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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain more books like this

by Betty Edwards

A fully revised edition of the world's most widely used drawing instruction book. Whether you feel you have little talent and you doubt you could ever learn, or you enjoy drawing but have not been able to get much beyond a childlike level, this book will give you the skill you have always wanted. If you are already drawing as a professional ...

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Short Guide to Writing about Art

Short Guide to Writing about Art more books like this

by Sylvan Barnet

A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Seventh Edition, the best-selling text of its kind, equips students to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculpture, and architecture, and prepares them with the tools they need to present their ideas in effective writing. This concise yet thorough guide to "seeing and saying" addresses a ...

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Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques

Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models & Presentation Techniques more books like this

by Maureen Mitton

The new, updated edition of the successful book on interior design "Interior Design Visual Presentation, Second Edition" is fully revised to include the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior ...

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Reality Through the Arts

Reality Through the Arts more books like this

by Dennis J Sporre

For One-Semester Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses. Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, ...

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Writing about Art

Writing about Art more books like this

by Henry M Sayre

For one/two-semester courses in Art History Survey and Art Appreciation, as well as a supplement in Art Studio and Writing Across the Curriculum courses. This straightforward guide prepares students to describe, interpret, and write about works of art in meaningful and lasting terms. Designed as a supplement to Art History survey and period texts ...

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The Art Book

The Art Book more books like this

by Phaidon Press

An alphabetical reference to 500 painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times, with one color example of each artist's work. A glossary of art movements and technical terms concludes the volume.

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Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities

Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities more books like this

by Dennis J Sporre

Buildings, pictures, sculptures, music, drama, literature, dances, and landscapes confront us at every turn and give our lives richness and diversity. Enjoying and getting the most from relationships with works of art depend on knowing what to see and hear in them. The more we understand about cathedrals, paintings, poems, and plays, the more ...

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From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History

From Abacus to Zeus: A Handbook of Art History more books like this

by James Smith Pierce

For freshman and sophomore courses in Art History Survey (1 or 2 semesters) and Art Appreciation. Designed as a comprehensive supplement to Janson's History of Art, Sixth Edition, Hartt's Art, Fourth Edition, Gardner's Art Through the Ages, Eleventh Edition, and Stokstad's Art History, Second Edition -- but also appropriate as a stand-alone brief ...

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An illustrated encyclopaedia of traditional symbols

An illustrated encyclopaedia of traditional symbols more books like this

by J. C. Cooper

Explains the meanings associated with objects, plants, animals, myths, religious symbols, and images in art.

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Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception

Optical Illusions: The Science of Visual Perception more books like this

by Al Seckel

275 optical illusions are rendered in photography, artwork and computer imaging, and individually explained. The visual illusions illustrated are from both historic and modern sources and the book includes notes about the science of visual perception.

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Encyclopedia of Mosaic Techniques: A Step-By-Step Visual Directory, with an Inspirational Gallery of Finished Works more books like this

by Emma Biggs

"A new edition to our Encyclopedia of Art Techniques series, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MOSAIC TECHNIQUES shares the ancient methods for creating decorative artwork with mosaic tiles. This visual directory he"

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The Practical Handbook for the Emerging Artist more books like this

by Margaret R Lazzari

The multitude of contemporary professional issues facing today's artist are dealt with in a detailed, practical way in this handbook. Primarily designed to help visual art students make the transition from art school to their own art practice, this book is also an excellent resource for practicing artists. It is the first book to focus on all ...

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The art teacher's book of lists more books like this

by Helen D Hume

This remarkable resource offers over 270 illustrated lists to help you quickly find information about specific artists, art materials, art history, museums or disciplines. For easy use, the lists are organized into ten sections, given here with a sample from each: All About Art ("Elements of Art"); Art History ("Timelines of Art History"); For the ...

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Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art After 1980 more books like this

by Jean Robertson, Craig McDaniel

A compact and accessible introduction to recent contemporary art history, Themes of Contemporary Art: Visual Art after 1980, Second Edition, focuses on seven important themes that have recurred in art over the past few decades: identity, the body, time, place, language, science, and spirituality. The opening chapter provides a concise overview of ...

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Dance Me to the End of Love more books like this

by Leonard Cohen, Linda Sunshine (Editor), Henri Matisse (Photographer)

The perfect book for art lovers, song lovers, and other lovers as well, this evocative, lyrical tribute to love and its healing, restorative powers, is complemented by 21 diverse works by Henri Matisse, including oils, line drawings, paper cut-outs, book illustrations, and linocuts.

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Long May She Wave: A Graphic History of the American Flag more books like this

by Kit Hinrichs, Delphine Hirasuna, Terry Heffernan (Photographer)

The Revolutionary Congress resolved in 1777 that "the flag of the United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white, that the Union be the 13 white stars in a blue field, representing a new constellation". Since that time, the American flag has been raised high in wartime triumph and peacetime celebration; burned in fervent protest; sewn ...

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Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art more books like this

by James Hall

Now in a new, second edition, James Hall's classic text of subject and theme in Western art has become the definitive work by which others are compared.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. But what were once biblical or classical common-places are not so ...

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Design Essentials Index more books like this

by Jim Krause

This guide gives designer's a wealth of practical design at their fingertips with solutions for everything from design basics, to new systems for combining colours, to an in depth examination of creative and practical applications of type. It includes Jim Krause's best-selling guides: "Color Index 2" - It contains hundreds of new colour ...

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Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia more books like this

by Bruce Murphy (Editor)

This reference has been completely revised and updated to cover more work from Eastern, Middle Eastern, South American, African and Eastern European writers, as well as more entries on African American and women writers. As previously, this volume contains biographies of playwrights, poets, novelists, essayists and bellestrists from all over the ...

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Signs and Symbols in Christian Art: With Illustrations from Paintings from the Renaissance more books like this

by George Ferguson

Divided into 14 chapters, text and illustrations reveal the symbolism inherent in representations of religious personages, the Earth and Sky, animals, birds, insects, and flowers. George Ferguson also explores Old Testament characters and events and their symbolic representation in art. 350 illustrations.

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Artspeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords more books like this

by Robert Atkins, M.S

An essential reference to the ideas, movements, and themes associated with contemporary art in America and Europe since 1945. The book contains nearly 120 entries accompanied by illustrations, concise essays, and a historical timeline.

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Art and Visual Perception: A Psychology of the Creative Eye more books like this

by Rudolf Arnheim

Since its publication fifty years ago, this work has established itself as a classic. It casts the visual process in psychological terms and describes the creative way one's eye organizes visual material according to specific psychological premises. In 1974 this book was revised and expanded, and since then it has continued to burnish Rudolf ...

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The Vampire Encyclopedia more books like this

by Matthew Bunson

In approximately 2,000 entries, from Hades and Hamatomania to Lycanthropy andLugosi, this reference tells readers virtually everything they could possiblywant to know about vampires. Photographs.

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The New Creative Artist: A Guide to Developing Your Creative Spirit more books like this

by Nita Leland

This updated version of "The New Creative Artist" breathes life into a popular North Light Classic, helping artists reach greater levels of creativity, inspiration and artistic fulfillment. Perfect for fans of the original - and anyone who wants to be more creative - this book includes: a fresh, eye-catching design that showcases 50 percent new ...

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Living with Art more books like this

by Rita Gilbert

This art-appreciation text helps instructors launch their courses with a basic theoretical approach to understanding art, then move into the specific media (painting, sculpture, architecture). The text has a large representation of women artists, Asian and African and Native American artists, and artists from diverse racial and ethnic groups. The ...

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