCE line and explains dynamic figure drawing techniques. Packed with superb, powerfully drawn examples, the updated third edition of FORCE features an all-new section on the "FORCE blob," and dozens of fresh illustrations. Mike Mattesi s 10^th anniversary edition of FORCE will teach readers how to put thought and imagination to paper. Whether you are an illustrator, animator, comic book artist, or student, you'll learn to use rhythm, shape,...

In this volume, Heather McPherson examines the connections among portraiture, theater, the visual arts, and fame to shed light on the emergence of modern celebrity culture in eighteenth-century England.

Popular actors in Georgian London, such as David Garrick, Sarah Siddons, and John Philip Kemble, gave larger-than-life performances at Drury Lane and Covent Garden; their offstage personalities garnered as much attention through portraits painted by leading artists, sensational stories in the press, and often-vicious caricatures. Likewise, artists such as Joshua Reynolds and Thomas...

Drawing the Human Head describes in detail of how emotions and feelings are reflected in people's faces and of how to depict them. It is a systematic structured textbook for learning the skills necessary to draw the human head, a useful manual for anyone who is eager to learn to draw or to gain further illustration skills. It was written for students attending art classes in schools, art academies and universities and its texts and images have been designed to be understood by both younger and older adults. The book can also be used as a self-study tool.