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The Golden Age of Chinese Art
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 50.00For almost three hundred years the noble T'ang Dynasty fostered a period of artistic and intellectual endeavor which has never been equaled in the history of China. Sculpture, ceramics, glass, and textiles were some of the major artifacts that emerged from this glorious renaissance of Chinese taste and skill. This book is the story of the T'ang told... more...
Critical Art Pedagogy
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 155.00This work identifies the possibilities, concepts, needs and strategies for radical reform of traditional art education by resituating it within the postmodern paradigm. It advocates continued research to inform theory and practice in art education, providing detailed summaries of new methodologies, such as semiotics and deconstruction. more...
Spirit of Wood
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 45.00In Malaysia, woodcarvers are venerated as artists who have a mystical affinity with wood. This collection of over 250 photographs and line drawings explores the mystical connection between Malaysian woodcarvers and their craft. more...
Art Schooled
University Press of New England 2012; US$ 19.99One year in the life of the students, teachers, and artists at one of the nation's oldest and most prestigious art colleges more...
The Melancholy Art:
Princeton University Press 2013; US$ 24.95Melancholy is not only about sadness, despair, and loss. As Renaissance artists and philosophers acknowledged long ago, it can engender a certain kind of creativity born from a deep awareness of the mutability of life and the inevitable cycle of birth and death. Drawing on psychoanalysis, philosophy, and the intellectual history of the history of... more...
A Story of Ruins
Reaktion Books 2013; US$ 60.00This richly illustrated book examines the changing significance of ruins as vehicles for cultural memory in Chinese art and visual culture from ancient times to the present. The story of ruins in China is different from but connected to ?ruin culture? in the West. This book explores indigenous Chinese concepts of ruins and their visual manifestations,... more...
The New Art History: A Critical Introduction
Taylor and Francis 2001; US$ 36.95The New Art History provides a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental changes which have occurred in both the institutions and practice of art history over the last thirty years. Jonathan Harris examines and accounts for the new approaches to the study of art which have been grouped loosely under the term 'the new art history'. He distinguishes... more...
Coordinating Art Across the Primary School
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 48.95Specifically designed for busy teachers who have responsibility for co-ordinating a subject area within their primary school. Each volume in the series conforms to a concise style, while providing a wealth of tips, case studies and photocopiable material that teachers can use immediately.; There are special volumes dedicated to dealing with OFSTED,... more...
Learning to Teach Art and Design In the Secondary School
RoutledgeFalmer 2000; US$ 45.95With reference to current debates, Learning to Teach Art and Design in the Secondary School explores a range of approaches to teaching and learning. It raises issues, questions orthodoxies and identifies new directions. more...
The Symbolic Order
Taylor and Francis 1989; US$ 61.95Alongside "Living Powers" and "A is for Aesthetic" this book is intended to establish a conceptual frame for the Arts in Education series. The first and primary aim of this symposium is to put teachers of all the arts in touch with some of the most recent and the best writing on the nature of art. more...









