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A humorous and informative book, debunking a range of commonly held
myths about animals. Camels store water in their humps and magpies
love to steal shiny objects. Or do they? A must-read in the
Everything you Know series, this book debunks a range of old-cod
stories about animals in author Matt Brown's inimitable humorous
and fascinating style. Covering everything from the myth that
lemmings throw themselves off cliffs in suicide (they don't, but on
occasion some just fall off) to the one about bats being blind
(they're not, and they can see but use the more sophisticated
echolocation for certain hunting). From head in the sand ostriches
to cats landing on their feet, a wealth of information on our
beloved pets to creepy crawlies and wild giants, this book will set
the marvel of the animal word straight. Plus, there are special
features on the odd diets of animals and how wrongly they are
portrayed in the movies. All the old stories and myths about
animals we've had since childhood are gleefully debunked in a
hugely entertaining book.
Trees are a magnificent source of inspiration for artists. This
book looks more closely at their role in art and how best the
artist can capture their essence as the sole subject of a painting,
to complete a landscape or to step into an abstract representation.
In a unique collaboration, Sian and Rob Dudley combine their skills
to offer insights into a range of techniques and styles. There are
tips and ideas for finding inspiration, developing your ideas,
information gathering, layout, tone and colour within the book.
Step-by-step projects demonstrate the techniques in action, from
first inspiration through to completion. With practical advice on
painting through the seasons to help you to see and paint trees
with new appreciation, this book is a joyful and essential guide to
creating expressive paintings.
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Magnificent compendium of the finely detailed plant images from the Victorian era-all identified with Latin and common names and arranged alphabetically by family. Hundreds of plant species-from lilies, lichens, poppies and palms to mushrooms, mosses, marigolds and maples-supplemented by specialized appendices on edible foods, medicinal herbs, plants used in decoration and in graphic design. Indispensable source of inspiration and copyright-free graphics for designers and artists; a captivating compendium for botanists, gardeners, and collectors of old engravings.
In the 18th century pugs found their way onto the laps of
noblewomen and, with this, into the portraits of contemporary
rulers. Small and forever panting, the pug could not be put to use
as a watchdog or a herding dog, but it compensated for this with
its charm. The dog ultimately found its way onto porcelain and
faience. Johann Joachim Kandler, the most significant modeler of
the Meissen porcelain manufactory, designed over 60 variants of the
pug between 1740 and 1760 - standing, lying, scratching, and
performing tricks. Kandler portrayed the pug belonging to Count
Heinrich von Bru hl in a splendid one-off, but he also produced
models for serial production. This southern German collection
comprises over 150 ceramic pugs as well as other dogs. Moreover,
they do not just appear individually; they may also be part of a
courtly scene or decorate wares in the gallant style - accessories
such as flacons, (snuff) boxes, and walking-stick handles. Text in
English and German.
The French, Italian, and Austrian Alpes, the Pyrenees...Master
photographer Stefan Bogner presents breath-taking photographs of
mountain passes, taken during the winter season.
This complete guide to the crisp, precise finish of botanical
painting marries traditional technique with contemporary style and
includes sections on colour, drawing, continuous tone, composition
and dissection. Michael Lakin makes botanical art approachable with
simple exercises and a variety of step-by-step instructional
approaches, making this a fantastic guide for aspirational
beginners.
New from renowned printmaker Tom Killion With this stunning note
card set, celebrated woodblock printmaker Tom Killion presents a
series of his artworks that delight in the enchantment and majesty
of California's forests. Printed on fine white stock, these
faithful reproductions of Killion's signature multicolor woodcut
prints highlight iconic trees framed by striking California
landscapes, from Miter Basin to the High Sierra. The Trees of
California Note Card Box contains twelve white envelopes and twelve
blank note cards. This set includes 3 each of the following 4
images: * Coast Live Oak, Big Sur * Giant Sequoias * Twin Lodgepole
Pines * Moonlit Sierra Pines
As downhill skiing became popular in 20th-century Europe, resorts
in the Austrian, German, French, and Swiss Alps commissioned
paintings of their ski runs to turn into maps. The best of these
paintings are now featured in this book showing the artists'
ability to combine technical virtuosity, geographic information,
and creative flair. The undoubted master of panoramic map painting
is H. C. Berann, and many examples of his works are shown in this
beautiful volume, along with a select handful of artists from
throughout Europe. Detailing scenes of the Alpine range from
Slovenia to France, each of these images was created by hand from
aerial photography, mostly shot by the artists on helicopter rides
through the mountains. The paintings themselves cleverly combine
multiple perspectives so that all trails, terrain, and mountain
features are visible. In these exquisite reproductions, the
paintings have been stripped of all references to the ski trails,
allowing viewers to focus entirely on the beauty of the colours,
composition, and detail. A joy to study and savour, these dramatic
and vivid paintings recall a time when the human hand was the best
means of translating the Alps' towering beauty to the general
public.
In celebration of the world's favorite animal, we bring you over
400 photographs of or about dogs. With pictures from the 19th
century to today, the collection includes works by Man Ray, Eric
Fischl, Wolfgang Tillmans, Donna Ruskin, Fatima NeJame, Vincent
Versace, and of course Elliott Erwitt and William Wegman. Together,
their pictures, unique in style but united in canine affection, are
testimony if ever there was one that dogs are not only best
friends, but also pure photographic inspiration. Forget
#dogsofinstagram, this is real canine art, showing how the camera
has been key witness to dogs in all their diversity, character, and
friendship, from pensive pooch portraits to four-pawed action
shots. As intellectually as it is visually stimulating, the book
includes captivating essays tracing the presence of dogs in the
history of photography and their relationship with humans across
the decades. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact
cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!
At the invitation of the town of Cannes, renowned German artist
Nils-Udo, pioneer of Land Art, will create several ephemeral
installations this summer on Ile Sainte- Marguerite, the largest of
the Lerins Islands, an exceptionally preserved natural site at the
heart of the French Riviera. The event will be immortalised through
a collection of original photographs that will complete the
monographic exhibition dedicated to the links between Nils-Udo, the
Mediterranean and the islands. Through his installations on water,
mossy wooden rafts, fleeting installations of turf, flowers and
bamboo on the infinite scope of the Mediterranean, the visitor will
be taken to Italy and the Spanish islands in order to look with
fresh eyes upon the beauty, but also the fragility, of these sites.
This exhibition, curated by Frederique Citera-Bulot, director of
the Musees de Cannes, will take place in the spectacular location
of the Musee de la Mer, in the Fort Royal de l'Ile Saint-Marguerite
rooms dedicated to contemporary photography.
The idea of nature as a cultural construction has been discussed
extensively in postmodern theory. Less attention, however, has been
paid to the underlying motivations shaping the ideologies of
nature, in particular the desire to submit to some larger order
outside of oneself. Aspiring to the Landscape examines this
persistent desire and how it is made manifest in contemporary
landscape art. Four installations of large-scale paintings by
Canadian artists Eleanor Bond, Susan Feindel, Stephen Hutchings,
and Wanda Koop are the focus of Petra Halkes's study. The works
vary widely in style and iconography but are drawn together by the
way they invite a reflection on the troubled relationship between
culture and nature and our contradictory and simultaneous longing
to conquer and to succumb to nature. It is the tension between
modern and postmodern interpretations of the subject of nature that
makes the theory and the artwork discussed in Aspiring to the
Landscape so important to contemporary Canadian culture.
Wilhelm Kuhnert was a pioneer. He was one of the first European
artists to travel to the largely unexplored savannahs and jungles
of the German colonies in North and East Africa. Under hazardous
conditi ons he documented at close quarters the fascinating animal
and plant world and then created in his Berlin studio monumental
paintings which were much sought - after on the art market. Like no
other artist of his time Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926) has moulded
our image of Africa. In his seductively realistic drawings,
watercolours and paintings he recorded with almost scientific
accuracy the characteristics of the animals and their habitat. It
is not surprising, therefore, that his pictures illustrated on the
o ne hand legendary reference works like Brehms Tierleben and
adorned on the other the popular collector cards of the chocolate
manufacturer Stollwerck. The volume shows a comprehensive, exciting
portrait of Kuhnert's unusual life and works and takes into account
at the same time the current debate on attitudes to Germany's
colonial past.
Take your colouring to the next level by doing it with stickers
instead of pencils! Each one of the 12 designs in this book has
spaces for mosaic shapes that you fill in using the pages of
different coloured stickers in the back, allowing you to create
one-of-a-kind mosaic designs. Colour-by-sticker is a fun new way to
express creativity and explore colour, and this series gives
readers the freedom to create their own unique designs, no artistic
ability required. Sticker Mosaics: Exotic Animals features 12
different beautiful ocean images to colour with the included 25
sheets of stickers. Whether you choose the brightly coloured
macaws, a curious chameleon, or a friendly alpaca, you'll be
creating a truly unique work of art that any animal lover will
adore.
The first edition of this book, published in 1994, reshaped the
direction of landscape studies by considering landscape not simply
as an object to be seen or a text to be read, but as an instrument
of cultural force, a central tool in the creation of national and
social identities. This second edition adds not only a new preface,
but five new essays--from Edward Said, W. J. T. Mitchell, Jonathan
Bordo, Michael Taussig, and Robert Pogue Harrison-extending the
scope of the book in remarkable ways.
The End of Landscape in Nineteenth-Century America examines the
dissolution of landscape painting in the late nineteenth-century
United States. Maggie M. Cao explores the pictorial practices that
challenged, mourned, or revised the conventions of landscape
painting, a major cultural project for nineteenth-century
Americans. Through rich analysis of artworks at the genre's
unsettling limits-landscapes that self-destruct, masquerade as
currency, or even take flight-Cao shows that experiments in
landscape played a crucial role in the American encounter with
modernity. Landscape is the genre through which American art most
urgently sought to come to terms with the modern world.
Paul Nash, the British landscape and Surrealist painter, lived
through both the First and Second World Wars. His depictions of
these human catastrophes, with their damaged landscapes and broken
machinery are much remembered today. His painting life moved from
representational landscapes, through to the Surrealist and
symbolist styles of his later years where he experimented with
abstraction and the everyday. He was regarded as a fine book
illustrator and often created work for other graphic and theatrical
forms. This new book offers 100 images, with an introduction to his
art and contribution made by Nash to the cultural sophistication of
the modern world.
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