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Key Writers On Art
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Arts Management
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The Italian Commedia and Please be Gentle
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Making Connections
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Through exercises, illustrations, and detailed anatomical drawings, this remarkable book guides the reader toward total body integration. [Read more]
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Suggestology
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Subtle Bodies
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Throughout the course of Byzantine history, Christian doctrine taught that angels have a powerful place in cosmology. It also taught that angels were immaterial, bodiless, ... [Read more]
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Compact Cities
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This new book examines and evaluates the merits and defects of compact city approaches in the context of developing countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. [Read more]
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Social History Of Art, Volume 3
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First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. ... [Read more]
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Yuri Lyubimov: Thirty Years at the Taganka Theatre
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American Architectural History
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This book presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times. [Read more]
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Pop Art and the Origins of Post-Modernism
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Harrison's study examines the critical reception of Pop Art, comparing the ideas of its New York-based critics with the strikingly similar body of thought now associated wi... [Read more]
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Recording Conceptual Art
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Recording Conceptual Art features a highly provocative series of previously unpublished interviews conducted in early 1969 with some of the most dynamic, daring, and innova... [Read more]
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Orientalist Aesthetics
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Lavishly illustrated with exotic images ranging from Renoir's forgotten Algerian oeuvre to the abstract vision of Matisse's Morocco and beyond, this book is the first histo... [Read more]
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Generations & Geographies in the Visual Arts
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An analysis of the visual arts from a critical feminist perspective. Women artists' responses to motherhood, the body, the land and history are examined. [Read more]
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Images in Libraries Museums and Archives
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Qusayr 'Amra
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From the stony desolation of Jordan's desert, it is but a step through a doorway into the bath house of the Qusayr 'Amra hunting lodge. Inside, multicolored frescoes depict... [Read more]
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Pencil Sketching, Second Edition
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For a quarter century, artists, architects, designers, and dabblers in the graphic arts have turned to Thomas Wang's bestselling classic (100, 000 copies sold) for their ba... [Read more]
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Colour Forecasting
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This title discusses the development of various driving forces for fashion and how and when colour forecasting began to develop. It provides comprehensive details on colour... [Read more]
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Explicit Body in Performance
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An in-depth and accessible study of the controversial and often shocking issues which surround the use of the female body in performance art. [Read more]
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Archaeology of Personhood
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The Archaeology of Personhood discusses what it means to be human and, by drawing on examples from European prehistory, discusses the implications that contemporary underst... [Read more]
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Ritual and Domestic Life in Prehistoric Europe
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This fascinating study explores how our prehistoric ancestors developed rituals from everyday life and domestic activities. This book examines farming, craft production and... [Read more]
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Social History Of Art, Volume 1
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First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. ... [Read more]
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Venus in Exile
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Whereas previous eras had celebrated beauty as the central aim of art, the modernist avant-garde were deeply suspicious of beauty and its perennial symbols, woman and ornam... [Read more]
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Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
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With over 500 entries, and over 100 plans, sketch maps, photographs and illustrations, this work provides the fullest range of artistic, technical, archaeological, cultural... [Read more]
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Edison Denisov
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Edison Denisov belongs to a generation of composers who came to the fore in the post- Stalinist era and were destined to change the course of Russian music. This generation... [Read more]
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In Other Los Angeleses
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Performance art and Los Angeles, two subjects spectacularly resistant to definitions, illuminate each other in this searching study by Meiling Cheng. A marginal artistic pu... [Read more]
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Contemporary Theory of Conservation
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A concise and informative review of the last 25 years of artistic, historical, & cultural object conservation theory [Read more]
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Art and Revolution
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""Art and Revolution"" by Richard Wagner is a classic work of literature that can be enjoyed by all. Download ""Art and Revolution""... [Read more]
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Key Writers On Art
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A unique and authoritative guide to theories of art from Ancient Greece to the end of the Victorian era, this is an invaluable book for both students and general readers wi... [Read more]
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Pictures & Tears
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James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have s... [Read more]
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Art History
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This clear and concise introduction examines all the major debates and issues using a wide range of well-known examples. Importantly, this book explains how the traditional... [Read more]
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Landscape
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The original concept for Landscape: Pattern, Perception and Process is to bring together the work and subject areas of a range of disciplines. This book demonstrates how th... [Read more]
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Archaeology of Images
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An Archaeology of Images takes a fresh look at how ancient images of both people and animals were used in the Iron Age and Roman societies of Europe, 600 BC to AD 400. [Read more]
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Threads
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Designers are great white sharks, and we roam the waters ourselves. We often pretend to like and admire each other, but sometimes we don't even bother to fake it. The fashi... [Read more]
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History and International Relations
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This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical realis... [Read more]
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Understanding Architecture Through Drawing
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This introduction to design and graphic techniques will help the designer increase his or her understanding of buildings and places through drawing. [Read more]
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Saffron
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Providing a comprehensive and contemporary overview of the status of this particular genus, this book will be of interest to all those concerned with the study and uses of ... [Read more]
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Thinking Through the Arts
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This book draws together a number of different approaches to teaching young children that combine the experience of thinking with the act of expression through art. [Read more]
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Public Archaeology
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This much-needed volume scrutinises in detail the relationship between archaeology, heritage and the public. Featuring case studies from around the world. [Read more]
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How to Buy and Sell Art
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Never bought a painting or a sculpture? This guide has all the answers for those who want to start collecting art but don't know where to begin. [Read more]
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Envisioning the Past
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Envisioning the Past brings together archaeologists, art historians, and anthropologists to offer new perspectives on the construction of knowledge concerning the antiquity... [Read more]
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Dada and Surrealism
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Dada and Surrealism are two of the most important movements of modern art. This book provides an account of them in historical terms, but also explains why they are importa... [Read more]
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Modern Art
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As public interest in modern art continues to grow, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about mod... [Read more]
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Art Theory
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Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy, art theory, and many engrossing examples. She discusses blood,... [Read more]
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Art Space and the City
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This book examines public art outside the normal confines of art criticism and places it within broader contexts of public space and gender by exploring both the aesthetic ... [Read more]
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The Social History of Art. Volume 2 Renaissance Mannerism Baroque
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First published in 1951 Arnold Hauser s commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age.... [Read more]
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Music and the Cognitive Sciences
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Over the last decade, cognitive science has increasingly come to be seen as offering an appropriate framework within which to explore and to explain issues in musical liste... [Read more]
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The Egyptian Revival
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Professor Curl's magisterial survey is a definitive account of the ways in which artists and especially architects have brought Egyptian forms and images into the public eye. [Read more]
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Myth of Primitivism
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This work is a controversial critique of art theory, practice and politics, and a major enquiry into the history of primitivism and its implications for contemporary culture. [Read more]
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A Portrait of the Visual Arts
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Providing information about developments in the visual arts world, this book promotes analysis of the sector, describing the characteristics of visual arts consumers (colle... [Read more]
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The Sexual Perspective
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This ground-breaking work has been fully updated in detailing the painting, sculpture and photography of gay or lesbian artists. Set in the context of current issues Cooper... [Read more]
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Design History
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Introductory text which guides the student of design history through the delights and difficulties of the subject, highlighting various approaches to study. [Read more]
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Manga For Dummies
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Step-by-step guidance on creating manga, the popular Japanese-style comics. Featuring youthful characters with oversized eyes and outsized emotions, expressive graphics, an... [Read more]
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Ingres Then, And Now
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This is an unusually fine and intelligent study, which will prove compelling to anyone thinking about the nature of modern art and the situation of the modern artist in 19t... [Read more]
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Conservation of Furniture
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This book is a comprehensive resource covering the principles and practice of the conservation and restoration of furniture, and other decorative art objects made wholly or... [Read more]
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Elsevier's Dictionary of Art History Terms
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This dictionary contains terms including the following fields and subfields of arts and antiques: painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture, architecture, dressmaking, armame... [Read more]
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Radiography of Cultural Material
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An invaluable tool for the study of cultural materials, available in paperback for the first time! [Read more]
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Tapestry Conservation
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Repossessing the Romantic Past
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This collection of new essays offers new perspectives on Maria Edgeworth, Coleridge, Austen, Scott and others, showing that the openness of modern critical perceptions matc... [Read more]
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Monet and the Impressionists for Kids
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Monet and the Impressionists for Kids invites children to delight in Cassatts mothers and children, Renoirs dancing couples, and Gaugins island scenes; 21 activities explor... [Read more]
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Companion to Contemporary Art since 1945
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A Companion to Contemporary Art is a major survey covering the major works and movements, the most important theoretical developments, and the historical, social, political... [Read more]
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Edges of Empire
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Focuses on the intersection between modernization, modernism, and Orientalism. This book, an assessment of the history and legacy of Orientalist art and visual culture, wil... [Read more]
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Companion to Medieval Art
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Brings together scholarship devoted to medieval architecture, illumination sculpture, and the Romanesque and Gothic periods in Northern Europe. Comprising 30 original theor... [Read more]
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Late Antique and Medieval Art of the Mediterranean World
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Offering a fresh approach to early Christian-Byzantine visual arts, this book comprises of essays that integrate contemporary and historical research into 'a canon' of esta... [Read more]
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Companion to Art Theory
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A survey of art theory in the context of Western visual art. It is organized chronologically so that readers can trace developments of visual art theory, from Classical and... [Read more]
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Royal bronze statuary from ancient Egypt
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This study exploits the clues offered by bronze royal statuary to carefully analyze this large subgroup by identifying 125 datable examples out of nearly 300. It also estab... [Read more]
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Beginning Hierloom Projects
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Pillows, gift bags, sachets and more, adorned with fine heirloom detailing allow you to showcase your newly learned skills and adorn your home in beauty. In sewing heirloom... [Read more]
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It's Tea Time
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Make tea time special with this beautiful ensemble which includes detailed directions for a linen table topper, embroidered tea cozy and matching napkins. Learn to use the ... [Read more]
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Analog In, Digital Out
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Creativity is an innate human impulse, many people believe, something were born with but too often grow out of as adult lives make more and more demands. Fortunately for us... [Read more]
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Basilica
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In this dramatic journey through religious and artistic history, R. A. Scotti traces the defining event of a glorious epoch: the building of St. Peters Basilica. Begun by t... [Read more]
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Boccherini's Body
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In this elegant study of the works of the undeservedly neglected composer Luigi Boccherini, Elisabeth Le Guin uses knowledge gleaned from her own playing of the cello as th... [Read more]
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Cabinet of Curiosities
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The richly illustrated essays in Cabinet of Curiosities records the creative processes behind an installation designed by contemporary artist Mark Dion at the Frederick R. ... [Read more]
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Carnal Art
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The French artist Orlan is infamous for performances during which her body is surgically altered. Responding to Orlans definition of her performance surgeries as carnal art... [Read more]
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Compelling Visuality
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Takes up the commonly unexplored question of what is actually present in artwhat aspects have survived the vicissitudes of time. International and interdisciplinary, this v... [Read more]
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Metonymy in Contemporary Art
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Denise Green develops an original approach to art criticism and modes of creativity inspired by aspects of Australian Aboriginal and Indian thought. Interweaving her own ev... [Read more]
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Pictorial Nominalism
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Beginning in 1912 when Marcel Duchamp wrote in a note to himself, No more painting, get a job, Thierry de Duve reviews the implications of the readymade for art. Arguing th... [Read more]
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Third Hand
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Since the 1960s, a number of artists have challenged the dominant paradigm of artthat of the lone artistby embarking on long-term collaborations that dramatically altered t... [Read more]
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Tilted Arc Controversy
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Since its installation at and subsequent removal from New York Citys Federal Plaza, noted sculptor Richard Serras Tilted Arc has been a touchstone for debates over the role... [Read more]
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Djief Hunters
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Following the hunting of the Djief forest wallaby, this reference offers a unique perspective on sustainable hunting in prehistory and provides intriguing insights into hun... [Read more]
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Anarchic Dance
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A comprehensive guide to the interdisciplinary practice of Liz Aggiss. The authors examine their live performance and dance screen practice through analysis, theory, discus... [Read more]
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Crossing Design Boundaries
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Exploring approaches in product design education, this book presents over 100 papers from the 3rd Engineering & Product Design Education International Conference. The t... [Read more]
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Early Christianity
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Examining sources and case studies, this book explores early Christianity, how it was studied, how it is studied now, and how Judaeo-Christian values came to form the ideol... [Read more]
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Exhausting Dance
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Analyzing works by choreographers who have transformed the dance scene since the early 1990s, this book studies European contemporary dance. It offers a revision of the way... [Read more]
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Immaterial Architecture
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Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it unarguably creates, but what of the spaces it creates? This book explores the immaterial aspects o... [Read more]
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The Social History of Art
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First published in 1951 Arnold Hausers commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. ... [Read more]
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Visual Worlds
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Exploring the social structure of visuality, this volume collates essays by internationally renowned scholars, and provides a unique opportunity for considering the changin... [Read more]
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Universal and Accessible Design for Products, Services, and Processes
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Providing definitions and examples, this book introduces the societal and global context for accessible and universal design. It focuses on accessible design, the legal man... [Read more]
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The Auction App
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Details the tools and tactics employed by Sun Microsystems, Coca-Cola, and companies of various sizes and industries for creating, conducting, managing, and executing onlin... [Read more]
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Opportunities in Visual Arts Careers
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Opportunities in Visual Arts Careers offers job seekers essential information about a variety of careers in the field of visual arts. The book includes training and educati... [Read more]
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Anatomy of Alteration
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In his new text, Fred Scott brings together ideas of what might constitute a theory of interior, or interventional design. [Read more]
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Gottfried Semper and the Problem of Historicism
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Using key texts by Gottfried Semper, Mari Hvattum offers a reinterpretation of historicism. Hvattum focuses on Semper's two major concerns: an understanding of the ontologi... [Read more]
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Forensic Art and Illustration
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This text proceeds through explanations of facial anatomy, practical methodologies and techniques and case examples in forensic art. It uses illustrations and photographs t... [Read more]
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Rodin's Art
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This reference/catalogue, written by the late Dr. Elsen, encompasses a lifetime's thoughts on Rodin's career, surveying the artist's accomplishments through the detailed di... [Read more]
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Homemade Esthetics
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With sparkle, wisdom and energy Greenberg speaks to the present situation in art more pertinently and persuasively than any contemporary theorist. --This text refers to an ... [Read more]
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Animal Anatomy for Artists
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Accompanied by thorough, explanatory text, some 500 original drawings and 70 photographs delineate the anatomy of common domestic animals as well as numerous wild species, ... [Read more]
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Digital Art History
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This book looks at the transformation that Art and Art history is undergoing through engagement with the digital revolution. Since its initiation in 1985, CHArt (Computers ... [Read more]
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Becoming Designers
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Design Research is an area that is both current and growing, but texts on the subjects are in short supply. This book is a response to the vitality of discussion within jou... [Read more]
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Visualizing Anthropology
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Questions of vision and knowledge are central to debates about the world in which we live. Developing new analytical approaches toward ways of seeing is a key challenge fac... [Read more]
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Critical Studies in Art and Design Education
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This book reviews past practice and theory in critical studies and discusses various trends; some papers keenly advocate a re-conceptualisation of the whole subject area, w... [Read more]
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Why We Make Art
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Does art have any use or real purpose in todays society? Why do governments around the world spend millions on art education? Rejecting the vogue for social and cultural ac... [Read more]
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