Art And Essence

Author : Stephen Davies,Ananta Charana Sukla
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2003-10-30
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015057643408

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Art and Essence by Stephen Davies,Ananta Charana Sukla Pdf

This exceptional new collection comprises 13 new essays on the nature and definability of art. Presenting a wide offering of contemporary philosophical perspectives—including theoretical, historical, cross-cultural, and evolutionary—Art and Essence offers thorough critical discussion on the extensive contemporary philosophical literature on the subject. The work here contrasts the idea of theorizing about why we make and consume art with that of defining it; furthermore, the authors consider the possibility that art has no definable essence and discusses differences and connections between art and nature. More historical chapters focus on ancient and medieval approaches to art, while others discuss the work of philosophers such as Hume, Kant, and Nietzsche. Non-Western cultures cultivated their own, distinctive art practices and philosophies, as discussed in chapters on India and Japan, and contemporary philosophers have added their own unique perspectives. The authors are among the leading philosophers on the subjects they cover, making Art and Essence an invaluable tool for scholars of a wide variety of fields.

Author : William T. Cooper
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780643101562

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Capturing the Essence by William T. Cooper Pdf

Capturing the Essence is a step-by-step personal guide - by one of Australia's greatest living bird artists - to observing, retaining the essential information and then painting birds from field notes and sketches, photographs and other field observations. Painting or drawing any subject well gives great satisfaction. In this book the author hopes to help the reader become competent at drawing and painting birds, or at least to enjoy trying!

Author : Hazel Soan
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-02-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781849944779

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The Essence of Watercolour by Hazel Soan Pdf

A paperback reissue Hazel Soan's classic practical art book. Hazel Soan is a well-known and popular artist and an enthusiastic and inspirational teacher. In The Essence of Watercolour Hazel shows how wonderfully versatile and beguiling the medium of watercolour is and how to get the most out of it. Hazel stresses how important it is to understand the characteristics of the medium in order to exploit it to the full. She encourages the reader to explore the properties of watercolour and to be unafraid of strength of colour and brushstroke. Hazel shows through demonstration and projects that tone is king in watercolour and illustrates how to paint light with the use of shade. Armed with this understanding she demonstrates that watercolour is not such an unforgiving medium after all: accidents and mistakes can be disguised, overridden and corrected. The Essence of Watercolour is a culmination of many years of Hazel's teaching and demonstrating, in which she offers inspirational insights into the secrets of watercolour painting and encourages artists to take their art to the next level.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0939117002

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Essence of Indian Art by Anonim Pdf

Author : Monica Carpendale
Publisher : Trafford on Demand Pub
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2009-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 1426915918

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Essence and Praxis in the Art Therapy Studio by Monica Carpendale Pdf

Essence and Praxis in the Art Therapy Studio introduces the theory and practice of Art Therapy. A phenomenological approach to art therapy is presented that includes metaphor theory, social constructivism, hermeneutics, eco psychology, earth art, psychoanalysis, object relations theory, humanistic and gestalt therapy. In the book, theory and practice reflect each other as it focuses on the creative process, dialogue and interpretation, and provides a number of exercises and art activities that can be used in a therapeutic context. The role of symbolic interpretation is explored within the context of art therapy. The essence and attitude of the art therapist and the importance of therapeutic presence is presented with a series of self-reflective questions and exercises. In summary, this book is an introductory studio manual for training Art Therapists, and it emphasizes the ongoing relationship between theory and practice.

Author : Joe Weatherly
Publisher : Drawing Animals
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : 0971031428

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Animal Essence by Joe Weatherly Pdf

Author : Laurie McRobert
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780802090942

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Char Davies' Immersive Virtual Art and the Essence of Spatiality by Laurie McRobert Pdf

In this first book-length study of the internationally renowned Canadian artist Char Davies, Laurie McRobert examines the digital installations Osmose and Ephémère in the context of Davies' artistic and conceptual inspirations. Davies, originally a painter, turned to technology in an effort to create the effect of osmosis between self and world. By donning a head-mounted display unit and a body vest to monitor breathing and balance, participants are immersed in 3D-virtual space where they interact with abstract images of nature while manoeuvring in an artificial spatial environment. Char Davies' Immersive Virtual Art and the Essence of Spatiality explores spatiality through a broad scope of disciplines, including philosophy, mythology, biology, and visual studies, in order to familiarize the reader with virtual reality art - how it differs from traditional artistic media and why immersive virtual art promises to expand our imaginative horizons. This original study provides us with an important exposition of two of Char Davies' acclaimed projects and an exploration of the future impact of digital virtual art on our worldviews.

Author : Valerie Stephens
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781304599568

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THE ART OF ESSENCE by Valerie Stephens Pdf

This is a long meditational piece dedicated to the human essence, in imago divinus, ever upon that noble quest for healing & self-actualization.

Author : Mathias Schwartz-Clauss,Dirk Baecker,Vitra Design Museum
Publisher : Vitra Design Stiftung
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Design
ISBN : 3931936503

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Die Essenz der Dinge by Mathias Schwartz-Clauss,Dirk Baecker,Vitra Design Museum Pdf

The Essence of Things seeks to investigate the motifs and motivations of reduction in design. Beginning with a look at the broad horizons of the theme, this richly illustrated catalogue

Author : Nina Freedlander Gibans
Publisher : Kent State University Press
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0873388194

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Creative Essence by Nina Freedlander Gibans Pdf

Examines regional culture through the contributions of visual arts and includes a DVD Arising out of the Cleveland Artists Foundation's Dialogue Series, a 22-hour-long collection of forums held in cultural institutions and broadcast on National Public Radio, Creative Essence examines regional culture through an exploration of the distinguished contributions Cleveland has made to the visual arts and architecture. The Dialogue Series brought together a variety of people in the visual arts community to discuss the development of the region's creative life and environment, whether it be through architecture and city planning or through the industrial and fine arts. They shared their views and knowledge about how regionalism has long influenced artistic productivity. Their exchanges and ideas for the future are provocative and thoughtful. Richly illustrated with the work of well-known Cleveland-area artists and architects, past and present, Creative Essence explores the region's tradition, beginning with the "Cleveland School" of artists that was active and influential during the first half of the twentieth century. It moves on to examine the changes that occurred in the last half of the century and the development of the visual arts in northeast Ohio. Creative Essence is an important resource for understanding the significant role the visual arts play in our cities and societies and how they contribute to the region's quality of life. For those interested in regional history and for students of art history and the visual arts, this will be especially valuable.

Author : Arzu Mistry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1943039011

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Unfolding Practice by Arzu Mistry Pdf

Unfolding Practice: Reflections on Learning and Teaching is a conversation between two artist-educators. Flowing across five chapters, the double sided accordion book has been curated from ten years of recorded conversations, field notes, planning, sketches, reflection, and teaching. The front of the book weaves text, illustration, cutouts, and screen prints, journeying through artistic process and educational practice. The back of the book is a guide, expanding on the practice of using accordion books as a tool for capturing, visualizing, and building upon reflective thinking. The brown paper alludes to the craft paper that is ubiquitous in schools and captures process more than the preciousness of a final product.

Author : Martin Heidegger
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781509536009

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On the Essence of Language and the Question of Art by Martin Heidegger Pdf

The texts and notes collected in this volume offer unique insight into the development of Heidegger’s thinking on language and art from the late 1930s to the early 1950s – a tumultuous period both for Heidegger personally and for Germany as a whole. Following Germany’s defeat in World War II, Heidegger was banned from teaching at Freiburg University, where he had been a professor since 1928, and his thinking underwent significant changes as he began to cultivate different modes of silence and non-saying in his philosophy of language. This volume illuminates these shifts and charts the evolution of key terms in Heidegger’s philosophy of language during this key period in the development of his thought. The central theme of Heidegger’s reflections on language in this volume is his repeated engagement with the character of the word, silence and the unsaid, and his rejection of the instrumental conception of language, where he instead prioritized conversation as the “homeland of language.” Alongside references to Hölderlin and von Hofmannsthal and shrewd scrutiny of aural phenomena such as silent thought and speechlessness, speech is demonstrated to be intimately connected to the human essence. In a later section, Heidegger examines the place of art, in particular the plastic arts, and the role of the artist in conjunction with the new industrial landscape and architecture of his time, and in juxtaposition with ancient Greek attitudes to space and the polis. This key work by Heidegger, now available in English for the first time, will be of great interest to students and scholars of philosophy and to anyone interested in Heidegger’s thought.

Author : David V. Tansley
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Astral body.
ISBN : 0500810141

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Subtle Body by David V. Tansley Pdf

Discusses the mythological properties assigned to geometric forms, and covers the Golden Section, gnomonic spirals, music, and the squaring of the circle.

Author : Jay McKean Fisher,David P. Becker,Baltimore Museum of Art,Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.),Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.)
Publisher : Pennsylvania State University Press
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780271026824

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The Essence of Line by Jay McKean Fisher,David P. Becker,Baltimore Museum of Art,Walters Art Museum (Baltimore, Md.),Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham, Ala.) Pdf

Rarely seen drawings and watercolors by some of the most influential French artists of the nineteenth century are the subject of this richly illustrated publication from The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum. From revealing preparatory sketches to exquisite finished watercolors, more than 100 works by artists such as Eugene Delacroix, Honore Daumier, Paul Cezanne, and Edgar Degas illuminate the range of French art over the course of a century of innovation. The BMA and the Walters have combined holdings of more than 900 French drawings from the nineteenth century, one of the nation's strongest and richest collections of French art from this period. The publication also includes works from the Peabody Institute Art Collection of the Maryland State Archives. The Essence of Line offers the first comprehensive discussion of the formation of these collections and their significance for the history of French art. The catalogue includes essays by Jay McKean Fisher, William R. Johnston, and Cheryl K. Snay that provide insights into the artistic, commercial, and social functions that drawings served for their creators and collectors, as well as how collecting patterns influenced the development of modernism. Conservator Kimberly Schenck bridges the worlds of the collector and of the artist by examining the production and the use of drawing materials in an epoch of radical changes in technique as well as style. Published on the occasion of an exhibition jointly organized by The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum, this book presents a panorama of sketches, watercolors, and presentation drawings, many of them little known outside a small circle of experts. It is correlated with an online database of more than 900 nineteenth-century French drawings in the holdings of these Baltimore museums.

Author : Elisabeth Oy-Marra,Lorenzo Pericolo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-31
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 2503579795

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Perfection by Elisabeth Oy-Marra,Lorenzo Pericolo Pdf

Whether a painting, a sculpture, or a building, works of art in early modern Europe must achieve the highest degree of perfection. If in the Middle Ages perfection is mostly perceived as a technical quality inherent in craftsmanship--a quality that can be judged according to often unspoken criteria agreed upon by the members of a guild--from the fifteenth century onwards perfection comes to incorporate a set of rhetorical and literary qualities originally extraneous to art making. Furthermore, perfection becomes a transcendent quality: something that cannot be measured only in terms of craftsmanship. In the Baroque period, perfection turns into obsession as a result of the emergence of historical models of artistic evolution in which perfection is already historically embodied--in the first place, Vasari's investiture of Michelangelo as a universal canon for painting, sculpture, and architecture. This book aims to define, analyze, and reassess the concept of perfection in the arts and architecture of early modern Europe. What is perfection? What makes a work of art unique, emblematic, or irreplaceable? Does perfection necessarily relate to individuality? Is the perfect work connate with or independent from its author? Can perfection be reproduced or represented? How do artists react to perfection? How do post-Vasarian models of art history come to terms with perfection? To what extent perfection in early modern Europe is the matter of rhetoric, literary theories, theology, and even scientific observation?