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Watercolor and Acrylic Painting Materials
by William F. PowellProvides tips and techniques on how to paint with watercolor acrylics and how to use painting materials.
The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry
by Walter Horatio PaterA discussion of Renaissance art and poetry from a 19th-century author with scholarly annotations.
Behind The Screen: How Gays and Lesbians Shaped Hollywood 1910-1969
by William J. MannWhether in or out of the closet, gays and lesbians played an essential role in shaping studio-era Hollywood. Gay actors (J. Warren Kerrigan, Marlene Dietrich, Rock Hudson), gay directors (George Cukor, James Whale, Dorothy Arzner), and gay set and costume designers (Adrian, Travis Banton, George James Hopkins) have been among the most influential individuals in Hollywood history and literally created the Hollywood mystique. This landmark study-based on seven years of exacting research and including unpublished memoirs, personal correspondence, oral histories, and scrapbooks-explores the experience of Hollywood's gays in the context of their times. Ranging from Hollywood's working conditions to the rowdy character of Los Angeles's gay underground, William J. Mann brings long overdue attention to every aspect of this powerful creative force.
Ceramic Painting
by Diana FisherCeramic painting is an ancient art form that derived from the desire to beautify the simple tools of hearth and home. It has now reached a state of expression that ranges from museum art to interior design. In this book, the author shows you how to create your own beautiful and lasting designs with easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions. Through simple and more involved techniques, you will be able to explore the many facets of ceramic painting with confidence, even if you have no artistic training.
Glass Painting
by Diana FisherThe beauty of stained glass has been capturing imaginations since the first medieval artists created cathedral windows. Until recently, colored glass creations involved specialized training and equipment. Now there is a new generation of easy-to-use glass paints available that produce lasting works of art with the same vivid, lustrous colors you find in stained glass. In this book, the author shows you in detail how to create your own stunning pieces in a variety of styles and techniques.
Drawing with Colored Pencils
by Walter Foster PublishingProvide tips and techniques of how to draw by using colored pencils.
Watercolor Pencil, Step By Step
by Pat Averill Barbara Benedetti Newton Debra K. YaunProvides tips and techniques of how to draw by using watercolor pencils, in a step-by-step guide.
Ex Voto
by Samuel ButlerSamuel Butler's Ex Voto (1888) is an account of the author's visit of Sacro Monte at Varallo-Sesia. He describes the Italian landscape as well as the art, history and architecture of the places he visits. Butler compares these sacred places to Jerusalem and also provides details of Tabachetti's remaining work at the Sanctuary of Crea.
Ancient Greece
by Robert PayneA history of Greece from its founding to the advent of Philip of Macedon. Covers all aspects of Greek life, philosophy and literature.
Button It Up: 80 Amazing Vintage Button Projects for Necklaces, Bracelets, Embellishments, Housewares and More
by Susan BealBrilliant ideas of making jewelry out of buttons. Provides techniques of how to do it by yourself.
Pastel Step By Step
by Marla BaggettaIf you like working with color, then you'll love pastels! Pastel has recently experienced a renewed popularity as a serious painting medium, and several manufacturers now make high-quality materials readily available to artists. Pastels are easy to use, and you don't have to worry about drying times, toxicity, or odors--as you might if you were working with paint. And pastel is also attractive to many artists because of its versatility--it is both a painting and a drawing medium. Moreover, you can create a seemingly endless variety of textures and effects with the vast number of hues that are available. And pastel is an extremely fluid and forgiving medium, which makes it great for beginners. In this book, the author demonstrates a variety of techniques and show you how to render an array of subject matter. As you learn more about the vibrant and fascinating world of pastel, you'll begin to recognize the endless possibilities that this medium has to offer!
Teach Yourself Digital Home Movie Making
by Peter Cope'Digital' is a term that is bandied around often by marketeers who see it as a synonym for 'cutting edge' and it now appears in almost every walk of life: digital radio, digital phones, digital cameras. Digital, in its most common, if clinical, meaning describes the way in which real world information -- such as sound, colour and light -- are converted into numeric form. When we talk about digital video the key distinguishing feature is its quality. A digital video signal -- such as that produced by a sensor in a digital camera -- doesn't suffer degradation in the same way as an analogue signal. A single frame of video will be more sharply defined than that from an equivalent analogue camera. Digital video really comes into its own when we start thinking about editing. The book teaches you everything related to Digital Home Movie Making.
Living-Room War
by Michael J. ArlenThis book attempts to figure out exactly what television does to us. This collection of essays provides a poetic look at 1960s television culture, ranging from Vietnam War to Captain Kangaroo, from 1968 Democratic convention to televised sports.
Men, Women & Pianos
by Arthur LoesserSome of the greatest composers of history have confined some of their most precious thoughts to the piano. For a century and a half, series of pianists of outstanding nimbleness and expressive power have attracted millions of admirers to their performances. Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin, Liszt, Rubinstein and Rachmaninov, to achieve the fulfillment of their art, needed to have pianos. From where did they get them? From factories, of course. But piano factories cannot stay in business simply by making a few instruments for a few great musicians. They must sell their products annually by the hundreds, by the thousands, to all manner of persons: doctors, lawyers, merchants, government officials. What did those persons want with pianos? This book may supply some answers to this question." That is the modest raison d'être for his book given by the author in a letter to the publisher. But any reader will see at once that the proliferations in the answer to his question result in something much more important and delightful. What Mr. Loesser has written is really a piano's-eye view of the social--and sometimes the philosophical--history of Western Europe and the United States from the seventeenth century to the present, with glances both forward and back. With a keen eye for both the ridiculous and the significant detail (which turn out often to be the same thing), he traces the history of the design and manufacture of the piano, and the music written for it, from its predecessors, the clavichord and the virginal, to the latest concert grand and the modern "spinet." Long established as an internationally known concert pianist, Mr. Loesser here shows himself to be an elegant stylist and an impressively learned scholar, who has the wit to see that in a social history the role of the interior decorator may be quite as important as that of the virtuoso--and that of the ambitious parent, more important than either.
Teach Yourself Film Studies
by Warren BucklandTo study film should not be thought of as an activity inferior to studying other arts, such as theatre, painting or opera, for two reasons. Firstly, film occupies a dominant place in society and because film is a popular medium, it should be studied seriously. Secondly, if the film student adopts a serious, responsible and critical approach to film, then film studies becomes as important as any other type of study. Ultimately, it is the student's attitude that justifies the study of film, not the nature or popularity of film. If the student takes his or her task seriously, then studying Steven Spielberg's film The Lost World: Jurassic Park becomes as important and legitimate as studying Shakespeare's play Hamlet, Hans Holbein's painting The Ambassadors or Mozart's opera The Magic Flute. the cinema is not so difficult to explain once you become familiar with the main critical tools film scholars use to analyse films. As a secondary aim, we shall look at films that are not easy to understand and we shall see what makes them difficult. By analysing the complex nature of difficult films we should be able to appreciate them more.
The City of Domes
by John D. BarryA walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama Pacific International Exposition
Watercolor Painting Step by Step
by Barbara Fudurich Marilyn Grame Geri Medway Lori SimonsTools, materials, tips and techniques of watercolor painting.
Intermediate Art American B Student Pages ,Semesters 1 and 2
by The Editors at the K12Intermediate Art: American B introduces students to the artists, cultures, and great works of art and architecture of North America, from the end of the Civil War through modern times. Students will:<P> * Study and create various works, from realistic to abstract to nonrepresentational, including prints, clay sculptures, architectural models, and paintings<P> * Investigate paintings in various styles, from Impressionistic to Pop. They learn about modern sculpture and folk art, and how photographers and painters have inspired one another. They examine examples of modern architecture, from skyscrapers to art museums<P> * Create artworks inspired by works they learn about, using many materials and techniques—after studying cityscapes by Edward Hopper and Stuart Davis, students make cityscapes with bold colors and shapes; and they make models of monumental sculpture inspired by Alexander Calder's sculpture