Author: Sarah Burns
Publisher: Taylor & Francis US
ISBN: 9780520238213
Size: 41.93 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 303
View: 1019
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Painting The Dark Side
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Art And Crime Exploring The Dark Side Of The Art World
Author: Noah Charney
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 0313366365
Size: 66.49 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 261
View: 5985
Through the use of case examples and careful examination, this book presents the first interdisciplinary essay collection on the study of art crime, and its effect on all aspects of the art world. Contributors discuss art crime subcategories, including vandalism, iconoclasm, forgery, fraud, peace-time theft, war looting, archaeological looting, smuggling, submarine looting, and ransom. The contributors offer insightful analyses coupled with specific practical suggestions to implement in the future to prevent and address art crime. This work is of critical importance to anyone involved in the art world, its trade, study, and security. Art crime has received relatively little attention from those who study art to those who prosecute crimes. Indeed, the general public is not well-aware of the various forms of art crime and its impact on society at large, to say nothing of museums, history, and cultural affairs. And yet it involves a multi-billion dollar legitimate industry, with a conservatively-estimated $6 billion annual criminal profit. Information about and analysis of art crime is critical to the wide variety of fields involved in the art trade and art preservation, from museums to academia, from auction houses to galleries, from insurance to art law, from policing to security. Since the Second World War, art crime has evolved from a relatively innocuous crime, into the third highest-grossing annual criminal trade worldwide, run primarily by organized crime syndicates, and therefore funding their other enterprises, from the drug and arms trades to terrorism. It is no longer merely the art that is at stake.
Realistic Painting Workshop
Author: Dan Carrel
Publisher: Quarry Books
ISBN: 1610594568
Size: 71.60 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 144
View: 1962
This is a unique, how-to art instruction book, taught by masterful artist Dan Carrel. Using Dan’s original method of painting, readers with little or no painting experience will easily learn to create realistic renderings of any subject. Through a simple process of layering and learning how to create light and shadow with paint, a complex and sophisticated image emerges. What begins as chaotic color is transformed into an orderly, realistic finished piece of art. Dan Carrel has been teaching workshops for over 30 years with amazing results. No matter what your artistic inclination, and even if you have never picked up a paintbrush, you’ll find yourself painting beyond your wildest expectations. Anchored in a positive philosophy of creative discovery, this workshop teaches Dan’s no-fail techniques through accessible, step-by-step visual instruction and inspiration.
Painting The Heavens
Author: Eileen Reeves
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691009766
Size: 25.89 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 310
View: 1672
The remarkable astronomical discoveries made by Galileo with the new telescope in 1609-10 led to his famous disputes with philosophers and religious authorities, most of whom found their doctrines threatened by his evidence for Copernicus's heliocentric universe. In this book, Eileen Reeves brings an art historical perspective to this story as she explores the impact of Galileo's heavenly observations on painters of the early seventeenth century. Many seventeenth-century painters turned to astronomical pastimes and to the depiction of new discoveries in their work, yet some of these findings imposed controversial changes in their use of religious iconography. For example, Galileo's discovery of the moon's rough topography and the reasons behind its secondary light meant rethinking the imagery surrounding the Virgin Mary's Immaculate Conception, which had long been represented in paintings by the appearance of a smooth, incandescent moon. By examining a group of paintings by early modern artists all interested in Galileo's evidence for a Copernican system, Reeves not only traces the influence of science on painting in terms of optics and content, but also reveals the painters in a conflict between artistic depiction and dogmatic representation. Reeves offers a close analysis of seven works by Lodovico Cigoli, Peter Paul Rubens, Francisco Pacheco, and Diego Velázquez. She places these artists at the center of the astronomical debate, showing that both before and after the invention of the telescope, the proper evaluation of phenomena such as moon spots and the aurora borealis was commonly considered the province of the painter. Because these scientific hypotheses were complicated by their connection to Catholic doctrine, Reeves examines how the relationship between science and art, and their mutual production of knowledge and authority, must themselves be seen in a broader context of theological and political struggle. -- "The Observatory"
Painting The Sidewalk With Water
Author: Joan Tollifson
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
ISBN: 1626257582
Size: 75.47 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 360
View: 4789
These lively talks and dialogues are about seeing through the illusion of separation and waking up to the boundless wholeness that is all there is. Joan's approach is open and explorative, questioning all attempts to conceptually grasp and frame the movement of life. She talks about seeing through the stories and beliefs that create our human suffering and waking up to the simplicity of what is. This book beautifully dissolves the apparent dichotomy between the uncompromising "this is it, just as it is" message of radical non-duality and the emphasis on "being here now" that is found in many meditation teachings. Joan has an affinity with Buddhism, Advaita, and radical non-duality, but she belongs to no tradition. In these talks and dialogues, she takes on such perennial questions as, Is there a way out of personal and global suffering? Can we choose to stop addictive and destructive patterns? Does being awake take effort, vigilance, and practice, or is it effortlessly and unavoidably always already the case? What happens when we die?
Glass Painting In An Afternoon
Author: Mickey Baskett
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
ISBN: 9780806939490
Size: 20.94 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 112
View: 2748
In just one afternon, you can set a table with beautiful plates and platters that you painted yourself! With today's new paint products, and advice from a top crafts author, you will transform store-bought glass into unique and decorative items. Instructions cover a wide assortment of paint types: oven-bake acrylics; air-dry frosted enamels, crystals, and gels; and oils. Terrific techniques range from simple brush strokes enhanced with outlines to sponging and stamping to textured looks with tools. Follow the full-scale patterns to make Artichoke and Olives or Sunny Day Home decorative plates. Personalize a soup mug with the Bee Happy design; coffee mugs with Hens 'n' Chicks; and tall mugs with a Happy Birdhouse. Other wonderful projects include a Starry Night Votive Holder, a Tulip Impressions Lamp, a Field of Funky Flowers Hurricane Shade and Plate, spectacular tiles, and a variety of vases. 35 great glass designs in all. The author lives in Decatur, GA. 112 pages (all in color), 8 1/2 x 10. NEW IN PAPERBACK
American Art To 1900
Author: Sarah Burns
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520245261
Size: 25.24 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1082
View: 1948
From the simple assertion that 'words matter' in the study of visual art, this comprehensive but eminently readable volume gathers a selection of words, including painters and sculptors writing in their diaries, critics responding to a sensational exhibition, and poets reflecting on particular works of art.
Art In Science
Author: Polyxeni Potter
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019931571X
Size: 34.51 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 256
View: 4843
Since 1995, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published Emerging Infectious Diseases, a public health journal that endeavors to improve scientific understanding of disease emergence, prevention, and elimination. Widely known for its leading research in infectious disease, EID is also recognized for its unique aesthetic, which brings together visual art from across periods and, through prose, makes it relatable to the journal's science-minded readership. In Art in Science: Selections from Emerging Infectious Diseases, the journal's highly popular fine-art covers are contextualized with essays that address how the featured art relates to science, and to us all. Through the combined covers and essays, the journal's contents -- topics such as infections, contagions, disease emergence, antimicrobial resistance -- find larger context amid topics such as poverty and war, the hazards of global travel, natural disasters, and human-animal interactions. This collection of 92 excerpts and covers from Emerging Infectious Diseases will be of interest to readers of the journal or to anyone who wishes to reach across the aisle between art and science.
Painting The Moon
Author: Traci Borum
Publisher: Red Adept Publishing, LLC
ISBN:
Size: 72.62 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 310
View: 5213
When Noelle Cooke inherits a quaint English cottage and an art gallery from her famous Aunt Joy, she welcomes a departure from her San Diego routine. But the lure of the Cotswolds, combined with a locked cottage room and a revealing journal, entice her to stay and discover more, including a way to save the gallery from financial ruin. And that means remaining in England. When her childhood sweetheart, Adam Spencer, begins work on a restoration project in Noelle’s village, their friendship blossoms. But as her feelings for Adam deepen, she struggles with memories of what might have been and yearns for a future once thought lost. Faced with a life-altering revelation Aunt Joy took to her grave and a wrenching choice regarding the man she loves, Noelle could lose far more than her heart.
Figure Painting In Oil
Author: Douglas R. Graves
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486293226
Size: 40.99 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 156
View: 5612
Handy, well-illustrated guide shows how to paint the nude figure in easy-to-follow series of 24 fully illustrated projects. Materials and equipment; anatomy; hues, tones and values; focus on painting major body parts. Over 190 illus., 33 in full color.
Portraits
Author: Peggi Habets
Publisher: Walter Foster Pub
ISBN: 160058277X
Size: 65.79 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 64
View: 5169
Provides step-by-step instructions on how to paint portraits in watercolor, including information about tools and materials.
The Dark Side Of Apple Pie Baby Food And Bunnies
Author: Ken Lytle
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1440533717
Size: 50.23 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 256
View: 7467
Everything is not always as it seems—it's usually worse. With The Dark Side of Apple Pie, Baby Food, and Bunnies, you'll have a light that shines on the evil underbelly that corrupts even the most innocuous places and things. From cute and cuddly kittens that carry parasites to the cotton gin sealing the fate of American slaves, you'll find a fascinating look into the flippin' flip side of life that is as hilarious as it is horrifying. Even the warmest and fuzziest things have a dark side—and this book guarantees you'll never look at anything the same way again.
