Painting the human figure
Subtitle: ideas and perception
By: Atul Vohora
Publisher: The Crowood Press Ltd
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Marlborough [England]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781847973573
Subjects: Figure painting; Human figure in art
Description: From the very beginnings of human existence, the urge to make images of people has been a fundamental part of being. Paintings of people have continued to evolve through to the present time. This new book focuses on some of those paintings, and places the idea of looking at painting at the very centre of the process of making paintings.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 138) and index.
Table of contents: title: Colour; title: Composition; title: On making; title: The frozen moment; title: Mark, touch and form; title: On narrative; title: Word and image; title: The best tunes; title: The mirror.