Human figures depicted in art

From head to toe, the human form, in all its complexities, is visually simplified to such a degree in this remarkable workbook that even complete beginners will soon be able to draw accurate, well-proportioned faces and figures every time they try.

Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture.

A cultural history of the face in Western art, ranging from portraiture in painting and photography to film, theater, and mass mediaThis fascinating book presents the first cultural history and anthropology of the face across centuries, continents, and media.

A richly illustrated celebration of the paintings of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time.

A thorough acquaintance with human anatomy is a valuable asset for artists wishing to master figure drawing.

Drawing the human form requires a complete vocabulary of skills and techniques.

Concise and uniquely organized, this outstanding guide teaches the essentials of anatomical rendering.

Any artist wishing to practice figure drawing or to understand the body's movement will do well to study the interaction of muscles with bone structure.

One of the few available guidebooks of its kind, this manual approaches figure drawing from the draftsman's point of view.

Artist, illustrator, and teacher Hugh Laidman shows how simple and rewarding it can be to draw two of the most challenging of artistic subjects the male and female figures.

To draw or paint human figures truly, an artist must have as much understanding of bones and muscles as of form.

Written by a noted author and instructor, this guide for intermediate to advanced students presents the fundamentals of figure drawing in a lucid, practical manner.

In this invaluable guide, the human head is carefully studied in every conceivable pose and illumination, from bright light to gentle shade.

Tabak ist mehr als eine Pflanze – er ist eine Kultur, die Jahrhunderte überdauert hat.

The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it.

The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it.

In this Volume, published in1998, Fifteen scholars reveal the ways of preserving, conceiving and creating beauty were as diverse as the cultural influenced at work at the time, deriving from antique, medieval and more recent literature and philosophy, and from contemporary notions of morality and courtly behaviour.

In this Volume, published in1998, Fifteen scholars reveal the ways of preserving, conceiving and creating beauty were as diverse as the cultural influenced at work at the time, deriving from antique, medieval and more recent literature and philosophy, and from contemporary notions of morality and courtly behaviour.

First published in 1997, and written by leading scholars of the day , these fifteen essays examine aspects of the reception and collecting of Pre-Raphaelite Art, the social and cultural context in which the work was favoured and acquired.

First published in 1997, and written by leading scholars of the day , these fifteen essays examine aspects of the reception and collecting of Pre-Raphaelite Art, the social and cultural context in which the work was favoured and acquired.

In Art and the Committed Eye Richard Leppert examines Western European and American art from the fifteenth to the twentieth century.

In Art and the Committed Eye Richard Leppert examines Western European and American art from the fifteenth to the twentieth century.

Portraits are everywhere.

Portraits are everywhere.

This volume develops the central (though neglected) Agambenian concept of nudity along with its crucial political implications.

This volume develops the central (though neglected) Agambenian concept of nudity along with its crucial political implications.

This book analyzes the philosophical origins of dualism in portraiture in Western culture during the Classical period, through to contemporary modes of portraiture.

This book analyzes the philosophical origins of dualism in portraiture in Western culture during the Classical period, through to contemporary modes of portraiture.

Drawing the Head for Artists is the definitive modern guide to drawing the human head and portrait, featuring the classic mediums and methods of the Old Masters.

In Drawing and PaintingExpressive Little Faces, artist and popular Skillshare instructor Amarilys Henderson shares her practical and creative techniques for drawing and painting faces with style and personality.

On the heels of his bestselling and award-winning book Out/Lines: Underground Gay Graphics From Before Stonewall, Thomas Waugh offers more historic and erotically charged drawings, depicting aspects of gay male sexuality that were once hidden from public view.

Latin Blackness in Parisian Visual Culture, 1852-1932 examines an understudied visual language used to portray Latin Americans in mid-19th to early 20th-century Parisian popular visual media.

Latin Blackness in Parisian Visual Culture, 1852-1932 examines an understudied visual language used to portray Latin Americans in mid-19th to early 20th-century Parisian popular visual media.

Consuming the Body examines contemporary consumerism and the commodified construction of ideal gendered bodies, paying particular attention to the new forms of interaction produced by social networking sites.

Consuming the Body examines contemporary consumerism and the commodified construction of ideal gendered bodies, paying particular attention to the new forms of interaction produced by social networking sites.

Following the success of A Dog a Day, Sally Muir returns with a collection of new, but crucially old, faces.

All boobs are created equal and are all honoured in this charming gift book.

Stanley Spencer (1891 - 1959) has recently been recognised by a wide general public, as well as by art historians, as probably the greatest English painter of the twentieth century.

Learn to Paint People is a new ebook title in HarperCollins' successful Learn to Paint series.

The man behind the paintings: the extraordinary life of J.

Simon Schama brings Britain to life through its portraits, as seen in the five-part BBC series The Face of Britain and the major National Portrait Gallery exhibitionChurchill and his painter locked in a struggle of stares and glares; Gainsborough watching his daughters run after a butterfly; a black Othello in the nineteenth century, the poet-artist Rossetti trying to capture on canvas what he couldn't possess in life, a surgeon-artist making studies of wounded faces brought in from the Battle of the Somme; a naked John Lennon five hours before his death.

'The Painter with Women - the evolution of a Project' is the first publication about the artist Robert Lenkiewicz (1941-2002) which draws upon his private journals and notebooks to give an insight into the painter's motivations and working practices in what is probably the artist's most misunderstood investigation of human relationships.

It's your duty to be beautiful.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSarah K has a secret.

Introducing Human Design, the revolutionary system that reveals the personality 'blueprint' of who you were born to be.

'My Secret Life' is a dark work of Victorian erotica, and an explicit memoir of unspoken desires in the English class system - encapsulating the joy of hidden sins in an age of moral fervour.

'The Autobiography of a Flea' was initally published in 1887, and inspired a film directed by one of the first female pornographic directors from the 1970s.

'Fanny Hill' scandalised thousands of Victorians with its vivid descriptions of sexual pleasure, and landed its author in court a year after publication on charges of 'corrupting the King's subjects'.

Focusing on the art of self-portraiture, this effortlessly engaging exploration of the lives of artists sheds fascinating light on some of the most extraordinary portraits in art history.