For as long as Australians have been serving in wars; the victories and losses; battles and faces have been recorded by artists.What is it like to be an artist in war? How does the experience of war change artists and how; in turn; has their work changed Australians view of themselves; their country and their involvement in conflict? Award-winning journalist Scott Bevan put these questions to Australian artists who have recorded; been affected by and responded to theatres of war; including Sir William Dargie; Nora Heysen; Ray Parkin; Bruce Fletcher; Rick Amor; Ray Beattie; Wendy Sharpe and Peter Churcher. Their stories are fascinating; painting a vivid picture of the artists experience of depicting conflict: the hope and tragedy; inspiration and frustration; humanity and beauty that can be found amid the death and destruction of war. Staining the paper with their own sweat; and drawing with whatever materials they had to hand in hostile and dangerous environments; the artists risked their lives to create their art. They were compelled to record what they were seeing; from Alan Moores bleak sketches of the horror of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp; to Ray Parkins drawings of the tropical beauty that lay just beyond the barbed wire of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camp he was interned in; to Rick Amors imposing and thought-provoking oil paintings of the destruction in East Timor in 1999. These artists have shaped how we see war; immortalising soldiers and battles. From World War II to Vietnam and the war against terrorism; the war artist has opened our eyes and perceptions to historic events that might otherwise have been censored; distorted or forgotten. In the process they have created some extraordinary art - beautiful; harrowing; mesmerising and character defining.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Good book for advanced animationBy Will KalifThis book is pricey but the information it contains is very hard to get elsewhere. Its for a person who wants to make professional level figures for stop motion animation. maybe advanced hobbyists who are pretty serious about it.There are three major sections to the book:1. how to to sculpting of figures in clays2. How to take these clay sculptures and turn them into foam injected puppets3. How to do the foam build up method over an armature to create a puppet.This is a fifty dollar investment so I will give you more about these things.Parts 1 and 2 are all about sculpting a clay figure then casting a plaster mold around it. Once that mold is done you put the armature in and cast the foam into it. This whole process is pretty involved and you have to take care of a lot of details. But. if you get this all down you will create some amazing puppets. I tried this whole process but could never get it right. Thats my failing not the book. I ended up moving on to the process in section 3....In section 3 you create an armature then build up pieces of foam around it. This makes the musculature and shape of the figure. Then you coat it with materials and latex rubber to give it a skin. I did all this and successfully created my puppet (2 foot dragon)So. The book is good. shows the processes but you have got to be serious about the making of animation puppets.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy CustomerThis product was delivered extremely fast. The book is amazing1 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Great bookBy Penelope M. DashBook came very quickly and in great shape. Thats all I ask. Thanks so much.
