Tag: Portraits

Free Download Musical Portraits: The Composition of Identity in Contemporary and Experimental Music By Joshua S. Walden
2018 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 0190653507 | PDF | 16 MB
Joshua S. Walden’s Musical Portraits: The Composition of Identity in Contemporary and Experimental Music explores the wide-ranging but under-examined genre of musical portraiture. It focuses in particular on contemporary and experimental music created between 1945 and the present day, an erain which conceptions of identity have changed alongside increasing innovation in musical composition as well as in the uses of abstraction, mixed media, and other novel techniques in the field of visual portraiture. In the absence of physical likeness, an element typical of portraiture that cannotbe depicted in sound, composers have experimented with methods of constructing other attributes of identity in music, such as character, biography, and profession. By studying musical portraits of painters, authors, and modern celebrities, in addition to composers’ self-portraits, the book considershow representational and interpretive processes overlap and differ between music and other art forms, as well as how music is used in the depiction of human identities. Examining a range of musical portraits by composers including Peter Ablinger, Pierre Boulez, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, GyörgyLigeti, and Virgil Thomson, and director Robert Wilson’s on-going series of video portraits of modern-day celebrities and his "portrait opera" Einstein on the Beach, Musical Portraits contributes to the study of music since 1945 through a detailed examination of contemporary understandings ofmusic’s capacity to depict identity, and of the intersections between music, literature, theater, film, and the visual arts.

Free Download Jean Dubuffet, Bricoleur: Portraits, Pastiche, Performativity by Stephanie
English | May 5, 2022 | ISBN: 1501349457 | True EPUB/PDF | 256 pages | 10.2/4.7 MB
One of the most prolific and influential artists of the 20th century, Jean Dubuffet has featured in a multitude of exhibitions and catalogues. Yet he remains one of the most misunderstood-and least interrogated-postwar French artists.

Free Download Académie Royale: A History in Portraits By Hannah Williams
2015 | 358 Pages | ISBN: 1409457427 | PDF | 32 MB
From its establishment in 1648 until its disbanding in 1793 after the French Revolution, the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture was the centre of the Parisian art world. Taking the reader behind the scenes of this elite bastion of French art theory, education, and practice, this engaging study uncovers the fascinating histories – official and unofficial – of that artistic community. Through an innovative approach to portraits – their values, functions, and lives as objects – this book explores two faces of the Académie. Official portraits grant us insider access to institutional hierarchies, ideologies, rituals, customs, and everyday experiences in the Académie’s Louvre apartments. Unofficial portraits in turn reveal hidden histories of artists’ personal relationships: family networks, intimate friendships, and bitter rivalries. Drawing on both art-historical and anthropological frames of analysis, this book offers insightful interpretations of portraits read through and against documentary evidence from the archives to create a rich story of people, places, and objects. Theoretically informed, rigorously researched, and historically grounded, this book sheds new light on the inner workings of the Académie. Its discoveries and compelling narrative make an invaluable and accessible contribution to our understanding of this pre-eminent European institution and the social lives of artists in early modern Paris.

Free Download Karl Taylor Photography – Portraits of People Wearing Glasses
Content Source:https://visualeducation.com/class/portraits-of-people-wearing-glasses/
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :1.1GB
In this LIVE photography workshop, now available to watch as a replay, Karl answers a question posed by many of our members over the years: how do I take effective portraits of people wearing glasses?  The primary challenge is, of course, how to achieve satisfactory illumination of the subject’s face while avoiding distracting reflections from the lenses. In this workshop, Karl shows you how.  He begins by introducing the key laws of physics that dictate how light works. He also addresses common solutions to the problem (including removing the lenses and using a polarising filter) and explains why they are not the best approaches.  You’ll see Karl demonstrate a simple three-light setup. He experiments with softboxes and a beauty dish, and shows you how to use a triflector to ease shadows under the chin.  Most importantly, he demonstrates the importance of understanding angles of incidence and reflection, and how the position and intensity of your key light source makes all the difference.  The result is a series of high-quality, business-style portraits of subjects wearing glasses, with no glaring reflections in the lenses.

Free Download Jake Hicks – Colored Gel Portraits & Retouching
Content Source:https://jakehicksphotography.com/coloured-gel-portraits-tutorial
Genre / Category:Photography
File Size :11.8 GB

Free Download Sarah Beth Ernhart, "Kittenhood: Life-size Portraits of Kittens in Their First 12 Weeks"
English | ISBN: 1617690570 | 2013 | 128 pages | EPUB | 12 MB
Kittenhood showcases adorable kittens in life-size photographs taken in the early weeks of their lives. The book itself is oversize at 13 by 11 inches, allowing enough space to bring each of these little ones to life. Twenty-five breeds are captured in engaging photographs, showing all the details that make kittens so irresistible, from their soft, fluffy bellies to their tiny teeth, large eyes, beautiful coloring, and expressive tails. The book features the most popular breeds, including Siamese, tabby, tuxedo, RagaMuffin, Persian, American shorthair, and Oriental shorthair, among others.

Free Download Andrea Carandini, "The Atlas of Ancient Rome: Biography and Portraits of the City – Two-volume slipcased set"
English | ISBN: 0691163472 | 2017 | 1280 pages | PDF | 665 MB
The most authoritative illustrated reference book on the urban history of ancient Rome

Free Download J. Nichole Smith, "Puppyhood: Life-size Portraits of Puppies at 6 Weeks Old"
English | ISBN: 1584799846 | 2012 | 128 pages | EPUB | 15 MB
Puppyhood showcases adorable puppies in life-size photographs taken at six weeks old. The book itself is oversize at 13 by 11 inches, allowing enough space to bring each of these little ones to life. Twenty-five breeds are captured in engaging photographs, showing all the details that make puppies so irresistible, from their pink bellies to their tiny teeth, soft ears, and oversize paws. The book features the most popular breeds, including the French bulldog, Labrador, golden retriever, and Parson Russell Terrier.

Narrative Portraits in Qualitative Research
English | 2023 | ISBN: 0367855925 | 157 Pages | PDF (True) | 7 MB
Narrative Portraits in Qualitative Research offers an analytical approach to qualitative data. Through narrative portraiture, research findings can be contextualised in broader social narratives without losing sight of the unique personal qualities of the research encounter.

How To Airbrush Black – White Portraits
Content Source:https://www.skillshare.com/en/classes/How-To-Airbrush-Black-White-Portraits/1472280348?via=search-layout-grid
Genre / Category: Drawing & Painting , Art
File Size :786MB
“How To Airbrush Black / White”Portraits” is an ‘easy to follow’ tutorial to creating anintermediate levelblack & white portrait using an airbrush. The video tutorial covers the complete creation of a painting based on a supplied reference image (used with permission.) The tutorial covers the complete process for creating the painting and covers; materials needed, reference study, surface & preparation, toning the canvas, painting highlights and shadows and reveals tips and tricks throughout the process. The tutorial was created to allow viewers an easy to follow approach to the creation of the painting and reveals the techniques used to complete the painting. Because this painting is in black & white only minimal materials are needed and allows just about anyone to successfully create this painting.