Michelangelo's career as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet is traced from his promising boyhood apprenticeships to the painter Ghirlandaio and the sculptor Bertoldo through all the years of his genius.
Contains lessons and exercises designed to help aspiring art students strengthen their skills and build their portfolios, featuring projects in the areas of line, markmaking, and ideas; color and tone; texture and patterns; and form and space.
artists' books from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Wasserman, Krystyna
2007
Showcases 108 fine artists' books from the collection held by the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C., each with comments from the artist, and includes introductory essays.
A history of art since 1960, exploring the reasons for the changes that have occurred and become accepted in art, both in Europe and the United States, over the past four decades, and including over two hundred illustrations.
Contains an overview of the thirty-thousand year history of Western art, from cave painting to contemporary experimental artists, and provides information on cultural context of the major works, with full color and black and white illustrations. Includes index.
A step-by-step guide to still life painting, discussing the history of the genre; offering advice on subject, composition, tools, and materials; and featuring a series of exercises and projects in a variety of media.
An illustrated overview of the life and work of twentieth-century British artist David Hockney, discussing his early paintings, tracing the different trends he has followed during his career, and including statements by the artist, and notes on technique.
Contains a chronological history of modern art, includes such artists as Matisse, Picasso, De Stijl, Dada, Pollock, and Warhol, and describes the art movements of surrealism and abstract expressionism.
