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Imagining Childhood: Themes in the Imagery of Childhood
ISBN: 9780300101317 / Angielski / Twarda / 263 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The images of children that abound in Western art do not simply mirror reality; they are imaginative constructs, representing childhood as a special stage of human life, or emblematic of the human condition itself. In a compelling book ranging widely across time, national boundaries, and genres from ancient Egyptian amulets to Picasso's Guernica, Erika Langmuir demonstrates that no historic period has a monopoly on the 'discovery of childhood'. Famous pictures by great artists, as well as barely known anonymous artefacts, illustrate not only Western society's perennially ambivalent...
The images of children that abound in Western art do not simply mirror reality; they are imaginative constructs, representing childhood as a special s...
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220,91 zł |
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The Painted Face: Portraits of Women in France, 1814-1914
ISBN: 9780300111187 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The meaning of a painted portrait and even its subject may be far more complex than expected, Tamar Garb reveals in this book. She charts for the first time the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century, showing how these paintings illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century.
The author builds the discussion around six canonic works by Ingres, Manet, Cassatt, Cezanne, Picasso, and Matisse, beginning with Ingres's idealized portrait... The meaning of a painted portrait and even its subject may be far more complex than expected, Tamar Garb reveals in this book. She charts for the f... |
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269,77 zł |
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The Subject in Art : Portraiture and the Birth of the Modern
ISBN: 9780822336709 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Challenging prevailing theories regarding the birth of the subject, Catherine M. Soussloff argues that the modern subject did not emerge from psychoanalysis or existential philosophy but rather in the theory and practice of portraiture in early-twentieth-century Vienna. Soussloff traces the development in Vienna of an ethics of representation that emphasized subjects as socially and historically constructed selves who could only be understood--and understand themselves--in relation to others, including the portrait painters and the viewers. In this beautifully illustrated book, she...
Challenging prevailing theories regarding the birth of the subject, Catherine M. Soussloff argues that the modern subject did not emerge from psychoan...
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115,00 zł |
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Shakespeare's Face : Unraveling the Legend and History of Shakespeare's Mysterious Portrait
ISBN: 9781416567912 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. A fascinating literary detective story charting the surprising, true history of a recently discovered painting of Shakespeare held by the same family for 400 years -- adding new drama to the Bard's life.
When author Stephanie Nolen reported the discovery of the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted while he was alive, the announcement ignited furious controversy around the world. Now, in this provocative biography of the portrait, she tells the riveting story of how a rare image of the young Bard at thirty-nine came to reside in the suburban home of a retired engineer, whose... A fascinating literary detective story charting the surprising, true history of a recently discovered painting of Shakespeare held by the same family ...
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104,32 zł |
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Portrait of a Nation: Men and Women Who Have Shaped America
ISBN: 9781858943459 / Angielski / Twarda / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This compact and illuminating volume brings together the faces of Americans who have made a profound mark on the history of the United States, from the nation's earliest days to the present. Selected from America's national museum of portraiture and biography, these influential figures include men and women from all walks of life, from political leaders and reformers to artists, athletes and superstars. Engaging commentaries about each person describe his or her contribution to American life and culture. With subjects as diverse as Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), Benjamin Franklin, Martin Luther...
This compact and illuminating volume brings together the faces of Americans who have made a profound mark on the history of the United States, from th...
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92,38 zł |
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Ballyhoo! : Posters as Portraiture
ISBN: 9780295988627 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Awarded the Washington DC Book Publishers' design and effectiveness competition Honorable Mention in the category of Illustrated Text from a Small- to Medium-Size Nonprofit Publisher and Third Prize in the category of Illustrated Jacket or Cover from a Small- to Medium-Size Nonprofit Publisher Ballyhoo looks at the poster as a form of popular portraiture. These celebrity likenesses are dramatic--and often enormous--but in fact, what a poster communicates about an individual is usually secondary to its principal message: Barnum and Bailey announcing the arrival of their... Awarded the Washington DC Book Publishers' design and effectiveness competition Honorable Mention in the category of Illustrated Text from a Small-... |
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87,85 zł |
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Faces and Forms Across Time -- Paintings by Jindrich
ISBN: 9780987500342 / Angielski / Miękka / 164 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book of 112 pictures is a selection of drawings and paintings representing Jindrich's artistic endeavours over the last three decades. The collection contains real-life portraits as well as images and portraits based on the works of other artists. Some of the works in the book are the product of Jindrich's own imagination. In addition, there is a section containing icons and symbols and two sections picturing animals (domestic and wild). This book of 112 pictures is a selection of drawings and paintings representing Jindrich's artistic endeavours over the last three decades. The col... |
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80,64 zł |
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Portraits of Obama
ISBN: 9780982353301 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Barack Obama's rise to the presidency of the United States was an awesome journey. For two years I watched him soar to greatness and I was overwhelmed with an enormous sense of pride. I was particularly moved by the colossal amount of support he amassed around the world, capturing the heart and hope of people of all ethnic and racial backgrounds. In my personal view of the portraits, I captured humility, strength, and power which typifies Obama's rise to the presidency of the United States. Equally important to me was President Obama's intellect and infectious smile which captured my heart. I...
Barack Obama's rise to the presidency of the United States was an awesome journey. For two years I watched him soar to greatness and I was overwhelmed...
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45,62 zł |
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A Closer Look: Faces
ISBN: 9781857094640 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Faces are everywhere in the National Gallery's collection: in portraits and narrative scenes, in allegories and paintings of everyday life. It is often the faces shown that communicate most directly in a picture; their expressions may reveal the drama of a story, or the character of a sitter in a portrait. A Closer Look: Faces examines a wide array of fascinating faces found in paintings at the National Gallery. It explains why artists in the past created faces to look as they do, what painters through the ages have considered the "ideal" face, how faces are painted, and the...
Faces are everywhere in the National Gallery's collection: in portraits and narrative scenes, in allegories and paintings of everyday life. It is ofte...
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49,85 zł |
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Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England : My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered
ISBN: 9780754668794 / Angielski / Twarda / 274 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Exploring the concept of portrait as memoir, Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England: My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered examines the images and lives of four prominent Victorian women who steered their way through scandal to forge unique identities. The volume shows the effect of celebrity, and even notoriety, on the lives of Mary Elizabeth Braddon, Lady Dilke, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, and Sarah Grand. For these women, their portraits were more than speaking likenesses-whether painted or photographic, they became crucial tools the women used to negotiate their...
Exploring the concept of portrait as memoir, Women, Portraiture and the Crisis of Identity in Victorian England: My Lady Scandalous Reconsidered exami...
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645,69 zł |
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The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2009
ISBN: 9780295989716 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. Every day we are inundated with faces. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends--in the news, on social networking sites, on the street--are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. They capture the artist's carefully conceived approach to the subject, whether a friend, a loved one, or a self-portrait. For this book and exhibition, the second in an ongoing series, the National Portrait Gallery held an open competition, asking artists throughout the United States to submit likenesses of people close to them. From more than 3,300 entries from every state, a... Every day we are inundated with faces. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends--in the news, on social networking sites, on the street--a... |
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87,85 zł |
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Fictions of the Pose : Rembrandt Against the Italian Renaissance
ISBN: 9780804733236 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. The foundational question this book explores is: What happens when portraits are interpreted as imitations or likenesses not only of individuals but also of their acts of posing--when the observer's attention is redirected so that the primary object the portrait imitates becomes the likeness not of a person but of an act, the act of sitting for one's portrait? This shift of attention involves another: from the painter's to the sitter's part in the act of (self-)portrayal. At the ground level, Fictions of the Pose develops a hypothesis about the structure and meaning of portraiture....
The foundational question this book explores is: What happens when portraits are interpreted as imitations or likenesses not only of individuals but a...
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771,90 zł |
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Josiah Freeman,: Nantucket Photographer
ISBN: 9781456471958 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In the latter part of the 1800's, on the island of Nantucket, Josiah Freeman, best known for his stereopticon landscapes, also produced a magnificent body of studio portraits. His photographs are simultaneously serious and playful, and give us a portal through which we can appreciate the diversity of the community and its life through clothing, postures, and physiognomy. Seen all together, Freeman's work gives us a strong insight into the common life of the island during his era. This book was created by Walter and Marilyn Rabetz. Walter is a well known contemporary photographer who happened...
In the latter part of the 1800's, on the island of Nantucket, Josiah Freeman, best known for his stereopticon landscapes, also produced a magnificent ...
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92,98 zł |
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Portraits and Other Paintings
ISBN: 9781456430481 / Angielski / Miękka / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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84,58 zł |
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In Concert!: Musical Instruments in Art, 1860-1910
ISBN: 9780300230093 / Angielski / Twarda / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. The rise of democratic ideals and the burgeoning middle class of the late 19th and early 20th centuries precipitated an important surge in the prevalence of music in everyday life. Cafe concerts, dances, and operas all flourished in major cities across Europe as more people wanted access to performances and musical education. The approximately 150 artworks included in this handsomely illustrated volume, by major artists including Edouard Manet, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, James McNeill Whistler, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Pierre Bonnard, trace the growing presence of music in painting,...
The rise of democratic ideals and the burgeoning middle class of the late 19th and early 20th centuries precipitated an important surge in the prevale...
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123,20 zł |
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Expressive Portraits: Watercolor and Mixed Media Techniques
ISBN: 9781440330186 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Paint beautiful and expressive portraits by combining watercolor with other mediums What makes an eye-popping, eye-stopping portrait? It's all about contrast and the play of opposites, round shape against square, light against dark, transparent against opaque. Combining mediums allows you to push the inherent properties of each for a lively play of opposites. You'll be able to paint glorious lights, richer darks, intriguing texture and mysterious passages that create mood and a strong sense of place, space and character. Jean Pederson gives you all the advice and... Paint beautiful and expressive portraits by combining watercolor with other mediums What makes an eye-popping, eye-stopping portrait?... |
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120,39 zł |
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Louise Altson: A Gifted Artist Who Captured the Person, Not Just the Image
ISBN: 9780692651711 / Angielski / Twarda / 262 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Louise Altson (1910 - 2010) was a talented portrait painter who amassed an extraordinary collection of works. While no official count of her works has been established, a rough estimate could be a total of seven hundred portraits within a forty-year span. Thirty-three prominent families are covered as chapters, with each such chapter featuring photographs of the portraits, testimonials, and occasional anecdotal information about Louise Altson and the portrait painting process. Mrs. William Guggenheim, Louise Altson (1910 - 2010) was a talented portrait painter who amassed an extraordinary collection of works. While no official count of her works ... |
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133,32 zł |
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Classical Composers
ISBN: 9781466977860 / Angielski / Miękka / 124 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This selection of drawings of classical, romantic, and a few modern composers represents part of a larger collection of drawings made as cover illustrations for KMFA-FM, a listener-supported radio station in Austin, Texas.
This selection of drawings of classical, romantic, and a few modern composers represents part of a larger collection of drawings made as cover illustr...
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203,50 zł |
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The Family Series: Inspirational Art Collection of M. Zapp
ISBN: 9781484030202 / Angielski / Miękka / 90 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A mother... An artist... A publisher of human emotion... The art of M. Zapp (Marilyn Zapp) has been seen internationally acclaimed on prints and greeting cards. For the first time together, an autobiographical anthology of 40 FULL-COLOR art prints by "M. Zapp," expressing her love and experience as a mother. This current anthology collection of her art work is representative of the first project of this genre, which she completed as a mother, producing a series of over three dozen different original art prints, which sold out the first run of 1500 copies each in less than a year. This...
A mother... An artist... A publisher of human emotion... The art of M. Zapp (Marilyn Zapp) has been seen internationally acclaimed on prints and greet...
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105,51 zł |
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Red Social
ISBN: 9780983854456 / Angielski / Twarda / 76 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. About Red Social Red Social by Alejandro Garcia-Lemos and Cynthia Boiter is a visual and literary art book that evolved from a 2012 art exhibition of work by Garcia-Lemos at the Goodall Gallery at Columbia College in Columbia, SC. The title of the book and exhibition, Red Social, translates to Social Network in Garcia-Lemos's native Spanish. As he approached this body of work, which is made up of 24 unique portraits, Garcia-Lemos who is a native of Bogota, Colombia, focused on relationship-building and the community of fellow artists and arts lovers he had become enmeshed in in his new home...
About Red Social Red Social by Alejandro Garcia-Lemos and Cynthia Boiter is a visual and literary art book that evolved from a 2012 art exhibition of ...
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146,63 zł |