Hall James
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The Artist's Studio
An exciting narrative and visual history of the artist's studio, examining the myth and reality of the creative space from early times to today.
The artist's workplace has always been an imaginary as well as an actual location, an idealized utopia as well as the domain of dirty, back-breaking work. Written descriptions, paintings, prints and even photographs of the artist's atelier distort as much as they document. This pioneering cultural history charts the myth and reality of the creative space from Ancient Greece to the present day.
Tracing a history that extends far beyond the bohemian, romantic and renaissance cults of the artist, each chapter focuses on key developments of the studio space as seen in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar images. Mythical and divine makers, and some amateurs, are included, and so too are craftspeople - workers in metal and wood, potters, illuminators, weavers, embroiderers and architects to name a few. Each carefully chosen example is placed within a cultural and political context, with the aim of correcting the historical imbalance that has long overlooked the many artisans who collaborated with artists. Leading authority James Hall also extends the discussion to the artist's museum and the artist's house, as well plein air painting and the development of portable studios.
Slovník námětů a symbolů ve výtvarném umění
Příručka o významu námětů a symbolů ve výtvarném umění od středověku po pozdní osmnácté století, o příbězích, jež umění líčí, a lidech, jež znázorňuje. Je psána se záměrem pomoci laickým milovníkům umění pohlížet na obrazy a plastiky s větším porozuměním. Je věnována převážně křesťanským a antickým tématům, jak se vyskytují na západě: čerpá nejen z kanonických biblických knih, ale i z legend, apokryfů a spisů středověkých autorů; zahrnuje nejen bohy a bohyně řecké a římské mytologie, ale i legendární či jiné hrdiny starověké historie a také postavy morální alegorie, romantické epické poezie a žánrového malířství severní Evropy. Český překlad byl doplněn o postavy a reálie z českého a slovenského prostředí.
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Buzz Cut
Butler Jack tracks down his childhood sweetheart, Monica, the daughter of Morton Sampson, president of Fiesta Cruise Lines. When he offers her the chance to avenge her mother and humiliate her father, she jumps at it, not realizing his true motives until he begins to kill the passengers one by one.
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Self-Portrait
In this broad cultural survey, James Hall brilliantly maps the history of self-portraiture, from the earliest myths of Narcissus and the Christian tradition of bearing witness to the prolific self-image-making of todays contemporary artists. Along the way he reveals the importance of the medieval mirror craze; the confessional self-portraits of Titian and Michelangelo; the role of biography for serial self-portraitists such as Courbet and van Gogh; themes of sex and genius in works by Munch and Bonnard; and the latest developments in our globalized age. Hall covers the full range of self-portraits, from comic and caricature self-portraits to invented or imaginary ones, and looks deeply into the worlds and mindsets of the artists who have created them. Offering a rich and lively history, this is an essential read for all those interested in this most enduringly popular and humane of art forms.
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