Ceramics and the Museum (Breen Laura)(Paperback)

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

Book of Scars - Breen & Tozer 3 (Shaw William)(Paperback / softback)

CWA Historical Dagger shortlisted third novel in the Breen and Tozer series reveals the crimes of Britain's colonial

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

Learning in the Museum (Hein George E.)(Paperback)

Learning in the Museum examines major issues and shows how research in visitor studies and the philosophy of education can be applied to facilitate a meaningful educational experience in museums. Hein combines a brief history of education in public museums, with a rigorous examination of how the

Designers and Jewellery 1850-1940: Jewellery and Metalwork from the Fitzwilliam Museum (Ritchie Helen)(Paperback)

The Fitzwilliam Museum holds stunning examples of jewellery and metalwork from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This exceptional period of design covers the neo-Gothic and historicist designs of the 1850s and 1860s, the ground-breaking work of British Arts & Crafts designers,

Chinese Ceramics (Fang Lili)(Paperback)

The Chinese are famed as the first to have discovered and mastered the techniques needed to produce porcelain. Yet carefully crafted ceramics are valued not only for their beauty, but also as precious cultural artifacts shedding light on the period in which they were produced. Chinese ceramics

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

The House of Everything: Poems Inspired by Sir John Soane's Museum (Seatter Robert)(Paperback)

Sir John Soane's Museum in central London is a unique and idiosyncratic 'house museum', designed and built in the early 19th century by its obsessive architect/collector owner. This book takes the reader on a personal and poetic trail, capturing the tragic story of the man who created it, the

Ceramics (Rawson Philip)(Paperback)

Ceramics Philip Rawson. Foreword by Wayne Higby 'A moving book based on the knowledge of facts together with their overtones and resonances. . . . Its method is valid for an appreciation of art in all its branches.'--Stella Kramrisch 'With the unassuming title of Ceramics, Rawson has presented a

Making Pottery and Ceramics: How to Make Ceramics and Pottery of Your Own with Quality Clay and a Potter's Wheel, an Illustrated Guide Book (Leighton Henry)(Paperback)

The Metabolic Museum (Deliss Clementine)(Paperback)

Acclaimed critic, curator and museum director Cl mentine Deliss explores possible functions for anthropological museums in a postcolonial cultureAnthropological museums in Europe, as products of imperialism, have been compelled to legitimate themselves for some while now. The very basis of their

Sleepover at the Haunted Museum, 21 (Dadey Debbie)(Paperback)

Shelly and her merfriends are excited to sleep in the museum until they start to wonder if it's haunted in this spooky Mermaid Tales adventure. It's almost Shelly's birthday She can't wait to have her friends over and eat her grandfather's homemade pizza. But when Pearl gets involved in the party

A Ruin of Roses (Breene K. F.)(Paperback)

A new dark and spicy romantasy with forbidden romance, gripping action, and a heat that smolders the pages. I could save him, but he would ruin me. The beast. The creature that stalks the forbidden wood. The dragon prince. He has suffered a fate worse than death. We all have. A curse put upon us

Mfa Highlights: Arts of South Asia (Weinstein Laura)(Paperback)

A concise introduction to the MFA Boston's celebrated collection of South Asian artThe Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is home to an important collection of artworks from South Asia that spans a large geographical area--comprising India and the countries that surround it--and more than four millennia

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

Museum Lighting: A Guide for Conservators and Curators (Saunders David)(Paperback)

Author David Saunders, former keeper of conservation and scientific research at the British Museum, explores how to balance the conflicting goals of visibility and preservation under a variety of conditions. Beginning with the science of how light, color, and vision function and interact, he

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

Ceramics Processing in Microtechnology (Ritzhaupt-Kleissl H. -J)(Pevná vazba)

The outstanding properties of ceramics have guaranteed their use for millennia and they remain vitally important in modern technology. This book provides an overview of the status of processing of ceramic materials in micro technology. It deals with micro manufacturing and applications of ceramic

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

Violet the Pilot (Breen Steve)(Paperback)

Violet is a science-loving girl inventor with a flair for the air! Fans of Ada Twist, Scientist and Rosie Revere, Engineer will love this classic underdog story by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Steve Breen. By the time she's two years old, Violet Van Winkle can engineer

Museum Registration Methods, Sixth Edition (Simmons John E.)(Paperback)

The sixth edition of Museum Registration Methods is a comprehensive guide to registration and collections management of museum collections, from acquisition, use, and deaccessioning

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 Masterclass (Taylor Louisa)(Paperback / softback)

An exploration of the artistic process, methodology and techniques of 100 great ceramic artists, offering both practical advice and

Paperclay - Art and Practice (Gault Rosette)(Paperback / softback)

Building on the success of her previous Ceramics Handbook Paperclay, pioneering artist, researcher and teacher Rosette Gault explains how potters and clay sculptors can make, fire and use paperclay. In addition to the basics, she introduces more advanced techniques for building armatures, sculpting