Nikolai Taranov

Author works

Psalm of David "Praise God in his sanctuary"

Psalm of David "Praise God in his sanctuary"

Toned paper, broad-nib and sharp-pointed nib pens, tempera, 47x68 cm, 2010
Feather and Sword

Feather and Sword

Tinted paper, gouache, broad brush, sharp-pointed nib pen, 40x60 cm, 2009
Application to become a member of the National Union of Calligraphers

Application to become a member of the National Union of Calligraphers

20.8х29 cm, 2009
Giver

Giver

Tinted paper, sharp-pointed nib pen, broad brushes, gouache, 35x50 cm, 2007
Wealth

Wealth

Tinted paper, sharp-pointed nib pen, broad brushes, gouache, 35x50 cm, 2007
Angel

Angel

Tinted paper, broad brushes, gouache, 35x50 cm, 2007
Cross

Cross

Tinted paper, broad brushes, gouache, 35x50 cm, 2007
Maestro

Maestro

Tinted paper, sharp-pointed nib pen, brush, ink, gouache, 34x46 cm, 2007
The Craft of Handwritten Script

The Craft of Handwritten Script

PH MPI, Moscow, 14x19 cm, 1991
The Craft of the Script. Methodological instructive regulations

The Craft of the Script. Methodological instructive regulations

PH Peremena, Volgograd, 14x20 cm, 2005
Handwritten Script

Handwritten Script

PH Vishcha school at the Lvov State University, Lvov, 17x24 cm, 1986
Secrets of the Russian Land "Runes of the Slavs and the Glagolitic"

Secrets of the Russian Land "Runes of the Slavs and the Glagolitic"

PH Popular assembly, Moscow, 368 pages, 13x20 cm, 2010
Artistic and Image Expressiveness of Fonts

Artistic and Image Expressiveness of Fonts

PH Peremena, Volgograd, 18x24 cm, 2000
Font and Image in Publishing

Font and Image in Publishing

PH World of a book at MSAP, Moscow, 14x19 cm, 1995
Writing utensils of N. Taranov

Writing utensils of N. Taranov


Stop living this way… Bill Gates

Stop living this way… Bill Gates

Brush, acryl, 500 x 640 mm, 2016
Your Errors are Your Power

Your Errors are Your Power

Broad nibs, ink, 2016

Biography

Nikolai Taranov

Ph.D., Pedagogic Science; Candidate of Art History, Professor, Member of the Union of Artists of Russia
(Volgograd, Russia)

Director of the Institute of Artistic Education, Chairman of the Chair of Graphic Art and Design; Professor of the Chair of Graphic Art and Design; member of the Union of Artists of Russia and UNESCO International Academy of Fine Arts, corresponding fellow of the International Academy of Science of Pedagogic Education (IASPE) and member of the Directorate for Education and Methodology of Visual Arts.

He graduated from the Ukrainian Printing College (Ivan Fedorov College) majoring in Graphic Art in 1979. In 1983/1993, he headed the Chair of Book Design and Illustration at the Ukrainian Printing College (Ivan Fedorov College), Lvov. He has two certificates for industrial sample of new fonts and author structures for pre-school children publications. He headed the SNTB for development and introduction of fonts for composing typewriters of Kirovograd-based Pishmash production association.

He is an author of five study guides in font art, such as Handwritten Script (Lvov, 1986), The Art of Handwritten Script (Moscow, 1989) and Script and Image (Moscow, 1991). In 1993, he entered the post-graduate course at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts, (academic advisor - Yu.I. Chuvashev, professor, Department of Art and Technical Design of Printed Products).

In 1986, he defended his candidate’s thesis (Stroganov Higher Artistic and Industrial School) and got the academic degree of Candidate of Art History. In 1994, he was given the academic title of professor, Chair of Book Graphic Design and Illustration, Ukrainian Printing Institute. In 1994, he returned to Volgograd for permanent residence and was invited to work with the Volgograd National Pedagogic University. Since July 1, 1994, he has headed the Chair of Drawing and Painting, Volgograd National Pedagogical University.

In 2002, he got the academic title of corresponding fellow of the International Academy of Science of Pedagogic Education (IASPE). He took part in all-Russian, regional, municipal and university-wide scientific and practical conferences. He has a series of Russian and international publications. In 2002, he had his monograph on Artistic and Image Expressiveness of Fonts (Volgograd) published. In 2003, he defended his doctoral thesis in the Moscow State Pedagogical University majoring in (qualification 13.00.02) Theory and Method of Education and Upbringing (Visual Art) devoted to Artistic and Image Expressiveness of Fonts as Means of Development of Creative Abilities of Students from Artistic and Graphic Art Schools.