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Original compilation of 41 full-page and 6 half-page drawings - some finished sketches, others studies - depict dancers on stage, in the classroom, and at rehearsals. Charming, spirited views of dancers pirouetting, executing grand battements and ports de bras, practicing at the barre, adjusting their costumes in moments of repose, and more.
22) Manga Ganda
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Manga Ganda is an anthology containing several short stories prepared in the tradition of older traditional comic books. Horror, science fiction, fantasy, comedy and more, with an introduction to some exciting tales that will whet your appetite and have you wanting more!
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Here is a complete picture of the techniques and working philosophy of one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the Renaissance. Assembled by a brilliant scholar from Leonardo's own writings--Notebooks and The Treatise on Painting--as well as his artistic production, the book offers a carefully balanced view of the artist's intellectual growth. Drawing on all the relevant writings, and rectifying many errors made by previous scholars, this work differs...
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These 74 plates reproduce four of Klinger's complete cycles: Eve and the Future; A Glove; A Love; and On Death, Part I; plus many other illustrations. Reproduced directly from original portfolio editions, the etchings foreshadow the Surrealist movement with fantasies about love and death, sexual psychoses, fetish obsessions, and bizarre nightmares.
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Irreverent, bizarre, whimsical, and mocking, Kley's pen-and-ink drawings rank among the most imaginative satirical cartoons of all time. This compilation draws upon his Skizzenbuch I and II (1909-10) to present 200 fantastic images that blend savage humor with brilliant draughtsmanship in sketches of humans, animals, and curious combinations of the two.
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This book is a combination of real and unreal. I heard many stories from my Mother about the elves, witches, trolls and hillfolk as I was growing up. After I grew up I made many visits to Iceland to visit family. I began painting the amazing landscapes I saw there, but soon began to see why the Icelanders had many stories of these magical creatures. I began seeing trolls in the landscapes too. So, with very little effort I helped them come into view...
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273 great 19th-century woodcuts: crimes, miracles, skeletons, ads, portraits, news cuts. Table of contents: Calaveras; Disasters; National Events; Religion and Miracles; Don Chepito Marihuano; Chapbook Covers; Chapbook Illustrations; Everyday Life; Miscellaneous; Commentary on the Illustrations; Brief Bibliography.
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At the height of his powers, Doré produced these magnificent illustrations for La Fontaine's Fables. This volume includes all 84 full-page plates plus a selection of 39 vignettes from a rare, early edition and depicts, among others, scenes from "The Wolf and the Lamb," "Tircis and Amarante," and "Ulysses' Companions."
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Doré's sympathy to Cervantes' satire was so complete that, of numerous interpretations by many artists, his has become standard. Here are 190 wood-engraved plates, 120 full-page: charging the windmill, traversing Spanish plains, valleys, mountains, ghostly visions of dragons, knights, flaming lake. Marvelous detail, minutiae, accurate costumes, architecture, enchantment, pathos, humor. Captions.
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The most celebrated work of a 16th-century woodcut master, these 41 illustrations are a stark reminder of a dramatic motif: "Remember, you will die." A meticulous reprint of the unabridged 1538 edition, this book includes a prefatory letter by Jean de Vauzèle plus various quotations, depictions, and meditations on death.
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This movement art portfolio is the culmination of 13 years of movement research, movement technique classes and personal introspection that have created the revolutionary methodology of Internal Landscapes. John Ollom's practice is defined as archetypal movement that leads to art creation. Many actors, dancers, performance artists and non-performers have come to work with John Ollom, the creator of the Internal Landscapes methodology and his company...
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Beardsley's illustrations for the Dent edition of the great Thomas Malory classic made him famous virtually overnight. This volume contains a rich selection of those splendid drawings, including floral and foliated openings, fauns and satyrs, initials, ornaments, and much more. Characters from Arthurian legend are portrayed in 62 splendid full-page black-and-white illustrations.
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One of Blake's most interesting and powerful creations - a parody of the book of Genesis in which the righteous figure of God is replaced by that of Urizen, the "dark power." Included are 27 hand-colored plates rich in energy and monumental grandeur, along with a printed transcription of the poem.
36) Asylum Earth
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Artist, Charles Bragg brings us a view of his own special reality-and sheds new light on what we know of our own. In Asylum Earth, nothing is quite as it seems. Toulouse-Laurec shares a room with El Greco in "Art Heaven," while back among the living, an irate "Letter to the Editor" demands that someone go in and finish "all those impressionist paintings-why leave just an impression?"Irrelevant and brilliantly funny, Bragg brings us a view of his...
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This collection of artwork and writings by renowned artist, Duncan Regehr is a gem. Never one to be bewitched by the appearance of things, Duncan Regehr has devoted his life to going below the surface, reaching into the depths of psychology and the unconscious. His paintings and poetry explore his well-thought-out and penetrating assessment of humanity and the evolution of his social consciousness. Here he looks back at his relationship to nature,...
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An awe-inspiring assemblage of artwork by John Keaton, internationally known artist, designer and illustrator. The works are captioned with carefully chosen quotations by numerous philosophers, statesmen, and writers of considerable merit. The citations combined with the visuals offer food for thought and interpretation on numerous levels .He has also included, along with each creation, his own personal insight for each image. They offer interesting...
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Arthur Rackham is widely regarded as one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration, which encompassed the years 1890 until the end of World War I. The acclaim for the artist's wealth of color illustrations has overshadowed the merit of his first-rate ink work, a genre richly deserving of individual attention. This original volume, the first available collection of Rackham's line art, features images from throughout...
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One of the most expressive artists of the Symbolism movement, Odilon (1840-1916) led a quiet life. Withdrawn in manner, conventional in dress, and virtually unknown for the first half of his career, the French painter and graphic artist drew upon his own startlingly complex and fantastic inner world to create haunting works that reveal an existence beyond that of everyday vision. He transformed common subjects and models into strange, eerie images...
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