Candice Breitz

Creative Projects to Master the Art of Modern Lettering Learn to create stunning hand lettered art with projects that showcase the range of modern calligraphy. With a guide to getting started, tips on avoiding common mistakes and fully illustrated step-by-step instructions, artist Marcella Astore makes it easier than ever to achieve professional-quality effects in your lettering. Master the skill of blending to create smooth gradient effects between colors or add a soft watercolor look inside your letters. Discover the secrets of layering to make realistic ocean waves or add bold patterns...

"The title of the book Galderjunt (or Galder) is an anagram of the phrase "Arte en Guadalajara" and consist in a 2 volume set containing brief biographies and texts about the artwork of 306 plastic artists (painters, engravers, sculptors), gallery owners and art critics presently working in the city of Guadalajara, México"--Provided by vendor.

Es difícil hablar del románico y del gótico como de dos estilos distintos y perfectamente separables en el espacio y en el tiempo. Si el problema de transición de un estilo al inmediatamente posterior siempre presenta arduos obstáculos cronológicos y estéticos, en el caso del románico y el gótico los obstáculos se multiplican considerablemente. Los dos estilos conviven, se entrecruzan y superponen hasta tal punto, que muchas veces es difícil clasificar ciertas obras. Por ello nos hemos visto obligados a insertar una serie especialmente dedicada a los ejemplos de transición.

The Mexican painter, Rufino Tamayo (1899-1991) was first recognized in a 1930s publication on the contemporary artists of Mexico. He lived in Paris and in New York for several years but did not become known in the States until after an exhibition of his work at the Philips Collection in Washington, D.C., in 1978 followed by a major retrospective of his work at the Guggenheim Museum in 1979. Unlike his contemporaries, the nationalistic muralists Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, Tamayo preferred to express his Hispanic heritage through oil paintings and frescos...