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Auguste Rodin: The Man, His Ideas, His Works
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Baby Bird Portraits by George Miksch Sutton: Watercolors in the Field Museum
George Miksch Sutton is one of the best known and most beloved bird artists of the twentieth century. This marvelous book presents thirty-five paintigs of downy chicks, nestlings, and fledglings painted from life by Sutton. The exquisite watercolrs, housed in the Field Museum of Natural History, span three decades and depict nineteen species of North American birds. Many of the paintings are reproduced here for the first time. Sutton was fond of painting young birds from life and of recording their developmental changes. Marked by delicate bruskwork and subtle color variations, his paintings document characteristic features of the birds? species as well as capturing the poses and attributes that make each bird seem so unique. Some paintings show not only juvenal plumage but also head portraits of adult plumage. The nineteen species include familiar garden birds such as cardinals, Great Plains inhabitants such as the grassland sparrows, and upland and wetland birds, including bobwhites, moorhens, and sandpipers. In his introduction to the collection, ornithologist Paul Johnsgard discusses Sutton?s contributions to bird art and to ornithology. And is essays accompanying the paintings, Johnsgard describes his and Sutton?s personal encounters with the birds. A tribute to Sutton?s genius as both an artist and an ornithologist, Baby Bird Portraits will be welcomed by ornithologists, bird enthusiasts, and Sutton?s legion of admirers.
Book of Topiary
Of historical interest to gardening enthusiasts and historians this topiary gardening guide gives practical advice as well as a fascinating account of topiary through the ages.Topiary, the art of trimming hedges, shrubs, and trees into ornamental shapes, is perhaps the most distinct and fascinating branch of landscape horticulture. Its best known example, the palace gardens of Versailles, stands as a splendid monument to perfection, but today many a finely clipped privet and sheared yew are to be found in the humbler gardens of rural England.This book, first published in 1904, is a classic in the subject, written by two foremost experts of the day: Charles H. Curtis, a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and formerly at Kew Gardens near London, and W. Gibson, head gardener of one of the finest topiary gardens in Britain at Levens Hall. Gibson here draws on a wealth of practical experience to provide sound advice to aspiring topiarists. His practical sections include The Formation of a Topiary Garden, Planting, and The Training of Young Trees. Curtis traces the long history of topiary from its early origins in ancient Greece to the grand gardens of his time.
The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini
Benvenuto Cellini was a celebrated Renaissance sculptor and goldsmith - a passionate craftsman who was admired and resented by the most powerful political and artistic personalities in sixteenth-century Florence, Rome and Paris. He was also a murderer and a braggart, a shameless adventurer who at different times experienced both papal persecution and imprisonment, and the adulation of the royal court. Inn-keepers and prostitutes, kings and cardinals, artists and soldiers rub shoulders in the pages of his notorious autobiography: a vivid portrait of the manners and morals of both the rulers of the day and of their subjects. Written with supreme powers of invective and an irrepressible sense of humour, this is an unrivalled glimpse into the palaces and prisons of the Italy of Michelangelo and the Medici.
The DRAWINGS OF LEONARDO DA VINCI – 49 Pen and Ink Sketches and Studies by the Master Artist
This volume is intended for all art-lovers and students of art anywhere in the world. Words are not required to describe the beauty of these drawings, their splendour speaks volumes instead. Herein you will find 49 pen and ink illustrations by the Master of all artists - Leonardo da Vinci (1452 ? 1519), including a self portrait. A comprehensive introduction to this volume is provided by Charles Lewis Hind founder and editor of The Studio: An Illustrated Magazine of Fine and Applied Art ?and was later editor of The Academy. The illustrations in this volume are: Profile Of A Warrior Portrait Of Isabella d?Este Study Of An Old Man Study Of Draperies For Kneeling Figures Study Of A Bacchus Head Of A Man Battle Between Horsemen And Monsters Woman Seated On Ground And Child Kneeling Studies Of Heads Youth On Horseback Studies For The Equestrian Statue Of Francesco Sforza The Virgin, St. Anne And Infant Studies Of Children The Combat Study For A Madonna Studies For "The Holy Family" Studies For "The Last Supper" Courtyard Of A Cannon-Foundry Study Of The Head Of An Apostle Study For Background Of "The Adoration Of The Magi" Study Of Landscape Study Of A Tree Two Heads Caricatures St. John The Baptist The Head Of Christ Caricatures Head Of An Angel Study Of A Man's Head Studies Of Hands Dragon Fighting With A Lion Man Kneeling Portrait Study Studies Of Animals Portrait Of Leonardo, By Himself Six Heads Of Men And A Bust Of A Woman Study Of A Head The St. Anne Cartoon Studies Of Horses Heads Of A Woman And A Child Study Of Drapery For A Kneeling Figure Knight In Armour Study Of A Youthful Head Study For "Leda" Head Of An Old Man Study Of A Head Study Of The Head Of St. Philip For "The Last Supper" Study Of Drapery Girl's Head Studies Of A Satyr With A Lion ============= KEYWORDS: Leonardo, da Vinci, pen and ink, drawings, illustrations, study, studies, portrait, Portrait Of Isabella D?este, Old Man, Draperies, Kneeling Figures, Bacchus, Head, Battle, Horsemen, Monsters, Woman, Seated, Ground, Child Kneeling, Youth, Horseback, Equestrian Statue, Francesco Sforza, Virgin, St. Anne, Infant, Children, Combat, Madonna, Holy, Family, The Last Supper, Courtyard, Cannon-Foundry, Apostle, Background, Adoration, Magi, Landscape, Tree, Caricatures, St. John The Baptist, Christ, Angel, Hands, Dragon, Fighting, Lion, Portrait, Animals, Six Heads, Bust, Woman, Cartoon, Drapery, Figure, Knight, Armour, Leda, St. Philip, Girl, Satyr