Readers will discover how to render stylish figures using minimal marks on the page with ingenious tips and techniques from one of London's foremost figurative artists. Sharon Pinsker covers basic anatomy and musculature along with adding clothing, ch..
Joe took toy soldiers to a whole new level by giving them the ability to pose via moveable parts, as well as interchangeable clothing and accessories, the business of creating pop sculpture icons for the mass market was off and running. Superheroes came ne..
Examining the work of such composers as Aaron Copland, Roy Harris, Virgil Thomson, Charles Wakefield Cadman, and Arthur Farwell, Beth E. Levy addresses questions of regionalism, race, and representation as well as changing relationships to the natural worl..
Myths so powerful that they remain woven into the fabric of the present world.Thousands of years ago they were used to help frame the world of the ancients and dictate the guidelines of their societies. Today they are often the first stories we learn as ..
The book focuses on a number of figures whose role in this agitation has been ignored or neglected. These include the free-thinker Elizabeth Wolstenholme Elmy; the founder of the women's movement in the United States, Elizabeth Cady Stanton; the working cl..
One hundred years later, the world and Britain’s place in it has been transformed almost beyond recognition. Yet the League has weathered all these changes and now enters its second century with a renewed sense of energy and purpose. How has the ROSL dev..
When General George Washington appointed Benedict Arnold military commander of the Philadelphia region, military historian Palmer argues, he was not only making one of the worst personnel decisions of his career, but was also creating the conditions for th..
