Art category: 43213 books
Research in Art and Design Education
Issues and Exemplars
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2008
Although educators are increasingly interested in art education research, there are few anthologies tackling the subject. Research in Art & Design Education answers this call, summarizing important issues in the field such as non-text based approaches and interdisciplinary work. Contributions from internationally...
Contemporary Drawing
Key Concepts and Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014
Drawing is experiencing an unparalleled surge in the art world. Passé notions that once defined drawing as being a preparatory stage for painting or sculpture have long since been cast aside. Drawing is now fully recognized as its own art form—in the biennials, art fairs, museum exhibitions, and...
by Glenn Randall
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2015
The Art, Science, and Craft of Great Landscape Photography teaches photographers how to convert their visual peak experiences-moments of extraordinary natural beauty that evoke a sense of wonder and awe-into stunning images that elicit the same awestruck emotion in their viewers. Randall is an experienced...
by Will Eisner
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2008
Two classic drawing textbooks from an American comics pioneer, revised and enhanced for a new generation.Based on Will Eisner's legendary course at New York's School of Visual Arts, these guides have inspired generations of artists, students, teachers, and fans. In Comics and Sequential Art, Eisner...
OMG Posters
A Decade of Rock Art
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION OF GIG POSTERS FROM TODAY’S TOP ROCK AND INDIE BANDS
Launched in 2007, OMGPosters.com has become one of the world’s favorite art blogs, showcasing thousands of handmade prints by independent artists and printmakers. OMG Posters: A Decade of Rock Art features works...
Manga Art
Inspiration and Techniques from an Expert Illustrator
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
The world of manga (Japanese comics) has captured the imagination of artists, both aspiring and professional alike. Now best-selling artist and art instructor Mark Crilley presents the most complete look yet at the variety of creative options available in the world of manga. Crilley fills each chapter...
Make Art Not War
Political Protest Posters from the Twentieth Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
An extraordinarily visceral collection of posters that represent the progressive protest movements of the twentieth Century.
Two of the most recognizable images of twentieth-century art are Pablo Picasso’s “Guernica” and the rather modest mass-produced poster by an unassuming illustrator,...
by Wimsey Bloodhound
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2015
Wimsey the Bloodhound believes that all pictures look better with a Hound in them--even if they were painted by Leonardo! Aided and abetted by his art-loving French Bulldog colleague, Professor Pluto, Wimsey has introduced Hound-centric "improvements" to some of the world's best-loved and most...
Orientalism's Interlocutors
Painting, Architecture, Photography
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2002
Until now, Orientalist art—exemplified by paintings of harems, slave markets, or bazaars—has predominantly been understood to reflect Western interpretations and to perpetuate reductive, often demeaning stereotypes of the exotic East. Orientalism's Interlocutors contests the idea that Orientalist...
Shojo Wonder Manga Art School
Create Your Own Cool Characters and Costumes with Markers
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2011
A Complete Shojo Manga Art Course!
The world of shojo manga art dares you to go all out—big eyes, colorful skin tones, spiky hair…the works.Shojo Wonder Manga Art School shows you how to take full advantage of that freedom while bringing believability and originality to your manga characters.
With...
by Rob Reger
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2015
In her fifteen-plus years in existence, oddballs, outcasts, and art freaks the world over have grown to know and love a strange young girl named Emily. With roots in the punk-rock art scene of Santa Cruz skate culture and an early appeal to European trend spotters, the iconic image of Emily and her...
Imagining Resistance
Visual Culture and Activism in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2011
Imagining Resistance: Visual Culture and Activism in Canada offers two separate but interconnected strategies for reading alternative culture in Canada from the 1940s through to the present: first, a history of radical artistic practice in Canada and, second, a collection of eleven essays that focus...
by Camilla d'Errico
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
One of the brightest rising stars of pop surrealism returns to Dark Horse!
Camilla d'Errico is an artistic dynamo--a highly accomplished painter and comic-book artist as well as a clothing, product, and custom--toy designer. Her handiwork captivates admirers around the world, and some of her...
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books
A Guide to the Illustrations
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Reading the Art in Caldecott Award Books is a practical and easy-to-use reference handbook explaining what makes the art in Caldecott Medal and Honor books distinguished. It is a useful manual for librarians, teachers, and others who want to better understand picture book illustration. This book includes...