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ISBN 13 : 9780692753330
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (533 download)
Download or read book Kensington Blues written by and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Martin Gayford
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500770794
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Man with a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud written by Martin Gayford and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2013-09-09 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An extraordinary record of a great artist in his studio, it also describes what it feels like to be transformed into a work of art.” —ARTnews Lucian Freud (1922-2011), widely regarded as the greatest figurative painter of our time, spent seven months painting a portrait of the art critic Martin Gayford. The daily narrative of their encounters takes the reader into that most private place, the artist’s studio, and to the heart of the working methods of this modern master—both technical and subtly psychological. From this emerges an understanding of what a portrait is, but something else is also created: a portrait, in words, of Freud himself. This is not a biography, but a series of close-ups: the artist at work and in conversation at restaurants, in taxis, and in his studio. It takes one into the company of the painter for whom Picasso, Giacometti, and Francis Bacon were friends and contemporaries, as were writers such as George Orwell and W. H. Auden. The book is illustrated with many of Lucian Freud’s other works, telling photographs taken by David Dawson of Freud in his studio, and images by such great artists of the past as van Gogh and Titian who are discussed by Freud and Gayford. Full of wry observations, the book reveals the inside story of how it feels to pose for a remarkable artist and become a work of art.
Author : Bill Dahl
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022639669X
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (263 download)
Download or read book The Art of the Blues written by Bill Dahl and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-11-01 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stunning book charts the rich history of the blues, through the dazzling array of posters, album covers, and advertisements that have shaped its identity over the past hundred years. The blues have been one of the most ubiquitous but diverse elements of American popular music at large, and the visual art associated with this unique sound has been just as varied and dynamic. There is no better guide to this fascinating graphical world than Bill Dahl—a longtime music journalist and historian who has written liner notes for countless reissues of classic blues, soul, R&B, and rock albums. With his deep knowledge and incisive commentary—complementing more than three hundred and fifty lavishly reproduced images—the history of the blues comes musically and visually to life. What will astonish readers who thumb through these pages is the amazing range of ways that the blues have been represented—whether via album covers, posters, flyers, 78 rpm labels, advertising, or other promotional materials. We see the blues as it was first visually captured in the highly colorful sheet music covers of the early twentieth century. We see striking and hard-to-find label designs from labels big (Columbia) and small (Rhumboogie). We see William Alexander’s humorous artwork on postwar Miltone Records; the cherished ephemera of concert and movie posters; and Chess Records’ iconic early albums designed by Don Bronstein, which would set a new standard for modern album cover design. What these images collectively portray is the evolution of a distinctively American art form. And they do so in the richest way imaginable. The result is a sumptuous book, a visual treasury as alive in spirit as the music it so vibrantly captures.
Author : Alan Schroeder
Publisher : Dragonfly Books
ISBN 13 : 9780440414728
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Satchmo's Blues written by Alan Schroeder and published by Dragonfly Books. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A moving tribute to Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, an extraordinary man, whose dynamic personality and trumpet playing won him millions of fans. Full color. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Author : Jeanne Walker Harvey
Publisher : Two Lions
ISBN 13 : 9780761458104
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (581 download)
Download or read book My Hands Sing the Blues written by Jeanne Walker Harvey and published by Two Lions. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A train journey in Romare Beardens childhood, inspired by one of his collage paintings
Author : Fiona Robinson
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1683352890
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (833 download)
Download or read book The Bluest of Blues written by Fiona Robinson and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2019-02-12 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gorgeous picture book biography of botanist and photographer Anna Atkins--the first person to ever publish a book of photography After losing her mother very early in life, Anna Atkins (1799–1871) was raised by her loving father. He gave her a scientific education, which was highly unusual for women and girls in the early 19th century. Fascinated with the plant life around her, Anna became a botanist. She recorded all her findings in detailed illustrations and engravings, until the invention of cyanotype photography in 1842. Anna used this new technology in order to catalogue plant specimens—a true marriage of science and art. In 1843, Anna published the book Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions with handwritten text and cyanotype photographs. It is considered the first book of photographs ever published. Weaving together histories of women, science, and art, The Bluest of Blues will inspire young readers to embark on their own journeys of discovery and creativity.
Author : Graham Marsh
Publisher : Chronicle Books
ISBN 13 : 0811800369
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (118 download)
Download or read book Blue Note written by Graham Marsh and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 1991 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music lovers have been attracted to the distinct style and sleek sound of jazz since its birth at the turn of the century. The album covers collected in this comprehensive volume under the well-known Blue Note record label embody classic design and pioneering typography. Two hundred color photographs of the album sleeves, an informative history of the Blue Note record company, and a portrait of Reid Miles, who designed nearly 500 album covers, capture the integrity of this distinctive record label. Sophisticated jazz connoisseurs and young listeners alike, as well as those with an interest in style and graphic design, will enjoy this exciting book of jazz memorabilia.
Author : Maggie Nelson
Publisher : Wave Books
ISBN 13 : 1933517646
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (335 download)
Download or read book Bluets written by Maggie Nelson and published by Wave Books. This book was released on 2009-10-01 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suppose I were to begin by saying that I had fallen in love with a color . . . A lyrical, philosophical, and often explicit exploration of personal suffering and the limitations of vision and love, as refracted through the color blue. With Bluets, Maggie Nelson has entered the pantheon of brilliant lyric essayists. Maggie Nelson is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including Something Bright, Then Holes (Soft Skull Press, 2007) and Women, the New York School, and Other True Abstractions (University of Iowa Press, 2007). She lives in Los Angeles and teaches at the California Institute of the Arts.
Author : Chrissie Hynde
Publisher : Genesis Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781905662548
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Adding the Blue written by Chrissie Hynde and published by Genesis Publications. This book was released on 2018-11 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In 2015, Chrissie Hynde, the singer, songwriter and leader of The Pretenders, produced an oil painting of a ceramic vase. It proved to be the starting point for Chrissie Hynde's first body of work, nearly 200 canvases in all. These paintings are now shared for the very first time in Adding The Blue."--Back cover.
Author : Julius Lester
Publisher : Jump At The Sun
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Blues Singers: Ten Who Rocked the World written by Julius Lester and published by Jump At The Sun. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highlights the careers of Bessie Smith, Robert Johnson, Mahalia Jackson, Muddy Waters, Billie Holiday, B.B. King, Ray Charles, Little Richard, James Brown, and Aretha Franklin.
Author : Pauline Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648098645
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Blues Portrait written by Pauline Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bennett Simpson
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9783791352534
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Blues for Smoke written by Bennett Simpson and published by Prestel Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, which accompanies a large-scale thematic exhibition, considers the experimental impulse in ideas and forms of the blues - and how it is manifested in a variety of works by contemporary visual artists. Covering nearly half a century and including the works of some 50 artists in a wide variety of media, this book looks beyond ideas of musical category to identify the blues as a visual and cultural idiom that has informed multiple generations of artists -- from Romare Bearden and William Eggleston to David Hammons and David Simon, creator of the television series The Wire. Generously illustrated with paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, installation, and video stills, and containing a wide range of critical writing, poetry, and fiction, the catalog explores topics central to the blues -- from articulations of daily life, modes of abstraction and repetition, and self-performance to ecstatic and cathartic expression and metaphors of memory and the archive. Both scholarly and unique, this reimagining of all things Blues will draw audiences from across cultural and racial boundaries as it celebrates a uniquely American idiom that has made its mark on nearly every contemporary artistic medium. ILLUSTRATIONS: 120 colour illustrations
Author : Stephen Altman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781737444701
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (447 download)
Download or read book Blues for the Muse written by Stephen Altman and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A romantic noir novel, in verse, set in present-day Rome. Gangsters and conmen, Hollywood moviemaking, an unforgettable femme fatale, sex and scheming, constant surprises, and the ever-present spirit of John Keats.
Author : Edward Komara
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135958319
Total Pages : 1274 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (359 download)
Download or read book The Blues Encyclopedia written by Edward Komara and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-07-01 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Blues Encyclopedia is the first full-length authoritative Encyclopedia on the Blues as a musical form. While other books have collected biographies of blues performers, none have taken a scholarly approach. A to Z in format, this Encyclopedia covers not only the performers, but also musical styles, regions, record labels and cultural aspects of the blues, including race and gender issues. Special attention is paid to discographies and bibliographies.
Author : Edward M. Komara
Publisher : Taylor & Francis US
ISBN 13 : 9780415927017
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (27 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Blues: K-Z, index written by Edward M. Komara and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 2006 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Edward M. Komara
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 0415926998
Total Pages : 1274 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (159 download)
Download or read book Encyclopedia of the Blues written by Edward M. Komara and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 1274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive two-volume set brings together all aspects of the blues from performers and musical styles to record labels and cultural issues, including regional evolution and history. Organized in an accessible A-to-Z format, the Encyclopedia of the Blues is an essential reference resource for information on this unique American music genre. For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclopedia of the Blues website.
Author : Pauline Bailey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648098621
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (986 download)
Download or read book Blues Portrait written by Pauline Bailey and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
