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Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
A compelling collection of self-portraits from throughout recorded history, revised to include captivating contemporary works. The challenge of interpreting and recreating their own likenesses has proven irresistible to artists throughout the ages. Originally published more than 80 years ago and last revised in 2000, this wholly new edition for 2018 presents a selection of powerfully evocative works by many of the world's greatest artists - from Durer...
Author
Language
English
Description
President George W. Bush presents a collection of oil paintings and stories of servicemen and women who have served our nation with honor since 9/11-- and whom he has come to know personally. Growing out of his own outreach, and the ongoing work of the George W. Bush Institute's Military Service Initiative, each painting is accompanied by the inspiring story of the veteran depicted. These stories of courage and resilience honor our men and women in...
Publisher
Dennis Publishing UK
Language
English
Description
The Essential Guide to Portraits 2nd edition. On the quest to create better pictures? The up-to-date information, inspirational guides and helpful instructions within this MagBook are an invaluable resource for any serious amateur looking to become a better photographer. With experts guiding you through every stage of shooting a portrait - from viewing the subject to considering the use of lighting, composition, backgrounds and techniques involved
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Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Master Gerlachus - Fra Filippo Lippi - Albrecht Durer - Giorgione - Parmigianino - Michelangelo - Caravaggio - Peter Paul Rubens - Salvator Rosa - Nicolas Poussin - David Bailly - Velazquez - Rembrandt - Van Gough - Edvard Munch - James Ensor - Picasso - Frida Kahlo - Felix Nussbaum - Max Beckmann - Salvador Dali - Lucian Freud - Andy Warhol - Francis Bacon - David Hockney - Albert Oehlen - Jeff Koons - Gerhard Richter.
Me, myself, and IIs a self-portrait...
Author
Series
Xanth volume 39
Publisher
Open Road Media
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
The magical land of Xanth is in peril in this follow-up to Board Stiff by New York Times–bestselling author Piers Anthony.
“It occurs to me that you folk are no ordinary group,” the troll said.
“We're on a special mission to eliminate the last of the anti-pun virus. We are a bit unusual.”
Astrid Basilisk-Cockatrice is the daughter...
“It occurs to me that you folk are no ordinary group,” the troll said.
“We're on a special mission to eliminate the last of the anti-pun virus. We are a bit unusual.”
Astrid Basilisk-Cockatrice is the daughter...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A stunning collection of 150 portraits of groundbreaking women throughout history--many of whom are unsung or forgotten--by one of the best illustrators working today. In early March 2020, Covid19-locked down in her Toronto home-studio and longing for inspiration, artist Anita Kunz began researching women on the Internet. She wasn't sure what she was looking for, but soon found an array of astonishing people who had done amazing things--some of whom...
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Tyler Gordon's journey from a regular kid growing up in San Jose, California, to a nationally recognized artist wasn't without its challenges. For the first six years of his life he was fully deaf, which led to a stutter and bullying. Art gave him a creative outlet for his pain. Then, after painting a portrait of Kamala Harris and posting it on social media, he received a call from the vice president herself! Soon his art was everywhere....
Publisher
Future Publishing Ltd
Language
English
Description
Packed with essential guides and features to help you shoot perfect portraits and landscapes, this book is full of top tips to help take your pictures to the next level. Covering lighting, exposure, filters and the best kit, you'll find everything you need to capture stunning images. Featuring: Master lighting - Discover how to perfectly illuminate your portraits. Filters and exposure - Take stunning landscape shots and get creative with your
...Publisher
Dennis Publishing UK
Language
English
Description
With experts guiding you through every stage of shooting a portrait – from viewing the subject to considering the use of lighting, composition, backgrounds and techniques involved in recording the image, this MagBook provides you with the information you need to create maximum impact photographs! Covering all stages of digital portraiture, this guide starts with fundamentals such as setting up your camera, mastering camera modes, understanding
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Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Despite his posthumous fame as a painter of flowers, still lifes, gardens, landscapes, and city scenes, Vincent van Gogh himself believed that his portraits constituted his most important works. Like other post-Impressionists, Van Gogh sought to capture the essential character of his models by means of expressive color and brushwork. Vincent's Portraits reflects the strong visual impact with which the artist captured the energy of contemporary life....
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Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This reproduces most of Rembrandt's self-portraits, accompanied by Pascal Bonafoux's thought-provoking commentary that evokes both the artist's worldview and the responses of posterity, including the verdict of Vincent van Gogh: "more than nature, more like a revelation."--from dust jacket.
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Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Film legend recalls his remarkable life of nearly eight decades-a heralded actor who's played the roles he wanted, unchecked by the racism and typecasting so rife in the mostly all-white industry in which he triumphed. Billy Dee Williams was born in Harlem in 1937 and grew up in a household of love and sophistication. As a young boy, he made his stage debut working with Lotte Lenya in an Ira Gershwin/Kurt Weill production where Williams ended up...
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Moshe Rynecki (1881-1943) was a prolific Warsaw-based artist who painted scenes of the Polish-Jewish community until he was murdered at Majdanek. After the Holocaust, Moshe’s wife was only able to recover a small fraction of his work, but unbeknownst to the family, many other pieces survived. For more than a decade his great-granddaughter, Elizabeth Rynecki, has searched for the missing art, with remarkable and unexpected success. Spanning three...
15) Vision Portraits
Publisher
New Day Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
VISION PORTRAITS is a deeply personal documentary by award-winning filmmaker Rodney Evans (BROTHER TO BROTHER) as he explores how his loss of vision may impact his creative future, and what it means to be a blind or visually impaired creative artist. It’s a celebration of the possibilities of art created by a Manhattan photographer (John Dugdale), a Bronx-based dancer (Kayla Hamilton), a Canadian writer (Ryan Knighton) and the filmmaker himself,...
Author
Publisher
Partridge Publishing Africa
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
Talbot Coxs easy-to-read guide is more than just another portrait book. This is a practical self-help guide for the novice portrait artist with little or no experience of portraiture.
Talbot has years of experience in giving workshops on creating charcoal portraits from photographs. His work with students and his own experiences attending workshops with renowned artists the world over have equipped him with the insight required to set budding artists...
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Teeming with life and compulsively readable, the pieces gathered in The Tribe aggregate into an extraordinary mosaic of Cuba today. Carlos Manuel Álvarez, one of the most exciting young writers in Latin America, employs the crónica form--a genre unique to Latin American writing that blends reportage, narrative nonfiction, and novelistic techniques--to illuminate a particularly turbulent period in Cuban history, from the reestablishment of diplomatic...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Join digital artist Ryan Kittleson as he demonstrates how to sculpt engaging 3D human portraits with ZBrush.
Join digital sculptor Ryan Kittleson as he shares his approach to sculpting realistic faces in ZBrush. By combining traditional anatomy with observation and digital techniques, this course provides a foundation for sculpting engaging human portraits. Ryan will show you how to interpret a photo reference, build the basic facial structures,...
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