Download or read book Henry Yan s Figure Drawing written by Henry Yan and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author has many years of experience in teaching drawing and painting at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California. This book is focused on various techniques and styles in drawing human figures and portraits. The book has 192 pages, each page includes one or more figure/head drawings done from live models. There are about 20 step-by-step demonstrations from detailed and traditional approaches to fast and painterly styles. It's a book that will benefit both beginners and advanced learners.
Download or read book Drawing the Head for Artists written by Oliver Sin and published by Quarry Books. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing the Head for Artists is the definitive modern guide to drawing the human head and portrait, featuring the classic mediums and methods of the Old Masters. Written by celebrated portrait artist and veteran studio instructor Oliver Sin, this richly informative and beautifully illustrated volume leads readers step-by-step through his method, from establishing a point of view to applying the timeless principles for creating an accurate and expressive likeness. Among the topics covered: Essential Materials & Techniques:Learn about necessary supplies and basic drawing techniques, including hatching, various stroke styles, and blending. Applying the Essentials: Explore how the concepts of sight-sizing, value, negative space/shapes, and plane changes factor into a portrait’s underlying structure. Techniques for Creating Depth & Dimension:Investigate how contrasting shapes, overlapping forms, and linear and atmospheric perspective are used to enhance depth. Creating the Illusion of Three Dimensions: Examine how edges—contours as well as changes in value—are used to convey three-dimensional form. Brimming with striking images that document all the phases and details of the author’s process, Drawing the Head for Artists inspires and informs all artists, from aspiring to accomplished, on how to successfully portray the physical subtleties and emotional eloquence of the human face. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.
Download or read book Henri Bertin and the Representation of China in Eighteenth Century France written by John Finlay and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an in-depth study of the intellectual, technical, and artistic encounters between Europe and China in the late eighteenth century, focusing on the purposeful acquisition of information and images that characterized a direct engagement with the idea of "China." The central figure in this story is Henri-Léonard Bertin (1720–1792), who served as a minister of state under Louis XV and, briefly, Louis XVI. Both his official position and personal passion for all things Chinese placed him at the center of intersecting networks of like-minded individuals who shared his ideal vision of China as a nation from which France had much to learn. John Finlay examines a fascinating episode in the rich history of cross-cultural exchange between China and Europe in the early modern period, and this book will be an important and timely contribution to a very current discussion about Sino-French cultural relations. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, visual culture, European and Chinese history.
Download or read book The Natural Way to Draw written by Kimon Nicolaïdes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1941 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An approach to drawing technique based on observation covering contour and gesture, model drawing, memory in ink and watercolor; anatomy study, drapery, shade, structure, and other topics in drawing.
Download or read book The Painter s Keys written by Robert Genn and published by Studio Beckett Publications. This book was released on 1997 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ancient Chinese Thought Modern Chinese Power written by Yan Xuetong and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-08-25 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From China's most influential foreign policy thinker, a vision for a "Beijing Consensus" for international relations The rise of China could be the most important political development of the twenty-first century. What will China look like in the future? What should it look like? And what will China's rise mean for the rest of world? This book, written by China's most influential foreign policy thinker, sets out a vision for the coming decades from China's point of view. In the West, Yan Xuetong is often regarded as a hawkish policy advisor and enemy of liberal internationalists. But a very different picture emerges from this book, as Yan examines the lessons of ancient Chinese political thought for the future of China and the development of a "Beijing consensus" in international relations. Yan, it becomes clear, is neither a communist who believes that economic might is the key to national power, nor a neoconservative who believes that China should rely on military might to get its way. Rather, Yan argues, political leadership is the key to national power, and morality is an essential part of political leadership. Economic and military might are important components of national power, but they are secondary to political leaders who act in accordance with moral norms, and the same holds true in determining the hierarchy of the global order. Providing new insights into the thinking of one of China's leading foreign policy figures, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in China's rise or in international relations.
Download or read book Drawing the Female Form written by George B. Bridgman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bridgman's excellent photographs and progressive drawings provide students and other beginning artists with a suitable alternative to the use of costly live models for drawing exercises and studies of musculature and light. 32 black-and-white photographs; 37 drawings.
Download or read book ArtCurious written by Jennifer Dasal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wildly entertaining and surprisingly educational dive into art history as you've never seen it before, from the host of the beloved ArtCurious podcast We're all familiar with the works of Claude Monet, thanks in no small part to the ubiquitous reproductions of his water lilies on umbrellas, handbags, scarves, and dorm-room posters. But did you also know that Monet and his cohort were trailblazing rebels whose works were originally deemed unbelievably ugly and vulgar? And while you probably know the tale of Vincent van Gogh's suicide, you may not be aware that there's pretty compelling evidence that the artist didn't die by his own hand but was accidentally killed--or even murdered. Or how about the fact that one of Andy Warhol's most enduring legacies involves Caroline Kennedy's moldy birthday cake and a collection of toenail clippings? ArtCurious is a colorful look at the world of art history, revealing some of the strangest, funniest, and most fascinating stories behind the world's great artists and masterpieces. Through these and other incredible, weird, and wonderful tales, ArtCurious presents an engaging look at why art history is, and continues to be, a riveting and relevant world to explore.
Download or read book In Search of Wealth and Power written by Benjamin Scwartz and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a serious effort to divine the secret of the West's success in achieving wealth and power, Yen Fu, a Chinese thinker, undertook, at the turn of the century, years of laborious translation and commentary on the work of such thinkers as Spencer, Huxley, Adam Smith, Mill, and Montesquieu. In addition to the inevitable difficulties involved in translating modern English into classical Chinese, Yen Fu was faced with the formidable problem of interpreting and making palatable many Western ideas which were to a large extent antithetical to traditional Chinese thought. In an absorbing study of Yen Fu's translations, essays, and commentaries, Benjamin Schwartz examines the modifications and consequent revaluation of these familiar works as they were presented to their new audience, and analyzes the impact of this Western thought on the Chinese culture of the time. Drawing on a unique knowledge of both intellectual traditions, Schwartz describes the diverse and complex effects of this confrontation of Eastern and Western philosophies and provides a new vantage point to assess and appreciate these two disparate worlds.
Download or read book Figure Drawing for Concept Artists written by Kan Muftic and published by . This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Figure Drawing for Concept Artists is the essential life drawing primer for concept artists, by respected industry practitioner Kan Muftic.
Download or read book The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by SAMPI Books. This book was released on 2024-02-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket", a story by Edgar Allan Poe, recounts the adventure of Pym, who embarks clandestinely on a whaler. After a mutiny and various adversities, including cannibalism and natural disasters, the story culminates in a mysterious and inconclusive encounter at the South Pole.
Download or read book Henry Yan s Figure Drawing written by Henry Yan and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Drawing Essentials written by Deborah A. Rockman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2009 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for introductory studio art courses in drawing, Drawing Essentials thoroughly addresses the three subcategories that are generally considered most important at the foundation level--basic drawing (non-subject specific), figure drawing, and perspective drawing. It explains clearly andin depth the elements that are essential for depicting the illusion of form and space on a two-dimensional surface. Setting it apart from any other book on the market, Drawing Essentials includes high-quality student works drawn from Rockman's twenty-five years of teaching as well as some carefullyselected works from historical and contemporary masters. Rockman also offers invaluable practical advice, including coverage of traditional and nontraditional drawing media and surfaces; information about alternative processes that can be combined with drawing; and notes on career options, buildinga resume, photographing one's work, and preparing a portfolio.
Download or read book The Moleskine Project Volume 1 written by Ken Harman Hashimoto and published by Moleskine Project. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compendium of fifty full page illustrations and paintings collected from the 2014 and 2015 "Moleskine Project" group show at Spoke Art gallery in San Francisco. Featuring an all-star roster of international artists in an embossed leather bound cover with rounded corners, ribbon bookmark and elastic band closure.
Download or read book 100 Boots written by Eleanor Antin and published by Running Press Book Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series of postcards depicting 100 black, rubber boots in various situations. Photographs taken from Feb. 9, 1971 until May 16, 1973, and mailed between March 15, 1971 and July 9, 1973; not always mailed in the order the photographs were taken.
Download or read book Spirit of the Pose written by Karl Gnass and published by . This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Whisperer in Darkness written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory.
