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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art
Veteran artist, illustrator, and teacher shows how simple and
rewarding it can be to draw two of the most challenging of artistic
subjects. 160 pages of figures; 25 halftones; 4 charts.
The first collection of Ms. Jensen's luscious ladies was greeted
with such enthusiasm, we simply had to invite Barbara to create an
entirely NEW gallery - which she did with abundant energy and
precision Meet the even-hotter honeys from a truly gifted
illustrator Yet another eye-popping collection of cuties -
semi-clothed AND, as advertised - "Clothing Optional"
As a rule, artists find a comfortable, workable niche, and stay
there for the rest of their lives. A designer, a painter, or a
sculptor - rarely do you find someone who can literally do it all,
and well! Daniel Horne is one of those irksome individuals, equally
adept in practically any medium; his art is breathtaking in scope,
imagination, and level of detail. Horne's career has reflected his
love of fantasy and fable. The richness of these illustrations
comes from a limitless imagination and a trained eye, but also
hours and hours of detailed sketches, studies, research drawings.
The Daniel Horne Sketchbook Volume One contains intricate
break-downs, as well as many finished projects and personal pieces.
See for yourself what makes Daniel Horne such a genuine talent, a
masterful illustrator, and a true Renaissance man.
A fascinating look at how Elizabethan England was transformed by
its interactions with cultures from around the world Challenging
the myth of Elizabethan England as insular and xenophobic, this
revelatory study sheds light on how the nation's growing global
encounters-from the Caribbean to Asia-created an interest and
curiosity in the wider world that resonated deeply throughout
society. Matthew Dimmock reconstructs an extraordinary housewarming
party thrown at the newly built Cecil House in London in 1602 for
Elizabeth I where a stunning display of Chinese porcelain served as
a physical manifestation of how global trade and diplomacy had led
to a new appreciation of foreign cultures. This party was also the
likely inspiration for Elizabeth's celebrated Rainbow Portrait, an
image that Dimmock describes as a carefully orchestrated vision of
England's emerging ambitions for its engagements with the rest of
the world. Bringing together an eclectic variety of sources
including play texts, inventories, and artifacts, this extensively
researched volume presents a picture of early modern England as an
outward-looking nation intoxicated by what the world had to offer.
Distributed for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
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Alex Katz: Beauty
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Alex Katz; Text written by Jarrett Earnest, Carter Ratcliff
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This is an inspiring must-have resource for artists seeking new
approaches to drawing the human figure. It features more than 20
fundamental figure drawing exercises. It empowers students and
artists of all levels to make progress with the figure beyond their
expectations. Throughout the history of art, figure drawing has
been regarded as the very foundation of an artist's education and
at the centre of the art-making process. In "Expressive Figure
Drawing", innovative teacher and author, Bill Buchman, explores the
idea that the way we draw is a direct expression of our emotions
and perceptions. It includes 20 plus fundamental figure drawing
exercises that are undertaken one step at a time so that students
and artists of all levels are empowered to make progress with the
figure beyond their expectations. Throughout the book, the author
reveals his methods for developing proficiency using a variety of
traditional media and the latest art materials available today.
Italian court culture of the fifteenth century was a golden age,
gleaming with dazzling princes, splendid surfaces, and luminous
images that separated the lords from the (literally) lackluster
masses. In Brilliant Bodies, Timothy McCall describes and
interprets the Renaissance glitterati-gorgeously dressed and
adorned men-to reveal how charismatic bodies, in the palazzo and
the piazza, seduced audiences and materialized power.
Fifteenth-century Italian courts put men on display. Here, men were
peacocks, attracting attention with scintillating brocades, shining
armor, sparkling jewels, and glistening swords, spurs, and sequins.
McCall's investigation of these spectacular masculinities
challenges widely held assumptions about appropriate male display
and adornment. Interpreting surviving objects, visual
representations in a wide range of media, and a diverse array of
primary textual sources, McCall argues that Renaissance masculine
dress was a political phenomenon that fashioned power and
patriarchal authority. Brilliant Bodies describes and
recontextualizes the technical construction and cultural meanings
of attire, casts a critical eye toward the complex and entangled
relations between bodies and clothing, and explores the
negotiations among makers, wearers, and materials. This
groundbreaking study of masculinity makes an important intervention
in the history of male ornamentation and fashion by examining a
period when the public display of splendid men not only supported
but also constituted authority. It will appeal to specialists in
art history and fashion history as well as scholars working at the
intersections of gender and politics in quattrocento Italy.
This illustrated biography follows Nicholas Hilliard's long and
remarkable life (c. 1547-1619) from the West Country to the heart
of the Elizabethan and Jacobean courts. It showcases new archival
research and stunning images, many reproduced in color for the
first time. Hilliard's portraits-some no larger than a
watch-face-have decisively shaped perceptions of the appearances
and personalities of many key figures in one of the most exciting,
if volatile, periods in British history. His sitters included
Elizabeth I, James I, and Mary, Queen of Scots; explorers Sir
Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh; and members of the emerging
middle class from which he himself hailed. Hilliard counted the
Medici, the Valois, the Habsburgs, and the Bourbons among his
Continental European patrons and admirers. Published to mark the
400th anniversary of Hilliard's death, this is the definitive
biography of one of Britain's most notable artists. Published in
association with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
The 18th-century painter Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was an astute
observer of the many social circles in which he functioned as an
artist over the course of his long career. This catalogue
investigates his sharp wit, shrewd political appraisal, and
perceptive social commentary (including subtle allusions to illicit
relationships)-all achieved while presenting his subjects as
delightful and sophisticated members of polite society. A skilled
networker, Zoffany established himself at the court of George III
and Queen Charlotte soon after his arrival in England from his
native Germany. At the same time, he befriended the leading actor
David Garrick and through him became the foremost portrayer of
Georgian theater. His brilliant effects and deft style were well
suited to theatricality of all sorts, enabling him to secure
patronage in England and on the continent. Following a prolonged
visit to Italy he travelled to India, where he quickly became a
popular and established member within the circle of Warren
Hastings, the governor-general. Zoffany's Indian paintings are
among his most spectacular and allowed him to return to England
enriched and warmly welcomed. This volume provides a sparkling
overview of his finest works. Published for the Yale Center for
British Art and the Royal Academy Exhibition Schedule: Yale Center
for British Art (10/27/11-02/12/12) Royal Academy
(03/10/12-06/10/12)
"A fascinating collection of stunning nude photography" LFI, Leica
Fotografie International "...the book brings together Rankin's most
provocative photographs, which span a 25-year career that's always
celebrated the female form." www.fashionbeans.com (UK) #NSFW is an
Erotic Greatest Hits of photographer Rankin's nude photography.
Throughout his 25 year career, he has returned time and again to
photographing the female form. #NSFW presents the most daring
shots. Unapologetic. Provocative. Beautiful. It elevates nude
photography to the next level, brazen yet intimate. Always wanting
to celebrate and empower women, Rankin has brought wit and humour
to his nudes, creating playful images that challenge perceptions.
This is the latest volume in the acclaimed series that depicts
medicine as depicted in art throughout history. This sumptuously
illustrated volume offers a visual history of the depiction of
illness and healing in Western culture, ranging from Egyptian wall
carvings to medieval manuscripts and from paintings and sculpture
by the great masters of the Renaissance to 20th century artists
such as Matisse & Magritte. Thematic chapters cover the
examination of patients and their maladies, healing and medical
treatments, and the sufferings and hopes of patients awaiting cure
and recovery. Psychological anguish, represented by Masaccio's The
Expulsion of Adam and Eve, and Munch's The Scream, are also treated
along with more obvious physical manifestations.
Ashley Longshore delivers exactly what her fans are clamoring for:
a look at Ashley s big life, her audacious aphorisms, and of course
her sumptuous, glittering art in sublime detail. Ashley Longshore s
pop-art paintings are always daring; her art makes noise. On any
given day, you may catch her in her New Orleans gallery painting
with Blake Lively, talking art and fashion with Dapper Dan in New
York, or on a remote island in Hawaii painting. A prolific artist,
she has been compared to Andy Warhol for her passion with
pop-culture figures; but it s her infectious personality and
humorous real talk that has captured the hearts of and inspired her
devoted fans. Ashley s story also peeks at her major blingy
collaborations with brands such as Rolex; luxury cosmetics brand
Cle de Peau; Veuve Clicquot; Chloe; Mark Cross; and Judith Leiber,
to name only a few. Ashley Longshore: I Do Not Cook, I Do Not
Clean, I Do Not Fly Commercial tells the stories of the
self-proclaimed urban hippie in glorious color and detail and
features her works, collaborations, and her singular and authentic
personality.
Maternal bodies in the visual arts brings images of the maternal
and pregnant body into the centre of art-historical enquiry. By
exploring religious, secular and scientific traditions as well as
contemporary art practices, it shows the power of visual imagery in
framing our understanding of maternal bodies and affirming or
contesting prevailing maternal ideals. The book reassesses
historical models and, in drawing on original case studies, shows
how visual practices by artists may offer the means of
reconfiguring the maternal. It will appeal to students, academics
and researchers in art history, gender studies and cultural
studies, as well as to general readers interested in the maternal
and visual culture. -- .
Text in English & German. Sean McCall lives and works in Los
Angeles. A professional fashion and advertising photographer looks
back at a career spanning three decades in the industry. His work
has appeared in numerous magazines, including Allure, Bazaar,
Glamour, GQ, Mademoiselle, Sunset, Vogue and several books. He has
worked together with fashion designers Gaultier, Dior, Tommy
Hilfiger and Hudson. Many sports stars and screen legends have
posed for him, including Ali McGraw, Angelina Jolie, Art Link
Etter, Bo Derek, Caprice Bourret, Charlton Heston, Chris Farley,
Dita Von Teese, Erwin "Magic" Johnson, Gary Busey, James Coburn,
Muhammed Ali, Steve Guttenberg and Tommy Chong. Like many
photographers, McCall has an impressive back catalogue; there are
enough erotic photos of Dita Von Teese, among others, to fill an
entire library. Together with the artist, we perused the archive
and made a selection we have called "LA Nudes Confidential". It
gives insight into some "hot" photo sessions.
For much of early modern history, the opportunity to be
immortalized in a portrait was explicitly tied to social class:
only landed elite and royalty had the money and power to commission
such an endeavor. But in the second half of the 16th century,
access began to widen to the urban middle class, including
merchants, lawyers, physicians, clergy, writers, and musicians. As
portraiture proliferated in English cities and towns, the middle
class gained social visibility-not just for themselves as
individuals, but for their entire class or industry. In Citizen
Portrait, Tarnya Cooper examines the patronage and production of
portraits in Tudor and Jacobean England, focusing on the
motivations of those who chose to be painted and the impact of the
resulting images. Highlighting the opposing, yet common, themes of
piety and self-promotion, Cooper has revealed a fresh area of
interest for scholars of early modern British art. Published for
the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Born like Venus on the half shell from the centuries-long tradition
of the nude in painting, the nude first appeared as a subject
matter in photography with the introduction of the medium itself,
between 1837 and 1840, and has continued as an ever-evolving theme
through changing technical developments and cultural mores to the
present day. This volume surveys the subject of nudity from the
earliest surviving photographs of Greek and Roman sculpture through
studies of living nude models for aesthetic or scientific purposes
to the burgeoning practice of exploring the human body as pure
form. The seventy-eight works, selected from the extensive
collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and further contextualized
here in the essay Masterworks of the Nude, span the entire arc of
the history of photography in a manner that is both fresh and
illuminating. Among the sixty-four photographers included are
nineteenth-century masters Julia Margaret Cameron, Edgar Degas, and
Thomas Eakins; early-twentieth-century artists Man Ray, Alfred
Stieglitz, and Edward Weston; mid-twentieth-century innovators Bill
Brandt, Harry Callahan, and Minor White; late-twentieth-century
image makers Diane Arbus, Robert Mapplethorpe, and Herb Ritts; and
contemporary artists Chuck Close, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, and
Mona Kuhn.
Featuring the work of Berlin along with images by Tom of Finland,
Robert Mapplethorpe, and Andy Warhol, Peter Berlin: Icon pays
tribute to the man who in the early to mid-1970s revolutionized the
landscape of gay male eroticism and became an international
sensation. His self-portrait photography graced the covers of gay
magazines, and defined a look that re-imagined a new masculinity
among gay men and an emerging gay male culture. Peter Berlin was a
self-created. Tailoring his own clothes to accentuate an already
naturally defined physique, every part of his anatomy became
showcased. Cruising was his career, and with a background in
photography, Peter embarked on recording thousands of
self-portraits. The book is edited by Michael Bullock is a writer
and publisher of BUTT, Pin-Up, Fantastic Man, Gentlewoman, and
Apartamento magazines.
Presents a collection of seventeen essays that explores the
dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing
the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and
science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century.
This is the first book to concentrate on Dutch Golden Age painter
Frans Hals's highly innovative approach to male portraiture. Frans
Hals is one of the greatest portrait painters of all time and,
together with Rembrandt, is one of the most eminent
seventeenth-century Dutch artists. Published to coincide with the
Wallace Collection's exhibition of the same name, Frans Hals: The
Male Portrait explores the artist's highly innovative approach to
male portraiture, from the beginning of his career in the 1610s
until the end of his life in 1666. Through pose, expression and
virtuosic painterly technique, Hals revolutionised the male
portrait into something entirely new and fresh, capturing and
revealing his sitters' characters like no one else before him. This
book includes the first in-depth study of Hals's great masterpiece,
The Laughing Cavalier, from 1624. The extravagantly dressed young
man, confidently posed with his left arm akimbo in the extreme
foreground of the picture and seemingly penetrating into the
viewer's space, has been charming audiences for over a century.
Richly illustrated, Frans Hals: The Male Portrait situates The
Laughing Cavalier within the artist's larger oeuvre and
demonstrates how, at a relatively early point in his career, Hals
was able to achieve this great masterpiece.
William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum accompanies a
groundbreaking exhibition organized by the Hunterian at the
University of Glasgow, in collaboration with the Yale Center for
British Art, to celebrate the 2018 tercentenary of The Hunterian's
founder, Dr. William Hunter (1718-1783). This publication is the
first in 150 years to assess the contribution made by Hunter, the
Scottish-born obstetrician, anatomist, and collector, to the
development of the modern museum as a public institution. Essays
examine how Hunter gathered his collection to be used as a source
of knowledge and instruction, encompassing outstanding paintings
and works on paper, coins and medals, and anatomical and zoological
specimens. Hunter also possessed ethnographic artifacts from Spain,
the Middle East, China, and the South Pacific, and was an avid
collector of medieval manuscripts and incunabula; these were all
located within one of the most important "working" libraries of
eighteenth-century London. Published by the Yale Center for British
Art in association with The Hunterian Exhibition Schedule: The
Hunterian, Glasgow (09/28/18-01/06/19) Yale Center for British Art
(02/14/19-05/20/19)
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