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101 Things to Learn in Art School

by Kit White The MIT Press
Pub Date:
10/2011
ISBN:
9780262016216
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Hbk 224 pages

What is the first thing to learn in art school? 'Art can be anything.' The second thing? 'Learn to draw.' With 101 Things to Learn...

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Understanding Material Culture

by Ian Woodward Sage Publications Ltd
Pub Date:
05/2007
ISBN:
9780761942269
Format:
Pb+ 200 pages

Why are i-pods and mobile phones fashion accessories? Why do people spend thousands remodelling their perfectly functional kitchen?...

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Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya (Australian Edition - No Supplement)

by Roger Benjamin (Oz) Cornell University Press
Pub Date:
02/2009
ISBN:
9781934260074
Format:
Hbk 192 pages

Icons of the Desert marks a new stage in the understanding of Aboriginal art. It is the first focussed study of a group of early...

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What Is Contemporary Art?

by Terry Smith University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
09/2009
ISBN:
9780226764313
Format:
Pb+ 300 pages

Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public?...

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Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists

by Casey Reas and Ben Fry The MIT Press
Pub Date:
09/2007
ISBN:
9780262182621
Format:
Hbk 736 pages

It has been more than twenty years since desktop publishing reinvented design, and it's clear that there is a growing need for...

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Bespoke: Source Book of Furniture Designer Makers

by Betty Norbury Stobart and Davies Books
Pub Date:
09/2007
ISBN:
9780854421855
Format:
Hbk 440 pages

We are entering a new era of eclecticism in interior design. People who are serious about their living environment are turning...

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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot: A Photographer's Chronicle of the Iraq War

by Ashley Gilberston oz University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
09/2007
ISBN:
9780226293257
Format:
Hbk 260 pages

Arriving in Iraq on the eve of the U.S. invasion, unaffiliated with any newspaper and hoping to pick up assignments along the...

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Critical Terms for Art History 2ed

by Robert S Nelson, Richard Shiff University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
04/2003
ISBN:
9780226571683
Format:
Pb+ 540 pages

"Art" has always been contested terrain, whether the object in question is a medieval tapestry or Duchamp's Fountain. But questions...

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Laws of Simplicity

by John Maeda The MIT Press
Pub Date:
09/2006
ISBN:
9780262134729
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Hbk 117 pages

Honorable Mention in Communication and Cultural Studies - 09/02/07 Finally, we are learning that simplicity equals sanity....

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More Magic Wool - Creating Figures and Pictures from Dyed Wool

by Angelika Wolk-Gerche Floris Books
Pub Date:
12/2001
ISBN:
9780863153518
Format:
Pbk 80 pages

Full instructions for making subtle figures and pictures from natural sheep's wool. Plant-dyed wool offers great possibilities...

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Design of Everyday Things

by Donald A Norman The MIT Press
Pub Date:
09/1998
ISBN:
9780262640374
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Pbk 272 pages

Much product design ignores the need of users and how people naturally think & react. This is a bestseller in the USA...

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Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock

by Kirk Varnedoe and Adam Gopnik Princeton University Press
Pub Date:
10/2006
ISBN:
9780691126784
Format:
Hbk 304 pages

The Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division (PSP) of the Association of American Publishers (AAP) has awarded its 2006...

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Deceptive Beauties: The World of Wild Orchids

by Christian Ziegler University of Chicago Press
Pub Date:
09/2011
ISBN:
9780226982977
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Hbk 184 pages

Confucius called them the “king of fragrant plants,” and John Ruskin condemned them as “prurient apparitions.” Across the centuries,...

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Disclosing Spaces: On Painting, A Philosophical Monograph on Painting

by Andrew Benjamin Clinamen Press Ltd
Pub Date:
09/2004
ISBN:
9781903083284
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Pbk 116 pages

In recent decades the proliferation of art practices has left behind the critical frameworks needed to understand and appraise...

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Children's Party Book: For Birthdays and Other Occasions 2ed

by Anne and Peter Thomas Floris Books
Pub Date:
07/2008
ISBN:
9780863156397
Format:
Pbk 128 pages

Now in its second edition, The Children's Party Book has become an invaluable reference for parents and carers short on time and...

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