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With just under a thousand portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, the
National Portrait Gallery boasts some of the most treasured and
famous official portraits of the Queen captured at key historic
moments, as well as day-to-day images of the monarch at home and
with family, following her journey from childhood, to princess and
Queen, mother and grandmother. This publication highlights the most
important portraits of Elizabeth II from the Gallery's Collection.
Paintings and photographs from the birth of Elizabeth II to the
present will take readers on a visual journey through the life of
Britain's foremost icon. The book will reflect on the Queen's life,
presenting family photographs alongside important formal portraits
to explore how, as her reign became record-breaking, she became an
iconic figure in modern British culture and history. The
publication features works by key artists depicting the Queen from
1926 to the present day, including Baron, Cecil Beaton, Dorothy
Wilding, Patrick Lichfield, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz and David
Bailey. This book features an introductory essay by Alexandra
Shulman, exploring how the collected portraits depict the Queen
throughout her life and reign, and a timeline of key historical
events and moments from Elizabeth II's life.
How artists from Giotto to Caravaggio have written a visual
biography of Christ through the finest masterpieces in the history
of art. In the Name of the Son approaches figurative art through
the lens of the greatest mystery of mankind: the life of Jesus
Christ. From the late medieval period through the Renaissance and
the Baroque era, the task of conferring an image onto Christ--whose
physical aspect was never described in Scripture--fell to artists,
who depicted him at every stage of life and in a multitude of
roles. In the 350 images in this lavishly illustrated volume,
Vittorio Sgarbi considers the variety and power of these
portrayals: depictions of joy, suffering, anger, surprise,
unmistakable judgment, mercy, weakness, gentleness, friendship, and
even whimsy. The result moves beyond art to explore how it was the
image of the Son, and not the Father, that amplified the words of
Scripture and inspired levels of devotion that have been unmatched
in human history.
A spiritually uplifting and beautiful designed visual memoir by the
hugely popular photographer on Instagram, Joe Greer, combining
thoughtful essays and more than 100 gorgeous landscape photos-half
fan favorites, and half never-before-seen. "Each photograph really
does come down to a split second when you decide to freeze that
moment in time. . . . You ask yourself what the story is that you
want to tell, and let the rest unfold: Click."-from the
introduction Joe Greer never imagined he would become a
photographer. Raised in Florida by an aunt and uncle after his
mother's death when he was four, Joe had a seemingly normal
childhood, spending summers at church camp and dreaming of going to
college. But nearly fifteen years later, the ground shifted beneath
his feet when he discovered a family secret that would impact the
rest of his life. Trying to make sense of that revelation and what
it meant for his future, Greer set his sights on becoming a pastor
at Spokane's Moody Bible Institute. There, he discovered
Instagram-and a passion for photography. His pictures of the lush,
wild beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape attracted a large
following that has grown to more than three quarters of a millions
fans and continues to expand. The Lay of the Land is Joe's story in
words and pictures. In this stunning compendium, he reflects on the
trauma of his early life and what photography has taught him: how
to find his light; how to slow down; how to appreciate the world
around him, a reverence for the nature world that that both
nurtures and amplifies his creativity and faith; how to love-his
photography led him to his wife, Madison-and how to heal. For Joe,
photography has been a way to find purpose, better understand his
faith, and express himself. Though he began with landscapes,
meeting his wife sparked a new love of portraiture, and he turned
to making photos of street scenes that explored his complicated
feelings about family. A love letter to the natural world, to
faith, and to finding your calling in the most unexpected places,
The Lay of the Land is a window into the beautiful mind and heart
of one of the internet's favorite photographers. Moving and
inspiring, it is a creative and spiritual journey that offers
lessons on life and living. As Greer reminds us all, whatever it is
you want, it's up to you to make the moment (and the photograph).
Sketches and drawings are the foundations of great art, where
thoughts and concepts first come to life as an image. In Sketching
from the Imagination: Characters, fifty talented artists share
their sketches, inspirations, and approaches to creating
characters. This book is a visually stunning collection packed with
useful tips and creative insights--an invaluable resource that will
inspire artists of all abilities.
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- Celebrating the Perfect Imperfect
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Make nature inspired masterpieces with this friendly all-in-one
guide to gouache. From ferns and flowers to seascapes and
songbirds, create charming paintings alongside popular designer and
illustrator Clare Therese Gray. This book is packed with stunning
illustrations accompanied by detailed instructions so that readers
can enjoy each step of the way in creating their own painted
masterpieces. You will learn to capture the world around you with
Clare's signature, whimsical style, ideal for gifts, invitations,
greeting cards and more. Paint woodland mushrooms, beautiful
botanicals or calming pastel landscapes; each project is broken
into simple steps so you can enjoy the process and let go of
perfection. Similar to watercolor yet easier to control, gouache is
a fun and approachable medium for artists of any skill level.
You'll find 25 unique tutorials for creating enchanting relaxing
artwork. Pieces are organized from beginner-like a jam jar of
wildflowers-to advanced-like a twilight owl scene-so you can grow
in confidence and expertise as you paint through each chapter. The
book includes a thorough introductory section covering everything
you need to get started: choosing and mixing colors, handling
paint, selecting brushes and mastering basic techniques. Let your
creativity soar from riverbed to treetop and beyond with this
gorgeous guide to gouache.
All cultures make, and break, images. Striking Images, Iconoclasms
Past and Present explores how and why people have made and modified
images and other cultural material from pre-history into the 21st
century. With its impressive chronological sweep and disciplinary
breadth, this is the first book about iconoclasm (the breaking of
images) and the transformation of broader sets of signs that
includes contributions from archaeologists, curators, and museum
conservators as well as historians of art, literature and religious
studies. The chapters examine themes critical to the study of
iconoclasm: violence, punishment, memory, intentionality, ruins and
relics and their survival. The conclusion shows how
cross-disciplinary debate amongst the contributors informed Tate
Britain's 'Art under Attack' exhibition (2013) and addresses the
challenges iconoclasm presents to the modern museum. By juxtaposing
objects and places usually considered in isolation, Striking Images
raises provocative questions about our understandings of
cross-cultural differences and the value of representational
objects from the broken swords of pre-historical bog graves to the
Bamiyan Buddhas and contemporary art. Are any such objects ever
'finished', or are they simply subject to constant transformation?
In dialogue with each other, the essays consider this question and
expand the field of iconoclasm - and cultural - studies.
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- An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, the Screwtape Letters, Miracles, the Great Divorce, the Problem of Pain, a Grief Observed, the Abolition of Man, and the Four Loves
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'Take a view', the Landscape Photographer of the Year competition,
is the brainchild of Charlie Waite, one of today's most respected
landscape photographers. Together with AA Publishing, he created
this prestigious competition and award with a total prize fund
exceeding GBP20,000, plus an eight-week exhibition at the National
Theatre. Britain's heritage is celebrated by people around the
world and entries are welcome from everyone, whether resident in
the UK or simply visiting, as long as the image is from the British
Isles. This book showcases the best pictures from amateur and
professional photographers alike, from the sixth annual
competition. Following the recent announcement by Take A View that
that the winner of the Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards
2012, David Byrne, has been disqualified, a decision based on the
extent of the digital manipulation techniques used in his entry, AA
Publishing would like to reassure readers of their commitment to
responsible and quality publishing. The book: Landscape
Photographer of the Year: Collection 6, which contains the winning
entries from the 2012 awards, was published by AA Publishing on
October 31st in the best of faith. Prepared by the publishers long
before the winners were announced to the public, the book is
produced to the highest quality standards. Due to the book being
printed and distributed before the decision to change the overall
winner was made by the judges, the current version of the hardback
book on sale contains the former winning image by David Byrne,
while the newly announced winning image by Simon Butterfield
appears on page 127. The next print run of the hardback copy of
Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 6 will include Simon
Butterfield's image at the start of the book, replacing David
Byrne's disqualified image. The eBook version of the book has
already been corrected to include the new winning image. AA
Publishing have posted information on both Amazon and on the AA
Publishing website to inform buyers of the changes to this year's
awards that has affected the content of the book as well as
alerting the companies who handle the distribution of the books.
Perceptions of the Body and Sacred Space in Late Antiquity and
Byzantium seeks to reveal Christian understanding of the body and
sacred space in the medieval Mediterranean. Case studies examine
encounters with the holy through the perspective of the human body
and sensory dimensions of sacred space, and discuss the dynamics of
perception when experiencing what was constructed, represented, and
understood as sacred. The comparative analysis investigates
viewers' recognitions of the sacred in specific locations or
segments of space with an emphasis on the experiential and
conceptual relationships between sacred spaces and human bodies.
This volume thus reassesses the empowering aspects of space, time,
and human agency in religious contexts. By focusing on
investigations of human endeavors towards experiential and visual
expressions that shape perceptions of holiness, this study
ultimately aims to present a better understanding of the
corporeality of sacred art and architecture. The research points to
how early Christians and Byzantines teleologically viewed the
divine source of the sacred in terms of its ability to bring
together - but never fully dissolve - the distinctions between the
human and divine realms. The revealed mechanisms of iconic
perception and noetic contemplation have the potential to shape
knowledge of the meanings of the sacred as well as to improve our
understanding of the liminality of the profane and the sacred.
Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish
Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to
the visual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from
a variety of perspectives, including history, iconography,
semiotics, psychology, sociology, and folklore. As such it is a
valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all
those interested in the visual arts. In this volume, Sarit
Shalev-Eyni considers the Mahzor as a cosmological calendar, while
Katrin Kogman-Appel looks at the work of Elisha ben Abraham, known
as Cresques, in fourtheenth-century Mallorca. Evelyn M. Cohen
discusses a surprising model for Charlotte Rothschild's Haggadah of
1842 and Ronit Sternberg examines sampler embroidery past and
present as an expression of merging Jewish identity. Jechezkiel
David Kirszenbaum's exploration of personal displacementis the
subject of an article by Caroline Goldberg Igra, and the Great
Synagogue on Tlomackie Street in Warsaw one by Eleanora Bergman.
The Special Item by Sergey R. Kravtsov and Vladimir Levin is
devoted to Perek Shirah on a wall of the Great Synagogue in
Radyvyliv. The volume also includes book reviews and an
appreciation of the life of Alfred Moldovan by William L. Gross.
Contributors: Ziva Amishai-Maisels, Professor, History of Art
Department, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Eleonora Bergman,
Emanuel Ringelbaum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw, Evelyn M.
Cohen, Professor, Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), New York,
Caroline Goldberg Igra, Guest Curator, Beit Hatfusot, Tel Aviv,
William L. Gross, Collector, Tel Aviv, Katrin Kogman-Appel,
Professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Sergey R.
Kravtsov, Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of Jerusalem,
Vladimir Levin, Center for Jewish Art, Hebrew University of
Jerusalem, Sarit Shalev-Eyni, History of Art Department, Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, Larry Silver, History of Art Department,
University of Pennsylvania, Ronit Steinberg, History and Theory
Department, Bezalel Academy of Arts and design, Jerusalem Volumes
of Ars Judaica are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish
Civilization throughout the world, except Israel. Orders and
enquiries from Israeli customers should be directed to: Ars Judaica
Department of Jewish Art Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan 52900
telephone 03 5318413 fax 03 6359241 email [email protected]
The book examines the process of symbolic and material alteration
of religious images in antiquity, the middle ages and the modern
period. The process by which the form and meaning of images are
modified and adapted for a new context is defined by a large number
of spiritual, religious, artistic, geographical or historical
circumstances. This book provides a defined theoretical framework
for these symbolic and material alterations based on the concept of
iconotropy; that is, the way in which images change and/or alter
their meaning. Iconotropy is a key concept in religious history,
particularly for periods in which religious changes, often
turbulent, took place. In addition, the iconotropic process of
appropriating cult images brought with it changes in the
materiality of those images. Numerous accounts from antiquity, the
middle ages and the modern period detail how cult images were
involved in such processes of misinterpretation, both symbolically
and materially. The book will be of interest to scholars working in
art history, visual culture and religious history.
The imagery of Hell, the Christian account of the permanent
destinations of the human soul after death, has fascinated people
over the centuries since the emergence of the Christian faith.
These landmark volumes provide the first large-scale investigation
of this imagery found across the Byzantine and post-Byzantine
world. Particular emphasis is placed on images from churches across
Venetian Crete, which are comprehensively collected and published
for the first time. Crete was at the centre of artistic production
in the late Byzantine world and beyond and its imagery was highly
influential on traditions in other regions. The Cretan examples
accompany rich comparative material from the wider Mediterranean -
Cappadocia, Macedonia, the Peloponnese and Cyprus. The large amount
of data presented in this publication highlight Hell's emergence in
monumental painting not as a concrete array of images, but as a
diversified mirroring of social perceptions of sin.
Ars Judaica is an annual publication of the Department of Jewish
Art at Bar-Ilan University. It showcases the Jewish contribution to
the visual arts and architecture from antiquity to the present from
a variety of perspectives, including history, iconography,
semiotics, psychology, sociology, and folklore. As such it is a
valuable resource for art historians, collectors, curators, and all
those interested in the visual arts. In this volume, Avraham Faust
considers a unique phenomenon in the material culture of ancient
Israel during the biblical period: pottery without painted
decoration. Moshe Idel, an expert on Jewish mysticism, sheds new
light on the figure of Helios in the Hammath Tiberias synagogue
mosaic, comparing it to descriptions of angel 'Anafi'el in the
Heikhalot literature and medieval Kabbalistic texts. Rahel Fronda
attributes a group of medieval Ashkenazi Bible manuscripts
containing similar micrographic ornaments to the same scribal
workshop, possibly near Wurzburg. Alexander Mishory reveals a
Scroll of Esther illuminated by one of the first Bezalel artists,
Shmuel Ben-David, and focuses on his use of fowl and fox imagery
deriving from an Arab fable. Artur Tanikowski discusses social
awareness and humanist values in the work of Polish modernists of
Jewish origin. The Special Item by Nurit Sirkis Bank is dedicated
to hasidic wedding rings. A silver ring, square on the outside,
round within, and engraved with the Hebrew letter he is understood
as a symbol of unity and harmony between man and woman, the human
and the Divine, nature and culture, and even good and evil.
Contributor Information: Walter Cahn, Professor, History of Art
Department, Yale University, Avraham Faust, Director, Tel 'Eton
Excavations, Institute of Archaeology, Martin (Szusz) Department of
Land of Israel Studies and Archaeology, Bar-Ilan University, Rahel
Fronda, Hebraica and Judaica Subject Librarian, Bodleian Library,
University of Oxford, Carole Herselle Krinsky, Professor, Art
History Department, New York University, Moshe Idel, Professor,
Department of Jewish Thought, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
Senior Researcher, Shalom Hartman Institute, David Malkiel,
Professor, Department of Jewish History, Bar-Ilan University, Alec
Mishory, independent scholar, Israel, Ilia Rodov, Lecturer,
Department of Jewish Art, Bar-Ilan University, Nurit Sirkis Bank,
Curator, Wolfson Museum of Jewish Art, Hechal Shlomo; doctoral
candidate, Bar-Ilan University, David Stern, Professor, Jewish
Studies Faculty, University of Pennsylvania, Artur Tanikowski,
Graphic Department, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw; Faculty of
Humanities, Fryderyk Chopin Uiversity of Music, Warsaw; Curator,
Museum of the History of Polish Jews, Warsaw Volumes of Ars Judaica
are distributed by the Littman Library of Jewish Civilization
throughout the world, except Israel. Orders and enquiries from
Israeli customers should be directed to: Ars Judaica Department of
Jewish Art Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan 52900 Telephone: 03
5318413 Email: [email protected]
Heaven's missing more than just one angel! We're counting over
sixty that have gone AWOL, just to end up in this array! Angel Lust
2 flies into the sky and brings an all-new collection of heavenly
guardians down to Earth for we merest of mortals to enjoy! These
are the best sort of angels - the kind with a little devil in them,
as seen by artists like Candia, Buci, Danilo, Flores, LeBlanc,
Marachi, Sosa, and more. Say your prayers and have some breath
mints ready!
'Angel Song' does for halos and wings what it did for all those
forest cuties in Fairy Song - show them off in all their radiant
glory! "Angel Song" features an international cast of artists who
depict these heavenly messengers in loving detail. From Renaissance
classic to pin-up pretty, and every style in-between, these
paintings reflect the varied natures of man's relationship with
these winged wonders! The volume includes the artwork of Dave
Nestler, Pelaez, Arantza, Maraschi, Sosa, and many more! Get to see
why heaven is such a beautiful place, and why people are just dying
to get there!
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Josef Koudelka; Text written by Alain Schnapp, Conesa, Bernard Latarjet
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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.
The Christian canon of scripture, known as the New Testament, excluded many of the church's traditional stories about its origins. Although not in the Bible, these popular stories have had a powerful influence on the church's traditions and theology, and a particularly marked effect on visual representations of Christian belief. This book provides a lucid introduction to the relationship between the apocryphal texts and the paintings, mosaics, and sculpture in which they are frequently paralleled, and which have been so significant in transmitting these non-Biblical stories to generations of churchgoers.
TEXTURES synthesises research in history, fashion, art, and visual
culture to reassess the "hair story" of peoples of African descent.
A fraught topic for African-Americans and others in the Diaspora,
artists, barbers, and activists address the topic of Black
hair,both the historical perceptions and its ramifications for self
and society today. TEXTURES explores the breadth of Black artists'
perspectives on hair vis-a-vis beauty, pride, and politics. Barbers
and activists address Black hair, from historical perceptions to
its challenges today. Combs, products, and implements from the
collection of hair pioneer Willie Morrow are paired with
masterworks from artists like David Hammons, Sonya Clark, Lorna
Simpson, Mickalene Thomas, and Alison Saar. The exhibition &
catalogue are inspired by Drs. Ellington and Underwood who research
preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of
skin, and the power and politics of display.
Focusing on images of or produced by well-to-do nineteenth-century
European women, this volume explores genteel femininity as
resistant to easy codification vis-A -vis the public. Attending to
various iterations of the public as space, sphere and discourse,
sixteen essays challenge the false binary construct that has held
the public as the sole preserve of prosperous men. By contrast, the
essays collected in Women, Femininity and Public Space in European
Visual Culture, 1789-1914 demonstrate that definitions of both
femininity and the public were mutually defining and constantly
shifting. In examining the relationship between affluent women,
femininity and the public, the essays gathered here consider works
by an array of artists that includes canonical ones such as Mary
Cassatt and FranAois Gerard as well as understudied women artists
including Louise Abbema and Broncia Koller. The essays also
consider works in a range of media from fashion prints and
paintings to private journals and architectural designs,
facilitating an analysis of femininity in public across the
cultural production of the period. Various European centers,
including Madrid, Florence, Paris, Brittany, Berlin and London,
emerge as crucial sites of production for genteel femininity,
providing a long-overdue rethinking of modern femininity in the
public sphere.
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