Frank Carlson Library

Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He moulded his draughtsmanship, bent it, twisted it, and stretched it to the extreme limits of possibility. There are not any landscapes in Michelangelo's painting. All the emotions, all the passions, all the thoughts of humanity were personified in his eyes...

With this guide to making animal-themed paper creations, readers follow the folding process step-by-step to make a paper puppy, elephant, crab, and rabbit. With the help of easy-to-follow instructions that clearly show each step of the process, readers will find themselves making animal origami in no time. Cute drawings offer additional animal-themed inspiration. For any budding artist eager to learn the Japanese art of origami, this appealing

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Achieve greater control of your produce and flowers, higher yields, and greatest satisfaction from your garden each season as you shape your crops with Starting & Saving Seeds. When it comes to starting and saving seeds, other books tend to focus on one or the other. But with Starting & Saving Seeds, you will get full coverage of both saving and starting your seeds, so that you finish right where you began at the start of the season. Along the way,...

First published in 1913 by noted British painter Harold Speed, "The Practice and Science of Drawing" is a timeless and invaluable guide on drawing. In his brilliant and insightful style, Speed shows both the aspiring artist and those who wish to appreciate and understand art the various approaches and theories there are to drawing from the technical and scientific to the more modern and artistic. Speed examines the many important aspects that the...

El volumen de Mega Square Escultura abarca más de 23.000 años y contiene más de 120 ejemplos de las esculturas más hermosas del mundo, desde el arte prehistórico y las estatuas egipcias hasta las obras de Miguel Ángel, Henry Moore y Niki de Saint-Phalle. Describe la gran variedad de materiales empleados y la evolución de los estilos a lo largo de los siglos, así como las peculiaridades de los principales escultores. Su formato práctico y...

Cézanne fue capaz de transformar una taza de té en algo vivo, elevando el género de naturaleza muerta a un nivel en el que sus elementos dejan de ser objetos inanimados. Wassily Kandinsky dijo de este artista francés: "Pintó estos elementos como seres humanos porque poseía el don de adivinar la vida interior que se oculta en todas las cosas". Además de las naturalezas muertas de Cézanne, este libro incluye también obras de artistas como Van...

Desde el Renacimiento temprano, pasando por el Barroco y el Romanticismo hasta el Cubismo, Surrealismo y Pop Art, estas pinturas canónicas del arte occidental abarcan ocho siglos y una multitud de temas. Aquí encontrarás lo sagrado y lo escandaloso, lo minimalista y lo opulente, lo rompedor y lo convencional; hay cuadros que capturaron la esencia de una época y otros que marcaron el inicio de una nueva; obras de arte que fueron inmediatamente...

"Create a filter, dress up a photo! Readers will learn solid coding skills while they build their own filters using the book's instructions and projects on the Vidcode platform"--

Comprehensive, popular guide by renowned artist and teacher presents a full course of watercolor painting, from basics to creating landscapes; painting portraits and figures; drawing; following design principles; and matting, framing, and selling completed works. Two full-color sections show how to create 7 of the author's watercolors. 37 color illustrations, over 100 black-and-white illustrations.