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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art

How to Draw People - Step-by-step lessons for figures and poses (Paperback): Jeff Mellem How to Draw People - Step-by-step lessons for figures and poses (Paperback)
Jeff Mellem
R547 Discovery Miles 5 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Drawing Figures! To draw an anatomical figure, you don't need a stack of weighty anatomy books. Just take it step by step! In How to Draw People, author Jeff Mellem teaches beginning artists how to draw the human figure, from stick figure to anatomically accurate person, in clear, easy-to-follow lessons. More than just a reference, this book provides the step-by-step instruction to teach you to draw the human figure and the anatomical knowledge to draw it realistically. In each chapter, called "levels," you'll learn core concepts for drawing the human figure. Each new chapter builds on the previous one to give you the skills you need to add complexity to your drawing. By the end of each chapter, you will be able to draw the figure with greater detail. By the end of Level 5, you will be able to draw an expressive figure with defined muscle groups in a variety of poses both real and imagined. Clear goals to progress from stick figure to anatomically correct Exercises and assignments to practice new skills Level-Up Checklists in each chapter to assess your skills before moving on With clear step-by-step demonstrations and check-ins along the way, How to Draw People is the beginner's guide to drawing realistic figures.

Ape Culture (Paperback): Anselm Franke, Hila Peleg Ape Culture (Paperback)
Anselm Franke, Hila Peleg; Designed by Studio Matthias Gorlich
R868 R757 Discovery Miles 7 570 Save R111 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of Loish - A Look Behind the Scenes (Hardcover): Lois Van Baarle The Art of Loish - A Look Behind the Scenes (Hardcover)
Lois Van Baarle; Edited by 3DTotal Publishing
R739 R700 Discovery Miles 7 000 Save R39 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Lois van Baarle is a freelance animator/illustrator from the Netherlands who graduated in 2009 from the Hogeschool voor de Kunsten Utrecht. Since then, her work has become very popular across the internet, with her Facebook followers closing in on one million and her Twitter account watched by over nineteen thousand eager eyes. The Art of Loish is her first "art of" book, and will examine her inspirations while showcasing some of her early work. Following this, the reader will learn how she developed her very distinctive style and discover advice as she discusses her working methods, offering tips on a variety of techniques that she utilizes in her art every day! The additional exclusive content of this book makes it a must-have for any lover of Loish's work!

Drawings (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Sarah Raphael Drawings (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Sarah Raphael; Volume editing by Frederic Raphael
R851 Discovery Miles 8 510 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sarah Raphael (1960-2001) died young: preparing a show for New York, she contracted pneumonia and never recovered. Her work, large- and small-scale, is now represented in all the leading British collections. A major retrospective at Marlborough Fine Arts, London, in 2003, bringing together work from her last seven years, was as amazing as her earlier exhibitions in its brilliance, its formal variety and inventiveness. One breathtaking area of her work which has so far been inadequately displayed is her drawing. There are few modern artists who equal her in assurance and firmness of line. Michael Ayrton said to her when she was fourteen, 'Draw your own hands. If you can draw your own hands you can do anything.' She did, and she could. Her informal portraits of friends, some well-known, some unknown, never flatter except in telling the truth. She did justice to every model, and her sense of setting, the economy of her perspectives, her ability to create presence, continue to amaze the viewer. Even the most seemingly casual sketch, closely observed, reconstitutes an original, sculptural space about it. The lessons Michael Ayrton taught ensured that she is always at least a three-dimensional artist. Most of the drawings are from her notebooks and sketchbooks, and Frederic Raphael draws from over twenty-five years of work, primarily pencil sketches. As William Boyd has written, 'you can tell how good they are, yourself'. She has her own, unarguable authority.

The Nude - The Cultural Rhetoric of the Body in the Art of Western Modernity (Paperback): Richard Leppert The Nude - The Cultural Rhetoric of the Body in the Art of Western Modernity (Paperback)
Richard Leppert
R1,870 Discovery Miles 18 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"The Nude" explores some of the principal ways that paintings of the nude function in the conflicted terrain of culture and society in Europe and America from the fifteenth through twentieth centuries, as set against questions about human sexuality that emerge around differences of class, gender, age, and race. Author Richard Leppert relates the visual history of how the naked body intersects with the foundational characteristics of what it is to be human, measured against a range of basic emotions (happiness, delight, and desire; fear, anxiety, and abjection) and read in the context of changing social and cultural realities. The bodies comprising the Western nude are variously pleasured or tormented, ecstatic or bored, pleased or horrified. In short, as this volume amply demonstrates, the nude in Western art is a terrain on whose surface is written a summation of Western history: its glory but also its degradation.

Black Tights Wide (Paperback): Yom Black Tights Wide (Paperback)
Yom
R646 Discovery Miles 6 460 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Collecting 100 full-color pages and featuring 48 different Japanese manga and anime artists, Black Tights features some of the best illustrators in Japan. With stockings as their primary themes, WIDE focuses on thighs. Overseen by cover artist and art director, Yom, audiences have been captivated by their character designs in the 2019 anime short, Miru Tights.

Children in the Visual Arts of Imperial Rome (Hardcover, New): Jeannine Diddle Uzzi Children in the Visual Arts of Imperial Rome (Hardcover, New)
Jeannine Diddle Uzzi
R2,846 Discovery Miles 28 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Modern approaches to Roman imperialism have often characterized Romanzation as a benign or neutral process of cultural exchange between Roman and non-Roman, conqueror and conquered. Although supported by certain types of literary and archaeological evidence, this characterization is not reflected in the visual imagery of the Roman ruling elite. In official imperial art, Roman children are most often shown in depictions of peaceful public gatherings before the emperor, whereas non-Roman children appear only in scenes of submission, triumph, or violent military activity. Images of children, those images most fraught with potential in Roman art, underscore the contrast between Roman and non-Roman and as a group present a narrative of Roman identity. As Jeannine Diddle Uzzi argues in this 2005 study, the stark contrast between images of Roman and non-Roman children conveys the ruling elite's notions of what it meant to be Roman.

The Art of Drawing Folds - An Illustrator's Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure (Paperback): Kelly Gordon Brine The Art of Drawing Folds - An Illustrator's Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure (Paperback)
Kelly Gordon Brine
R1,404 Discovery Miles 14 040 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From Renaissance fresco painters to contemporary graphic novel artists, the ability to draw clothed figures from one's imagination has always been crucial to artists - and exceptionally difficult to attain. With over 220 illustrations, The Art of Drawing Folds: An Illustrator's Guide to Drawing the Clothed Figure reveals the logic and patterns in folds, enabling the reader to more easily predict the behavior of cloth when creating folds in their own drawings and paintings. Addressing folds in clothing systematically, the author provides a clear, concise approach to the analysis, classification and visualization of convincingly naturalistic folds. Starting with the nature of fabric and its geometry, this book methodically explores the reasons for fold behavior based on the construction of clothing and the shapes and actions of the human figure. An essential guide and reference for animators, illustrators, storyboard artists, comic-book artists, 3D modelers, sculptors, fashion designers and students, The Art of Drawing Folds simplifies one of the most complex and important aspects of drawing the clothed figure.

David Byrd (Hardcover): David Byrd (Hardcover)
R1,064 Discovery Miles 10 640 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A poignant look into the psychological depths of the human mind-its possibilities and fragility. This is the impressive and sensitive legacy of the painter David Byrd. The artist joined the army during World War II and later worked as an orderly in the psychiatric ward of a Veterans hospital in Upstate New York. From 1958 to 1988, Byrd's keen observation of this world, filled with the crowded histories of its troubled patients, was recorded in the artist's sketchbook. This publication is a replica of the deeply personal, creative, and revelationary journal examining the human experience and its potential for pain and alienation on the fringe. Byrd's work was not publicly exhibited until 2013, only a few months before his death-an omission that seems absurd in the face of such a powerful output of artwork expressing the artist's perspective as a veteran himself and his empathy toward those living with psychological trauma.

Atlas of Foreshortening - The Human Figure in Deep Perspective 2e (Paperback, 2nd ed): J. Cody Atlas of Foreshortening - The Human Figure in Deep Perspective 2e (Paperback, 2nd ed)
J. Cody
R1,527 Discovery Miles 15 270 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A unique visual encyclopedia for artists and illustrators

Like its acclaimed predecessor, the Second Edition of this outstanding photographic reference offers illustrators, fine artists, and animators immediate access to the human form in deep perspective, that is, foreshortened. With all-new photographs, the Atlas of Foreshortening features:

  • Over 530 high-quality photographs
  • Both male and female nudes
  • Poses with slight, moderate, and marked foreshortening
  • Detail shots and full-body photographs
  • Many poses shot from multiple angles
The Nude in French Art and Culture, 1870-1910 (Hardcover): Heather Dawkins The Nude in French Art and Culture, 1870-1910 (Hardcover)
Heather Dawkins
R2,831 Discovery Miles 28 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This study examines the forces that made the nude a contentious image in the early Third Republic. Analyzing the evolving relationship between the fine art nude, print culture, and censorship, Heather Dawkins explores how artists, art critics, politicians, bureaucrats, lawyers, and judges evaluated the nude. She reveals how spectatorship of the nude was refracted through the ideals of art, femininity, republican liberty, and public decency. Dawkins also investigates how women reshaped private perception of the nude to accommodate their own experience and subjectivity.

Read This if You Want to be Great at Drawing People (Paperback): Selwyn Leamy Read This if You Want to be Great at Drawing People (Paperback)
Selwyn Leamy
R408 R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Save R34 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Learn to draw figures and faces with this clear and easy to follow guide, the latest in the bestselling 'Read This' series. Revealing the techniques and ideas behind inspirational works, the book will set you on the path to making your own great drawings. From traditional life drawing to unconventional character studies, works by masters such as Henri Matisse, Auguste Rodin and Vincent van Gogh, as well as contemporary artists including Marlene Dumas, Zin Lim and Catherine Kehoe, all serve to illustrate a range of approaches and encourage readers to try out new ideas. Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing People is part of the internationally-bestselling 'Read This' series, which has sold over half-a-million books worldwide and has been translated into over 20 languages. More titles in the 'Read This' series: Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs by Henry Carroll (9781780673356) Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of People by Henry Carroll (9781780676241) Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs of Places by Henry Carroll (9781780679051) Use This if You Want to Take Great Photographs: A Photo Journal by Henry Carroll (9781780678887) Read This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786270542) Use This if You Want to Be Great at Drawing by Selwyn Leamy (9781786274052) Read This if You Want to Be a Great Writer by Ross Raisin (9781786271976) Read This if You Want to Be Instagram Famous edited by Henry Carroll (9781780679679)

Carving Classic Female Faces in Wood - A How-To Reference for Carvers and Sculptors (Paperback): Ian Norbury Carving Classic Female Faces in Wood - A How-To Reference for Carvers and Sculptors (Paperback)
Ian Norbury
R437 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R37 (8%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Noted sculptor Ian Norbury gives woodcarvers a thorough, how-to guide to bringing out the beauty of a female face from a block of wood. Using hundreds of photographs and drawings, the author provides in-depth instruction on carving two different adult faces - one European and one Afro-Caribbean - and one child's face. Both beginning and advanced woodcarvers and sculptors will find expert guidance on tackling the unique challenges of carving a female face. Included are sections on the anatomy of the female face, taking photographs and producing patterns, step-by-step instructions, and a photographic gallery of finished carvings to provide inspiration.

Disturbing Beauty - The Bizarro Art of Ed Mironiuk (Paperback): Ed Mironiuk Disturbing Beauty - The Bizarro Art of Ed Mironiuk (Paperback)
Ed Mironiuk
R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Life Drawing for Artists, Volume 3 - Understanding Figure Drawing Through Poses, Postures, and Lighting (Paperback): Chris... Life Drawing for Artists, Volume 3 - Understanding Figure Drawing Through Poses, Postures, and Lighting (Paperback)
Chris Legaspi
R758 R504 Discovery Miles 5 040 Save R254 (34%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Life Drawing for Artists teaches a contemporary approach to figure drawing that includes both the familiar poses-standing, sitting, lying down-but also how to capture figures in movement and in more dynamic and engaging positions. Author Chris Legaspi is a dedicated, life-long artist and admired instructor who is known for his dynamic figurative drawings and paintings, and as a successful illustrator in the entertainment industry. Whether you are an aspiring illustrator, art student, or a professional artist looking to develop your abilities, Life Drawing for Artists shows how to build your skills by combining fundamental building blocks, such as gesture lines, shape and design, structure, value control, and edge or line control. You'll focus on different skills while working on both quick timed drawings and longer detailed drawings. The book covers important topics, such as drawing different views, understanding perspective, foreshortening strategies, and how to deal with various lighting conditions. The examples and tutorials explore virtually every pose scenario, as well as many active and dynamic movements. Breathe drama into your figures as you master the fundamentals with this fresh approach to life drawing. The For Artists series expertly guides and instructs artists at all skill levels who want to develop their classical drawing and painting skills and create realistic and representational art.

Kinbaku - The Art of Rope Bondage (Hardcover): Nawashi Murakawa Kinbaku - The Art of Rope Bondage (Hardcover)
Nawashi Murakawa
R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Kinbaku is the Japanese word for rope bondage: In the west it is often referred to as Shibari. Although it originated in Japan as a means of restraint and torture, during the last hundred years it has also been used as an activity which gives emotional, physical, and visual pleasure for the participants. Nawashi Murakawa, the Artistic Director of the annual London festival of the Art of Japanese Rope Bondage provides the historical context for the practice which goes back 12000 years. He also explains how Kinbaku has developed as a dramatic art form which is performed in front of audiences in many countries. This series of ten chapters demonstrates how the art of rope bondage has developed in the UK, Russia, Canada and the USA as well as presenting a modern day live performance in Tokyo. The final section shows more traditional Japanese techniques. Chapters with Japanese contributors provide the text in Japanese as well as in English. The stunning and surprising photographs reveal the beauty and daring of the models, and their written accounts together with those of the photographers and rope experts give an insight into the lifestyle of those who practice this particular fetish.

New Amazons - The Paintings of Claudio Aboy (Paperback): Claudio Aboy New Amazons - The Paintings of Claudio Aboy (Paperback)
Claudio Aboy
R374 Discovery Miles 3 740 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Concepts Of Identity - Historical And Contemporary Images And Portraits Of Self And Family (Paperback, Revised): Katherine... Concepts Of Identity - Historical And Contemporary Images And Portraits Of Self And Family (Paperback, Revised)
Katherine Hoffman
R1,497 Discovery Miles 14 970 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Concepts of identity are complex and changing, and in this book Katherine Hoffman examines images of individuals and families from ancient Egypt to the present--more than two thirds of the book covers the twentieth century. Through a comprehensive study of paintings, sculpture, photography, film, television, and other media, Hoffman provides eye-opening insights on the identity of family and self through time and explores what these images say about the attitudes and values of a particular culture.Concepts of identity and self as individuals and families are complex and changing, but images from the artist, the photographer, the filmmaker, and TV producer can help us discover where we came from, who we are and why, and where we are in the maze of postmodern life. Katherine Hoffman explores portraits and images from ancient Egypt to the present--more than two-thirds of the book covers the twentieth century, including images from art, photography, film, TV, and other media. The 75 illustrations are integrated with the text.

Tease to Please - The Erotic Art of Adrian Velez! (Paperback): Adrian Velez Tease to Please - The Erotic Art of Adrian Velez! (Paperback)
Adrian Velez
R355 Discovery Miles 3 550 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Art and Science of Portraiture (Hardcover, 1st ed): S. Lawrence-Lightf The Art and Science of Portraiture (Hardcover, 1st ed)
S. Lawrence-Lightf
R1,482 Discovery Miles 14 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The writing is beautiful, the ideas persuasive, and the picture it paints of the process of careful observation is one that every writer should read. . . . A rich and wonderful book."
--American Journal of Education A landmark contribution to the field of research methodology, this remarkable book illuminates the origins, purposes, and features of portraiture--placing it within the larger discourse on social science inquiry and mapping it onto the broader terrain of qualitative research.

All Natural Beauties (Hardcover): Adam Koons All Natural Beauties (Hardcover)
Adam Koons
R1,175 R966 Discovery Miles 9 660 Save R209 (18%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Wet & Wild! (Paperback): Sal Quartuccio, Mitch Byrd, Brian Leblanc Wet & Wild! (Paperback)
Sal Quartuccio, Mitch Byrd, Brian Leblanc
R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Moist fun. Sudsy joy. Slippery when amused. You put any combination of H2O and females frolicking, and you are going to have a good time! In the latest Gallery Girl collection, we assembled a swim team of artists who know their way around the hot tub, the pool, the beach, the riverbank, the bath -- well, you get the idea! Girls galore -- just add water! Illustrations by Mitch Byrd, Maraschi, Cirulli, Perez, Guida, Brian LeBlanc, and many more! This will be a VERY Adult Swim! Don't forget your snorkel!

Lucian Freud - The Copper Paintings (Hardcover): Martin Gayford, David Scherf Lucian Freud - The Copper Paintings (Hardcover)
Martin Gayford, David Scherf
R1,058 R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Save R96 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Brings together, for the first time, Lucian Freud's oil on copper paintings, including his lost portrait of Francis Bacon and two works that have never been reproduced before In the early 1950s, Lucian Freud produced several works in oil paint on copper, a technique favored by 17th-century artists such as Rembrandt and Frans Hals, but unusual for a 20th-century painter. Originally thought to be only a handful, Freud in fact painted more than a dozen copper works-all small-scale, enamel-smooth and astonishingly intense. Based on a decade of research, this book, for the first time, brings together all of Freud's "coppers," including two works that have never been reproduced before. Among these paintings is Freud's famous portrait of Francis Bacon, labeled by Nicholas Serota as "the most important portrait of the 20th century." The work was stolen in 1988-its whereabouts still unknown-but during research for the book a rare photograph was discovered that shows the work just minutes before the theft, and it is published here for the first time. Distributed for Less Publishing

Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds, 1953-2016 (Hardcover): Hugh Hefner Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds, 1953-2016 (Hardcover)
Hugh Hefner
R2,235 R1,740 Discovery Miles 17 400 Save R495 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

With the first centerfold image of the radiant Marilyn Monroe, Hugh M. Hefner masterminded a cultural icon: Playboy 's Playmate of the Month. This voluptuous new edition celebrates every nude centerfold from every issue of Playboy, from 1953 to February 2016. Initially published a decade ago, and now comprehensively updated, this must-have edition boasts 734 nude centerfolds and decade openers from literary luminaries, including an all-new essay by Elizabeth Wurtzel on the last decade of centerfolds, and a redesigned package that perfectly captures the complete cultural and aesthetic arc of the Playboy centerfold. With contributions by: - Robert Coover - Paul Theroux - Robert Stone - Jay McInerney - Daphne Merkin - Maureen Gibbon - Elizabeth Wurtzel

Encounters - Nga Tai Whakarongorua (Paperback): Rebecca Rice, Matariki Williams Encounters - Nga Tai Whakarongorua (Paperback)
Rebecca Rice, Matariki Williams; Designed by Greg Simpson; Translated by Ranea Aperahama, Stephanie Tibble; Photographs by …
R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Accessible, informative guide to one of Te Papa's most popular permanent art exhibitions. The portrait wall in Toi Art, the art gallery within New Zealand's national museum, Te Papa, is the most popular art exhibition for museum visitors. Hung salon-style on dark red walls, its 36 arresting portraits span historical portraiture to contemporary practice, and represent mana. Some trumpet the status of European royalty, Maori leaders, or prosperous colonial settlers in New Zealand. Others advertise the skills of the artist. All carry stories from the past into the present. This handy book details each work in both English and te reo Maori and is the perfect souvenir of a visit to Te Papa and an ideal starting point for exploring questions of art, identity, and cross-cultural exchange.

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