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^—nnvTMn AT PAINTINGS is a series of books designed to present many different painters' views of a single subject. Here is a visual feast of paintings, each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint.
In Dogs, Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favourite paintings of dogs. From the work of an anonymous twelfth-century Spanish artist to such well-known painters as Francisco de Goya and George Stubbs, each persons vision and interpretation of dogs is unique. Marie Laurencin, a friend of Pablo Picasso's, included the Spanish artist and his mischievous dog, Frika, in Group of Artists. Inspired by African tribal art, Laurencin simplified the portraits into mask-like faces defined with bold oudines. Edward Hopper drew from his memory to create die remote couple and dieir collie in his painting tided Cape Cod Evening. The painting evokes a mood of loneliness as a result of the fading autumnal light and the composition 6f die... Tovább

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^—nnvTMn AT PAINTINGS is a series of books designed to present many different painters' views of a single subject. Here is a visual feast of paintings, each of which shows us something about what great artists see when they paint.
In Dogs, Peggy Roalf leads readers on a personal gallery tour of nineteen favourite paintings of dogs. From the work of an anonymous twelfth-century Spanish artist to such well-known painters as Francisco de Goya and George Stubbs, each persons vision and interpretation of dogs is unique. Marie Laurencin, a friend of Pablo Picasso's, included the Spanish artist and his mischievous dog, Frika, in Group of Artists. Inspired by African tribal art, Laurencin simplified the portraits into mask-like faces defined with bold oudines. Edward Hopper drew from his memory to create die remote couple and dieir collie in his painting tided Cape Cod Evening. The painting evokes a mood of loneliness as a result of the fading autumnal light and the composition 6f die couple and their dog.
To see through the eyes of many of the world's greatest artists is to see with the imagination as well. Dogs in the LOOKING AT PAINTINGS stms, is a book that will inspire young readers to observe their own cherished pets and to use their imagination to see like a painter.
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EGGY ROALF is a painter, graphic designer and writer who has taught art to young people and their parents in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Weekend Family Programme. Vissza