(pg. 79, Chapter 4; Figure 4.2; Leonardo da Vinci: Three Seated Figures and Studies of Machinery). ... Shown in textbook, (pg. 99, Chapter 5; Figure 5.7; Rembrandt van Rijn: Self-Portrait, 1663) this was oil on canvas, and you can see the detail and brushstrokes creating movement, with the different display of contrasting colors. ... (Pg. 107, Chapter 6; Figure 6.3) This example illustrates the method of color woodblock printing. ... (Pg. 127, Chapter 7; Figure 7.10; Ansel Adams: Clearing Winter Storm, Yosemite National Park, California. 1944) Digital Art With the new cameras today not req...

• Word Count: 931
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Art of Innovation written by Tom Kelly is one of the bestselling books in the United States. ... As all the seventeen chapters convey different, but related matter, where a reader can chose to increase his knowledge from a specific chapter only. ... Some of the main topics included on this books are brainstorming process, importance of strong team, the positive side of prototyping, building a innovation friendly environment and human centred design. ... As this book is written in a straight forward way and also in informal way, this books offers pretty accurate ramble in a society which i...

• Word Count: 1674
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He has used his vivid imagination, his childhood memories, and his artistic words to create six volumes of poetry, 3 novels, and 2 books of Irish history and culture. ... Each set of writings combine to form chapters, that mostly tend not to be related. ...

• Word Count: 347
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Chapter 16 shows rainy, autumnal days but mortality is also present: "The moon hung low in the sky like a yellow skull. ... Chapter 17 shows already the dead nature in wintertime. ... It is the same that Giordano Bruno believed whose name and doctrine is even mentioned in the story in Chapter 5. ... In the first chapter (The Decay of Lying) the thoughts about art are similar to Lord Henry's. ...

• Word Count: 2278
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

Many famous books that are still studied and analyzed come from these two countries such as Gilgamesh (Mesopotamia) and The Book of the Dead (Egypt). ... This book was a "collection of funerary chapters" (http://members.aol.com/egyptart/book.html) that was interpreted as "deceased's guidebook to a happy afterlife". ...

• Word Count: 778
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The movement is one of the most vital, exciting and inspiring chapters in the history of the decorative arts. ... His designs for books and wallpaper brings back the precision and elegance of illuminated manuscripts, and his poems and epics treat medieval themes with a rich imagery and simplicity derived from the ancient epics and sagas. ... While Morris and his followers attacked the sterility and ugliness of machine-made products, his firm promoted hand-made textiles, books, wallpaper, and furniture. ...

• Word Count: 1597
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate