Download or read book The Art of Playing Cards written by Rob Beattie and published by Chartwell Books. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Playing Cards is your tour guide to a standard deck. This handbook covers the classic games, tricks, and skills you'll need to become an expert card shark. There’s something about opening a new pack of cards. It doesn’t matter whether you buy them at a filling station to while away a few hours on the road or if they’re a classic deck of Bicycle cards bought specifically for a poker night—they smell the same. There’s the same whiff of possibility, of hands to play or chances to take, of bets to win and of fun just waiting to be had. THE GAMES: There are thousands of games we could have included, but along with some of the most popular, we’ve also chosen those we think are the most fun, the most challenging, and the most exasperating. Also, much of the beauty of card games is that they vary so much, and we’ve included plenty of tips for trying something a bit different. Of course, when faced with so many variations and different games, it would be impossible to include them all here; we only hope that you like the ones we have squeezed in. THE SKILLS: Shuffles, cuts, ribbon spreads, fans, flourishes, false cuts, forces, false shuffles, finger lifts, double lifts… they’re all here, explained in a simple step-by-step fashion that makes it easy for anyone to pick them up. THE TRICKS: Here we’ve concentrated on tricks we think are easy and approachable because there are few things more frustrating than trying to do something that’s simply out of your league or utterly beyond your physical abilities. Thus, you won’t find any magician’s glue or funny specialized decks of cards; there are few props, and no fiendishly complex sleights and palms… and there are definitely no cards up anyone’s sleeves. We hope the result is a book that you’ll be able to come back to again and again, whether it’s to brush up on your shuffling or because you want to learn a new game or a new trick for the holidays. If you do that, then this book has served its purpose. Oh, and always remember, it’s not the cards in your hand that count, it’s how you play them.
Download or read book Music Genius written by Rik Lee and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cards as Weapons written by Ricky Jay and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 1988 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tongue-in-cheek look at the newest method of self-defense details the history of card-throwing, exercises to improve your throwing ability, and fantastic stunts
Download or read book The Art of the Playing Card written by Yale University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Netter Playing Cards written by Frank H. Netter and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2017-02-03 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By popular request - Frank H. Netter, MD's classic anatomy paintings on playing cards! Perfect for clinicians, medical and healthcare students, and all Netter fans!
Download or read book Antique Playing Cards written by Henry René d' Allemagne and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 900 elaborate, decorative images from rare playing cards, 14th20th centuries: Bacchus, death, dancing dogs, hunting scenes, royal coats of arms, players cheating, much more. "
Download or read book Imps and Monsters Ten Years of Art by Justin Hillgrove written by Justin Hillgrove and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Van Gogh Paintings written by Belinda Thomson and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2007-08-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling selection of Van Gogh’s most famous paintings, as well as some lesser-known masterpieces, many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. Nearly 130 years after his death, Vincent van Gogh continues to exert a powerful fascination over viewers and historians. This superb book offers readers a selection of the artist’s most unforgettable canvases, as well as some lesser-known examples, many drawn from the collection of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The volume explores the works in the context of Van Gogh’s short but brilliant career, in which frequent spells of isolation were paired with lively engagement with his peers and the popular ideas of his time. Additionally, Van Gogh’s continuous stream of letters written to family and friends—one of the most important archival resources of nineteenth-century art—provides a narrative thread around which this study develops. In the text, art historian Belinda Thomson considers Van Gogh as a cosmopolitan figure who combined his art experiences and native traditions absorbed in Holland and in Victorian England, and later succeeded in making his mark upon the painting scene in France at one of its richest periods. This book will be a welcome resource for art lovers, offering a different take on one of history’s most interesting artists.
Download or read book The Art of the Playing Card The Cary Collection written by Yale University. Library and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The World in Play written by Timothy B. Husband and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2016-01-20 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late Middle Ages and early modern times, card playing was widely enjoyed at all levels of society. The playing cards in this engaging volume are unique works of art that illuminate the transition from late medieval to early modern Europe, a period of tumultuous social, artistic, economic, and religious change. Included are the most important luxury decks of hand-painted European playing cards that have survived, as well as a selection of hand-colored woodblock cards, engraved cards, and tarot packs. The casts of characters they illustrate range from royals to commoners. Many feature animals such as falcons and hounds, while other portray such diverse objects as acorns, helmets, or coins. This is the only study of its kind in English and the only one in a generation in any language. The insightful narrative by Timothy B. Husband discusses the significance of playing cards in the secular art of the period and also recounts the varied stories they tell, conjuring the customs and facts of life of the time. Little is known abut the games played with these cards, but as Husband notes: "The playing out of a hand of cards can be seen as a microcosmic reflection of the ever-changing world around us—a world in play—a view that the creators of the cards under discussion here would seem to have shared.
Download or read book The Art and Pleasures of Playing Cards written by Rod Starling and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Art Genius Playing Cards written by Rebecca Clarke and published by . This book was released on 2018-08-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Antique Playing Card Designs written by Henry Rene D'Allemagne and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 500 elegant illustrations that once graced European regular and tarot card decks. Face cards, musical instruments, fantasy figures, and other motifs -- 251 black-and-white illustrations, 245 designs in color.
Download or read book Playing Card Divination for Beginners written by Richard Webster and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gentle art of card reading Now anyone can practice a six-hundred-year-old tradition of fortune-telling that survives to this day. Chances are you already own the necessary oracle. So grab a deck of playing cards and this latest book by popular author Richard Webster, and start reading the future for your family and friends. You will learn the meaning of each card, how to interpret groups of cards, how to read your own cards, special spreads to answer questions about love and romance, and six other spreads from the simple to the complex. ·A beginner's guide to divination using a standard pack of playing cards ·The only book with techniques on how to memorize the meanings of the cards ·Includes original spreads not available elsewhere ·Teaches anyone how to gain advanced knowledge of opportunities, problems, relationships, money, career, and sudden changes ·Includes the poetry card reading "Six Paths to Happiness"
Download or read book Fortune telling by Playing Cards written by Nerys Dee and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1982 with total page 159 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the origins, history, and symbolism of playing cards and describes traditional methods for forecasting the future with an ordinary deck of cards
Download or read book Art Rugs written by Linda Rae Coughlin and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Art Rugs: The "Art" of Playing Cards, features 55 International Rug Hooking/Fiber Artists who have each created a fiber piece of one card from a deck of playing cards. There are over 55 full color photographs with a description about the inspiration of each piece of art featured. This book was published along with a deck of playing cards to accompany the traveling exhibit, Art Rugs: The "Art" of Playing Cards.
Download or read book Researches Into the History of Playing Cards written by Samuel Weller Singer and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investigaciones acerca de la historia de las cartas de juego, con ilustraciones del origen de la impresión y el grabado en madera.
