The world needs its clowns. It's the clowns of society who make us laugh—sometimes—an d who help us view our lives with greater clarity and perspective. Bigger than life, with their exaggerated features and makeup, dressed in their gaudily mismatched and hilariously oversized outfits, clowns refuse to be overlooked. And yet, the portrait of the clown has been all but ignored. Trained to respond respectfully to serious portraiture, we try to read meaning into their big mouths, prosthetic noses, and unruly tufts of hair. Ultimately, the paintings are mysteries: what did amateur artists, who lavished so much time on these iconic images, hope to capture and accomplish? Clown Paintings is a twisty little illustrated book that showcases 65 outrageous and compelling clown portraits, painted by... Less

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New!: Brand New! Factory-sealed! USPS 6-14 Business Day Shipping: FREE! USPS 2-4 Business Day Shipping: $4.95 Clown Paintings ISBN/UPC: 1576871487 Format: Hardcover Author: Diane Keaton Publisher year: powerHouse Books, 10/1/2002 Edition: 1 Payment must be processed instantly through Paypal-- we are unable to accept any other kind of payment. Please see below for international shipping details. We are a 5-star independent bookstore located in Pittsburgh, PA. We are deeply committed to providing

Welcome to Clown Town! Here you will meet some really funny clowns that teach you important lessons from the Bible. Come learn with Gospel Gretel, Tithing Tammy, Praying Pam, Hallelujah Harold, and Bible Bo....

In this incisive exhibition catalogue of the artwork of the French Fauvist and Expressionist Georges Rouault (1871-1958), paintings of judges, clowns and whores, as well as acrobats, soldiers and singers, present the artist as thoroughly Modern. Made between the early 1900s and the late 1930s, when Rouault was at the height of his creative powers, these paintings showcase the artist's remarkable range, from jewel-toned small watercolors to larger oils on canvas; from gentle, thin washes to thickly encrusted, muscular layers of paint. Many of the paintings collected here belong to the permanent collections of major international museums and have never been reproduced before in color in an American publication. Because Rouault is said to have destroyed several hundred works at the end of... Less

The world needs its clowns. It's the clowns of society who make us laugh—sometimes—an d who help us view our lives with greater clarity and perspective. Bigger than life, with their exaggerated features and makeup, dressed in their gaudily mismatched and hilariously oversized outfits, clowns refuse to be overlooked. And yet, the portrait of the clown has been all but ignored. Trained to respond respectfully to serious portraiture, we try to read meaning into their big mouths, prosthetic noses, and unruly tufts of hair. Ultimately, the paintings are mysteries: what did amateur artists, who lavished so much time on these iconic images, hope to capture and accomplish? Clown Paintings is a twisty little illustrated book that showcases 65 outrageous and compelling clown portraits, painted by... Less

Free Worldwide Delivery : Learning to Look at Paintings : Paperback : Taylor & Francis Ltd : 9780415435185 : 0415435188 : 31 Oct 2008 : Presents a study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. This book shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by analyzing how it works, what its pictorial elements are and how they relate to each other. It contains images by such artists as Rembrandt and Tacita Dean.

New York Times best-selling author Nancy Krulik keeps listeners giggling with the delightful - and often disastrous - adventures of class clown George Brown....

Breaking with the European tradition of serene and harmonious landscape painting, a group of American artists led by British-born Thomas Cole presented the American wilderness as a place of rough majesty, where tiny human figures are dwarfed by mountains, forests, and waterfalls. The northern reaches of the Hudson River had long been a favorite destination for vacationers. Indeed, a number of painters had rendered the Hudson Valley before Cole's famous first visit in 1825, and Washington Irving published his famous "Legend of Sleepy Hollow," set in the valley, in 1820. Three decades later, Irving recalled the neighboring Catskill Mountains as "part wild, woody, and rugged; part softened away into all the graces of cultivation," words that suggest the emotional breadth of the paintings of... Less

Glazing Techniques for Paintings that GlowBring new life to your paintings using transparent glazing. Step by step and layer by layer, this book will show you how to use this classic approach to infuse your work with radiant color, exquisite texture and a breathtaking sense of light.5 simple studies focus on using glazes to evoke a wide variety of realistic still life textures–frui ts, flowers, silver, glass and more5 full-length demonstrations show the creation of stunning still-life paintings from start to finishFeatures expert instruction on everything from prepping painting surfaces and selecting colors, to artfully composing light and shadowPlus an entire chapter devoted to painting strong complementary backgrounds for realistic, fluid compositionsRadia nt Oils is perfect for oil... Less

The intimacy of the one-ring circus produced the classic clown routines that flourished until the mid-twentieth century and then disappeared with the rise of the grand circus. They have been lost until now. By seeking out the little band of surviving clowns who worked in the old tradition and setting down their scenes, Tristan Rémy, the eminent circus historian, has rescued a theatrical treasure. Thanks to Rémy’s persistence, the forty-eight scenes presented here contain not only the spoken words but the manner of line delivery and the physical turns. So they remain superbly suitable for performance. Most of them are written for just three actors—the white-faced clown, August the stooge, and the supercilious ringmaster. Sets are unnecessary. And their combination of the verbal with the... Less

Lou's on First: The Tragic Life of Hollywood's Greatest Clown Warmly Recounted by his Youngest ChildAuthor: Chris Costello This intimate portrait of Lou Costello (1906-1959) offers a rare look at one of the most talented comedians of all time. Starting in the 1930s, Costello attained enormous fame touring the burlesque circuits with straight man Bud Abbott (1895-1974). Their live skits (including "Who's on First?"), radio programs, and films such as One Night in the Tropics, Buck Privates, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, and In the Navy made comic history.Behind the scenes, however, Costello faced numerous crises: a bout with rheumatic fever that left him bedridden for months, the drowning death of his young son, and constant haggles with Universal Studios over its reluctance to... Less

Surrealist painter, author, filmmaker, lecturer, performance artist, charlatan, genius, clown, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) once asked himself, "Where does the deep and philosophical Dalí begin, and where does the loony and preposterous Dalí end?" This evenhanded but exacting biography, based on interviews, unpublished letters, and previously unavailable archives, explores the relationship between his eccentric life and the hallucinatory imagery of the paintings that, like the soft watches, have become twentieth- century icons. The author penetrates the artist's self- mythologizing facade to reveal the man behind the outrageous mustache and cryptic canvasses: his Catalan childhood; his relationships with Garcia Lorca, Bunuel, Breton, Picasso, Miro, de Chirico, Man Ray, Ernst, and Eluard;... Less

Free Worldwide Delivery : Understanding Paintings : Paperback : Thames & Hudson Ltd : 9780500287897 : 0500287899 : 11 May 2009 : For centuries, Bible stories and ancient Greek and Roman mythology were the main subjects of Western art. This book explores the roots of Western civilization. It introduces the reader to the best-known stories from the Bible and mythology. It presents a selection of masterpieces by some of the worlds greatest painters.

The portrait of a city . . . is in a way like a portrait of a person--the difficulty is to catch not only the superficial resemblance but the inner self. The spirit, that's what counts, and one should strive to portray the soul of the city with the same care as the soul of a sitter. ---Childe Hassam, 1913 New York has always attracted artists--because it is electric with passion, endeavor, and hustle, and because they know they will find others of like mind there. The city is a vibrant center of the international art world; no wonder then that both resident and sojourning painters have long felt compelled to capture, interpret, and evoke the place on canvas. Bruce Weber faced a daunting amount of works for inclusion in Paintings of New York. But he chose well, producing a book that... Less

dover publishing cd rom book combo 120 great paintings. your own gallery of art masterpieces to you however you desire. the book features all of the images included on the cd rom. cd rom also includes dover design manager so you can easily browse print crop a nd rotate the image. system requirements windows 95 98 me nt 2000 xp vista or macintosh all versions and a cd rom drive. made in usa.

A hilarious and vibrantly illustrated picture book about the circus!Emeline's teacher, Miss Splinter, says the circus will be a great learning experience. Miss Splinter should know, because Miss Splinter knows everything. But while Miss Splinter delivers the lessons, Emeline is learning all by herself. Who is that joining the clowns? And riding the wild horse? Who’s the daring little acrobat performing the stunt on the high trapeze? Step right up! Learn about the amazing circus acts! Marvel at brave Emeline! Enjoy the fun as Caldecott honoree Marjorie Priceman takes you on a splendiferous, hilarious, indisputably tremendous trip to the big top!★ “Priceman’ best, wildly exuberant style . . . Gorgeously colored paintings celebrate the daring, glamour, and breathless excitement of the... Less

Free Worldwide Delivery : Paintings in Proust : Hardback : Thames & Hudson Ltd : 9780500238547 : 0500238545 : 26 Oct 2008 : "In Search of Lost Time" by Marcel Proust is one of the profoundly visual works in Western literature, a novel devoted to the description of people, their manners and their arts. This book celebrates the close relationship between the visual and literary arts in Proust's masterpiece.

New Magic Hot Book! - Lighter Type This is a bigger stage version of the Hot Book. Perfect for magic shows, theatrical presentations, teachers etc. 9.75" x 7.25" Hardbound cover! It's Heavy! Each book has a unique monster/skull art graphic on the front cover - great for halloween. Could easily be removed or add another pic on the cover. The Hot book is an excellent gag item for performers that want something unusual and off-beat in their act.Performer picks up a book and reads out from it. Actu

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Los Angeles, 1991. Maximilian Ophuls is knifed to death on the doorstep of his illegitimate daughter India, slaughtered by his Kashmiri driver, a mysterious figure who calls himself Shalimar the Clown. The dead man is a World War II Resistance hero, a man of formidable intellectual ability and much erotic appeal, a former United States ambassador to India, and subsequently America’s counter- terrorism chief. The murder looks at first like a political assassination but turns out to be passionately personal. This is the story of Max, his killer, and his daughter – and of a fourth character, the woman who links them all. The story of a deep love gone fatally wrong, destroyed by a shallow affair, it is an epic narrative that moves from California to France, England, and above all, Kashmir: a... Less

Michael Leyton has developed new foundations for geometry in which shape is equivalent to memory storage. A principal argument of these foundations is that artworks are maximal memory stores. The theory of geometry is developed from Leyton's fundamental laws of memory storage, and this book shows that these laws determine the structure of paintings. Furthermore, the book demonstrates that the emotion expressed by a painting is actually the memory extracted by the laws. Therefore, the laws of memory storage allow the systematic and rigorous mapping not only of the compositional structure of a painting, but also of its emotional expression. The argument is supported by detailed analyses of paintings by Picasso, Raphael, Cezanne, Gauguin, Modigliani, Ingres, De Kooning, Memling, Balthus and... Less

New Comedy Magic Mouse Animation with Booklet! An imitation fur White Mouse , with a booklet of 24 pages by Ian Adair, detailing everything you would want to know about handling this and how to put this to best use in your magic act. With a little practice, you can impart the mouse with life and a character that will be long remembered, much after they have forgotten your much more expensive props. Or if you don't like to practice, use this as a production item! t BEST PRICE ON EBAY! Perfect fo

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author The Scenery - Shower with Word - Paintings by Warren Burton Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pi

The 1930s are routinely considered sound film's greatest comedy era. Though this golden age encompassed various genres of laughter, clown comedy is the most basic type. This work examines the Depression decade's most popular type of comedy-the clown, or personality comedian. Focusing upon the Depression era, the study filters its analysis through twelve memorable pictures. Each merits an individual chapter, in which it is critiqued. The films are deemed microcosmic representatives of the comic world and discussed in this context. While some of the comedians in this text have generated a great deal of previous analysis, funnymen like Joe E. Brown and Eddie Cantor are all but forgotten. Nevertheless, they were comedy legends in their time, and their legacy, as showcased in these... Less

One day, Clown is thrown into the trash, but he doesn't stay there long.He tries to find someone to take care of his friends, but no one listens.Then Clown finds someone he can take care of, and together, they make a home for everyone.Follow the fortunes of Clown-- who starts in a garbage can and ends up in a happy family-- in this perfectly pitched picture book.Master illustrator Quentin Blake has created an irrepressible character, an action-filled plot, and an eloquent story that can be read on several levels-- all without the use of a single word.Clown is a 1996 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year.Horn Book Fanfare Book

Existential clown comedy as you like it. SEE! Fred the Clown get slapped regularly in his single-minded pursuit of l'amour! HEAR! The screams of his lady friends from several blocks away! SMELL! Fred the Clown's scientifically improbable collection of fungal infections! The signature creation of cartoonist Roger Langridge, Fred the Clown is the thinking man's idiot. Fred has an eye for the ladies, as well as several other organs, but the only part of themselves they're willing to share with him is a carefully placed kneecap... Fred the Clown's misadventures are a curious balance of bleakness and joyful absurdism; the universe may dump on Fred from a great height, but he never gives up. More often than not, they involve the pursuit of a lady—any lady will do, it seems, but... Less

Operatic in scope, ULULU (Clown Shrapnel) is a dramatic, genre-bending narrative and a lyrical cultural biography of the archetypal seductress Lulu. In a furious performance of text and imagery, Thalia Field introduces us to the stock characters of the commedia, the famous plays, operas, and silent films in which Lulu appeared, the artists who brought her to life, and the censorship and controversy that she engendered. The myth of “Lulu” began during the height of late-nineteenth- century Viennese culture with a sequence of two plays by Frank Wedekind (Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box), and continued through the two world wars with Lulu, an unfinished opera by Alban Berg, and Pandora’s Box, a highly acclaimed film by G.W. Pabst, starring Louise Brooks. Throughout all of Lulu’s incarnations... Less

Free Worldwide Delivery : The New Book of Apples : Hardback : Ebury Press : 9780091883980 : 0091883989 : 19 Feb 2003 : Contains the history of apples and a survey of over 2,000 of the world's apple varieties. Illustrated with 32 exquisite colour paintings, this edition includes historical, geographical and botanical details as well as tasting notes on each type of apple. It also explores the role of apples in cooking, cider making, gardening, myth and medicine.

Few artists possess David Shepherd's combination of talent and truly popular appeal. He modestly suggests that his success is a result of good fortune and being in the right place at the right time, but for those who know his work, it is obvious that its attraction stems from the wholehearted enthusiasm with which he embraces his subjects - his paintings are suffused with the life, emotion and colour which reflect David's own personality. Combining over 60 of his very best paintings with an endearingly lively autobiographical text, the book takes a fresh look at the fascinating life of this irrepressible artist. From his first influences and training with Robin Goodwin, through early struggles and successes, and on to the leaps and bounds of his subsequent career, David tells his tale... Less