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Magic(al) Realism
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 24.95Bestselling novels by Angela Carter, Salman Rushdie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez and a multitude of others have enchanted us by blurring the lines between reality and fantasy. Their genre of writing has been variously defined as 'magic', 'magical' or 'marvellous' realism and is quickly becoming a core area of literary studies. This guide offers a first... more...
Beeton's Book of Needlework
Old LandMark Publishing 2005; US$ 12.00Do you needlepoint, crochet, or embroider? Are you looking to create costumery (Renaissance Faire, Victorian-themed wedding, Prince concert, etc.) with lace trim? Look no further for the definitive book on needlepoint, or tatting as it was called in England. There are 600 illustrations to help you master this art. more...
Photography Foundations for Art and Design
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 28.95This third edition maintains the aim of providing a clear and comprehensive explanation of fundamental photographic techniques. Although the key focus of this update is bringing the digital content more in line with developments in this area, modifying the existing text to embrace digital capture and out-put more thoroughly. This acknowledges the requirement... more...
New Voices in Graphic Design
Springer 2005; US$ 24.95Five years ago, the American Institute of Graphic Arts launched Fresh Dialogue, a series aimed at bringing together emerging design talent and providing them with an open forum to discuss their own work and the direction of the field. This year's participants come from the disparate worlds of fashion, publishing, web design, advertising, and art:... more...
Nude Photography
Dorling Kindersley 2007; US$ 40.00Follow practical advice from nude photography experts and learn to create picture-perfect results every time with this master class in photographing the human form. Everything's covered, from working successfully with amateur and professional models to getting great results in your own home or outdoors. Find tips on setting up a shoot, lighting effects,... more...
Seven Discourses on Art
The Floating Press 1901; US$ 6.95Sir Joshua Reynolds laid down principles of art from the point of view of a man of genius who had made his power felt, and with the clear good sense which is the foundation of all work that looks upward and may hope to live. The truths here expressed concerning Art may, with slight adjustment of the way of thought, be applied to Literature or to any... more...
Signs of Change
The Floating Press 2009; US$ 6.95William Morris was an English writer, architect, and artist and was integral to the birth of socialism in Great Britain. He founded the Socialist League in 1884, but later broke away from it over differences in methods and goals. Signs of Change is a collection of his essays on art, politics and socialism, including 'Useful Work versus Useless... more...
New Art City
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 18.95In this landmark work, Jed Perl captures the excitement of a generation of legendary artists?Jackson Pollack, Joseph Cornell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ellsworth Kelly among them?who came to New York, mingled in its lofts and bars, and revolutionized American art. In a continuously arresting narrative, Perl also portrays such less well known figures... more...
Tiepolo Pink
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2009; US$ 29.95The eighteenth-century Venetian painter Giambattista Tiepolo spent his life executing commissions in churches, palaces, and villas, often covering vast ceilings like those at the Würzburg Residenz in Germany and the Royal Palace in Madrid with frescoes that are among the glories of Western art. The life of an epoch swirled around him?but though his... more...
In His Milieu
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 75.00In honor of Michael Montias' contributions to the field of the history of art, an international group of leading scholars have contributed essays to mark his achievements. more...









