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The National Gallery started life in 1824 when the British
government purchased the collection of 38 pictures belonging to the
estate of wealthy banker John Julius Angerstein. As there was no
suitable space available to display the collection, the pictures
were put on display in Angerstein's former home in Pall Mall. It
was only in 1838 that the collection moved to its current site in
Trafalgar Square. The building and collection have continued to
expand ever since; today, the National Gallery houses one of the
world's greatest collections of western European paintings. This
book brings together the stories behind the founding and growth of
the National Gallery: the generous benefactors, the architectural
controversies, the protracted acquisitions, the dedicated staff,
and the visiting public. Generously illustrated, it aims to give
insight into the history of the people and events that have helped
shape this much-loved national institution.
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Barbequeer March 2020
(Paperback)
Zakar Brothers; Contributions by Cheyenne Parker, Alexander Jamall
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A celebration of the human body and spirit in more than 100
photographs - all nude, all taken at night. These photographs
illustrate the hard work and the dedication it takes to succeed in
dancing, acting, photography - or really any creative endeavour
that at first may be incredibly frightening or make you feel
vulnerable, but once achieved offers an exhilaration previously
unimagined. The photos were shot over 200 nights, with 300
different dancers, in more than 400 locations, in all kinds of
weather. The photos are grouped by theme - Vulnerability, Ferocity,
Stability, Ecstasy - and include shots from sunset to dawn, in
spectacular black and white and glorious colour. Many will be
accompanied by an inspiring quote. Additional text will include
Jordan's introductory essay, describing how he came up with the
book idea and how he is inspired by the dancers he photographs, as
well as "Behind the Scenes" stories of how the shot was achieved
and "In Their Shoes" - words from the dancers on what it was like
to be photographed in nude in public.
Posing Sex: Toward a Perceptual Ethics for Literary and Visual Art
views the long and provocative tradition of representing the sexual
act in Western art as an occasion for challenging assumptions about
personhood. It is uncontroversial that what Singer dubs the "sex
image," the artist's posing of human figures in the act of coitus,
is an enduring compositional armature for artists from antiquity to
the present. Singer, however, makes the quite controversial claim
that this aesthetic practice, in literature and painting
especially, serves as a powerful metier for exploring how the mind
is continuous with the sensuously lively body rather than its
rationalistic antagonist. Singer draws upon a rich philosophical
tradition-from the Greek Stoics, Descartes, Spinoza, and Hegel to
contemporary theorists of perception and aesthetic agency-to show
how the stakes of aesthetic experience epitomized in the sex image
are essentially ethical. Referencing a broad range of image-based
artworks-literary, painterly, and cinematic-Singer illustrates the
proposition that "posing sex" broadens the scope of our knowledge
about how feeling reciprocates with reason-giving.
Edward Reed is a unique artist who delights in the old-school
masters of pin-up like Vargas, Elvgren and Petty, yet he has a
fascination for photo-realism that borders on the surreal. He has
the practised ease of an expert when it comes to real-world
airbrushing, yet has no difficulty bringing that talent to a
computer screen. Whether analogue or digital, the finished
illustration is what's important, and Reed brings outstanding style
and beauty to all his creations. His women are classic in form yet
modern in sensibility - just the right mix for a 21st Century
pin-up artist! This first collection of this works - "Portraits
& Pin-Ups", is well named, as it showcases both his serious and
fun sides to an appreciative audience. Also an in-demand
instructor, Edward has assembled a fascinating step-by-step to show
how he creates such intricate and amazing masterworks.
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