Author: Henry Venn Lansdown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Recollections of the late William Beckford [by H.V. Lansdown, ed. by C. Lansdown].
Author: Henry Venn Lansdown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Vathek and Other Stories
Author: Malcolm Jack
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141960140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was twenty-one. Published in English in 1786, it was one of the most successful of the oriental tales then in fashion. This edition makes available to a new generation of scholars and general readers, the originality of Beckford's ideas, and the excellence of his prose.
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141960140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 783
Book Description
Beckford's Gothic novel Vathek, an Arabian tale, was originally written in French when the author was twenty-one. Published in English in 1786, it was one of the most successful of the oriental tales then in fashion. This edition makes available to a new generation of scholars and general readers, the originality of Beckford's ideas, and the excellence of his prose.
Recollections of the Late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath
Author: William Beckford (of Fonthill)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture
Author: Jonathan P. Bowen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447154061
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Presenting the latest technological developments in arts and culture, this volume demonstrates the advantages of a union between art and science. Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture is presented in five parts: Imaging and Culture New Art Practice Seeing Motion Interaction and Interfaces Visualising Heritage Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture explores a variety of new theory and technologies, including devices and techniques for motion capture for music and performance, advanced photographic techniques, computer generated images derived from different sources, game engine software, airflow to capture the motions of bird flight and low-altitude imagery from airborne devices. The international authors of this book are practising experts from universities, art practices and organisations, research centres and independent research. They describe electronic visualisation used for such diverse aspects of culture as airborne imagery, computer generated art based on the autoimmune system, motion capture for music and for sign language, the visualisation of time and the long term preservation of these materials. Selected from the EVA London conferences from 2009-2012, held in association with the Computer Arts Society of the British Computer Society, the authors have reviewed, extended and fully updated their work for this state-of-the-art volume.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1447154061
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Presenting the latest technological developments in arts and culture, this volume demonstrates the advantages of a union between art and science. Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture is presented in five parts: Imaging and Culture New Art Practice Seeing Motion Interaction and Interfaces Visualising Heritage Electronic Visualisation in Arts and Culture explores a variety of new theory and technologies, including devices and techniques for motion capture for music and performance, advanced photographic techniques, computer generated images derived from different sources, game engine software, airflow to capture the motions of bird flight and low-altitude imagery from airborne devices. The international authors of this book are practising experts from universities, art practices and organisations, research centres and independent research. They describe electronic visualisation used for such diverse aspects of culture as airborne imagery, computer generated art based on the autoimmune system, motion capture for music and for sign language, the visualisation of time and the long term preservation of these materials. Selected from the EVA London conferences from 2009-2012, held in association with the Computer Arts Society of the British Computer Society, the authors have reviewed, extended and fully updated their work for this state-of-the-art volume.
American Paintings of the Eighteenth Century
Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The energy and optimism of the new nation are abundantly apparent in this catalogue. It features some of the icons of American art, such as John Singleton Copley's The Copley Family and Gilbert Stuart's portraits of the first five presidents. Numerous paintings, including Benjamin West's Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), are discussed from a new perspective, the result of information culled from letters, wills, and other previously unpublished documents. The author offers new interpretations of some works, among them Charles Willson Peale's portrait of the Baltimore couple Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming. The volume is richly illustrated, with carefully selected comparative illustrations.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The energy and optimism of the new nation are abundantly apparent in this catalogue. It features some of the icons of American art, such as John Singleton Copley's The Copley Family and Gilbert Stuart's portraits of the first five presidents. Numerous paintings, including Benjamin West's Colonel Guy Johnson and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), are discussed from a new perspective, the result of information culled from letters, wills, and other previously unpublished documents. The author offers new interpretations of some works, among them Charles Willson Peale's portrait of the Baltimore couple Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming. The volume is richly illustrated, with carefully selected comparative illustrations.
Recollections of the Late William Beckford of Fonthill, Wilts and Lansdown, Bath
Author: Henry Venn Lansdown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781444415285
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781444415285
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Dictionary of Art
Author: Jane Turner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 952
Book Description
Recollections of the Late William Beckford, of Fonthill, Wilts
Author: Lansdown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Recollections of the late William Beckford [by H.V. Lansdown, ed. by C. Lansdown].
Author: Henry Venn Lansdown
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Glorious Nature
Author: Katharine Baetjer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This aptly named volume brings together 91 masterpieces in oil and watercolor by 44 artists, the zenith of England's sublime landscape tradition. These beautiful, innovative works represent the most talented artists of the genre -- including Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Turner, and Constable.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
This aptly named volume brings together 91 masterpieces in oil and watercolor by 44 artists, the zenith of England's sublime landscape tradition. These beautiful, innovative works represent the most talented artists of the genre -- including Gainsborough, Wright of Derby, Turner, and Constable.