Drawing From Memory

Author : Allen Say
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781338088267

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Caldecott Medalist Allen Say presents a stunning graphic novel chronicling his journey as an artist during WWII, when he apprenticed under Noro Shinpei, Japan's premier cartoonist DRAWING FROM MEMORY is Allen Say's own story of his path to becoming the renowned artist he is today. Shunned by his father, who didn't understand his son's artistic leanings, Allen was embraced by Noro Shinpei, Japan's leading cartoonist and the man he came to love as his "spiritual father." As WWII raged, Allen was further inspired to consider questions of his own heritage and the motivations of those around him. He worked hard in rigorous drawing classes, studied, trained--and ultimately came to understand who he really is. Part memoir, part graphic novel, part narrative history, DRAWING FROM MEMORY presents a complex look at the real-life relationship between a mentor and his student. With watercolor paintings, original cartoons, vintage photographs, and maps, Allen Say has created a book that will inspire the artist in all of us.

Author : Darren R. Rousar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 0980045444

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Memory Drawing by Darren R. Rousar Pdf

From the Introduction: If you think about it, all life drawing and painting is at some point being done from the artist's memory, even if that memory is only a few seconds old. Every time the artist takes their eyes off of the model or scene and looks at their paper or canvas, their visual memory is involved. What if that artist's visual memory was highly trained? That artist might need the model for a shorter period of time, or she might have a more productive time when the model is in pose. He might be better at painting all of the fleeting effects that nature throws at us when we are landscape painting en plein air. Although I encourage you to consistently engage in memory-drawing practice, it should not supplant your regular art exercises. Memory-drawing ought to be done in addition to your regular art training, not instead of it. In a perfect world it would be integrated into traditional arts instruction, but the reality is that you will most likely be training your visual memory on your own. Memory Drawing: Perceptual Training and Recall exists to guide you in doing just that. It will also help you improve your abilities to remember fleeting effects, seize essentials, and even enhance your imagination.

Author : Frances A Yates
Publisher : Random House
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2011-10-31
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781448104130

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The Art of Memory by Frances A Yates Pdf

This unique and brilliant book is a history of human knowledge. Before the invention of printing, a trained memory was of vital importance. Based on a technique of impressing 'places' and 'images' on the mind, the ancient Greeks created an elaborate memory system which in turn was inherited by the Romans and passed into the European tradition, to be revived, in occult form, during the Renaissance. Frances Yates sheds light on Dante’s Divine Comedy, the form of the Shakespearian theatre and the history of ancient architecture; The Art of Memory is an invaluable contribution to aesthetics and psychology, and to the history of philosophy, of science and of literature.

Author : Margaret Kimball
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-20
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN : 9780063068285

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And Now I Spill the Family Secrets by Margaret Kimball Pdf

Named one of Publishers Weekly’s Best of 2021 List in Comics. 2021 Top of the List Graphic Novel Pick In the spirit of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home and Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?, Margaret Kimball’s AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS begins in the aftermath of a tragedy. In 1988, when Kimball is only four years old, her mother attempts suicide on Mother’s Day—and this becomes one of many things Kimball’s family never speaks about. As she searches for answers nearly thirty years later, Kimball embarks on a thrilling visual journey into the secrets her family has kept for decades. Using old diary entries, hospital records, home videos, and other archives, Margaret pieces together a narrative map of her childhood—her mother’s bipolar disorder, her grandmother’s institutionalization, and her brother’s increasing struggles—in an attempt to understand what no one likes to talk about: the fractures in her family. Both a coming-of-age story about family dysfunction and a reflection on mental health, AND NOW I SPILL THE FAMILY SECRETS is funny, poignant, and deeply inspiring in its portrayal of what drives a family apart and what keeps them together.

Author : F A Yates
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136353611

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Art Of Memory by F A Yates Pdf

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Joan Gibbons
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-19
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780857731685

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Contemporary Art and Memory by Joan Gibbons Pdf

Whether exploring the intimate recollections which make up the artist's own life history or questioning the way the gallery and museum present public memory, contemporary art, it would seem, is haunted by the past. "Contemporary Art and Memory" is the first accessible survey book to explore the subject of memory as it appears in its many guises in contemporary art. Looking at both personal and public memory, Gibbons explores art as autobiography, the memory as trace, the role of the archive, revisionist memory and postmemory, as well as the absence of memory in oblivion. Grounding her discussion in historical precedents, Gibbons explores the work of a wide range of international artists including Yinka Shonibare MBE, Doris Salcedo, Keith Piper, Jeremy Deller, Judy Chicago, Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Christian Boltanski, Janet Cardiff, Bill Fontana, Pierre Huyghe, Susan Hiller, Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi and new media artist George Legrady."Contemporary Art and Memory" will be indispensable to all those concerned with the ways in which artists represent and remember the past.?????

Author : Paolo Rossi
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226728261

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Logic and the Art of Memory by Paolo Rossi Pdf

The mnemonic arts and the idea of a universal language that would capture the essence of all things were originally associated with cryptology, mysticism, and other occult practices. And it is commonly held that these enigmatic efforts were abandoned with the development of formal logic in the seventeenth century and the beginning of the modern era. In his distinguished book, Logic and the Art of Memory Italian philosopher and historian Paolo Rossi argues that this view is belied by an examination of the history of the idea of a universal language. Based on comprehensive analyses of original texts, Rossi traces the development of this idea from late medieval thinkers such as Ramon Lull through Bruno, Bacon, Descartes, and finally Leibniz in the seventeenth century. The search for a symbolic mode of communication that would be intelligible to everyone was not a mere vestige of magical thinking and occult sciences, but a fundamental component of Renaissance and Enlightenment thought. Seen from this perspective, modern science and combinatorial logic represent not a break from the past but rather its full maturity. Available for the first time in English, this book (originally titled Clavis Universalis) remains one of the most important contributions to the history of ideas ever written. In addition to his eagerly anticipated translation, Steven Clucas offers a substantial introduction that places this book in the context of other recent works on this fascinating subject. A rich history and valuable sourcebook, Logic and the Art of Memory documents an essential chapter in the development of human reason.

Author : Laura Carlin
Publisher : Phaidon Press
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0714863629

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A World of Your Own by Laura Carlin Pdf

A beautiful picture book for children 4+ taking the reader on a journey through Laura Carlin’s own colorful and imaginative visual world.

Author : David H. Ross
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780385346238

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Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators by David H. Ross Pdf

Draw the Human Figure Anywhere, Anytime For today’s in-demand comic creators, animators, video game artists, concept designers, and more, being able to quickly draw the human figure in a variety of action-packed poses is a requirement. But what do you do if you don’t have models or photographic reference readily available? In Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators, artist and instructor David H. Ross provides an alternative solution, showing you how to master freehand figure drawing without visual reference by using a modern twist on the classic technique of blocking out the human figure in mannequin form. Step-by-step lessons guide illustrators from basic poses (standing, running, jumping) to extreme motions (throwing punches, high kicking). For on-the-go artists, Freehand Figure Drawing for Illustrators allows you complete freedom to bring your figures to life at any time.

Author : Emily Urquhart
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781487005320

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The Age of Creativity by Emily Urquhart Pdf

A moving portrait of a father and daughter relationship and a case for late-stage creativity from Emily Urquhart, the bestselling author of Beyond the Pale: Folklore, Family, and the Mystery of Our Hidden Genes. “The fundamental misunderstanding of our time is that we belong to one age group or another. We all grow old. There is no us and them. There was only ever an us.” — from The Age of Creativity It has long been thought that artistic output declines in old age. When Emily Urquhart and her family celebrated the eightieth birthday of her father, the illustrious painter Tony Urquhart, she found it remarkable that, although his pace had slowed, he was continuing his daily art practice of drawing, painting, and constructing large-scale sculptures, and was even innovating his style. Was he defying the odds, or is it possible that some assumptions about the elderly are flat-out wrong? After all, many well-known visual artists completed their best work in the last decade of their lives, Turner, Monet, and Cézanne among them. With the eye of a memoirist and the curiosity of a journalist, Urquhart began an investigation into late-stage creativity, asking: Is it possible that our best work is ahead of us? Is there an expiry date on creativity? Do we ever really know when we’ve done anything for the last time? The Age of Creativity is a graceful, intimate blend of research on ageing and creativity, including on progressive senior-led organizations, such as a home for elderly theatre performers and a gallery in New York City that only represents artists over sixty, and her experiences living and travelling with her father. Emily Urquhart reveals how creative work, both amateur and professional, sustains people in the third act of their lives, and tells a new story about the possibilities of elder-hood.

Author : Laynie Browne
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0820327298

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Drawing of a Swan Before Memory by Laynie Browne Pdf

How do we experience the world before memory, before language, before the senses have separated, or before the concepts of “you” and “I” have been distinguished? Laynie Browne investigates both the limits and potential of such an inchoate world in her new book of poetry, Drawing of a Swan Before Memory. In a series of elegant prose poems, Browne guides the reader through the intricate development of human perception, where the haunting vastness of childhood slowly gives way to the defining features of adult cognition. Subtly nuanced verse constructs a world of color before sight and utterance before language--all the while aware that, ironically, language itself makes this ethereal world possible.

Author : Marie Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger Cavé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Drawing
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025576526

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Drawing from Memory by Marie Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger Cavé Pdf

Author : Marie Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger Cavé
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Drawing
ISBN : PRNC:32101067687440

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Drawing from Memory by Marie Elisabeth Blavot Boulanger Cavé Pdf

Author : Richard Cándida Smith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2003-08-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134471140

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Art and the Performance of Memory by Richard Cándida Smith Pdf

This book investigates the role that the visual and performing arts play in our experience and understanding of the past. The essays highlight the role of oral history in the documentation of the visual and performing arts.

Author : Jack Faragasso
Publisher : Courier Dover Publications
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780486841243

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Mastering Drawing the Human Figure by Jack Faragasso Pdf

This comprehensive handbook for drawing the human figure is by a veteran instructor of the Art Students League of New York. Both a guide and a reference, it is suitable for all: novices, students, and professionals. Numerous illustrations with commentary cover the basic structure of the head and body, light and shade, the proper use of line, conveying action, depicting drapery, and much more.