Machinery of the portrait. The experience of the viewer, teacher and artist

Russian schedule Viktor Melamed, widely known for the work for leading domestic and foreign newspapers and magazines - The Rolling Stone, The New Yorker and others - shares in his book the thoughts of the art of portrait in the past and present, in high and popular culture, in painting in painting And in the illustration. Approaching the creation of a portrait from a practical point of view and pushing the veil in front of the creative "cuisine" of the artist, he unobtrusively - raises the bar and invites us to think about how the image of a person is formed and perceived. This gives his book depth and makes it valuable both for beginners and practicing artists, and for all those interested in the psychology of art and perception.
The second edition is supplemented by the author