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A History of Engraving and Etching
British Museum Keeper of Prints offers complete history, 15th-century to 1914; accomplishments, influences, artistic merit. 111 illustrations. Chapters include: The Earliest Engravers, The Great Masters of Engraving, The Decline of Original Engraving, and more.
UPROAR!
**A brilliant new history of Georgian Britain through the eyes of the artists who immortalised it, by one of the UK's most exciting young historians** 'Alice Loxton is the star of her generation ... the next big thing in history' Dan Snow London, 1772: a young artist called Thomas Rowlandson is making his way through the grimy backstreets of the capital, on his way to begin his studies at the Royal Academy Schools. Within a few years, James Gillray and Isaac Cruikshank would join him in Piccadilly, turning satire into an artform, taking on the British establishment, and forever changing the way we view power. Set against a backdrop of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern ce...
Georgian Gothic
Conclusion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Index
Bodybuilding
"Combining visual analysis, social history and masculinity studies, Bodybuilding effects a vivid image of this critical period in Britain's cultural history and establishes on ambitious new framework for the study of late eighteenth-century art and gender."--BOOK JACKET.
The Varnish and the Glaze
Introduction: The paint that glows -- Oil and apelles: Vasari's invention of a new paint medium -- The color of the sun: varnishing practice before 1450 -- Crystal clear: changes in varnishing practice, 1450-1500 -- In search of splendor: gems and their imitations before 1400 -- Making glazes: practices, recipes, and reconstructions -- The Eyckian turning point: glazing and the imitation of the visible world.
Frank Ts Tan Pencil Drawing
Through this book, you will get an idea of what is arts and skills. It is recommended to read the entire book first, and then start learning the technique by reproducing the demo artworks, the result will be more obvious. This course is designed for 42 hours of operation and about 4 hours of reading to achieve the target. using about 2 hours per day for two days to overall reading this book, then spend 1.5 hours per day to reproduce a demo artwork, there are 28 pieces of the demo artworks, so it needs about a month for learning it. Issues involved in the description of the still life, or legends and stories, related knowledge, etc, and then is the demonstration of the artwork after that is s...
Napoleon and British Song, 1797-1822
This study offers a radical reassessment of a crucial period of political and cultural history. By looking at some 400 songs, many of which are made available to hear, and at their writers, singers, and audiences, it questions both our relationship with song, and ordinary Britons' relationship with Napoleon, the war, and the idea of Britain itself.
