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The Art of Study

The Art of Study

First published in 1930 The Art of Study is addressed to all who are old enough and young enough to regard the winning of knowledge as fine art. Like other arts it can be helped by science. The book discusses reasons for the success and failure of different individuals not omitting intelligence stupidity and laziness. It asks whether the memory can be trained. It contrasts the art forms of the lesson the lecture and the talk. It gives suggestions for increasing the student’s concentration upon work for taking notes and for using them afterwards. While urging the importance of hard work it helps the student to discover parts of his tasks in which such effort will be effective.

GBP 85.00
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Posthumous Art Law and the Art Market The Afterlife of Art

Posthumous Art Law and the Art Market The Afterlife of Art

This book takes an interdisciplinary transnational and cross-cultural approach to reflect on critically examine and challenge the surprisingly robust practice of making art after death in an artist's name through the lenses of scholars from the fields of art history economics and law as well as practicing artists. Works of art conceived as multiples such as sculptures etchings prints photographs and conceptual art can be—and often are—remade from original models and plans long after the artist has passed. Recent sales have suggested a growing market embrace of posthumous works contemporaneous with questioning on the part of art history. Legal norms seem unready for this surge in posthumous production and are beset by conflict across jurisdictions. Non-Western approaches to posthumous art from Chinese emulations of non-living artists to Native American performances take into account rituals of generational passage at odds with contemporary market-driven approaches. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history the art market art law art management museum studies and economics. | Posthumous Art Law and the Art Market The Afterlife of Art

GBP 130.00
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Game Art Complete All-in-One: Learn Maya 3ds Max ZBrush and Photoshop Winning Techniques

Game Art Complete All-in-One: Learn Maya 3ds Max ZBrush and Photoshop Winning Techniques

A compilation of key chapters from the top Focal game art books available today - in the areas of Max Maya Photoshop and ZBrush. The chapters provide the CG Artist with an excellent sampling of essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create stunning game art. Game artists will be able to master the modeling rendering rigging and texturing techniques they need - with advice from Focal's best and brightest authors. Artists can learn hundreds of tips tricks and shortcuts in Max Maya Photoshop ZBrush - all within the covers of one complete inspiring reference. | Game Art Complete All-in-One: Learn Maya 3ds Max ZBrush and Photoshop Winning Techniques

GBP 175.00
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The Psychology of Art

The Psychology of Art

Why do we enjoy art? What inspires us to create artistic works? How can brain science help us understand our taste in art? The Psychology of Art provides an eclectic introduction to the myriad ways in which psychology can help us understand and appreciate creative activities. Exploring how we perceive everything from colour to motion the book examines art-making as a form of human behaviour that stretches back throughout history as a constant source of inspiration conflict and conversation. It also considers how factors such as fakery reproduction technology and sexism influence our judgements about art. By asking what psychological science has to do with artistic appreciation The Psychology of Art introduces the reader to new ways of thinking about how we create and consume art.

GBP 12.99
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The Handbook of Art Therapy

The Handbook of Art Therapy

The Handbook of Art Therapy has become the standard introductory text into the theory and practice of art therapy in a variety of settings. The comprehensive book concentrates on the work of art therapists and the way that art and therapy can combine in a treatment setting to promote insight and change. In this fourth edition readers will gain both a historical overview of art therapy and insight into contemporary settings in which art therapists work with a new chapter on the use of new technology and working online. The authors are highly experienced in the teaching supervision and clinical practice of art therapy. Using first-hand accounts from therapists and patients they look particularly at the role of the art work in the art process and setting in which it takes place. Chapters explore the theoretical background from which art therapy has developed and the implications for practice including the influence of art and psychoanalysis creativity aesthetics and symbolism and the impact of different schools of psychoanalytic theory. Also featured is an extensive bibliography encompassing a comprehensive coverage of the current literature on art therapy and related subjects. Covering basic theory and practice for clinicians and students at all levels of training this book remains a key text for art therapists counsellors psychotherapists psychologists and students at all levels as well as professionals working in other arts therapies.

GBP 35.99
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Rethinking Australia’s Art History The Challenge of Aboriginal Art

Rethinking Australia’s Art History The Challenge of Aboriginal Art

This book aims to redefine Australia’s earliest art history by chronicling for the first time the birth of the category Aboriginal art tracing the term’s use through published literature in the late eighteenth nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Susan Lowish reveals how the idea of Aboriginal art developed in the European imagination manifested in early literature and became a distinct classification with its own criteria and form. Part of the larger story of Aboriginal/European engagement this book provides a new vision for an Australian art history reconciled with its colonial origins and in recognition of what came before the contemporary phenomena of Aboriginal art. | Rethinking Australia’s Art History The Challenge of Aboriginal Art

GBP 38.99
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The Chinese Art of Tea

The Chinese Art of Tea

First published in 1985 The Chinese Art of Tea is an exploration into the history of tea and the Chinese art of tea known as ch’a-shu. The book begins by delving into the history and legends surrounding tea before moving on to a study of the Emperor Hui Tsung’s treatise on tea and approaches to tea during the Ming Dynasty. It discusses tea gardens teahouses the relationship between tea and ceramics and the connection between tea and health. The book also features a detailed manual for practising the art of drinking tea including advice for choosing tea buying tea different types of infusion and drinking vessels and the attitude required for obtaining the fullest satisfaction from tea. The Chinese Art of Tea is ideal for anyone with an interest in the history and art of drinking tea and the social and cultural history of China.

GBP 27.99
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Minecraft - The Art of Adventure

Minecraft - The Art of Adventure

Embark on an exhilarating journey into the heart of adventure with Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics, a groundbreaking comic series that transcends the boundaries of imagination. Immerse yourself in a vivid tapestry of storytelling where heroes rise, villains fall, and the extraordinary unfolds in every panel.Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics introduces a captivating blend of dynamic characters, intricate plotlines, and visually stunning artwork that brings the Minecraft - The Art of Adventure universe to life. Follow the compelling narratives of heroes with unique abilities, as they navigate a world teeming with mystery, danger, and unexpected alliances.Each issue of Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics is a cinematic experience, with beautifully illustrated scenes that draw readers into a world where the fantastic meets the familiar. Whether you're a seasoned comic enthusiast or a newcomer to the genre, Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics promises an unparalleled adventure filled with suspense, humor, and moments of sheer awe.Discover the Minecraft - The Art of Adventure universe like never before as the pages of Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics unravel gripping story arcs, unveil untold secrets, and showcase the talents of visionary writers and artists. Brace yourself for a rollercoaster of emotions, epic battles, and unexpected twists that will keep you eagerly turning the pages.Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics isn't just a series; it's an invitation to explore uncharted territories, challenge your perception of heroism, and lose yourself in a narrative that transcends the ordinary. Join us on this epic journey as Minecraft - The Art of Adventure Comics sets a new standard for immersive storytelling in the world of comics.

GBP 5.07
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Art and Expression Studies in the Psychology of Art

Art and Expression Studies in the Psychology of Art

Perception of expression distinguishes our cognitive activity in a pervasive significant and peculiar way and manifests itself paradigmatically in the vast world of artistic production. Art and Expression examines the cognitive processes involved in artistic production aesthetic reception understanding and enjoyment. Using a phenomenological theoretical and methodological framework developed by Rudolf Arnheim and other important scholars interested in expressive media Alberto Argenton considers a wide range of artistic works which span the whole arc of the history of western graphic and pictorial art. Argenton analyses the representational strategies of a dynamic and expressive character that can be reduced to basic aspects of perception like obliqueness amodal completion and the bilateral function of contour giving new directions relative to the functioning of cognitive activity. Art and Expression is a monument to the fruitful collaboration of art history and psychology and Argenton has taken great care to construct a meaningful psychological approach to the arts based also on a knowledge of pictorial genres that allows him to systematically situate the works under scrutiny. Art and Expression is an essential resource for postgraduate researchers and scholars interested in visual perception art and gestalt psychology. | Art and Expression Studies in the Psychology of Art

GBP 36.99
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The Archaeology of Art Materials Practices Affects

The Archaeology of Art Materials Practices Affects

How can archaeologists interpret ancient art and images if they do not treat them as symbols or signifiers of identity? Traditional approaches to the archaeology of art have borrowed from the history of art and the anthropology of art by focusing on iconography meaning communication and identity. This puts the archaeology of art at a disadvantage as an understanding of iconography and meaning requires a detailed knowledge of historical or ethnographic context unavailable to many archaeologists. Rather than playing to archaeology’s weaknesses the authors argue that an archaeology of art should instead play to archaeology’s strength: the material character of archaeological evidence. Using case studies - examining rock art figurines beadwork murals coffin decorations sculpture and architecture from Europe the Americas Asia Australia and north Africa -the authors develop an understanding of the affective and effective nature of ancient art and imagery. An analysis of a series of material-based practices from gesture and improvisation to miniaturisation and gigantism assembly and disassembly and the use of distinctions in colour enable key concepts such as style and meaning to be re-imagined as affective practices. Recasting the archaeology of art as the study of affects offers a new prospectus for the study of ancient art and imagery. | The Archaeology of Art Materials Practices Affects

GBP 36.99
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A History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales

A History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales

In this highly original study Vanessa Russ examines the gradual invention of Aboriginal art within the Art Gallery of New South Wales. This process occurred as the social histories of Australia expanded and recognised Aboriginal people through wars and political shifts and as international organisations began placing pressure on nation states to expand diversify and respect multicultural perspectives. This book explores a state art institution as a case study to consider these complex narratives through a single history of Aboriginal art from early colonisation until today. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history museum studies and Indigenous studies. | A History of Aboriginal Art in the Art Gallery of New South Wales

GBP 130.00
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Generative Systems Art The Work of Ernest Edmonds

Generative Systems Art The Work of Ernest Edmonds

In this unique book the author explores the history of pioneering computer art and its contribution to art history by way of examining Ernest Edmonds’ art from the late 1960s to the present day. Edmonds’ inventions of new concepts tools and forms of art along with his close involvement with the communities of computer artists constructive artists and computer technologists provides the context for discussion of the origins and implications of the relationship between art and technology. Drawing on interviews with Edmonds and primary research in archives of his work the book offers a new contribution to the history of the development of digital art and places Edmonds’ work in the context of contemporary art history. | Generative Systems Art The Work of Ernest Edmonds

GBP 39.99
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Liliana Porter and the Art of Simulation

Liliana Porter and the Art of Simulation

Visually appealing conceptually startling and intellectually engaging-these phrases aptly describe the art of Liliana Porter. Florencia Bazzano-Nelson's study focuses on the principal theme in the Argentine-born artist's work since the 1970s: her playful but subversive dismantling of the limits that separate everyday reality from the world of illusion and simulacra. Over the years Porter's own evolving interest in perception lead the author to explore a series of interconnected and timely issues in her artistic production such as the representative function of art the structural links between art and language and the witty re-signification of the art-historical images and mass-produced kitsch figurines she has so often featured in her art. Strongly founded in critical theory Bazzano-Nelson's approach considers Porter's art as the site of conceptually exciting dialogues with Jorge Luis Borges René Magritte Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard. Her carefully crafted interdisciplinary analysis not only combines art-historical literary and theoretical perspectives but also addresses the artist's work in different media such as printmaking conceptual art photography and film. | Liliana Porter and the Art of Simulation

GBP 46.99
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An Analysis of Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

An Analysis of Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction combats traditional art criticism’s treatment of artworks as fixed unchanging mystical objects. For Walter Benjamin the consequences of addressing a work of art in this manner have a wider resonance: closed off from any active visual or tactile engagement the work of art becomes an object of passive contemplation and a potential tool of oppression. Benjamin argues that technology has fundamentally altered the way art is experienced. Potentially open to interpretation and accessible to many art in the age of mechanical reproduction has the potential to be mobilized for radical purposes. While ostensibly addressing the artistic consequences of technical reproducibility on art Benjamin also addresses the wider political consequences of this shift. | An Analysis of Walter Benjamin's The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction

GBP 6.50
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The Art of Writing Fiction

The Art of Writing Fiction

An elegant and intimate insight into the personal and practical processes of writing Andrew Cowan’s The Art of Writing Fiction draws on his experience as a prize-winning novelist and his work with emerging writers at the University of East Anglia. As illuminating for the recreational writer as for students of Creative Writing the twelve chapters of this book correspond to the twelve weeks of a typical university syllabus and provide guidance on mastering key aspects of fiction such as structure character voice point of view and setting as well as describing techniques for stimulating creativity and getting the most out of feedback. This new edition offers extended consideration to structure point of view and the organisation of time in the novel as well as the conduct of the Creative Writing workshop in the light of the decolonising the curriculum movement. It features additional writing exercises as well as an afterword with invaluable advice on approaching agents and publishers. The range of writers surveyed is greatly expanded finding inspiration and practical guidance in the work of Margaret Atwood Ayanna Lloyd Banwo Richard Beard Tsitsi Dangarembga Richard Ford Ashley Hickson-Lovence Anjali Joseph James Joyce James Kelman Ian McEwan Arundhati Roy Sam Selvon Vikram Seth and Ali Smith among many others. With over 80 writing exercises and examples taken from dozens of novels and short stories the new edition of The Art of Writing Fiction is enriched by the author’s own experience as a novelist and lecturer making it an essential guide for readers interested in the theory teaching and practice of Creative Writing.

GBP 24.99
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The Failures of Public Art and Participation

The Failures of Public Art and Participation

This collection of original essays takes a multi-disciplinary approach to explore the theme of failure through the broad spectrum of public art and social practice. The anthology brings together practicing artists curators activists art writers administrators planners and educators from around the world to offer differing perspectives on the many facets of failure in commissioning planning producing evaluating and engaging communities in the continually evolving field of art in the public realm. As such this book offers a survey of currently unexplored and interconnected thinking and provides a much-needed critical voice to the commissioning of public and participatory arts. The volume includes case studies from the UK the US China Cuba and Denmark as well as discussions of digital public art collections. The Failures of Public Art and Participation will be of interest for students and scholars of visual arts design and architecture interested in how art in the public realm fits within social and political contexts.

GBP 35.99
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The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art

The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art

The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Art surveys a broad spectrum of Christian art produced from the late second to the sixth centuries. The first part of the book opens with a general survey of the subject and then presents fifteen essays that discuss specific media of visual art—catacomb paintings sculpture mosaics gold glass gems reliquaries ceramics icons ivories textiles silver and illuminated manuscripts. Each is written by a noted expert in the field. The second part of the book takes up themes relevant to the study of early Christian art. These seven chapters consider the ritual practices in decorated spaces the emergence of images of Christ’s Passion and miracles the functions of Christian secular portraits the exemplary mosaics of Ravenna the early modern history of Christian art and archaeology studies and further reflection on this field called “early Christian art. ” Each of the volume’s chapters includes photographs of many of the objects discussed plus bibliographic notes and recommendations for further reading. The result is an invaluable introduction to and appraisal of the art that developed out of the spread of Christianity through the late antique world. Undergraduate and graduate students of late classical early Christian and Byzantine culture religion or art will find it an accessible and insightful orientation to the field. Additionally professional academics archivists and curators working in these areas will also find it valuable as a resource for their own research as well as a textbook or reference work for their students.

GBP 42.99
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Postmigration Transculturality and the Transversal Politics of Art

Postmigration Transculturality and the Transversal Politics of Art

This is the first book to develop a postmigrant analytical perspective for the study of art concentrating on how postmigration reopens the study of contemporary art and migration. The book introduces art historians and other scholars with a methodological interest in cultural analysis to the innovative concept of postmigration offering a comprehensive introduction to the various meanings and uses of the term as well as translating it methodologically to an art historical context. The book analyses art projects from Denmark Germany and Great Britain which address some of the current challenges to European societies of immigration and by drawing on theory from fields such as migration studies transcultural studies and feminist postcolonial and political theory as well as re-engaging established concepts such as imagination commemoration belonging identity racialization community public space and participation. The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history art and politics migration studies and transcultural studies. The Open Access version of this book available at www. taylorfrancis. com has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. Funded by The Novo Nordisk Foundation/The Novo Nordisk Foundation’s Committee on Research in Art and Art History Grant No. NNF19OC0053992. | Postmigration Transculturality and the Transversal Politics of Art

GBP 130.00
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Contemporary Art Systems and the Aesthetics of Dispersion

Contemporary Art Systems and the Aesthetics of Dispersion

Using five case studies of contemporary art this book uses ideas of systems and dispersion to understand identity and experience in late capitalism. This book considers five artists who exemplify contemporary art practice: Seth Price; Liam Gillick; Martin Creed; Hito Steyerl; and Theaster Gates. Given the diversity of materials used in art today once-traditional artistic mediums and practices have become obsolete in describing what artists do today. Francis Halsall argues that in the face of this obsolescence the ideas of system and dispersion become very useful in understanding contemporary art. That is practitioners now can be seen to be using whatever systems of distribution and display are available to them as their creative mediums. The two central arguments are first that any understanding of what art is will always be underwritten by a related view of what a human being is; and second that these both have a particular character in late capitalism or as is named here the Age of Dispersion. The book will be of interest to scholars and students working in art history contemporary art studio art and theories of systems and networks. | Contemporary Art Systems and the Aesthetics of Dispersion

GBP 48.99
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The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand Tour

The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand Tour

The redecoration of the exhibition spaces at the Borghese palace and villa undertaken together with the reinstallation of the family's vast art collections was one of the most important events in the cultural life of eighteenth-century Rome. In this comprehensive study Carole Paul reconstructs the planning and execution of the project and explains its multifaceted significance: its place in the history of Italian art architecture and interior design at a complex moment of transition from baroque to neoclassical style as well as its unrecognized but profound influence on the development of the modern art museum. The study shows how the installations and decorations worked together to evoke traditional themes in innovative ways. Addressed primarily to a new audience of tourists from abroad the thematic content of the spaces celebrated the greatness of the Borghese family and of Roman tradition while their stylistic diversity and sophistication made a case for the continued vitality - even modernity - of Roman art and culture. Designed for the exercise of a highly refined social performance these sites helped to model the experience of art as a form of enlightened modern civility. | The Borghese Collections and the Display of Art in the Age of the Grand Tour

GBP 39.99
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