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Book The Hidden Elements of Drawing

Download or read book The Hidden Elements of Drawing written by Joseph A. Mugnaini and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides sequential instructions on the principles and techniques for utilizing form-shaping factors, linear structure, and tone as bases for sound draftsmanship and artistic expression.

Book Joseph Mugnaini

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  • Author : Joseph A. Mugnaini
  • Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 176 pages

Download or read book Joseph Mugnaini written by Joseph A. Mugnaini and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Halloween Tree

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
  • Release : 2015-08-04
  • ISBN : 0553512722
  • Pages : 148 pages

Download or read book The Halloween Tree written by Ray Bradbury and published by Knopf Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Make storytime a little spookier with fantasy master Ray Bradbury as he takes readers on a riveting trip though space and time to discover the true origins of Halloween. Join the shadowy Carapace Clavicle Moundshroud as he takes eight trick-or-treaters on an unforgettable journey to find their missing friend, Pip. Travel through space and time, from the tombs of ancient Egypt to the gargoyles of Notre-Dame Cathedral, all the way to the cemeteries of Mexico on el Día de Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead. Is Pip still alive? And if so, can his friends save him from a ghastly fate before it’s too late? "If you want to know what Halloween is, or if you simply want an eerie adventure, take this mystery history trip. You couldn't ask for better than master fantasizer Ray Bradbury." --The Boston Globe

Book Drawing

    Book Details:
  • Author : Joseph A. Mugnaini
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1966
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 172 pages

Download or read book Drawing written by Joseph A. Mugnaini and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True competence in drawing is an essential skill for anyone in the graphic arts. In this important book, one of America's most distinguished art teachers guides the reader beyond mere surface fluency to a serious understanding and mastery of the basic structural principles common to all forms, human, animal and natural. The clear, straightforward text and schematic diagrams, photographs and drawings show how these forms express perfectly their growth and function. Drawing the human figure is covered in detail, with emphasis on movement, foreshortening and perspective. The structure and interrelationships of body cavity, arms and legs and head are clearly presented with photographs of male and female models and student and master drawings, which are analyzed in detail with diagrams printed in two colors. The dynamic structure of animals is visualized and related to the other subjects. The natural forms of landscape, as well as overall design and composition in nature, are related to other organic structures and illustrated with drawings by students and professionals to indicate the wide range of individual aesthetic responses evoked by the same subject. Basic elements of graphic design -- line, tone, rhythm, movement and value -- are demonstrated in a variety of materials and tools: charcoal, pencil, ink, brush, pen, twigs. A gallery of drawings by leading contemporary artists brings to life that most important goal of the serious artist: the development of an expressive, personal idiom. - Jacket flap.

Book THE OCTOBER COUNTRY

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  • Author : RAY BRADBURY
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1955
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 292 pages

Download or read book THE OCTOBER COUNTRY written by RAY BRADBURY and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Pleasure to Burn

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2013-05-21
  • ISBN : 0062071033
  • Pages : 402 pages

Download or read book A Pleasure to Burn written by Ray Bradbury and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-05-21 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Bradbury’s novel Fahrenheit 451 is an enduring masterwork of twentieth-century American literature—a chilling vision of a dystopian future built on the foundations of ignorance, censorship, and brutal repression. The origins and evolution of Bradbury’s darkly magnificent tale are explored in A Pleasure to Burn, a collection of sixteen selected shorter works that prefigure the grand master’s landmark novel. Classic, thematically interrelated stories alongside many crucial lesser-known ones—including, at the collection’s heart, the novellas “Long After Midnight” and “The Fireman”—A Pleasure to Burn is an indispensable companion to the most powerful work of America’s preeminent storyteller, a wondrous confirmation of the inimitable Bradbury’s brilliance, magic . . . and fire.

Book Fahrenheit 451

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1968
  • ISBN : 9780671872298
  • Pages : 147 pages

Download or read book Fahrenheit 451 written by Ray Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fireman in charge of burning books meets a revolutionary school teacher who dares to read. Depicts a future world in which all printed reading material is burned.

Book Mission Of Gravity

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  • Author : Hal Clement
  • Publisher : Hachette UK
  • Release : 2014-12-11
  • ISBN : 0575110198
  • Pages : 220 pages

Download or read book Mission Of Gravity written by Hal Clement and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mesklin is a vast, inhospitable, disc-shaped planet, so cold that its oceans are liquid methane and its snows are frozen ammonia. It is a world spinning dizzyingly, a world where gravity can be a crushing 700 times greater than Earth's, a world too hostile for human explorers. But the planet holds secrets of inestimable value, and an unmanned probe that has crashed close to one of its poles must be recovered. Only the Mesklinites, the small creatures so bizarrely adapted to their harsh environment, can help. And so Barlennan, the resourceful and courageous captain of the Mesklinite ship Bree, sets out on an heroic and appalling journey into the terrible unknown. For him and his people, the prize to be gained is as great as that for mankind... Hal Clement's MISSION OF GRAVITY is universally regarded as one of the most important and best loved novels in the genre. The remarkable and sympathetic depiction of an alien species and the plausible and scientifically based realisation of the strange world they inhabit make it a major landmark in the history of hard SF.

Book The Love Affair

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1982
  • ISBN : 9780935716177
  • Pages : 25 pages

Download or read book The Love Affair written by Ray Bradbury and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Golden Apples of the Sun

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : HarperCollins UK
  • Release : 2014-01-09
  • ISBN : 0007541716
  • Pages : 250 pages

Download or read book Golden Apples of the Sun written by Ray Bradbury and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2014-01-09 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Ray Bradbury’s classic short story collections, available for the first time in ebook.

Book The Homecoming

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : HarperCollins
  • Release : 2015-05-05
  • ISBN : 0062242091
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Homecoming written by Ray Bradbury and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2015-05-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Illustrated classics for adults! Here, Collins Design's WISP series pairs two legendary creators–writer Ray Bradbury and artist Dave McKean–to create an irresistible package perfect for Halloween and all year 'round. The WISP series (Wonderfully Illustrated Short Pieces) represents an ingenious marriage of two creative forces: the artistry of today's foremost illustrators and the literary legacy of beloved authors of popular short works for adults. The resulting offspring of this union are captivating, full–color illustrated editions of timeless classics that readers will want to savor and collect. For the first time ever, the series makes selected popular short works previously offered only in collections available in a unique, stand–alone format. Also for the first time, WISPs harness the talents of top illustrators for the benefit and delight of a new, older audience. This WISP presents Ray Bradbury's The Homecoming, a little boy's tale of his family reunion of vampires. This story was initially published in 1946 and later refashioned into further stories. Bringing this story to life are the wondrous illustrations of Dave McKean, whose delightful artwork perfectly matches the tale. These one–of–a–kind, attractively priced and invitingly formatted illustrated editions will make a great impulse buy and appeal to a broad audience.

Book The Flying Machine

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  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : Dramatic Publishing
  • Release : 1953
  • ISBN : 9781583424520
  • Pages : 28 pages

Download or read book The Flying Machine written by Ray Bradbury and published by Dramatic Publishing. This book was released on 1953 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Becoming Ray Bradbury

Download or read book Becoming Ray Bradbury written by Jonathan R. Eller and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2011-08-10 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming Ray Bradbury chronicles the making of an iconic American writer by exploring Ray Bradbury's childhood and early years of his long life in fiction, film, television, radio, and theater. Jonathan R. Eller measures the impact of the authors, artists, illustrators, and filmmakers who stimulated Bradbury's imagination throughout his first three decades. Unprecedented access to Bradbury's personal papers and other private collections provides insight into his emerging talent through his unpublished correspondence, his rare but often insightful notes on writing, and his interactions with those who mentored him during those early years. Beginning with his childhood in Waukegan, Illinois, and Los Angeles, this biography follows Bradbury's development from avid reader to maturing author, making a living writing for the genre pulps and mainstream magazines. Eller illuminates the sources of Bradbury's growing interest in the human mind, the human condition, and the ambiguities of life and death--themes that became increasingly apparent in his early fiction. Bradbury's correspondence documents his frustrating encounters with the major trade publishing houses and his earliest unpublished reflections on the nature of authorship. Eller traces the sources of Bradbury's very conscious decisions, following the sudden success of The Martian Chronicles and The Illustrated Man, to voice controversial political statements in his fiction. Eller also elucidates the complex creative motivations that yielded Fahrenheit 451. Becoming Ray Bradbury reveals Bradbury's emotional world as it matured through his explorations of cinema and art, his interactions with agents and editors, his reading discoveries, and the invaluable reading suggestions of older writers. These largely unexplored elements of his life pave the way to a deeper understanding of his more public achievements, providing a biography of the mind, the story of Bradbury's self-education and the emerging sense of authorship at the heart of his boundless creativity.

Book Ray Bradbury

Download or read book Ray Bradbury written by Jonathan R. Eller and published by Kent State University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a textual, bibliographical and cultural study of 60 years of Bradbury's fiction. The authors draw upon correspondence with his publishers, agents and friends, as well as archival manuscripts, to examine the story of Bradbury's authorship over more than half a century.

Book Nolan on Bradbury

Download or read book Nolan on Bradbury written by William F. Nolan and published by . This book was released on 2013-03 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William F. Nolan knew the late great Ray Bradbury for more than sixty years, and during that entire span he has written perspicaciously about his mentor and friend, beginning with "The Ray Bradbury Review" (1952) and continuing to the present day. This volume, published on the occasion of Nolan's 85th birthday, is a celebration of his lifelong devotion to the master of fantasy and science fiction. Included are twenty pioneering articles on Bradbury, along with a sheaf of stories influenced by such works as "The Illustrated Man" and "The Martian Chronicles," including the delightful parodies "Mr. B. Goes to Hollywood" and "The Dandelion Chronicles." With a foreword by Ray Bradbury, an introduction by Jason V Brock, an afterword by Greg Bear, and tributes to Bradbury by Brock, S. T. Joshi, and John Tibbetts. William F. Nolan (b. 1928) is the co-author of "Logan's Run" (1967) and the author of many other works of fantasy, horror, and science fiction.

Book Nightmares

    Book Details:
  • Author : Jack Prelutsky
  • Publisher : Greenwillow Books
  • Release : 1976-08-01
  • ISBN : 9780688840532
  • Pages : 40 pages

Download or read book Nightmares written by Jack Prelutsky and published by Greenwillow Books. This book was released on 1976-08-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A dozen original poems on the `horrifying' subjects (ghouls, vampires, skeletons, etc.) so dear to many young hearts....Your steel-nerved patrons will appreciate both poems and pictures."--School Library Journal.

Book The October Country

    Book Details:
  • Author : Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher : Harper Collins
  • Release : 2013-04-30
  • ISBN : 0062242253
  • Pages : 273 pages

Download or read book The October Country written by Ray Bradbury and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Welcome to a land Ray Bradbury calls "the Undiscovered Country" of his imagination--that vast territory of ideas, concepts, notions and conceits where the stories you now hold were born. America's premier living author of short fiction, Bradbury has spent many lifetimes in this remarkable place--strolling through empty, shadow-washed fields at midnight; exploring long-forgotten rooms gathering dust behind doors bolted years ago to keep strangers locked out.. and secrets locked in. The nights are longer in this country. The cold hours of darkness move like autumn mists deeper and deeper toward winter. But the moonlight reveals great magic here--and a breathtaking vista. The October Country is many places: a picturesque Mexican village where death is a tourist attraction; a city beneath the city where drowned lovers are silently reunited; a carnival midway where a tiny man's most cherished fantasy can be fulfilled night after night. The October Country's inhabitants live, dream, work, die--and sometimes live again--discovering, often too late, the high price of citizenship. Here a glass jar can hold memories and nightmares; a woman's newborn child can plot murder; and a man's skeleton can war against him. Here there is no escaping the dark stranger who lives upstairs...or the reaper who wields the world. Each of these stories is a wonder, imagined by an acclaimed tale-teller writing from a place shadows. But there is astonishing beauty in these shadows, born from a prose that enchants and enthralls. Ray Bradbury's The October Country is a land of metaphors that can chill like a long-after-midnight wind...as they lift the reader high above a sleeping Earth on the strange wings of Uncle Einar.