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Minimalism: Art and Polemics in the Sixties
James Meyer
Yale University Press
PO Box 209040, New Haven, CT 06520-9040
0-300-08155-3 $50.00 1-800-987-7323
This history of minimalist theory and thought is based on the contention that
the question of what constitutes minimalism has remained unresolved since the
1960s. Chapters trace the movement, examine its major qualities, and considers
the presence of minimalism as a debate or argument developed in response to
works of others.
Stained Glass
Pere Valldeperez
Barron's
250 Wireless Blvd., Hauppauge, NY 11788
0-7641-5307-2 $29.95 1-800-645-3476
The craft, art and restoration techniques for stained glass are explained in
Pere Valldeperez's Stained Glass, a practical, "user friendly" guide which goes
beyond competitors which merely display stained glass. Step-by-step photos
cover these techniques in depth and detail: art students working in the medium
will find this an essential coverage.
Very Last Designer's Guide To Digital, On-Demand And Variable-Data Color
Printing
David Clark & Frank Romano
GATF Press
200 Deer Run Rd., Sewickley, Pa 15143-2600
0-88362-301-3 $TBA
Very Last Designer's Guide To Digital, On-Demand And Variable-Data Color
Printing is an invaluable, practical, "user friendly" handbook which teaches
graphic designers how to design for the digital press to achieve optimum
results, providing an easily-understood guide which explores differences
between design production and digital translations. Chapters cover image
creation, editing, and overcoming basic problems.
Alice Schille
William H. Gerdts
Hudson Hills Press
1133 Broadway, Suite 1301, New York, NY 10010-8001
1555951813 $50.00 1-212-929-4994
Alice Schille (1869-1955) is considered to have been one of America's premier
female watercolorists whose still lifes, landscapes, gardens, market scenes,
harbor views, mothers and children depictions are timeless in their appeal and
creatively balance realism with sentiment. This compendium of 185 colorplates
and 34 b/w illustrations is augmented with an informative commentary by William
H. Gerdts (Professor Emeritus of Art History at the Graduate School of the City
University of New York). Alice Shille is an important, core addition to any
personal, academic, or community library American art history reference
collection.
Painting On Glass
Penny Boylan
Laurel Glen
c/o Advantage Publishers Group
5880 Oberlin Drive, Suite 400, San Diego, CA 92121-0653
1571455191 $16.95 1-800-284-3580
In Painting On Glass, applied arts specialist Penny Boylan provides an
informative review of the techniques, materials, and paint selection relevant
to creating images on a glass medium. Included is important "how to"
information on sponging, stippling, blending and outlining that come into play
with the twelve step-by-step projects for creating intricately designed vases,
etched picture frames, hand painted jugs and glasses, frosted windows and door
panels. Painting On Glass is ideal for the beginner and has much to offer even
the more experienced artist in the medium.
How To Draw Monsters For Comics
Frank McLaughlin & Mike Gold
Renaissance Books
5858 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200, Los Angeles, CA 90036
1580630693 $19.95 1-888-330-8477
Frank McLaughlin is an artist with years of professional experience drawing
such DC Comics characters as Superman, Batman, and the Flash. Mike Gold is a DC
Comics editor and director of Development for DC Comics, as well as director of
Chicago Comicon. In How To Draw Monsters For Comics, McLaughlin and Gold
effectively collaborate to provide aspiring comic book and graphic novel
artists a step-by-step guide to creating flying monsters, vampires, ghouls,
human/chrome hybrids, and more. The cartooning techniques reveal the processes
of successfully drawing eyes, mouths and gestures, as well as the use of
lighting and backgrounds. How To Draw Monsters For Comics is a single,
comprehensive, "how to" instructional that will prove an invaluable resource
for anyone trying to break into the specialized art field of comic book or
graphic novel illustration.
John Constable's Skies
John E. Thornes
Thornes/ISBS, dist.
5824 N.E. Hassalo Street, Portland, OR 97213-3644
1902459024 $40.00 1-800-944-6190
John Constable is arguably one of the finest painters in the history of British
art. John Constable's Skies: A Fusion Of Art And Science is an impressive
compilation of his sky and weather paintings, against which John Thornes
(Reader in Applied Meteorology and Director of the Atmospheric Impacts Research
Group within the School of Geography and Environmental Sciences at the
University of Birmingham) provides an extensive and informative meteorological
framework for reading "the skies of landscape art". Thornes analyses
Constable's meteorological understanding and enhances our understanding and
appreciation for what Constable was able to achieve with his art. John
Constable's Skies is essential reading for all John Constable enthusiasts, and
an important contribution to study of British art history.
Michelangelo
Charles J. Washington
Advantage Publishing
PO Box 881, Fort Collins, CO 80522
0966777514 $15.95 1-970-226-5493
In Michelangelo: In The Footsteps Of The Master, Charles Washington offers an
engaging account of Michelangelo's life and art in the form of an Italian
travel guide specifically suited to those who would like to visit the cities
and towns where this master artists worked including Caprese, Florence,
Bologna, Ferrar, Venice, Siena, and Rome. The modern traveler to Italy can see
Michelangelo's artworks preserved in museums, churches, public buildings,
plazas, and streets. Michelangelo is very highly recommended and informative
reading for both armchair travelers and on-site visitors seeking to enhanced
their awareness of, and appreciation for, the life and accomplishments of the
great man. The informative text is supplemented with black and white
photography, maps, chronologies, bibliography, and an index.
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