A beautiful survey of the work of the members of the internationally respected Royal Watercolour Society, representing the finest contemporary watercolour painting in Britain today.
Die Ausmalung der Martialkapelle im Papstpalast von Avignon war ein voller Erfolg, der dem Maler Matteo Giovannetti die bedeutendsten Aufträge am päpstlichen Hof des 14.
Elizabeth Gwillim (1763-1807) and her sister Mary Symonds (1772-1854) produced over two hundred watercolours depicting birds, fish, flowers, people, and landscapes around Madras (now Chennai).
This visually stunning and technically detailed book is an in-depth analysis of the materials and techniques used on thirty eight of the V&A's Renaissance frames.
Expressive Sketchbooks shares a host of creative ideas and prompts, tools and techniques, methods for working around obstacles and barriers, and tons of visual inspiration to help you grow in your sketchbooking practice.
This book examines the terms upon which painting in the United States sought to negotiate with the legacy of American formalist aesthetics and by extension, the understanding of modernist painting it had become most readily associated with.
In this new and extended edition of her best-selling book in the 'How to Paint' series: 'Colour and Light in Watercolour' (first published 2010), Jean Haines has produced a book even more inspirational than the first.
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.
Skies are an important part of landscape paintings, setting the tone of the scene as a whole and often representing the dominant feature of the composition.
Diagnosed with schizophrenia in the 1950s, German writer and artist Unica Z rn produced a wealth of remarkable textual and visual material within psychiatric institutions across Germany and France.
Drawing and Painting Expressive Little Animals presents practical and creative techniques for drawing and painting animals in a variety of mediums and styles, from realistic to cartoon.
Billy Showell is a well-respected botanical watercolour artist, and her exceptional eye for detail and ability to re-create the form, texture, colour and patterning of a wide range of plants have earned her a formidable reputation worldwide.
Capture the Beauty of the Cosmos with Stunning Watercolor MasterpiecesFrom sparkling galaxies and starry night skies to surreal clouds and striking planets, the captivating watercolor paintings in Galaxy Watercolor can help you capture the majesty of celestial bodies and splendor of outer space.
This fascinating exploration of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work identifies what it was that made him so unique, and explains the phenomenon of the world's most celebrated artistic genius who, 500 years on, still grips and inspires us.
First published in 1917, On Collecting Japanese-Prints is meant to assist the amateur who has started a collection for the first time, or the person who, while not actually a collector, is sufficiently interested to read about the subject, yet finds the more exhaustive and advanced works thereon somewhat beyond them.
This monograph explores the social constructs surrounding artistic production in early modern Iberia through the lenses of gender and class by examining the rarely considered contribution of creative women in Spain and Portugal between 1550 and 1700.
Kasimir Malevich (1878-1935) was a painter and a great art theorist, but first and foremost he was the founder of Suprematism, a style seeking pure abstraction based on geometrical forms.
Pionnier au Portugal, son pays d’origine, Amadeo de Souza-Cardoso (1887-1918), fut aussi bien in fluencé par l’impressionnisme que par le fauvisme, l’expressionnisme et le futurisme.
