The practical; accessible painting and drawing guidance that made The Artists Manual and The New Artists Manual beloved classics now returns in a new ebook. With the same breadth of content as the originals; this updated version is packed with easy to follow instructions; including comprehensive information about all varieties of materials and tools; along with hundreds of critical techniques for mastering composition; color; line; tone; and more. Copiously illustrated in 1;300 color photos and examples from working artists; this new edition is the definitive guide for artists of every skill level looking to begin; develop; and perfect their skills. The Complete Artists Manual is todays essential studio companion.
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Review
0 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Joseacute; Monserrat NetoI WANT TO SEE THE TABLE CONTENTS OF AMAZON BOOKS!!!43 of 53 people found the following review helpful. A huge disappointmentBy Chris CrawfordThis should have been a magnificent book. It boasts contributions from fourteen eminent writers scattered across a wide range of disciplines: anthropology; cognitive science; linguistics; neurobiology; music; sociology; art history; and literature. They approach the problem of artistic creativity from every different angle. This is the kind of interdisciplinary approach that often yields impressive insights.But this book failed to grab me. I wasnt surprised that a few of the chapters sputtered out in dense verbosity; the diversity of authors and approaches guarantees that some just wont click for any given reader. My disappointment stems from the uniform failure of the material to tackle the problem. There are some stellar authors in this book; writers such as George Lakoff; Merlin Donald; and Terrence Deacon; whose other works I have enjoyed and learned much from. But in this book; their work never rises to the level of their other works.The book comes in six parts; each comprised of several chapters:Art and EvolutionArt and EmotionArt and the Way We ThinkArt; Meaning; and FormArt and Sacred BeliefArt and AmbiguityThese are exciting topics; and I expected to read penetrating analyses that shed light on the unique role of art in human cognition. But instead; most of the material has a vague; tentative feel to it. The two chapters on art and evolution say almost nothing about how art appears to have developed in human cognition. At the very least; I expected a discussion of the explosion of artistic expression marked by the first cave paintings. But in fact the cave paintings attracted only a few discursive mentions in the book. Nor is there any discussion of the role of art in hunter-gatherer societies; sexual selection factors that might have affected the development of artistic thinking; or anything from evolutionary biology.There are a few interesting discussions of the role of mirror neurons in artistic development; but the authors did not offer anything specific about the relationship between mirror neurons and artistic thinking; most of this discussion was tentative.There was plenty of conventional analysis of art; such as a long discussion of the geometric structure behind several paintings; but this kind of discussion has been around for a long time and I found nothing of particular interest in it.This book was the result of a year-long research project at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences; which brought together these authors for an intensive collaboration. The effort should have produced an explosion of fascinating ideas. But; despite all reasonable expectations; the end result is a dud.
