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21) Starting & Saving Seeds: Grow the Perfect Vegetables, Fruits, Herbs, and Flowers for Your Garden
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Grow fabulous food and flowers from seeds, then save seeds to make next year's garden even better.
Creating dinner from food you've grown provides a fantastic sense of accomplishment. Now, imagine the pleasure of starting plants from seeds, tending them, planting them in your garden, harvesting their fruits, and enjoying a delicious meal or bouquet. But that's not the end of the journey. Now you can turn around and save the best seeds for next year's...
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De l'Antiquité jusqu'au xxe siècle, cette collection de sculptures offre une vision véritablement originale de l'art occidental. Sont représentées ici les oeuvres les plus sensuelles, les plus harmonieuses, jusqu'aux plus provocantes et minimalistes. La sculpture modèle le monde ainsi que notre concept de la beauté, créant sans cesse des silhouettes intemporelles. Ces chefs-d'oeuvre sont le miroir d'une époque, d'un artiste et de son public....
23) Escultura
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El volumen de Mega Square Escultura abarca más de 23.000 años y contiene más de 120 ejemplos de las esculturas más hermosas del mundo, desde el arte prehistórico y las estatuas egipcias hasta las obras de Miguel Ángel, Henry Moore y Niki de Saint-Phalle. Describe la gran variedad de materiales empleados y la evolución de los estilos a lo largo de los siglos, así como las peculiaridades de los principales escultores. Su formato práctico y...
24) Sculpture
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Bien que la sculpture soit née avant la peinture, elle a longtemps été considérée comme un simple complément de l'architecture, le plus ancien des trois arts majeurs. Utilisant les mêmes matériaux (bois, pierre, et marbre), elle semblait n'être faite que pour servir d'ornementation à cette dernière. Elle a pu cependant imposer peu à peu sa valeur propre et son autonomie.Cette indépendance est venue avec le besoin de représenter le corps...
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Longtemps considéré comme le petit frère négligé de la peinture, l'art du dessin a récemment commencé à avoir meilleure réputation. Des expositions sur le dessin créées à travers le monde, notamment par le Metropolitan Museum de New York ou les Offices de Florence, ont apporté au dessin plus de critiques et d'intérêt académique que jamais. Ce texte captivant offre au lecteur une analyse de l'histoire du dessin, des maîtres de la Renaissance...
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Desde el Renacimiento temprano, pasando por el Barroco y el Romanticismo hasta el Cubismo, Surrealismo y Pop Art, estas pinturas canónicas del arte occidental abarcan ocho siglos y una multitud de temas. Aquí encontrarás lo sagrado y lo escandaloso, lo minimalista y lo opulente, lo rompedor y lo convencional; hay cuadros que capturaron la esencia de una época y otros que marcaron el inicio de una nueva; obras de arte que fueron inmediatamente...
27) Michelangelo
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Michelangelo, like Leonardo, was a man of many talents; sculptor, architect, painter and poet, he made the apotheosis of muscular movement, which to him was the physical manifestation of passion. He moulded his draughtsmanship, bent it, twisted it, and stretched it to the extreme limits of possibility. There are not any landscapes in Michelangelo's painting. All the emotions, all the passions, all the thoughts of humanity were personified in his eyes...
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Learn principles of composition, classical and modern, through analysis of works from Middle Ages to present - Goya, Cézanne, Hopper, many others. Excellent discussion on the importance of balance, entrance and exit, circular observation, angular composition, etc. 148 illustrations, 9 in full color.
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The first step to becoming a better nature photographer is to understand light.Discover the 8 types of natural light and learn techniques you can use to increase the quality and dramatic effect of your images.BACKLIGHT – make flowers glow, make dramatic silhouettesSIDELIGHT – emphasize texture and shapeFRONT LIGHT – great for sunset shotsREFLECTED LIGHT – make peaceful water reflectionsDIFFUSED LIGHT – great for close-upsDRAMATIC LIGHT –...
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The Frank J. Reilly Lessons/Lectures In book form the program that trained this century's top illustrators in half the time DaVinci or Michelangelo spent as apprentices. Had the creator of the program to be described in this book lived to write it himself, he would undoubtedly have dedicated it to the memory of Albert Munsell. In 1915, Munsell had created a system of Color Notation he had hoped would serve artist as an internationally accepted scale...
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Aquaponics is a food production system that is increasingly being utilized by people all over the world. This farming technique is a sustainable and environmentally friendly form of agriculture that combines the raising of aquatic animals such as crawfish and snails with conventional hydroponic farming techniques.
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Renowned Australian Weather and Nature photographer, Jacci Ingham, shares her passion for chasing storms and reveals her secrets of mastering the art of weather photography. In this comprehensive guide Jacci teaches you everything you need to know about capturing your own landscape and lightning images. She clearly explains the equipment used, and details the camera settings for the various times of day and meteorological conditions. 'The Art of Weather...
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Comment analyser une œuvre culturelle ? Comment bien se documenter sur elle, sur le contexte qui l'a vue naître ou sur le parcours de la personne qui l'a imaginée et réalisée ? Comment structurer et présenter ses réflexions dans un travail écrit qui rencontre les exigences propres aux études supérieures sans trahir l'émotion ressentie au contact de cette œuvre ? C'est à des questions telles que celles-ci que cherche à répondre...
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The Indoor Artist is an ideal guide for all those who, for whatever reason, prefer to paint at home. Packed with original ideas and practical projects, as well as expert advice on techniques, this is an inspiring book for beginners and experienced artists alike.
For many people, indoors is the best location in which to paint - convenient, undemanding, safe, not subject to the weather and free from curious onlookers. But inspiration can sometimes run...
38) How to Make Art
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‘Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up' — Pablo Picasso This isn't your usual art manual. It's for big kids everywhere, everyone who loved getting covered in paint and glue at school and would secretly love to do it more often. It's also for people who love pop culture: comedy, trashy TV, great TV, pop videos, pop stars and pop music. And not only does it help you harness your inner creativity, it's also a...
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At the turn of the twentieth century, Arthur Wesley Dow literally "wrote the book" on composition-and this is it! Dow's Composition exercised an enormous influence on emerging modern artists of a century ago. A thought-provoking examination of the nature of visual representation, it remains ever-relevant to all the visual arts. A well-known painter and printmaker, Dow taught for many years at Columbia University and acted as a mentor to countless...
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Beauty is a subject that has obsessed man since ancient times. While the concept of "the beautiful" is true is relative and depends on each social group and each era, it is also true that our perception of beauty is subject to the harmony of the measures. In any facet of our life, we instinctively seek harmony and balance.
Why, before two seemingly equal or similar images, one attracts us more than the other?
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