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Los Vikingos / by Guy, John,1952 November 17-(CARDINAL)539202;
Subjects: Civilization, Viking; Mythology, Norse; Architecture, Viking; Spanish language materials.; Vikingos;
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How to draw and paint fantasy architecture / by Alexander, Rob(Illustrator),author.(CARDINAL)342576;
Foreword -- About this book -- Introduction To Architecture: -- Middle Eastern architecture -- Middle-Eastern details -- Romanesque architecture -- Romanesque details -- Gothic architecture -- Gothic details -- Mesoamerican architecture -- Mesoamerican details -- Viking structures -- Asian architecture -- Asian details -- Modern and futurist architecture -- Modern and futurist details -- Picture-Making Techniques: -- Light, shadows, values, and shapes -- Perspective, distance, and depth -- Composition and concept -- Color theory and usage -- Mood and drama -- Details And Textures: -- Traditional art materials -- Digital art materials: -- Wood -- Wood joinery -- Stone and brickwork -- Thatching -- Plaster -- Marble -- Weathering and aging -- Mosaics and painted tiles -- Fire and smoke damage -- Creating Your Own Worlds: -- Layering values / Rob Alexander -- Evoking moods / Anthony Scott Waters -- Painting light / Lorenz Hideyoshi Ruwwe -- Exploring ideas / Stephen Hickman -- Establishing depth / Rob Alexander -- Creating drama / Tom Kidd -- Index -- Credits.Overview: Advice and instruction from a leading fantasy illustrator guides art students who intend to pursue careers illustrating computer games, children's books, graphic novels, and other related media. This book's opening chapter analyzes traditional architectural shapes that include arches, columns, towers, vaults, and buttresses. Chapters that follow apply principles of lighting, shadow, and perspective to the architectural forms, and discuss ways of creating surface textures and adding dramatic atmosphere to illustrations. Readers are then guided through a series of projects of increasing complexity in which they create illustrations dominated by fantasy castles, palaces, dungeons, and more. Here is comprehensive instruction in the techniques required for capturing fantastic buildings, alien architecture, and alternate realities. More than 250 enlightening color illustrations.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; Drawing; Fantastic architecture; Fantasy in art.; Painting;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 4
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Norwegian design: from Viking age to industrial revolution. by Hopstock, Carsten,1924-(CARDINAL)213264;
Viking times and Middle Ages: c.850 to 1550 -- Renaissance: c.1550-1650 -- Baroque and Rococo: c.1650 to 1780 -- Louis XVI and empire: c.1780 to 1850.A survey of the applied arts, including architecture, furnishings, and personal possessions. Illustrations show changing mode through the centuries.
Subjects: Decoration and ornament; Decorative arts;
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Viking art / by Graham-Campbell, James,author.(CARDINAL)148303;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-197) and index.Introduction: What is Viking art? -- The world of the Vikings and the origins of Viking art -- The Oseberg and Borre styles -- The Jellinge and Mammen styles -- The Ringerike and Urnes styles -- Content: Pagan to Christian.This book distils a lifetime's study of Viking art. Written by a leading authority, it introduces all the intricate and beautiful art styles of the Viking age. It ranges in time from the first major Viking expeditions overseas around AD 800 to the general establishment of Christianity in Scandinavia some 300 years later. The opening chapter introduces the geographical and historical background to Viking culture; thematic chapters then describe and illustrate the six main Viking art styles, showing how they emerged from and interacted with one another. Delicate metalwork, elaborate wood-carvings and the famous Gotland picture-stones are all discussed. Viking art ranges in scale from ship burials to decorated weapons and finely crafted jewelry; all feature here, alongside Viking architecture and archaeological traces left by Vikings across continental Europe and beyond. The final chapter examines Viking art in relation to pagan mythology, the conversion to Christianity, and the Viking legacy for later artistic movements. First published in 2013 and now revised and updated throughout, this volume is a modern classic that serves as a definitive guide for all those interested in the vibrant artistic culture of this fascinating period in European history.
Subjects: Art, Viking.; Viking antiquities.;
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Rick Steves Scandinavia / by Steves, Rick,1955-author.(CARDINAL)157396; Rick Steves' Europe, Inc.(CARDINAL)626202;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 867-873), filmographies (pages 867-873), and index."Make the most of every day and every dollar. Time-lost villages and bustling cities. Ancient Viking ships and strikingly modern architecture. Breathtaking fjords, verdant forests, and over 30,000 islands... Scandinavia has all that and more. In this book, Rick Steves makes it easy to experience it all"--Back cover.
Subjects: Guidebooks.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 5
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Rick Steves Scandinavia / by Steves, Rick,1955-author.; Rick Steves' Europe, Inc.;
Includes bibliographical references, filmographies, and indexes.Scandinavia. Scandinavia's top destinations ; Planning your trip ; Travel smart -- Denmark. Copenhagen ; Near Copenhagen ; Central Denmark ; Jutland -- Norway. Oslo ; Norway in a nutshell ; More on the Sognefjord ; Gudbrandsdal Valley & Jotunheimen Mountains ; Bergen ; South Norway -- Sweden. Stockholm ; Near Stockholm ; Stockholm's archipelago ; Southeast Sweden -- Finland. Helsinki -- Estonia. Tallinn -- Scandinavia: past & present -- Practicalities."Make the most of every day and every dollar. Time-lost villages and bustling cities. Ancient Viking ships and strikingly modern architecture. Breathtaking fjords, verdant forests, and over 30,000 islands... Scandinavia has all that and more. In this book, Rick Steves makes it easy to experience it all"--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: Guidebooks.; TRAVEL / Europe / Scandinavia (Finland, Norway, Sweden).; TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.; TRAVEL / Food, Lodging & Transportation / General.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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A short history of African art / by Gillon, Werner,1905-1996.(CARDINAL)157042;
Bibliography: pages 375-394.Introduction: An approach to the history of Africa's visual arts -- The rock art of Africa -- The ancient Nubians -- The Nok culture -- The kingdoms of the western Sudan -- The art of the Sherbro, Bulom and Kissi -- Kanem-Borno and the 'Sao' culture -- 'Kororofa' - the Jukun and related peoples -- The art of the Akan -- Igbo-Ukwu, the Niger delta and the Cross River -- The Yoruba and their neighbours -- Benin - The art of the Edo city state -- The art of the southern savanna -- Eastern Africa -- Arts of southern Africa -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Art, African;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 5
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Civilizations : the history of the ancient world.
Egyptians -- Greeks -- Romans -- Vikings.Looks at the cultural practices, technology, art, architecture, religion and legacies of four important cultures from the ancient and medieval worlds.
Subjects: Civilization, Ancient; Civilization, Viking;
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English cottages / by Evans, Tony,1939-1992.(CARDINAL)517293; Lycett Green, Candida.(CARDINAL)729708;
Includes bibliographical references (page 158) and index.
Subjects: Guidebooks.; Architecture, Domestic; Cottages;
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Cathedrals : masterpieces of architecture, feats of engineering, icons of faith / by Jenkins, Simon,author.(CARDINAL)127353;
Beautifully illustrated with color photographs throughout, this joyous exploration of the history of Western civilization showcases the cathedral?s central role in the European imagination. A masterful writer, Jenkins tells the stories behind these stone wonders: the architects that made them possible, the triumphs of engineering, the artists who enriched their décor, and the inevitable human follies of those who were involved in their building, from the artisans and workers to the wealthy donors and the faithful who worshipped beneath their soaring spires and majestic domes.0 0Simon Jenkins is the critically acclaimed, award-winning author of best-selling works that make history accessible. Blending insight and authority with personal reflections and experiences, he deftly reveals the history, design, and significance of each of these enduring monuments to the human spirit from popular favorites like St. Paul?s and the Duomo in Florence to less well-known masterpieces well worth a trip. Europe?s cathedrals are treasure troves of art and repositories of history that attract hundreds or thousands of visitors every year.
Subjects: Guidebooks.; Illustrated works.; Architecture, Gothic.; Cathedrals; Cathedrals; Cathedrals;
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