The Arts
"The Samurai Sword"Handbook
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Explores the origins and development of the famous samurai sword as a work of art and a weapon and discusses its identification, evaluation, and care. With illustrations. Hardback, 191 pages. Size: 216 x 152 mm. Weight: 468g.
Author: Yumoto, J.M.
ISBN: 0804805091
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing,Us
Date: 1998 (United States)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts
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"Africa"Arts and Culture
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The collections of the British Museum offer a resource for exploring both African antiquity and its contemporary arts and cultures. This book looks at the continent as a whole, in a series of essays. With 200 illustrations, (150 colour ) glossary, further rea ding, index. Paperback, 224 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 810g.
Author: (Mack, John, ed.)
ISBN: 0714125482
Publisher: British Museum Press
Date: 2000 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts: General Issues
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"Angels 2009"
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Diary, 124 pages. Size: 174 x 220 mm. Weight: 525g.
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ISBN: 3836505886
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Date: 2008 (Germany)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts: General Issues
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"Art and Design"
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"Postgraduate Course Guides" series; A series of annual guides that contains information to help prospective postgraduates choose the right course for them, including: a comprehensive listing of postgraduate courses; financial advice; information on careers and employment issues; guidance on how to apply; and, case studies of former postgraduate students. Rev ed. Paperback, Size: 297 x 210 mm. Weight: 505g.
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ISBN: 1844550915
Publisher: Trotman & Co Ltd
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly The Arts: General Issues
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"Art and Design Uncovered"
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"Careers Uncovered" series; Exposing the truth about what it's really like to work in different career areas, in title in this series contains unusual and thought-provoking facts about the profession as well as an overview of the different roles available from entry-level through to more senior posts. Paperback, Size: 220 x 135 mm. Weight: 505g.
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ISBN: 184455001X
Publisher: Trotman & Co Ltd
Date: 2004 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Secondary The Arts: General Issues
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"Art and Its Publics"Museum Studies at the Millennium
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"New Interventions in Art History" series; Explores the interface between the art object, its site of display, and the viewing public. This book tackles issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the various concerns. With 0. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 233 x 153 mm. Weight: 358g.
Author: (McClellan, Andrew, ed.)
ISBN: 0631230475
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational The Arts: General Issues
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"Art and Photography"
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"Themes & Movements" series; Offers a comprehensive survey of a rich and important period of photographic history, from the 1960s to the 21st century. Arranged thematically, this book presents works by some of the most significant international artists who have explored and extended the boundaries of photography. With illustrations (chiefly col.). Paperback, 304 pages. Size: 290 x 250 mm. Weight: 1609g.
Author: (Campany, David, ed.)
ISBN: 0714847569
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts: General Issues
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"Art + Architecture"Interchange of Ideas, the Effect on Architectural Inspiration and Work
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"Architectural Design" series; Featuring interviews with architects such as Will Alsop and Zaha Hadid, this work contains historical essays, covering modern art, and architecture movements. Paperback, 128 pages. Size: 291 x 221 mm. Weight: 604g.
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ISBN: 0470847735
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Date: 2003 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational The Arts: General Issues
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"Art, Community and Environment"Educational Perspectives
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"Intellect Books - Play Text" series; Investigates issues raised by the interaction between art practice, community participation, and the environment, both natural and urban. This volume examines topics, such as urban art, community participation, local empowerment, and the problem of ownership. With illustrations. Hardback, 304 pages. Size: 174 x 230 mm. Weight: 716g.
Author: (Coutts, Glen, ed.)
ISBN: 1841501891
Publisher: Intellect Books
Date: 2008 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts: General Issues
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"The Art Gallery Handbook"A Resource for Teachers
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Serves as a resource for teachers that aims to generate lesson-plans and help schools extract the value from gallery visits. This book offers ideas for activities both in and out of the gallery setting. It also addresses the National Curriculum requirements for critical and contextual approaches to art, with illustrations and examples. With 50 colour illustrations. Hardback, 112 pages. Size: 296 x 210 mm. Weight: 788g.
Author: (Charman, Helen, ed.)
ISBN: 1854376756
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Date: 2006 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational The Arts: General Issues
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"Art in America"300 Years of Innovation
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300 Years of Innovation. An accessible introduction to the major movements in American art, from the Hudson River and Ashcan schools to Abstract Expressionism, Pop art and beyond. Features works by a diverse range of artists from John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer and Mary Cassatt to Thomas Hart Benton, Jackson Pollock, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Matthew Barney. With 275 colour illustrations. Hardback, 352 pages. Size: 285 x 235 mm. Weight: 2220g.
Author: (Davidson, Susan, ed.)
ISBN: 1858943949
Publisher: Merrell Publishers Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational The Arts: General Issues
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"Art, Not Chance"Nine Artists' Diaries
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Nine artists were asked to keep diaries over several months in order to discover how new art is made. These accounts reveal personalities that are simultaneously vulnerable and tough, and show how art develops from a synthesis of ideas from many sources, shaped by personal decisions and choices. With 54 b&w illustrations. Paperback, 120 pages. Size: 241 x 169 mm. Weight: 240g.
Author: (Allen, Paul, ed.)
ISBN: 0903319942
Publisher: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Date: 2001 (United Kingdom)
Readership: Professional & Vocational The Arts: General Issues
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"The Artists' Yearbook 2008/9"
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A reference guide to getting ahead in the art world. It features information on and contact details for more than 3,000 visual-arts businesses and organizations. Paperback, 544 pages. Size: 208 x 164 mm. Weight: 868g.
Author: (Ward, Ossian, ed.)
ISBN: 0500286922
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date: 2007 (United Kingdom)
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts: General Issues
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"At a Distance"Precursors to Art and Activism on the Internet
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"Leonardo Book" series; Traces the history and theory of experimental art projects such as Mail Art, sound and radio art, telematic art, assemblings, and Fluxus. This book recasts the history of networks from the perspectives of politics, aesthetics, economics, and cross-cultural analysis. It refutes the accepted idea that networked art is technologically determined. With 50 illustrations. New ed. Paperback, 496 pages. Size: 226 x 179 mm. Weight: 505g.
Author: (Chandler, Annmarie, ed.)
ISBN: 0262532859
Publisher: Mit Press Ltd
Date: 2006 (United States)
Readership: Professional & Vocational The Arts: General Issues
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"Before the Sun Rises"
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Walter A Bechtler Stiftung German edition. This title focuses on the Walter A Bechtler Stiftung foundation, which is renowned for showing art in public spaces. The collection notably includes the works of Doug Aitken, Fischli/Weiss, Jenny Holzer, Martin Kippenberger, Pipilotti Rist, Roman Signer, Jean Tinguely, James Turrell, and Lawrence Weiner. Texts include discussions between Boris Groys and Juri Steiner on art in social space, and the role of artists as small businesses; Bice Curiger, Ruedi and Thomas Bechtler on the collection, its origin and its developments; and Jacqueline Burckhardt, Christoph Schenker, and Birgit Sonna on art in With 95 colour illustrations, 32 b & w illustrations. Paperback, 168 pages. Size: 240 x 190 mm. Weight: 616g.
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ISBN: 3905701162
Publisher: Jrp Editions
Date: 2006 (Switzerland) (in German).
Readership: General (Us: Trade) The Arts: General Issues
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