Painting: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Practice
The fine art of painting is as varied as the life from which it springs. Each artist portrays different aspects of the world. A great artist is able to take some aspect of life and give it depth and meaning. To do this, an artist will make use of the many devices common to painting. These include composition, color, form, and texture. This engaging and dazzling reference covers the elements and principles of design in painting and the various mediums, forms, imagery, subject matter, and symbolism employed, adopted, or created by the painter. Key artworks are reproduced to clarify concepts.
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Painting: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Practice
The fine art of painting is as varied as the life from which it springs. Each artist portrays different aspects of the world. A great artist is able to take some aspect of life and give it depth and meaning. To do this, an artist will make use of the many devices common to painting. These include composition, color, form, and texture. This engaging and dazzling reference covers the elements and principles of design in painting and the various mediums, forms, imagery, subject matter, and symbolism employed, adopted, or created by the painter. Key artworks are reproduced to clarify concepts.
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Painting: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Practice

Painting: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Practice

by Denis E. McGuinness (Editor)
Painting: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Practice

Painting: Materials, Techniques, Styles, and Practice

by Denis E. McGuinness (Editor)

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Overview

The fine art of painting is as varied as the life from which it springs. Each artist portrays different aspects of the world. A great artist is able to take some aspect of life and give it depth and meaning. To do this, an artist will make use of the many devices common to painting. These include composition, color, form, and texture. This engaging and dazzling reference covers the elements and principles of design in painting and the various mediums, forms, imagery, subject matter, and symbolism employed, adopted, or created by the painter. Key artworks are reproduced to clarify concepts.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781680483734
Publisher: Rosen Publishing Group, Incorporated, The
Publication date: 07/30/2016
Series: Britannica's Practical Guide to the Arts Series
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range: 14 - 17 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction viii

Chapter 1 The Elements and Principles of Design in Painting 1

Design Elements 2

Line 2

Shape and Mass 3

Adolph Gottlieb 4

Colour 5

The Nature of Colour and the Laws of Colour Mixture 7

Texture 16

Georges Seurat 18

Volume and Shape 23

Linear and Aerial Perspective and Anamorphosis 24

Time and Movement 29

Giacomo Balla 31

Design Principles 33

Golden Mean 34

Design Relationships With Painting and Other Visual Arts 37

Chapter 2 Procedures and Mediums 40

Working Procedure 41

Canvas and Sizing 42

Preservatives 45

Mediums 46

Pigments 48

Tempera 50

Gesso 55

Fresco 56

Diego Rivera 60

Oil 63

Impasto 70

Watercolour 71

John Marin 74

Ink 75

Suiboku-Ga 76

Gouache 77

Encaustic 78

Casein 79

Chapter 3 Synthetic and Other Mediums 81

French Pastels 82

Arthur G. Dove 84

Oil Pastels 85

Glass Paintings 85

Ivory Painting 86

Lacquer 86

Sand, Or Dry, Painting 87

Paper 88

Kara Walker 88

Collage 91

Mechanical Mediums 92

Mixed Mediums 93

Chapter 4 Forms of Painting 94

Mural Painting 94

Graffiti and Keith Haring 98

Easel and Panel Painting 101

Plein-Air Painting 102

Miniature Painting 103

Rosalba Carriera 104

Manuscript Illumination and Related Forms 105

Scroll Painting 108

Chinese and Japanese Scrolls 110

Screen and Fan Painting 112

Panoramas 113

Modern Forms 114

Chapter 5 The Conservation Of Paintings 116

Paintings on Wood 117

Paintings on Canvas 119

A Lake 123

Wall Paintings 126

Paintings on Ivory 132

Paintings on Paper 133

Chapter 6 Imagery and Subject Matter 136

Kinds of Imagery 136

Kinds of Subject Matter 138

Devotional 138

Narrative 138

Shah-Nameh 141

Portraiture 142

Rembrandt Van Run and Portraits 144

Genre 150

Johannes Vermeer 152

Landscape 158

Claude Lorrain 160

Still Life 163

William Harnett 165

Other Subjects 166

Abstract Expressionism 168

Chapter 7 Symbolism 173

Devotional Iconography and Form 173

Symbolism in Eastern Painting 175

Kali 176

Symbolism in Western Painting 178

Conclusion 180

Glossary 184

Bibliography 189

Index 205

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