Mary Maxwell's Library
Clarksville High
| ISBN | Title | Author | Description | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9780871923042 | Humor In Art: A Celebration Of Visual Wit | Nicholas Roukes | “Insightful, and mirthful...Six comprehensive chapters define, examine, and illustrate various types of visual humor, including wit and whimsey, parody and satire, and even comic nonsense and Surrealism....Focusing on 20th-century studio art and design, the text also explores caricature and cartooning.”—Curriculum Review. “A light-hearted, visual romp through the whimsical and the witty in 20 century art.”—Art Times. | Davis |
| 9780486235530 | Japanese Optical And Geometrical Art | Hajime Ouchi | The 746 designs contained in this volume represent some of the most ingenious and attractive applications of geometrical and optical motifs to be found today. Taken from an authentic, modern Japanese work, they are an intriguing new source of unique design elements for artists, designers, and illustrators.The designs employ circles, dots, squares, ellipses, curves, lines, angles, complete alphabets, and numbers in a seeming infinitude of balance, asymmetry, repetition, harmony, swirl, and mathematical exactitude. Some seem to recede, advance, shimmer, and dazzle in the manner of Op Art; others fool the eye with wholly unexpected shifts in focus; still others start with a basic theme and either develop remarkable variations or repeat the same element almost endlessly. But all, from the smallest design to those that take a full page, fascinate and delight.This book is an inexhaustible source of novel, appealing, and striking design elements for advertising campaigns, packaging, display, industrial use, crafts, textiles, and similar fields. These designs may be used as they are, or cropped, enlarged, reduced, repeated, rearranged, combined, screened, superimposed, cut apart, overlaid, or otherwise employed. All illustrators, designers, crafters, and commercial and graphic artists will find this collection immensely usable and the individual designs extremely effective. | Dover Publications |
| 9780939217168 | Learn To Draw Now | Doug Dubosque | Table of ContentsA note from the author 22 years laterBefore you start: a note from the author-- Some Good NewsMysteries Revealed-- Strategy #1-- Mysteries Unfolded-- -- More round stuff that isn't really round-- -- -- Strategy #2-- -- -- Strategy #3- Mysteries of Rectilinearity- - -- Your Basic Box-- -- From basic box to basic dwellingCreating a Complete Picture-- Strategies for shading, Part I-- Strategies for shading, Part 2-- Final, and best, strategy | Peel Productions |
| 9781600580673 | Lifelike Animals: Discover Your Inner Artist As You Learn To Draw Animals In Graphite (Drawing Made Easy) | Linda Weil | Learn to draw remarkably realistic animals step by stepInside this beautiful, comprehensive book, accomplished artist Linda Weil shows readers how to capture the personality and character of a range of animals, from a magnificent elephant to a cuddly koala to a group of mischievous meerkats. The 64-page book introduces readers to tools and materials, as well as basic drawing and shading techniques, before delving into a collection of stunning step-by-step projects. Aspiring artists will discover information on animal anatomy, sketching from life, drawing young animals, and depicting animals in action. With a wealth of inspiring images and invaluable information, this book is a "must-have" for every animal-loving artist. | Walter Foster Publishing |
| 9783822896341 | M. C. Escher: The Graphic Work | M C Escher | ""Graphic Work"" presents over 80 of Escher's most interesting pictures selected by the artist himself. It includes Escher's commentaries on his work, which make his startling visual effects more easy to interpret. The book also features Escher's own account of his evolution as an artist. An authentic source book of high significance, it offers the best introduction to the fantastic universe of the grand master of illusion. | TASCHEN |
| 9780891343844 | Make Prints! (ART AND ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS) | Kim Solga | Presents step-by-step instructions for printing colorful impressions using a variety of materials and surfaces | North Light Books |
| 9780762409457 | Masterpieces: A Fact-Filled Coloring Book (Start Exploring) | Steven Zorn, Mary Martin | An artistic adventure awaits you! Masterpieces leads you on a guided tour of sixty paintings by some of the world's best artists. Each painting has been carefully redrawn and is ready to color--with crayons, colored pencils, markets, and your imagination. Accompanying each painting is a story that describes it and introduces you to the artist. See the world through the eyes of the great painters as you read these tales and color these pictures of kings, gypsies, flowers, parties, dancers, heroes, and more. Here are just some of the things you can do inside Masterpieces: Visit exotic Tahiti with Gaugin Choose a new suite for Gainsborough's Blue Boy Take a dance lesson with Degas See Venus, the goddess of love, rising from the ocean Watch the stars with van Gogh Join Renoir for a boating party Fight for liberty with Delacroix Meet Whistler's mother Spend a Sunday afternoon in the park with Seurat Go bird-watching with Audubon These priceless art treasures represent more than five hundred years of painting. Now you can color them yourself to create new masterpieces of your own. | Running Press |
| Masters Of Twentieth Century Art: Sam Hunter | ||||
| Mosaics In An Afternoon: Connie Sheerin | ||||
| 9780486253411 | North American Indian Designs For Artists And Craftspeople (Dover Pictorial Archive) | Eva Wilson | This ample, carefully researched volume contains more than 360 royalty-free designs, each meticulously rendered from embellishments on Indian blankets, pottery, blankets, clothing, carvings, paintings, metalwork, or other artifacts in various museums and private collections. The illustrations span 2,000 years — from prehistoric pipe bowls carved in stone that date back to 100 B.C., to 20th-century painted pottery designs that are based on traditional motifs.Florals, hunting scenes, stylized plants and animals, mythological figures, geometrics, double-curve motifs, feather designs, pictographs, border patterns, and many other designs have been selected and reproduced from the painted pottery of the Hopi, Hohokam, and Pueblo Indians; Navajo blankets and silverwork; wampum belts, quill work from Métis skin coats; parfleches (rawhide containers), buffalo hides, and ceremonial pipes of the Sioux and other Plains Indians; antler combs of the Susquehannock and Seneca Iroquois; carved and painted masks; Chilkat blankets, spindle whorls, baskets and basket hats from the Northwest Coast; and many other examples of native North American art.In addition to the wealth of authentic pictorial images, the author has provided an informative introduction outlining the principal developments in Indian arts and crafts with particular reference to the techniques used in pottery, basketry, weaving, and more. Notes on the designs give dates, dimensions, present locations of the artifacts and other data, while a bibliography suggests books for further reading.Artists and craftspeople seeking genuine Indian designs will find this easily affordable, royalty-free volume an abundant source of timeless images. Students, teachers, art and cultural historians, as well as anyone interested in Indian art will welcome this impressive array of fine designs produced by the native people of North America. | Dover Publications |
| 9783822858615 | O'keeffe | Britta Benke | About the idiosyncratic of O’Keeffe’s careerThe art of American painter Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) is splendid with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O’Keeffe’s name rests mainly on the large-format flower pictures that have assured her an unusual place in the annals of art, between realist and abstract.>Our Basic Art Series study traces the idiosyncratic of O’Keeffe’s career, and numerous illustrations document the most important periods in her lengthy life in art.About the series:Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions | TASCHEN |
| 9780806961354 | Optical Illusions In Art: Or--Discover How Paintings Aren't Always What They Seem To Be | Alexander Sturgis | "...highly engaging...This vivid introduction to the use of illusion in art makes often complex visual effects understandable and fun. Chapters on trompe l'oeil, surrealism, perspective, anamorphosis, reversible images and op art explain the concepts with remarkable clarity; handsome reproductions, including works by artists as diverse as Raphael and Magritte, Holbein and Dali, are riveting. Seurat, Escher and the vegetable' artist Arcimboldo have their own well-deserved sections, which, like the others, include numerous exercises in looking at the images and even creating one's own optical illusions."--Publishers Weekly. "...encourages young readers to analyze and discover ways the artist has worked."--Arts & Activities. A Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers' Choice 1997. | Sterling |
| Origami 4: Fun With Paper Folding | ||||
| 9781581803976 | Painting With Your Artist's Brain : Learn To Paint What You See Not What You Think You See | Carl Purcell | The biggest roadblock to any artist's success is the intellectual brain. In this easy-to-follow guide, readers will learn to silence their enemy within so they can listen more clearly to their visual brain.It's the visual brain that allows an artist's spirit to shine through--the key to paintings that grab both the eye and the heart. With a variety of step-by-step demonstrations and thoughtful sidebars, readers will learn how to truly see as artists. They'll find sections on: -Negative space -Developing good technique -Center of interest -Value patternsThese in-depth lessons will help artists of all levels improve their work and add more joy to the painting process. | North Light Books |
| 9780855327729 | Paper Into Pots And Other Fun Objects Using Hand-Made Recycled Paper And Papier-Mache Techniques | Gerry Copp | Recycling makes good sense, and the ultimate in recycling must surely be transforming waste paper into beautiful, useful objects. Gerry Copp makes hand-made paper from coloured waste paper, such as printers offcuts and junk mail as her raw material to decorate her papier-mache ware. This book demonstrates the many and varied techniques readers can choose from to make a range of colourful items, from bowls and plates to clocks, boxes and jewellery. The ideas include collaging torn shapes and coloured foil, using waxed and herb papers, and laminating. They should inspire readers to take up a craft that costs virtually nothing yet allows one to produce unique works of art. | Search Pr Ltd |
| 9780891343967 | Pastel Painting Techniques | Roddon Guy | Introduces the student and artist to the special tonal subtlety of pastel painting, discussing its historical association with portraiture and demonstrating the visual effects of different techniques | North Light Books |
| Pen & Ink Techniques: Frank Lohan | ||||
| Picasso Carsten-Peter Warncke | ||||
| 9781440308154 | Plaster Studio: Mixed-Media Techniques For Painting, Casting And Carving | Stephanie Lee, Judy Wise | Return to the origin of the earth and discover a new way of playing in the mud.Raw, friendly and easily altered, plaster is perhaps the most versatile art medium you have yet to encounter. Beautiful in its luminosity, yet open to receiving a multitude of alterations, plaster will easily agree to being painted, carved, cast and sculpted. Stephanie Lee and Judy Wise will walk you through 24 step-by-step projects and will introduce you to a variety of plaster forms. The techniques you’ll be introduced to will inspire you to go on and develop your own creations.Inside Plaster Studio you will discover how to: Apply image transfers to a plaster surface Make plaster projects glow with the addition of encaustic medium Create book pages and covers from plaster Add depth with plaster and stencils Cast objects from plaster that are easy to add to other works of art Bring three-dimensional intrigue to projects using wire armature with plaster gauze Take your work to the next level with the help of inspiring gallery works from the authors and talented contributingartistsMix up your first batch of plaster today and see what Plaster Studio will inspire your imagination to carve out! | North Light Books |
| 9780825116605 | Pottery : A Beginner's Handbook | Clifford Hilliard | How-to photo sequences demonstrate projects and procedures for making glaze test cylinders, molded pots, pinch pots, slab mugs, and simple thrown pots.Included are review questions and quizzes with answers, a glossary, a reading list, and index. | J Weston Walch |