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Erotic Politics: The Dynamics of Desire in the Renaissance Theatre
by Susan ZimmermanIdentifying the stage as a primary site for erotic display, these essays take eroticism in Renaissance culture as a paradigm for issues of sexuality and identity in early modern culture. Contributors examine how the Renaissance stage functioned as a decoder for erotic experience, both reinforcing and subverting expected sexual behaviour. They argue that the dynamics of theatrical eroticism served to deconstruct gender definitions, leaving conventional categories of sexuality blurred, confused - or absent. In seeking to reposition the conventions and subversions of gender and desire in terms of one another, these essays open up an attractive and distinctive perspective in cultural debate.
The Eroticizing of HIV: Viral Fantasies (Health, Technology and Society)
by Jaime García-IglesiasThis book examines sexual fantasies and their influence on everyday life through the stories of twenty-two men who introduce themselves as bugchasers, i.e. gay men who eroticize HIV. The author defines bugchasing, charts its history and contexts, and considers how it has changed in the age of internet and PrEP. Through the participants, their experiences and contexts, this text also theorizes about sexual fantasies, seeking to understand how people define sexual fantasies and use the internet as a space to navigate their desires, meet others, and find support. Chapters also consider the practical implications of fantasy, most notably, how fantasies influence men’s decisions around HIV prevention and care. This book speaks to renewed interest in both the AIDS crisis and the sociology of everyday life to illustrate how fantasies such as bugchasing appear, evolve, and adapt. This book will be of interest to scholars focused on queer studies, sexuality studies, gender studies, and healthcare.
Errol John's Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (The Fourth Wall)
by Lynette GoddardErrol John wrote Moon on a Rainbow Shawl (1958) after becoming disillusioned about the lack of good roles for black actors on the British theatre scene. While this situation has only slightly improved since, his response has become the most revived black play in Britain, from its original production at the Royal Court in 1958, to the National Theatre in 2012. It depicts the lives of a black community living in poverty in a shared tenement yard in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in the mid-1940s, showing how each of the characters carries dreams of escaping to create better lives for themselves and their families. Lynette Goddard focuses on how the play articulates the narratives of migration that prompted many Caribbean people to uproot from their homes on the islands and move to the England in the post-war era. For some of them, these dreams of a new life became a reality, but they were experienced differently across genders and generations.
Error, Ambiguity, and Creativity: A Multidisciplinary Reader
by Sita Popat Sarah WhatleyThis book offers a set of eleven discipline-specific chapters from across the arts, humanities, psychology, and medicine. Each contributor considers the creative potential of error and/or ambiguity, defining these terms in the particular context of that discipline and exploring their values and applications. Themes include error in choreography, poetry, media art, healthcare, psychology, critical typography and mixed reality performance. The book emerges from a core question of how dance research and HCI can inform each other through consideration of error, ambiguity and ‘messiness’ as methodological tools. The digital age had heralded the possibility that error could be eradicated by the logic of computers but several chapters focus on glitch in arts practices that exploit errors in computer programmes, or even create programmes specifically to produce errors. Together, the chapters explore how error can take us somewhere different or somewhere new, to develop a new, more interesting way of working.
Error in Shakespeare: Shakespeare in Error (Palgrave Shakespeare Studies)
by Alice LeonardThe traditional view of Shakespeare’s mastery of the English language is alive and well today. This is an effect of the eighteenth-century canonisation of his works, and subsequently Shakespeare has come to be perceived as the owner of the vernacular. These entrenched attitudes prevent us from seeing the actual substance of the text, and the various types of error that it contains and even constitute it. This book argues that we need to attend to error to interpret Shakespeare’s disputed material text, political-dramatic interventions and famous literariness. The consequences of ignoring error are especially significant in the study of Shakespeare, as he mobilises the rebellious, marginal, and digressive potential of error in the creation of literary drama.
The Error World: An Affair with Stamps
by Simon GarfieldAn obsessively readable memoir about the passions—and perils—of collecting, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Just My Type. From the Penny Red to the Blue Mauritius, generations of collectors have been drawn to the mystique of rare stamps. Once a widespread pastime of schoolboys, philately has increasingly become the province of older men obsessed with the shrewd investment, the once-in-a-lifetime find, the one elusive beauty that will complete a collection and satisfy an unquenchable thirst. As a boy, Simon Garfield collected errors—rare pigment misprints that create ghostly absences in certain stamps. Then, in his mid-forties, this passion reignited—and it began to consume him. In the span of a couple of years, he amassed a collection of errors worth upwards of forty thousand British pounds. But as he was pursuing this secret passion, he was also pursuing a romantic one—while his marriage disintegrated. In this unique memoir, Simon Garfield twines the story of his philatelic obsession with an honest, engrossing exploration of the rarities and absences that both limit and define us. The end result is a thoughtful, funny, and enticing meditation on the impulse to possess.
Erstellung hochwertiger Shader für Unity®: Verwendung von Shader Graphs und HLSL Shaders
by Daniel IlettShader gelten oft als mystisch und schwer zu entwickeln, selbst für erfahrene Programmierer, Künstler und Entwickler aus anderen Bereichen des Spieldesigns. Dieses Buch räumt mit dieser Vorstellung auf, indem es Ihr Wissen über in Stufen aufbaut. Es beginnt mit grundlegenden Shader-Mathematiken, erklärt, wie sich die Denkweise der Shader-Entwicklung von anderen Arten von Kunst und Programmierung unterscheidet, und geht dann langsam auf Themen wie Vertex- und Fragment-Shader, Beleuchtung, Tiefenbasierte Effekte, Texture Mapping und Shader Graph ein. Jedes dieser Themen wird mit einer umfassenden Aufschlüsselung, der benötigten Theorie und einigen praktischen Anwendungen für die im jeweiligen Kapitel gelernten Techniken präsentiert. Der HLSL (High Level Shading Language)-Code und Shader Graphs werden für jeden relevanten Abschnitt bereitgestellt, ebenso wie zahlreiche Screenshots. Am Ende des Buches werden Sie ein gutes Verständnis für den Shader-Entwicklungsprozess haben und bestens gerüstet sein, um Ihre eigenen ästhetischen und leistungsstarken Shader-Effekte für Ihre Spiele zu erstellen! Was Sie in diesem Buch lernen Shaders in den Rendering-Pipelines von Unity zu verwenden Shader zu schreiben und ihr Verhalten mit C#-Skripting zu ändern Shader Graph für eine Entwicklung ohne Code zu nutzen Die wichtige Mathematik hinter Shadern zu verstehen, insbesondere Raumtransformationen Die Leistung von Shadern zu analysieren, um Optimierungspotenziale zu identifizieren Zielgruppen Dieses Buch richtet sich an Anfänger in der Shader-Entwicklung oder Leser, die den Schritt von Shader-Code zum Shader Graph machen möchten. Es enthält auch einen Abschnitt über Shader-Beispiele für diejenigen, die bereits die Grundlagen von Shadern kennen und nach spezifischen Anwendungsfällen suchen.
Eruption in the Canyon: 212 Days & Nights with the Genius of Eddie Van Halen
by Andrew BennettA revelatory, fly-on-the-wall collection of photographs and stories documenting Eddie Van Halen at work in his famed but seldom seen 5150 studio, from the 2004 reunion with Sammy Hagar through the 2007 reunion with David Lee Roth.&“When kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say, &‘I&’m not a rock star. I&’m not in it for the fame, I&’m in it because I like to play.&’&” Eddie Van Halen A fortuitous call from a stranger in the middle of the night led to a once-in-a-lifetime assignment. The stranger was Eddie Van Halen. The assignment, as Eddie related it, was to &“capture the truth. Show people how hard I work, because that&’s the truth.&” Having no idea where this would lead or in what form it might be shared, Andrew Bennett spent portions of the next two years relentlessly documenting everything that occurred inside Eddie&’s sanctuary: from rehearsals, recording sessions, and revealing conversations, to vicious arguments, a brotherly brawl, and a wild heist attempt in the middle of the night. Bennett memorialized every square foot of that sacred space, every piece of equipment, and every guitar—including Eddie&’s beloved Frankenstrat. Featuring more than two hundred photographs, and accompanied by intimate reflections on what the author witnessed, Eruption in the Canyon presents an incomparable portrait of one of the most revered artists in history.
Erwin and Painted Post
by Kirk W. HouseErwin and Painted Post are home to major facilities of Corning, Inc., formerly known as Corning Glass Works, a company that made a powerful impact on Erwin's history. In Erwin, folks poured steel, tried out the exotic 1920s military vehicle seen on the cover, and attended family Christmas parties at Ingersoll-Rand. Many of these photographs come from before those high-tech and heavy-industry days, when men rafted lumber down to Gang Mills and farmers relied on equipment that required more horses than men. Over 200 years, Painted Post folks erected four figures of Native Americans. They all still exist and are captured in images here, as are Painted Post High School, the Townsend's Grove Post Office, the Erwin family's fine homes, and life in Cooper's Plains, both then and now. A century and a half of railroading and a century of floods--including the catastrophic Hurricane Agnes in 1972--have altered the landscape. Images of Colonial Days, drill teams, old-time grocery stores, Costa's Field, and even the Civilian Conservation Corps recall a bygone time in local history.
Es mi tipo: Un libro sobre fuentes tipográficas
by Simon Garfield¿Cuál es tu tipo? Una desenfadada introducción al mundo de la tipografía. Desde que las tipografías se mudaron a la barra de herramientas del ordenador todos comenzamos a tener una opinión sobre ellas. Hoy es imposible ignorar su poder, su omnipresencia en las marcas que nos rodean o el carácter que imprimen a nuestros textos. Y si no, ¿por qué despierta tantas antipatías el uso de Comic Sans? ¿A qué se debió el revuelo causado cuando Ikea fue infiel a Futura con Verdana? ¿Por qué Obama decidió optar por la Gotham como su distintivo gráfico? ¿Qué hace que una tipografía «funcione»? Este divertido libro, profusamente ilustrado, cuenta la historia de más de doscientas fuentes desde su nacimiento -y en algunos casos hasta su muerte- a través de anécdotas sobre su empleo, sus creadores y sus usuarios. Garfield explica los fenómenos que hay detrás del dominio de fuentes como Helvética o Times New Roman o del odio hacia otras comoPapyrus. Es mi tipo tiene todas las respuestas para quienes alguna vez se preguntaron qué tienen en común EasyJet y los Beach Boys, cuál es la tipografía favorita de Hollywood o si, como las personas, algunas fuentes son de Marte y otras son de Venus.
Escape! (Reality Show)
by Jannette LaRocheFour high school friends sign up for a TV escape-room competition, but they're assigned to a set that's actually a series of rooms. They have twelve hours to find a way out, but the faster they're able to do it, the higher their prize money will be. As the clues get harder and the time ticks by, tensions run high and confrontations occur. Soon the prize money isn't the only reason they're all desperate to escape.
Escape Artist: A Memoir Of An Artist On Death Row
by William A. NogueraAn ABA Indies Introduce Top Ten Title for Winter 2018William A. Noguera has spent thirty-four years at the notorious San Quentin Prison, home to the nation’s largest and deadliest death row. Each day, men plot against you and your life rests on a razor’s edge. In Escape Artist, he describes his personal growth as a man and artist and shares his insights into daily life and the fight to survive in the underworld of prison culture. After being sentenced to death, he arrived at San Quentin Prison and was thrown into a rat-infested cell—it was there that he discovered the key to his escape: art. Over the next three decades, Noguera rebelled against conventional prison behavior, and instead forged the code he lives by today—accepting responsibility for his actions, and a self-imposed discipline of rehabilitation. In the process, he has explored his capacity to bring focus and clarity to his artistic vision. Escape Artist exposes the violence, politics and everyday existence within the underbelly of society that is prison life. In an unprecedented narrative, Noguera reveals the emotional and heart-wrenching loss that landed him on death row and the journey he has taken to become an award-winning artist, speaker, and author—a tale of one man’s transformation through tragedy.
The Escape from Elba: The Fall & Flight of Napoleon, 1814–1815
by Norman MacKenzieThe year is 1814. The Allies have driven Napoleon's once-mighty armies back to Paris. Trapped, forced to abdicate after two decades of triumphant rule, the Emperor takes leave of his comrades-in-arms and sets sail for his new domain - the tiny, poverty-stricken, pestilential island of Elba. Yet within ten months Napoleon will enter Paris once again, at the heels of the fleeing Bourbon king, flushed with victory and cheered by the masses. The Escape From Elba tells the heroic story of Napoleon's exile and phoenix-like return. In this classic account, now republished in paperback, Norman MacKenzie chronicles this extraordinary year: the tense last hours of Napoleon's empire, his humiliating exile, his midnight escape and his whirlwind march over snowbound mountains to Grenoble where, in a dramatic confrontation with the French army, he became a reigning prince again. Described in vivid detail are Napoleon's adventures as the head of Elba. He brought society, splendour, organization and political intrigue to this run-down backwater. And he displayed on this small stage the many sides of his charismatic.
Escape Home
by Charles Paterson Carrie Paterson"Intimate and scholarly. . . Patient readers will be rewarded. An encyclopedic and epistolary family history, a eulogy for pre-Reich Vienna and an ode to midcentury modernism. ” --Kirkus Reviews "This jewel should not be called a book but a museum. ” -- Will Semler, author (Melbourne, Australia) "One of the more uplifting accounts of European #65533;migr#65533; life that I have read in a long time. . . . It will touch you to tears right away, regardless of how many accounts of similar fates you believe to have studied and understood. . . . What a book!" -- Volker M. Welter, author and architectural historian "An invaluable addition to the literature on the birth of modern Aspen. " --Stewart Oksenhorn,The Aspen Times Charles Paterson (born Karl Schanzer) was only nine years old when the Nazis invaded Austria and his father, Stefan, fled with his children to avoid persecution. To assure their continued safety, the children were baptized and adopted by the Paterson family in Australia while Stefan made a harrowing escape through occupied France. It would be eight years, after much sorrow and loss, before Charles and his sister would reunite with Stefan in the United States. After Charles and Stefan settle in Aspen, Colorado, amidst the snow-capped peaks that remind them of the Austrian Alps, Stefan becomes a high school teacher known for his humor and adventure stories while Charles teaches skiing, serves as a Frank Lloyd Wright apprentice, and then builds his thesis project, the The Boomerang ski lodge. Charles lives with Stefan at The Boomerang and, as Aspen grows into a world-class ski resort, spends fifty years welcoming thousands of people to the town withAustrian warmth andgem#65533;tlichkeit. Based on archival documents and letters, together with the authors’ personal reflections,Escape Home is a family memoir and a meditation on the domestic qualities of architecture, where the bonds of culture and family prove to be the true foundation for rebuilding meaningful lives and finding both security and freedom.
Escape! The Story of the Great Houdini
by Sid FleischmanBiography of Houdini. How did he walk through walls, escape drowning, and shatter iron chains? The rare photos and the exclusive update about the rumor that Houdini was poisoned might help. But remember, a true magician never reveals his tricks.
Escape Velocity: American Science Fiction Film, 1950–1982 (Wesleyan Film Ser.)
by Bradley SchauerToday, movie theaters are packed with audiences of all ages marveling to exciting science fiction blockbusters, many of which are also critically acclaimed. However, when the science fiction film genre first emerged in the 1950s, it was represented largely by exploitation horror films—lurid, culturally disreputable, and appealing to a niche audience of children and sci-fi buffs. How did the genre evolve from B-movie to blockbuster? Escape Velocity charts the historical trajectory of American science fiction cinema, explaining how the genre transitioned from eerie low-budget horror like It Came from Outer Space to art films like Slaughterhouse-Five, and finally to the extraordinary popularity of hits like E.T. Bradley Schauer draws on primary sources such as internal studio documents, promotional materials, and film reviews to explain the process of cultural, aesthetic, and economic legitimation that occurred between the 1950s and 1980s, as pulp science fiction tropes were adapted to suit the tastes of mainstream audiences. Considering the inescapable dominance of today’s effects-driven blockbusters, Escape Velocity not only charts the history of science fiction film, but also gives an account of the origins of contemporary Hollywood.
Escaping the Dark, Gray City: Fear and Hope in Progressive-Era Conservation
by Benjamin Heber JohnsonA compelling and long-overdue exploration of the Progressive-era conservation movement, and its lasting effects on American culture, politics, and contemporary environmentalism The turn of the twentieth century caught America at a crossroads, shaking the dust from a bygone era and hurtling toward the promises of modernity. Factories, railroads, banks, and oil fields—all reshaped the American landscape and people. In the gulf between growing wealth and the ills of an urbanizing nation, the spirit of Progressivism emerged. Promising a return to democracy and a check on concentrated wealth, Progressives confronted this changing relationship to the environment—not only in the countryside but also in dense industrial cities and leafy suburbs. Drawing on extensive work in urban history and Progressive politics, Benjamin Heber Johnson weaves together environmental history, material culture, and politics to reveal the successes and failures of the conservation movement and its lasting legacy. By following the efforts of a broad range of people and groups—women’s clubs, labor advocates, architects, and politicians—Johnson shows how conservation embodied the ideals of Progressivism, ultimately becoming one of its most important legacies.
Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
by Elijah WaldThe life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America's deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surrounding why Johnson was ignored by the core black audience of his time yet now celebrated as the greatest figure in blues history.Trying to separate myth from reality, biographer Elijah Wald studies the blues from the inside -- not only examining recordings but also the recollections of the musicians themselves, the African-American press, as well as examining original research. What emerges is a new appreciation for the blues and the movement of its artists from the shadows of the 1930s Mississippi Delta to the mainstream venues frequented by today's loyal blues fans.
Escargot for It!: A Snail's Guide to Finding Your Own Trail & Shell-ebrating Success
by Sabrina MoyleFrom the pun-loving minds behind beloved creative studio Hello! Lucky, this charming illustrated book compiles encouraging life lessons inspired by the snail. Escargot For It! features wise words on everything from slowing down and staying present, to appreciating the small stuff, to learning to "beleaf" in yourself, to "shell-ebrating" success. Drawing from the wisdom of this magical mollusk and the teachings of great thinkers, this uplifting guide is filled with lessons on how to navigate the mountains and molehills of life—with grace, audacity, and sublime slime. Snails may be unassuming, but they are also enduring, courageous, and a surprisingly sage role model for navigating the mountains and molehills of life.• Teeming with an assortment of quotes, fun facts, short essays, and of course, plentiful snail-themed puns offer guidance on all sorts of important life lessons• Illustrated in Hello! Lucky's playful and exuberant art style• As practical and sincere as it is silly and charmingHello! Lucky's adorable artwork and an assortment of quotes, short musings, and plentiful puns makes this snail's guide to life a seriously inspiring book for grads or anyone contemplating the (slime) trail ahead. Dive in and begin your heroic journey—bit-by-bit, day-by-day, moment-by-moment.• A fun and unique book for graduates, tweens, millennials, or anyone who could use a little encouraging life advice• Perfect for fans of Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood by Mari Andrew, Have a Little Pun: An Illustrated Play on Words by Frida Clements, and It's a Punderful Life: A Fun Collection of Puns and Wordplay by Gemma Correll
The Escorial
by Henry KamenFew buildings have played so central a role in Spain's history as the monastery-palace of San Lorenzo del Escorial. Colossal in size and imposing--even forbidding--in appearance, the Escorial has invited and defied description for four centuries. Part palace, part monastery, part mausoleum, it has also served as a shrine, a school, a repository for thousands of relics, and one of the greatest libraries of its time. Constructed over the course of more than twenty years, the Escorial challenged and provoked, becoming for some a symbol of superstition and oppression, for others a "wonder of the world. " Now a World Heritage Site, it is visited by thousands of travelers every year. In this intriguing study, Henry Kamen looks at the circumstances that brought the young Philip II to commission construction of the Escorial in 1563. He explores Philip's motivation, the influence of his travels, the meaning of the design, and its place in Spanish culture. It represents a highly engaging narrative of the high point of Spanish imperial dominance, in which contemporary preoccupations with art, religion, and power are analyzed in the context of this remarkable building.
Escribiendo la nueva historia
by Laura EsquivelEn este ensayo, Laura Esquivel demuestra cómo el guión cinematográfico es una herramienta para la conciencia que nos permite afrontar nuestro pasado y nuestros temores. De Laura Esquivel, autora del bestseller Como agua para chocolate. Si queremos verdaderamente que la realidad cambie, debemos empezar por un cambio personal. Pero, ¿qué es lo que debemos cambiar? El nuevo libro de Laura Esquivel, Escribiendo la nueva historia o cómo dejar de ser víctima en doce lecciones, es una original propuesta para reflexionar sobre lo que queremos hacer con nuestras vidas, sobre todo cuando perdemos el norte. Escrito con el estilo inconfundible de la autora de Como agua para chocolate, este ensayo nos propone un método para retomar las riendas de la existencia mediante la escritura, gracias, especialmente, a la técnica del guión cinematográfico. Para rediseñar nuestra vida debemos rescribir el guión de la misma. Empezar por los antecedentes, el porqué somos como somos, de qué forma el pasado afecta al resto de nuestras vidas sin que nos demos cuenta. Manejar los miedos y poder superarlos implica que debemos estar listos para cambiar, para ser lo que queríamos ser desde un principio. Porque lo que verdaderamente importa es qué historia contamos, es decir, en qué historia queremos que se convierta nuestra vida y la realidad misma. Lo que ha dicho la crítica: "Este libro es una herramienta para el cambio, para ayudar a dejar los miedos, las culpas, esa idea de que alguien tiene un poder superior al nuestro". -Ericka Montaño Garfias, La Jornada. "Un ensayo acorde con los tiempos de rebelión que corren". -Hoy Extremadura.
Escritos de cine (estuche: Un oficio del siglo xx, Arcadia todas las noches, Cine o Sardina)
by Guillermo Cabrera InfanteLas tres colecciones de artículos sobre cine de Guillermo Cabrera Infante en un estuche que se disfruta como una función. Director de la cinemateca de Cuba y crítico de cine en su juventud, guionista de Hollywood en su madurez, Guillermo Cabrera Infante fue un apasionado cinéfilo toda su vida. El presente estuche reúne sus tres colecciones de ensayos sobre el tema: Un oficio del siglo xx, Arcadia todas las noches y Cine o sardina. En ellas brillan su espíritu lúdico y la fina ironía, que nos ayudan a comprender el sentido, el contexto y la factura del séptimo arte. De texto en texto y de mirada en mirada, Cabrera Infante repasa la obra de Orson Welles, Alfred Hitchcock, Howard Hawks, John Huston o Vincente Minnelli, así como una plétora de películas clásicas y modernas. Si el cine es el protagonista indiscutible, el crítico-escritor no deja de darle la réplica. Del diálogo entre la pantalla y la palabra surgen textos que no solo aportan una valiosa información, sino que se disfrutan como verdaderas funciones. Sobre el autor y la obra:«Para los que estudiábamos cine, Un oficio del siglo XX era un libro de cabecera.»Fernando Trueba «Ha convertido la crítica cinematográfica en un género literario gracias a su riqueza verbal y a su imaginación.»Mario Vargas Llosa «Cabrera Infante es casi una enciclopedia del cine hollywoodense.»Jacobo Machover, Revista de Libros
Escuela de dibujo manga (Manga Drawing School)
by null Mei Yu¡Aprende a dibujar manga con más de 50 clases de dibujo, desde caras fáciles y poses sorprendentes hasta escenas llenas de acción!Escuela de dibujo manga te trae todos los consejos, trucos y conocimientos imprescindibles para desarrollar tus habilidades como dibujante de acuerdo con las nuevas tendencias en el arte manga.En el interior de este libro de manga para todas las edades, encontrarás:Instrucciones paso a paso sobre cómo dibujar manga de la mano de la estrella de YouTube y maestra del manga, Mei Yu.Explicaciones claras y técnicas populares para dibujar expresiones faciales, peinados, partes del cuerpo, poses y mucho más.Toda la información sobre diferentes géneros y estilos del manga: Chibi, MOE, Shojo, Shounen, Josei, etc.Diversidad de personajes con rasgos físicos variados.¡Encuentra las proporciones, expresiones y emociones perfectas para dar vida a tus personajes, diseña su ropa y transmite movimiento y personalidad en tu arte! No importa cuáles sean tus habilidades para dibujar, ya seas un dibujante de manga experto o un principiante con ganas de aprender, este es tu libro.---------------------------------------Learn to create contemporary manga artwork with YouTube sensation Mei Yu (over 1.7 million followers).Experienced teacher and artist Mei Yu takes you through every step, from simple faces to striking poses and action–packed scenes, with over 50 lessons so you can elevate your skills. Mei Yu includes the most popular techniques from her globally popular YouTube channel so readers can understand how to achieve these incredible characters for themselves.Whatever level you are - beginner or advanced, and whatever your age, this book is packed with tips, tricks, and all the practical know-how you need to develop your manga drawing skills in line with new trends in manga art. Mei Yu shows you how to draw facial expressions, body shapes, and more.Starting with the basics of drawing human characters, you will go on to learn about proportion, expressions, emotions, and hairstyles, design your own costumes, and learn how to convey movement in your art.
Esercizio plastico
by Lázaro Droznes Lavinia GalvagnoQuesta opera letteraria ricrea quei giorni del 1932 durante i quali, David Siqueiros, un pittore impegnato nel comunismo e nell'arte come strumento della Rivoluzione, ottiene la possibilità di dipingere, se pur contro tutti i suoi principi ideologici, un murale che mostra delle donne nude nel seminterrato della villa "Los Granados", del magnate del giornalismo Natalio Botana, proprietario di Critica. La moglie del pittore, Blanca Luz Brum, è la modella utilizzata nel murale. Una volta terminato il progetto, Blanca Luz abbandona Siqueiros e si innamora di Natalio Botana. Siqueiros ritorna in Messico espulso dall'Argentina e un anno dopo, Luz abbandona Botana. Cinquanta anni dopo, la villa viene comprata per estrarre il murale dalla cantina abbandonata e venderlo nel mercato internazionale. Per problemi giuridici l'opera viene conservata per 15 anni in diversi luoghi nel porto di Buenos Aires, ed è infine espropriata dal governo argentino per essere ripristinata ed esposta al pubblico in occasione delle celebrazioni per il bicentenario dell'indipendenza dell'Argentina. Questa opera letteraria ricrea situazioni che hanno accompagnato questa storia straordinaria che riflette l'Argentina degli anni '30 che vede come suo leit motiv i molteplici cambi di scenario.
