Paintings and painting

Paint the classic subjects that inspired ancient Chinese masters.

A fresh perspective on a guide to art for children, exploring its import and meaning through artworks from around the world.

Antebellum American Pendant Paintings: New Ways of Looking marks the first sustained study of pendant paintings: discrete images designed as a pair.

The really easy way to learn how to paint flowers in watercolour!

How to Paint: Oils is a stunning new book that introduces the reader to the subject of oil painting.

The fifteenth-century Italian artist Piero della Francesca painted a familiar world.

"e;I am not interested in myself as a subject for painting, but in others, particularly women.

This book explores the cultural exchange between Italy and Spain in the seventeenth century, examining Spanish collectors' predilection for Italian painting and its influence on Spanish painters.

The incarnation of the myth of a cursed artist, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is a legend who became a reference for modern art.

Peter Paul Rubens and the Crisis of the Beati Moderni takes up the question of the issues involved in the formation of recent saints - or Beati moderni (modern Blesseds) as they were called - by the Jesuits and Oratorians in the new environment of increased strictures and censorship that developed after the Council of Trent with respect to legal canonization procedures and cultic devotion to the saints.

This beginner'Aos guide to painting the landscape in acrylics is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time.

Kaum eine Kinematographie weist eine solche Variation von Körperdarstellungen auf wie die japanische.

Die mannigfaltigen Kunstformen der Weimarer Republik sind gleichsam auch wertvolle Zeugnisse ihrer politischen wie gesellschaftlichen Zustände.

In this beautiful book, Naomi Okamoto passes on her experience and knowledge of Sumi-e - traditional Japanese ink painting that uses only ink, white space and simple brushstrokes to capture the essence of an object, person, animal or scene.

The strange saga of the famous kitsch artists, the Keanes, soon to be seen in the forthcoming movie Big Eyes.

Little is known of Memling's life.

First published in 1984.

An Officer of the Order of Canada, Chevalier of France's Order of Arts and Letters, and recipient of the Order of Ontario, painter, printmaker, sculptor, designer, and author, Charles Pachter is one of Canada's best-loved and most celebrated artists.

This beginner'Aos guide to painting the landscape in acrylics is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time.

This complete beginner Aos guide to painting trees and woodlands is ideal if you want to learn to paint but are short on time.

Zwischen der Malerei der Frührenaissance und dem Film der 1920er bis 1940er Jahre gibt es deutliche Unterschiede, aber auch Gemeinsamkeiten.

Not only does Sir Claude Phillips offer the reader a studied and insightful loook into the work of one of the world's most cherished painters, but he also invites us to discover the bustling world on the Venetian art circle in which Titian lived and worked.

This revelatory study of Georges Seurat (1859–1891) explores the artist’s profound interest in theories of visual perception and analyzes how they influenced his celebrated seascape, urban, and suburban scenes.

Of the six Impressionist painters whose first exhibition scandalized and fascinated Paris in 1874, Berthe Morisot was the only woman.

The ability to capture a realistic likeness requires expert guidance!

Grab your practice book, paint brushes, and discover the beautiful art of watercolor - no experience required!

Die Handlungen dieses Buches, sind die Gefühle und Worte, meines pubertierenden Bewusstseins.

Vibrancy and impact are qualities that experienced watercolour artists aspire to, and this book provides a full course in how to push the boundaries of this popular medium.

Artist Mary Whyte's Down Bohicket Road includes two decades worth of watercolors-depicting a select group of Gullah women of Johns Island, South Carolina, and their stories.

- Dozens of popular flowers including roses, lilies, anemones, poppies, cherry blossom, delphiniums and fuchsias are featured- Fresh approaches to painting: loose impressionistic flowers, wildflower landscapes, garden arrangements and gorgeous close-ups- Fast, effective and approachable techniques

Ragamala sind Bilder, die klassische Musikstücke und Dichtung illustrieren.

According to the defined canons of art technique, a portrait should be, above all, a faithful representation of its model.

In 1887, during the Minneapolis State Fair, the renowned trompe l'oeil painting The Old Violin by William Michael Harnett was on display, captivating audiences with its lifelike depiction of a violin hanging on a pair of wooden shutters.

Farbrausch trifft Erzähllust – Rebekka Steigers Malerei entführt in geheimnisvolle BildweltenDie erste Monografie von Rebekka Steiger präsentiert eine bildgewaltige Reise durch farbintensive, träumerische Bildräume.

Kunstwerke haben immer wieder die Aufgabe übernommen, Ereignisse der Weltgeschichte bildnerisch zu reflektieren und ins Bewusstsein der Mit- und Nachwelt zu heben.

An der Wende zum 18.

The first full-length critical analysis of the paintings of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, this book focuses on Smith's role as a modernist in addition to her status as a wellknown Native American artist.

Von A wie Atelier bis Z wie Zeit: Caspar David Friedrichs Werke und die Malerei der RomantikDie Kunsthistorikerin und Autorin Barbara Hess vermittelt in diesem empfehlenswerten Buch neue Sichtweisen auf einen der prägendsten Künstler der deutschen Romantik – Caspar David Friedrich.

Help your artistic talent bloom by capturing the beauty of flowers with your brushstrokes from realistic close-ups to impressionistic landscapes.