Artist's Photo Reference: Buildings & Barns (Artist's Photo Reference Series)

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Very good book to have if you're an artist

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Artist's Photo Reference: Buildings & Barns (Artist's Photo Reference Series)
Gary Greene
Manufacturer: North Light Books
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ASIN: 1581800010

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Accomplished artist and photographer Gary Greene has collected a comprehensive gallery of color photographs of barns, houses, buildings, churches, bridges, and other landmarks and architectural details in Artist's Photo Reference: Buildings & Barns. The intense, rich saturation of the structures is captured in bright natural light and through views designed to work within and complement landscape composition. The book, which forms a unique pictorial record of a vanishing America, is flush with variations on general themes, such as classical revival, Tudor, and southwestern in the "Houses" section. Each reference section contains a complete step-by-step demonstration by contributing artists employing various media, such as a pastel composition of a stately white farmhouse set between a dreamy blue April sky and riotous red and yellow tulips, or an imposing Victorian mansion whose complex architectural details are precisely delineated in ink, watercolor, and colored pencil. Greene also describes how to go into the field and make your own reference photos without spending a great deal of money. This book will appeal to artists who enjoy painting and drawing rural scenes or who wish to infuse a bit of idealistic realism into their landscape compositions. --Mary Ribesky

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Every artist faces the difficulty of finding and taking good reference photos. In this book, photographer and artist Gary Greene captures an incredible range of architectural subjects, enabling artists to incorporate them into their own work while saving time and money.

A variety of homes, store fronts, railroad stations, barns, school houses, sheds, churches, bridges, towers, and gazebos are included--with hundreds of detailed photos that capture the spirit and character of these subjects, ranging from weathered and rustic to unusual and charming.

Six step-by-step demonstrations show artists how to incorporate the featured reference photos into their own work. Each demo focuses on a different medium, including oil, pastel, colored pencil, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media.

* Perfect for artists of any skill level or medium
* Puts a world of architecture right at artists' fingertips.
* Includes 400+ high-quality, color-saturated reference photos

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Very good book to have if you're an artist.......2007-06-05

I have almost all of the photo reference picture books with the exception of Boats and Nautical scenes. I consider this book a very good one, because it gives you a wide variety of subjects to choose from, arranged in groups. For example, he will have photos of weathered barns, of houses of different periods, etc. Browsing through the photo reference books I'm sure of finding something that will inspire me. The advantage of these photos is that they were taken by an artist, with artists in mind and that makes a big difference when using them as subjects for a work of art.

Great Artists Visual Reference.......2004-09-10

Artist's Photo reference is a compilation of over 400 photos of architecture from barns to wharves which artists can use for painting or other graphic illustration. Included are 6 painting demos and examples of techniques to use when creating your very own masterpiece. I particularly liked it that the author addresses copyright issues and how to make photo collages to create your own graphic aids. This is a must for artists who like to use photos for more photo-realistic paintings and who do not have access to their subjects.

If you like this one, make sure to check out the other books in the series: Artist's Photo Reference: Birds, Artist's Photo Reference: Flowers, and Artist Photo REference: Landscapes.

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For millennia, people of all cultures have decorated the surfaces of their domestic, religious, and public buildings. Earthen architecture in particular has been, and continues to be, a common ground for surface decoration such as paintings, sculpted bas-relief, and ornamental plasterwork.
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Conservation of earthen architecture.(The Conservation of Decorated Surfaces on Earthen Architecture)(Book review): An article from: Architectural Science Review

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Conservation of earthen architecture.(The Conservation of Decorated Surfaces on Earthen Architecture)(Book review): An article from: Architectural Science Review
H.J. Cowan
Manufacturer: Thomson Gale
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ASIN: B000OV1978
Release Date: 2007-03-26

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Binding: Unknown Binding
ASIN: 0642888876

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Dark Horse is making this title available in Spanish language for the first time! In the weeks before the events in Star Wars: A New Hope, as the Death Star is readied for its fateful first mission, a power-hungry cabal of Grand Mofs and Imperial Officers embark on a dangerous plan to kill Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader and seize control of the Empire!

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Gran serie de Darth Vader.......2006-08-14

El lado oscuro de la fuerza tiene su propia serie. Esta es la introducción a una serie de cuarenta numeros que impactan como todo Star Wars. Inolvidable y eterna de una galaxia muy lejana.

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"When in doubt, make a Western." —John Ford

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Really illustrates Ford's genius........2007-07-03

I was never too big a John Ford fan, just got this from the library out of curiosity, and I'm definitely going to purchase it. Its such a beautiful book, with not only large photos which capture the most visually awesome moments from all of Ford's many movies, including a revealing array of moments from lost films. Really illustrates Ford's genius in two ways: you can read it once with the margins, absorbing each large picture and its caption, then more in depth by reading the text in the middle by Eyman, who wrote a good book on Ernst Lubitsch amongst other things.

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A song collection for the flat-picker with helpful notes on how to play back-up and special effects. Forty tunes. Selected discography and bibliography. Standard notation and easy-to-read tablature.

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An extremely fun and useful book.......2005-12-20

First published in 1974, this book is a great collection and introduction to old-time and bluegrass tunes for guitar. It includes a number of standards such as Blackberry Blossom and the Sailor's Hornpipe, as well as lesser known tunes such as Weave and Way (on Norman Blake's Back Home in Sulphur Springs).

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While all of the songs have been recorded - some dozens if not hundreds of time - it would be nice to have this updated with a CD sometime.

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Richard Lieberson's Old-time Fiddle Tunes for Guitar

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Art of Attack in Chess

Impressions of a B Player

Chess Attacks, Traps & Tactics all rolled into one!!!

Tough but very informative

Art of Attack in Chess
Vladimir Vukovic
Manufacturer: Everyman Chess
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Great book for chess enthusiasts.......2007-05-14

I found this book to be very helpful in learning how to navigate the middlegame better. The concepts are very well organized. Beginners may find this book too complex and involved, but for those who seriously want to get better at chess this book is a must have!

Art of Attack in Chess.......2007-01-22

A wonderful in-depth challange as to the art of the 'middle-game'. Written for both beginner and expert. Forces reader to think, no boring lectures here!

Raised my winning percentage already in my club, by 25% with just one read! You won't go wrong with this book!!!

Impressions of a B Player.......2007-01-05

This book was recommended to me by a player who had improved rapidly by reading it. It deals with specific elements of attacks and helps to build familiarity with the patterns that lead to those attacks. My only concern is that the openings emphasized are not the fianchetto openings I play. The patterns covered will apply more often to players who do not play fianchetto openings (though fianchettos are not ignored).

Chess Attacks, Traps & Tactics all rolled into one!!!.......2006-09-12

My favorite books: books that cover "tactics and combinations" (the reason why most people lose or win at the non-master level), "traps" (tactics in the opening while learning your openings are important) and "building and executing attacks".
This is one of the most detailed (I haven't seen a more detailed one) books on building (from the opening on into the middle game in many cases) and the executing your attack! Many important themes are covered - these are the most common ideas - and often much of the time it will show why an attack idea has a flaw in it!

Tough but very informative.......2006-01-12

This is a great read to get a solid grounding in the entire attacking process. This is coming from a 1300 player who took about two and a half years (off and on) to trudge through this one. Even though it might be a lot more helpful to higher-rated players, if you're willing to tackle it, I believe you will benefit. Just having concepts crucial to any attack such as focal-points, mating patterns, and preconditions for an attack explained has broadened my idea of what an attack is and how difficult it is to undertake correctly. The chapter on the classic bishop sacrifice was one of my favorites. Vukovic gives the reader a strong guide as to when the sac works and when it doesn't with clear examples and ideas. This was an idea I had not been aware of and now I'm better prepared not only to defend against it, but also to carry it out. There were many parts of the book that I did not fully grasp, particularly the later chapters (Defending Against the Attack on the Castled King and The Phases of the Attack on the Castled King). Even so it was an introduction to the depth that one needs to go to successfully attack at the highest levels of chess. I would recommend this book to anybody who loves chess, is aggressive over-the-board and is willing to put in some hard work.

On the Attack: The Art of Attacking Chess According to the Modern Masters

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On the Attack: The Art of Attacking Chess According to the Modern Masters
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The Art of Attacking Chess According to the Modern Masters The modern style of attacking chess explained to amateur chess players by a world famous grandmaster. This book explains how to build up an advantage in the game and how to convert that advantage into an aggressive strategy and into great attacking moves. It teaches the best way to exploit weaknesses in the opponent's position. Timman has selected the most instructive attacking games of great players like Kasparov, Topalov, Karpov, Shirov, and Judit Polgar in order to explain to amateur chess players the basic ideas of modern attacks and their successful execution. On the Attack will in crease your imagination and your confidence, and will lead to more wins be cause you know when, where and how to at tack in chess.

Jan Timman has for twenty years been one of the top players of the world. He contested many Candidates Matches for the world title. He wrote several highly acclaimed books, among which Chess the Adventurous Way, Power Play with Pieces, and Curaçao 1962.

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New, Interesting, Good Style.......2006-12-30

Why I am qualified to review this book: I used to be ranked #25 on the top 100 list for my age. I won third in the N. CA jr. High champs, 3rd at a LA Masters. I have had the honor of working with FM Banawa, from the Philippines, who is now rated 2307 according to January FIDE rating supplement. I have also work with other strong players, with ratings over 2400 USCF. So, I am no stranger to books, especially attacking books, the other book that I thought was really really good was Attack with Tal.

Most Attacking books are showing examples of the position and what happens (in reference to Larry Christiansen's Rocking the Ramparts and Storming the Barricades). This book Rocks the Ramparts and Storms the Barricades even better then LarryC did (in reference to Larry Christiansen's 2 books, one for Gambit Publishers, the other for Batsford Publishers)! A very impressive book. Jan Timman starts annalyzing from move 1, and tells us up front what happens. He looks over the games of GMs Anatoly Karpov (Boa Constrictor), Jan Timman (Iniatiative), Garry Kasparov (Demolitions), Nigel Short (Elegance), Ivan Sokolov (Target Practice), Vasily Ivanchuk (Origional and Depth), Viswanathan Anand (Efficiency), Alexey Shirov (Creative) Vessilin Topalov (Wild Adventures), Judit Polgar (Agression), and Andrey Volokitin (dogged determination). He then goes over a brief summary of the players, then shows us some of their games, why he gave them their names.

Anatoly Karpov - because he sacrifices an exchange to keep the enemy king in the center, and then just attacks them, and transposes into a won endgame, which is a very efficient and effective style.
Jan Timman - Because Jan Timman seems to grab the Initiative in the middle game, and then launch a interesting and also beautiful attack.
Garry Kasparov - Well as we all know, GM Kasparov is brilliant. He just destroys everyone. He is very strong, and is by far the best player in the world. Kasparov just attacks!
Nigel Short - Short is very strong at attacking chess. He has a nice elegant flow to his chess, and that is why Timman labeled him "Attractive Ellegance". All of the games that he played here are very nice, and extremely good quality.
Ivan Sokolov - Sokolov is a strong GM, who is well known for his positional understanding. Sometimes, he wakes up and decides that it is a day where he will go after his opponent's king. When that happens, he almost never misses his target, and Timman proves it through examples.
Vasily Ivanchuk - Vasily "chuky" Ivanchuk has been a top GM for years, and was thought to be the next work champion in the early 1990s. He is very strong positional player, yet he is also vrey strong in attacking chess. He is just plain 100% Original in his ideas.
Vishy Anand - We all know Anand is one of the best players in the world, if not the best. He is always very efficient, with a deep positional understanding, yet he also knows how to attack, and is very good at attacking chess.
Alexey Shirov - The 2006 Tal, Alexey Shirov is a brilliant GM, and has been a member of the world elite for years. His creativity propelled him there. He has had some nice wins over all of the top GMs in the world, and is known for his razor sharpk, creative style.
Vesselin Topalov - He is always well prepared, and his opening preparation is based on that he can get a good position where he has a chance to launch an attack on the enemy king. He takes lots of risks, and is also ex-world champion because he lost 5-6 in classical and 2.5 - 1.5 in rapid chess to Vladimir Kramnik.
Judit Polgar - She has been known for years to be a very strong attacking player. Timman shows us this through examples again.
Andrey Volokitin - Volokitin is a very strong players, who was once ranked #25 in the world. In GM Timman's opinion, his play and style reminds him of Vlemovich when he was younger (Vlemovich is the guy who invented the Bc4 Qe2 0-0-0 system against the classical Sicilian) a player with a head of crazy ideas.

Next, he showed through 33 more examples common tactical themes in chess, a "quiet move", which is really just a knock out move, that limits the enemy king's mobility, and its just game over. He gives numerous other examples of other common themes. It was very interesting.

Timman proved to me that this is a good book, and I will be buying another Jan Timman book. He is very good writer, and player. He shows us how to build an attack step by step. I recommend this book to all, strong attackers and not so strong attackers, Patzers (club players) to GMs, this book can improve your chess a tremendous amount! I, as a very strong attacker, really enjoyed the book, and learned a lot. It is to mention that I didn't even need a board to go over the games, there were enough diagrams, for me, so that I could take a little checkpoint every now and then, and know exactly what was going on.
Jan Timman, an ex-member of the world elite, and still a very strong player, he is the man! He is one of the most qualified people in this world to be writing a book about attacking chess. He is very good with the Initiative, and very good when needed to attack.

Great for amateur players.......2006-12-20

A very instructive book because it makes clear there are different ways of obtaining the initiative in a game, by pointing at the differences in style of various top players. Timman almost always concentrates at the essence of a position, without bothering you with pages of variations and subvariations. Maybe it takes the confidence of a top player like Timman to leave out most of the stuff computers come up with.

Superficial Analysis.......2006-12-09

The book is comprised of 33 games: three games from each of eleven masters (Karpov, Short, Kasparov, Topalov, Polgar, Sokolov, Anand, Timman, and I forget the others). Serious players will have seen the games before in publications such as NIC Magazine and Chess Informant. In some cases, they're so well known they've already appeared in several books. Timman's light analysis and comments don't shed any new light on the games. This book is closer in style to his earlier book, "Curacao 1962," rather than his more serious "The Art of Chess Analysis" or "Power Chess with Pieces."

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The Art of Attack in Chess
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Modern art of attack
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Ataque sobre columnas y diagonales. (ajedrez).(ajedrez)(TT: Attack across colums and diagonals.)(TA: chess)(Artículo Breve): An article from: Epoca

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Ataque sobre columnas y diagonales. (ajedrez).(ajedrez)(TT: Attack across colums and diagonals.)(TA: chess)(Artículo Breve): An article from: Epoca
Román Torán
Manufacturer: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008IPQ5S
Release Date: 2005-06-01

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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on August 10, 2001. The length of the article is 1903 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Ataque sobre columnas y diagonales. (ajedrez).(ajedrez)(TT: Attack across colums and diagonals.)(TA: chess)(Artículo Breve)
Author: Román Torán
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 10, 2001
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