Paintings and painting

Die Kunst und Kultur Deutschlands, einem Land, das sich erstmals 1871 zu einer Nation vereinte,bauen auf uralten und facettenreichen Traditionen auf.

Fashion reveals not only who we are, but whom we aspire to be.

La pintura realista actual es una forma de manifestación artística que propugna la exposición de la realidad objetiva a partir de la representación de personajes, escenas y paisajes del entorno cotidiano y contemporáneo.

La pintura rápida es una modalidad que enfrenta al artista con el modelo exterior, al aire libre, ante un paisaje natural, rural o incluso urbano.

Flowers are a perennial favourite of artists; and what better medium than luminous, delicate watercolour?

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 book traces the origins and development of the use of votive panel paintings in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

A must for flower and art lovers, Born in the Spring is a unique collection of line drawings and magnificent watercolors of spring wildflowers with over 90 illustrations, 46 in full color.

This inspiring book has been reimagined as part of the accessible Anyone Can Paint series.

Ten graded lessons to tackle beautiful colour in stunning botanical compositions.

Cet essai propose une étude des grandes peintures de nus réalisées par le peintre depuis les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907) jusqu'aux derniers nus de 1972.

Unlock your inner artist with this ultimate watercolor guide the perfect bedside companion for all creative people!

»Freiheit, denkt sie, ist nicht umsonst zu haben.

This study demonstrates the significance of using contemporary art in scholarly debates about cultural aspects of skin, in particular "e;whiteness"e; as a phenomenon that is both overly visible and invisible.

Mega Square Herbarium is based on the work of Basilius Besler, the famous plant expert who, for the first time in history, described, painted and engraved over a thousand species of plants.

Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in Limoges on 25 February 1841.

* Innovative techniques to inspire and invigorate watercolour artists Packed with excellent tuition and inspiring paintings 7 varied step-by-step projects

1000 Chefs-d’oeuvre de la peinture réunit les oeuvres incontournables de l’art occidental à voir au moins une fois dans sa vie.

Die englische Schule wurde erst am Anfang des 18.

A través de 31 lecciones prácticas y sencillas, la acuarelista y profesora estadounidense Jeanne Dobie nos abre las puertas a una nueva manera de pensar el color que nos permitirá desbloquear nuestra creatividad y encontrar el modo de expresarnos a través del arte.

The aim of this book is to expose readers to architecture's pretexts that include literary narratives, film, theatre, painting, music, and ritual, as a bridge between diverse intellectual territories and architecture.

The Solitary Warrior (1929) contains a large number of letters by Ruskin, none of which has been previously published.

This title was originally published in 1981.

This title was originally published in 1962.

Portraits are everywhere.

Marc Chagall was born into a strict Jewish family for whom the ban on representations of the human figure had the weight of dogma.

This well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic dimensions of painted maps as products of ambitious early modern European courts.

The late 1870s and early 1880s were watershed years in the history of French painting.

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.

Egon Schiele's work is so distinctive that it resists categorisation.

For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the pioneers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of a new world in the form of oil paintings, watercolors and drawings--a sensational view of a part of the world few would ever see.

Der Herrscherbesuch war ein ehrenvolles Ereignis, das als Anlass und Thema schon in den frühesten profanen Wandmalereien des Mittelalters fassbar ist.

From the author of the critically acclaimed The Phantom Atlas andThe Madman's Library(Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year) comes a magnificent new illustrated work.

Caspar David Friedrich's works and Romantic paintingIn this highly recommended book, art historian and author Barbara Hess provides new perspectives on one of the most influential artists of German Romanticism - Caspar David Friedrich.

Este libro se dirige a los artistas aficionados o con conocimientos previos de pintura que tienen inquietud por descubrir las posibilidades creativas de las diferentes técnicas pictóricas.

Laura Malosetti Costa se ocupa aquí del retrato como soporte de la memoria afectiva y la idealización o deformación caricaturesca de ciertos personajes públicos a lo largo del tiempo, en su doble dimensión de arte y documento.

This text offers a comprehensive and tightly focused account of the emergence and flourishing of British modern-life paintings at midcentury.

Painter, designer, creator of bizarre objects, author and film maker, Dali became the most famous of the Surrealists.

A richly rewarding narrative about a young painter's love affair with the Greek island of SifnosWhen Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work.

John Bramblitt makes his living as a visualartist.

Arnold Lowrey is a popular and experienced author and artist, well-known on both sides of the Atlantic.

Der Einfluss der Werke französischer Maler zieht sich durch alle Stilrichtungen und viele von ihnen sind zu Klassikern von Weltruhm geworden.