Portraits and self-portraiture in art Books

This book is the third in a series Carol Jacobsen I started in 2020 called Women of Color and Accomplishment. After seeing the senseless murder of George Floyd and then the brutality of attacks on the peaceful protesters, I was dismayed and angered at...

Blackbeard, Jose Gaspar, Jean Lafitte—the names conjure up a romantic, swashbuckling figure with a black patch over one eye, a cutlass in his teeth, and a brace of pistols tucked into his waistband. Actors such as Errol Flynn did much to create...

A man encounters a painting for sale in a small town in British Columbia. He decides he cannot live without it, no matter what the cost. He buys it, and for the rest of his life the painting accompanies him, guides him, lives within him. The man is...

Are you ready to delve into the captivating world of women through the lens of photography? Welcome to "Women in Focus: Captivating Portraits," a visual journey into the lives and experiences of women through the lens of photography. This...

In the past several decades, progressive leftists have gradually replaced socialism with populist criticism of elites and single-issue coalitions. As global economic crisis deepens, the spectre of both the radical left and the extreme right have...

Major General Sir Isaac Brock is remembered as the Hero of Upper Canada for his defence of what is now Ontario during the War of 1812, and also for his noble death at the Battle of Queenston Heights. In the more than two centuries since then, Brock's...

Discover how to make your character drawings even more realistic with step-by-step instructions and tips and tricks for creating the most lifelike portraits and facial expressions. Grab your sketchbook, pens, and pencils, and follow along as this...

""Portraits of Men of Eminence V1: In Literature, Science, and Art, with Biographical Memoirs, The Photographs from Life"" is a book written by Ernest Edwards and published in 1863. The book is a collection of portraits of notable men in the fields of...

First there was THE LAST COLORING BOOK, then THE LAST COLORING BOOK ON THE LEFT (not a sequel but an equal); groundbreaking collections that exploded the coloring book form and reconfigured it as a venue for film study and autobiography. Now, Jimmy...

Canadian-American artist, writer, and teacher George B. Bridgman taught anatomy and figure drawing for nearly fifty years at the Art Students League of New York. He is considered one of the most prolific art instructors of his time, and counted Norman...

You've Got This, Momma - A Tribute to New and Expecting Mothers is where you can find the strength to keep going despite how you may feel.A photo journal of new mothers in their rawness, motherhood in moments with truths that give you courage on the hard...

Restoring the role of theatrical performance as both subject and trope in the aesthetics of self-representation, Staging the Artist questions how nineteenth-century French and Belgian artists self-consciously fashioned their identities through their art...

I have photographed and documented the residents of Venice Beach and nearby Santa Monica in the late 1960s and early 1970s. These are portraits of friends, acquaintances, neighbors, and strangers photographed in front of and inside their homes and on the...

Maxine Silva is a Poet, Artist, Writer, and a loving human being. She channels her deep emotional experiences into breathtaking paintings and gripping poetry. In this first book of the series, she combines painting and poetry in a unique way to form a...

Family Portraits in Verse and Other Illustrated Poems by Daniel Brown is a unique celebration of family history that combines treasured family photographs with poetic interpretations. Using his family's portraits as well as his wife's, it reaches beyond...

★Boho Braids Coloring Book★A wonderful portrait coloring book with lovely hippie and boho girls and women, flowers, feathers, and hair accessories. 52 pages A4 girls with pigtails and braided hairstyles with flowers, feathers, hair clips, bows for the...

" Der Blick", eine Sammlung von 90 Zeichnungen mit dem Pinsel, zeigt Menschen in allen möglichen Situationen ihres Lebens, die oft existentielle Gefühle auslösen können, wie u.a. Angst, Einsamkeit, Sehnsucht, Krankheit, Trauer und Tod. Dies verleiht den...

★A wise Dragon´s Love Coloring Book for Adults - New Edition★A coloring book about the love of dragons and the fantasy worldA454 pagesDragons with grandmothersDragons with womenDragons with little girlsa journey about the love of dragonsfrom childhood to...

Talbot Cox's easy-to-read guide is more than just another portrait book. This is a practical self-help guide for the novice portrait artist with little or no experience of portraiture.Talbot has years of experience in giving workshops on creating...

From 1975 for about 200 days each year over four years Graham Rendoth travelled one-and-a-half hours each way by train and bus from my Wiley Park home in Sydney's south-west to study at Randwick Technical College and later to Sydney College of the Arts...

Stars in My Eyes is a revealing and entertaining collection of celebrity portraits, rendered both in acute drawings and in finely observed prose. In the 1970s and 1980s, internationally known artist Don Bachardy made portraits from life, depicting the...

Gender Treason, a series of portrait paintings by Kansas City based artist Ryan Wilks, chronicles his 2016 Leedy-Voulkos Art Center exhibit and includes interviews with the artist's subjects, providing a rare glimpse into the lives of queer people living...

This book of 112 pictures is a selection of drawings and paintings representing Jindrich's artistic endeavours over the last three decades. The collection contains real-life portraits as well as images and portraits based on the works of other...

★Old Faces Grayscale Coloring Book★A coloring book with beautiful wrinkled old faces of men and women from different culturesThe coloring book includes52 pp.A4white backsides - no pushing throughbeautiful old womenimpressive old men facesportrait...

Portraits are everywhere. One finds them not only in museums and galleries, but also in newspapers and magazines, in the homes of people and in the boardrooms of companies, on stamps and coins, on millions of cell phones and computers. Despite its huge...

Un recueil de portraits de femmes célèbres et anonymes, dessinés avec une grande sensibilité et abordant des sujets universels tels que la beauté, l'amour et le pouvoir.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of...

A collection of oil and acrylic portrait paintings done by an engineer during his Weekends and free time at artist studios in Los Angeles. The book depicts the artist's learning, discovery, the therapeutic values and the enjoyment of the art of...

This unique weekly planner will inspire you to write. Writing, like art, is a means of personal expression allowing for the release of tension, emotion and other feelings. It is also calming that is why it is a recommended activity for adults and...

This lavishly illustrated volume features twelve portraits of the leading female members of the British aristocracy, each accompanied by a biographical sketch. Originally published in the mid-19th century, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into the...

Bring Your Painting to LifeRenowned artist Foster Caddell shares the unique methodology which he brings to his paintings, no matter what the subject. In this third book of "keys" to improving your work, he stresses the fundamental of seeing analytically...

Originally published in early 1900's. A detailed and well illustrated guide dealing with every aspect of collecting portrait miniatures. The contents Include: Origins of the Art - Hans Holbein and the Earliest Painters - Nicholas and Lawrence Hilliard -...

‘50 Fabulous Women’ is a collection of photographs and stories from womenwho have overcome some of life’s biggest challenges,revealing their resilience and great courage. Photographs by professional portrait photographer, Janiece...

Egon Schiele was a meteor that flashed across the galaxy of Viennese art at the beginning of the last century. Although he lived only twenty-eight years-dying quite suddenly of influenza in 1918 just as World War I came to an end-he left a stunning...

Portrait artist Elly Sorensen leaves her Washington, D.C., life for the Caribbean island of Bonaire, hoping to find refuge from personal tragedy and financial fallout. Instead, she is confronted by old demons, including a gambling underworld that taps...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...