Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Chuck Close: Work



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Now available in a revised and expanded
edition, this book offers the first comprehensive
critical examination of one of America's most
celebrated living artists. Chuck Close reinvented portraiture almost four decades ago
with a series of nine-foot-tall, black-and-white likenesses of
himself and fellow artists, which astonished an art world
dominated by minimalism and conceptualism. Close has since
explored the possibilities implicit in his orig... More >>

Chuck Close: Work

Monday, May 28, 2007

Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation


  • ISBN13: 9780811847315
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Between the classic films of Walt Disney in the 1940s and the televised cartoon revolution of the 1960s was a critical period in the history of animation. Amid Amidi, of the influential Animation Blast magazine and CartoonBrew blog, charts the evolution of the modern style in animation, which largely discarded the "lifelike" aesthetic for a more graphic and often abstract approach. Abundantly found in commercials, industrial and educational films, fair and expo info... More >>

Cartoon Modern: Style and Design in 1950s Animation

Paul Cezanne, 1839-1906: Pioneer of Modernism


  • ISBN13: 9783822856420
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He was the founding father of modern art, the grand master who pointed painting forward on its way from Impressionism to the 20th century: Paul Cezanne (1839-1906). In Paris, but above all in Provence, he quested tirelessly for "a harmony parallel to nature" - discovering it in still lifes of apples, in bathers, or in the renowned landscapes of his beloved Montagne Sainte-Victoire. This book discusses this extraordinary artist's major works and his theories of paint... More >>

Paul Cezanne, 1839-1906: Pioneer of Modernism

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Pop Surrealism: The Rise Of Underground Art


  • ISBN13: 9780867196184
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First comprehensive survey of the Pop Surrealism/Lowbrow art movement. With its origins in 1960's hot rod culture and underground comics, Pop Surrealism has evolved into a vilified, vital, and exciting art movement. Includes: * informative essays by art luminaries Robert Williams, Carlo McCormick, and Larry Reid * a forward by Kirsten Anderson * images from twenty-three of the movment's top artists including: Anthony Ausgang, Glenn Barr, Tim Biskup, Kalynn Campbe... More >>

Pop Surrealism: The Rise Of Underground Art

Saturday, May 26, 2007

In Praise of Folly- Illustrated-



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From Wikipedia:
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (sometimes known as Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam) (October 27, 1466/1469, Rotterdam – July 12, 1536, Basel) was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and a Catholic theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium ("longing" or "desire"; the name being a genuine Late Latin name); the Greek adjective ἐράσμιος (erásmios) meaning "desi... More >>

In Praise of Folly- Illustrated-

Friday, May 25, 2007

Leonardo


  • ISBN13: 9783836513555
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One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous painting, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mechanic epitomized the great flowering of human consciousness that marks his era. And yet, so wide-ranging and prolific were his interests that he brought hardly any major undertaking to a final end.
Leonardo also advance... More >>

Leonardo

Tuesday, May 22, 2007

The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms



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The Art of Walt Disney is one of Abrams' enduring classics. Thirty years and well over half a million copies after its first publication in 1973, it is still considered the definitive study of The Walt Disney Company's vast artistic achievements through the decades. The book tells the remarkable story of Walt Disney and the company he built, from Mickey Mouse to animated feature films to theme parks. Based on hundreds of interviews with Disney staff members past and... More >>

The Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdoms