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Taylor & Francis Ltd Vacant Land Regeneration
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Western Drama Confronts Selfish Humanity
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CRC Press Create Stunning Animations Using Corona and VRay in 3ds Max
Book SynopsisThis book is a step-by-step guide on how to create realistic animations using Corona and V-Ray within 3ds Max. It caters to beginners and intermediate users, helping them transform static renders into dynamic and captivating animations. It combines technical knowledge with practical examples, covering everything from basic principles to advanced techniques.By the end of the book, readers will: â Understand the fundamentals of animation in 3ds Max. â Learn to animate cameras, objects, and lights effectively.â Create realistic animated scenes using Corona and V-Ray.â Explore time-saving workflows and rendering optimization tips. â Develop a polished animation portfolio ready for professional projects.The book is structured as a nuts-and-bolts how-to guide, breaking down complex animation techniques into manageable steps. Each chapter focuses on a specific aspect of animation, blending foundational knowledge with advanced tips to enhance the readerâs understanding and capability. Through detailed explanations, visual examples, and step-by-step tutorials, the book aims to demystify the animation process for beginners while offering advanced insights for experienced users.
£999.99
Ten Thousand Angels Press Usylessly Edition Two by John Morgan
£47.50
Rymour Books The Little White Town of NeverWeary
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Cambridge University Press 6000 BC
Book SynopsisThis is the first book to present a comprehensive, up to date overview of archaeological and environmental data from the eastern Mediterranean world around 6000 BC. It brings together the research of an international team of scholars who have excavated at key Neolithic and Chalcolithic sites in Syria, Anatolia, Greece, and the Balkans. Collectively, their essays conceptualize and enable a deeper understanding of times of transition and changes in the archaeological record. Overcoming the terminological and chronological differences between the Near East and Europe, the volume expands from studies of individual societies into regional views and diachronic analyses. It enables researchers to compare archaeological data and analysis from across the region, and offers a new understanding of the importance of this archaeological story to broader, high-impact questions pertinent to climate and culture change.Table of ContentsIntroduction: 1. Transforming and changing the Neolithic World in the near East and Europe Peter F. Biehl and Eva Rosenstock; Upper Mesopotamia and Eastern Mediterranean: 2. The late Neolithic Site of Shir in Western Syria: The final phase of occupation circa 6000 BC Karin Bartl; 3. Containers of change: Social and material innovation in Late Neolithic upper mesopotamia Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse; 4. Mersin-Yumuktepe in the seventh millennium BC: The social dimension of technological changes Isabella Caneva; 5. Changing with the years: Khirokitia (Cyprus) at the turn of the seventh to the sixth millennium B.C. Odile Daune-Le Brun, Fouad Hourani and Alain Le Brun; Anatolia: 6. A conspectus on the status of Tepecik-Çiftlik Excavation (Cappadocia) – intersite and regional outcomes and prospects Erhan Bıcakcı; 7. The downturn in Tepecik-Çiftlik's ceramic production continuity: An insight towards the rapid emergence of supra-regional homogeneity in ceramic style Martin Godon and Ozan Özbudak; 8. Çatalhöyük East and Köşk Höyük: a grand connection? Bleda S. Düring; 9. Abandoning Çatalhöyük. Re-shuffling, re-location and migration as the means of mitigating social unease in the late Neolithic Lech Czerniak, Arkadiusz Marciniak; 10. Çatalhöyük West and the late Neolithic to early chalcolithic transition in Central Anatolia Jacob Brady, Jana Anvari, Ingmar Franz, Goce Naumov, David Orton, Sonia Ostaptchouk, Elizabeth Stroud, Patrick T. Willett, Eva Rosenstock, and Peter F. Biehl; 11. The potter's riddle at Çatalhöyük – An attempt to connect the late Neolithic and the early chalcolithic pottery assemblages from Çatalhöyük/Turkey Ingmar Franz and Joanna Pyzel; 12. Pots for a New Millennium: Ceramics and Culture Change in Anatolia around 6000 cal, B.C. Jonathan Last; Aegean and Marmara: 13. Aegean Turkey from the mid seventh to early sixth millennium cal B.C.: A tale of change within continuity Çiler Çilingiroğlu; 14. The beginning and the development of farming-based village life in Northwestern Anatolia Necmi Karul; 15. Regional provinces and supra-regional networks in the Aegean before and around 6000 cal B.C. Agathe Reingruber; 16. The turn of the 7th to 6th millennium in Greece: A quiet transition Catherine Perlès; Southeast Europe: 17. Continuity and discontinuity in Eastern thrace during the Neolithic period Eylem Özdoğan; 18. Changes through time in the early Neolithic settlement of Kovačevo, Southwest Bulgaria Marion Lichardus-Itten; 19. A hybrid cultural World: The turn of the 7th to the 6th millennium BC in the central Balkans Dušan Borić and Emanuela Cristiani; Modelling the Change: 20. The Neolithisation of Europe from Anatolia: Why did they leave? Jean-Paul Demoule; 21. Modes and models of Neolithisation in Europe: Comments to an ongoing debate Wolfram Schier; Commentaries: 22. Ian Hodder; 23. Mehmet Özdoğan.
£85.50
Cambridge University Press Donor Portraits in Byzantine Art
Book SynopsisArgues that donor portraits in Byzantine art should instead be considered as contact portraits. Contends that the most important feature of the scenes of supplication between mortals and holy, supernatural interlocutors consists in the active role that they play within the belief systems of the supplicants.Trade Review'This is a book that takes a broadly synchronic look across the Byzantine world, a view that different works of art in different media from different times and places nonetheless speak to the same broad Christian world-view, to similar structures … This is a perspective that makes us think and it makes us question, and that is what the best scholarship should do.' Liz James, The English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: methodologies for the study of donor portraits; 1. The history and problematic of the donor portrait; 2. On meaning in portraits. The knot of intention and the question of the patron's share; 3. Awaiting the end after the end. Sin, absolution, and the afterlife; 4. Exchange and non-exchange. The gift between human and divine; 5. The literal, the symbolic, and the contact portrait. On belief in the interaction between human and divine; Postscript: the problem of terminology again. Donor portraits and contact portraits.
£25.99
Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of the Gothic Volume 1
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£28.49
Cambridge University Press Empires of Faith in Late Antiquity
Book SynopsisReveals the rewards of exploring the relationship between art and religion in the first millennium, and the problems of comparing the visual cultures of emergent and established religions of the period in Eurasia - Buddhism, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Islam, Judaism, Christianity, and the pagan religions of the Roman world.Table of Contents1. Introduction Jaś Elsner; Part I. The Imperial Context: 2. The Gandharan problem Robert Bracey; 3. Writing the art, archaeology and religion of the Roman Mediterranean Philippa Adrych and Dominic Dalglish; 4. Mystery cult and material culture in the Graeco-Roman world Philippa Adrych and Dominic Dalglish; 5. The Viennese invention of late antiquity: between politics and religion in the forms of late Roman art Jaś Elsner; 6. The rise of Byzantine art and archaeology in late Imperial Russia Maria Lidova; 7. Ferdinand Piper's Monumentale Theologie (1867) and Schleiermacher's legacy: the attempted foundation of a Protestant theology of art Stefanie Lenk; Part II. After Imperialism: Orientalism and its Resistances; 8. The road from decadence: agendas and personal histories in the rise of early Islamic art Nadia Ali; 9. Connecting art and Zoroastrianism in Sasanian studies Rachel Wood; 10. 'Hindu' art and the primordial Śiva Robert Bracey; Part III. Post-colonialist, Old Colonialist and Nationalist Fantasies: 11. Jewish art: before and after the Jewish state (1948) Jesse Lockard and Jaś Elsner; 12. Whose history is it anyway? Contests for India's past in the twentieth century Robert Bracey; 13. Acculturated natives who rebel: revivalist, Ottomanist and Pan-Arabist engagements with early Islamic art (1876–1930s) Nadia Ali; 14. Barbarians at the British Museum: Anglo-Saxon art, race and religion Katherine Cross.
£31.49
Cambridge University Press Ceramic Perspectives on Ancient Egyptian Society
Book SynopsisThis Element demonstrates how ceramics, a dataset that is more typically identified with chronology than social analysis, can forward the study of Egyptian society writ large. This Element argues that the sheer mass of ceramic material indicates the importance of pottery to Egyptian life. Ceramics form a crucial dataset with which Egyptology must critically engage, and which necessitate working with the Egyptian past using a more fluid theoretical toolkit. This Element will demonstrate how ceramics may be employed in social analyses through a focus on four broad areas of inquiry: regionalism; ties between province and state, elite and non-elite; domestic life; and the relationship of political change to social change. While the case studies largely come from the Old through Middle Kingdoms, the methods and questions may be applied to any period of Egyptian history.Table of Contents1. Ceramics as Dataset; 2. Integration of State and Province; 3. Investigating Egyptian Regionalism; 4. The Relationship of Political to Social Change; 5. The Complexity of Private Life; 6. Finding People through Potsherds; Glossary; References.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Packaging Design
Book SynopsisThe fully updated single-source guide to creating successful packaging designs for consumer products Now in full-color throughout, Packaging Design, Second Edition has been fully updated to secure its place as the most comprehensive resource of professional information for creating packaging designs that serve as the marketing vehicles for consumer products. Packed with practical guidance, step-by-step descriptions of the creative process, and all-important insights into the varying perspectives of the stakeholders, the design phases, and the production process, this book illuminates the business of packaging design like no other. Whether you''re a designer, brand manager, or packaging manufacturer, the highly visual coverage in Packaging Design will be useful to you, as well as everyone else involved in the process of marketing consumer products. To address the most current packaging design objectives, this new edition offers: Fully uTable of ContentsPreface vii Acknowledgments viii 1 The History 1 The Growth of Trade 3 Emerging Communication 4 Early Commercial Expansion 5 The Industrial Revolution 10 Mass Production 12 Mid-Century Expansion 21 Consumer Protections 29 The Packaging Design Firm 29 New Refinements in Packaging Design 32 Changing Times and Values 35 2 Defining Packaging Design 39 What is Packaging Design? 39 Culture and Values 41 Target Market 42 Packaging Design and Brand 43 Fundamental Principles of Two-Dimensional Design 55 Packaging Design Objectives 58 3 Elements of the Packaging Design 64 The Primary Display Panel 64 Typography 65 Color 83 Imagery 91 Structure, Materials, and Sustainability 104 Production 128 Legal and Regulatory Issues 143 4 The Design Process 148 Predesign 148 Beginning the Assignment 151 Phase 1: Observation, Immersion, and Discovery 153 Phase 2: Design Strategy 158 Phase 3: Design Development 175 Phase 4: Design Refinement 196 Phase 5: Design Finalization and Preproduction 198 Retail Reality 198 Key Points about the Design Process 200 5 The Packaging Design Profession 201 The Stakeholders 201 Managing the Business 213 Entering the Profession 217 Glossary 223 APPENDIX A Consumer Product Categories 230 APPENDIX B Materials And Tools 232 Bibliography 233 Professional Credits 235 Figure Credits 237 Index 239
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Make Space
Book Synopsis"If you are determined to encourage creativity and provide a collaborative environment that will bring out the best in people, you will want this book by your side at all times.Trade Review“If you are determined to encourage creativity and provide a collaborative environment that will bring out the best in people, you will want this book by your side at all times. You can browse it for tools to enhance teamwork, configurations to enable activities, insights about communal behaviors, design templates and first person stories. The way we design our spaces can help us or hinder us, inspire new ideas or stifle them, make it easier to work together or set us apart. Discover here how to improve team dynamics by altering your physical environment.” — Bill Moggridge, Director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design MuseumTable of ContentsForeword David Kelley Preface George Kembel The Environments Collaborative 1. Instructions 2. Tools 3. Situations 4. Insights 5. Design Template 6. Space Studies Index
£37.76
John Wiley & Sons Inc Data Points
Book SynopsisA fresh look at visualization from the author of Visualize This Whether it's statistical charts, geographic maps, or the snappy graphical statistics you see on your favorite news sites, the art of data graphics or visualization is fast becoming a movement of its own.Trade ReviewA detailed handbook, Data Points is espe-cially useful for those working on scientific data visualization, guiding the reader through fascinat-ing examples of data, graph-ics, context, presentation and analytics. But this is more than a mere how-to manual. Yau reminds us that the real purpose of most visualiza-tion work is to communicate data to pragmatic ends. (Nature, May 2013) Ultimately, I would recommend this book for anyone interested in the process of design and analysis. It is about making sense of data and that is becoming a crucial skill in this digital age. (Madia Information & Technology Journal, August 2013) Data Points opens an exciting view of information blending data analysis, visual interaction, and digital storytelling the visuals are stunning. (Managing Information, October 2013)Table of ContentsIntroduction xi 1 Understanding Data 1 What Data Represents 2 Variability 20 Uncertainty 30 Context 35 Wrapping Up 41 2 Visualization: The Medium 43 Analysis and Exploration 45 Information Graphics and Presentation 58 Entertainment 69 Data Art 74 The Everyday 81 Wrapping Up 89 3 Representing Data 91 Visualization Components 93 Putting It Together 115 Wrapping Up 132 4 Exploring Data Visually 135 Process 136 Visualizing Categorical Data 143 Visualizing Time Series Data 154 Visualizing Spatial Data 165 Multiple Variables 176 Distributions 193 Wrapping Up 199 5 Visualizing with Clarity 201 Visual Hierarchy 202 Readability 205 Highlighting 221 Annotation 228 Do the Math 236 Wrapping Up 239 6 Designing for an Audience 241 Common Misconceptions 242 Present Data to People 254 Things to Consider 258 Putting It Together 268 Wrapping Up 273 7 Where to Go from Here 277 Visualization Tools 278 Programming 283 Illustration 288 Statistics 289 Wrapping Up 289 Index 291
£27.19
John Wiley & Sons Inc Drawing Architecture and the Urban
Book SynopsisDrawing is an important means to analyse information and develop rigorous arguments both conceptually and visually.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION Description, Analysis and Transformation: Drawing as Diagram CHAPTER 1: CONVENTIONS 1 Point, Line, Plane and Volume 2 Plan Conventions 2.1 Orthographic Projections (Elevation) 2.2 Cut-away Views (Plan and Section) 2.3 Paraline Drawings 2.4 Perspective Drawings 3 Graphic Conventions 3.1 Line Weight, Style and Type 3.2 Hatching, Texture, Material and Shading 3.3 Colour 3.4 Drawing Scale and Paper Size 3.5 Annotation and Dimensioning CHAPTER 2: ARCHITECTURE 1 Description 1.1 Context: Location Plan and Site Section 1.2 Building: Plan, Elevation and Section 1.3 Building: Axonometric and Perspective 2 Analysis 2.1 Context: Figure-Ground Plan 2.2 Context: Orientation 2.3 Building: Massing 2.4 Building: Structural Organisation 2.5 Building: Programme 2.6 Building: Circulation-to-Use 2.7 Building: Part-to-Whole 2.8 Building: Repetitive-to-Unique 2.9 Building: Geometrical Order 2.10 Building: Parti 3 Comparison 3.1 Free Plan vs Raumplan 3.2 Deconstruction of Whole to Parts 3.3 Vertical vs Horizontal 3.4 Sectional Organisation 3.5 Landscape and Landform 3.6 Modularity 4 Comparative Matrices 4.1 Massing 4.2 Conceptual Organisation 4.3 Disposition 4.4 Distribution 4.5 Circulation 4.6 Difference 4.7 Growth CHAPTER 3: THE URBAN 1 Description 1.1 Urban Plan 1.2 Land Use 1.3 Density 1.4 Circulation (Transport) 1.5 Open Spaces 1.6 Infrastructures 2 Analysis 2.1 Figure-Ground Plan 2.2 Hierarchies and Organisation 2.3 Part-to-Whole and Repetitive-to-Unique 2.4 Built Environment 2.5 Phasing 3 Comparison 3.1 Block 3.2 Enclave 3.3 Ground 3.4 Infrastructure 4 Comparative Matrices 4.1 Size 4.2 Distribution 4.3 Hierarchy and Layering 4.4 Difference 4.5 Growth 4.6 Architectural Types and Urban Morphology CHAPTER 4: TRANSFORMATION 1 Typological Transformation 1.1 Timeline 1.2 Comparative Matrix 1.3 Comparative Diagrams 1.4 Typological Transformation Diagrams 1.5 Transformative Matrix 2 Design Examples 2.1 Tokyo Podium by Sakiko Goto 2.2 The City Campus by Marcin Ganczarski 2.3 The Chinese Unit by Yuwei Wang 2.4 Cité Housing by Alvaro Arancibia Tagle Drawing Acknowledgements and References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Thinking About Art
Book SynopsisThinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history.Table of ContentsCompanion Website viAcknowledgements viiIntroduction 1Formal Analysis Toolbox 6Chapter 1 Genres and Subjects 20Chapter 2 Materials, Techniques and Processes 74Chapter 3 Form, Style and Function 114Chapter 4 Social and Historical Contexts 156Chapter 5 Patronage and the Social and Cultural Status of the Artist 190Chapter 6 Gender, Nationality and Ethnicity 230Glossary 274Index 289
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Structures and Construction in Historic Building
Book Synopsis* gives key information in each area with where to go for more detailed guidance * strong focus on engineering and craft solutions * offers a comprehensive overview of a multi-disciplinary area to encourage disparate groups of professionals to work more closely * full colour throughout .Table of ContentsPreface vi Contributors viii 1 What is conservation engineering? 1 Dina F. D’Ayala and Michael Forsyth 2 The philosophy of conservation engineering 12 Ian Hume 3 The Building Regulations and related legislation 19 Peter Norris 4 Metric survey techniques for historic buildings 41 Bill Blake 5 Investigating, monitoring and load testing historic structures 64 Ian Hume 6 Basic soil mechanics, foundations and repair of settlement damage 82 David Cook 7 Effects of induced movement 111 Michael Bussell 8 Repairs to historic structures 140 Ian Hume 9 Numerical modelling of masonry structures151 Dina F. D’Ayala 10 Use of iron and steel in buildings 173 Michael Bussell 11 Conservation of concrete and reinforced concrete 192 Michael Bussell 12 Fire safety and historic buildings 211 Steve Emery 13 The effects of road traffic vibration on historic buildings 223 Ian Hume 14 Scaffolding and temporary works for historic structures 226 Ian Hume Index 232
£33.20
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Writing Built Environment Dissertations and
Book SynopsisWriting Built Environment Dissertations and Projects will help you to write a good dissertation or project by giving you a good understanding of what should be included, and showing you how to use data collection and analysis tools in the course of your research.Table of ContentsAuthor biographies ixPreface xAbout the companion website xii1 Introduction 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Terminology; nomenclature 21.3 Document structure 31.4 Possible subject areas for your research 71.5 Professional bodies and the non]technical or technical dissertation or project 81.6 Qualitative or quantitative analysis? 101.7 The student/supervisor relationship and time management 141.8 Ethical compliance and risk assessments 171.9 House style or style guide 221.10 Writing style 231.11 Proofreading 271.12 Extra support? 291.13 A research proposal 291.14 A viva or viva voce 30Summary 31References 312 The introduction chapter to the dissertation or project 332.1 Introduction contents 332.2 Articulation or description of the problem and provisional objectives 35Summary of this chapter 37References 383 Review of theory and the literature 393.1 Introduction 393.2 Style and contents of a literature review 413.3 Judgements or opinions? 433.4 Sources of data 443.5 Methods of finding the literature 483.6 Embedding theory in dissertations and projects 493.7 Referencing as evidence of reading 533.8 Citing literature sources in the narrative of your work 543.9 References or bibliography or both? 583.10 Common mistakes by students 593.11 Using software to help with references 603.12 Avoiding the charge of plagiarism 62Summary of this chapter 64References 644 Research goals and their measurement 674.1 Introduction 684.2 Aim 704.3 Research questions 714.4 Objectives 714.5 Variables 744.6 A hypothesis with one variable 754.7 A hypothesis with two variables: independent and dependent 774.8 Writing the hypothesis: nulls and tails – a matter of semantics 814.9 ‘Lots’ of variables at large, intervening variables 834.10 Ancillary or subject variables 834.11 No relationship between the IV and the DV 884.12 Designing measurement instruments; use authoritative tools and adapt the work of others 894.13 Levels of measurement 934.14 Examples of categorical or nominal data in construction 954.15 Examples of ordinal data in construction 964.16 Examples of interval and ratio data in construction 974.17 Types of data 984.18 Money and CO2 as variables 1024.19 Three objectives, each with an IV and DV: four variables to measure 1034.20 Summarising research goals; variables and their definition 104Summary of this chapter 105References 1055 The Methodology chapter; analysis, results and findings 1075.1 Introduction 1075.2 Approaches to collecting data 1105.3 Data measuring and collection 1125.4 Issues mostly relevant to just questionnaires 1205.5 Ranking studies 1295.6 Other analytical tools 1315.7 Incorporating reliability and validity 1325.8 Analysis, results and findings 137Summary of this chapter 138References 1396 Laboratory experiments 1406.1 Introduction 1416.2 Test methodology 1426.3 Sourcing test materials 1436.4 Reliability and validity of findings 1436.5 Sample size 1456.6 Laboratory recording procedures 1456.7 Dissertation/project writing (introduction, methodology and results) 1466.8 Health and safety in the laboratory; COSHH and risk assessments 1496.9 Role of the supervisor 1516.10 Possible research topics for technical dissertations or projects, construction and civil engineering 1536.11 Examples of research proposals 1536.12 Research objectives and sample findings by the author 154Bibliography 1637 Qualitative data analysis 1657.1 Introduction 1657.2 The process of qualitative data collection 1667.3 Steps in the analytical process 168Summary of this chapter 175References 1768 Quantitative data analysis; descriptive statistics 1778.1 Introduction 1778.2 Examples of the use of descriptive statistical tools 1788.3 Ancillary variables 1868.4 Illustration of relevant descriptive statistics in charts 1908.5 Normal distributions; Z scores 1918.6 A second variable for descriptive analysis; an IV and a DV 197Summary of this chapter 201References 2029 Quantitative data analysis; inferential statistics 2039.1 Introduction 2049.2 Probability values and three key tests: chi]square, difference in means and correlation 2069.3 The chi]square test 2109.4 Determining whether the dataset is parametric or non]parametric 2209.5 Difference in mean tests; the t]test 2239.6 Difference in means; the unrelated Mann–Whitney test 2259.7 Difference in means; the related Wilcoxon t]test 2309.8 Difference in means; the parametric related t]test 2329.9 Correlations 2369.10 Using correlation coefficients to measure internal reliability and validity in questionnaires 2439.11 Which test? 2439.12 Confidence intervals 2479.13 Summarising results 250Summary of this chapter 250References 25010 Discussion, conclusions, recommendations and appendices 25110.1 Introduction 25110.2 Discussion 25210.3 Conclusions and recommendations 25310.4 Appendices 25510.5 The examiner’s perspective 25610.6 Summary of the dissertation or project process 258Summary of this chapter 259References 259List of appendices 260Appendix A: Glossary to demystify research terms 261Appendix B: Research ethics and health and safety examples 268Appendix C: An abstract, problem description and literature review 272Appendix D: Eight research proposals 279Appendix E: Raw data for a qualitative study 309Appendix F: Statistical tables 340Index 350
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Digital SLR Cameras Photography For Dummies 5e
Book SynopsisThe perennial DSLR bestseller now expanded with more photography tips Digital SLR Cameras & Photography For Dummies has remained the top-selling book on DSLR photography since the first edition was published.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Getting Started with Digital SLR Cameras and Photography 5 Chapter 1: The Digital SLR Difference 7 Chapter 2: Safari Inside a dSLR 29 Chapter 3: Tracking the Ideal dSLR 53 Part II: Accessorizing Your Digital SLR 69 Chapter 4: Saving and Archiving Your Photos 71 Chapter 5: Gearing Up Your dSLR 79 Chapter 6: Mastering the Multi-Lens Reflex 93 Chapter 7: External Flash Lighting 111 Part III: Oh, Shoot! 121 Chapter 8: Taking Control of Your dSLR 123 Chapter 9: Movies and Special Features of dSLRs 143 Chapter 10: Action, Flash, and Other Challenges 159 Chapter 11: Composition and dSLRs 179 Chapter 12: Applied Techniques 199 Part IV: Fine-Tuning Your Output 211 Chapter 13: Working with RAW and Other Formats 213 Chapter 14: Fixing Up Your Images 231 Chapter 15: Hard Copies Aren’t Hard 261 Part V: Part of Tens 271 Chapter 16: Ten Ways to Improve Your dSLR Photography 273 Chapter 17: Ten Things You Never Thought of Doing with Your Digital SLR 287 Chapter 18: Ten Online Showcases for Digital SLR Photography 303 Index 315
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Studying Early Printed Books 14501800
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Part 1 Overview 8 Getting Ready to Print 8 At the Press 16 Also at the Press 19 After Printing 20 The Economics of Printing 23 Part 2 Step-by-Step 26 Paper 26 Type 34 Format 42 Printing 55 Corrections and Changes 61 Illustrations 65 Binding 71 Part 3 On the Page 79 Advertisements 79 Alphabet and Abbreviations 80 Blanks 83 Dates 83 Imprint Statements 85 Edition, Impression, Issue, State, Copy 86 Initial Letters 88 Marginal Notes 90 Music 91 Pagination and Foliation 92 Preliminary Leaves 92 Press Figures 93 Printer's Devices 95 Printer's Ornaments 95 Privileges, Approbations, and Imprimaturs 96 Signature Marks 96 Title Pages 98 Volvelles and Movable Figures 100 Part 4 Looking at Books 102 Good Research Habits 103 Handling Books 104 Appearance 106 Contents 108 Page Features 111 Usage 113 Digitization 114 Part 5 The Afterlives of Books 118 Loss Rates 118 Catalog Records 120 Books in Hand 132 Books on Screen 139 Conclusion 149 Appendix 1: Further Reading 152 Appendix 2: Glossary 171 Index 180
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Art History For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 About This Book 1 Foolish Assumptions 2 Icons Used in This Book 2 Beyond the Book 2 Where to Go from Here 3 Part 1: Getting Started with Art History 5 Chapter 1: Art Tour through the Ages 7 Connecting Art Divisions and Culture 8 It’s Ancient History, So Why Dig It Up? 8 Mesopotamian period (3500 bc–500 bc) and Egyptian period (3100 bc–332 bc) 9 Ancient Greek period (c 850 bc–323 bc) and Hellenistic period (323 bc–32 bc) 9 Roman period (300 bc–ad 476) 9 Did the Art World Crash When Rome Fell, or Did It Just Switch Directions? 10 Byzantine period (ad 500–ad 1453) 10 Islamic period (seventh century+) 10 Medieval period (500–1400) 10 High Renaissance (1495–1520) and Mannerism (1530–1580) 10 Baroque period (1600–1750) and Rococo period (1715–1760s) 11 In the Machine Age, Where Did Art Get Its Power? 11 Neoclassicism (1765–1830) 11 Romanticism (late 1700s–early 1800s) 11 The Modern World and the Shattered Mirror 12 Responding to modern pressures 12 Conceptualizing the craft 13 Expressing mixed-up times 13 Chapter 2: Why People Make Art and What It All Means 15 Focusing on the Artist’s Purpose 15 Recording religion, ritual, and mythology 15 Promoting politics and propaganda 16 When I say jump: Art made for patrons 16 Following a personal vision 17 Detecting Design 17 Perceiving pattern 17 Rolling with the rhythm 17 Weighing the balance 17 Looking for contrast 18 Examining emphasis 18 Decoding Meaning 19 The ABCs of visual narrative 19 Sorting symbols 19 Chapter 3: The Major Artistic Movements 21 Distinguishing an Art Period from a Movement 21 Tracking Major 19th-Century Art Movements 22 Realism (1840s–1880s) 22 Impressionism (1869–late 1880s) 22 Post-Impressionism (1886–1892) 22 Moving Off the Rails in the 20th Century 23 Fauvism and Expressionism 23 Cubism, Futurism, Dada, and Surrealism 24 Abstract Expressionism (1946–1950s) 25 Pop Art (1960s) 25 Conceptual art, performance art, and feminist art (late 1960s–1970s) 25 Postmodernism (1970–) 25 Part 2: From Caves to Colosseum: Ancient Art 27 Chapter 4: Magical Hunters and Psychedelic Cave Artists 29 Cool Cave Art or Paleolithic Painting: Why Keep It a Secret? 30 Hunting on a wall 31 Psychedelic shamans with paintbrushes 31 Flirting with Fertility Goddesses 32 Dominoes for Druids: Stonehenge, Menhirs, and Neolithic Architecture 33 Living in the New Stone Age: Çatalhöyük, Göbekli Tepe, and Skara Brae 33 Cracking the mystery of the megaliths and menhirs 34 Chapter 5: Fickle Gods, Warrior Art, and the Birth of Writing: Mesopotamian Art 37 Climbing toward the Clouds: Sumerian Architecture 38 Zigzagging to Heaven: Ziggurats 38 The Tower of Babel 39 The Eyes Have It: Scoping Out Sumerian Sculpture 39 Worshipping graven images 40 Stare-down with God: Statuettes from Abu Temple 40 Playing Puabi’s Lyre 41 Unraveling the Standard of Ur 42 Stalking Stone Warriors: Akkadian Art 43 Stamped in Stone: Hammurabi’s Code 43 Unlocking Assyrian Art 44 Babylon Has a Baby: New Babylon 45 Chapter 6: One Foot in the Tomb: Ancient Egyptian Art 47 Ancient Egypt 101 48 Segmenting the Egyptian periods 48 Thanking the Nile 49 The Art of a Unified Egypt 49 Depicting the unification 49 Noting art as history in the Palette of Narmer 50 The Egyptian Style: Proportion and Orientation 51 Excavating Old Kingdom Architecture 52 Early mastabas and step pyramids 52 Turning to stone 53 Making the architecture great 53 Spending life preparing for death 54 The In-Between Period and Middle Kingdom Realism 55 New Kingdom Art 56 Hatshepsut: A female phenom 56 Akhenaten and Egyptian family values 56 Raiding King Tut’s tomb treasures 58 Admiring the world’s most beautiful dead woman’s tomb 59 Decoding Books of the Dead 59 Too-big-to-forget sculpture 61 Chapter 7: Greek Art, the Olympian Ego, and the Inventors of the Modern World 63 Mingling with the Minoans: Snake Goddesses, Minotaurs, and Bull Jumpers 64 Greek Sculpture: Stark Symmetry to a Delicate Balance 66 Kouros to Kritios Boy 66 Golden Age sculptors: Myron, Polykleitos, and Phidias 68 Fourth-century sculpture 70 Figuring Out Greek Vase Painting 71 Cool stick figures: The geometric style 71 Black-figure and red-figure techniques 72 Rummaging through Ruins: Greek Architecture 73 Greece without Borders: Hellenism 76 Sculpting passion and struggle 76 Honoring the classical in a new world 77 Chapter 8: Etruscan and Roman Art: It’s All Greek to Me! 79 The Mysterious Etruscans 79 Temple to tomb: Greek influence 79 Smiles in stone: The eternally happy Etruscans 80 Infusing Art with Roman Influence 80 Linking the territory that was Rome 82 Art as mirror: Roman realism and Republican sculptural portraits 82 Progressing on to propaganda 83 Shirking idealism for authenticity 84 Realism in painting 85 Roman mosaics 86 Revealing Roman Architecture: A Marriage of Style and Engineering 87 Temple of Portunus 87 Maison Carrée 88 Roman aqueducts 88 The Colosseum 88 The Pantheon 90 Part 3: Art after the Fall of Rome: ad 500–ad 1760 93 Chapter 9: The Graven Image: Early Christian, Byzantine, and Islamic Art 95 The Rise and Fall of Constantinople 95 Christianizing Rome 96 After the fall: Divisions and schisms 96 Early Christian Art in the West 96 Rejecting paganism 97 Drawing on Roman art and culture 97 Byzantine Art Meets Imperial Splendor 98 Justinian and Early Byzantine architecture 98 Amazing mosaics: Puzzle art 100 San Vitale: Justinian and Theodora mosaics 101 The mosaics of St Mark’s Basilica, Venice, Italy (Middle Byzantine) 103 Icons and iconoclasm 103 Islamic Art: Architectural Pathways to God 106 The Mosque of Córdoba 107 The dazzling Alhambra 109 A temple of love: The Taj Mahal 110 Chapter 10: Mystics, Marauders, and Manuscripts: Medieval Art 113 Irish Light: Illuminated Manuscripts 114 A unique Christian mission 114 Browsing the Book of Kells, Lindisfarne Gospels, and other manuscripts 114 Drolleries and the fun style 116 Charlemagne: King of His Own Renaissance 117 Weaving and Unweaving the Battle of Hastings: The Bayeux Tapestry 117 Providing a battle blueprint 117 Portraying everyday life in medieval England and France 118 Peddling political propaganda 119 Making border crossings 119 Romanesque Architecture: Churches That Squat 120 St Sernin 120 Durham Cathedral 121 Romanesque Sculpture 122 Nightmares in stone: Romanesque relief 123 Roman sculpture revival 123 Relics and Reliquaries: Miraculous Leftovers 123 Gothic Grandeur: Churches That Soar 125 Building a church-and-state alliance 125 Bigger and brighter 125 Making something new from old parts 126 Finishing touches and voilà! 127 Expanding the Gothic dream 127 Stained-Glass Storytelling 127 Gothic Sculpture 128 Italian Gothic 129 Gothic Painting: Cimabue, Duccio, and Giotto 130 Cimabue 130 Duccio 132 Giotto 133 Tracking the Lady and the Unicorn: The Mystical Tapestries of Cluny 134 Themes of love and desire? 134 Themes with religious connotation? 135 The questions remain 136 Chapter 11: Born-Again Culture: The Early and High Renaissance 137 The Early Renaissance in Central Italy 138 The Great Door Contest: Brunelleschi versus Ghiberti — And the winner is! 138 The Duomo of Florence 139 Vanishing points and perspective 140 Sandro Botticelli: A garden-variety Venus 144 Donatello: Putting statues back on their feet 145 The High Renaissance 146 Reviving self-respect 146 Elevating humanity in art 147 Leonardo da Vinci: Renaissance man 147 Leonardo’s techniques 147 Leonardo’s greatest works 148 Michelangelo: The main man 150 Michelangelo’s greatest works 152 Raphael: The prince of painters 153 Chapter 12: Venetian Renaissance, Late Gothic, and the Renaissance in the North 157 A Gondola Ride through the Venetian Renaissance 158 First stop, Bellini 158 A shortcut to Mantegna and Giorgione 160 Dürer’s Venice vacations 161 Touring the 16th century with Titian 162 The Venice of Veronese 164 Tintoretto and Renaissance ego 165 La Tintoretta: Marietta Robusti 166 Palladio: The king of classicism 167 Late Gothic: Northern Naturalism 168 Jan van Eyck: The Late Gothic ace 168 Rogier van der Weyden: Front and center 169 Northern Exposure: The Renaissance in the Netherlands and Germany 172 Decoding Bosch 172 Deciphering the dark symbolism of Grünewald 174 Dining with Bruegel the Elder 175 Chapter 13: Art That’ll Stretch Your Neck: Mannerism 177 Detecting the Non-Rules of Mannerism 177 Pontormo: Front and Center 178 Bronzino’s Background Symbols and Scene Layering 179 Parmigianino: He’s Not a Cheese! 180 Contrasting proportions and balance 181 A surreal feel 181 Arcimboldo: À la Carte Art 182 Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625): Invading Art History’s Guys’ Club 183 Finding a place in the Spanish court 183 Rubbing elbows with the court painters 184 El Greco: Stretched to the Limit 185 Evolving a unique Mannerist style 185 Drawing inspiration from mysticism 185 How unappreciated was El Greco? 186 Lavinia Fontana: The First Professional Female Painter 187 Applying a rich education and broad network 187 Supplying the missing female storyline 187 Endowing Jesus with more humanity 188 Finding Your Footing in Giulio Romano’s Palazzo Te 189 Architectural surprises outside 190 An inside to die for 190 Chapter 14: When the Renaissance Went Baroque 193 Baroque Origin, Purpose, and Style 194 Annibale Carracci: Heavenly Ceilings 194 Shedding Light on the Subject: Caravaggio and His Followers 195 Elements of Caravaggio style 195 Caravaggio style applied 196 Orazio Gentileschi: Baroque’s gentle side, more or less 197 Shadow and light dramas: Artemisia Gentileschi 197 Elisabetta Sirani and an Art School for Women 199 Sirani’s notable career 199 Portraying brave and capable women 200 The Ecstasy and the Ecstasy: Bernini Sculpture 202 Embracing Baroque Architecture 203 Maderno and the launch of Baroque architecture 203 Bernini: Transforming St Peter’s Basilica 203 Baroque style migrates northward 204 Fischer: Harmonizing Baroque style 204 Dutch and Flemish Realism 205 Rubens: Fleshy, flashy, and holy 206 Rembrandt: Self-portraits and life in the shadows 207 Laughing with Hals 209 Bold Strokes: Judith Leyster 209 Vermeer: Musicians, maids, and girls with pearls 212 French Flourish and Baroque Light Shows 213 Poussin the Perfect 213 Candlelit reverie and Georges de La Tour 213 Versailles: Architecture as propaganda and the Sun King 214 In the Limelight with Caravaggio: The Spanish Golden Age 215 Ribera and Zurbarán: In the shadow of Caravaggio 215 Velázquez: Kings and princesses 216 Chapter 15: Going Loco with Rococo 219 What You Get in Rococo Art 220 Breaking with Baroque: Antoine Watteau 221 Fragonard and Boucher: Lush, Lusty, and Lavish 222 François Boucher 222 Jean-Honoré Fragonard 222 Flying High: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 223 Rococo Lite: The Movement in England 223 William Hogarth 224 Thomas Gainsborough 224 Sir Joshua Reynolds 226 Part 4: The Industrial Revolution Revs Up Art’s Evolution: 1760–1900 229 Chapter 16: All Roads Lead Back to Rome and Greece: Neoclassical Art 231 When Philosophers and Artists Join Forces 232 The promotion of reason 232 Enlightened views and political progress 232 Angelica Kauffman: The Queen of Neoclassicism 233 Focusing on women and brother- or sisterhood 233 Not everyone loved the depictions 235 Jacques-Louis David: The King of Neoclassicism 235 Grand, formal, and retro 236 Propagandist for all sides 237 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres: The Prince of Neoclassical Portraiture 238 Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun: Portraitist of the Queen and Fashion Setter 239 Illustrating fashion trends 240 Fleeing for her life 241 Adélaïde Labille-Guiard: From Ideal to Real and Royals to Revolutionaries 241 Starting with socially acceptable miniatures 242 Graduating to sizeable self-portraiture 242 Working with the Revolutionaries 243 Canova and Houdon: Greek Grace and Neoclassical Sculpture 243 Antonio Canova: Ace 18th-century sculptor 243 Jean-Antoine Houdon: In living stone 244 Chapter 17: Romanticism: Reaching Within and Acting Out 247 Kissing Isn’t Romantic, but Having a Heart Is 247 Romancing independence 248 Romancing spirituality 248 Romancing the wild 249 Far Out with William Blake and Henry Fuseli: Personal Mythologies 249 Unifying body and soul 249 Drawing on imagination 250 Inside Out: Caspar David Friedrich 251 The Revolutionary French Romantics: Gericault and Delacroix 252 Théodore Gericault 252 Eugène Delacroix 253 Francisco Goya and the Grotesque 255 J. 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Turner Sets the Skies on Fire 257 Rebels with a Cause 260 Courbet and Daumier: Painting Peasants and Urban Blight 261 Gustave Courbet 261 Honoré Daumier: Guts and grit 262 The Barbizon School and the Great Outdoors 263 Jean-François Millet: The noble peasants 263 Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot: From naked truth to dressed-up reality 264 Rosa Bonheur: From a Horse Fair to Buffalo Bill 265 Portraying the Paris horse fair 266 Gaining world-wide renown 267 Keeping It Real in America 267 Along came Thomas Cole 267 Westward ho! with Albert Bierstadt 269 George Catlin, painter of western Indian tribes 271 Edmonia Lewis 272 Navigating sun, storm, and sea with Winslow Homer 272 Boating through America with Thomas Eakins 273 The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Medieval Visions and Painting Literature 273 Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Leader of the Pre-Raphaelites 274 Marie Spartali Stillman: From model to artist 275 John Everett Millais and soft-spoken symbolism 276 The Ten: America’s First Art Movement 276 Celebrating the leisure class 277 Creating art for art’s sake 278 Ashcan Artists: Capturing the Grit of Urban Life 278 Presenting the urban underbelly 278 Illustrating the rough life 279 Chapter 19: First Impressions: Impressionism 281 M & M: Manet and Monet 282 Édouard Manet: Breaking the rules 283 Claude Monet: From patches to flecks 284 Pretty Women and Painted Ladies: Renoir and Degas 286 Impressionists and the movement’s midlife crisis 287 Pretty as a picture: Pierre-Auguste Renoir 287 The dancers of Edgar Degas 288 Cassatt, Morisot, and Other Female Impressionists 289 Mary Cassatt 290 Berthe Morisot 291 Eva Gonzalès 292 American Impressionism 293 William Merritt Chase: An Impressionist with Realist ties 293 Frieseke in the Giverny American Art Colony 294 Jane Peterson 295 Chapter 20: Making Their Own Impression: The Post-Impressionists 297 You’ve Got a Point: Pointillism, Georges-Pierre Seurat and Paul Signac 297 Observing the science of color 297 Applying the science of color 298 Red-Light Art: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 299 Tracking the “Noble Savage”: Paul Gauguin 300 Brittany paintings 301 Tahiti paintings 302 Gauguin’s influence 302 Painting Energy: Vincent van Gogh 303 Trading the ministry for art 303 Expanding artistic energy 303 Painting while confined 304 Love Cast in Stone: Rodin and Claudel 304 Auguste Rodin 305 Camille Claudel 306 The Mask behind the Face: James Ensor 306 The Hills Are Alive with Geometry: Paul Cézanne 308 Art Nouveau: Curves, Swirls, and Asymmetry 309 Art Nouveau: Not a painting style 309 Making functionality pretty 310 Fairy-Tale Fancies and the Sandcastle Cathedral of Barcelona: Antoni Gaudí 310 Part 5: Twentieth and Twenty-First Century Art 313 Chapter 21: From Fauvism to Expressionism 315 Fauvism: Colors Fighting like Animals 315 Henri Matisse 316 André Derain 317 Maurice de Vlaminck 317 German Expressionism: Form Based on Feeling 318 Die Brücke and World War I 318 Der Blaue Reiter 321 Austrian Expressionism: From Dream to Nightmare 324 Gustav Klimt and his languorous ladies 325 Egon Schiele: Turning the self inside out 325 Oskar Kokoschka: Dark dreams and interior storms 326 Chapter 22: Cubist Puzzles and Finding the Fast Lane with the Futurists 329 Cubism: All Views At Once 329 Pablo Picasso 330 Analytic Cubism: Breaking things apart 332 Synthetic Cubism: Gluing things together 332 Fernand Léger: Cubism for the commoner 333 Futurism: Art That Broke the Speed Limit 333 Umberto Boccioni 335 Gino Severini 335 Precisionism: Geometry as Art 336 The Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age 338 Chapter 23: Nonobjective Art: Dada, Surrealism, and Abstract Expressionism 343 Suprematism: Kazimir Malevich’s Reinvention of Space 343 The path to Suprematism 344 Reinventing the world in shape and color 344 Constructivism: Showing Off Your Skeleton 345 Tatlin’s Tower 346 A dance between time and space: Naum Gabo 346 Piet Mondrian and the De Stijl Movement 347 Dada Turns the World on Its Head 347 Dada, the ground floor, and Cabaret Voltaire 348 Dada: Influencee and influencer 348 Marcel Duchamp: Nudes, urinals, and hat racks 349 Hans (Jean) Arp: In and out of Dadaland 350 Surrealism and Disjointed Dreams 351 Max Ernst and his alter ego, Loplop 351 Salvador Dalí: Melting clocks, dreamscapes, and ants 352 René Magritte: Help, my head’s on backwards! 354 Dissecting Frida Kahlo 354 Joan Miro 356 My House Is a Machine: Modernist Architecture 357 Frank Lloyd Wright: Bringing the outside in 357 Bauhaus boxes: Walter Gropius 359 Le Corbusier: Machines for living and Notre-Dame du Haut 359 Abstract Expressionism: Fireworks on Canvas 361 Arshile Gorky 361 Jackson Pollock: Flick, fling, drip, splash, swirl — action painting 362 Lee Krasner: Almost patterns 363 Willem de Kooning 364 Chapter 24: Anything-Goes Art: Fab Fifties and Psychedelic Sixties 365 Artsy Cartoons: Pop Art 365 The many faces of Andy Warhol 366 Blam! Comic books on canvas: Roy Lichtenstein 367 Fantastic Realism 368 Ernst Fuchs: The father of the Fantastic Realists 368 Hundertwasser: Organic architecture and art 369 Louise Nevelson: Picking up the Trash and Assemblage 370 Louise Bourgeois: Sexualized sculpture 371 Less-Is-More Art: Rothko, Newman, Stella, Frankenthaler, and Others 372 Color Fields of dreams: Rothko and Newman 372 Helen Frankenthaler 373 Minimalism, more or less 373 Photorealism 374 Richard Estes: Always in focus 374 Clinical close-ups: Chuck Close 375 Helen Hardin: Native American Futurism 375 Performance Art and Installations 376 Fluxus: Intersections of the arts 376 Joseph Beuys: Fanning out from Fluxus 377 Carolee Schneemann: Body art and breaking taboos 378 Chapter 25: Photography: From Science to Art 381 The Birth of Photography 381 Transitioning from Science to Art 382 An early attempt to “artify” photography 383 Focusing on documentary photography 384 Alfred Stieglitz: Reliving the Moment 384 Recognition for photography as high art 385 Picturesque pictures 385 Henri Cartier-Bresson’s uncanny eye 386 From painting to photography 386 Stealth and the “Decisive Moment” 386 Group f/64: Edward Weston, Imogen Cunningham, and Ansel Adams 387 Dorothea Lange: Depression to Dust Bowl 388 Margaret Bourke-White: From Industrial Beauty to Political Statements 389 Photographing for Fortune 389 Photographing for Life 389 Fast-Forward: The Next Generation 391 Chapter 26: The New World: Postmodern Art 393 From Modern Pyramids to Titanium Twists: Postmodern Architecture 393 Viva Las Vegas! 394 Chestnut Hill: Case in point 394 Philip Johnson and urban furniture 395 The prismatic architecture of I M Pei 395 Deconstructivist architecture of Peter Eisenman, Frank Gehry, and Zaha Hadid 396 Making It or Faking It? 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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sound Art
Book SynopsisSound Art offers the first comprehensive introduction to sound art written for undergraduate students. Bridging and blending aspects of the visual and sonic arts, modern sound art first emerged in the early 20th century and has grown into a thriving and varied field. In 13 thematic chapters, this book enables students to clearly grasp both the concepts behind this unique area of art, and its history and practice. Each chapter begins with an exploration of key ideas and theories, followed by an in-depth discussion of selected relevant works, both classic and current. Drawing on a broad, diverse range of examples, and firmly interdisciplinary, this book will be essential reading for anyone studying or teaching the theory, history, appreciation, or practice of sound art.Table of ContentsList of FiguresList of TablesPreface1 Launching a Study of Sound Art2 How Sound Works (with Stephan Moore) 3 Sounds and Nature4 Voice and Language5 Sounds of the Body6 Captured Sound7 Transmitted Sound in Communication8 The Sounding Object 9 Acoustic Spaces10 Sonification 11 Noise and Sound Art12 Conservation and Documentation of Sound Art13 Making Sound Art AccessibleIndex
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Taylor & Francis An Actors Work
Book SynopsisStanislavskiâs âsystemâ has dominated actor-training in the West since his writings were first translated into English in the 1920s and 30s. His systematic attempt to outline a psycho-physical technique for acting single-handedly revolutionized standards of acting in the theatre.Until now, readers and students have had to contend with inaccurate, misleading and difficult-to-read English-language versions. Some of the mistranslations have resulted in profound distortions in the way his system has been interpreted and taught. At last, Jean Benedetti has succeeded in translating Stanislavskiâs huge manual into a lively, fascinating and accurate text in English. He has remained faithful to the author's original intentions, putting the two books previously known as An Actor Prepares and Building A Character back together into one volume, and in a colloquial and readable style for today's actors.The result is a major contribution to the theatre, and a service to one of the gTrade Review'A lively new translation by Jean Benedetti… Stanislavksi was provocative, controversial - and, asAn Actor's Work confirms, a genius' - The Times'A volume that clearly communicates the entire system … it should be made required reading. -The Guardian'Getting the system straight from the horses mouth … An Actor's Work should be a manual not just in drama school, but but on any course where students are taught to assess texts and arugments critically' - Times Literary Supplement'A landmark achievement in Stanislavski studies … essential reading for anyone interested in acting, practically or academically, at all levels from schools to the industry.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement'Benedetti, the author of several previous books on Stanislavski, has both improved and expanded upon the Hapgood editions, and the result is a longer yet much more readable text. ' –Libray Journal'The twin bibles of acting books, Stanislavsky's An Actor Prepares and Building a Character, have been recently re-translated into a single tome.' - American Theatre'A far more authentic Stanislavsky.' – Laurence Senelick, Tufts University, Boston'More complete, much more accurate, and more readable [than the previous translation].’ –Richard Hornby, University of California, Riverside'Benedetti has done an excellent job… an elegantly presented and valuable volume… This volume is essential reading for anyone interested in acting, practically or academically, at all levels from schools to the industry.' - Times Higher Education'…Jean Benedetti's translation is fresh, immediate, highly readable, very witty, and, above all, accessible.' - Dramatics'This volume is a must for theater collections. Essential.' – CHOICETable of ContentsIntroduction Declan Donnelan Translator's Foreword Jean Benedetti Preface Konstantin Stanislavski Year One 1. Amateurism 2. The stage as art and stock-in-trade 3. Action 4. Imagination 5. Concentration 6. Muscular release 7. Bits and tasks 8. Belief and the sense of truth 9. Emotion memory 10. Contact and communication 11. Adaptation 12. Psychological drives 13. Psychological drives in action 14. The Actor's creative state 15. The Supertask, through-action 16. The subconscious and the Actor Year Two 17. Transition to physical embodiment 18. Physical education 19. Voice and speech 20. Perspective 21. Tempo-rhyth 22. Logic 23. Physical characteristics 24. Finishing touches 25. Charisma 26. Ethics and discipline 27. External creative state 28. General creative state 29. The system Appendices Glossary of Key Terms Afterword Anatolij Smelianski
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Essential Student Guide to Professional
Book SynopsisThis essential reference for photography students explains how to become part of the professional community. By defining professional photography today, and exploring what is expected of professional photographers, the book demystifies this often-misunderstood and misjudged career track. The easily accessible text provides readers with valuable information, inspiration, and education on topics including developing your photographic voice, finding your area of specialization, exploring the moving image, building a website, and understanding self-presentation, promotion, legal aspects, and marketing. It also features inspirational projects for students to embark on their education in photography. Trade Review"Scott is well placed to advise young students on the ins and outs of getting started as a pro. He has a wealth of experience in the industry from art directing and magazine editing to shooting as a professional photographer and lecturing. There are some gems of useful information and invaluable advice buried in this book..." - Professional PhotographyTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsChapter One: What Is Professional Photography?Chapter Two: What Makes a Professional Photographer?Chapter Three: How to Find Your Photographic VoiceChapter Four: Understanding the Photography BusinessChapter Five: Going It Alone and Where Do You Fit?Chapter Six: The Importance of the Moving ImageChapter Seven: The Twenty-First Century Professional PhotographerGlossaryResources
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography
Book SynopsisThe Complete Guide to Landscape Astrophotography is the ultimate manual for anyone looking to create spectacular landscape astrophotography images. By explaining the science of landscape astrophotography in clear and straightforward language, it provides insights into phenomena such as the appearance or absence of the Milky Way, the moon, and constellations. This unique approach, which combines the underlying scientific principles of astronomy with those of photography, will help deepen your understanding and give you the tools you need to fulfil your artistic vision. Key features include: Distinguished Guest Gallery of images from renowned nightscape photographers such as Babak Tafreshi, Bryan Peterson, Alan Dyer, Brenda Tharp, Royce Bair, Wally Pacholka, and David Kingham The twenty-five best landscape astrophotography subjects and how to photograph them Astronomy 101 - build your knowledge of night sky objects and their motion: the MilkTable of ContentsFront Matter DedicationForeword (Babak Tafreshi)PrefaceAcknowledgementsSection I. What Is Landscape Astrophotography and Why Now? Chapter 1 Introduction and Goals of BookSection II. Understanding Astronomy & Atmospheric Science for Nightscape Images Chapter 2 The Night Sky & Its MovementChapter 3 Sunrises/SunsetsChapter 4 Aurora Borealis / AustralisChapter 5 The MoonChapter 6 Solar System Chapter 7 Meteors, Meteor Showers, Comets, Fireballs and BolidesChapter 8 Milky WayChapter 9 Weather and Atmospheric ScienceSection III. Understanding Photography for Landscape Astrophotography Images Chapter 10 Light & the Human EyeChapter 11 Camera and Lens Systems Chapter 12 Exposure Chapter 13 Light Painting and Light DrawingChapter 14 Video, Time-Lapses and Motion-ProductionSection IV. Planning Landscape Astrophotography Images Chapter 15 The 25 Best Landscape Astrophotography Targets (& How to Photograph Them)Chapter 16 Developing Your Astrophotography Session PlanChapter 17 Essential Software and AppsChapter 18 Essential Hardware and EquipmentSection V. Creating Landscape Astrophotography Images Chapter 19 The Astrophotography ClinicChapter 20 Obstacles and Common Unexpected ProblemsSection VI. Processing Landscape Astrophotography Images Chapter 21 Image Management and Processing FoundationsChapter 22 Creative Nightscapes: Multiple Image ProcessingSection VII. Detailed Case Studies Chapter 23 From Concept to Curating - Four Detailed Case StudiesSection VIII. Guest Gallery Chapter 24 Distinguished Guest GallerySection IX. Conclusions Chapter 25 Where Do We Go From HereAppendices I Equipment ChecklistII Figure Summary and World MapIII Annual Night Sky PlannerIV Homemade PlanisphereV The Altitude of PolarisVI How Far Away is the HorizonVII Contributor WebsitesIndex
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment
Book SynopsisThe refurbishment of existing buildings is a crucial yet often neglected subject within sustainable architecture; attention is usually focused on new buildings. Many old buildings waste large amounts of energy and provide poor internal conditions for occupants through poor lighting, poor ventilation, solar penetration and glare, and poor control of heating and cooling. Demolition is an option but the refurbishment alternative is increasingly seen as more sustainable in terms of architectural value, materials use, neighbourhood disruption and waste disposal. In addition, the potential impact of low energy refurbishment is much greater than that for new build since there are many more buildings already in existence than will be built in the next 10 - 20 years, the period over which many CO2 emission targets apply. The Handbook of Sustainable Refurbishment: Non-Domestic Buildings offers architects, engineers and a wide range of building professionals practical advice, illustrated by realTrade Review'An incisive book that provides practical strategies and tactics for sustainable refurbishment, literally from the ground up. Richly illustrated with informative diagrams, supported by accessible quantitative analysis, and reinforced by detailed case study examples, this book is a triumph.' Koen Steemers PhD RIBA/ARB, Professor of Sustainable Design and Head of the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge 'Nick Baker tackles head on what many eminent scientists in Cambridge regard as most pressing contemporary problems, the sustainable refurbishment of the existing building stock, much of which is going to be with us still in 2050. Dr. Baker delivers his profound understanding of these difficult issues in a wholly intelligible and compelling way. I cannot commend this book to my profession and its patrons highly enough.' Professor Alan Short, University of Cambridge and Short and Associates Architects 'Definitely worth reading, learning from and implementing the practical experience of the REVIVAL team.' Building Engineer Magazine 'Innovative ideas for improvements, which may become increasingly necessary in the coming years ... a challenging and interesting read, providing complex technical solutions to issues which require a full understanding of building pathology.' Context Journal, Institute of Historic Building Conservation 'Challenging and interesting read.' Context, IHBC 'The Hanbook of Sustainable Refurbishment offers practical advice illustrated by real examples'. DETAIL Magazine 'A very useful introduction to the subject ... appropriate for younger professionals and also for their more experienced colleagues who may be contemplating undertaking sustainable refurbishment for the first time.' Proceedings of the Institute of Civil EngineersTable of ContentsPart I 1: Strategies for sustainable refurbishment. Part II 2: Floors 3: Walls 4: Roofs 5: Windows 6: Atria and Double Skins 7: Mechanical Plant and Controls 8: Renewable Energy Options Part III: Case Studies 9. The Albatros, Den Hedler, Nedtherlands 10. Lycee Chevrollier, Angers, France 11. Daneshill House, Stevenage, UK 12. Ministry of Finance Offices, Athens 13. The Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy
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Castle Point Books Manga Sparkle Kawaii
Book SynopsisColor a world where cuteness rules and life is extra sweet!Let your creativity dazzle with the platinum pink pages of Manga Sparkle: Kawaii! Fans of Japanese anime, manga, kawaii, and chibi art will love this shimmery pink coloring book full of huggable cats and other happy critters in fantastic settings. From frogs in toadstool hats to rabbits with fairy wings to puppy-panda Popsicleswarm fuzzy feelings are guaranteed. Grab your colored pens and pencils and add a dash of color to baby unicorns, cuddly merkitties, and chonky narwhals!- More than 45 illustrations of irresistibly cheerful animals, yummy treats, and magical worlds- Easy-to-color art with metallic pink accents for extra fun- Perforated pages make it easy to share your finished pieces with friendsPop over to a ramen pool party; scooter along with a playful sloth, watch the sunset with fluffy bunnies, and restore your sense of wonder with Manga Sparkle: Kawaii.
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St. Martin's Publishing Group Coquette
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Cambridge University Press The Complete Writings of Henry James on Art and Drama Volume 1 Art
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W. W. Norton & Company The Driving Machine
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Design Principles for Photography
Book SynopsisIn an age over-saturated with photographic imagery, Design Principles for Photography demonstrates how design awareness can add a new level of depth to your images. By adapting and experimenting with the tried and tested techniques used by graphic designers every day, you can add dynamism and impact to your imagery, whatever the style or genre - something that today''s editors, curators and publishers are all crying out for.The second edition includes examples of unsuccessful compositions, annotated images highlighting key techniques and an expanded glossary. There's also a new section on movements in photography and their reflection in composition, including modernism, expressionism, and surrealism and interviews with international practitioners discussing how they've included design principles in their work. Featured topics: Basic design theory; the use of space; positional decisions; the elements of design; line; shape or form; space; texture; light; colour; pattern; rhythm; contrasTrade ReviewWebb offers a beautifully designed and very useful introduction to the creative composition of a photograph ... Provides readers with authoritative principles and superb photographic examples ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels, all libraries. - CHOICE (of the first edition)Table of ContentsIntroduction1. Basic Design Theory2. The Elements of Design3. First Design Principles4. Depth and Scale5. Movement and Flow6. Emphasis And Emotion7. Putting It All TogetherFurther ResourcesIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC User Experience Design
Book SynopsisApplicable to a wide spectrum of design activity, this book offers an ideal first step, clearly explaining fundamental concepts and methods to apply when designing for the user experience. Covering essential topics from user research and experience design to aesthetics, standards and prototyping, User Experience Design explains why user-centered methods are now essential to ensuring the success of a wide range of design projects. This second edition includes important new topics including; digital service standards, onboarding and scenario mapping. There are now 12 hands-on activities designed to help you start exploring basic UX tasks such as visualising the user journey and recognising user interface patterns. Filled with straightforward explanations and examples from around the world, this book is an essential primer for students and non-designers needing an introduction to contemporary UX thinking and common approaches. Designed specifically for newcomers to UX Design, the coTrade ReviewGavin and Peter offer fundamental and practical insights into design thinking for those of us passionate about crafting experiences for people. * Daniel Yates, Product Designer at ThoughtWorks, Australia *The authors do a great job at breaking down the core parts of UX and making them easily digestible. A worthy addition to the bookshelf of anyone looking to break into the field of UX. * Chris Gibbons, Principal UX Developer at Auto Trader, UK *Table of ContentsOverview Introduction 1. What is User Experience Design? - Designing interactive experiences - Life’s experiences - Activity #1 - The Big Picture - Scenario - Hints - Roles in User Experience Design (UX) - Today’s Multidisciplinary Teams - Methods and background - Stakeholders - Activity #2 - Designing for others - Activity 2. Users - User research - The user’s world - Co-experience - Activity #3 - Listening and learning - Emotional Responses - Memory - Fallibility - Expectation - Motivation - Activity #4 - The journey concept - Outcomes 3. Experience Design - Competitive advantage - Brands - Productivity - Activity #5 - Quantifying sentiment - Fun - Usability - Simplicity - Challenge - Feedback - Gestalt Theory - Semiotics - Narrative - Constraints - Activity #6 - Recognizing intuition - Outcomes 4. Design Process - The life of a project - User involvement - Personas - Scenarios - Activity #7 - Scenario Mapping - Design requirements - Communication and planning - Design Standards - Digital Service Standards - Activity #8 - A Design Problem - Conclusion 5. Design Constraints - Aesthetics - Meeting the requirements - Semantic Design - Design patterns - Activity #9 - Recognising UI patterns - Layout - Responsive Design - Image - Type - Accessibility - Activity #10 - Onboarding 6. Mindset and Toolset - Platforms and technologies - Communications and Organisations - Empathy - Ideation - Problem Solving - The first right solution - Activity #11 - Visualising Data - Maps and flows - Working with users - Prototypes - Mock-ups - Activity #12 - Simple Prototyping - Evaluating tools and resources - Choice - Conclusion Further Reading Books Websites
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Writing Visual Histories
Book SynopsisWhat can visual artifacts tell us about the past? How can we interpret them rigorously, weaving their formal and material qualities into rich social contexts to reach wider historical conclusions? Unfolding key historiographical and methodological issues, Writing Visual Histories equips students to answer these questions, showing visual analysis to be a key skill in historical research. A multifaceted structure makes this a practical guide for writing and reflecting on visual histories. A first section includes six case studies -- on topics ranging from medieval heraldry to Life magazine. These examples are followed by an exploration of essential concepts that inform historical thinking about visual matters, a treatment of disciplinary practices, and discussion of the practicalities (such as accessing museum collections and organising permissions) that scholars working with visual sources have to navigate. This book is an invaluable tool kit for opening up a historical Trade ReviewThe six chapters offer case-studies from the fourteenth to the twentieth-century in Britain, Europe and the United States, and collectively present visual history as a lively interdisciplinary mode of enquiry. With its additional sections on concepts, practices and practicalities, the volume exceeds the conventional textbook – making it invaluable as a student handbook or toolkit. * Viccy Coltman, Professor of eighteenth-century History of Art, University of Edinburgh, UK *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Heraldry Topsy-Turvy: Depictions and Performances of Dishonour and Death, Marcus Meer 2. Costume Imagery and the Visualisation of Humanity in Early Modern Europe, Katherine Bond 3. Identity and Continuity: The Visual Culture of an Institution over 500 Years, Ludmilla Jordanova 4. Making an Exhibition of Himself: John Wilkes through Visual Sources, Jonathan Conlin 5. Writing the History of the Photographic Book: The Case of Weimar Germany, J. J. Long 6. The Picture Magazine: Life and the Limits of Photography, Melissa Renn Concepts Agency Art Discourse Genre Iconography Medium Reception Reproduction Rhetoric Skill Style Visual Culture Practices Description Contextualization Periodization Practicalities Using Image Databases Organizing Permissions Writing Captions Publishing with Pictures Conclusions Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Graphic Design Process
Book SynopsisOne of the main challenges students face upon entering design school is little knowledge of the field, its terminology and best practices. Unsurprisingly, most new students have never fully developed a concept or visual idea, been in a critique, or have been asked to explain their work to others. This book demystifies what design school is really like and explains what will be experienced at each stage, with particular focus on practical advice on topics like responding to design briefs and developing ideas, building up confidence and understanding what is expected. Student work is critiqued to show how projects are really assessed Profiles highlight how professional designers themselves address client briefs Tips for real-life problems are outlined, like getting stuck and dealing with critical feedback Written by experienced instructors, this is the perfect guide for those starting their design education.Table of Contents1: Introduction 1: The purpose of this book 2: How to use this book 1: The “Design Thinking” process in graphic design 2: The 4D design process: how to be creative on demand 3: How this book is structured 4: The problem with “design process” 3: Discover 1: Kicking off a design project 2: All about the design brief 3: Understanding the design problem 4: Design 1: About Divergent thinking 2: Techniques for generating Ideas 3: Talking about your ideas 5: Develop 1: Convergent thinking 2: Giving (and getting) critique 3: Working with instructor feedback 6: Deploy 1: Presenting your work 2: Design juries (and clients) 3: Understanding your grade
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC 25 Concepts in Modern Architecture
Book SynopsisDesigned to appeal to visual thinkers, 25 Concepts in Modern Architecture explores the fundamental ideas behind architectural design, through easy-to-follow sketches, drawings and succinct explanations.Twenty-five concepts each of which are key to architectural design thinking are accessibly explained by examining twenty-five different masterworks of modern architecture. For example, the concept of movement' in architectural design is explained through a close look at a Le Corbusier building; transparency' is examined in Philip Johnson''s seminal Glass House; asymmetry' is understood through the work of Zaha Hadid and so on, through twenty-five core concepts and twenty-five of the most significant buildings of the modern era.Taking a highly-visual approach, this simple yet visually-powerful guide is an essential companion in the design studio and to introductory courses in modern architecture, interior architecture, and interior design. Understanding these concepts wiTrade Review25 Concepts is essential reading for students as well as anyone interested in understanding the development of design. It illuminates the importance of conceptual framework as the foundation of architecture and indeed any creative endeavor. * Calvin Tsao, Tsao & McKown Architects, Brooklyn, USA *Travis and Anderson have created an invaluable resource for understanding and interpreting modern architecture and its formal strategies. Pairing executed concepts and hand-drawn diagrams with design descriptions that are approachable and accessible, this book is ideal for architectural students, educators and enthusiasts. * Barbara Bestor, Fellow, American Institute of Architects, Bestor Architecture, Los Angeles, USA *This book illustrates and analyzes universal design principles in a clear and systematic way. The selection of acclaimed modern structures reveals the historical and theoretical impact these buildings have had within the architectural field. * Michael C. Abrams, Associate Clinical Professor, School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation, University of Maryland, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Rotating L-Shapes Schindler Chace House, Rudolph Schindler 1922 2. Manipulating Volumes Bauhaus Master Houses, Walter Gropius 1926 3. Sliding Planes Barcelona Pavilion, Mies Van Der Rohe 1929 4. Shifting Space Lovell Beach House, Rudolph Schindler 1929 5. Moving Perspectives Villa Savoy, Le Corbusier 1931 6. Compressing Horizontals Jacobs House, Frank Lloyd Wright 1936 7. Expanding Volumes Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright 1937 8. Extending Rectangles Kaufmann House, Richard Neutra 1947 9. Splitting Zones Eames House, Charles and Ray Eames 1949 10. Offsetting Interior/Exterior Glass House, Philip Johnson 1949 11. Layering Planes Farnsworth House, Mies Van Der Rohe 1951 12. Undulating Forms House of Canoas, Oscar Niemeyer 1951 13. Manipulating Light Ronchamp, Le Corbusier 1955 14. Interlocking Cubes Trenton Bath House, Louis Kahn 1955 15. Connecting Forms Miller House, Eero Saarinen 1957 16. Lengthening Views Stahl House, Pierre Koenig 1960 17. Overlapping Circles Pavilion for Pre-Columbian Art, Philip Johnson 1963 18. Rotating Blocks Fisher House, Louis Kahn 1967 19. Embedding Components Koshino House, Tadao Ando 1984 20. Clustering Objects Winton Guest House, Frank Gehry 1987 21. Engaging Procession Church on the Water, Tadao Ando 1988 22. Lifting Elements Maison Bordeaux, Rem Koolhaas 1998 23. Branching Masses Y House, Steven Holl 1999 24. Stacking Shapes Tokyo Apartment House, Sou Fujimoto 2006 25. Nesting Rectangles House N, Sou Fujimoto 2008 Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion Agency and Empowerment
Book SynopsisFashion has always been strongly linked with the politics of gender and equality. In this global and interdisciplinary collection, leading authors explore the relationships between the dressed body, fashion, sex, and power, with an emphasis on the role of dress in both reinforcing and challenging social norms.Covering a range of geographic and social contexts, the book explores the role of fashion in empowering both individuals and groups to create transformation and change. Taking us from the performance of black dandyism through stylized hats, to the use of challenging dance forms and male-inspired dress by female South African dancers to express independence and equality, to ways in which recent Bond Girls have challenged traditional gender binaries, the book provides a crucial entry point into discussions of fashion as an empowerment strategy.Fashion, Agency, and Empowerment encourages the reader to critically examine the cultural and social impact of sexual objectification,
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Art Nouveau
Book SynopsisArt Nouveau presents a new overview of the international Art Nouveau movement. Art Nouveau represented the search for a new style for a new age, a sense that the conditions of modernity called for fundamentally new means of expression. Art Nouveau emerged in a world transformed by industrialisation, urbanisation and increasingly rapid means of transnational exchange, bringing about new ways of living, working and creating.This book is structured around key themes for understanding the contexts behind Art Nouveau, including new materials and technologies, colonialism and imperialism, the rise of the ''modern woman'', the rise of the professional designer and the role of the patron-collector. It also explores the new ideas that inspired Art Nouveau: nature and the natural sciences, world arts and world religions, psychology and new visions for the modern self. Ashby explores the movement through 41 case studies of artists and designers, buildings, interiors, paintings, graphic artTrade ReviewAshby’s book examines afresh the complex origins, conditions and manifestations of International Art Nouveau through a series of evocative case studies drawn from a range of national contexts and organised around a series of compelling themes. This complicates and challenges our understanding of this key period in modern art, architecture and design and opens up fascinating new insights into the ways in which diverse historical actors grabbled with a rapidly changing world in their search for “a modern style for a modern age” -- Sabine Wieber, Lecturer in History of Art, University of Glasgow, UKFresh and original in its approach, this study provides a comprehensive overview of Art Nouveau that considers the movement’s origins in imperialism and networks of global trade alongside its links to the emerging discipline of psychoanalysis, the concept of the “New Woman”, and new patterns of patronage in the arts. By casting formal innovation and experimentation as profoundly entangled with the social, political, and economic transformations of fin-de-siècle society, Art Nouveau promises to forever change the way that we understand this movement and its relevance to our own historical moment. -- Jessica M. Dandona, Professor of Liberal Arts, Minneapolis College of Art and Design, USATable of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Part One 1. The 19th-century Roots of Art Nouveau 2. A New Style for a New Age 3. Sites of Art Nouveau: New Forms of Exhibition 4. Designers and Manufacturers: How Art Nouveau was Made and Sold 5. Art Nouveau on Paper: Print and Graphic Art 6. Art Nouveau Patrons and Networks Conclusion: Art Nouveau in Vienna Part Two 7. The Power of Nature 8. The Global Reach of Colonialism 9. Visions of Other Worlds and Hopes for the Future 10. Psychology, Sex and the Modern Self 11. Dream Spaces: The Art Nouveau Interior 12. New Art for a Changing World Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Drawn to Type
Book SynopsisIllustrated lettering is one of the most recognisable trends in design, but how do you take your work in this area to new levels and make your projects stand out from the crowd? Illustrator, designer and educator Marty Blake takes you through the craft of creative lettering: what you need to know about working with various media and how to incorporate image and text successfully. Each chapter focuses on one technique, covering its history, the tools and techniques needed to achieve it, along with examples from designers and illustrators from around the world all with critical reflection on what works, and why. Whether you're lettering by hand or digitally, Drawn to Type is perfect for use alongside courses in illustration and typography, and as an inspirational guide for designers looking to give the written word that visual impact.Trade ReviewWith its carefully chosen case studies and succinct historical content, this is a useful and visually appealing book that offers practical and theoretical guidance to approaching typographic practice in creative ways. -- Jo Davies, Visiting Professor in Illustration, University of Plymouth, UKThis book is essential reading for any student who wants to understand the contextual history of our letterforms and how to integrate lettering more successfully within their creative projects. -- John Kilburn, University of Plymouth, UKA love letter to the alphabet, Drawn to Type provides inspiration for professional designers and hobbyists alike. -- Antoine Revoy, Rhode Island School of Design, USAIllustration is the magic space created between type and images. So, when I teach young illustrators, thinking with type and design is not an optional skill, but an essential tool. In Drawn to Type, Marty Blake has assembled a collection way beyond a typical scrapbook carousel, this is a rich tutorial for learning to use type as image, artifact, and communication. -- John Hendrix, Chair, MFA Illustration and Visual Culture, Washington University in St. Louis, USATable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1: Typography with Illustration History The basics: Categories of styles and anatomy of letterforms Digital distortion: techniques and tips Sample work and artists Part 2: Calligraphy and Brush Lettering with Illustration History Sample alphabets: uncial, half uncial, Blackletter, Roman, Chancery, Spencerian, Humanist, Informal, etc. Examination of tools: pens, brushes, papers and inks Technical tips on writing Sign painting: tools and materials, paint and chalk Sample work and artists Part 3: Hand Lettering with Illustration History Sample alphabet styles Examination of tools: brushes, surfaces and paints Technical tips on lettering Sample work and artists Part 4: Alternate Media Graphic artists working with unusual materials and situations, including graffiti and street art Conditions, opportunities and parameters Glossary
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Designing Designing
Book Synopsisdesigning designing is one of the most extraordinary books on design ever written. First published in 1984 and reprinted with this title and cover in 1991, the book was the product of ten years of auto-critique, reflection and experimentation on writing on designing. Offering a savage auto-critique of his own work on methods, as well as of the wider methods and ends of advanced industrial societies as a whole, this book challenges the traditional product- and progress- orientated focus on design by insisting that the world now coming into being requires designing to be understood as a response to the whole of life.' But designing designing is also unique in modern design thinking in its exploration of what writing on designing might be. Combining essays, interviews, reflections, performances, plays, poems, chance procedures, photographs, collages and quotes, Jones experiments with both form and content in an attempt to make a book which is not simply about designing but iTrade ReviewDesigning Designing is a particularly redemptive text ... not only because of the immense self-awareness and epistemic humility Jones demonstrates, but also because it explores in both its content and its form what else design and designing could be. In stark contrast to the predictable and stolid reification of design methods, principles, and practices today, this open-ended flexibility and responsiveness in design practice reflects in the structure of the book itself: a diverse collection of essays, personal reflections, anecdotes, conversations, interviews, and poetry. * Design and Culture *Foregrounding the performing of designing as an ongoing experimental lived practice that is at once personal, social and institutional, this astonishingly prescient book offers fresh insights into how design expertise can be mobilized to address contemporary challenges. This re-issue should inspire a new generation of designers to think deeply and critically about designing, what makes it possible or constrains it, and its positive and negative unfolding consequences. -- Lucy Kimbell, Director, Social Design Institute and Professor of Contemporary Design Practices at the University of Arts London, UKTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction to the revised edition by Clive Dilnot Foreword by C. Thomas Mitchell Author's Note Preface to the 1984 edition Acknowledgements Introductory Essay: The Future of Breathing 1. A Thought Revolved Love, hate and architecture How my thoughts about design methods have changed during the years Now we are numerous Beyond rationalism Principles in design 2. The World Without Imagination St Ives by chance Composing by chance Some reflection on chance Designing designing 3. It Must Give Pleasure Opus one, number two "... in the dimension of Time" Continuous design and redesign Things 4. Things of August Is designing a response to the whole of life? 35 wishes Voices at the conference conference The design of modern life Utopia and Numeroso Afterword by John Thackara Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Fashion Styling
Book SynopsisLearn to style for advertisements, magazines and portfolios and take your first steps into one of fashion communication''s most dynamic and rewarding careers. With hands-on practical advice on working as part of a team, developing a visual vocabulary and managing a shoot, you''ll be encouraged to experiment and develop your own original creative concepts. This revised edition includes a new chapter on the future of the industry, exploring how the role is changing and the stylist''s position as an entrepreneur. There are also new interviews with professional stylists and 120 new images to demonstrate each technique.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Fashion Stylist What Is Fashion Styling? Aspects of the Job A Career in Fashion Styling Interview: Helen McGuckin Interview: Max Clark 2. Essential Research Fashion Awareness Context Fashion Referencing Interview: Lily Charnock 3. Sectors within Styling Editorial Styling Commercial Styling Still-Life Styling Personal Styling Interview: Siobhan Lyons Interview: Emma Jade Edwards Interview: Carol Woollam 4. Preparing For a Photoshoot Organizing a Test Shoot Working with a Team Sourcing Clothing Props and Set Design Casting the Model Locations The Photoshoot in Production Production Planning Final Brief and Testing Interview: Laura Holmes Interview: India Harris Day of the Shoot Editing Post-Production 5. Becoming a Stylist Collating a Portfolio Creating a Website Self-Promotion Places to Work Interning and Assisting Working As a Freelance Stylist Interview: Aisha Jimoh Securing an Agent Interview: Sam Moore 6. The Future of Styling How the Role is Changing The Stylist Entrepreneur Bibliography Further Resources
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC A Practical Guide to the Fashion Industry
Book SynopsisHighlighting the skills and considerations needed to manage products, Virginia Grose introduces key processes such as product development, the supply chain and branding to help you quickly get to grips with the business side of fashion. Examining traditional and newer roles within the industry, discussing the roles of buyers, retailers and merchandisers interviews and case studies give insight into the realities of this competitive industry. This second edition has all new case studies, interviews and projects as well as coverage of sustainable practice, the use of social media, the circular economy and slow fashion. There's also more on digital storytelling, online and offline retailing and elements of retail entertainment for customers plus the impact of fast fashion throughout the industry.Trade ReviewPraise for the first edition: I think this is a book that should be given to every fashion student ... [it] contains a goldmine of information for a novice and holds important considerations for the professional. -- Sheri Lee, Fashion designer and writer, www.safashiongirl.comExcellent, really a beautiful book. -- Young Kim, Kent State University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction 1. Context and Concept From couture to high street Designer typology Research and idea generation Trend forecasting Interview: Emily Gordon-Smith Case study: EDITED Chapter summary 2. Product Development The role of design in business The product mix Garment specifications: sampling Interview: Steven Tai Case study: MATCHESFASHION.COM Chapter summary 3. Retail Strategy Defining retail strategy Implementing retail strategy The marketing mix: position The marketing mix: place The marketing mix: price The marketing mix: people Interview: Richard Hurtley Case study: Farfetch Chapter summary 4.The Fashion Supply Chain Background of the textile industry and supply chains What is fast fashion? Global sourcing and world class supply chain models Sustainability in fashion supply chains Risk measures and controls in fashion supply chains Logistics and outsourcing in the supply chain Interview: Liz Leffman Case study: Kering Group Chapter summary 5. Fashion Brands Customer Profiling Building a Brand Luxury Brands Mass Market and Fast Fashion Brands Storytelling & Brand Promotion Brand Protection Interview: Paul Alger Case study: The British House Chapter summary Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Useful Websites
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Defuturing
Book SynopsisOnce one understands the nature and magnitude of defuturing as the negation of world futures, how one has to account for the history and making of the material world including design - dramatically changes. Defuturing as our condition forces the generation of a new philosophy of design. With these thoughts this book presents a radically new understanding of the history, context and futures of designing. First published in 1999, now reissued with a new preface by the author, Defuturing: A New Design Philosophy is a prescient and powerful account of what it means to comprehend that we live in world that is taking away futures for ourselves and non-human others. Arguing that designing is doubly implicated in this process, first in its roles in helping to create the unsustainable, but second, re-thought through the lens of defuturing, as a mode of acting in the world that can help contest the negation of the world, Defuturing transforms our comprehension of designing and ofTrade ReviewDefuturing: A New Design Philosophy bears true to its title. It’s the confident announcement of a new approach to design by a fiercely independent and original design thinker. Nobody has grasped with greater clarity design’s role in creating the structural logic of sustainability constitutive of today’s world as Tony Fry. In these pages, the reader will find a most perceptive exploration of the profound historicity of design, from which there emerges a genuinely new way of looking at the world, one that goes well beyond the redeeming rhetoric of humanism and the nihilistic lucubrations of posthumanism. By conjuring up a critical new awareness of design’s powers of world making, Fry is able to craft the contours of a compelling redirective design practice and a novel lexicon for making otherwise. * Arturo Escobar, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology at the University of North Carolina, USA *Table of ContentsList of images Tony Fry's Defuturing: A new design philosophy by Clive Dilnot Preface to the 2020 edition Preface to the original edition INTRODUCTION An introductory lexicographical review Design Sustain-ability and unsustainability Defuturing Relationality Guided Reading PART I: An opening 1. TECHNOLOGY, WARRING AND THE CRISIS OF HISTORY Technology in flux From structure and from techné From war to warring The crisis of the crisis of history PART II: History, modernity and defuturing 2. MADE IN AMERICA: A WORLD PRODUCTION America Then and now Productivism and a history of world making 3. DWELLING IN STREAMLINES AMERICA Streamlining Design The New York World's Fair Utopia: A designing idea 4. TOTAL DESIGN: EUROPE The Bauhaus, as told The Vkhutemas postscript PART III: One point: Four locations 5. DESIGN AND THE BODY OF COMPETITION The body Bodies of the body The measure that measures the standards Openings as endings 6. TIME AND CHINA Time The years of 1926 China: Four perspectives 7. TELEVISUAL IN-HUMAN DESIGN The televisual Perspectives and horizons Ecology of the image 8. THE AUTONOMIC TECHNOCENTRICITY OF COMPUTERS The reason machine The force of design Reiterations towards making decisions CONCLUDING IMPRESSIONS Bibliography Index
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