[PDF] Naive Art 120 Illustrations eBook

Author : Natalia Brodskaya
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 32,12 MB
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781608253

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Until the end of the 19th century Naïve Art, created by untrained artists and characterised by spontaneity and simplicity, enjoyed little recognition from professional artists and art critics. Naïve painting is often distinguished by its clarity of line, vivacity and joyful colours, as well as by its rather clean-cut, simple shapes, as represented by French artists such as Henri Rousseau, Séraphine de Senlis, André Bauchant and Camille Bombois. However, this movement has also found adherents elsewhere, including Joan Miró (who was influenced by some of its qualities), Guido Vedovato, Niko Pirosmani, and Ivan Generalic.

Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 10,6 MB
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781609470

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Mega Square Sculpture spans over 23,000 years and over 120 examples of the most beautiful sculptures in the world: from prehistoric art and Egyptian statues to the works of Michelangelo, Henry Moore and Niki de Saint-Phalle. It illuminates the wide variety of materials used and the evolution of styles over centuries, as well as the peculiarities of the most important sculptors.

Author : Vincent Arthur Smith
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 33,23 MB
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 1783109106

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If the ‘Palace of Love’, otherwise known as the Taj Mahal, is considered to be the emblem of Mughal Art, it is by no means the sole representative. Characterised by its elegance, splendor, and Persian and European influences, Mughal Art manifests itself equally well in architecture and painting as in decorative art.

Author : Natalia Brodskara
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Page : 192 pages
File Size : 37,85 MB
Release : 2005-01-05
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781597640275

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Meticulously detailed drawings, a simple technique, and bright colors are three important character-istics of Naive art, which for a long time was considered primitive or even retarded. Now Naive art is recognized for its refreshing vision of the world. The artists find their subjects in everyday life, yet transcend the mundane through imagination and poetic insight. With 250 illustrations combined with authoritative text, this book is suited to both the student and the veteran art lover.

Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781609365

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Flowers are the centerpiece in the majority of pictorial still-lifes. By painting their colours and forms, artists from Brueghel to O’Keeffe have created symbols for both life and mortality. Van Gogh’s sunflowers, Monet’s water lilies and Matisse’s bouquets are, of course, unforgotten. Most of the works contained in Flowers are true masterpieces, which have often marked whole epochs and styles.

Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 10,1 MB
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781602220

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In art history, the term ‘Romanesque art’ distinguishes the period between the beginning of the 11th and the end of the 12th century. This era showed a great diversity of regional schools each with their own unique style. In architecture as well as in sculpture, Romanesque art is marked by raw forms. Through its rich iconography and captivating text, this work reclaims the importance of this art which is today often overshadowed by the later Gothic style.

Author : Joseph Archer Crowe
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 42,22 MB
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 1783103922

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Oscillating between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine tradition and the modernity predicted by Giotto, Early Italian Painting addresses the first important aesthetic movement that would lead to the Renaissance, the Italian Primitives. Trying new mediums and techniques, these revolutionary artists no longer painted frescos on walls, but created the first mobile paintings on wooden panels. The faces of the figures were painted to shock the spectator in order to emphasise the divinity of the character being represented. The bright gold leafed backgrounds were used to highlight the godliness of the subject. The elegance of both line and colour were combined to reinforce specific symbolic choices. Ultimately the Early Italian artists wished to make the invisible visible. In this magnificent book, the authors emphasise the importance that the rivalry between the Sienese and Florentine schools played in the evolution of art history. The reader will discover how the sacred began to take a more human form through these forgotten masterworks, opening a discrete but definitive door through the use of anthropomorphism, a technique that would be cherished by the Renaissance.

Author : Victoria Charles
Publisher : Parkstone International
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 30,53 MB
Release : 2022-12-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 1781608199

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From Michelangelo to Rubens, Degas and Picasso, erotic art has attracted many great masters, who created works that captivate the beholder like few others. In spite of, or maybe even because of, this attraction, erotic art has never failed to evoke controversy, and regularly had to defend itself from charges of pornography. This book guides readers from early portrayals of erotic scenes produced in the 16th and 17th centuries, to contemporary highlights such as Picasso’s sketchbook drawings, encompassing a large variety of styles and techniques.