Erotic Sketches

Erotic Sketches
Author: Amedeo Modigliani
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Best known for his distinctive paintings and sculptures, Modigliani drew obsessively and considered this skill vital to his development as an artist. This collection of nude sketches features reproductions of more than 30 colour works executed on paper in a variety of media.

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt
Author: Gustav Klimt
Publisher: Prestel Publishing
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2006
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Now in flexi-cover, this visually stunning collection of Klimt's landscape paintings brings to light a lesser-known aspect of the Viennese painter's uvre. While Klimt is largely revered for his opulent, symbol-laden portraits of the Viennese bourgeoisie, these works were just one aspect of his artistic expression. His landscapes represent an important facet of his career and are a valuable contribution to the school of European nature painting. For many years the artist travelled to the Austrian and Italian countryside during the summer, where he took advantage of the extraordinary light and spectacular hues to paint and sketch landscapes. Among the most exquisite of Klimt's landscapes are those in which he experimented with composition and style. Accompanied by scholarly essays, the images reproduced in this book comprise all extant landscapes from this brilliant artist, proving that his mastery extends beyond portraiture and revealing themes that appeared throughout his life's work.

Drawing Calm

Drawing Calm
Author: Susan Evenson
Publisher: Quarry Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2017-04-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1631594001

Drawing Calm teaches artists and non-artists how to find an oasis of calm every day by using the work of master painters to inspire creativity. Maybe it's the colors, or the eye-widening vistas, or maybe it's just the idea that harmony can exist on a square of canvas, but there is something in art that can calm and inspire at the same time. In Drawing Calm, artist Susan Evenson, shows readers how to do the same. It's a book for everyone—non-artists as well as those with plenty of experience in a studio. Using restful, but dynamic works of art as a starting point, Susan Evenson teaches how to capture the light and peace of the master painting. Making use of "soft" techniques such as torn-paper collage, blended pastels, and wet-on-wet watercolor, this workshop encourages stress-free creativity. After you learn how to set up your work space and what materials to gather, choose your soundtrack and get started with some warm-up exercises. Then, unwind with projects grouped by theme: Delight Quiet Warmth Harmony Calm Light Rhythm Put on the music that makes you happy and choose the colors that take you there too!

Panaesthetics

Panaesthetics
Author: Daniel Albright
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2014-03-25
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0300186622

"This book was first presented as the Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities given by Daniel Albright at Bard College in 2012. The lectures have been revised for publication."

Sketchbooks

Sketchbooks
Author: Christian M. Nebehay
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Total Pages: 384
Release: 1989
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Ferdinand Hodler: Elective Affinities from Klimt to Schiele

Ferdinand Hodler: Elective Affinities from Klimt to Schiele
Author: Hans-Peter Wipplinger
Publisher: Walther Konig Verlag
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2017
Genre: Art
ISBN:

Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) was an exponent of Symbolism and Jugendstil, a pioneer of Expressionism and an innovator of monumental painting. Hodler's significance can also be charted through those he influenced in Viennese Modernist circles, such as Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser, Oskar Kokoschka and Egon Schiele. Hodler's landscapes, self-portraits and portraits of women (such as the haunting series following the death of his lover Valentine God -Darel) bristle with barely restrained energy and color, paving the way for the expressionistic, decorative experiments of the next generation of artists. Published to accompany the artists' most comprehensive exhibition in Austria since his resounding success at the 1904 Secession, Ferdinand Hodler: Elective Affinities from Klimt to Schiele explores the main themes of Hodler's work and puts him in the context of his peers and followers.

The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art

The Spiritual in Twentieth-Century Art
Author: Roger Lipsey
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 546
Release: 2011-10-20
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780486432946

Compelling, well-illustrated study focuses on the works of Kandinsky, Mondrian, Klee, Picasso, Duchamp, Matisse, and others. Citations from letters, diaries, and interviews provide insights into the artists' views. 121 black-and-white illustrations.

Drawing from the Modern: 1880-1945

Drawing from the Modern: 1880-1945
Author: Jodi Hauptman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2004
Genre: Art
ISBN:

While art history has made room for the flurry of movements that emerged in the period following World War II, the myriad artistic developments of the last thirty years have yet to be assigned firm historical categories. Drawing from the Modern, 1975–2005, the final installment in a series of inaugural-year exhibitions produced by the Department of Drawings, attempts to tell a provisional story of the years from 1975 to the present, as reflected through MoMA's singular drawings collection. While making no claims to comprehensiveness, the installation details both the blossoming of different art positions on a broad, international scale in this era, and the coming of age of drawing as an independent—and for many artists, primary—mode of expression.Organized chronologically and in loose clusters of artists working in the same milieu or vein of interest, the exhibition features works by more than fifty artists, including Bruce Nauman, Gerhard Richter, Martin Kippenberger, Marlene Dumas, Gabriel Orozco, Kara Walker, and Luc Tuymans.