The landscape is unique among subject matter - in its grandeur, complexity and colour dynamics. This guide to landscape theory and practice assists in working with what are the greatest challenges for the landscape artist, most notably simplifying complex material, selecting strong compositions and translating colour and light.

A vital re-examination of the trailblazing and controversial artist Paul Gauguin - and the first full biography in over thirty years - written by the award-winning author of I Am Dynamite!: A Life of Nietzsche. *Gorgeously illustrated with 70 full-colour images*'Thoughtful and knowledgeable, witty and bold .

Updated 2017 edition. The single best collection of photography of Banksy's street work that has ever been assembled for print. If that isn't enough there are some words too.You Are An Acceptable Level of Threat covers his entire street art career, spanning the late '90s right up to 2016.This new edition includes his groundbreaking 'Dismaland' show, the Calais refugee crisis wake-up, as well as new works from Gaza and Bristol. Also featuring the controversial 'Cheltenham Spies' in addition to...

Inkt is het eerste boek van een nieuwe reeks gericht op het maken van hedendaagse kunst met populaire mediums waaronder acryl, olie, potlood en gouache. De boeken staan bomvol schildertechnieken, creatieve ideeën en toepassingen en het plezier van het mixen met andere media. Dankzij de duidelijke aanwijzingen en inspirerende voorbeelden van hedendaagse kunstenaars geeft deze reeks je gegarandeerd de artistieke oppepper die je zoekt. Deze serie zal een beroep doen op artiesten van alle niveau...

Beneath the original Venetian glass and rosewood case at La Specola in Florence lies Clemente Susini's Anatomical Venus (c. 1790), a perfect object whose luxuriously bizarre existence challenges belief. This title reveals the evolution of the enigmatic sculptures from wax effigy to fetish figure and the embodiment of the uncanny.

Analyses the visual approaches and techniques of 100 great artists, and shows readers how to weave some of this magic into their own drawings.

Wie stellen Künstler sicher, dass ihr Werk auch in späteren Jahrhunderten noch bekannt ist? Wie erreichen sie ein geographisch fernes Publikum? Um 1600 lautet die Antwort darauf: durch Druckgraphik. Mit hochkarätigen Werken zeigen Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617) und Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) wie man auf diese Weise internationalen Erfolg erzielte.Da leicht zu vervielfältigen und zu verschicken, avancierte die Druckgraphik um 1600 zum perfekten Gesandten im kunstdiplomatischen Dienst der...