With this post, I gather my thoughts about portraiture after reading parts of The Mirror and the Mask: Portraiture in the Age of Picasso, by Alarcó and Warner
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Photos that Speak: Slant Rhymes by Alex Web and Rebecca Norris Webb
Something that stands out in this book is the quality of its visual poetry; how each photograph conveys a narrative and inspires introspection through their use of scale and tonality.
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Moses Soyer: Inner Conflict as Subject Matter?
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Soyer was able to convey a sense of emotional charge by the way he applied paint to his canvases. Thick outlines in combination to flat layers of paint along with symmetric compositions in his paintings gave his subject matter a solid, even factual re-presentation
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More Books, Less Gear Noise: Reacting to The Street Portraits of Bill Hayes
For me, all the noise that revolve around any specific camera you can think of is unbearable; and for that reason, I’m turning to printed publications when it comes to seeking art content.
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Book Report: The Art of Robert E. McGinnis
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Reading a retrospective book on Robert E McGuinnis reminded me of a question: Is illustration art?
Read MoreRenoir: A neoclassical on the wrong age?
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Renoir is known as an artist that was driven by a great amount of passion, a passion he manifested through painting his favorite subject matter, which was nature and the female form.
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I’ve always loved books. When I was younger I used to dream with a room filled with the largest book collection I could possible get.
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