History Of Pictures

Author : David Hockney,Martin Gayford
Publisher : ABRAMS
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1419750283

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History of Pictures by David Hockney,Martin Gayford Pdf

A compact edition of Hockney and Gayford's brilliantly original book, with updated material and brand-new pieces of art Informed and energized by a lifetime of painting, drawing, and making images with cameras, David Hockney, in collaboration with art critic Martin Gayford, explores how and why pictures have been made across the millennia. Juxtaposing a rich variety of images--a still from a Disney cartoon with a Japanese woodblock print by Hiroshige, a scene from an Eisenstein film with a Velazquez paint-ing--the authors cross the normal boundaries between high culture and popular entertainment, and argue that film, photography, paint-ing, and drawing are deeply interconnected. Featuring a revised final chapter with some of Hockney's latest works, this new, compact edition of A History of Pictures remains a significant contribution to the discussion of how artists represent reality.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9781465407764

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Modern History in Pictures by DK Pdf

The twentieth century saw seismic changes in every country and walk of life, from the collapse of global empires to the horrors of world war, from the rise of mass media to the development of motor transportation, air travel, and the digital revolution. In Modern History in Pictures, all of the most significant happenings of the last century are captured in a unique storyboard style, showing how each event unfolded through a series of contemporary photographs.

Author : Kim Beil
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 333 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-23
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781503612327

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Good Pictures by Kim Beil Pdf

A picture-rich field guide to American photography, from daguerreotype to digital. We are all photographers now, with camera phones in hand and social media accounts at the ready. And we know which pictures we like. But what makes a "good picture"? And how could anyone think those old styles were actually good? Soft-focus yearbook photos from the '80s are now hopelessly—and happily—outdated, as are the low-angle portraits fashionable in the 1940s or the blank stares of the 1840s. From portraits to products, landscapes to food pics, Good Pictures proves that the history of photography is a history of changing styles. In a series of short, engaging essays, Kim Beil uncovers the origins of fifty photographic trends and investigates their original appeal, their decline, and sometimes their reuse by later generations of photographers. Drawing on a wealth of visual material, from vintage how-to manuals to magazine articles for working photographers, this full-color book illustrates the evolution of trends with hundreds of pictures made by amateurs, artists, and commercial photographers alike. Whether for selfies or sepia tones, the rules for good pictures are always shifting, reflecting new ways of thinking about ourselves and our place in the visual world.

Author : David Hockney,Martin Gayford
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-31
Category : Art
ISBN : 0500651418

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A History of Pictures for Children by David Hockney,Martin Gayford Pdf

Winner of the prestigious BolognaRagazzi New Horizons Award 2019A History of Pictures for Children takes readers on a journey through art history, from early art drawn on cave walls to the images we make today on our computers and phone cameras. Based on the bestselling book for adults, this children's edition of A History of Pictures is told through conversations between the artist David Hockney and the author Martin Gayford, who talk about art with inspiring simplicity and clarity. Rose Blake's illustrations illuminate the narratives of both authors to bring the history of art alive for a young audience.

Author : Belinda Crowson,Bobbie Fox,Lorien Johansen,Geroge Kuhl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-14
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1772761656

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Lethbridge by Belinda Crowson,Bobbie Fox,Lorien Johansen,Geroge Kuhl Pdf

The Lethbridge Historical Society launched the Facebook Group that bears its name in 2011. The intent was to preserve, promote and share the colourful history of Southwest Alberta and Lethbridge in particular. Today the group has more than 16,000 members and is a tribute to the city's colouful past. The members of the Lethbridge Historical Society have put together the definitive photographic account of this unique city. With more than 130 photographs, many of them seen here for the first time, Lethbridge: A History in Pictures offers a stunning portrait of this one-of-a-kind Alberta city and the country around it. Lethbridge: A History in Pictures offers us a window into the past, showing life as it was then, and stirring in us the emotions of wonder and curiosity about those who have gone before us and the lives they lived.

Author : Michel Frizot
Publisher : Konemann
Page : 784 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Photography
ISBN : UOM:39076001978142

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A New History of Photography by Michel Frizot Pdf

A collection of entries that help chronicle the history of photography, explaining the different techniques that have been used and defining the common terms used in the field.

Author : Philippe de Montebello,Martin Gayford
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780500772256

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Rendez-vous with Art by Philippe de Montebello,Martin Gayford Pdf

The fruits of a lifetime of experience by a cultural colossus, Philippe de Montebello, the longest-serving director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in its history, distilled in conversations with an acclaimed critic Beginning with a fragment of yellow jasper—all that is left of the face of an Egyptian woman who lived 3,500 years ago—this book confronts the elusive questions: how, and why, do we look at art? Philippe de Montebello and Martin Gayford talked in art galleries or churches or their own homes, and this book is structured around their journeys. But whether they were in the Louvre or the Prado, the Mauritshuis of the Palazzo Pitti, they reveal the pleasures of truly looking. De Montebello shares the sense of excitement recorded by Goethe in his autobiography—"akin to the emotion experienced on entering a House of God"—but also reflects on why these secular temples might nevertheless be the "worst possible places to look at art." But in the end both men convey, with subtlety and brilliance, the delights and significance of their subject matter and some of the intense creations of human beings throughout our long history.

Author : Gilles Plazy
Publisher : MetroBooks (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN : 1586633317

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The History of Art in Pictures by Gilles Plazy Pdf

In authoritative prose and breathtaking full-color reproductions, this remarkable compendium offers a comprehensive selection of indisputable masterpieces, including paintings, sculptures, and architecture. A double-page spread introduces each major step in the development of the Western tradition, and a selection of important dates runs across the top of each page, putting the works in their cultural context.

Author : James Elkins
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2005-08-02
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781135950132

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Pictures and Tears by James Elkins Pdf

This deeply personal account of emotion and vulnerability draws upon anecdotes related to individual works of art to present a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art in the past.

Author : Rob Kroes
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Documentary photography
ISBN : 1584655933

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Photographic Memories by Rob Kroes Pdf

The role of photographs in the formation of public memories.

Author : Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1839
Category : Daguerreotype
ISBN : OSU:32435011769130

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An Historical and Descriptive Account of the Various Processes of the Daguerréotype and the Diorama by Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Pdf

Author : Alpheus Hyatt Mayor,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Art and society
ISBN : 9780870991080

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Prints & People by Alpheus Hyatt Mayor,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Discusses the significance and history of printmaking and evaluates 700 prints.

Author : Nicoletta Leonardi,Simone Natale
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11-08
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780271082547

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Photography and Other Media in the Nineteenth Century by Nicoletta Leonardi,Simone Natale Pdf

In this volume, leading scholars of photography and media examine photography’s vital role in the evolution of media and communication in the nineteenth century. In the first half of the nineteenth century, the introduction of telegraphy, the development of a cheaper and more reliable postal service, the rise of the mass-circulation press, and the emergence of the railway dramatically changed the way people communicated and experienced time and space. Concurrently, photography developed as a medium that changed how images were produced and circulated. Yet, for the most part, photography of the era is studied outside the field of media history. The contributors to this volume challenge those established disciplinary boundaries as they programmatically explore the intersections of photography and “new media” during a period of fast-paced change. Their essays look at the emergence and early history of photography in the context of broader changes in the history of communications; the role of the nascent photographic press in photography’s infancy; and the development of photographic techniques as part of a broader media culture that included the mass-consumed novel, sound recording, and cinema. Featuring essays by noteworthy historians in photography and media history, this discipline-shifting examination of the communication revolution of the nineteenth century is an essential addition to the field of media studies. In addition to the editors, contributors to this volume are Geoffrey Batchen, Geoffrey Belknap, Lynn Berger, Jan von Brevern, Anthony Enns, André Gaudreault, Lisa Gitelman, David Henkin, Erkki Huhtamo, Philippe Marion, Peppino Ortoleva, Steffen Siegel, Richard Taws, and Kim Timby.

Author : Mary Wadden
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Santa Clara Valley (Santa Clara County, Calif.)
ISBN : 1467572454

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History of Silicon Valley by Mary Wadden Pdf

Vintage photos populate this artful and timely book as it traces the evolution of Santa Clara Valley from the days of the Gold Rush through modern day. Filled with over 400 high resolution images, this book captures the spirit of Silicon Valley. More than just a place, Silicon Valley is a state of mind and this book serves as a tribute. If you have ever wondered why the microchip, personal computer and Internet were all born in Santa Clara Valley, this is a must read. --Amazon.com

Author : Susan Sontag
Publisher : Picador
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2025-02-18
Category : Photography
ISBN : 125037474X

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On Photography by Susan Sontag Pdf

Winner of the National Book Critics' Circle Award for Criticism. One of the most highly regarded books of its kind, Susan Sontag's On Photography first appeared in 1977 and is described by its author as "a progress of essays about the meaning and career of photographs." It begins with the famous "In Plato's Cave"essay, then offers five other prose meditations on this topic, and concludes with a fascinating and far-reaching "Brief Anthology of Quotations."