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Art Unpacked: 50 Works of Art: Uncovered, Explored, Explained
Matthew Wilson - Thames & Hudson
Format: Hardcover
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A down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to "read," understand, and get the most out of art.For beginners, art history might seem a daunting subject with complex rules and impenetrable technical language. Even for more seasoned art lovers the question of how to think about... |
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Cute Creature Art Class: Learn to Draw over 50 Magical Monsters
Naomi Lord - Rock Point
Format: Paperback
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Enhance your drawing skills and create 57 anime fantasy creatures following simple step-by-step tutorials.. In Cute Creature Art Class, popular anime artist Naomi Lord shares the secrets to drawing enchanting creatures in her signature style. Through easy-to-follow tutorials, Lord walks... |
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Tsimshian Eagle: A Culture Bearer's Journey
David A. Boxley - Chin Music Press Inc.
Format: Hardcover
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Raised by his grandparents in the tiny village of Metlakatla, Alaska, David A. Boxley left a secure teaching job in his hometown to pursue an uncharted path as a full-time Tsimshian artist, ultimately leading a revival of traditional culture, art, dance, and song. Tsimshian Eagle: A Culture... |
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Ukraine at War: Street Art, Posters Poetry
Daoud Sarhandi-Williams - Interlink Books
Format: Hardcover
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A unique book that showcases how Ukrainian society is expressing itself through art.. War came to Ukraine in February 2022; it was uninvited - although not entirely unexpected given Russia's steady, massive troop build-up on Ukraine's eastern border over the winter. When war exploded,... |
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Girls of the World: 250 Portraits of Awesome
Mihaela Noroc - Andrews McMeel Publishing
Format: Paperback
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This collection of powerful photographs and moving stories showcases young women of all backgrounds, from a myriad of cultures, showing us that all girls are awesome in their own special way.. Travel from Kabul to Texas with author and photographer Mihaela Noroc and experience astonishing... |
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After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art
MaryAnne Stevens - National Gallery London
Format: Hardcover
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Through the 1880s the very essence of representation, meaning and process in Western art were profoundly interrogated. Plausible representations of the external world were cast aside in favour of non-naturalism expressed in varying degrees, from modest distortions of reality to pure abstraction..... |
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The History of Color: A Universe of Chromatic Phenomena
Neil Parkinson - Frances Lincoln
Format: Hardcover
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This comprehensive, beautiful book delves deep into the complex but fascinating story of our relationship with colour throughout human history.. Color is fundamental to our experience and understanding of the world. It crosses continents and cultures, disciplines and decades. It is used... |
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Listen: On Music, Sound and Us
Michel Faber - Hanover Square Press
Format: Hardcover
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"I'm not here to change your mind about Dusty Springfield or Shostakovich or Tupac Shakur or synthpop. I'm here to change your mind about your mind.". There are countless books on music with much analysis given to musicians, bands, eras and/or genres. But rarely does a book... |
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Art Firsts: The Story of Art in 30 Pioneering Works (-)
Nick Trend - Laurence King Publishing
Format: Flexibound
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The story of art is not always the story of art-historical 'isms' and complex academic debate. The real history is often the story of some very simple firsts - the first time an artist painted themselves, the first time someone painted a smile, the first actual place to be depicted,... |
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