This book offers a systematic and comprehensive review of the fundamental literary aspects of biblical narrative, investigating the characteristics and points of view of the narrator, the shaping of characters, the structure of the plot, time and space, and finally the style.
Primate Societies is a synthesis of the most current information on primate socioecology and its theoretical and empirical significance, spanning the disciplines of behavioral biology, ecology, anthropology, and psychology.
A primatologist''s guide to using geographic information systems (GIS); from mapping and field accuracy, to tracking travel routes and the impact of logging.
Poet, draughtsman, engraver and painter, William Blake's work is made up of several elements - Gothic art, Germanic reverie, the Bible, Milton and Shakespeare - to which were added Dante and a certain taste for linear designs, resembling geometric diagrams, and relates him to the great classical movement inspired by Winckelmann and propagated by David.
When John Constable fell in love with Maria Bicknell, granddaughter of a Suffolk country neighbour, he little knew how long it would take to make her his wife.
Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of Mexico's greatest painters: her extraordinary personal style, her tragic story, her relationship with Diego Rivera (the more famous painter in their day) alongside her passionate paintings have made her a cult figure since she died over sixty years ago.
Georgia O’Keeffe (Sun Prarie, Wisconsin, 1887 – Santa Fe, 1986)En 1905, Georgia O’Keeffe suivit des cours à l’ Art Institute de Chicago et débuta sérieusement sa carrière artistique.
Selected and introduced by Juli Carson, this book presents a collection of essential essays, interviews, and never-before published archival materials that trace the development of the teaching of major artist and thinker Mary Kelly, from 1980-2017.
Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century.
This new edition, appearing more than thirty years after the first, contains additional drawings and prints by Pitseolak Ashoona and a new introduction by Eber that provides more information about the artist and the circumstances under which her groundbreaking oral biography came about.
A major reevaluation of Caravaggio from one of today's leading art historiansThis is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics of the past half-century.
A TOUCHING MEMOIR OF ART AND MARRIAGE IN BOSTON'S VIBRANT SOUTH END In Love Made Visible, Jean Gibran portrays her role as spouse of a gifted artist and their often stormy family life together in Boston's diverse South End.
Without a doubt, Katsushika Hokusai is the most famous Japanese artist since the middle of the nineteenth century whose art is known to the Western world.
Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) était un peintre classique français qui a choisi la clarté et la lumiere dans ses peintures, peignant souvent des scènes de la mythologie ou de la Bible.
Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi) (Florence, 1445 – 1510)Botticelli était le fils d'un citoyen jouissant d'une situation confortable, et avait été «instruit dans toutes les choses que les enfants doivent habituellement savoir avant de choisir une vocation ».
Leo Steinberg was one of the most original and daring art historians of the twentieth century, known for taking interpretative risks that challenged the profession by overturning reigning orthodoxies.
The new book from interior design powerhouse Abigail Ahern, Her Masterclass is based on the building blocks that will make your home look great: seating, lighting, walls, floors and accessories.
This reference organizes and describes the primary and secondary literature surrounding Mary Stevenson Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Eva Gonzales, and Marie Bracquemond, four major women Impressionist artists.
Pioneer of geometric abstract art and one of the most important members of the Russian Avant-garde, Malevitch experimented with various modernist styles.
Gustave Courbet(Ornans, 1819 – La Tour de Peilz, Suisse, 1877)Ornans, sa ville natale, se situe près la ravissante vallée du Doubs, et c'est là que jeune garçon, et plus tard en tant qu'homme, il acquit l'amour du paysage.
Kasimir Malevitch (Kiev, 1878 — Saint-Pétersbourg, 1935) était un peintre, un grand théoricien d’art, et surtout le père fondateur du suprématisme, style basé sur les formes géométriques et la recherche de l’abstraction pure.
The story of how a summer job spawned a long and rewarding career as an artistCoca-Cola is a true American original and one of the world's most recognized and popular American products.
