Download or read book Painter of the Damned written by Rob Samborn and published by Lost Meridian Press. This book was released on 2023-05-21 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A soul mate trapped in purgatory. Dangerous alliances. The quest for ultimate power. FINALIST - AMERICAN WRITING AWARDS HONORABLE MENTION - READERS' FAVORITE AWARDS BOOKSHELF AWARD NOMINEE - THE WRITERS LOUNGE After escaping Venice with their lives, Nick & Julia O’Connor have one goal: return home so they can end their nightmare vacation. But before they reach the American consulate, they’re captured by Interpol and returned to Venice. Behind Nick’s detention is Salvatore della Porta, the corrupt head of an ancient, enigmatic order that controls Paradise, Tintoretto’s Renaissance masterpiece that’s also a purgatory for thousands of souls—including Nick’s soul mate from the 16th century. Della Porta believes Nick’s previous life knows the location of a book lost to the ages. This mysterious manuscript will bring him world-changing power—or topple the order. As Nick’s link to the past consumes him, it’s up to Julia to save her husband and crush della Porta. But with friends in short supply, she must enlist Carlo Zuccaro, unaware the young artist is the order’s new Painter and warden of the damned. “...a genre-bending masterwork.” - David L. Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of The Devil’s Waters and Isaac’s Beacon "You will want to read Painter of the Damned. Period!" - Yasmin Angoe, bestselling author of Her Name is Knight “...an uncommonly intelligent, shrewd and deftly paced thriller...” - Gary McAvoy, bestselling author of The Magdalene Chronicles “A truly unique thriller blending elements of mystery, suspense and loads of action, Painter of the Damned takes readers on a journey unlike any other.” - Andrew Clawson, author of The Arthurian Relic and the Harry Fox series “Impossible to predict and equally impossible to put down...” - Jane Thornley, bestselling author of The Agency of the Ancient Lost & Found historical mystery thriller series

Download or read book The Book of the Damned written by Charles Fort and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Time travel, UFOs, mysterious planets, stigmata, rock-throwing poltergeists, huge footprints, bizarre rains of fish and frogs-nearly a century after Charles Fort's Book of the Damned was originally published, the strange phenomenon presented in this book remains largely unexplained by modern science. Through painstaking research and a witty, sarcastic style, Fort captures the imagination while exposing the flaws of popular scientific explanations. Virtually all of his material was compiled and documented from reports published in reputable journals, newspapers and periodicals because he was an avid collector. Charles Fort was somewhat of a recluse who spent most of his spare time researching these strange events and collected these reports from publications sent to him from around the globe. This was the first of a series of books he created on unusual and unexplained events and to this day it remains the most popular. If you agree that truth is often stranger than fiction, then this book is for you"--Taken from Good Reads website.

Download or read book Sign Painters written by Faythe Levine and published by Princeton Architectural Press. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a time, as recently as the 1980s, when storefronts, murals, banners, barn signs, billboards, and even street signs were all hand-lettered with brush and paint. But, like many skilled trades, the sign industry has been overrun by the techno-fueled promise of quicker and cheaper. The resulting proliferation of computer-designed, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers has ushered a creeping sameness into our visual landscape. Fortunately, there is a growing trend to seek out traditional sign painters and a renaissance in the trade. In 2010 filmmakers Faythe Levine, coauthor of Handmade Nation, and Sam Macon began documenting these dedicated practitioners, their time-honored methods, and their appreciation for quality and craftsmanship. Sign Painters, the first anecdotal history of the craft, features stories and photographs of more than two dozen sign painters working in cities throughout the United States. With a foreword by legendary artist (and former sign painter) Ed Ruscha, this vibrant book profiles sign painters young and old, from the new vanguard working solo to collaborative shops such as San Francisco s New Bohemia Signs and New York s Colossal Media s Sky High Murals.

Download or read book Painter 12 for Photographers written by Martin Addison and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transform your photographs into stunning works of art with this fully updated, authoritative guide to the all-new Painter 12. Whether you are new to Painter or a seasoned pro wanting to go further with your digital art, Painter 12 for Photographers will show you how to get the most of Corel's powerful painting software. Starting with the basics and moving on to cover brushes, textures, cloning, toning, and other effects, Martin Addison will help you master the techniques needed to transform photographs into beautiful painterly images. Packed with vivid images to illustrate what can be achieved with the right skills and know-how, Painter 12 for Photographers will inspire you to get creative with your photographs.

Download or read book Palace of the Damned written by Darren Shan and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the third installment in the creepy, captivating Larten Crepsley series, young vampire Larten finds out what it means to love...but is he also damned to find out what it means to lose? Before Madame Octa... Before the Cirque... Before Darren Shan... Larten Crepsley was a young man. This is his story. After failing his mentor and killing the entire crew of a ship in a bout of revenge for the death of his assistant, Larten is bereft with guilt. He no longer has the drive to live the vampiric life, and hides out in Paris, masquerading as a human. There, he finds some happiness, even falling in love with a girl. But the darkness inside him is too great for humanity, and he is forced to make a choice: hide in the shadows of the human world, or take his place among the vampire clan and protect those weaker than himself. But enemies are waiting, traps are laid, and Larten's path is bound to be strewn with bodies. A superb addition to the mesmerizing and terrifying world of Darren Shan and Cirque du Freak.

Download or read book Biographical Sketches of eminent Artists from the earliest ages to the present time to which is added an introduction containing a brief account of various schools of art written by John GOULD (Writer on Art.) and published by . This book was released on 1834 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Rubens Drawings written by Peter Paul Rubens and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generous selection of Rubens' best drawings, chiefly portraits and religious and mythical scenes, that fully reveal his supreme artistic gifts. Publisher's note.

Download or read book The Gentleman s and Connosseur s Dictionary of Painters containing a complete collection and account of the most distinguished artists who have flourished from 1250 1767 To which are added two catalogues the one of the Disciples of the most famous Masters The other of those Painters who imitated the works of the eminent masters so exactly as to have their copies frequently taken for originals etc written by Matthew PILKINGTON (Vicar of Donabate, Dublin.) and published by . This book was released on 1810 with total page 714 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Giotto the Painter Volume 1 3 written by Michael Viktor Schwarz and published by Böhlau Wien. This book was released on 2023-04-17 with total page 1454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1: Life Giotto (1334) is the first European artist about whom it is possible to write following the schema of "life and work". The situation of the sources, however, is complicated: On Giotto's life, there are – on the one hand – biographical accounts from the mid-fourteenth century onwards that responded to various ideological requirements (patriotism, humanism, Renaissance ideology, cult of the artist); on the other, there is extensive documentary material from Giotto's lifetime, which seems to reflect less the biography of an artist than that of a bourgeois businessman resolutely climbing the social ladder. The present volume focuses on this second aspect of the Giotto figure's double life relating it to the form of existence of the pre-modern artist. Vol. 2: Works The paintings examined and contextualised in this volume are those secured for Giotto through early written sources. These sources also help to reconstruct the sequence of his works and artistic inventions as is plausible in the context of media culture in the decades around and after 1300: while Giotto was spiritually and intellectually formed in the sphere of the Florentine Dominicans, his artistic path began in Rome in the shadow of the Curia. The breakthrough to his own artistic concept came immediately before and during his work in Padua. In addition to prominent churchmen, ecclesiastical institutions, and the King of Naples, his clients were predominantly members of Italy's urban and financial elites. The adoption and further development of his inventions by other - especially Sienese - painters pressured him in his later years to try new approaches again. Vol. 3: Survival Giotto is considered by many to be the founder of modern painting. This thesis is discussed and modified in the present volume on an empirical basis. What emerges is that Giotto's impact cannot be reduced simply to the introduction of the study of nature. Rather, his art was involved in the development of pictorial idioms that were attuned to the skills and interests of their audiences. The new approaches in his painting contributed in particular to the possibility of examining and communicating psychological, narrative and allegorical content of great complexity outside the media of language and text, which not only changed the face of European art but certainly contributed to the intellectual opening of Western societies.

Download or read book A Biographical and Critical Dictionary of Painters Engravers Sculptors and Architects from Ancient to Modern Times written by Shearjashub Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Artists written by John Gould and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Recollections of a Court Painter written by Henry Jones Thaddeus and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Road to Rome written by Russell R. Standish and published by Hartland Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Development of the Italian Schools of Painting written by Raimond van Marle and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 718 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Biographical Dictionary of Painters Sculptors Engravers and Architects from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Interspersed with Original Anecdotes written by John Gould and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-08-30 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1838.

Download or read book A Painter s Camp written by Philip Gilbert Hamerton and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Painter s Camp written by Philip Gilbert Hamerton and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2022-01-21 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.