Contemporary Portraits

Author : Sarah Howgate,Sandy Nairne
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015084093643

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A Guide to Contemporary Portraits by Sarah Howgate,Sandy Nairne Pdf

This is an introductory guide to contemporary portraiture through the prism of the National Portrait Gallery, London. The gallery's director and contemporary curator discuss key works from the collection and invite readers to consider recent developments in portraiture.

Author : Sandy Nairne,Jo Fredell Higgins
Publisher : National Portrait Gallery Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Human beings
ISBN : 1855144166

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21st Century Portraits by Sandy Nairne,Jo Fredell Higgins Pdf

This striking book explores contemporary portraiture from the past decade. The selection features cutting-edge new work from the international art community and reflects an increasing interest in identity worldwide. Organised thematically, the book examines seven key strands of portraiture: The Body; The Self-Portrait; The Invented Portrait; The Anonymous Portrait; Social Identity; The Celebrity Portrait. With an essay by Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery, London, that locates contemporary portraiture within a historic tradition, 21st Century Portraits examines current trends, showcasing the wide range of media today's artists are using. This book includes an extensive bibliography and is an essential reference work in the field of twenty-first-century portraiture. It will present many images to academic, curatorial and general audiences, including museum and gallery visitors and general art book buyers in the trade for the first time.

Author : Frank Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Authors
ISBN : UOM:39015015404620

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Contemporary Portraits by Frank Harris Pdf

Author : James Thomas Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1915
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590463832

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Contemporary portraits, by Frank Harris by James Thomas Harris Pdf

Author : Huberta v. Voss
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2007-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781845452575

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Portraits of Hope by Huberta v. Voss Pdf

Elie Wiesel called the genocide of the Armenians during the First World War ‘the Holocaust before the Holocaust’. Around one and a half million Armenians - men, women and children – were slaughtered at the time of the First World War. This book outlines some of the historical facts and consequences of the massacres but sees it as its main objective to present the Armenians to the foreign reader, their history but also their lives and achievements in the present that finds most Armenians dispersed throughout the world. 3000 years after their appearance in history, 1700 years after adopting Christianity and almost 90 years after the greatest catastrophe in their history, these 50 ‘biographical sketches of intellectuals, artists, journalists, and others...produce a complicated kaleidoscope of a divided but lively people that is trying once again, to rediscover its ethnic coherence. Armenian civilization does not consist solely of stories about a far-off past, but also of traditions and a national conscience suggestive of a future that will transcend the present.’ [from the Preface]

Author : Anthony Connolly
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-21
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781847975041

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Painting Portraits by Anthony Connolly Pdf

Portrait painting is inherently difficult and requires a unique understanding of and sensitivity to the sitter. This practical book considers the historical context of portrait painting and its contemporary practice. Written by a professional portrait painter, it describes the intricacies of making a portrait not just for the technically minded but also for those who are interested in a painter's perspective on the role and importance of portraiture.Step-by-step demonstrations of portraits and self-portraits.Techniques that use colour to introduce subtleties and presence.Advice on catching a likeness and overcoming difficulties.Discussion about the significance of copying and photography.Insights into the artistic process of the portrait painter.Work of contemporary and distinguished painters.'What fascinates me most, much much more than anything else in painting, is the portrait, the modern portrait.' Vincent van Gogh. A practical guide that considers the historical context of portrait painting and its contemporary practice.Aimed at beginners and more experienced; untutored groups and individual artists of portrait painters.Gives step-by-step demonstrations of portraits and self-portraits.Covers use of colour to introduce subtleties and presence.Superbly illustrated with 180 colour illustrations.Anthony Connolly is a professional portrait painter and won the prestigious Prince of Wales Award for Portrait Drawing in 2004.

Author : Hashim Akib
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781782215813

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Painting Portraits in Acrylic by Hashim Akib Pdf

A fantastic, accessible and practical guide to contemporary portraiture. Learn from master artist and author Hashim Akib as he shows you how to produce striking, interesting portraits in your own style. Hashim Akib's striking portraits are at the heart of this inspirational book. The subject of portraiture is seen by many as the zenith of art, and Hash's easygoing, unpretentious style puts fantastic results within the reach of hobby artists and aspiring professionals alike. Assuming nothing and starting from the basics - making it suitable even for the enthusiastic beginner - this book includes six step-by-step projects to follow; along with friendly but in-depth advice on color palettes; skintone; composition; working from photographs and models; markmaking; lighting; atmosphere and much more. The book covers many types of portraiture - from the self-portrait to full-length portraits - all with a striking, contemporary style.

Author : Frank Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1927
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015062336733

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Latest Contemporary Portraits by Frank Harris Pdf

A volume of intimate "pen-portraits" in which the author tries to describe his subjects "body, mind, and soul," as well as their personal habits, dress, tricks of gesture and speech, theories of art and life, etc. (Adapted from introduction)

Author : Peter Weiermair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39015033978365

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Portraits by Peter Weiermair Pdf

Annie Leibovitz, Walter Stevens, Doris Quarella, Bruce Weber, David Rasmus, Max Pam, Patrick Faigenbaum, Peter Hujar, Aldo Palazzolo, Mary Ellen Mark, Taishi Hirokawa, Robert Mapplethorpe, Lynn Davis, Thomas Florschuetz, Pierre et Gilles, Anne Zahalka, Thomas Ruff, Clegg & Guttmann, Andy Warhol, Nancy Hellebrand, Duane Michals, Walter Pfeiffer, Erwin Olaf.

Author : Ronald R. Bernier,Rachel Hostetter Smith
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 475 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781000868456

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Religion and Contemporary Art by Ronald R. Bernier,Rachel Hostetter Smith Pdf

Religion and Contemporary Art sets the theoretical frameworks and interpretive strategies for exploring the re-emergence of religion in the making, exhibiting, and discussion of contemporary art. Featuring essays from both established and emerging scholars, critics, and artists, the book reflects on what might be termed an "accord" between contemporary art and religion. It explores the common strategies contemporary artists employ in the interface between religion and contemporary art practice. It also includes case studies to provide more in-depth treatments of specific artists grappling with themes such as ritual, abstraction, mythology, the body, popular culture, science, liturgy, and social justice, among other themes. It is a must-read resource for working artists, critics, and scholars in this field, and an invitation to new voices "curious" about its promises and possibilities.

Author : Thomas King
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735237834

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Medicine River by Thomas King Pdf

When Will returns to Medicine River, he thinks he is simply attending his mother’s funeral. He doesn’t count on Harlen Bigbear and his unique brand of community planning. Harlen tries to sell Will on the idea of returning to Medicine River to open shop as the town’s only Native photographer. Somehow, that’s exactly what happens. Through Will’s gentle and humorous narrative, we come to know Medicine River, a small Albertan town bordering a Blackfoot reserve. And we meet its people: the basketball team; Louise Heavyman and her daughter, South Wing; Martha Oldcrow, the marriage doctor; Joe Bigbear, Harlen’s world-travelling, storytelling brother; Bertha Morley, who has a short fling with a Calgary dating service; and David Plume, who went to Wounded Knee. At the centre of it all is Harlen, advising and pestering, annoying and entertaining, gossiping and benevolently interfering in the lives of his friends and neighbours.

Author : Laura Lunger Knoppers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000-06-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0521662613

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Constructing Cromwell by Laura Lunger Knoppers Pdf

This study examines the complex and shifting popular print images of Oliver Cromwell.

Author : Akib
Publisher : Search Press Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781781268117

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Painting Portraits in Acrylics by Akib Pdf

Author : David Onnekink,Esther Mijers
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317069874

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Redefining William III by David Onnekink,Esther Mijers Pdf

William III (1650-1702) was Stadholder in the United Provinces and King of England, Scotland and Ireland. His reign has always intrigued historians, as it encompassed such defining events as the Dutch year of Disaster (1672), the Glorious Revolution (1688) and the ensuing wars against France. Although William has played a pivotal role in the political and religious history of his countries, the significance and international impact of his reign is still not very well understood. This volume contains a number of innovative essays from specialists in the field, which have evolved from papers delivered to an international conference held at the University of Utrecht in December 2002. By focusing on the entire period 1650-1702 from an international perspective, the volume moves historical discussion away from the traditional analysis of single events to encompass William's entire reign from a variety of political, religious, intellectual and cultural positions. In so doing it offers a new perspective on the British and Dutch reigns of William III, as well as the wider European milieu.

Author : Robert I. Frost
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030999360

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The Polish Portrait of Bonnie Prince Charlie by Robert I. Frost Pdf

This book is a study of an eighteenth-century portrait of a youth in Polish dress, owned by the National Portrait Gallery in London since 1922, but never publicly displayed. Two inscriptions claim that it is a portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’. The Gallery has always doubted its authenticity and leading experts on Stuart portraiture have dismissed the identification. This study, by a historian of Poland-Lithuania, is the first detailed attempt to research the painting properly. Based on archival sources, it examines its provenance and the connections of its first known owner with the Kinlochmoidart MacDonalds, who fought for the Prince in the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion. It considers a considerable body of evidence to suggest that it is very possible that the portrait is indeed a genuine depiction of the Prince.