Author: Dover Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486488942 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 26
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Toulouse-Lautrec, Chéret, and Mucha are among the artists whose works appear in 12 color postcards. Ads from the great age of poster art promote nightclubs, chocolate, soap, and other products and services.
Author: Anne Nishimura Morse Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers ISBN: 9780853319061 Category : Art, Japanese Languages : en Pages : 287
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From the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, Japan was a vital world center for postcard art. Art of the Japanese Postcard presents 300 full-color examples of these cards, culled from the vast Leonard A. Lauder Collection. Authoritative essays by leading scholars of Japanese art and culture, plus a statement by the collector himself, highlight the design, development, and cultural function of these rarely studied, but highly influential and visually exciting, expressions of graphic genius. From the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, Japan was a vital world centre for postcard art. More than just casual mail pieces, these postcards were often designed by prominent artists and had a visual impact that belied their modest format. Remarkably beautiful examples of graphic design in their own right, they also recorded the shifting definitions of 'East' and 'West' at a time when such European currents as Art Nouveau began to show up in Japanese visual productions. Art of the Japanese Postcard presents 350 full-color examples of these cards, culled from the vast Leonard A. Lauder Collection. printing, but also for the insight they provide into contemporary Japanese artistic practices - insights not relayed in standard histories that focus on painting and sculpture - as well as for the fluid interplay of European and Japanese modes. Authoritative essays by leading scholars of Japanese art and culture, plus a statement by the collector himself, highlight the design, development, and cultural function of these rarely studied, but highly influential and visually exciting, expressions of graphic genius.
Author: Alphonse Mucha Publisher: Dover Postcards ISBN: 9780486250809 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 0
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This card collection reproduces in sumptuous full color the Art Nouveau master's most famous posters and panels. Pocket-size masterpieces include Zodiac, Sarah Bernhardt/La Plume, Rêverie, Cognac Bisquit, and more.
Author: Hayward Cirker Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486401812 Category : Art Languages : en Pages : 16
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Magnificent paintings, painstakingly reproduced in card form, by one of the most popular Impressionists. Beautiful women, charming children, people enjoying themselves, more.
Author: Art Institute of Chicago Publisher: Courier Dover Publications ISBN: 9780486246161 Category : Impressionism (Art) Languages : en Pages : 0
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24 full-color picture postcards of masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, van Gogh, Gauguin, Cezanne, Degas, and other artists. Painstakingly reproduced from originals in one of the world's great collections. Captioned, perforated and ready-to-mail.
Author: Richard Wirick Publisher: Saqi ISBN: 1846591740 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 149
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Siberia: a vast and ancient territory, a mystery to the world outside its borders. Rick Wirick and his wife have gone to Siberia to adopt a baby girl. Rather than produce a straightforward account of this journey, so profound and personal in itself, Wirick has chosen instead to absorb Siberia, to immerse himself in its history, legends, social reality and natural splendour in order to evoke for his new daughter the grandeur of her birthplace. In one hundred interlocking vignettes, Wirick has created a sophisticated and passionate vision. Personal in conception, unique in structure, One Hundred Siberian Postcards is an inspiring and unusual introduction to a very far-away land. 'Wirick combines the lyrical with the unexpected in perfectly calibrated prose.' Rose George 'Tales from a parallel universe which is also strangely our own ... a genre-busting masterpiece.' Hugo Williams 'Some years ago, Richard Wirick and his wife (who already had two children of their own) adopted a baby girl from a Siberian orphanage. One Hundred Siberian Postcards is a gift for her, evoking the scenic grandeur of her birthplace, alongside the ramshackle quality of much Russian life ... comprising folk tales, beliefs, customs, moments from Siberian history, extracts from Russian writers, reflections on childhood and consciousness, and dreams, with a touch of magic realism, as when someone watching a case being X-rayed at an airport sees "dozens of little men ... sawing timber inside the Samsonite".' Tom Aitken, TLS 'Richard Wirick's deeply felt, beautifully written palm-of-the-hand-tales that make up 100 Siberian Postcards are as luminous as Basho's Narrow Road to Oku and as moving as the Hemingway vignettes of In Our Time. Yet Wirick's profoundly moving book is unlike anything else I've read; an ode to Siberia as much as it is to the human condition.' Samantha Gillison, author of The King of America 'Attentive and compassionate, Richard Wirick has journeyed through Siberia and returned with it. These 'postcards' provide startling glimpses into the fraught, yet tenacious, Russian spirit.' John Witte, Editor of Northwest Review 'Richard Wirick is an insurance lawyer with the soul - and the pen - of a poet.' Anna Reid, author of Borderland: A Journey through the History of Ukraine 'Compassionate and literate ... He has a mystic's confidence in the power of his imagination to prise bits of truth out of the frigid landscape.' Caroline McGinn, The New Statesman 'The best postcards are like poems: reptilian in a different way, they shed their excess skin of details and dates, and dart in on a little narrative, a clear image that speaks of the writer's experience. Richard Wirick has a it down to a fine art. An insurance lawyer from Los Angeles, he and his wife travelled to Siberia to adopt a baby girl. Having immersed himself in the landscape and culture, he returned with enough stories and still lifes to make 100 perfect postcards.' Tom Gatti, The Times
Author: Aline D. Wolf Publisher: Parent Child Press ISBN: 9780939195107 Category : Education Languages : en Pages : 70
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This How To Manual describes the 8 Steps of Aline Wolf's Child-size Masterpiece program. Instructions for using all 8 volumes of the program are clearly outlined. Also included are a description of some major schools of art in history and a pronunciation guide for famous artists' names.
Author: Alan (Na ) Govenar Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc ISBN: 9780811813204 Category : Science fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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Ralph McQuarrie is the production artist whose visionary designs helped shape the look and feel of George Lucas' hugely successful films. Featuring stunning reproductions of McQuarie's matte paintings, production paintings, and concept sketches, a detailed biography, six collectible stamps, and more, the Star Wars ArtBox is a unique collectible for both Star Wars fans and art enthusiasts. Full-color illustrations.
Author: Dover
Author: Anne Nishimura Morse
Author: Alphonse Mucha
Author: Hayward Cirker
Author: Henri Matisse
Author: Art Institute of Chicago
Author: Richard Wirick
Author: Aline D. Wolf
Author: Alan (Na ) Govenar
Author: Sarah Courtauld