Deep Affinities - Art and Science by Philip F. Palmedo
Category: Art | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
Palmedo traces these instincts back to a very early time in human history--demonstrating, for example, the level of abstract thinking required to create the stone tools and cave paintings of the Paleolithic--and then forward, to the builders of the Gothic cathedrals, to Leonardo da Vinci and Isaac Newto ...Show more
Bauhaus Imaginista by Marion von Osten (Editor); Grant Watson (Editor)
Category: Art
Bauhaus Imaginista marks the centennial anniversary of this fascinating and popular school of art, which championed the idea of artists working together as a community. The Bauhaus reconnected art with everyday life and was active in the fields of architecture, performance, design, and visual art. Found ...Show more
Dean Home: an Artist's Journey by McGregor Ken
Category: Art
Dean Home's works are a sensual delight to behold. The artist is a master colourist who brings together an array of influences to create sumptuous still lifes. Entering in the worlds that Home creates feels like stumbling into Coleridge's Xanadu, his paintings burst with rich jades and crimsons, exotic ...Show more
Art in Vienna 1898-1918 - Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries by Peter Vergo
Category: Art
The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the 19th century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Vienna Secession. Their work shocked a conservative public, but their successive exhibitions, their magazine Ver Sacrum, and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them a ...Show more
Vermeer in Detail by Gary Schwartz
Category: Art | Series: In Detail Ser.
Vermeer In Detail is an introduction to the great Dutch artist through the most beautiful and evocative details in his paintings. Vermeer was uniquely gifted in his ability to combine two of the most attractive qualities of old master painting. His objects from everyday life and faces and figures of wom ...Show more
How to Draw Anything by Scriberia
Category: Art | Series: Little Ways to Live a Big Life
As children, when we learn to write, we gain an important life skill - a practical means of communicating that we end up using almost every day of our lives, if only to jot down a shopping list or dash out an email. As children, we also know instinctively that drawing is a great way to communicate, but ...Show more
Where the Wildflowers Grow: A Botanical Wonderland of Colouring for Adults by Adriana Picker
Category: Art
Tiptoe through the wildflowers to discover a world of intricate botanical illustrations, courtesy of botanical master, Adriana Picker. These unique Australian floral shapes are beautifully rendered on the page, allowing you to sit back and immerse yourself in nature as you enjoy the therapeutic benefits ...Show more
Lucy Boyd Beck - Life and Art by Colin Smith (Editor)
Category: Art
A biography on the life and art of artist Lucy Boyd beck
Peter Kingston by Barry Pearce
Category: Art
A versatile, multi-talented artist, with a natural ability for drawing, Peter Kingston (b. 1943) was inspired from an early age by films and comics to create quirky cartoons and illustrations, later contributing to the infamous Oz magazine of the 1960s, and becoming part of Martin Sharp's Yellow House c ...Show more
Colour by Design by Tim Travis; Here Design (Contribution by)
Category: Art
The V&A Book of Color in Design is attractively simple: a celebration and exploration of color, as revealed through objects in the world-class collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Structured by color, it offers fascinating insights into the choices made by designers and makers fr ...Show more
Ruth Asawa by Tiffany Bell + Robert Storr
Category: Art
Taking the wire for a walk: the subversively domestic sculpture of Ruth AsawaKnown for her intricate and dynamic wire sculptures, the American sculptor, educator and arts activist Ruth Asawa challenged conventional notions of material and form through her emphasis on lightness and transparency.Asawa beg ...Show more