Author: Rene HuyghePublisher:
ISBN: 9780897630825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art, from 1800 to the Present Day
Author: Rene HuyghePublisher:
ISBN: 9780897630825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art
Author: René HuygheLarousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art
Author: Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art
Author: René HuyghePublisher:
ISBN: 9780600023593
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art
Author: Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art
Author: René HuyghePublisher:
ISBN: 9780600554264
Category : Art, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 461
Book Description
Art and Makind. Larousse Encyclopedia of Modern Art From 1800 To the Present Day
Author: René HuygheA Brief History of Painting
Author: Roy BoltonPublisher: Robinson
ISBN: 1472110226
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 439
Book Description
The urge to create pictures of our world has been with us ever since early man daubed a fingerful of pigment on a rock, or used primitive colours to create exquisite images of the beasts he hunted - images so breathtakingly powerful they have never been surpassed, however sophisticated we have become. This book tells the story of what painting has meant to us, and how its role has changed over the centuries. In the crisp, unstuffy commentary on each of 150 landmark works, Christie's art expert Roy Bolton leads us through the development of painting until our own age, where painting as a painterly craft has been overtaken by a proliferation of new forms introduced by contemporary art. To the question, 'Is the death of painting upon us?' the introductory chapter by Matthew Collings, the multi-award-winning TV art presenter, art historian and cultural critic, gives an inspiring answer: 'Painting justifies itself. Rather than pathetically struggling to keep up with the new freak-show culture of videos and installations, painting will only be worth having if it reconnects with its own inner life, where the old and the new are the same.' Roy Bolton's selection takes us from the Ancient World, via the Italian Renaissance, Rococo and Classicism to Impressionism, Modernism and the Contemporary World. Each painting, with its context and artist, is explained in terms designed to encourage us to judge art for ourselves. Written with authority and full of original and helpful insights, this is a history of art for our times. 'While I find it interesting to think about all sorts of art, I prefer painting to any of it. Painting is soulful, important, serious and humane.' Matthew Collings 'We need to de-mystify art by stripping it down to its bare essentials, then rebuilding it ourselves, using our own minds and eyes, without all the pompous clutter.' Roy Bolton
Painting
Author: Denis E. McGuinnessPublisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica
ISBN: 1680483633
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The fine art of painting is as varied as the life from which it springs. Each artist portrays different aspects of the world. A great artist is able to take some aspect of life and give it depth and meaning. To do this, an artist will make use of the many devices common to painting. These include composition, color, form, and texture. This engaging and dazzling reference covers the elements and principles of design in painting and the various mediums, forms, imagery, subject matter, and symbolism employed, adopted, or created by the painter. Key artworks are reproduced to clarify concepts.
Shaping the Future
Author: Trausti ValssonPublisher: How the World will Change
ISBN: 1545015333
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
This book is an auto-biography of Trausti Valsson, an Icelandic architect, planner, theoretician and a professor of planning at the University of Iceland. It gives a personal account of what shaped planning and design in the world and in Iceland as he experienced it in his lifetime. Valsson e.g. tells about his personal encounter with Ian McHarg, Buckminster Fuller and Christopher Alexander. Early TV started working on a future plan for Iceland, consisting, for example, of roads connecting Iceland´s settlements, across the Central Highlands. He also started an overlay mapping project, mapping both the hazard- and resource areas of the country, which created a basis for his Iceland-Plan proposals. Work on this he continued at Berkeley and at the University of Iceland as he started teaching there in 1988. Many of his articles and books deal with this subject. In 1980 Valsson started his PhD studies in Environmental Planning at UC Berkeley, California. In the philosophical section of his dissertation he presented his argument that the Western, mechanistic worldview was the underlying cause for today´s alienation, and that more holistic and integrative schemes were inherent in Eastern worldviews. TV´s dissertation is called A Theory of Integration for Design and Planning – Based on the Concept of Complementarity (1987). In 1988 – a year after Valsson returned to Iceland – he got an associate professor position in planning at the Engineering Faculty of the University of Iceland, and later a tenured professor position. The last part of this book describes Valsson’s 27 years at the University. The title of this present book: Shaping the Future – Ideas – Planning – Design, reflects how wide Valsson´s field of his operation has been.