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"More than 50 assignments, ideas, and prompts to expand your world and help you make outstanding new things to put into it Curator Sarah Urist Green left her office in the basement of an art museum to travel and visit a diverse range of artists, asking them to share prompts that relate to their own ways of working ... This book is for anyone who wants to make art, regardless of experience level. The only materials you'll need are what you already...
5) Realism
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This book describes Realism, a movement in art in the nineteenth century that depicted current events and ordinary people, presenting information on Gustave Courbet, Honore Daumier, Jean-Francois Millet, Winslow Homer, Wilhelm Leibl, and other artists.
8) Romanticism
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Examines the birth and decline of the romantic movement in art which stretched from the mid-eighteenth century to around 1850, looks at the political and social events that sparked romanticism, and introduces representative artists and works.
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Presents an illustrated, chronological history of art from ancient times to the modern era. Highlights the characteristics of different artists, movements, and works of art, and includes hundreds of full-color images, biographical sketches of artists, key events in each time period, timelines, and a glossary of terms.
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In 2010, Professor John Jennings and Dr. Damian Duffy compiled and published a 176-page collection of art and essays celebrating the vibrant African American independent comics community. Black Comix featured over 50 contributors, including Dawud Anyabwile, Eric Battle, Kenji Marshall, Afua Richardson, Larry Stroman, Rob Stull, Lance Tooks, and many, many more. It met high praise throughout the industry and quickly sold through its respectable print...
11) Impressionism
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Discusses the Impressionist movement, including its early development and pioneers, tools and techniques, influential artists, and more.
13) The Renaissance
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An examination of the art movement known as the Renaissance from its beginnings in the 1420s to its decline in the 1560s, including an introduction to great artists and works.
14) Gothic art
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This book describes Gothic art, which flourished in the twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth centuries, presenting information on artists and sculptors such as Villard de Honnecourt, Nicola Pisano, Giovanni Pisano, Duccio di Buoninsegna, Simone Martini, and other artists.
15) Graffiti art
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Explores the concept of graffiti as an artistic endeavor, covering the history of graffiti, how it is made, and how it has impacted the culture. Includes photographs and a glossary.
16) Artifice
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Isa de Smit grew up in her parents' art gallery in Amsterdam, but in the middle of the war she survives by selling fake paintings to the Nazis while trying to help her friend, Truus, smuggle Jewish babies to safety--but in 1943 it is hard to know who to trust.
18) The art book
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Explores the ideas behind one hundred iconic works of art while examining their historical context.
19) Romanticism
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This book discusses "romanticism" in art, a movement from 1760 to the late 1800s in which artists created richly colored, dramatic art that exalted human passions, individualism, and imagination.