The arts: general topics Books
Not Stated Made in Ancient Egypt
£28.50
New Haven Publishing Ltd Tales of a Wild Dog
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£20.89
Hatje Cantz Verlag Dream On Baby
Book SynopsisEvery work of art tells a story, even if it doesnt actually want to be told. Childhood never lets go of anyone. For many artists, it was the trigger for making art in the first place, and still is what drives them today. For Dream On Baby, Gesine Borcherdt asked 33 artists, including Ai Weiwei, Marina Abramovic, Lynda Benglis, Vaginal Davis, Marcel Dzama, Mona Hatoum, Jeff Koons, Gregor Schneider, and Jordan Wolfson, about their memories of childhood. The result is an anthology of deeply personal, sometimes tragic, sometimes funny, often heartbreaking and always surprising stories. Accompanied by never-before-seen childhood photographs and drawings, this book sheds new light on what it means to make art. I think the book is really important it's important for parents to realize just how much of an effect they can have on their children when they are young. Jeff Koons Childhood is very important for an artist. The more of a fucked-up childhood you have, the better artist you get because you have something to work with. MARINA ABRAMOVIC
£30.40
MIT Press The Contemporary Condition Introductory Thoughts
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£9.76
Pie International Co., Ltd. Terada Katsuya This and That
£23.99
Museum of Fine Art, Budapest / Hungarian National Gallery 19th Century European Art in the Collection of
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£24.00
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Collection Guide
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw's collection. This collection guide offers an in-depth exploration of the emerging Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, showcasing one hundred and fifty key artworks alongside insightful descriptions of the museum's diverse activities and departments. Tracing the museum's two-decade journey to its permanent home, this volume illuminates the complex relationship between art, politics, and society in the twenty-first century. More than a catalog, it provides a critical lens through which to understand the museum's role in shaping and reflecting contemporary culture.
£20.00
Rizzoli Federico Fellini The Book of Dreams DELUXE
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£232.50
Blurb New Modern Contemporary Art
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£57.38
Yale University Press Italian Paintings at the Yale University Art Gal Volume 1 12301420
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£80.75
MIT Press Black Elegies
Book SynopsisA poignant, unflinching study of black grief as a form of elegy found in visual art, music, literature?everywhere, if you know how to see it.In Black Elegies, Kimberly Juanita Brown examines the form of the elegy and its unique capacity to convey the elongated grief borne of sustained racial violence. Structured around the sensorial, the book moves through sight, sound, and touch to reveal what Okwui Enwezor calls the ?national emergency of black grief.? With her characteristic literary skill, Brown analyzes the work of major figures including Toni Morrison, Carrie Mae Weems, Audre Lorde, and Marvin Gaye, among others.Brown contemplates recognizable sites of mourning: forced migration and enslavement, bodily violations, imprisonment and death. And she examines sites that do not register immediately as archives of grief: the landscape of southern U.S. slave plantations, a spontaneous street party, a quilt constructed out of the clothing worn by a loved one, a dance performance to hold the memory of history, and an aeolian harp installed at an institute of European art, among others. In this, the book offers a framework of mourning while black, within the parameters of contemporary artistic production. Brown asks: How do you mourn those you are not supposed to see? And where does the grief go? She shows us that grief is everywhere: ?It spills out of photographs and modulates music. It hovers in the tenor and tone of cinematic performances. It resides in the body like an inspired concept, waiting for its articulation.?
£15.96
Phaidon Press Ltd Art Is the Highest Form of Hope Other Quotes by
Book SynopsisAdvice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world’s greatest artists – exclusively researched for this book.Trade ReviewAs featured in Harper's Bazaar, Modern Luxury Aspen, Real Simple, and on mental_floss, Swiss Miss, and Vice's Amuse 'If the title of this book alone doesn't have you sold, then the list of contributing artists in this book should ... The uplifting autumn almanac you need.' – VICE 'This isn't one of those mediocre books of gooey inspirational quotes. This is a beautiful, thoroughly researched collection of real words from real artists. Anyone struggling with their creative life will find comfort and guidance here - I plan to keep it on my shelf and flip to a random page when I'm stuck.' – Austin Kleon, New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like An Artist 'A brilliant book of quotations by artists for everyone. It includes life lessons, private revelations and frank thoughts on money, sex, failure, creativity and originality.' – Evening Standard '[T]his handsome leather book will serve as entertainment and resource for all creative minds. Plus, with its easy-to-navigate index with original sources, you'll be sure you're quoting your heroes correctly, and that is a thing of beauty.' – Real Simple 'A handy, dip-in/dip-out collection ... More than inspiration, the book gives an empathetic insight into the artistic life... I opened the package over coffee and the graphic, monochrome cover drew in a charming stranger. All "new" quotes - sources catalogued at the end - not a repackaging of the same old, Art Is ... a companion, a guide, and a friend for the lonely business of creativity.' – Disorder 'The most honest advice from the art world's biggest names ... Everyone has their two cents when it comes to advice. But with the amplification that the internet allows it's easy for any iota of substance to be drowned out. For every actual pearl of wisdom there are often 100 corny and empty memes on Instagram ... Thankfully, there is now an almost pocket-sized guide to get you through. Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists - published last month by Phaidon - rounds up hundreds of quotes taken from the diaries, letters, interviews, memoirs, monographs, and more, of the world's most notable artists ... Brilliant minds coming together between two covers.' – Dazed 'Art is the Highest Form of Hope brings the wisdom of visual artists to the public, collecting some of the best quotes from the art world... You don't have to be an artist to appreciate the sage advice.' – mental_floss 'Beautifully produced, typographically inventive... The advice, aphorisms and wisdom of 290 artists.' – Art Quarterly 'This thought-provoking book relies on the persuasive power of well-considered words, creating a typographical delight in the process.' – A-N 'People who post motivational quotes on Instagram are legitimately the worst, but these quotes from your favourite artists are actually great. Like, life-affirming, motivating, moving. All of that. Buy this for someone you give a shit about.' – Dazed '[F]abulous.' – Modern Luxury Aspen 'I like the way the book has been printed in a variety of type faces and sizes. It makes the quotes leap off the page ... Who said: 1) I don't believe in Art. I believe in myself? 2) It is not my intention to make anything comprehensible. 3) I've always had a thing about glass. I leave you to find out. Surprise your friends with your knowledge.' – Mature Times 'It is easy to get lost in Art is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists. It's 333 pages of intriguing quotes creatively presented in a variety of typefaces. These are not the typical shopworn quotes made dull by overuse... It's addictive ... There are gems on every page ... If you need to be challenged, if you desire some hope, if you want your thinking to be rearranged, this is the perfect book.' – Florida Weekly 'Wise words.' – Marylebone and Fitzrovia Magazine 'Super fun and inspiring to flip through ... The pages are filled with creative, motivational, and empowering quotes from celebrated artists around the globe.' – MyDomaine'This stylish book will look great on any art lover's coffee table, but that's not the only reason we love it: it's a carefully curated set of quotes from some of our favorite artists. Ranging from serious and insightful to hilarious and silly, the multitude of sayings will have your friend poring over this book's pages until the wee hours of the morning.' – Domino
£17.95
Princeton University Press Yellow The History of a Color
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Beautifully illustrated. . . . [Pastoureau] unpicks the meanings of the colour by delving into a broad range of cultural references, from history, clothing and myth to art and etymology, and shows the different roles each colour has played in society and how they have changed."---Michael Prodger, The Times"Yellow is in part the story of gold, but that was just the beginning, Michel Pastoureau points out in the fifth of his lively, informative, brightly illustrated series about individual colours."---Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times"Pastoureau’s main aim is not simply to record how hues have been used, but to seek out the various values they have expressed and embodied in different times. . . . Yellow is worth buying as much for its sumptuous images as its scholarship."---Kevin Jackson, Literary Review"The French scholar Michel Pastoureau investigates how individual colours have been viewed and used in the past. Yellow: The History of a Colour is the successor to similar volumes on blue, green, black and red. But it turns out that yellow has had an intriguing, though chequered, time."---Martin Gayford, The Spectator Australia"Yellow: The History of a Color is the fifth such volume that Pastoureau has produced. Like its predecessors, which recount the visual and cultural histories of blue (2001), black (2009), green (2013), and red (2017), this one is elegant and engaging — as alluring to gaze at as it is compelling to read. Yellow may be an unsettling color, but this is a lovely and striking book."---Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe"Like Pastoureau’s earlier volumes, this is a beautifully produced book and an impressive work of scholarship . . . it is a fascinating and sensual celebration of our complex love-hate relationship with what Goethe called this 'joyous colour'."---Peter D. Smith, The Guardian"If you are contemplating going to a museum, or purchasing a painting for millions for your private collection, this book is going to involve less gas or less investment, and the outcome might be more nourishing."---Anna Faktorovich, Pennsylvania Literary Review"[Yellow: The History of a Color] tells the fascinating story of yellow’s evolving place in art, religion, literature and science from its sacred and symbolic status in antiquity, through its demonic associations with lawlessness when tinged with green, but in its pure state, still engendering feelings of pleasure and abundance, to its positive position in Asian societies and its lasting status as the colour of Buddhism."---Wendy and Ian Lipke, Queensland Reviewers Collection"Richly illustrated and impressively wide-ranging." * The Week *"Michel Pastoureau continues his study of colors, following up on similar works about blue, black, green and red. Pastoureau’s book, a measured and scholarly approach, is filled with images of art and artifacts as well as the color’s interesting role in world history."---Diane Cowen, Houston Chronicle"Yellow: The History of a Color takes readers on a Eurocentric tour of the color."---Alicia Eler, Minneapolis Star Tribune"Yellow is perhaps the most difficult of the colors Pastoureau has undertaken so far. Nonetheless, he handles it with the same sure hand and informed historical perspective he did its predecessors (Blue, Green, Red, and Black). . . . Visuals are handsome and accompanied by text that is both scholarly and easily readable, and that addresses subjects ranging from perception, philology, etymology, and dyes and pigments, to the artistic and symbolic use of color from antiquity onward."---R.M. Davis, Choice
£29.75
Modern Art Press Anthony Van Dyck and the Art of Portraiture
Book SynopsisA beautiful, lively tour through the portraits of one of the most celebrated painters of 17th century EuropeTrade Review“The reader cannot help but race alongside Van Dyck in his meteoric and short career.”—Xavier Salomon, The Art Newspaper
£33.25
University of Toronto Press Narratology
£29.70
Gibbs M. Smith Inc Maria Trolles Universe Coloring Book
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£15.29
Paris Grafik Bram Stoker: Dracula Map
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£7.59
PIE Books The Art of Decadence: European Fantasy Art of the
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£28.00
Taylor & Francis Ltd Stagecraft Fundamentals
Book SynopsisStagecraft Fundamentals, Fourth Edition, is an entry-level how-to guide and reference on backstage theatre, covering every aspect of basic theatre production.The history of stagecraft, safety precautions, lighting, costumes, scenery, special effects, career planning tips, and more are discussed, illustrated by beautiful full-color images that display step-by-step procedures. This fourth edition improves upon the last, featuring a new chapter on Costume Crafts, which includes information on millinery, shoes, fabric dyeing, fabric modification, distressing, masks, armor, body padding, and accessories. Also included is an expanded discussion on sound, props, rigging, safety, production management, and projection design, new information on digital theatre, new end of chapter exercises, additional information on US/UK standards, and an emphasis on diversity and inclusion. Each chapter features exercises, discussion questions, and study words to help the teacher and studenTrade ReviewPraise for Stagecraft Fundamentals"Stagecraft Fundamentals is beautifully illustrated throughout, and the profusion of color on every page gives this textbook the appearance of a coffee table book. The writing is clear and personal, which should be very appealing to students. Rita Carver covers all aspects of theatre production from scenery, to lighting, to an actor's makeup. Her close ties to the New York theatre scene gives this book a special insight into the professional world, one that goes well beyond what is found in most college textbooks."John Holloway, Professor in the Theatre Department at the University of Kentucky and President of the International Association of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 346"What a great idea! Thank heavens someone is doing this for students at that impressionable age. That has been one of my mantras—education of teachers and students on the use of scenic materials. The teachers don't have enough time in college to learn and do everything they have to teach. Most get thrown into the theatre area by default and struggle with designing/building/painting the scenery."Jenny Knott, Rosco"This text has tempted me to return to teaching with a textbook for the first time in seven years. The language is both accessible and informal yet the text goes a long way in debunking some of the typical jargon that may alienate students just getting into the field, or trying it out for the first time. The illustrations (the text is full of them) coupled with the stories reinforce the fundamental information being conveyed."John Paul Devlin, Associate Professor of Theatre at Saint Michael's College"Beautifully written! The author has succeeded in relaying technical theatre information without being too technical and putting the reader to sleep. I read three sentences and instantly knew this book was for me and the way I teach. When I think back on the insufferable intro to tech theatre books I had to read, I feel cheated I didn't have this one as a student. I will be using this text in my class!"Rob Napoli, Designer and Technical Director at Penn State University, Berks Campus"A few months ago a friend excitedly told me about a new book written by Rita Kogler Carver called Stagecraft Fundamentals. My first impression was, wow! it's big. My second impressions was, wow! it's beautiful. This book makes an excellent classroom resource or a reference book for theatre professionals. I know I will keep mine close and hand and reference it often."Richard Cadena, author of Electricity for Entertainment Electricians & Technicians and Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light, and freelance lighting designer "I can't thank you enough for Stagecraft Fundamentals. I have been teaching stagecraft since 1976 and you have saved me from the nightmare of writing a text to suit my class needs. After two semesters with your text, I have found that I had more time to develop the skills necessary within the classroom than before. The humor that you have infused in the book has enticed my students to read on. That alone makes this text invaluable."Meta Lasch, Assistant Professor, West Liberty UniversityTable of ContentsPart 1: History and Art 1. Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going 2. It’s All About Collaboration 3. Making It Visual 4. Black and White Are Colors Too! 5. Creating the Stage Picture Part 2: Safety and Scenery 6. Safety First! 7. Setting It All Up 8. How to Get It Done 9. Deck the Halls 10. A Little Dab Will Do Ya Part 3: Rigging, Lighting, and Sound 11. Hanging by a Thread 12. House to Half . . . 13. Is This Thing On? Part 4: Costume and Makeup 14. All Dressed Up with Someplace to Go 15. Accessories and Other Stuff by Denise Wallace-Spriggs 16. Put on a Happy Face Part 5: Video and Special Effects 17. Projections, LED, Screens, and Content—Oh My 18. The Magic Behind the Curtain Part 6: Management, Touring, and Careers 19. Warning, Standby, Go! 20. Taking the Show on the Road 21. What’s Next?
£50.34
Rocky Nook David Buschs Sony Alpha a6700ILCE6700 Guide to
Book SynopsisDavid Busch's Sony Alpha a6700/ILCE-6700 is the most comprehensive reference and guide book available for Sony s flagship APS-C mirrorless camera.
£26.40
Rizzoli International Publications Andrew Wyeth
Book SynopsisThe major paintings of iconic American artist Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009) presented together in an accessible volume. Andrew Wyeth is an essential introduction to the enduring masterworks of this profoundly popular American artist. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the artist’s birth, this handsome book highlights works spanning the entirety of the artist’s seven-decade career painting the landscapes and people he knew in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he lived, and in Maine, where he summered. Many of his most important landscapes and portraits were created in and around his Chadds Ford studio, now part of the Brandywine River Museum of Art, with which Andrew Wyeth was intimately connected since its founding in 1971. A short introduction provides an overview of his life, and descriptive captions contextualize some fifty of the artist’s finest and most beloved paintings, including Pennsylvania Landscape (1942), Wind from the Sea (1947), Christina’s World (1948), Trodden Weed (1951), Roasted Chestnuts (1956), Braids (1977), and Pentecost (1989). Readers will also be treated to works previously unseen, such as Betsy’s Beach (2006) and Crow Tree (2007).
£15.29
Tuttle Publishing A Beginners Guide to Colored Pencil Drawing
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£15.29
Insight Editions The Art of the National Parks
Book SynopsisExplore the majesty of the National Parks through the eyes of contemporary artists.ART OF THE NATIONAL PARKS is a beautiful art book that displays the unique beauty of each U.S. National Park, as captured by the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series. Fifty-Nine Parks collaborated with some of the world’s foremost contemporary artists and designers to create original posters that celebrate the unique beauty of the U.S. National Park system. The wildly popular poster art that resulted is now available as a collection for the first time in this gorgeous art book. A contemporary take on the W.P.A. posters of the 1930s, each poster is a unique and original reflection of the talent and perspective of the contemporary artist who created it, resulting in a one-of-a-kind tribute to the majesty of the national parks. Includes art of the Top Ten Most Visited National Parks as rated by the National Park Service: (1) Great Smoky Mountains, (2) Grand Canyon, (3) Rocky Mountain, (4) Zion, (5) Yosemite, (6) Yellowstone, (7) Acadia, (8) Grand Teton, (9) Olympic, and (10) Glacier. Filled with Facts: Includes a comprehensive history and overview of the flora, fauna, and best sights in each park. Travel Guide: With seasonality and travel tips, Our National Treasure: The Art of the National Parks can also be used as a guide for visiting the national parks. Gift for Nature Lovers: An ideal gift gift for armchair travelers, national park enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates contemporary art and design. Each Book Gives Back: Sales benefit the National Park Service. “Highlights the unique beauty of each national park” –SierraClub.com
£30.40
Rocky Nook Drawing Amazing Optical Illusions
Book SynopsisCreate mind-blowing artwork that pops off the page!
£17.85
Rizzoli International Publications Madame Gres Couture
Book SynopsisThe definitive monograph on iconic Parisian designer Madame Gres, seen by her peers as the tutelary genius of French haute couture.
£34.00
Skylight Edition Dakota Pink
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£21.25
Insight Editions Shadowline: The Art of Iain McCaig: Revised and
Book SynopsisA stunning collection from renowned artist Iain McCaig, now expanded with sixteen pages of bonus content from this expert craftsman and storyteller.'What is Shadowline? It is the place where things meet: light and shadows, hope and despair, good and evil. It is, to me, the most interesting place to hunt for stories.' So begins this stunningly realized and beautifully rendered retrospective showcasing work from master storyteller and artist Iain McCaig. McCaig is best known for his work as a principal designer on the three Star Wars prequels, including the iconic characters Queen Amidala and Darth Maul, as well as his work on many major motion pictures, television, and video games. His touch can be seen in such acclaimed films as Terminator 2, Hook, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, Interview with a Vampire, and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Shadowline presents a stunning portfolio of more than two decades of McCaig's masterful concept designs and storyboards, cover art and illustrations, as well as his private sketchbooks and personal paintings, all woven together within the confines of an engrossing, otherworldly journey to his creative realm: Shadowline. . ICONIC CHARACTERS: Discover visionary designs for Queen Amidala, Darth Maul, and other beloved characters across film and pop culture PRIVATE SKETCHBOOKS: More than a retrospective of McCaig’s film work, Shadowline contains dozens of images from the artist’s personal archive CREATIVE PROCESS: At the heart of Shadowline is a supernatural story that gives readers insight into the artist’s creative process LEARN TO DRAW: Features instruction in how to draw and make art REVISED AND EXPANDED: Includes bonus content featuring pieces from McCaig’s work on Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers, and more.
£40.00
Phaidon Press Ltd Reading Art
Book SynopsisA celebration of artworks featuring books and readers from throughout history, for the delight of art lovers and bibliophilesTrade Review"As every book tells a story, every book in art is part of an intriguing, engaging, and relatable image. In Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers, David Trigg looks into how books in art are used as symbols and subjects in their own right. He considers pieces from museums all over the world in a "homage to both the written word and to its pivotal role in the visual world". One for both art geeks and bookworms."—CreativeBloq.com"Gathers together in one place the paintings and artworks through history that capture books as a thing of beauty. Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers, written by David Trigg, will have you putting down your latest page turner to gawp at the stunning ways different artists have captured the act of getting lost in a good book... The book also features an essay, exploring the inspirations for the project - including the idea of books as political and dangerous objects, often censored by oppressive regimes."—Evening Standard online"This book is perfect."—Rachel Cooke"An enchanting compendium of artworks that celebrate books and reading through 2,000 years of art history... An inspiring homage to the written word... Stunning survey."—Bookanista.com"An insightful and original survey... This book is a dazzling kaleidoscope that reveals the meeting points of image and written word."—The Lady"This imaginative approach to art history and how images tell a story is accessible to both scholars and lay readers."—Library Journal"A compendium of artworks that celebrate books and reading makes our very meta book of the week. Featuring almost 300 artworks from 2,000 years of art history, Reading Art investigates both the prevalence of books in art, as well as their the wider importance to creative thinking. A book about books, readers. The rip in the space-time continuum is truly upon us."—i-D.vice.com"Celebrates the cultural significance of the written word... It reveals the surprising connections between works of different eras... [Reading Art] illustrates just how visual artists have portrayed the political, social and emotional importance of literary texts."—The Arts Society"Books and paintings are natural bedfellows: both can contain worlds in their surfaces. This compendium of 250 images explores how books have been used symbolically and decoratively."—Art Student"Celebrates the cultural significance of the written word, across 2,000 years of history... Reveals the surprising connections between works of different eras."—Arts Society Journal"A book filled with art for book lovers – that's our kind of book... This enchanting compendium celebrates art and reading throughout 2,000 years of art history. And this gorgeous hardback book is a work of art in itself."—OhComely.co.uk"—"[David Trigg has] curated a collection of some of the very best examples, a perfect coffee table book for bibliophiles..."—BBC Radio 4"—"Demonstrates, there is a certain intimacy, tactility and creativity to this analogue medium of flipping through pages and exploring libraries and bookstores that the browse-friendly digital world is unable to offer."—Canvas (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)"What do these painted tomes signify? Anything, it would seem, from religious proclivities through social ambitions to feminist credentials. You may be surprised how often books crop up."—The Times, Saturday Review
£23.70
Oxford University Press The Oxford Illustrated History of Theatre
Book SynopsisThis is an authoritative and comprehensive guide to the history of theatre, ranging from Ancient Egyptian festivals to contemporary performance arts. Lavishly illustrated in black and white and colour throughout, this is the perfect book for theatre goer and student alikeTrade Reviewtellingly charts the impact not just of exceptional individuals but of social and economic factors and technological change on theatre. A spread of deftly selected illustrations informatively and handsomely embellishes the text. * TLS *Table of Contents1. THE FIRST THEATRES; 4. ITALIAN RENAISSANCE THEATRE; 8. EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY THEATRE; 12. ORIENTAL THEATRES
£24.22
John Wiley & Sons Inc Oil Painting For Dummies
Book SynopsisNobody ever said that oil painting was easy. But it gets much easier and a lot more fun when you follow a step-by-step approach that starts you off on the right foot, helps you build your skills one at a time, and gives you plenty of exercises to develop your craft. That's what you'll find in Oil Painting For Dummies.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: Getting Your Feet Wet in Oil Paint. Chapter 1: So You Want to Paint. Chapter 2: Getting to Know Your Oils. Chapter 3: Assembling Your Materials. Chapter 4: Preparing to Paint. Chapter 5: Walking Through the Painting Process. Part II: Break Out the Brushes and Start Painting! Chapter 6: A Study in Black and White. Chapter 7: Mixing Color and Three Oil Studies. Chapter 8: Putting Paint to Canvas: Brushstrokes and Glazing Techniques. Part III: People, Places, and Things. Chapter 9: Tricky Still Life Subjects Made Easy. Chapter 10: Take It Outside: Landscapes. Chapter 11: Basic Portrait Painting 101. Chapter 12: Beyond Portraiture: More on Painting People. Part IV: Color and Design. Chapter 13: Planning Your Painting. Chapter 14: Shape, Space, and the Surface of Your Painting. Chapter 15: How the Parts of a Composition Work Together. Chapter 16: Communicating Ideas Visually. Chapter 17: Using Color with Confidence. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 18: Ten Strategies to Immediately Improve Your Painting. Chapter 19: Ten Artists You Should Know: The Painter’s Painters. Index.
£18.69
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Birmingham Art Book: The City Through the
Book SynopsisThe Birmingham Art Book is a tribute to a unique city whose visionary scientists and inventors made it famous as a manufacturing powerhouse. From heavy metal industry - here is where the first steam trains were built - to heavy metal music – Black Sabbath made their mark here - this is a place with a proud heritage. Its handsome university is the original of the ‘Redbrick’ universities, founded by a farsighted mayor in 1900 as a civic place of learning, open to all, now with many world famous alumni and staff, 10 of whom have won Nobel prizes. Local artists convey the architectural glory of Victoria Square and the city centre Museum and Art Gallery (which holds a sumptuous collection of Pre-Raphaelite art). In their drawings, they echo the modern vibrancy of buildings such as the iconic Selfridges department store and the REP theatre. Collages and sketches depict a city buzzing with vitality –from the world-renowned Hippodrome theatre, to the shopping centres and legendary nightlife that are national attractions. Quirky nooks like the Jewellery Quarter, the Electric Cinema or the tranquil Botanic gardens hidden so close to the centre are reflected in this lovely book. The green city with 8000 acres of public parks and many miles of canal paths dating from its heyday in the Industrial Revolution is lovingly drawn and painted by its artists. The Birmingham Art Book is where local artists shine a light on the grand and the humdrum with equal affection. Their love for the modern city is evident and their pride in its heritage comes to the fore in this lovely book.Trade ReviewAmazing and thought provoking images from 58 incredible artists, proving that Birmingham really is at the centre of it all! -- Josie LawrenceThe Birmingham Art Book is a visual feast of historic and futuristic beauty, created by local artists who live within the heart of this bustling, vibrant city. -- Toyah WillcoxThe artists who are inspired by the city of my birth light up its architecture, its sensations, its spirit and its multiculturalism, in the most creative and imaginative ways. It is our artists that make our city shine so brightly in the universe. You have to love them. This book loves them. -- Benjamin ZephaniahThis book shows a unique view of Birmingham, a city that still holds a substantial bit of my heart. -- Dame Julie WaltersThis is like being given a pair of magic spectacles through which you can see Birmingham’s unusual, oft hidden, oft unappreciated beauty, more clearly and more exhilarating than you ever did before. -- Frank SkinnerWe are a city that’s quietly understated yet brilliant! If you want to know about it, stand and stare, you’ll know why so many still want to live here. -- Ruby TurnerI am proud to be associated with a city that can produce such stunning, artistic creations and in such numbers - remarkable. -- Jasper CarrottTable of ContentsForeword Preface Around Grand Central Victoria Square, Library of Birmingham to Centenary Square and the Convention Centre Brindley Place, Gas Street Basin and the canals The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter Walking back towards Birmingham Cathedral and its surroundings Rotunda, The Bull and Selfridges St. Martin’s Church in the Bull Ring and the markets Chinatown, Birmingham Hippodrome and the Back to Backs Digbeth and the Custard Factory Aston Hall, Edgbaston and University of Birmingham Cannon Hill Park Moseley Village, Highbury Hall, Kings Heath Park and Bournville Artist Credits
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National Gallery Company Ltd Discover Degas Miss La La
Book SynopsisThe extraordinary story behind Degas's groundbreaking painting of the biracial circus performer Miss La La
£16.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd Mixing Audio
Book SynopsisMixing Audio: Concepts, Practices, and Tools is a vital read for anyone wanting to succeed in the field of mixingâcovering the entire mixing process, from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques. Packed full of photos, graphs, diagrams, and audio samples, it teaches the importance of a mixing vision, how to craft and evaluate your mix, and then take it a step further. Mixing Audio describes the theory, the tools, and how these are put into practice while creating mixes. The companion website, featuring over 2,000 audio samples as well as Multitrack Audio Sessions, is a perfect complement to the book. The new edition includes: An extension of the discussion on mastering which now includes the loudness war, LUFS targets, and DIY mastering Updated figures and illustrations throughout A new section covering console emulation Trade Review"Roey Izhaki has put together a text complete with the history, background, tools and techniques needed to develop a solid foundation in the art of mixing audio. His easy-to-read explanations of the various techniques he employs along with the included audio examples will serve someone new to mixing or that seasoned professional looking for a refresher."Keith A. Umbach, Associate Professor of Music, Prince George’s Community College, USA"In Mixing Audio, the reader can find a good guide to learn how to do their mixings from scratch, learning everything you can need to carry out professional mixings from basic audio concepts to awesome equipment handling tricks, and even interesting practical examples!"José A. Ballesteros, Associate Professor, University of Castilla-La Mancha, SpainTable of ContentsPart I: Concepts and practices 1. Music and mixing 2. Some axioms and other gems 3. Learning to mix 4. The process of mixing 5. Related issues 6. Mixing and the brain 7. Mixing domains and objectives Part II: Tools 8. Monitoring 9. Meters 10. Mixing consoles 11. Software mixers 12. Phase 13. Faders 14. Panning 15. Equalizers 16. Introduction to dynamic range processors 17. Compressors 18. Limiters 19. Gates 20. Expanders 21. Duckers 22. Delays 23. Other modulation tools 24. Reverbs 25. Distortion 26. Drum triggering 27. Other tools 28. Automation Part III: Sample mixers 29. "Show Me" (rock n’ roll) 30. "It’s Temps Pt. II" (hip-hop/urban/grime) 31. "Donna Pomini" (techno) 32. "The Hustle" (DnB) 33. Hero (rock)
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Experimental Darkroom
Book SynopsisThe Experimental Darkroom is a book focused on traditional black & white photographic materialsâdarkroom chemistry and silver gelatin paperânow used in many non-traditional ways. The book starts with a comprehensive digital negatives chapter. Topics are divided into five sections: cameraless experimentation, camera experimentation, printing experimentation, finished print experimentation, and a section highlighting contemporary photographers who use these approaches today. Each process under discussion is accompanied by photographic examples and a step-by-step method written in a âœJust the facts, maâamâ style.Topics included are: Photograms and clichÃs verre Lumen prints Chemigrams Pinhole and zoneplate Holgas Chromo Liquid emulsion and modern tintype Lith printing Sabattier MordanÃage Bleaching and bleachout Toning, traditional to experimental Applied color and abrasion tone Encaustic, photomontage, and collage Bromoil The Experimental Darkroom encourages taking risks and having fun. Over 400 images and 71 artists are included in its 276 pages. The outcome will be an expansion of creative options for the silver gelatin print. The options are engaging and now more accessible with digital negatives. Images are no longer solely captured in camera or on analog film. The darkroom is no longer always dark. The print is no longer a pristine and accurate rendition of what the camera sees. Photographers are pushing the boundaries of black & white photographic practice. It is an exciting time to get into the darkroom and play!Table of ContentsPreface, Introduction, Chapter 1: Setting Up the Contemporary Darkroom, Chapter 2: Digital Negatives for the Contemporary Darkroom Part 1: Cameraless Experimentaation, Chapter 3: Photograms and Cliché-Verres, Chapter 4: Lumenprints, Chapter 5: The Chemigram Part 2: Camera Experimentation, Chapter 6: Pinhole and Zoneplate, Chapter 7: The Holga, Part 3 – Printing Experimentation, Chapter 8: Chromo, Chapter 9: Liquid Emulsion and Modern Tintype, Chapter 10: Lith Printing, Chapter 11: Sabattier, Part 4 – Finished Print Experimentation, Chapter 12: Mordancage, Chapter 13: Bleaching and Bleachout, Chapter 14: Toning, Chapter 15: Applied Color and Abrasion Tone, Chapter 16: Encaustic, Collage, Photomontage, Chapter 17: Bromoil, Part 5: Contemporary Experimental Artistis, Appendix, Bibliography
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Understanding Film Theory
Book SynopsisRuth Doughty is the Programme Leader in Film Studies at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is one of the co-founding editors of the journal Transnational Cinemas and co-edited Sound and Music in Film and Visual Media (2009).Christine Etherington-Wright is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the BA Film Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK. She is the author of Gender, Professions, Discourse (Palgrave, 2008).Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Auteur Theory 2. Adaptations 3. Genre Theory 4. Formalism 5. Structuralism and Post-structuralism 6. Marxism 7. Realism 8. Postmodernism 9. Psychoanalysis 10. Feminism 11. Masculinity 12. Queer Theory 13. Race and Ethnicity 14. Postcolonial and Transnational Cinemas 15. Stars 16. Audience Research and Reception 16. Conclusion.
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Skira Somaya Critchlow: Paintings
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Pegasus Books A Fire in His Soul
Book SynopsisThe fascinating story of Vincent van Gogh’s two groundbreaking years in Paris, where he transformed himself from a provincial unknown into one of the world’s great visionary artists.Vincent Van Gogh arrived in the French capital on the last day of February 1886, a month short of his thirty-third birthday. He was a man beaten down by life, half-starved, and nearly broken psychologically. He was saved by his brother Theo, who provided him with room, board, and, most crucially, emotional support while he attempted to master the difficult craft of painting. Thus far, Vincent''s crude scenes of peasant life rendered in murky shades of brown and gray were both hackneyed and amateurish. Theo, a successful art dealer at a prestigious Parisian firm, dismissed them as gloomy, unappealing, and, worst of all, unmarketable. By the time Vincent left Paris, almost exactly two years later, he’d transformed himself into one of the most original artists of the age, turning out works of hallucinatory intensity in vivid hues and stamped with his own distinctive personality. A Fire in His Soul chronicles this remarkable transformation. It’s a tale filled with tragedy and triumph, personal anguish and creative fulfillment, as Vincent, through sheer force of will, reinvents himself as a painter of unparalleled expressive power. Along the way, the reader will discover an unfamiliar Van Gogh: not the solitary genius of the popular imagination, shunned by an uncomprehending world and conjuring masterpieces from the depths of his lonely soul. In Paris, he was at the center of a community of like-minded seekers. Here, Van Gogh was able to engage in a lively dialogue with fellow artists almost as daring as he was, expanding his notion of what art could and should be. It was in the cafes and studios of Montmartre and in the grand galleries of the Louvre and Luxembourg, that Van Gogh received his artistic education—a crash course that at first disoriented him but ultimately sparked his creative breakthrough. Working alongside such legendary figures as Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, Seurat, and Signac, Vincent perfected his technique and launched an artistic revolution.
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Yale University Press Tulips and Peacocks William Morris and Art from
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The University of Chicago Press Modern Art
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments, Sheila Schwartz Introduction, James Meyer 1. Art Conquers All: The Unloved Wife 2. Cézanne’s Barnes Bathers & Co. 3. Thoughts on Monet 4. Matisse: Music 5. Max Ernst: This Is a Test 6. “Jasper Johns”: For the Record 7. Encounters with Rauschenberg 8. Some of Hans Haacke’s Works Considered as Fine Art 9. The Statue in the Taxi: The Ins and Outs of Modern Sculpture 10. Art Minus Criticism Equals Art 11. Exit Clown, Speaking Anything Notes Leo Steinberg: Chronology Leo Steinberg: Publications (1947–2010) Photography Credits Index
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Columbia University Press Essays on Art and Science
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MIT Press MATERIAL WITNESS
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MIT Press Ltd Visual Culture MIT Press Essential Knowledge
Book SynopsisHow to think about what it means to look and see: a guide for navigating the complexities of visual culture.The visual surrounds us, some of it invited, most of it not. In this visual environment, everything we see—color, the moon, a skyscraper, a stop sign, a political poster, rising sea levels, a photograph of Kim Kardashian West—somehow becomes legible, normalized, accessible. How does this happen? How do we live and move in our visual environments? This volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series offers a guide for navigating the complexities of visual culture, outlining strategies for thinking about what it means to look and see—and what is at stake in doing so.Visual culture has always been inscribed by the dominant and by domination. This book suggests how we might weaponize the visual for positive, unifying change. Drawing on both historical and contemporary examples—from Judy Chicago's The Dinner Party and Beyoncé and
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MIT Press Ltd Beatriz da Costa
Book SynopsisA long overdue look at the artistic investigations of the late artist Beatriz da Costa, revealing the depth and prescience of her work.Beatriz da Costa: (un)disciplinary tactics is the most comprehensive documentation and analysis to date of late artist Beatriz da Costa?s (1974?2012) groundbreaking work. As a retrospective of a brilliant young artist, it renders a social portrait of her artistic practice by both contextualizing the work in its historical period (late 1990s to early 2010s) and extending the work?s socio-political concerns to the present. The book, edited by Daniela Lieja Quintanar, features a collection of essays by curators, artists, and researchers from a variety of fields, including technoscience, tactical media, cancer research, environmental justice, performance art, and participatory art. It also includes a group of reflections written by former collaborators and close friends.Beginning with da Costa?s early projects in the late 1990s as a student in the arts and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, the book surveys her collaborative work withcollectives Critical Art Ensemble and Preemptive Media, as well as her research-basedand large-scale installations made in the early 2000s. The publication is a faithfulrecord of da Costa?s entire oeuvre, including information about artworks sheleft incomplete due to financial, health, or time limitations. Additionally, the bookincludes da Costa?s own critical writing on art and politics, as well as self-authoreddescriptions of her own work and an unflinching interview with cancer researcher Robert Schneider, who was a fundamental figure for da Costa at the end of her young life.The book accompanies a solo exhibition at LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) as part of the Getty?s PST ART: Art & Science Collide initiative.
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Yale University Press Hieronymus Bosch
Book SynopsisA new and exciting interpretation of Bosch’s masterpiece, repositioning the triptych as a history of humanity and the natural worldTrade Review“Beautifully illustrated . . . inescapably fascinating.”—Phil Baker, Fortean Times“Carroll offers a lively read, enhanced by her close attention to visual details and the copious number of figures detailing the triptych.”—Penny Jolly, author of Picturing the “Pregnant” Magdalene in Northern Art, 1430–1550: Addressing and Undressing the Sinner-Saint“A welcome intervention into the field of Bosch studies. Carroll proposes a novel and quite convincing rethinking of the artist.”—Elizabeth Honig, University of Maryland, College Park
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Taylor & Francis Photography as Activism
Book SynopsisThis fully revised and updated second edition of Photography as Activism is both a study of activist photography, and a call to action. It offers students and documentary photographers insights into the theory, history, philosophy, and practice of photography as activism. The book is lavishly illustrated with 85 key historical and contemporary images. Chapters have been revised to include contemporary ideas about representation, gaze, agency, and decolonizing the camera, as well as an expanded history that includes work from the global South and the civil rights movements in the US. A new fourth chapter focuses on activist practices that go beyond traditional reportage. It features 19 new interviews and updates on the original interviews. Photographers talk about their practices, the challenges they face in the twenty-first century, advice on working with NGOs and non-profits, and how to form partnerships to expand the dissemination of their work.Photography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Circus and the AvantGardes
Book SynopsisThis book examines how circus and circus imaginary have shaped the historical avant-gardes at the beginning of the 20th century and the cultures they help constitute, to what extent this is a mutual shaping, and why this is still relevant today. This book aims to produce a better sense of the artistic work and cultural achievements that have emerged from the interplay of circus and avant-garde artists and projects, and to clarify both their transhistorical and trans-medial presence, and their scope for interdisciplinary expansion. Across 14 chapters written by leading scholars from fields as varied as circus, theatre and performance studies, art, media studies, film and cultural history some of which are written together with performers and circus practitioners, the book examines to what extent circus and avant-garde connections contribute to a better understanding of early 20th century artistic movements and their enduring legacy, of the history of popular entertainment, aTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsChapter 1Arts for all Senses: Circus and the Avant-Gardes – Introduction Anna-Sophie Jürgens and Mirjam HildbrandPART 1HISTORICAL CIRCUS, POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT AND AVANT-GARDES – INFLUENCES AND INTERRELATIONS Chapter 2A Treasure Trove for Avant-garde Artists? Metropolitan Circus Performances around 1900Mirjam HildbrandChapter 3Circus, Dada, Vaudeville: Historical Avant-Garde – Between Popular and Experimental TheatreMartina GrossChapter 4‘Attractive Novelties’: Spectacular Innovation and the Making of a New Kind of Audience within Colonial ModernityMartyn JollyPART 2STAGING CIRCUS OUTSIDE THE RING: AVANT-GARDE EXPERIMENTS IN THE EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURYChapter 5Typocircus and the Czech Avant-GardesAnne HultschChapter 6The Present as a Trick or the Assault on the Spectator’s Psyche: Circus and the Soviet Avant-Garde Oksana BulgakowaPART 3STAGES OF TECHNOLOGY: CIRCUS, AVANT-GARDES AND (NEW) MEDIA Chapter 7‘Like a Three-ring Circus’: The Avant-garde Appropriates the Circus in the Battle between Distraction and AttractionsTom GunningChapter 8The Animated Circus and New Arts of Motion Kristian MoenPART 4 CIRCUS-AVANT-GARDE BODIES: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTIC PHYSICALITIESChapter 9‘Glitter and Broken Bones’: Professional Wrestling, Circus, Avant-Garde and the Radical Participatory Body Claire WardenChapter 10Glam Clowning: From Dada to Gaga – A Conversation with Le PustraAnna-Sophie Jürgens and Le PustraChapter 11The Aesthetics of Queer Work: Loïe Fuller’s Exhausting Life as Performance Art in Stéphanie Di Giusto’s The Dancer (2016)Wesley LimPART 5 CIRCUS AND AVANT-GARDES REIMAGINED SINCE THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY Chapter 12Political Clowns, Thrilling Strong Women and Animal-Free Excitement: Circus Reimagined through 1970s Avant-Garde Political TheatreJane Mullett and Peta Tait Chapter 13Avant-Garde Gestures and Contemporaneity in Today’s Circus Louis Patrick LerouxChapter 14‘Today for the last time’? On the Cultural Meanings of Circus and the Avant-Gardes – Some Final Provocations Mirjam Hildbrand, Anna-Sophie Jürgens and Aiden Essery Notes on ContributorsIndex
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Taylor & Francis Voice Vision
Book SynopsisDevelop your creative voice whilst acquiring the practical skills and confidence to use it with this new and fully updated edition of Mick Hurbis-Cherrier's filmmaking bible, Voice & Vision. Providing a solid grounding in the tools, techniques, and processes of narrative film, this comprehensive manual covers all the essentials whilst foregrounding artistic vision throughout.Gustavo Mercado author of the best selling filmmaking books âœThe Language of the Lensâ and âœThe Filmmakerâs Eyeâ, joins Hurbis-Cherrier to walk the reader through every step of the process â from the transformation of an idea into a cinematic story, to the intricacies of promotion and distribution.Key features include: Comprehensive technical information on video production and postproduction tools, allowing filmmakers to express themselves with any camera, in any format, and on any budget An emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process, including t
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Taylor & Francis Emotionally Durable Design
Book SynopsisEmotionally Durable Design presents counterpoints to our âthrowaway societyâ by developing powerful design tools, methods and frameworks that build resilience into relationships between people and things. The book takes us beyond the sustainable design fieldâs established focus on energy and materials, to engage the underlying psychological phenomena that shape patterns of consumption and waste. In fluid and accessible writing, the author asks: why do we discard products that still work? He then moves forward to define strategies for the design of products that people want to keep for longer. Along the way we are introduced to over twenty examples of emotional durability in smart phones, shoes, chairs, clocks, teacups, toasters, boats and other material experiences.Emotionally Durable Design transcends the prevailing doom and gloom rhetoric of sustainability discourse, to pioneer a more hopeful, meaningful and resilient form of material culture. ThiTrade Review'Emotionally Durable Design poses two key questions: "Why do we throw away products that still work?" and "How can we design products that people want to keep for longer?" Jonathan Chapman analyses our patterns of consumption and waste, and successfully offers strategies and tools which can act as an alternative to our ‘throwaway society’. Emotional durability is vital to creating designs that people love and cherish, instead of simply making products to be thrown away. A wonderful and enjoyable read.’ - Marcel Wanders, designer and director, ‘Marcel Wanders’, The Netherlands'Jonathan Chapman dares to think differently about design. His inspiring insights are potentially hugely influential. By unpicking the complex emotions and psychology behind the way we relate to and feel about the objects with which we surround ourselves, he radically reimagines those relationships. Chapman suggests a more powerful, sustainable "story of stuff" – one where design delights and is cherished once again. Compelling, convincing and credibly evidenced, this is a very important book.' - Ed Gillespie, co-founder, Futerra Sustainability Communications, UK'Applying Jonathan Chapman's philosophy of emotional durability has helped our team to rethink not only the type of products that can be developed in the future but also the role they can play in our ever-changing world. In this second edition his rationale for environmental change is eloquently powerful and it is supported with new insights and product examples that are inspiring and motivational.' - Dr. Jon Mason - design researcher, Philips, The Netherlands'Emotionally Durable Design provides intelligent and accessible perspectives on how design can be valued beyond market forces. Highlighted are more resilient relationships between people and material things, as well as new sustainable business models for longer lasting products. Already influential on design professionals, academics, and governments, this welcome second edition is essential reading for anyone concerned about the current and future roles and responsibilities of design and the worlds it inhabits.' - Hazel Clark, PhD, Professor, Design Studies and Fashion Studies, Parsons The New School for Design, USA'Emotionally Durable Design offers a profoundly original view on sustainability by shifting our focus from the durability of products to the durability of consumer-product relationships. With six opportunities to foster empathetic bonds between users and their products, Jonathan Chapman shares his uplifting vision on durability that puts the mystery and wonder back into design, revealing how sustainable design can be a central pioneer of positive social change.' - Pieter Desmet, Professor, Design for Experience, Delft University, The Netherlands'While a coterie of theorists try to convince us that our objects are the albatross around our neck to blame for the environmental malaise, and must be rejected, Chapman makes the compelling argument that more, not less connection is needed. His passionate and accessible treatise explains how, by combining material and emotional intelligence, we can achieve the responsible and rewarding cycles we need in order to survive. This revised and updated edition is essential reading for any responsible individual involved in the conception, design, development, sale or consumption of objects.' - Tim Parsons, Associate Professor, Designed Objects, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USATable of ContentsList of Figures. Acknowledgements. Preface. 1. The Progress Illusion 2. Consumer Motivation 3. Attachments with Objects 4. Authors of Experience 5. Sustaining Narrative 6. De-fictioning Utopia 7. Real World Feasibility References. Index
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