Author: P. P. RubensPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
Rubens; Or, the Little Page
Author: P. P. Rubens8-Bit Apocalypse
Author: Alex RubensPublisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468316451
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Before Call of Duty, before World of Warcraft, before even Super Mario Bros., the video game industry exploded in the late 1970s with the advent of the video arcade. Leading the charge was Atari Inc., the creator of, among others, the iconic game Missile Command. The first game to double as a commentary on culture, Missile Command put the players’ fingers on “the button,†? making them responsible for the fate of civilization in a no-win scenario, all for the price of a quarter. The game was marvel of modern culture, helping usher in both the age of the video game and the video game lifestyle. Its groundbreaking implications inspired a fanatical culture that persists to this day.As fascinating as the cultural reaction to Missile Command were the programmers behind it. Before the era of massive development teams and worship of figures like Steve Jobs, Atari was manufacturing arcade machines designed, written, and coded by individual designers. As earnings from their games entered the millions, these creators were celebrated as geniuses in their time; once dismissed as nerds and fanatics, they were now being interviewed for major publications, and partied like Wall Street traders. However, the toll on these programmers was high: developers worked 120-hour weeks, often opting to stay in the office for days on end while under a deadline. Missile Command creator David Theurer threw himself particularly fervently into his work, prompting not only declining health and a suffering relationship with his family, but frequent nightmares about nuclear annihilation. To truly tell the story from the inside, tech insider and writer Alex Rubens has interviewed numerous major figures from this time: Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari; David Theurer, the creator of Missile Command; and Phil Klemmer, writer for the NBC series Chuck, who wrote an entire episode for the show about Missile Command and its mythical “kill screen.†? Taking readers back to the days of TaB cola, dot matrix printers, and digging through the couch for just one more quarter, Alex Rubens combines his knowledge of the tech industry and experience as a gaming journalist to conjure the wild silicon frontier of the 8-bit ’80s. 8-Bit Apocalypse: The Untold Story of Atari's Missile Command offers the first in-depth, personal history of an era for which fans have a lot of nostalgia.
The Little Rubens
Author: Catherine de DuvePublisher: Kate'Art Éditions
ISBN: 2875750720
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Discover Ruben's life and work as you read, draw and play We are at the time of Rubens... Antwerp was then a great port! Come into the house of the famous artists. Meet his family and pupils. Discover Rubens' great workshop. With whom does he paint? What do they paint? How are colours prepared? Why are the canvases so big? Now it's your turn to draw a Noah's ark! Solve the puzzle of the Three Wise Men. And come and visit a fabulous collection of art and artefacts... A fun book for reading, playing and creating art. In collaboration with Rubens House. The Fall of Phaeton, Descent from the Cross, Tiger Hunt: share a fun moment with your family while discovering Ruben's major paintings thanks to this richly illustrated book! ABOUT THE COLLECTION Put yourself in the shoes of an artist or an explorer and learn all there is to know about art and history! Whether it is as a museum guide, a temporary exhibition catalog or a monograph, each book from the "Happy Museum" collection can be read while visiting a museum, an exhibition or simply at home. The concept is entertaining and interactive so that children can learn while having fun! Throughout the pages, you will find some games, observations, thoughts, creations, drawings and art history notions. Thanks to this varied and interactive content, children will be able to assimilate technical and theoretical notions like “still life”, “watercolors” and “impressionism”, which are sometimes abstract and difficult to understand. From 4 years old and for the whole family (parents, grandparents and teachers). ABOUT THE AUTHOR Catherine de Duve is an art historian and a painter. She worked for the Royal museums of Belgium’s educational services and created teaching workshops at the Brussels Foundation for Architecture. In 2000, she launched her own publishing house with a brand new concept. Advised by the director of MAC (Grand Hornu), she created the international collection “Happy Museum”, dedicated to a young audience. Catherine de Duve is also published by RMN, Hatier and Alice editions, and works with dozens of international museum curators. Thanks to this ebook, the whole family will learn more about: • The day and age in which lived Rubens • Baroque paintings • Rubens' life • His masterpieces
Historical tales of remarkable men
Author: Historical talesTales of the childhood and youth of celebrated men. [With] Historical tales of remarkable men
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Author: TalesRubens in Repeat
Author: Aaron M. HymanPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606066862
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
This book examines the reception in Latin America of prints designed by the Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, showing how colonial artists used such designs to create all manner of artworks and, in the process, forged new frameworks for artistic creativity. Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) never crossed the Atlantic himself, but his impact in colonial Latin America was profound. Prints made after the Flemish artist’s designs were routinely sent from Europe to the Spanish Americas, where artists used them to make all manner of objects. Rubens in Repeat is the first comprehensive study of this transatlantic phenomenon, despite broad recognition that it was one of the most important forces to shape the artistic landscapes of the region. Copying, particularly in colonial contexts, has traditionally held negative implications that have discouraged its serious exploration. Yet analyzing the interpretation of printed sources and recontextualizing the resulting works within period discourse and their original spaces of display allow a new critical reassessment of this broad category of art produced in colonial Latin America—art that has all too easily been dismissed as derivative and thus unworthy of sustained interest and investigation. This book takes a new approach to the paradigms of artistic authorship that emerged alongside these complex creative responses, focusing on the viceroyalties of New Spain and Peru in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It argues that the use of European prints was an essential component of the very framework in which colonial artists forged ideas about what it meant to be a creator.
Historical Tales of Remarkable Men
Author: The Sunday Magazine
Author: Reedy's Mirror
Author: William Marion ReedyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 782
Book Description
Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters: Rubens
Author: Elbert HubbardPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description