These extraordinary works by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships, frantic and prone bodies, carefully illuminate the tensions between the past and the present. Taking inspiration from Delacroix's shipwreck paintings, as well as one of the most feted paintings in the world; Gericault's, The Raft of the Medusa, 1818-19. In her introduction to the book, Whitworth curator Dr Samantha Lackey writes, 'These extraordinary works by Cecily Brown, of wrecked ships, frantic and prone bodies, carefully illuminate the tensions between the past and the present. Of course, these drawings also push to the forefront of our minds the images we see every day on our screens, of shipwrecked refugees attempting, and failing, to make their own sea voyages.' The exhibition 'Cecily Brown: Shipwreck Drawings' was shown at The Whitworth (University of Manchester) from 12 November 2017 to 15 April 2018.

Learning to draw has never been easier than with Drawing Fundementals. Author and artist Priscilla Heywood’s message is clear: everyone can draw - it's just a matter of learning the basic skills and techniques that will allow you to take what you see around you and translate it into beautiful artwork on the page.

In the informative 48-page book, Jacqui takes you through all the basics, including equipment, shading techniques, lighting, and achieving a sense of depth and distance. She then moves on to art lessons covering still life, human figures, animals, and landscapes. Whether you are just starting out or want to improve your creative skills, Drawing Fundamentals has everything you need to begin your journey into the amazing world of drawing.

With 10 artists’ colour pencils, 10 watercolour pencils, 10 graphite pencils and an artist's sketchbook, this kit has everything you need to get started right away. You'll be creating your own beautiful hand-drawn pictures with ease in no time at all.

What's Included

• 48-page book
• Artists' sketchbook
• 10 artists' colour pencils
• 10 watercolour pencils
• 10 graphite pencils

Wide-ranging appeal across the realm of Judaic interest, from fans of artists such as Ben Shahn to illustrators like David Levine. A must-have for collectors of Judaica, both art and written works. Also of interest to anyone interested in the conjunction of fine art and historical and religious art. A magnificent gift published in time for high holidays. Mark Podwal is today's premiere artist of the Jewish experience, with a prolific portfolio of work lauded by visionaries ranging from Elie Weisel to Harold Bloom. His paintings and ink-on-paper drawings are not only beautiful but also offer profound and nuanced commentary on Jewish tradition, history, and politics. This unprecedented collection brings together the widest selection of Podwal's work ever published in a single volume in a stunning, lavishly produced, oversized hardcover. With more than 350 works, each beautifully reproduced, Reimagined is a must-have for every Jewish home.

This volume completes Part II of Series A of the Paper Museum. Together with the first volume, it reflects an unusual aspect of Cassiano's interests, but a particularly relevant one for modern scholars: the material remains of post-classical culture in Rome and the psychical inheritance from the earliest centuries of Christianity. Catalogued here is a diverse and fascinating range of antiquities: reliefs, inscriptions, sarcophagi, sculpture, manuscript illuminations, gold-glass, gems, ivories, lamps, metalwork and 'instruments of martyrdom'. The drawings were mainly collected by Carlo Antonio dal Pozzo, Cassiano's brother, in the later seventeeth century and include some of the finest examples of archaeological draughtsmanship of the period. Catalogued here is a diverse and fascinating range of antiquities, mainly collected in the later seventeeth century: reliefs, inscriptions, sarcophagi, sculpture, manuscript illuminations, gold-glass, gems, ivories, lamps, metalwork and 'instruments of martyrdom'.

Over the last twenty years, William Kentridge has built a world-wide reputation as a contemporary artist, best known for his series of ten animated films created from charcoal drawings. The films introduced a significant character in contemporary fiction: Soho Eckstein, a Highveld mining magnate and Kentridge's alter ego. In The Soho Chronicles, Kentridge's brother, Matthew, shares a never-before-seen perspective on both William and Soho that sheds new light on the creator and his alter ego. Richly illustrated, the book includes a special feature that connects with smartphones and tablets. In Accounts and Drawings from Underground, William Kentridge and Rosalind C. Morris bring us an unprecedented collaboration using the pages of the 1906 Cash Book of the East Rand Proprietary Mines Corporation. Kentridge contributes forty landscape drawings in response to the transient terrain mining, while Morris plumbs the text of the cash book to generate a unique narrative account, drawing together the stories of migrant laborers and charting the flows of capital and desire.

This comprehensive drawing manual is an invaluable guide for beginners, improvers, and established draftsmen. It contains hundreds of examples as well as step-by-step examples for artists to follow in order to build up their confidence and skills. All the major subject areas are covered, from simple object drawing and still life, to landscape drawing, portraiture, and figures. The book also explores the wider challenges of drawing facing all aspiring artists, such as how to break down visual information, recognize form, and apply perspective. Author Barrington Barber is a renowned authority on teaching drawing and a practicing artist.

This landmark publication presents, for the first time ever, 500 of the very best and previously unpublished graphic works by cinema's master of film. Created in collaboration with RGALI - the Russian State Archive of Literature and Arts - this book traces Eisenstein's extraordinary life and career through the distinctive yet evolving styles of his drawings, from early childhood sketches to set and costume designs, and from surreal pshychoanalytic drawings to late abstract works. Foremost Eisenstein scholar Naum Kleiman brings fresh and incredible insights into the motivation and purpose of the drawings, and reflects upon excerpts from Eisenstein's own discursive texts, some published here for the first time. Comparative frames from Eisenstein's movies - scanned from the original film - together with a biographical introduction and a foreword by Martin Scorsese completes the revelatory and arresting picture.

Qu'est-ce qu'un visage ? Qu'une tete ? C'est a ces questions que Marwan (1934-2016) s'est confronte dans sa demarche artistique en commencant par la figure humaine pour explorer inlassablement le visage. Si ce dernier, traite horizontalement, est reconnaissable dans ses traits, la tete, effigie verticale, s'efface. Le present livre s'appuie sur la biographie du peintre dont le langage artistique s'est elabore entre Damas et Berlin, et sur une etude transculturelle qui questionne le theme du visage dans son oeuvre. L'acces a sa problematique picturale a ete rendu possible grace aux sources premieres: dessins preparatoires, ecrits et entretiens entre l'auteure et l'artiste durant les dix dernieres annees de sa vie. Nourri de la double culture orientale et occidentale, Marwan participe au questionnement du visage humain dans ses metamorphoses par rapport a l'absence, a l'inanime, au voilement-devoilement, au meme et a l'autre, au singulier et a l'universel.

A timely, large-format collection of fine art maps from Adam Dant, looking at the fractious world of politics.Adam Dant's Political Maps is an all-new collection of this highly regarded artist's intricate, absorbing and beautiful maps, this time focused on the world of politics. Informed by his experiences as the official artist of the UK general election in 2015, these glorious works of art are amusing and subversive, hugely imaginative and packed with eye-catching detail.Themes range across the spectrum of British and global politics past and present, bringing in recent political upheavals ('Stop That Brexit') and current issues such as the controversy around certain statues ('Iconoclastic London'), alongside more timeless subjects like a map of US presidents ('Presidents of the United States of America'), and, of course, the pandemic ('Viral London'). Other highlights include: *Johnson's London: Notorious places associated with Prime Minister Boris Johnson, including all the houses he has ever lived in *New York Tawk: A visualisation of New York City through a century of its slang *British Left Groups: A fascinating history of left-wing parties and pressure groups through the decades *Quitting Europe: Brexit encapsulated in exotic European cigarette packets from the artist's youthWitty, acerbic and intelligent, this unique collection will delight history enthusiasts, art lovers and politics buffs of all persuasions, and its large format guarantees hours of happy browsing of the densely packed detail Adam Dant brings to all his images.

Intended for creative professionals, this book offers 100 tips, resources and techniques for those who want to take their drawing skills to the next level. Through the work of contemporary artists, amateurs and even children, the author gives the basic concepts of this art form: colour, line and style. With his characteristical sense of humor, clarity and direct style, his lessons and tips will engage the reader.