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Book Art on the Block

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ann Fensterstock
  • Publisher : Macmillan
  • Release : 2013-09-17
  • ISBN : 1137278498
  • Pages : 314 pages

Download or read book Art on the Block written by Ann Fensterstock and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tour of the last four decades of contemporary art in New York City reveals how artists pioneered new trends in gentrification and inspired art renewals, focusing on the achievements of such artists as Basquiat and Rauschenberg.

Book On My Block

    Book Details:
  • Author : Dana Goldberg
  • Publisher : Children's Book Press
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 9780892392209
  • Pages : 44 pages

Download or read book On My Block written by Dana Goldberg and published by Children's Book Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen artists portray, in words and pictures, the places that are most special to them.

Book Drawing Fashion

Download or read book Drawing Fashion written by Susan Mulcahy and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing Fashion: The Art of Kenneth Paul Block is the first monograph on the work of Kenneth Paul Block, one of the most influential fashion illustrators of the twentieth century. The oversize, lavishly illustrated book chronicles Block's lifetime of drawings, watercolors, and astute observations during the artist's over 30-year career at Women's Wear Daily, powerful fashion publication.

Book Block Print

    Book Details:
  • Author : Andrea Lauren
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 2016-05-15
  • ISBN : 1631591134
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book Block Print written by Andrea Lauren and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easy to follow instructions will teach beginners and initiated artists alike how to craft their own printing blocks and patterns.

Book Art on the Block

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ann Fensterstock
  • Publisher : St. Martin's Press
  • Release : 2013-09-17
  • ISBN : 1137364734
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book Art on the Block written by Ann Fensterstock and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating tour of the last five decades of contemporary art in New York City, showing how artists are catalysts of gentrification and how neighborhoods in turn shape their art--with special insights into the work of artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Cindy Sherman, and Jeff Koons Stories of New York City's fabled art scene conjure up artists' lofts in SoHo, studios in Brooklyn, and block after block of galleries in Chelsea. But today, no artist can afford a SoHo loft, Brooklyn has long gentrified, and even the galleries of Chelsea are beginning to move on. Art on the Block takes the reader on a journey through the neighborhoods that shape, and are shaped by, New York's ever-evolving art world. Based on interviews with over 150 gallery directors, as well as the artists themselves, art historian and cultural commentator Ann Fensterstock explores the genesis, expansion, maturation and ultimate restless migration of the New York art world from one initially undiscovered neighborhood to the next. Opening with the colonization of the desolate South Houston Industrial District in the late 1960s, the book follows the art world's subsequent elopements to the East Village in the ‘80s, Brooklyn in the mid-90s, Chelsea at the beginning of the new millennium and, most recently, to the Lower East Side. With a look to the newest neighborhoods that artists are just now beginning to occupy, this is a must-read for both art enthusiasts as well as anyone with a passion for New York City.

Book Creative Block

    Book Details:
  • Author : Danielle Krysa
  • Publisher : Chronicle Books
  • Release : 2014-02-18
  • ISBN : 1452130027
  • Pages : 289 pages

Download or read book Creative Block written by Danielle Krysa and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2014-02-18 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creative block presents the most crippling—and unfortunately universal—challenge for artists. No longer! This chunky blockbuster of a book is chock-full of solutions for overcoming all manner of artistic impediment. The blogger behind The Jealous Curator interviews 50 successful international artists working in different mediums and mines their insights on how to conquer self-doubt, stay motivated, and get new ideas to flow. Each artist offers a tried-and-true exercise—from road trips to 30-day challenges to cataloging the medicine cabinet— that will kick-start the creative process. Abundantly visual with more than 300 images showcasing these artists' resulting work, Creative Block is a vital ally to students, artists, and creative professionals.

Book Art of Japan

    Book Details:
  • Author : Carol Finley
  • Publisher : Lerner Publications
  • Release : 1998-01-01
  • ISBN : 9780822520771
  • Pages : 66 pages

Download or read book Art of Japan written by Carol Finley and published by Lerner Publications. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focuses on Japanese wood block prints of the Edo period (1600-1868) by explaining the subject matter as well as the technique used in making them.

Book Who Says  Who Shows  What Counts

    Book Details:
  • Author : Essi Rönkkö
  • Publisher : Block Museum
  • Release : 2021-01-30
  • ISBN : 9781732568426
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Who Says Who Shows What Counts written by Essi Rönkkö and published by Block Museum. This book was released on 2021-01-30 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts invites readers to think critically about how artists, artworks, and museums engage with narratives of the past. Richly illustrated and written for a general audience, this book showcases the depth and breadth of more than fifty recent acquisitions to the Block Museum of Art's contemporary collection, including a wide-ranging selection of works by Dawoud Bey, Shan Goshorn, the Guerrilla Girls, Marisol, Kerry James Marshall, Catherine Opie, Man Ray, Cindy Sherman, Thomas Struth, Tseng Kwong Chi, and Kara Walker, among other artists. The book is a companion publication to the 2021 exhibition of the same name, presented to celebrate the museum's fortieth anniversary, and both draw inspiration from a work by conceptual artist Louise Lawler, Who Says, Who Shows, Who Counts (1990), and are organized around challenging questions of historical representation within artworks and institutions: How can art help us reflect upon, question, rewrite, or reimagine the past? Who has been represented in visual art, how, and by whom? How is history etched onto a landscape or erased from it? How do museums and dominant canons of art history shape our view of history and of the past? Who Says, Who Shows, What Counts demonstrates how an academic art museum's collection can facilitate multidisciplinary connections and tell stories about issues relevant to our lives.

Book A Site of Struggle

    Book Details:
  • Author : Sampada Aranke
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2022-04-26
  • ISBN : 0691209278
  • Pages : 137 pages

Download or read book A Site of Struggle written by Sampada Aranke and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the vast array of art produced by African Americans in response to the continuing impact of anti-Black violence and how it is used to protest, process, mourn and memorialize those events.

Book Creative Freedom

    Book Details:
  • Author : Maggie Price
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2013-02-25
  • ISBN : 144032106X
  • Pages : 144 pages

Download or read book Creative Freedom written by Maggie Price and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-02-25 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paint outside the lines! Jumpstart your creativity and inject new life into your art. Struggling to get started? Paralyzed by the fear of failure? Find yourself falling back on the same colors again and again? Just plain stuck? It happens to every artist sooner or later. What can you do to get unstuck quickly and painlessly? Creative Freedom presents 52 strategies for getting out of ruts and venturing beyond your comfort zone, courtesy of 25 artists who have been there, done that. Each approach is illustrated with a step-by-step painting demonstration. Together, they help you experiment with different mediums, new color combinations, fresh approaches to favorite subjects, and more. Try one a week for a year of creative adventure. Or dip in whenever you're feeling inspired. You may be surprised at the creative liberation that comes from... • Painting with your other hand. • Going big with your canvas and brushes. • Painting fast with 10-minute studies. • Limiting your palette. • Starting with a random line drawing or custom painting surface. • Zooming in on one small detail of a landscape for abstract results. • Copying the work of an Old Master. Featuring an exciting variety of styles and mediums (oil, watercolor, acrylic and pastel), novel perspectives and an invigorating sense of play, this book is sure to generate creative sparks and joyful painting sessions. Getting unstuck has never been so fun!

Book Block Print Magic

    Book Details:
  • Author : Emily Louise Howard
  • Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
  • Release : 2019-02-12
  • ISBN : 1631596160
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book Block Print Magic written by Emily Louise Howard and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide to linoleum block printing techniques, with seventeen step-by-step projects and insights from some of today’s most talented printmakers. Block Print Magic is the perfect reference for a wide range of printmaking enthusiasts. The easy-to-follow illustrated instruction takes you through every step of the process, beginning with choosing and caring for tools and setting up a studio, through design essentials, carving techniques, and printing techniques. Those techniques include multi-block printing, reduction cuts, puzzle blocks, and rainbow-roll printing. Advanced carving techniques for creating textures, crosshatching, and three-dimensional shading will give you the opportunity to expand and strengthen your expertise. Among the visually stunning projects you’ll learn to create: Colorful, multi-block hex sign Reduction cut sunflowers print One-page pocket zine from a single block Fabric wall hanging embellished with embroidery Along with author Emily Howard’s own work, artist spotlights feature interviews with and examples of work by five other contemporary artists—Lili Arnold, Jen Hewett, Kelli MacConnell, Derrick Riley, and Aftyn Shah—as a means of clarifying how each technique can be used in different ways.

Book Faeries

    Book Details:
  • Author : David Larkin
  • Publisher : Bantam
  • Release : 1978
  • ISBN : 0553346342
  • Pages : 194 pages

Download or read book Faeries written by David Larkin and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1978 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by David Larkin. Two talented artists explore the world of faeries in myths, legends, and folklore.

Book William Blake and the Age of Aquarius

Download or read book William Blake and the Age of Aquarius written by Stephen F. Eisenman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Blake and the Age of Aquarius / by Stephen F. Eisenman -- Prophets, madmen, and millenarians: Blake and the (counter)culture of the 1790s / by Mark Crosby -- William Blake on the West Coast / Elizabeth Ferrell -- William Blake and art against surveillance / Jacob Henry Leveton -- Building Golgonooza in the Age of Aquarius / John Murphy -- "My teacher in all things": Sendak, Blake, and the visual language of childhood / Mark Crosby -- Blake then and now / W.J.T. Mitchell

Book The Everything Running Book

Download or read book The Everything Running Book written by Art Liberman and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-12-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running can help you lose weight, create a healthy body image, and boost your self-esteem. No matter your fitness level, you too can enjoy the benefits of this sport! With this book, you'll gain the knowledge and tools you need to run a 10K, a marathon, or just a lap around the block! The new edition includes: Cutting-edge information on hugely influential trends in natural running, including ChiRunning, barefoot running, and cross-training with yoga and meditation Information on how to select the right gear and manage your nutrition, including details on new diets favored by endurance athletes A dedicated section on running for women, including specific nutritional and physical concerns Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned veteran, this book has everything you need to maximize your running potential--from start to finish!

Book The Art of Community

Download or read book The Art of Community written by Charles Vogl and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2016-09-12 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create a Culture of Belonging! Strong cultures help people support one another, share their passions, and achieve big goals. And such cultures of belonging aren't just happy accidents - they can be purposefully cultivated, whether they're in a company, a faith institution or among friends and enthusiasts. Drawing on 3,000 years of history and his personal experience, Charles Vogl lays out seven time-tested principles for growing enduring, effective and connected communities. He provides hands-on tools for creatively adapting these principles to any group—formal or informal, mission driven or social, physical or virtual. This book is a guide for leaders seeking to build a vibrant, living culture that will enrich lives. Winner of the Nautilus Silver Book Award in the Business and Leadership Category.

Book Shit Art is Better Than No Art

Download or read book Shit Art is Better Than No Art written by Dahlia Raz and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you find yourself in creative ruts and don't know why? In this book I break down ten mindsets that will help you overcome your creative block. I, as a visual artist, have found various ways to break myself out of a creative block by breaking down the limiting beliefs and mindsets that were getting in my way. I hope that by sharing what I learned from my practice as an artist I can help guide you to greater creative freedom.

Book Turquoise

Download or read book Turquoise written by Mark P. Block and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated with over 390 color photos, this book shows turquoise in its natural state, cut, polished, and set into silver and gold jewelry. The turquoise presented spans mines from New Mexico to Nevada, China to Iran. Examples shown by native artists helped make turquoise popular in America. The text discusses the gemstone, its values, and many mines that produced turquoise over thousands of years.