This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Rome and the Vatican, including the Sistine...
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This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Russia, Poland, and the Czech Republic. His...
- Author:Porter, JulianSummary:
This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Spain. His passion for art began with the seven...
- Author:Porter, JulianSummary:
This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of The Netherlands, Belgium, and Sweden. His passion...
- Author:Porter, JulianSummary:
This chapter from Julian Porter’s essential companion to all the major European museums and galleries discusses some of the greatest paintings to be found in the museums and galleries of Florence and Venice. His passion for art began...
- Author:Thornton, SarahSummary:
33 Artists in 3 Acts offers unprecedented access to a dazzling range of artists, from international superstars to unheralded art teachers. Sarah Thornton's beautifully paced, fly-on-the-wall narratives include visits with Ai Weiwei...
- Author:MacKenzie Art GallerySummary:
One of Canada's most important art alliances made history by demanding recognition for its members as professional, contemporary artists at a time when they were routinely excluded from the mainstream art world.
- Author:Vester, Christina, Sealock, RickSummary:
Rick Sealock has been creating wild and wacky illustrations for clients as varied as Rolling Stone, Texas Monthly, The Washington Post, Natural Health Magazine, and GQ Magazine. His work has been used to skewer politicians, fitness...
- Author:Mason, Roger BurfordSummary:
Winner of the 1999 International Gallery of Superb Printing Gold Award for Superb Craftsmanship in Production Franz Johnston is the missing man of Canadian painting. The most prolific and financially successful of the original Group of...
- Author:Nickerson, Angela K.Summary:
From St. Peter's Basilica to the Capitoline Hill, this unique resource-part biography, part history, and part travel guide-provides an intimate portrait of the relationship between Michelangelo and the city he restored to artistic...
- Author:Bloch, R. HowardSummary:
The Bayeux Tapestry is the world's most famous textile--an exquisite 230-foot-long embroidered panorama depicting the events surrounding the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is also one of history's most mysterious and compelling works of...
- Author:Lampert, NicolasSummary:
Most people outside of the art world view art as something that is foreign to their experiences and everyday lives. A People's Art History of the United States places art history squarely in the rough-and-tumble of politics, social...
- Author:Pratt, MarySummary:
Mary Pratt: A Personal Calligraphy features Mary's own writings, drawn and adapted from her personal journals, the essays that she has written for numerous publications ranging from The Globe and Mail to The Glass Gazette, and the...
- Author:Pinkney, Andrea DavisSummary:
On the 100th anniversary of his birth, a celebration of the extraordinary life of Ezra Jack Keats, creator of The Snowy Day. Andrea Davis Pinkney's powerful and poetic text tells the story of Ezra Jack Keats, who was born in Brooklyn in...
- Author:Plaskett, JosephSummary:
In this lavishly produced hardcover volume, Plaskett has created an autobiography as colourful as his finest paintings. Plaskett begins with his early family life in New Westminster, BC, relates his encounter with abstract expressionism...
- Author:Richie, DonaldSummary:
This provocative book is a tractate-a treatise-on beauty in Japanese art, written in the manner of a zuihitsu, a free-ranging assortment of ideas that "follow the brush" wherever it leads. Donald Richie looks at how perceptual...
- Author:Friedman, AviSummary:
A View from the Porch is an illuminating collection of 22 essays about the points where design touches life and the big and small things that make us appreciate, or become disconnected from, our homes and neighbourhoods. Drawing on his...
- Author:Larsen, WayneSummary:
Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) is a name that instantly conjures up images of our rugged northern landscape and the controversial Group of Seven. This is the first-ever full-length biography of one of Canada’s most beloved...
- Author:Greenberg, JanSummary:
Imagines Jackson Pollock at work during the creation of one of his paint-swirled and splattered canvasses.
- Author:Smith, JenniferSummary:
Adobe’s Creative Suite is a tightly integrated, powerful and cost-effective set of tools that gives you the power to create graphically rich content for print or the Web. Now, there’s an all-in-one resource that explains each component...
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