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This practical and inspirational guide, in a handy sketchbook format, is aimed at the practised beginner and shows how to achieve successful watercolour paintings of people in just 30 minutes - ideal for the busy amateur artist who doesn't have much time to paint. Many people think they don't have enough time to paint, but in this attractive guide Trevor Waugh encourages quick and simple painting. By working with just a few materials and focusing...
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From earliest days, artists have sought to record the beauty, form, movement, and infinite variety of the human body. Among the most successful were the great masters of the various European traditions and schools of art. The extraordinary skill, inspiration, and technique they brought to figure drawing resulted in many masterpieces. This anthology, carefully reproduced from rare portfolios, presents over forty of those works, by artists ranging from...
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Mega Square In Praise of the Backside celebrates the most sensual part of the female body. The insightful text by Hans-Jürgen Döpp discusses the backside as a feature that stands for both powerful eroticism and supple femininity, seducing famous artists from every genre. This title is sure to entice and delight a wide audience with its lively, provocative images.
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Of all the artifacts from the history of medicine, the Anatomical Venus--with its heady mixture of beauty, eroticism and death--is the most seductive. These life-sized dissectible wax women reclining on moth-eaten velvet cushions--with glass eyes, strings of pearls, and golden tiaras crowning their real human hair--were created in eighteenth-century Florence as the centerpiece of the first truly public science museum. Conceived as a means to teach...
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Understanding anatomy is the foundation of great art, and this new collection of workshops from the world's best professional artists enables artists of all levels to bring their work to life. How to Draw and Paint Anatomy, 2nd Edition is the complete artist's guide on how to draw the structures and forms of humans and animals in easy-to-follow steps. In this superb collection of human and animal anatomy workshops, the finest artists in the world...
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Mega Square In Praise of the Backside celebrates the most sensual part of the female body. The insightful text by Hans-Jürgen Döpp discusses the backside as a feature that stands for both powerful eroticism and supple femininity, seducing famous artists from every genre. This title is sure to entice and delight a wide audience with its lively, provocative images.
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Éloge de la fesse célèbre la sensualité du corps de la femme. Le spécialiste Hans-Jürgen Döpp nous présente la fesse comme une représentation parfaite à la fois de l'érotisme et de la féminité, qui séduit des artistes reconnus de tous milieux. Les illustrations sensuelles de ce livre ne manqueront pas d'attirer un public large et varié.
14) Petites Filles
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La collection populaire de parkstone sur les « cinq plus beaux/belles…» offre aux jeunes lecteurs un cours miniature d'histoire de l'art, associant des puzzles interactifs représentant les chefs-d'œuvre de l'art à des textes simples mais didactiques. ces livres fournissent aux parents et aux professeurs un moyen de développer l'imagination artistique des enfants, posant les fondations d'une vie future d'amateurs d'art. Que ce...
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La collection populaire de parkstone sur les « cinq plus beaux/belles…» offre aux jeunes lecteurs un cours miniature d'histoire de l'art, associant des puzzles interactifs représentant les chefs-d'œuvre de l'art à des textes simples mais didactiques. ces livres fournissent aux parents et aux professeurs un moyen de développer l'imagination artistique des enfants, posant les fondations d'une vie future d'amateurs d'art. Que ce...
16) Petit Garçons
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La collection populaire de parkstone sur les « cinq plus beaux/belles…» offre aux jeunes lecteurs un cours miniature d'histoire de l'art, associant des puzzles interactifs représentant les chefs-d'œuvre de l'art à des textes simples mais didactiques. ces livres fournissent aux parents et aux professeurs un moyen de développer l'imagination artistique des enfants, posant les fondations d'une vie future d'amateurs d'art. Que ce...
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La collection populaire de parkstone sur les « cinq plus beaux/belles…» offre aux jeunes lecteurs un cours miniature d'histoire de l'art, associant des puzzles interactifs représentant les chefs-d'œuvre de l'art à des textes simples mais didactiques. ces livres fournissent aux parents et aux professeurs un moyen de développer l'imagination artistique des enfants, posant les fondations d'une vie future d'amateurs d'art. Que ce...
18) Little Boys
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Ever since the ancient greeks sculpted the first kouros, children have been a source of inspiration for some of the world's greatest artists. Whether portraits of their own children, friends, and family members, or a nostalgic psychological portrayal of the artist's own youth, depictions of children in art remain arresting examples of an intersection between the picturesque innocence of childhood and the methodical work of adult artistry. In this...
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Splendid color illustrations by a distinguished painter and teacher highlight this volume of practical instruction in the foundations of art. Perfect for intermediate-level and advanced artists wishing to take their work to the next level, this manual combines detailed anatomy studies with guidance in the principles and practice of perspective and the art of composition. Author Stan Smith interprets the traditions of European art from the Renaissance...
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