El dibujo constituye la obra primigenia que todo artista debe abordar, es la estructura elemental de cualquier creación plástica. Por tanto, para iniciarse en cualquier procedimiento artístico es necesario tener un conocimiento previo de las técnicas de representación dibujísticas. Esto es precisamente lo que ofrece este libro: una guía completa y detallada de los principios elementales del dibujo, los materiales y los medios de dibujo más comunes, las técnicas básicas para dominar los trazos, tramas y sombreados, así como la composición, el encaje y la valoración tonal, entre otras muchas cuestiones. Todo ello explicado a través de multitud de imágenes, con demostraciones prácticas, consejos y trucos profesionales, análisis de obras y ejercicios paso a paso. En definitiva, un manual completo que anima a los noveles a dar sus primeros pasos, que conduce al principiante a realizar bocetos que concluirán en obras acabadas y que inspira a los amantes del dibujo a experimentar con nuevas técnicas y a revisar lo aprendido.

Fundamentos del dibujo artístico, es un pilar básico en la colección, de enorme utilidad para quienes quieran profundizar y avanzar en el dibujo de otros temas. Es una guía completa y detallada de los principios elementales del dibujo, los materiales y los medios de dibujo más comunes, las técnicas básicas para dominar trazos, tramas y sombreados, así como la composición, el encaje y la valoración tonal, entre muchas otras cuestiones. Todo ello explicado a través de multitud de imágenes, con demostraciones prácticas, consejos y trucos profesionales, análisis de obras y ejercicios paso a paso. Es un manual completo que anima a los noveles a dar sus primeros pasos, que conduce al principiante a realizar bocetos que concluirán en obras acabadas y que inspira a los amantes del dibujo a experimentar con nuevas técnicas y a revisar lo aprendido

Analyzes the evolution of contemporary art in Chile from 1973 to 2007. This edition reproduces more than 500 color images of works by 74 contemporary artists (selected by editor Mosquera) including names such as: Juan Downey, Carlos Arias, (Santiago, Chile, 1964); Juan Castillo, (Antofagasta, 1952); Eugenio Dittborn, (Santiago, Chile, 1943); Paz Errzuriz, (Santiago, Chile, 1944); Volupsa Jarpa, (Rancagua, 1971); Carlos Leppe, (Santiago, Chile, 1952); and Carolina Ruff, (Santiago, Chile, 1973), as well as younger generation artists. The artists are presented in alphabetical order with brief introductory texts. Each reproduced work is rigorously documented with a caption that, in addition to providing the technical data offers the reader a description of the work for better comprehension. Six essays by noted critics and art historians: Guillermo Machuca, Mar̕a Berr̕os, Justo Pastor Mellado, Catalina Mena, Nelly Richard y Adriana V̀lads (description provided by vendor).

Young children and teachers both have active roles in the learning processHow do preschoolers learn and develop? What are the best ways to support learning in the early years? This revised edition of The Intentional Teacher guides teachers to balance both child-guided and adult-guided learning experiences that build on children's interests and focus on what they need to learn to be successful in school and in life.This edition offers new chapters on science, social studies, and approaches to learning. Also included is updated, expanded information on social and emotional development, physical development and health, language and literacy, mathenatics, and the creative arts. In each chapter are many practical teaching strategies that are illustrated with classroom-based anecdotes.The Intentional Teacher encourages readers to- Reflect on their principles and practices- Broaden their thinking about appropriate early curriculum content and instructional methods- Discover specific ideas and teaching strategies for interacting with children in key subject areasIntentional teaching does not happen by chance. This book will help teachers apply their knowledge of children and of content to make thoughtful, intentional use of both child-guided and adult-guided experiences.

The Death of Drawing explores the causes and effects of the epochal shift from drawing to computation as the chief design and communication medium in architecture. Drawing both framed the thinking of architects and organized the design and construction process to place architects at its center. Its displacement by building information modeling (BIM) and computational design recasts both the terms in which architects think and their role in building production. Author David Ross Scheer explains that, whereas drawing allowed architects to represent ideas in form, BIM and computational design simulate experience, making building behavior or performance the primary object of design. The author explores many ways in which this displacement is affecting architecture: the dominance of performance criteria in the evaluation of design decisions; the blurring of the separation of design and construction; the undermining of architects’ authority over their projects by automated information sharing; the elimination of the human body as the common foundation of design and experience; the transformation of the meaning of geometry when it is performed by computers; the changing nature of design when it requires computation or is done by a digitally-enabled collaboration. Throughout the book, Scheer examines both the theoretical bases and the practical consequences of these changes. The Death of Drawing is a clear-eyed account of the reasons for and consequences of the displacement of drawing by computational media in architecture. Its aim is to give architects the ability to assess the impact of digital media on their own work and to see both the challenges and opportunities of this historic moment in the history of their discipline.