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The art of ancient Egypt is instantly recognisable and appealing to children and adults of all ages. This book shows that anyone can draw animals, people and places in the style of ancient Egyptian artists. It contains sketches which show how to build up a drawing from simple basic shapes, and how to add colour and detail to create an image.

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From author, licensed artist, and popular Skillshare instructor Amarylis Henderson, Expressive Little Animals (Drawing and Painting) shows readers at all skill levels how to draw and paint animals in a variety of mediums and styles.

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The act of drawing has long been considered the foundation of an artistic education, and the life class essential to the formation of an artists style and technique. This book offers a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated survey of the most compelling and inventive drawings of the human form being produced.

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Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) achieved international recognition in the late 1940s for his paintings inspired by children's drawings, the art of psychiatric patients, and graffiti. This book features more than one hundred drawings representing Dubuffet's development during his most innovative decades - the 1940s and 1950s.

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Created by writer and artist Edmund de Waal, library of exile addresses questions of how ideas are communicated through translation and the written word and how they are handed down through history.

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Originally reproduced in only 175 precious sets and limited to Britain's highest elite, this stunning masterpiece of scientific illustration history is now available to all. Drawing from live parrots, Edward Lear (1812-1888) created lifelike illustrations so dazzling they earned him the honor of teaching his craft to Queen Victoria. This...

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An essential appraisal of Ellen Gallagher, one of the most important American artists working today.

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Emma Hamilton (1765-1815) rose to national and international fame as a model, performer, trendsetter and interpreter of neoclassical fashion. Accompanying a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, from November 2016 to April 2017, this book provides an evaluation of Emma Hamilton's artistic undertakings, cultural achievements and legacy.

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Includes chapters on sexuality in contemporary women's art and colonial art, as well as profiles of artists Dale Frank, Richard Larter and Mike Brown. This book features contributions by Dinah Dysart, Jane Lennon, Leigh Astbury, Richard Haese, Joanna Mendelssohn, Jane Magon and Felicity Fenn

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Presents a selection of Escher's art and shares his comments on his work, symmetry, infinity, and paradox.

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Presents a selection of contemporary artists working in a figurative, hyperrealist style. This book includes work ranging from still lifes and extreme closeups to large scale cityscapes and landscape painting, and features a wide range of artists from around the world, who work in a meticulous fashion.

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Amid a frenzy of lurid color and distortion, discover a calm, authoritative overview of German Expressionism. From the leading collectives of Die Brcke and Der Blaue Reiter to regional schools and lesser known artists, Dietmar Elger leads us through the protagonists and principles of this vivid 20th-century movement-its stylistic cacophony,...

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A new generation of female Indian artists, examined for the first time in an exhibition and catalogue.

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Francis Alys is one of the world's leading contemporary artists and was born in Belgium in 1959. After studying architecture in Venice he moved to Mexico City, where he has lived and worked for almost two decades. This title presents an overview of his career.

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Frederic Matys Thursz (1930-1992) continually questioned painting. Following this critical attitude he developed over a period of forty years an impressive oeuvre that experimented with the most diverse techniques, processes, and approaches of painting.

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