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Book SynopsisUser experience doesn’t happen on a screen; it happens in the mind, and the experience is multidimensional and multisensory. This practical book will help you uncover critical insights about how your customers think so you can create products or services with an exceptional experience.

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Book SynopsisThis book tells the previously untold stories of six major art thefts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York, written by its former Chief Security Officer, John Barelli. Reader will be taken into the loading docks and curatorial offices, to the Temple of Dendur and the American Wing and its magnificent Engelhard Courtyard, the majestic Main Hall where the author stood opening many mornings as the world poured in, the Astor Courtyard and the Valez Blanco Patio. In the museum's Arms and Armor department the author will point out that museum staff helped create the helmets that our soldiers used in World War, he'll share with readers what happen to the coins in the museum's fountains. At the heart of this book there will always be artthose who love it and those who take it, two groups of people that are far from mutually exclusive.Trade Review“The theft and sometime recovery of a work of art holds a fascination for many that John Barelli fully satisfies in these absorbing pages born of a long career studying the subject and putting it into practice at the Metropolitan Museum of Art”. Philippe de Montebello Director Emeritus, the Metropolitan Museum of Art John Barelli made us feel totally secure at the Met for more than a quarter of a century—and now he tells us exactly how he handled threats, thefts, and the challenges of keeping art and visitors safe in the post-9/11 world. Like the great treasures he protected, this is a masterpiece of a memoir. Harold Holzer Author, winner of the National Humanities Medal, and former senior Vice President for External Affairs at the Met Museum

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a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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a huge range and FREE tracked UK delivery on ALL orders.

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Book SynopsisIntroducing the new BIG VALUE format in adult coloring books!Coloring books for grownups are this year's biggest new trend in publishing, and best-selling titles from Design Originals are playing a major role. Design Originals is your source for top-quality coloring books packed with exciting value-add features.Each big new book in the new Coloring Collection Series offers big value, with three times as many coloring pages as a $9.99 bookfor just $19.99. That's 50% more coloring for the money, a big plus for savvy repeat-purchase coloring book consumers.Sturdy spiral binding lies flat and makes this series much easier to use than the competition. Like every coloring book series from Design Originals, these titles also feature richly-detailed original artwork by leading designers, trendy subject matter, inspirational quotes, full-color sample illustrations, and basic instructions in art techniques. And each book is printed on high quality extra-thick paper tha

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Book Synopsis This quirky coloring book offers a fun Day of the Dead artistic experience Once observed mainly by people of Mexican heritage, Day of the Dead is now attracting a mainstream U.S. audience. "Show Me" starter pages make coloring easy with fully colored examples & color choices Includes a full color introduction to coloring art techniques. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display. Printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper.

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Book Synopsis This artist is a huge social media trendsetter. Show Me starter pages make coloring easy with fully colored examples & color choices Includes a full color introduction to coloring art techniques. Perforated pages detach easily for gifting or display. Printed on one side only of archival-grade, acid-free, 200-year paper.

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Book SynopsisThe perfect primer for anyone ? no matter their age or artistic abilities ? to learn how to draw flowers! Featuring easy-to-follow tutorials on doodling and drawing 99 flowers, 21 leaves, and 10 doodle elements, all in five simple steps, this beginner-friendly instructional guide will also show you how to combine what you?ve learned to create gorgeous works of art for larger drawing projects. With its easy step-building approach, hundreds of motifs to draw and combine, and a helpful overview on tools and techniques, Drawing Florals in 5 Easy Steps is a must-have guide for aspiring artists of all ages to learn the basics of floral drawing! Artist, doodler, and coloring book author Marty Woods was voted the 2016 Top Doodler in Malaysia. An official Faber-Castell art workshop instructor, Marty has also collaborated with Disney Malaysia, Faber-Castell, Nespresso, and several other international companies.

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Book SynopsisThe Animator's Sketchbook will teach students of animation how to improve their work through observation and drawing. It will show readers how to access their inner animator. With over 60 different gesture and drawing exercises, this book enhances vision, analysis, understanding, and the core skills required to become a master animator. Filled with extensive practice pages, Tony White's Sketchbook, invites students to demonstrate what they learn. Each exercise is timed, so that the skills acquired, are optimized for efficiency and comprehension. The style and technique of the art produced will be entirely up to the reader, thus making no two sketchbooks alike.  Key FeaturesProvides readers with their own personal sketchbook, demonstrating classical art skills that are highly prized by studio employersReaders will come away better visualizing form, gesture, pose and expression Includes 60 speed and gesturTable of ContentsForeword. Preface. Getting Started. Finalize Your Own Turnaround Model Sheet. Key Positions. Breakdown Positions. Anticipation. The Difference between Thumbnail & Gesture Drawings. Pose & Silhouette. The Importance of Silhouette. Balance. Form. Sequential Action. Achieving Weight. Framing. Perspective. Light & Shade. Strength of Line. Storyboarding. Final Storyboarding Exercise.

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Book SynopsisDesigning a Knitwear Collection, 2nd Edition, is an essential and comprehensive overview of the knitting design and development process. Featuring more than 475 color images, emerging fashion designers will find inspiration from the work of featured knitwear designers and practical information to design their own knitwear collection. The book follows the history of the industry to present day, introducing yarn and stitch basics, knitting methods, and machinery. It explores the process of preparing the design package from initial concept and sketches to specifications of samples and documents for productionthrough the presentation of a final collection. Updates to this edition include advances in technology in the knitwear industry, expanded coverage of sample development, and more than 50% new images including new designer profiles and current knitwear designs. New to this EditionNew Chapter 6, Sample Development, includes step-by-step diagrams and knitwear samples, plus

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Book SynopsisHistory of Interior Design, Second Edition, covers the history of architecture, interiors, and furniture globally, from ancient times through the late twentieth century. Each chapter gives you background information about the social and cultural context and technical innovations of the period and place, and illustrates their impact on interior design motifs. The book highlights cross-cultural influences of styles and designs, showing you how interior design is a continuing exchange of ideas. This second edition expands global coverage to Latin American, African, and Asian cultures and integrates green design into historic developments. You''ll learn to use your understanding of the past to design for the present and find inspiration for your future designs.New to this Edition ~ Expanded discussion and new chronological organization of Latin American, African, and Asian cultures.~ New chapter on Islamic design.~ Additional information on technological developments in mater

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Book SynopsisPortfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers, Fourth Edition, is still your best guide to showing your designs, skill sets, and creativity, to get you that job. In new images throughout, the book shows examples of croquis books, spec and flat drawings, and visual research presentations from both fashion professionals and students. From concept through finished product, Portfolio Presentation for Fashion Designers is an indispensable tool to help you prepare your career for the next chapter.New to this edition Helpful Hints at the end of each chapter help you to make critical decisions Expanded Glossary now features knitwear terms Introduces how to develop a successful fashion portfolio Expanded discussion and examples of visual research presentation layoutsTrade ReviewThis is an A to Z book on how to create a portfolio, resume, and help you be ready for the interview. This book can provide you a clear picture of how to create a successful portfolio. To get the most out of this book, be sure to read each chapter. Do not skip chapters or only read parts of the chapters. By the end, you will find a successfully completed project. -- Mary Simpson, Baylor University, USAThe book seems very complete and thorough considering all points of the process. The organization is easy to understand and is accessible. -- Noel Palomo-Lovinski, Kent State University, USAA helpful text for various levels of fashion design students – something they can use throughout their college degree as a regular reference. -- Deborah Christiansen, Indiana University, USATable of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments 1 The Portfolio: A Statement of Style 2 The Design Sketch: A History of Style 3 Defining the Customer 4 Organization and Contents 5 The Design Journal: Exploration and Process 6 Presentation Concepts 7 Flats and Specs 8 Presentations and Beyond 9 Menswear Presentations 10 Children’s Wear Presentations 11 Fashion Accessories Presentations 12 Résumé and Cover Letter 13 Internship or First Job: Building Your Career 14 Transition: Student to Professional Designer Glossary Appendix A Appendix B Index

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Book SynopsisShaping Interior Space, 4th Edition, emphasizes the experiential contributions of interior design and teaches the principles of space planning. This book reinforces an understanding of conceptual, organizational, and spatial principles to diagnose, select, and execute appropriate design strategies for both residential and commercial environments. Intended for all design students, the author covers strategies for creating interior environments that work as a total system to enhance the experience of the user. Within the STUDIO, students will be able to: Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored resultsand personalized study tips. Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary

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Book SynopsisThe first in-depth study of David Bowie's music videos across a sustained period takes on interweaving storyworlds of an iconic career. Remarkable for their capacity to conjure elaborate imagery, Bowie's videos provide fascinating exemplars of the artistry and remediation of music video. When their construction is examined across several years, they appear as time-travelling vessels, transporting kooky characters and strange story-world components across time and space. By charting Bowie's creative and collaborative process across five distinct phases, David Bowie and the Art of Music Video shows how he played a vital role in establishing music video as an artform. Filling a gap in the existing literature, this book shines a light on the significant contributions of directors such as Mick Rock, Stanley Dorfman and David Mallet, each of whom taught Bowie much about how to use the form. By examining Bowie''s collaborative process, his use of surrealist strategies and his integration of avant-garde art with popular music and media, the book provides a history of music video in relation to the broader fields of audiovisual media, visual music and art.Trade ReviewIn this wonderful book, Lisa enables us to see and hear the remarkable assemblages that we find in David Bowie’s time-travelling audio-visual work. Art and culture, the aesthetics of fashion and performance, and the politics of race and otherness, are the inter-planetary orbits that are deftly explored through close examination of Bowie’s television, promotional and music video performances. Bowie emerges as a figure who remade himself and recast the artforms that he visited – always alien-like, in flux, thirsting for water that would replenish him and us. A must-read addition to the literature on the Starman who killed and saved the world. * Sean Redmond, Professor of Film and Television, Deakin University, Australia *In David Bowie and the Art of Music Video Lisa Perrott takes us on an entertaining yet scholarly journey through David Bowie’s early music videos, from the pre-fame promos of Love You ‘Till Tuesday in 1969, all the way up to 1983’s global smash Let’s Dance. With thoughtful and satisfying analysis, she drills down through layers of representation and reference, revealing new insights into Bowie’s creative practice. Perrott’s book looks at Bowie’s work with music video as the interconnected, interdisciplinary, richly nuanced body of work that it is. She makes a compelling case for the cultural and scholarly significance of music video as a collaborative, transmedial artform, worthy of deep study. * Leah Kardos, Senior Lecturer in Music, Kingston University, UK, and author of Blackstar Theory (Bloomsbury, 2022) *It’s been a long time coming, but the wait is over! Finally, a book-length study about the music videos of David Bowie. Lisa Perrott has written a comprehensive and thought-provoking study of the music videos of Bowie from the 1969-83 (the sequel, dealing with the later videos is being published this year). This is a significant work that examines the role Bowie played as an avant-garde creator and collaborator who transformed (and helped create) the music video into an art form that generated a dialogue with music, theatre, film, dance, and other artistic forms. The writing is engaging and accessible and Perrott takes the reader on a journey through the cultural, social, and artistic processes that fuelled the mind of this larger-than-life figure and his various personas. It was an utter pleasure diving into the deep analysis of classics such as Space Oddity, Jean Genie, and Ashes to Ashes, while also reading about the intertextual threads that ran across many of the videos across time. This is a must read. * Angela Ndalianis, Professor of Screen and Entertainment Media, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia *Table of ContentsList of figures Acknowledgements Preface 1. The Art of Music Video 2. Traversing Stage and Screen 3. Opening the Third Eye 4. Painting the Truth 5. Future Nostalgia 6. Eclosion Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisClaire Moran is Senior Lecturer in French, Queen's University Belfast, UK.Trade ReviewThis volume contributes remarkably to the field of research on domestic space. It is an essential contribution to the discussion of spatiality of France and Belgium through its innovative and multidisciplinary themes and approaches. -- Camilla Murgia * Modern Language Review *This brilliant and impressively edited anthology encompasses an eloquent analysis of how literature and art reflected the transience in domestic interiors. The chapters of this absorbing and revealing book portray domesticity as a main narrative via the distinctive contributions by the valuable eminent scholars in the field. -- Esra Bici Nasir * Journal of Design History *Table of ContentsList of Plates List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Cultures of Domestic Space in the Nineteenth Century Claire Moran 1. ‘Louis-Philippe ou l’intérieur’: The Emergence of the Modern Interior in the Visual Culture of the July Monarchy Matteo Piccioni 2. Shattered Spaces: The Domestic Interior in Nineteenth-Century French Literature Anne Green 3. Art and Domestic Space: Continuity and Change in Private Collectors’ Interiors in Belgium, c. 1830-1930 Ulrike Müller and Marjan Sterckx 4. Inside/Out: Modernity and the Domestic Interior in Belgian Art and Literature Claire Moran 5. A Place to Grieve: Georges Rodenbach, Marcel Proust Nathalie Aubert 6. ‘Cromedeyre tout entier est une seule maison.’ The Domestic Interior in Jules Romains’ Cromedeyre-le-vieil Dominique Bauer 7. Impressionist Interiors and Modern Womanhood: The representation of domestic space in the art of Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt Sinéad Furlong-Clancy 8. Bricolage and the domestic interior in the French feminine press of the 1860s and 1870s, from La Ménagère to Stéphane Mallarmé’s La Dernière Mode Caroline Ardrey 9. The Bourgeois, their Homes and Sexualities in Colette’s Claudine Aina Marti 10. Missing Affinities? Brussels Art Nouveau and Belgian Symbolism Aniel Guxholli 11. Villa Khnopff: The Home of an Artist and the Palace of Art Maria Golovteeva 12. The Bedroom as Metonymic Portrait: Ekphrasis, Balzac and Impressionism in the Nineteenth Century Jill Owen 13. Private Rooms of the Cubist Still Life Anna Jozefacka Index

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Book SynopsisWinner of the 2019 CHOICE Award The authoritative book on the origins, history, and influence of illustration. Bravo! David Brinley, University of Delaware, USAHistory of Illustration covers image-making and print history from around the world, spanning from the ancient to the modern. Hundreds of color images show illustrations within their social, cultural, and technical context, while they are ordered from the past to the present. Readers will be able to analyze images for their displayed techniques, cultural standards, and ideas to appreciate the art form. This essential guide is the first history of illustration written by an international team of illustration historians, practitioners, and educators.Trade ReviewBeyond situating illustrations in a time and place as material objects, the book offers practice research methodologies for evaluating visual images, encouraging students to develop the critical skill necessary to bring intellectual rigor to current illustration production. * Journal of the Printing Historical Society *The authoritative book on the origins, history, and influence of illustration. This book will educate and foster mutual respect between designers, fine artists, faculty colleagues, and of course, the illustration students enrolled in contemporary Bachelors of Fine Arts programs. Bravo! -- David Brinley, University of Delaware, USAHighly detailed and thorough. I especially like that the history of illustration of non-western cultures aren’t ignored. . .Covers all of the major illustrators and movements. -- Deanna Staffo, Maryland Institute College of Art, USAThis book is one of the most thorough histories of illustration that I have seen and it would serve graphic design students well. Its content on non-western cultures far exceeds any comprehensive illustration or design history text available at this time. -- Amanda Horton, University of Central Oklahoma, USAThis book is probably the first to cover the subject of illustration in such depth, it should be a core study text for most illustration courses I would suggest. Even though it covers a huge amount of ground, it is very well structured and referenced. * Steve Wilkin, University of Central Lancashire, UK *Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Introduction SECTION ONE: ILLUSTRATIVE TRADITIONS IN EUROPE, ASIA and AFRICA 1. Image and Meaning, Prehistory to 1500 by Robert Brinkerhoff and Margot McIlwin Nishimura 2. Illustration in Printed Matter in Early Modern Europe, 1400–1660 by Susan Doyle 3. Pluralistic View of Indian Images: 2nd BCE to the 1990s by Binita Desai and Nina Sabnani 4. Illustrative Traditions in the Muslim Context by Irvin Cemil Schick 5. Chinese Illustration before 1900 by Sonja Kelley and Frances Wood 6. Prints and Books in Japan’s Floating World by Daphne Rosenzweig 7. Illustration in Latin America from Pre-Columbian to Modern 1990s by Maya Stanfield-Mazzi 8. Illustration in the African Context by Bolaji Campbell with contributions by Winifred Lambrecht SECTION TWO: IMAGES AS KNOWLEDGE, IDEAS AS POWER 9. Observation and the Representation of Natural Science Illustration 1450–1900 by Shelley Wall 10. Visualizing Bodies: Anatomical and Medical Illustration from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century by Shelley Wall 11. Dangerous Pictures: Social Commentary in Europe, 1720–1860 by Robert Lovejoy 12. From Reason to Romanticism by Hope Saska SECTION THREE: THE ADVENT OF MASS MEDIA 13. Illustration on British and North American printed ephemera of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries by Graham Hudson 14. Illustration in the expansion of the Graphic Journalism, and Magazine Fiction in Europe and North America, 1830–1900 by Brian Kane and Page Knox 15. Beautifying Books and Popularizing Posters: Illustration in the Later Nineteenth Century by Susan Ashbrook and Alison Syme 16. Fantasy and Children’s Book Illustration Nineteenth and early Twentieth-Century England by Alice Carter 17. Six Centuries of Fashion Illustration by Pamela Parmal SECTION FOUR: DIVERGING PATHS IN 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN ILLUSTRATION 18. American Narratives: Periodical Illustration in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century by Mary Holahan with contributions by Alice Carter and Joyce Schiller 19. Avant-garde Illustration, 1900–1950 by Jaleen Grove 20. Diverse American Illustration Trends in Periodicals, 1915–1940 by Roger Reed 21. Wartime Imagery and Propaganda, 1890–1950 by Thomas LaPadula 22. Illustrating Alternate Realities in Pulps and Other Popular Fiction by Nicholas Egon Jainschigg with contributions by Robert Lovejoy 23. Overview of Comics and Graphic Narratives by Brian M. Kane with contributions by Loren Goodman and Michelle Nolan SECTION FIVE: THE EVOLUTION OF ILLUSTRATION IN AN ELECTRONIC AGE 24. The Shifting Postwar Marketplace: Illustration Competes with Growing Media Options in the United States and Canada, 1940–1970 by Stephanie Plunkett 25. Children's Book Illustration, 1920–2000 by H. Nichols B. Clark 26. Countercultures: Underground Comix, Rock Posters and Protest Art, 1960–1990 by Robert Lovejoy 27. Print Illustration in the Postmodern World by Whitney Sherman 28. Medical Illustration after Gray’s Anatomy: 1859 to the present by David M. Mazierski 29. Digital Forms by Nanette Hoogslag and Whitney Sherman Bibliography Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA century after the Bauhaus's founding in 1919, this book reassesses it as more than a highly influential art, architecture, and design school. In myriad ways, emerging ideas about the body in relation to health, movement, gender, and sexuality were at the heart of art and life at the school. Bauhaus Bodies reassesses the work of both well-known Bauhaus members and those who have unjustifiably escaped scholarly scrutiny, its women in particular. In fourteen original, cutting-edge essays by established experts and emerging scholars, this book reveals how Bauhaus artists challenged traditional ideas about bodies and gender. Written to appeal to students, scholars, and the broad public, Bauhaus Bodies will be essential reading for anyone interested in modern art, architecture, design history, and gender studies; it will define conversations and debates during the 2019 centenary of the Bauhaus's founding and beyond.Trade Review[Bauhaus Bodies] presents us with a picture of the Bauhaus that is anything but remote. * Journal of Design History *Bauhaus Bodies addresses gender issues more broadly, with fourteen essays by established and newer scholars on body culture, spirituality, dance, androgyny, clothing, experimental photography, and the unsung contributions of Bauhaus wives and female wall painters. * Woman's Art Journal *Whether for their subsequently unrecognized collaborations with husbands or their seemingly unseen service labor, women shaped Bauhaus aesthetics and are still less known than the men even today. [This] anthology examines the famous architecture and design school beyond its lily-white reputation. * Deutschlandfunk (Bloomsbury Translation) *Dispensing with the usual focus on a monolithic school and its leaders, this collection will prove an indispensable resource for investigating the Bauhaus' immediate social impact, historical context, and far-reaching historical implications. * CHOICE *Bauhaus Bodies provides a remarkable contribution to our understanding of the Bauhaus and its community by tackling a vital set of issues surrounding the body, gender, and sexuality in modernism. Offering cutting-edge research and exceptional insight, this collection of essays brings together wide-ranging materials across a series of topics related to the politics and cultures of the body, explicating the Bauhaus in greater depth and with compelling nuance. Illustrating the crucial role of embodied experience and new experiments in living, Bauhaus Bodies is an indispensable guide to the school’s wider impact on society, the arts, identity, body politics, health and physical culture, movement and space, and in many other social and cultural spheres. * Robin Schuldenfrei, Katja and Nicolai Tangen Lecturer in 20th Century Modernism, The Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, UK *What role did the body play at the Bauhaus? The essays in this volume offer answers to that question by offering a panorama of perspectives, from Ise Gropius to the known and unknown female students at the school. The body and gender played definitive roles in an institution that was largely run by men and notions of 'rationalized modernism'. This is the first anthology to demonstrate how one-sided that latter perspective is, which it does by uncovering a number of previously overlooked aspects, such as the role of gymnastics in the school’s foundation course and the instrumental role played by Ise Gropius in the everyday administration of the institution. * Magdalena Droste, former Professor at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany *Table of ContentsList of Images Introduction: Embodying the Bauhaus Elizabeth Otto (University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA) Part I: The Bauhaus in Weimar and Beyond: Gendered Bodies and the Search for Utopia 1. Soft Skills and Hard Facts: A Systematic Overview of Bauhaus Women’s Presence and Roles Patrick Rössler and Anke Blümm (Bauhaus Museum, Germany) 2. Bodies Drilled in Freedom: Nudity, Body Culture, and Classical Gymnastics at the Weimar Bauhaus Ute Ackermann (Bauhaus Museum, Germany) 3. The Spiritual Enhancement of the Body: Johannes Itten, Gertrud Grunow, and Mazdaznan at the Early Bauhaus Linn Burchert (Humboldt University, Germany) 4. Utopias of a New Society: Lucia Moholy, László Moholy-Nagy, and the Loheland and Schwarzerden Women’s Communes Sandra Neugärtner (Harvard University Graduate School of Arts and Science, USA) 5. Invisible Bodies and Empty Spaces: Notes on Gender at the 1923 Bauhaus Exhibition Paul Monty Paret (University of Utah, USA) Part II: A New Unity? Technologies and Techniques of Gender 6. Clothing Bauhaus Bodies Kathleen James-Chakraborty (University College Dublin, Ireland) 7. Paul Klee and the New Woman Dancer: Gret Palucca, Karla Grosch, and the Gendering of Constructivism Susan Funkenstein (University of Michigan, USA) 8. Ise Gropius: “Everyone Here Calls me ‘Frau Bauhaus’!” Mercedes Valdivieso (University of Lleida, Spain) 9. Dörte Helm, Margaret Leiteritz, and Lou Scheper–Berkenkamp: Rare Women of the Bauhaus Wall-Painting Workshop Morgan Ridler (Montclair State University and Westchester Community College, USA) 10. Androgyny in Oskar Schlemmer’s Figural Art Deborah Ascher Barnstone (University of Technology Sydney, Australia) Part III: Identities and Ideologies in Bauhaus Photography and New Media 11. Disorder or Subordination? On Gender Relations in Bauhaus Photographs Burcu Dogramaci (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany) 12. Bauhaus Double Portraits Karen Koehler (Hampshire College, USA) 13. “A School for Becoming Human”: The Socialist Humanism of Irene Blühová’s Bauhaus Photographs Julia Secklehner (Courtauld Institute of Art in London, UK) 14. Marcel Breuer and the Theatrical Interior Jordan Troeller (Harvard University, USA) List of Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisFashion by Design, Second Edition, explains how the elements and principles of design relate to fashion, based on the philosophy of the Bauhaus Experiment of the 1920s and 1930s, which is the foundation for art education in the United States. The book is structured into three parts: the stages of the design process (inspiration, identification, conceptualization, exploration/refinement, definition/modeling, communication, and production); physical elements (such as line, shape, form, space, texture, light, pattern, color, and value); and theoretical principles (like balance, emphasis, rhythm, proportion, and unity) of design. This is reinforced by fashion designer profiles and illustrations covering art, architecture, and fashion. The book aims to improve the designer's eye for creating fashion and related art forms; to identify terminology used in the communication of fashion; and to show how other factors, such as the human form, clothing structure, historic silhouettes, fa

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Book SynopsisApparel Quality: A Guide to Evaluating Sewn Products, Second Edition is a user-friendly guide for evaluating apparel quality to ensure quality products that meet customer expectations. This book provides an overview of apparel production, emphasizing quality characteristics and cues, consumer influences, and motivations impacting purchasing decisions, and highlights the roles of product designers, manufacturers, merchandisers, testing laboratories, and retailers from product inception through the sale of goods. The text is highly illustrated to provide students with the tools needed to evaluate and critique quality elements in apparel and textile products skillfully. New to this Edition:- New fabric technology including e-textiles, sew bots, and automation- International common size equivalents to accompany U.S. size classifications by sex, height, and age- Sustainability considerations for raw materials, design development, and apparel production- Expanded international labelin

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Book SynopsisWhile traditional drafting books focus on architectural and engineering readers, the thoroughly updated and revised Architectural Drafting for Interior Design, Third Edition, incorporates material and examples that are meaningful to today's interior designers. Beginning interior designers will learn how to communicate their ideas graphically with a resource that is designed specifically for them. This book addresses their needs by focusing on topics independent of CAD, such as how to draw a floor plan, how to use it to create an interior elevation, and how to understand the relationship between 2D and 3D drawings. Written with NCIDQ, CIDA and NKBA requirements in mind, this book will provide readers with a strong, standards-based foundation in interior design. New to this Edition:- Enhanced and new worksheets- New design and drafting information, including updated visuals and symbols- Emerging technologies such as photogrammetry and 3D printing STUDIO Features:- Study smarter

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Book SynopsisGilane Tawadros is a writer and curator. She was the founding Director of the Institute of International Visual Arts (Iniva) in London which, over a decade, achieved an international reputation as a ground-breaking cultural agency at the leading edge of artistic and cultural debates nationally and internationally. She has written extensively on contemporary art and curated a number of important exhibitions in the UK and internationally. In 2012, she was the first art historian to be appointed to the prestigious Blanche, Edith and Irving Laurie Chair in Women's Studies, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. She is Chair of the Stuart Hall Foundation.Trade ReviewAmongst pioneering rethink of the art history-culture status quo, Gilane’s writings illuminate the struggle to forge conceptual tackle for today’s diverse art world and cultural difference – critical voicing that emerges less from theorising than from “thinking through art practices”. * Sarat Maharaj, Professor of Visual Arts and Knowledge Systems, Malmö Art Academy, Lund University, Sweden *Based on the author’s profound knowledge of the global contemporary art scene … this book provides a new art historical narrative, one that is more global, more inclusive and nuanced … A must read for students of contemporary art and visual culture, race, and the postcolonial body. * Salah M Hassan, Goldwin Smith Professor, Cornell University, USA *Richly illustrated, Gilane Tawadros’ beautifully observed book is a timely and prescient account of how representation remains a pivotal question for artists and society at large. Peppered with many delightful intercultural and intertextual references, The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon is a must read in our de-colonising times. * Sonia Boyce, artist and Professor of Black Art and Design, University of the Arts London, UK *The Sphinx Contemplating Napoleon: Global Perspectives on Contemporary Art and Difference strikes a balance between seeing contemporary art on its own terms and understanding art within the terms set forth for it. When the latter is at odds with the former, Gilane Tawadros makes her greatest observations in a set of clear and evocative essays on a range of artists. All are superbly written, carefully argued down to the details and compelling to the end. Though the stated focus of “post-independence Egypt and post-war Britain” is maintained throughout, larger concerns of the value that art draws internationally is lucidly presented. This book continues Tawadros’ decades long project of internationalism in art. * Courtney J. Martin, Yale Center for British Art, USA *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: The Leftovers of Translation 1. But What is the Question? Art, Research and the Production of Knowledge 2. Extra-Extra: Interview with Raul Ortega Ayala 3. Dissonant Chorus 4. Shen Yuan: The Leftovers of Translation 5. Voices Off: Interview with Susan Hiller Part II: The Banality of Difference 6. ‘We are the Martians…’ 7. Van Leo: Self-Portraits 8. Shirani Shahbazi: The Banality of Difference 9. A Case of Mistaken Identity: Notes from the Scene of the Crime 10. Electrifying Eve Part III: Re-siting the City 11. The Real Me 12. Vladimir and Estragon are still waiting 13. Alfred’s Favourite Tree 14. The Leopard 15. Maps of Desire Part IV: Studies in a Post-colonial body 16. The Revolution Stripped Bare 17. Studies in a Post-colonial Body 18. Veil: Veiling, Representation and Contemporary Art Part V: Relocating the Remains: History and Representation 19. Strangers and Barbarians: Representing Ourselves and Others 20. Telling Tales: Keith Piper’s Relocating the Remains 21. Sweet Oblivion 22. Godville: Interview with Omer Fast Part VI: Going Global 23. Going Global: 4th International Istanbul Biennial 24. Detonations: Jonathan Hernández and the Rongwrong series 25. Modern Europeans 26. Slipping Away (or Uncompliant Cartographies) Part VII: Transmission Interrupted 27. Interruption in Four Acts, or Disappearing Irises, Broken-down Buses and Ceramic Citroens 28. Egypt at the Venice Biennale: 1967 and The Year That Changed Everything 29. From Zero to Infinity: The Work of Adel Abdessemed 30. Reading (and Curating) from Right to Left 31. Dissonant Divas: Sonia Boyce, Sound and Collaboration 32. A Thousand and One Index

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Book SynopsisThe twelfth edition of J.J. Pizzuto's Fabric Science provides the most current and comprehensive overview and introduction to the textile industry--from fibers and finishes to applications in fashion design, fashion business, fashion merchandising, apparel product development, textile production management, and interior design. With an increased emphasis on textile sustainability, this best-selling book continues to meet the needs of both students and professionals in the textile, fashion, and related industries. Based on their combined experience in both education and the industry, the authors provide readers with a comprehensive text about the design, structure, and application of textiles.The range of information is broad and deep, and includes basic fiber chemistry, fiber innovations, the fabrication of fabrics, quality assurance, and laws that regulate textiles; updated topics include bio-based fibers, circularity and sustainability, wearable textiles, and revised an

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Book SynopsisThe Interior Plan is an introductory-level text introducing students to the process of interior design space planning. Topics include the design of effective spatial sequences, functional relationships among project parts, arrangement of furniture, planning effective circulation systems, making spaces accessible, and designing safe environments with efficient emergency egress systems. Exercises throughout the book facilitate learning by encouraging students to apply ideas and concepts immediately after reading about them. In the third edition, the author expands on the evolution of design ideas and how they affect interior environments and the people who use them, thinking sustainably, and how interior elevations and reflective ceilings affect the plan.New to This Edition -New and updated examples in residential, commercial, retail, and hospitality planning-New spreads addressing interior elevations, reflected ceiling plans, and interior planning for sustainability -New pedagogi

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Book SynopsisHearing Maskanda outlines how people make sense of their world through practicing and hearing maskanda music in South Africa. Having emerged in response to the experience of forced labour migration in the early 20th century, maskanda continues to straddle a wide range of cultural and musical universes. Maskanda musicians reground ideas, (hi)stories, norms, speech and beliefs that have been uprooted in centuries of colonial and apartheid rule by using specific musical textures, vocalities and idioms. With an autoethnographic approach of how she came to understand and participate in maskanda, Titus indicates some instances where her acts of knowledge formation confronted, bridged or invaded those of other maskanda participants. Thus, the book not only aims to demonstrate the epistemic importance of music and aurality but also the performative and creative dimension of academic epistemic approaches such as ethnography, historiography and music analysis, that aim towards conceptualTrade ReviewAttentive to her positionality as a European scholar, Titus turns her musicological ear to maskanda. She invites readers into the pleasures of hearing Zulu musicians’ syncretic creativity, while gaining an understanding of the stylistic features that musicians value. Readers will be inspired to explore this dynamic, abundant world of listening, vexed as it is by histories of racism, sexism, coloniality and scarce resources. * Louise Meintjes, Professor of Music and Cultural Anthropology, Duke University, USA, and author of Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid *South African music followers and educators have long been waiting for a major intellectual study of the famous and much beloved musical form, Zulu maskanda guitar. This is at last it. Barbara Titus addresses the music and its exponents from more perspectives than we thought possible, from the artistic to the social to the philosophical. Ethnomusicologists must add this study to their libraries. * David B. Coplan, Emeritus Professor in Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction – Foregrounding Aural Experiences Part I – Maskanda in Colonial, Apartheid and Post-Apartheid South Africa 1. Maskanda’s Colonial, Apartheid and Post-Apartheid Presence 2. Foregroundings of Maskanda’s Styles and Substyles Part II – Maskanda as a Discourse of Power in Post-Apartheid South Africa 3. Ground Level: The Kushikisha Imbokodo Festival in Durban 4. Middle Level: The MTN Onkweni Royal Festival in Ulundi 5. Up Level: Shiyani Ngcobo’s Tour through the Netherlands Part III – Hearing Maskanda 6. Knowing Zuluness Aurally 7. At Home in the World 8. Sharing Aural Space Conclusion: Maskanda Epistemology Appendix: Song Lyrics References Index

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Book SynopsisThe dry, wrinkled skin, crow's feet and rheumy eyes of old women can be seen universally; yet the actual images and their meaning differ widely, and the very absence of these old women in certain settings also reveals both a discomfort with the aged and an ease in their invisibility. This is true in writing about art and often in the art itself. The physical markers of aging, even implications of death or the nearness of death, make many of these images of old women, haunting; in the 16th and 17th centuries, they become emblems of anger and avarice, though portraits of known elderly women are often created with a sense of awe, and in some cases, authority. This book provides a frank examination of old women, from medieval old wives to contemporary reimaginations of shamans and witches and empowering self-portraits. Works from medieval Europe to colonial-time Polynesia, present West Africa, Japan, and the Americas, in a multiplicity of media are explored. These studies of varied represeTrade ReviewIt reveals as much insight into the at times conflicting and contrasting approaches to art historical method as it provides material for comparative analysis from a global and largely decolonized perspective. * Woman's Art Journal *Drawing on innovative new research, the authors fearlessly tackle controversial issues, find humor in surprising places, and convincingly argue that aged women can, and should, be viewed as wise, powerful, creative, and—yes, beautiful. * Nancy G. Heller, Professor of Art History, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, USA *A fascinating exploration of a little discussed subject … The book is a revelation, one that opens up new vistas for both art history and age studies. * Julia Twigg, Professor of Social Policy & Sociology, University of Kent, UK *Table of ContentsIntroduction Frima Fox Hofrichter (Pratt Institute, USA) and Midori Yoshimoto (Jersey City University, USA) 1. Alchemy’s Old Wives M.E. Warlick (University of Colorado at Denver, USA) 2. Anger, Avarice and Aging: Transgressive Old Women Jane Kromm (State University of New York at Purchase, USA) 3. Silenced, Sidelined, and Even Undressed: Old Women in Seventeenth-Century Religious Art Zirka Filipczak (Williams College, USA) 4. Frans Hals’s Portrait of an Older Judith Leyster Paul Crenshaw (Providence College, USA) 5. Old Maids: Images of Elderly Servants in Early Modern Europe Diane Wolfthal (Rice University, USA) 6. Paetini and Vaekehu: Change and Aging in the Portraits of Two Nineteenth-Century Marquesan Matriarchs Carol Ivory (Oregon State University, USA) 7. Portraits of Power: Depictions of Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast Matriarchs Megan A. Smetzer (University of British Columbia, Canada) 8. Old Women/New Vision: Lucia Moholy’s Photographs of Clara Zetkin Vanessa Rocco (University of New Hampshire, USA) 9. Sculptor, Hostess, Witch: Unpacking Louise Nevelson’s Boxes Johanna Ruth Epstein (Independent Scholar, USA) 10. To Honor or Condemn: Museums and the Women of Sande Susan Kart (Lehigh University, USA) 11. Women and Aging in Contemporary Japanese Art: The Case of Yanagi Miwa Midori Yoshimoto (Jersey City University, USA) 12. Aging and Feminist Art: Semmel’s Visible Bodies Rachel Middleman (University of California at San Diego, USA) List of Contributors Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisComplete Guide to Size Specification and Technical Design, 4th Edition, equips students with everything they need to know about measuring sample garments, creating fully graded spec sheets for grading patterns, fitting garments, and offering pattern alterations. Over 500 technical flats are clearly labeled with measurement points and instructions for taking measurements. The book includes spec sheets for different types of garments and industry forms within the context of the production process. Several sections are devoted to instruction on measuring the human body, PLM/PDM software, correct fitting issues (with suggestions for pattern alterations), and grade rules for both number and letter sizing. It also includes over 60 basic fashion flats and instructions on metric conversions in the Appendices.New to this Edition Coverage of current topics like diversity and diverse body sizes, industry changes due to the pandemic, and sustainability Inclusion of tech pTable of ContentsPreface PART I-GETTING STARTED 1. Introduction to Size Specification and Technical Design 2. Tools of the Trade 3. Basic Measurement Points PART II-WORKING WITH KNITS 4.Knit Tops 5.Knit Skirts 6.Knit Pants 7.Knit Dresses 8.Knit Jumpsuits and One-Piece Garments PART III-WORKING WITH WOVENS 9. Woven Tops 10. Woven Skirts 11. Woven Pants 12. Woven Dresses 13. Woven Jumpsuits and One-Piece Garments 14. Blazers and Unconstructed Jackets 15. Outerwear/Coats PART IV-FITTING AND GRADING 16. Achieving the Perfect Fit 17. Grading with Tolerances PART V-MENSWEAR AND CHILDRENSWEAR 18. Menswear Garments 19. Childrenswear Appendix A: Basic Garment Croquis Appendix B: Metric to Imperial Conversions Appendix C: TechPacks Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisSustainable Fashion: Take Action, Third Edition presents a fresh exploration of practices that are underway in design and production within the fashion industry and the possibilities for future directions that can be taken now. This book focuses on innovative action needed to achieve the goal of creating healthier environments, reducing climate change, and improving the well-being of all people as they choose and wear clothing. This third edition continues to delve into the role that fashion plays in a sustainable future, through the interconnected model of Connecting with People, Processes, and Environment, which marks the focus of the book's three sections. Covering a wide range of sustainability practices, the chapters are written by both academic and industry professionals, providing a balanced view of the topics with breadth and depth and suggesting routes for further examination.New to this Edition:-Thoroughly revised to cover advancements since the last edition, topics of

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Book SynopsisActivewear, sportswear, athleisure, and loungewear are all gaining popularity in the fashion industry and course curriculum. Aided by emerging trends in fitness and nutrition, as well as the comfort and practicality provided by these clothing types during the lockdown of the Covid-19 pandemic, activewear is squarely in our future. Designing for Activewear covers a variety of garments like swimwear, leggings, joggers, sports bras, crop tops, hoodies, cycling bodywear, and competition sports uniforms. The author provides foundational information, detailed patterns with easy-to-follow instruction, photographs, and video tutorials. Industry case studies will offer opportunities for students to learn emerging issues directly from professionals who work in leading activewear companies. By emphasizing human factors, consideration of performance, and comfort, this book will help students understand how to implement specific design approaches for activewear design and how to further improve the design with their creative solutions for all body types, sizes, and fits. Printable electronic versions of slopers are available with STUDIO access. STUDIO Features Include: -Watch videos that bring chapter concepts to life -Download slopers for easy practice -Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips -Review concepts with flashcards of essential vocabulary Instructor Resources -Instructor''s Guide provides suggestions for planning the course and using the text in the classroom -PowerPoint Slides for each chapter to help incorporate the text into the classroom

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Book SynopsisLearn how to draw fashion images that communicate design ideas and details. With more than 3,000 color illustrations and updated instructions, the book shows you how to draw women, men, and children, pose the figure, develop the fashion head and face, sketch accessories, add garment details, and prepare flats and specs. Learn more advanced techniques for rendering color, fabrics, and embellishments, from houndstooth and velvet to feathers and fringe. Bina Abling''s detailed, easy-to-follow lessons have clear diagrams and runway photographs to help you develop your drawing skills. New to this Edition: -Discusses of sustainability as a mainstay in the fashion industry -Includes practice templates -New videos in STUDIO to support student learning STUDIO Features Include:-Watch videos that bring chapter concepts to life-Study smarter with self-quizzes featuring scored results and personalized study tips-Review concepts with flashcards of essenTable of ContentsPreface Tools and Equipment Hints 1. Fashion Figure Proportions 2. Basic Figure Forms 3. Model Drawing 4. Fashion Heads 5. Garments and Garment Details 6. Drawing Flats and Specs 7. Basic Rendering Techniques 8. High-End Rendering Techniques 9. Drawing Knits 10. Design Focus and Layout 11. Drawing Men 12. Drawing Children 13. Accessories Fashion Archive Credits Index

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Book SynopsisLearn technical design processes and industry standards, such as ASTM and ISO, for apparel production and manufacturing practices. With more than 1,200 images and technical packages for 12 apparel products, the book explains topics like fabric selection, finding seasonal fashion trends, garment construction, and fit evaluation, all so you can cost-effectively meet consumer needs. You'll learn about product categories including women''s wear, menswear, and knitwear, as well as how to create a cost sheet and manage product data, to help you develop specification sheets and technical packages for specific markets. The 4th edition has been revised to include the use of sustainable materials, entrepreneurship and the job market, buying seasons as affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and supply chain, sourcing considerations, sizing and fit tips for diverse body types, and more. New to this Edition Includes new information on sustainability and sourc

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Book SynopsisArt Markets, Agents and Collectors brings together a wide variety of case studies, based on letters and detailed archival research, which nuance the history of the art market and the role of the collector within it. Using diaries, account books and other archival sources, the chapters in this volume show how agents set up networks and acquired works of art, often developing the taste and knowledge of the collectors for whom they were working. They are therefore seen as important actors in the market, having a specific role that separates them from auctioneers, dealers, museum curators or amateurs, while at the same time acknowledging and analysing the dual positions that many held. Each chronological period is introduced by a contextual essay, written by a leading expert in the field, which sets out the art market in the period concerned and the ways in which agents functioned. This book is an invaluable tool for those needing an accessible yet broad introduction to the intricatTrade ReviewAll historians with a serious interest in how works of art were sourced, commended, valued and purchased in Europe and North America between the mid-16th and the mid-20th centuries will find much of interest and much that will surprise them among the profile portraits and succinct case histories in this volume. These include a connoisseur whose omissions from his doggerel survey of Venetian art still perplex us, the croney of a dissolute prince for whom the competition in the salerooms had something of the appeal of the gambling tables, a scholar and painter striving to become a museum director, a poet and his wife devising flagrant publicity stunts to promote a surrealist painter, and an Anglican Bishop helping to export grave goods excavated by railway construction in China. Introductory essays not only review what has been achieved but what remains to be investigated and what methodological equipment will be required in this relatively young and rapidly growing branch of academic research. * Nicholas Penny, Director of the National Gallery (2008-15), UK *Building on incremental advances made in recent years, this volume represents a coming of age for the integrated study of the mechanisms of the art market. Privileging neither producers, consumers, agents nor production centres, it captures the essentials of their intricate and inseparable interdependence. * Arthur MacGregor, former senior curator at the Ashmolean Museum, UK *The broad coverage of this ambitious book reveals compelling cross currents and dialogues across time and contexts. As they define how agents, both individuals and institutions, operate both formally and informally in spurring the circulation and acquisition of art, the essays offer a wide view of the current scholarship and methods related to the art market. * Emily C. Burns, Associate Professor of Art History, Auburn University, USA *Table of ContentsList of plates List of figures Series editor’s introduction Acknowledgements Introduction: Baetens, Susan Bracken and Adriana Turpin Part I: Agents in the market, 1550–1720 I Introduction: Agents in the art market, 1550–1720 Sandra van Ginhoven 1 Hans Albrecht von Sprinzenstein: An Austrian art agent in the service of Archduke Ferdinand II of Tyrol Adriana Concin 2 Marco Boschini and the artists of his time Linda Borean 3 International art dealers, local agents and their clients in seventeenth-century Habsburg Inner Austria Tina Košak 4 James Thornhill as an agent-collector in early-eighteenth-century Paris Tamsin Lee-Woolfe Part II Agents in the long eighteenth century II Introduction: Hidden figures – agents in the long eighteenth century Bénédicte Miyamoto 5 Scottish agents in Rome in the eighteenth century: The case of Peter Grant Maria Celeste Cola 6 ‘An oracle for collectors’: Philipp von Stosch and collecting and dealing in art and antiquities in early-eighteenth-century Rome and Florence Ulf R. Hansson 7 Shaping the taste of British diplomats in eighteenth-century Venice Laura-Maria Popoviciu 8 Establishing honest trading relationships: Academic painters in the art market of eighteenth-century France Christine Godfroy-Gallardo 9 The German art market in the eighteenth century Renata Schellenberg 10 Playing the market: Lord Yarmouth, the Prince Regent and the role of the royal agent 1806–19 Rebecca Lyons Part III The agent in the modern European art market, 1820–1950 III Introduction: The art market in Europe, 1820–1950 Anne Helmreich 11 Edward Solly, Felice Cartoni and their purchases of paintings: A ‘milord’ and his ‘commissioner’ anticipating a transnational network of dealers c. 1820 Robert Skwirblies 12 ‘To see once again the glorious picture by Moretto before it is forever lost for Rome’: How an artist’s position in the canon of taste was enhanced in the nineteenth century Corina Meyer 13 ‘It is not my fault if in all the private collections, the Dutch paintings surpass all’: Thoré-Bürger’s promotion of Dutch art in the Parisian art market of the 1860s Frances Suzman Jowell 14 The Beurdeleys: A dynasty of curiosity dealers and their networks Camille Mestdagh 15 Collaboration and resistance: The National Gallery, London, and the Italian art market at the end of the nineteenth century Elena J. Greer 16 ‘I shall set at once about the work’: Some agents in China Nick Pearce 17 Promoting themselves: Agents and strategies in early Surrealism’s art market Alice Ensabella Part IV Agents in the market for American collectors IV Introduction: Collecting alliances in the United States during the long nineteenth century Inge Reist 18 Can a leopard change its spots? René Gimpel, art dealer Diana J. Kostyrko 19 Samuel P. Avery’s early career: The emergence of a successful art agent, art dealer and art expert Madeleine Fidell-Beaufort 20 Dealing with allegories of the four parts of the world: James Hazen Hyde (1876–1959) and his network Louise Arizzoli 21 Laying the foundation: Harold Woodbury Parsons and the making of an American museum MacKenzie Mallon 22 Convergences: Art history, museums and scholar-agent Martin Birnbaum’s transatlantic art for the public Julie Codell Bibliography Author biographies Index

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Book SynopsisGiven that the Surrealists were initially met with widespread incomprehension, mercilessly ridiculed, and treated as madmen, it is remarkable that more than one hundred years on we still feel the vitality and continued popularity of the movement today. As Willard Bohn demonstrates, Surrealism was not just a French phenomenon but one that eventually encompassed much of the world. Concentrating on the movement's theory and practice, this extraordinarily broad-ranging book documents the spread of Surrealism throughout the western hemisphere and examines keys texts, critical responses, and significant writers. The latter include three extraordinarily talented individuals who were eventually awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature (Andre Breton, Pablo Neruda, and Octavio Paz). Like their Surrealist colleagues, they strove to free human beings from their unconscious chains so that they could realize their true potential. One Hundred Years of Surrealist Poetry explores not only the birthTrade ReviewOne Hundred Years of Surrealist Poetry is at once an anthology and a beautifully accessible handbook, providing guidance, insights and information on essential aspects of surrealist theory and practise. From automatic writing and objective chance to mad love and black humour, the topics explored are exemplified by astonishing poems and oneiric prose from French, Hispanic and Portuguese writers, all translated by Willard Bohn with characteristic flair and empathy. * Peter Read, Professor Emeritus of Modern French Literature and Visual Arts, University of Kent, UK and author of Picasso and Apollinaire The Persistence of Memory (2008) *With his characteristic clarity, as well as formidable aesthetic and linguistic breadth, Bohn has produced a major work for serious students and scholars of Surrealism. Using important examples from many different cultural and theoretical sources, he offers new, wide-ranging perspectives on the origins and later history of the movement throughout the world. He also presents close readings of several key texts, many of which incorporate, and often surpass, analyses published by some of the most influential critics (Riffaterre, Bonnet, Balakian, Jenny, Caws, Murat ) who have worked on these often mysterious, enigmatic works. I highly recommend it, therefore, to anyone working in comparative literature, art history, even film studies, thanks to his explanations of surrealist images in a variety of art forms. * Stamos Metzidakis, Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature, Washington University in Saint Louis, USA *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. André Breton and Automatic Writing 2. Revisiting the Surrealist Image 3. Paul Eluard and Surrealist Love 4. Surrealism and the Poetic Act 5. José María Hinojosa and Early Spanish Surrealism 6. Federico García Lorca 7. J. V. Foix and Catalan Surrealism 8. Portuguese Experiments with Surrealism 9. Octavio Paz 10. South American Surrealists Coda Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisRelive classic moments from the Final Fantasy series... only much much smaller.

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Book SynopsisTwo compelling new protagonists, Naoe - an adept shinobi assassin from Iga Province - and Yasuke - the powerful African samurai of historical renown - emerge from the shadows of 15th Century Japan to discover their common destiny. Along the way, they''re joined and confronted by charismatic characters, will master a variety of weapons and tools, and traverse across dynamic and dangerous Sengoku-era Japanese landscapes - all of which is explored in this comprehensive deluxe edition set. This package includes an exclusive cover treatment that depicts the striking profiles of Naoe and Yasuke, a decorative slipcase, and a portfolio enclosing a gallery-quality print. The Art of Assassin''s Creed Shadows celebrates and chronicles the venerable series'' first foray into the landscape of feudal Japan. Dark Horse Books and Ubisoft have combined their efforts to produce an art book in the tradition of the world-spanning Brotherhood, aiming to satisfy and inspire shinobi assassin and samurai of all generations.

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Book SynopsisAdd the magic and wonder of the forest to your walls with these 45 beautiful and intriguing illustrations of mushrooms in three convenient sizes to fit any space. Turn any room into an enchanting place to escape with these stunning, ready-to-frame prints that conjure the idyllic feeling of a hidden, ancient forest where fae and other creatures could be hiding under any flora. Inside you’ll find illustrations of forty-five different species of mushrooms from Chicken of the Woods, Lion’s Mane, Oyster, and Morel to Chanterelles, Puffball, Cordyceps, and more. Each unique illustration was created by Eisner and Ringo Award–winning artist Sara Richard. The intricately detailed prints are perfect for any type of space whether you’re decorating your first apartment or updating the walls in your dream home. Combine multiple prints to create a gallery of gorgeous illustrations. Featuring three different sizes—8x10, 5x7, and 4x6—these prints are easy to frame to beautify any space.

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Book SynopsisWe have long accepted the face as the most natural and self-evident thing, believing that in it we could read, as if on a screen, our emotions and our doubts, our anger and joy. We have decorated them, made them up, designed them, as if the face were the true calling card of our personality, the public manifestation of our inner being. Nothing could be further from the truth. Rather than a window opening onto our inner nature, the face has always been a technical artefact—a construction that owes as much to artificiality as to our genetic inheritance. From the origins of humanity to the triumph of the selfie, Marion Zilio charts the history of the technical, economic, political, legal, and artistic fabrication of the face. Her account of this history culminates in a radical new interrogation of what is too often denounced as our contemporary narcissism. In fact, argues Zilio, the “narcissism” of the selfie may well reconnect us to the deepest sources of the human manufacture of faces—a reconnection that would also be a chance for us to come to terms with the non-human part of ourselves. This highly original reflection on the fabrication of the face will be of great value to students and scholars of media and culture and to anyone interested in the pervasiveness of the face in our contemporary age of the selfie.Trade Review'highly convincing'Aesthetica'Fascinating'Art Quarterly

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Book SynopsisVolumes have been written by and about Patrick Leigh Fermor, but his wife Joan is almost entirely absent from their pages. Now Simon Fenwick, the first archivist to see the Leigh Fermor papers, reveals a woman hitherto only fleetingly glimpsed. A talented photographer, Joan defied the social conventions of her times and, though she came from a wealthy and well-connected family, earned her own living. Through her lover, and later editor of the TLS, Alan Pryce-Jones, she met and mingled with the leading lights of 1930s bohemia – John Betjeman, Cyril Connolly, Evelyn Waugh, Maurice Bowra (who adored her) and Osbert Lancaster, among others. She featured regularly in the gossip columns, not only for her affairs and her fashionable clothes, but for her intrepid travels to Russia and America.In 1936 she met and subsequently married the journalist John Rayner, but her belief in open marriage was not shared by her husband and their relationship foundered. Then, in 1944 in Cairo, where she was a cypher clerk, she met Paddy Leigh Fermor, lionized for his daring kidnap of the Nazi General Kreipe in Crete. They would remain together until her death in 2003.In this riveting biography, written with full access to Joan’s personal archive, Simon Fenwick reveals the extraordinary life of a woman who, until now, has been defined by the man she married and their famous friends. Here, at last, Joan is placed at the centre of her own story. It is also a riveting portrait of a marriage and a milieu, revealing the sexual and intellectual mores of that wartime generation who lived life at full tilt, no matter what the consequences.

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Book SynopsisSet against the backdrop of war, revolution, and regicide, and moving from London to Venice, Mantua, Madrid, Paris and the Low Countries, Jerry Brotton’s colourful and critically acclaimed book, The Sale of the Late King's Goods, explores the formation and dispersal of King Charles I’s art collection. Following a remarkable and unprecedented Parliamentary Act for ‘The sale of the late king’s goods’, Cromwell’s republican regime sold off nearly 2,000 paintings, tapestries, statues and drawings in an attempt to settle the dead king’s enormous debts and raise money for the Commonwealth’s military forces. Brotton recreates the extraordinary circumstances of this sale, in which for the first time ordinary working people were able to handle and own works by the great masters. He also examines the abiding relationship between art and power, revealing how the current Royal Collection emerged from this turbulent period, and paints its own vivid and dramatic picture of one of the greatest lost collections in English history.Trade ReviewBrotton has taken on a cracking good story, confidently snaking through the complicated politics of seventeenth-century European art-dealership, from Venice and the Low Countries to the Escorial and back into the side-streets of turbulent London and the thousand-odd rooms of Whitehall Palace. He beds this vast mass of convoluted activity with its great cast of characters from de Critz to Van Dyck – its rivalries, frauds, enthusiasms, bankruptcies, brinkmanship and U-turns – deeply into the political, social and artistic context of the time. This is no pillow book: that Brotton maintains his authorial grip on both the grand sweep and the elaborate detail while controlling the drive of his multi-layered narrative is a superb achievement -- Kate Colquhoun * Daily Telegraph *Provocative . . . admirably researched and compellingly narrated -- Miranda Seymour * Sunday Times *Jerry Brotton, a young historian with an enviable command of the secondary literature, both historical and art-historical, and a good understanding of the way objects and works of art assume ideological significance, has told the amazing story of Charles I’s collection and its subsequent sale in full -- Charles Saumarez Smith * Literary Review *Jerry Brotton holds a magnifying glass to the amassing of the royal collection and its later dispersal . . . bustles with fascinating detail * History Today *Admirable * The Times *Colourful * Observer *Magnificent * Daily Express *

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Book SynopsisEye-opening and candid, David Bailey's Look Again is a fantastically entertaining memoir by a true icon.'Rollicking . . . with roguish tales as vivid as his era-defining photos' – Daily Mail'Brilliant' – TelegraphDavid Bailey burst onto the scene in 1960 with his revolutionary photographs for Vogue. Discarding the rigid rules of a previous generation of portrait and fashion photographers, he channelled the energy of London's newly informal street culture into his work. Funny, brutally honest and ferociously talented, he became as famous as his subjects. Now in his eighties, he looks back on an outrageously eventful life. Born into an East End family, his dyslexia saw him written off as stupid at school. He hit a low point working as a debt collector until he discovered a passion for photography that would change everything. The working-class boy became an influential artist. Along the way he became friends with Mick Jagger, hung out with the Krays, got into bed with Andy Warhol and made the Queen laugh.His love-life was never dull. He propelled girlfriend Jean Shrimpton to stardom, while her angry father threatened to shoot him. He married Catherine Deneuve a month after meeting her. Penelope Tree’s mother was unimpressed when he turned up on her doorstep. ‘It could be worse, I could be a Rolling Stone,’ Bailey told her. He went on to marry Marie Helvin and then Catherine Dyer, with whom he has three children. He is also a film and documentary director, has shot numerous commercials and has never stopped working. A born storyteller, his autobiography is a memorable romp through an extraordinary career.Trade ReviewHe's the legend who WAS the 1960s . . . with roguish tales as vivid as his era-defining photos * Daily Mail *His name is synonymous with beauty, fashion and sex . . . a joyously un-PC memoir * Mail on Sunday *A raw and surprising memoir * Observer *Brilliant -- Lynn Barber * Telegraph *Very readable and entertaining. Bailey was important * Spectator *A rollicking rake's progress . . . and a vivid document of several lost Londons * Esquire *

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