Art and Artifact - The Museum as Medium (Putnam James)(Paperback / softback)

Art and Artifact - The Museum as Medium (Putnam James)(Paperback / softback)

From Marcel Duchamp's 'Portable Museum' (Bo te en valise) of the early 1940s to Damien Hirst's distinctive use of vitrine displays in the 1990s, the artists of the past seventy years have often turned their attention--both creatively and critically--to a reappraisal of the ideas and systems of

Ceramics and the Museum (Breen Laura)(Paperback)

Ceramics and the Museum interrogates the relationship between art-oriented ceramic practice and museum practice in Britain since 1970. Laura Breen examines the identity of ceramics as an art form, drawing on examples of work by artist-makers such as Edmund de Waal and Grayson Perry; addresses the

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art (Hall James)(Paperback)

The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular,

The Art Museum from Boullee to Bilbao (McClellan Andrew)(Paperback)

Art museums have emerged in recent decades as the most vibrant and popular of all cultural institutions. Though art museums have never been more popular, their direction and values are now being contested as never before--both in the media and in the art world itself. This engaging thematic history

Reflections: The American Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art (Maciejunes Nannette V.)(Paperback)

Reflections: The American Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art adds a novel and provocative element to the library of art museum collection catalogs. In the traditional manner, Reflections features selected works--more than 125--from the museum's collection, accompanied by concise essays by

Whitney - The Whitney Museum of Art(Paperback / softback)

The Whitney Museum is building itself a new home in downtown Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Due to open on May 1st, 2015, the project will substantially enlarge the Whitney's exhibition and programming

Spirit and Art: Pictures of the Transformation of Consciousness (James Van)(Paperback)

'As an art student in the late sixties, I recall how painfully dry and intellectual my art history classes were. I thought to myself, or rather felt to myself, 'There must be something more'' --Van JamesArtist Van James offers that something more. This is a richly readable and lavishly illustrated

Harry and the Dinosaurs at the Museum (Whybrow Ian)(Paperback / softback)

When Harry and the dinosaurs go to the museum they see Roman swords and spears, Egyptian mummies and lots of Harry's ancestors. The dinosaurs want Harry to help them to find their ancestors ...and that's how Harry gets lost! Will Mum and Nan know where to look for

Murder Room (James P. D.)(Paperback / softback)

Commander Adam Dalgliesh is already acquainted with the Dupayne Museum in Hampstead, and with its sinister murder room celebrating notorious crimes committed in the interwar years, when he is called to investigate the killing of one of the

Emancipated Spectator (Ranciere Jacques)(Paperback / softback)

The theorists of art and film commonly depict the modern audience as aesthetically and politically passive. In response, both artists and thinkers have sought to transform the spectator into an active agent and the spectacle into a communal performance. In this follow-up to the acclaimed The Future

Cover Her Face (James P. D.)(Paperback / softback)

As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, Sally

Portrait Photography - Art and Techniques (Cortaville Saraya)(Paperback / softback)

A guide to taking fantastic portraits, covering all the practical decisions as well as the creative aspectsExplaining the basic rules of portraiture, this practical guide also covers the more complex ideas of image making. Set out in chronological order as a photographer would approach a shoot, it

British Museum: Around the World Colouring Book(Paperback / softback)

Bring the British Museum to life with spectacular civilisation scenes and amazing objects from the collection to colour! There's a whole world to explore inside the British Museum, and with this beautiful colouring book, readers can take a tour around each civilisation and get creative at the

collections du Art et marges musee - Collection Strates(Pevná vazba)

Located in the heart of Brussels, the Art et Margins Museum, an outsider art museum, questions art and its borders. Text in English, French, and

Flower Colour Theory (Putnam Darroch)(Paperback / softback)

The ultimate flower-arrangement reference book from New York's 'go-to' floral designers Putnam & Putnam - how to combine the extraordinary colours in nature to create stunning

Persuasion - The art of influencing people (Borg James)(Paperback / softback)

Poems and Exiles (Joyce James)(Paperback / softback)

It is only James Joyce's towering genius as a novelist that has led to the comparative neglect of his poetry and sole surviving play. And yet, argues Mays in his stimulating and informative introduction, several of these works not only occupy a pivotal position in Joyce's career; they are also

Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art (Hoving Thomas)(Paperback)

From Simon & Schuster, Making the Mummies Dance: Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a unforgettable autobiography for any arts and culture fans. A former Director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art reveals his bold and brash life at its pinnacle: the clandestine deals which secured blockbuster

Code as Creative Medium: A Handbook for Computational Art and Design (Levin Golan)(Paperback)

An essential guide for teaching and learning computational art and design: exercises, assignments, anecdotes, and interviews; more than 150 color images. This book is an essential resource for art educators and artists who want to explore code as a creative medium, and a guide for computer

Ageless Soul - An uplifting meditation on the art of growing older (Moore Thomas)(Paperback / softback)

A beautiful and uplifting meditation on the art of growing older and feeling fulfilled as we age that will appeal to fans of Marie de Hennezel's The Warmth of the Heart Prevents Your Body from

The International Style (Hitchcock Henry-Rusell)(Paperback)

Initially produced as the catalog to accompany a controversial and groundbreaking 1932 Museum of Modern Art show of the then new architecture emerging in Europe and America, The International Style quickly became the definitive statement of the principles underlying the work of such giants as Mies

British Museum: The Legend of Troy (Hawk Goldie)(Paperback / softback)

Coinciding with the hotly anticipated British Museum exhibition Troy: Myth and Reality in November 2019, this is the fascinating story of the destruction of an ancient city and the many ways it has been told and retold over

And the Land Lay Still (Robertson James)(Paperback / softback)

Offers a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change. This novel includes stories that give insight into Scotland's history

Museum of Innocence (Pamuk Orhan)(Paperback / softback)

The Museum of Innocence - set in Istanbul between 1975 and today - tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small