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