In addition to his distinguished career in photojournalism, Halsman was one of the great pioneers of experimental photography, motivated by a profound desire to push this youngest of art forms toward new frontiers by using innovative and unorthodox photographic techniques. One of Halsman's favorite subjects was Salvador Dali, the glittering and controversial painter and theorist with whom the photographer shared a unique friendship and extraordinary professional collaboration that spanned over thirty years. Whenever Dali imagined a photograph so strange that its production seemed impossible, Halsman tried to find the solution, and invariably succeeded. As Halsman explains in his postface, Dali's Mustache is the fruit of this marriage of the minds. The jointly conceived and seemingly nonsensical questions and answers reveal the gleeful humor and assumed cynicism for which Dali is famous, while the marvelous and inspired images of Dali's mustache brilliantly display Halsman's consumate skill and extraordinary inventiveness as a photographer. This combination of wit, absurdity, and the off-handedly profound is irresistible and has contributed to the enduring fascination inspired by this unique photographic interview, which has become a cult classic and valuable collector's item since its original publication in 1954. The present volume faithfully reproduces the first edition and will introduce a new generation to the irreverent humor and imaginative genius of two great artists.

    . . magnificent." — Graphis"A valuable addition for art directors." — Advertising AgeThis is the only complete edition available of one of the most famous and most useful books of commercial art ever printed. George Bickham, a noted engraver and calligrapher, first compiled this work back in the 1740’s, from the best specimens of 24 of the leading calligraphers of his day. Unfortunately, Bickham published his work in 52 separate parts, over a period of eight years. In Bickham’s own day it was difficult to get a complete set of the Universal Penman; today, apart from this edition, it is virtually impossible, for most surviving 18th-century copies lack certain rare plates. This Dover edition, however, contains every plate which Bickham engraved, and each is reproduced from an original so remarkably clear that these modern plates are actually better than most 18th-century originals.This book contains more than 210 full-page plates, each crammed full of beautiful and interesting material. To list only part of its contents:• Over 125 pictorial scenes, clear copperplates of drinking scenes, family scenes, commerce, rustic festivities, duels, more.• Over 200 script pictures, male and female heads, busts, cherubs, griffins, birds, fish, etc.• 19 complete alphabets: round hand, round text, Old English, florid, foliated, and others.• 275 lettered specimens, overlaid with fine flourishes, swirls, spirals, featherings, volutes, etc.• Over 100 panels, frames, cartouches, and other effectsOver 950 lettered specimens, with thousands of words that can be lifted right off for reproduction.Individual items in this book are permission-free, and may be used (up to ten items per use) without permission, payment, or credit line. Calligraphers find Bickham the best source for English round-handwriting; commercial artists, advertising directors, and designers all find Bickham first-rate as a source for immediately usable pictures and script that suggests antiquity, quality, and reliability. Craftspeople have found it rich in unusual ideas and motifs, while libraries and art historians find it a wonderful collection of 18th-century pictures illustrating art-life.

    Gestalt theory and the psychology of visual perception form the basis for an analysis of art and its basic elements.

    Balanchine's Complete Stories of the Great Ballets, by Balanchine, George and Francis Mason

    In the 20th century, however, he came to be regarded as one of the greatest English poets & painters, one whose insights have profoundly influenced such thinkers as Nietzsche, Freud & D.H. Lawrence. In this volume, a leading Blake scholar shows how the political & social events & movements of the 18th & early 19th centuries influenced or inspired many of his finest poems: "America," "Europe," "The Marriage of Heaven & Hell," "The French Revolution," "Songs of Innocence & of Experience," "The Four Zoas" etc. While the poems can be read on many levels, this in-depth critical study demonstrates that much of the strange symbolism of this poetry represents a literary campaign against the political tyranny of the day. For the 3rd edition, Erdman added much new material that came to light after the original publication of the book in 1954. Also included are over 30 illustrations, a Chronology, an Appendix of Additions & Revisions, & other materials. Written for students, scholars & specialists—anyone interested in the relationship of the poet's extraordinary symbolism & complex thought to the history of his own times—Erdman's meticulously documented study is the definitive treatment of this aspect of Blake's work. "For our sense of Blake in his own times we are indebted to David Erdman more than anyone else."—Times Literary Supplement.

    (A) David and the Great Moderns of the PastI. (B) Manet and the ImpressionistsII. Cézanne and Post-ImpressionismIII. The School of Paris, Matisse and the FauvesIV. Cubism, Surrealism, Other MovementsV. Expressionism and Abstract Art in Northern EuropeVI. ItalyVII. EnglandVIII. MexicoIX. United StatesX. Technical ProcessesBiographiesBibliography

    Few people investigate, dissect and care about type with the passion and intensity of Dowding. He probes into every aspect & use of type and space, from word and letter arrangement to the design of type itself. He’s readable, absorbing and provocative; no matter how you feel about Geoffrey Dowding’s opinions, you will never approach design in quite the same way after having read Finer Points in the Spacing and Arrangement of Type. If you care about design and the printed word, then you care about what Geoffrey Dowding has to say. During his long typographic career, Geoffrey Dowding was typographer to a number of British publishers and agencies. He also served as an instructor in typographic design at the London College of Printing for over twenty years.

    

    After a penetrating analysis of the fundamental concepts envisaged from a traditional point of view, Prof. Hiriyanna interprets them succinctly. He elucidates the theory of Rasa from the point of Sankhya in a masterly fashion; equally illuminating are the other essays on Rasa and Dhvani, and Sanskrit poetics.