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Sub-Categories of The Arts: General & Reference
The Arts: General & Reference
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Research in the Creative and Media Arts: Challenging Practice
Desmond Bell
The Arts: General & Reference; Art Forms; Research methods: general; Media studies
Hardback
In Research in the Creative and Media Arts, Desmond Bell looks at contemporary art and design practice, arguing that research... [more]
Eight lectures delivered to the students of the Royal Academy: Eight lectures...
George Clausen
Theory of art; Media studies
Paperback
The author delivers these eight lectures to the students of The Royal Academy of Arts about the aims and ideals of art. He... [more]
Revival: Six Lectures on Painting (1904): Delivered to the Students of the...
George Clausen
The Arts: General & Reference
Paperback
The chapters in this volume were delivered at lectures to students of the Royal Academy of Arts in January 1904 by George... [more]
Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education: Knowledge, Values and Ambiguity...
Susan Orr (University of the Arts London, UK), Alison Shreeve (Buckinghamshire New University, UK)
The Arts: General & Reference; Philosophy & theory of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education; Teaching of a specific subject
Paperback
Art and Design Pedagogy in Higher Education provides a contemporary volume that offers a scholarly perspective on tertiary... [more]
Landscapes: John Berger on Art
John Berger
Theory of art; History of Art & Design Styles
Paperback
What does art tell us about ourselves? John Berger on the politics and consolations of creativity. [more]
The Shape of Difficulty: A Fan Letter to Unruly Objects
Bret L. Rothstein
Theory of art; Humanities; Puzzles & quizzes
Hardback
Examines the subculture of enigmatology: mechanical puzzles, their makers, and those who aspire to solving them. Argues that... [more]
Publishing Manifestos: An International Anthology from Artists and Writers...
Michalis Pichler (Director)
Theory of art; Publishing industry
Hardback
Manifestos by artists, authors, editors, publishers, designers, zinesters explore publishing as artistic practice. [more]
Paris by Design:An Inspired Guide to the City's Creative Side: An Inspired...
Jorgensen EVA
The Arts: General & Reference; Travel & holiday guides
Hardback
Paris by Design is the definitive Paris book for the design-savvy traveler and creatively curious Francophile. With a combination... [more]
Knockout: The Art of Boxing
Ken Regan
The Arts: General & Reference
Hardback
Chronicling the legacy of boxing's biggest names-including the great Muhammad Ali-and their impact on the sweet science,... [more]
Speculative Aesthetics
James Trafford, Robin Mackay, Luke Pendrell
Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
An examination of the new technological mediations between the human sensorium and the planetary media network and of the... [more]
Becoming-Matisse: Between Painting and Architecture (Undoing the Image 2)...
Eric Alliez (Kingston University, London)
Theory of art; Art & design styles: c 1900 to c 1960; Individual artists, art monographs; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
A reevaluation of Matisse that reveals the complex function of his work and thought in contemporary art's escape from the... [more]
The Danish Avant-Garde and World War II: The Helhesten Collective
Kerry Greaves (University of Copenhagen)
Theory of art; History of Art & Design Styles; European history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900; Second World War
Hardback
This is the first book to focus on Helhesten (The Hell-Horse), an avant-garde artists' collective active during the Nazi occupation... [more]
A Dictionary of the American Avant-Gardes
Richard Kostelanetz
The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Performance art; Theatre Studies
Hardback
For this American edition of his legendary arts dictionary of information and opinion, the distinguished critic and arts historian... [more]
Library of Light: Encounters With Artists And Designers
Jo Joelson
The Arts: General & Reference; Electronic, holographic & video art
Hardback
Structured around four thematic essays - Political Light, Mediating Light, Performance Light and Absent Light - this book... [more]
Frame Work: Honour and Ornament in Italian Renaissance Art
Alison Wright
Conservation, restoration & care of artworks; Renaissance art
Hardback
My husband Jan finished me on 17 June 1439. . . . My age was 33 years. So speaks Margaret van Eyck from the frame of her... [more]
Artists Respond: American Art and the Vietnam War, 1965-1975
Melissa Ho, Thomas Crow, Martha Rosler, Mignon Nixon, Erica Levin
The Arts: General & Reference; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Vietnam War
Hardback
Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington,... [more]
One Artist, One Material
Frame
The Arts: General & Reference; Philosophy: aesthetics
Paperback
Interviews with 50 world-renowned artists exploring how the physical qualities of the material they're working with influences... [more]
The Design Philosophy Reader
Anne-Marie Willis (German University in Cairo, Egypt)
Theory of art; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design
Paperback
What is design philosophy and why is it needed? This important book explains the discipline's recent emergence, the key questions... [more]
Surpassing Modernity: Ambivalence in Art, Politics and Society
Andrew McNamara (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Theory of art; Philosophy: aesthetics; Social & political philosophy
Paperback
For the past thirty to forty years, cultural analysis has focused on developing terms to explain the surpassing of modernity.... [more]
World's Fair of 1900: Retrospective Exhibition of French Art 1800-1889
Theodore Reff
The Arts: General & Reference; Painting & paintings; History
Hardback
Published in 1981: This book is two-hundred Catalogues of the Major Exhibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.... [more]
The Bible and the Printed Image in Early Modern England: Little Gidding...
Michael Gaudio
The Arts: General & Reference; History; Religion: general; Christianity; Protestantism & Protestant Churches
Paperback
The first book-length study of the fifteen surviving Little Gidding bible concordances, this book examines the visual culture... [more]
World's Fair of 1889
Theodore Reff
The Arts: General & Reference; Art Forms; History
Hardback
Published in 1981. This book is two hundred catologues of the Exihibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.... [more]
Artist's Guide to the Anatomy of the Human Head: Defining Structure and...
3DTotal Publishing
Theory of art; Human figures depicted in art; Portraits in art; Art techniques & principles
Paperback
Learn how to define structure and capture emotions with this comprehensive artist's guide to drawing the human head. [more]
World's Fair of 1855
Theodore Reff
The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; History
Hardback
Published in 1981: This is two-hundred catalogues of the Major Exhibitions reproduced in facsimile in forty-seven volumes.... [more]
Living Drama Student Book with 1 Access Code for 26 Months
Bruce Burton
The Arts: General & Reference
Paperback
Living Drama comprehensively covers all of the content, skills and knowledge senior drama and theatre studies students need.... [more]
