Posh: Art of the Dot teaches readers how to complete and create stunning, meditative kolams.
A form of drawing practiced in southern India, kolams are geometrical line drawings composed of curved loops and straight lines, drawn around or over a grid pattern of dots. Art lovers can follow step-by-step guides as they work their way through beginner, intermediate, and advanced designs. Each completed kolam is a gorgeous geometric marvel that can be colored in and decorated. With an introduction from anthropologist and kolam specialist, Anna Laine, this original book will help readers become experts themselves.
His white teacher tells her all-black class, You'll all wind up porters and waiters. What did she know? Gordon Parks is most famous for being the first black director in Hollywood. But before he made movies and wrote books, he...
Amazingly detailed and gracefully beautiful, Alasia''s tempera-on-papyrus paintings meld the stunning style of ancient Egyptian art with the mysteries of the Tarot. To shape the interpretations, Alasia relied on the conceptions of Jean-Baptiste Pitois, who linked the Tarot tradition to...
Ni no Kuni(TM) 2: REVENANT KINGDOM is the long-awaited role-playing adventure video game from Bandai Namco and Level-5.The Art of Ni no Kuni(TM)II: REVENANT KINGDOM is a lavish full-color book showcasing the best art from the highly anticipated roleplaying game....
Formed in 1958, NASA has long maintained a department of visual artists to depict the concepts and technologies created in humankind’s quest to explore the final frontier. Culled from a carefully chosen reserve of approximately 3,000 files deep in the...
Featuring exclusive interviews as well as exciting concept art, The Art of Home provides a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at DreamWorks Animation’s film based on Adam Rex’s acclaimed children’s book, The True Meaning of Smekday.Packed with concept art, character backgrounds, design...
Fifty of the world’s most creative people share their stories, their inspirations, and their unique takes on science and education, all inspired by the Exploratorium science museum.What do music visionary Brian Eno, kinetic sculptor Theo Jansen, science writer Mary Roach,...