{"title":"Clearance Sale - Art Instruction, Fine Art, Clip Art, Design","description":"\u003cp\u003eSave up to 70% with our Summer Clearance. Hurry, ends June 25. To shop the Clearance by discount or category, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/store.doverpublications.com\/pages\/clearance\" title=\"All Clearance Sale\"\u003eclick here\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"9780486223841","title":"Los Caprichos","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eAfter a serious illness in 1792, Goya spent five years recuperating and preparing himself for the burst of creativity that was to follow. He read deeply in the French revolutionary philosophers. From Rousseau he evolved the idea that imagination divorced from reason produces monsters, but that coupled with reason \"it is the mother of the arts and the source of their wonders.\" In Spain he saw a country that had abandoned reason, and he peopled \u003ci\u003eLos Caprichos \u003c\/i\u003ewith the grotesque monsters that result from such an action. Plate after plate shows witches, asses, devils, and other strange creatures, many of which are caricatures of members of the society against which Goya was fighting. \u003cbr\u003eThe plates were first published in 1799. There are still in existence, however, six extremely rare sets of artist's proofs, considered by most who have managed to see them as infinitely superior to the work actually published. Now, for the first time, this edition reproduces one of these sets of 80 prints, together with the \"Prado\" manuscript, a commentary on the plates. In addition, this collection contains supplementary material to the \u003ci\u003eLos Caprichos\u003c\/i\u003e series, inlcuding a never-before-published study for Caprichos 10; three unique proofs of plates probably intended for publication with the others; a preliminary drawing for plate I, a self-portrait of Goya (which appears as the frontispiece to this volume); and a unique proof of \"Woman in Prison\" which may represent an earlier version of Caprichos 32.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eNew 1969 edition of a pre-first-edition proof set in the collection of Mr. Philip Hofer, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in facsimile size, with seven additional plates, making a total of 87 plates. English translation of the \"Prado\" manuscript and captions by Tomas Harris. Introduction by Mr. Hofer. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e art history;comic artist;woodblock prints;black paintings;court artist;com 2012;fernando vii;spanish life;sexual potency;spanish painter;robert hughes;spanish artist;holy office;spanish translations;court painter;art criticism;exhibition catalog;spanish history;de mayo;western art;fresh insights;art critic;fine arts;art historian;historical context;printmaking;hokusai;aquatint;godoy;printmaker;tiepolo;never-before-published;chirico;bourbons;disproportion;prado;1799;bullfighting;leftists;spaniard;murals;etchings;reproduces;tapestries;knopf;basque;guerrilla;madrid;franco;proofs;reproductions;carlos;inquisition;reproduced;captions;napoleon;plates;disasters;portraits;art history world;goya;spain;books on black paintings;books on spanish painters;books on art histories;books on art criticisms;books on madrid;books on court artists;books on franco;books on aquatints;books on fine arts;books on prado;books on comic artists;books on hokusai;books on historical contexts;books on sexual potencies;books on bourbons;books on tiepolo;books on art critics;books on printmakers;books on spanish translations;books on printmakings;books on exhibition catalogs;books on basques;books on spanish lives;books on fresh insights;books on chiricos;books on godoy;books on western arts;books on holy offices;books on spanish histories;books on knopfs;books on woodblock prints;books on art historians;books on robert hughes;books on reproductions;books on court painters;books on spanish artists","brand":"Francisco Goya","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159356981569,"sku":"9780486223841","price":4.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486223841.jpg?v=1710182552"},{"product_id":"9780486238760","title":"Michelangelo Life Drawings","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eThroughout his long life, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) never ceased to practice drawing with pen, pencil, or chalk. In the 60 years of creative activity encompassed by this volume, the artist produced scores of sketches, drawings, and studies — nudes, heads, figure studies, Madonnas, anatomical drawings, studies of children and animals, mythical representations, and religious works. This book reproduces 46 of his finest drawings, embodying most of his artistic themes and techniques, and executed in his characteristic media of pen and ink, and red and black chalk. The extraordinary strength, grace, and clarity of his renderings are beautifully illustrated on every page. \u003cbr\u003eThe compositions, carefully reproduced on fine-quality paper, range from youthful studies modeled after ancient sculpture and early Renaissance frescoes to the otherworldly religious creations of his old age. Many are preliminary drawings executed in connection with some of his most important commissions: the marble \u003ci\u003eDavid\u003c\/i\u003e of 1501–04; the famous cartoon of 1504 for the projected fresco in the Palazzo Vecchio, \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Cascina\u003c\/i\u003e; the paintings on the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, executed 1508–12; and the imposing fresco of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Judgment\u003c\/i\u003e in the same chapel, executed 1535–14; as well as several of the more highly finished allegorical presentation drawings of the early 1530s. In some cases, e.g. \u003ci\u003eThe Battle of Cascina\u003c\/i\u003e, the drawings are all that remain of a lost masterpiece. 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Theoretically, line is infinite; Picasso in his fertility nearly realized that theory in almost a century of ceaseless drawing, whether on paper, zinc, stone, or other media.\u003cbr\u003eHere is a sampling, rather than a comprehensive selection, from that plenitude; while nothing could be comprehensive within a single volume, the genius of Picasso's line manifests itself so clearly that this culling from various periods reveals the line in most of its guises.\u003cbr\u003eBeginning with a 1905 circus family in drypoint, 44 drawings cover Picasso's major themes, techniques, and styles. From the almost classic Ingresque clarity of the Diaghilev and Stravinsky portraits (1919, 1920) via cubist studies and \"neo-classical\" nudes, Picasso's restless hand remakes his world again and again with fresh energy, culminating here in six sketches of the artist\/model dashed out in raging love\/hate in the midst of personal crisis (1953–54). In between are times of serenity and introspection (\u003ci\u003eSeven Dancers\u003c\/i\u003e (1919), with the future Olga Picasso up front; many figures and bathers) and, particularity as book illustrations, many mythological studies; \u003ci\u003eEurydice Stung by a Serpent\u003c\/i\u003e (1930 etching), \u003ci\u003eDying Minotaur in the Arena\u003c\/i\u003e (1933), an etching for a 1934 edition of \u003ci\u003eLysistrata\u003c\/i\u003e. Balzac is represented by a striking lithographic portrait (1952) and by etching for Vollard's edition of \u003ci\u003eLe Chef-d'oeuvre inconnu\u003c\/i\u003e. 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In composition, it recognizes the separate but equally important identity of both a shape and its background.\u003cbr\u003eSince their introduction in the West, the intriguing exercises associated with Notan have produced striking results in every branch of Western art and design. This book, by two American artists and teachers who made an intensive study of Notan, was the first basic book on the subject in the West, and it remains one of the definitive texts. Through a series of simple exercises, it places the extraordinary creative resources of Notan easily within the grasp of Western artists and designers.\u003cbr\u003eClearly and concisely, the authors demonstrate Notan's practical applications in six problems of progressive difficulty — creative exercises that will fascinate artists and designers of every calling and level of expertise. Along with these exercises, the book includes many illustrations of the principle of Notan, among them images as diverse as a sculpture by David Smith, a Samoan tapa cloth, a Museum of Modern Art shopping bag, New England gravestone rubbings, Japanese wrapping paper, a painting by Robert Motherwell, a psychedelic poster, and a carved and dyed Nigerian calabash. Painters, sculptors, potters, jewelry, and textile designers, architects, and interior designers all will discover — or rediscover — in these pages an ancient principle of composition that can help them meet creative challenges with fresh new perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eReprint of the Reinhold Book Company, New York, 1968 edition.\u003c\/div\u003e art instruction;art students;visual arts;illustration techniques;lines create;emotional impacts;design concepts;quilt designs;ingenious method;scary picture;diagonal lines;upper half;editorial comment;artistic elements;visual language;design principles;molly bang;artistic skill;suggested exercises;greedy wolf;design elements;molly explains;sensitive artistic;negative space;geometric shapes;delicate task;emotional responses;construction paper;deceptively simple;riding hood;red riding;imply;brushwork;bauhaus;rearrangement;cezanne;eliciting;horizontal;compositions;instruction;vertical;composing;workbook;fundamentals;curves;illustrators;viewer;distribution;designers;simplified;placement;graphics;darling;principle;photographer;basics;books on geometric shapes;books on emotional impacts;books on illustrators;books on visual arts;books on emotional responses;books on scary pictures;books on artistic elements;books on cezanne;books on design elements;books on brushworks;books on instructions;books on riding hoods;books on upper halves;books on art students;books on compositions;books on negative spaces;books on designers;books on visual languages;books on workbooks;books on molly bangs;books on quilt designs;books on design principles;books on principles;books on fundamentals;books on rearrangements;books on design concepts;books on art instructions;books on distributions;books on illustration techniques;books on construction papers;books on bauhaus;ride hood;books on graphics","brand":"Dorr Bothwell and Marlys Mayfield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159612801345,"sku":"9780486268569","price":4.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/3262\/5985\/products\/9780486268569_73d3c19b-0704-407d-b64e-6ec881a5d638.jpg?v=1710202971"},{"product_id":"9780486432960","title":"Anatomy and Drawing","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It's like having an anatomy book at your fingertips.\" — Collectors' Corner\u003cbr\u003eThis instructive book presents excellent annotated line drawings of anatomical structure for the beginning artist. Explaining the subject in simple terms and with an extensive series of dynamic illustrations, the author identifies parts of the body and demonstrates a wide array of physical activities through his sketches. \u003cbr\u003eFollowing notes on proportion and drawing, chapters cover the human skeleton, head and neck, torso, arm, hand, leg, foot, and musculature. 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