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The Forgotten Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 122

The Forgotten Society

  • Categories: Art

A prominent artist ventured behind locked doors to portray three "forgotten" social classes: the elderly, people in mental institutions, and the prison population. These 92 expressive pen-and-ink portraits recall the traditions of Dürer and Grosz.

Great Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 131

Great Illustrations by N. C. Wyeth

  • Categories: Art

This full-color collection focuses on the artist's early and most popular illustrations, featuring more than 100 images from The Mysterious Stranger, Robin Hood, Robinson Crusoe, The Boy's King Arthur, and other classics.

The Analysis of Beauty
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 244

The Analysis of Beauty

  • Categories: Art

The great 18th-century artist discusses and illustrates the expression of beauty with serpentine lines. Hogarth defines graceful imagery's underlying qualities and dramatizes their effective combination in more than 30 black-and-white plates.

Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1284

Medieval and Renaissance Treatises on the Arts of Painting

  • Categories: Art

Rare 1849 work reprints 12th- through 17th-century manuscripts on painting and related arts — oil painting practices, mixing pigments, and much more. Commentary on each treatise, plus an extensive introduction.

Animal Motifs from Around the World
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 68

Animal Motifs from Around the World

  • Categories: Art

Drawn from the ancient art and artifacts of an international array of museum collections, this spectacular volume offers a unique selection of unusual animal motifs from Prussia, Egypt, Persia, China, Germany, Sweden, and other areas. The edgy designs possess a timeless appeal that makes them especially attractive to contemporary designers, tattoo artists, crafters, and others.

A Sunday Reader
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 258

A Sunday Reader

Simple but captivating renditions of ever-popular Bible stories are accompanied by 90 memorable black-and-white illustrations by distinguished Victorian artists such as Leighton, Burne-Jones, Poynter, Watts, Hunt, and other luminaries.

Treasury of American Pen & Ink Illustration 1881-1938
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 164

Treasury of American Pen & Ink Illustration 1881-1938

  • Categories: Art

Featuring 236 drawings by more than 100 artists, this survey of America's most beloved illustrators includes contributions from Edwin Austin Abbey, Maxfield Parrish, Charles Dana Gibson, and Rockwell Kent.

The Forgotten Society
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 122

The Forgotten Society

  • Categories: Art

A prominent artist ventured behind locked doors to portray three "forgotten" social classes. Alan E. Cober encountered his subjects in retirement homes as well as such notorious institutions as Willowbrook State School and Sing Sing Correctional Facility. His 92 expressive portraits of social outsiders recall the traditions of Albrecht Dürer and George Grosz.

Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 109

Constructions of Neuroscience in Early Childhood Education

What can early childhood scholars learn from neurosciences and its influence on children, education, policy and practice? This book explores and critiques topical debates in educational sciences, philosophy, social work and cognitive neuroscience. It examines constructions of children, parents and the welfare state, in relation to neurosciences and its vocabulary of brain architecture, critical periods and toxic stress.

The Desktop Designer's Illustration Handbook
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 180

The Desktop Designer's Illustration Handbook

The Desktop Designer’s Illustration Handbook Marcelle Lapow Toor If you want to reach—and hold—audiences who’ve seen everything, read this new hands-on guide to locating, selecting, and using illustrations in desktop publications. In no time at all, you’ll be able to select just the right illustration technique to make your publication pop. The Desktop Designer’s Illustration Handbook is written by a graphic designer who really knows how to teach desktop illustration techniques. Marcelle Lapow Toor has taught graphic design and desktop publishing to university students and has conducted workshops at national conferences throughout the country. Her proven building block approach h...