Download or read book The Art of Michael Parkes written by Michael Parkes and published by Small Press United. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapters include The Magic and the Mystery and The Art of Painting,

Download or read book The Art of Michael Parkes II written by Michael Parkes and published by IDW Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Art of Michael Parkes II will feature the artist’s new works, including drawings, paintings, and sculptures, and showcases many of Parkes’ well-known pieces. Parkes’ art is internationally acclaimed as the best of the "imaginary realism" or "magical realism" art genre. Art historian John Russell Taylor’s introduction explains Parkes’ mastery and place in art history. The indexed collection in this new book shows the beginning of Parkes’ career until the present, illuminating Parkes’ artistic development in painting, sculpture, drawing, and stone lithography. Over 65 new or unpublished images are included with many photographs of Parkes at work in Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and India. Two completely new sections have been added. The new sculpture section shows more sculpture than any previous Parkes book. Close-up photographs of the bronzes enable us to see their beauty with incredible detail. The new drawing section includes older drawings never seen before and recent drawings through 2008.

Download or read book The Secret Art of Dr Seuss written by Audrey Geisel and published by Random House. This book was released on 1995-10-03 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These fabulous, whimsical paintings, created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public, show Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) in a whole new light. Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings, the paintings use a dazzling rainbow of hues not seen in the primary-color palette of his books for children, and exhibit a sophisticated and often quite unrestrained side of the artist. 65 color illustrations.

Download or read book Built on Dreams Alone written by Daniel Merriam and published by . This book was released on 1916-12-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Luxury Arts of the Renaissance written by Marina Belozerskaya and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.

Download or read book Venus and the Female Intuition written by and published by Salbru Publishing. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost 40 artists from 14 countries have tried to capture the ultimate woman and her intangible intuition. This attractive volume is the catalog for the international exhibition of these fantasy works. Starting in Denmark and then traveling to other parts of the world, this showcase includes eight new pieces by Michael Parkes. Also includes Claus Brusen, Daniel Merriam, Kinuko Craft, and others. It features several new images by Michael Parkes not yet presented in any of his own books, this is more a book than a catalogue, it has Steven Kenny writing the foreword, Steven is know by most American readers of Spectrum, where he's been in almost each edition since it started.

Download or read book Gnomes and Knights written by Michael Parkes and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-26 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gnomes and Knights is a book in two parts. Gnomes is a whimsical collection of short stories about Fredrick Jerome Kopillus Gnome and the beautiful garden he calls his home. He's a magical critter who lives in Gertie's garden along with the other denizens, including a mole, a squirrel and a very sassy ant queen. Fred and his friends get up to all sorts of adventures and shenanigans while protecting the garden and venturing into the surrounding areas, like the garden of Gary Gremlin and the forest beyond the fence. With rhyming and magic and whimsy, Gnomes will have you spellbound with delight! Knights is the second part of the book, a tale of a nervous squire becoming an initiate of the Knight's Order and venturing out on a quest to fulfill his dream and his duty of serving his king. At the behest of his king, he sets out to aid the kingdom of Kyrbor in combatting the evil they face. Through cleverness, leadership and courage, Nathan the Knight overcomes obstacles and becomes more confident as he gains allies, helps those he meets along the way, and ultimately faces the cause of the problem head on.

Download or read book Picasso Giacometti written by Serena Bucalo-Mussely and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive volume examines the little-known relationship—both artistic and personal—between two of the greatest avant-garde artists of the twentieth century. Pablo Picasso and Alberto Giacometti, each in their own way, deeply disrupted existing artistic codes and pushed the barriers of established aesthetic canons in the domains of painting and sculpture. This tome reveals their friendship and the little-known artistic dialogue between them on the subjects and questions central to their work. Richly illustrated, this volume establishes clear correlations in their artistic production and provides new insight into the Picasso and Giacometti ateliers through incisive essays from art historians, which draw on previously unpublished documents. An anthology of historical texts offers the intimate perspective of the master artists’ contemporaries including Man Ray, whose descriptions reveal fascinating portraits of the characters and working habits of his two friends.

Download or read book Dreamscape written by Michael Parkes and published by Fantasmus-Art. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magical realism has become a worldwide movement. This showcases over 200 glorious, full-color fantasy paintings from some of the best in the field. Michael Parkes is the guest of honor, with 15 images, many full-page, and an essay on his work by the renowned art critic John Russell Taylor. The work of David Bowers, Claus Brusen, Gil Bruvel, Patrick Woodroffe, Kinuko Craft, Walter Girotto, Daniel Merriam, Daron Mouradian, and 29 others is also featured--several paintings each--along with biography and commentary. Includes the Spectrum Award-winning Petar Meseldzija.

Download or read book The Art of Daron Mouradian written by Daron Mouradian and published by . This book was released on 2012-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Armenian symbolist Mouradian stretches the boundaries of reality to the breaking point! His gloriously surreal canvases are bursting with color and activity. Gifted with the technical proficiency of Daniel Merriam or Michael Parkes, and armed with a hallucinogenic imagination, Mouradian is a universe unto himself. Swarthy gypsies battle flying fish while Rubenesque ladies balance atop dachshunds, and that's just the first page! This is fine art and humour combined into one persons imagination, this is a showcase of madness but with a touch of happy humour.

Download or read book Loot written by Barnaby Phillips and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Prospect Best Book of 2021 ‘A fascinating and timely book.’ William Boyd ‘Gripping…a must read.’ FT ‘Compelling…humane, reasonable, and ultimately optimistic.’ Evening Standard ‘[A] valuable guide to a complex narrative.’ The Times In 1897, Britain sent a punitive expedition to the Kingdom of Benin, in what is today Nigeria, in retaliation for the killing of seven British officials and traders. British soldiers and sailors captured Benin, exiled its king and annexed the territory. They also made off with some of Africa’s greatest works of art. The ‘Benin Bronzes’ are now amongst the most admired and valuable artworks in the world. But seeing them in the British Museum today is, in the words of one Benin City artist, like ‘visiting relatives behind bars’. In a time of huge controversy about the legacy of empire, racial justice and the future of museums, what does the future hold for the Bronzes?

Download or read book Rosemary s Baby Artist Gift Edition written by Ira Levin and published by . This book was released on 2019-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Oliver s Adventure written by Marjorie E Masek and published by Belle Isle Books. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oliver is a lucky kid. His family lives along the shore of Virginia's North River, and his backyard is home to a variety of wildlife-from baby rabbits to the majestic great blue heron. Oliver spends his days playing along the river's edge among the animals, paddling around in the cove's calm waters in his canoe, and helping his family take care of the cove's wild inhabitants. But one day, storm winds push Oliver and his canoe into the dangerous waters of the North River! Will Oliver be able to make it back home safely? Or will he drift out into the ocean and be lost forever? Oliver's Adventure is a grandmother's love letter to her grandson and the home they once shared. This isn't just a story about a boy's adventure; it's a story about home, family, and how the love we give to the world around us carries on long after we're gone.

Download or read book Colorado Hope written by Charlene Whitman and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-25 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While traveling to the Western town of Fort Collins, Colorado, a new bride watches in horror as her husband is swept away in a flash flood. She fears she'll never see him again, but a year later, he walks into town-with a beautiful woman on his arm . . . A new sweet Historical Western Romance by best-selling author Charlene Whitman-Book 2 in The Front Range Series 1875 Beset by a sudden spring storm on the Front Range, newlywed Grace Cunningham watches in horror as her husband, Monty, is swept downriver. Pregnant and despairing, she stumbles into Fort Collins and tries to make a life for herself, praying that one day the man she loves will walk into town and back into her life. Montgomery Cunningham wakens on the bank of a river with no recollection of who he is or how he got the gash on his head. A woman named Stella, who claims to be his fiancee, nurses him back to health. Plagued by images of a faceless woman who he is certain is the key to his past, Monty concedes to Stella's pressure to marry him and move to Fort Collins, but he quickly regrets his actions. A year after Grace's tragic loss, Monty walks into the dress shop where she works-with a woman on his arm. Shocked that Monty has no recollection of her, Grace is determined to win back his heart. Somehow she must help him regain his memories and his buried love for her-and not just for her sake but for the sake of their infant son, Ben. Monty, miserable in his marriage to a woman he hardly knows, is inexplicably drawn to Grace. Every time he's near her, memories surface, but they are hazy and troubling. He's torn between his vows and the desires of his heart, for he cannot stay away from Grace. Grace's hope is sparked when Monty starts recalling glimpses of his past. But when murderous outlaws come to town, she is thrust into grave danger. Monty risks his life to rescue her, only to face even greater perils in the treacherous mountains. Can she truly hang on to hope when she is about to lose all she loves? This new full-length Historical Western Romance novel takes readers on a heart-wrenching journey of love, loss, and hope amid the dangers and challenges in Colorado Territory's wild frontier. Don't miss Colorado Promise, Book 1 in The Front Range series (Historical Western Romance) The Examiner says of author Charlene Whitman: "An adequate writer of historical fiction will include minor bits and pieces about the setting of their story. A good writer will do a bit of research to make sure there are historical facts included in the pages of their novel. A superb writer will create characters that could have actually lived during the time in which the story takes place and allows them to act as people in that time period would have really acted. Charlene Whitman is a superb writer."

Download or read book Ancestral Dialogues written by Albert Chong and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mystical, evocative photographs by Asian American photographer whose aesthetic is based on African and West Indian oral tradition.

Download or read book Full Spectrum 5 written by Jennifer Hershey and published by Spectra. This book was released on 1996 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the World Fantasy Award-winning anthology series at its biggest and best, bubbling over with 28 scintillating science fiction stories. The most important original anthology series in the field.--The Washington Post Book World.

Download or read book Dreamscapes 2010 written by Marcel Salome and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The greatest practitioners of imaginary realism are presented in this lavish overview of dreamy, surreal and beguiling paintings and sculptures! This large-scale, beautifully produced book features artwork by modern favorites like Michael Parkes, Daniel Merriam, Kinuko Y. Craft and many others. Vibrant paintings feature psychedelic dreamscapes populated by fairies, nymphs, gods and golems. Loaded with symbolism and often jarringly original, this showcases the best fantasy artists working today.