John Ruskin 
The Elements of Drawing; The Elements of Perspective and the Laws of Fésole [PDF ebook] 

1844年大清帝国签订《中法黄埔条约》，明确规定准许传教与设立教堂自由，从此解除了中国的百年教禁，而法国也取代葡萄牙获得「在华保教权」（Protectorate of Missions）；1911年辛亥革命、大清覆亡、民国继起，英美法等列强的压力，让国民政府对各国采取雨露均沾的开放政策，而一纸「在华保教权」，暗地里掀起了法国与罗马梵谛冈教廷之间在中国的谍对谍。1919年北平掀起的五四运动成为「反 …

1844年大清帝國簽訂《中法黃埔條約》，明確規定准許傳教與設立教堂自由，從此解除了中國的百年教禁，而法國也取代葡萄牙獲得「在華保教權」（Protectorate of Missions）；1911年辛亥革命、大清覆亡、民國繼起，英美法等列強的壓力，讓國民政府對各國採取雨露均霑的開放政策，而一紙「在華保教權」，暗地裡掀起了法國與羅馬梵諦岡教廷之間在中國的諜對諜。1919年北平掀起的五四運動成為「反 …

Drawing on decades of conversations with practicing artists, Martin Gayford offers intimate insight into the practice, meaning, and potential of painting. Painting is an almost inconceivably ancient …

Pose: A Life Drawing Reference is a captivating photography book series that serves as a valuable resource for artists seeking inspiration and reference in their figure drawing practice. With a colle …

Presented in My Journey through Ink and Paint is the mind of a pensive wanderer who journeys through a world of colors. This work depicts abstract art in a stylish evolution of colors through contras …

This compelling new study considers contemporary painting’s relationship with time and with events, ideas and paintings from the past. Following French philosopher Jean-François Lyotard’s determinati …

All throughout the Bible, it is mentioned how God or his angels spoke to many through their dreams: Noah, Daniel, Jacob, Joseph, Mary, mother of Jesus, and John in Revelations. These dreams were to w …

  Since I was a child, my father had me practice Chinese calligraphy every day. This was our family tradition, each generation since my great-grandfather lived by this tradition, because my grea …

This book is the first to explore, in depth, major painters of the period and the factors that shaped their art. Accessible to both art novice and specialist, it is written in jargon-free, readable l …