Evening in the Palace of Reason
Bach Meets Frederick the Great in the Age of Enlightenment
Author: James F. Gaines
In one corner, a godless young warrior, Voltaire's heralded 'philosopher-king', the It Boy of the Enlightenment. In the other, a devout if bad-tempered old composer of 'outdated' music, a scorned genius in his last years ... |
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Framing Techniques and Decorating Ideas
Author: Aaron Brothers
Framing a photograph, oil painting, watercolour, poster, calendar page, greeting card, or other artwork can be easy and inexpensive. The experts at Aaron Brothers, who have been offering custom framing since 1946, share ... |
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Peter Jackson
A Film-maker's Journey
Author: Brian Sibley & Peter Jackson
Authorised and fully illustrated insight into the life and career of the award-winning director, from his childhood film projects up to King Kong, together with Jackson's revealing personal account of his six-year quest ... |
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Hans Haacke
Author: Walter Grasskamp
The resulting artworks (such as his project for the Reichstag in Berlin, Der Bevolkerung [To The Population, 1999]) have often drawn immense controversy. Haacke is a unique figure in post-war art, and his work has touche ... |
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The Lisa Book
Author: Matt Groening
Pi carumba! You'll be livin' la vida Mensa with The Lisa Book! Whether she's extolling the virtues of vegetarianism and the global village, raising awareness about the world's moral and social ills, or simply playing wit ... |
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Between the Lines
My Story Uncut
Author: Jason Donovan
From Neighbours to the chart-topping music career, from Joseph to the appearance on I'm A Celebrity that sealed our affection, Jason Donovan has captured the hearts of his adopted country and entertained us all along the ... |
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Art a New History
Author: Paul Johnson
A personal view of the history of art follows every period from prehistoric times to today, examining both major movements and lesser-known contributors. |
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The Judgement of Paris
The Revolutionary Decade That Gave the World Impressionism
Author: Ross King
In 1863, the French painter Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' - that all important public art exhibition held biannually in Paris - he painted historical subjec ... |
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Can't Stop Won't Stop
A History of the Hip-hop Generation
Author: Jeff Chang
Provides an introduction of the players who came up with the ideas that form the basic elements of the hip-hop culture. It describes how it all began with social upheavals in Jamaica, the Bronx, the Black Belt of Long Is ... |
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Universe of Stone
Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind
Author: Philip Ball
In the twelfth century, Christians in Europe began to build a completely new kind of church - not the squat, gloomy buildings we call Romanesque, but soaring, spacious monuments flooded with light from immense windows. T ... |
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In England
Author: Don McCullin
Combines the author's work with a body of photographs of England where the line between the wealthy and the deprived is as defined as ever. |
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Our Way
Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River
Author: Sally Butler
Our Way: Contemporary Aboriginal Art from Lockhart River introduces the unique and stunning art of a group of young Aboriginal artists from far north Queensland's Lockhart River community. Lockhart River is Australia's o ... |
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The Revolution Continues
New Art In China
Author: Jiang Jiehong
Provides a link between the rebellious spirit of the current generation of Chinese artists and the mood of rebellion that was so evident during the years of the Cultural Revolution that ran from 1966 to 1976. This work a ... |
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Timing for Animation
Author: Harold Whitaker & John Halas
Written by two internationally acclaimed animators, this classic text teaches you all you need to know about the art of timing and its importance in the animated film. This reissue includes a new foreword by John Lassete ... |
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Confessions of a Video Vixen
Author: Karrine Steffans
Part tell-all, part cautionary tale, this emotionally charged memoir from a former video vixen nicknamed 'Superhead' goes beyond the glamour of celebrity to reveal the inner workings of the hip-hop dancer industry--fr ... |
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Directing the Story
Professional Storytelling and Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action and Animation
Author: Francis Glebas
Francis Glebas, a top Disney storyboard artist, shows how to reach the ultimate goal of animation and moviemaking by showing how to provide audiences with an emotionally satisfying experience. "Directing the Story" offer ... |
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Did Someone Say Participate?
An Atlas of Spatial Practice
Author: Markus Miessen & Shumon Basar
A report from the front lines of cultural activism that looks at spatial practitioners who actively trespass into neighboring or alien fields of knowledge. |
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The Projective Cast
Architecture and Its Three Geometrics
Author: Robin Evans
Anyone reviewing the history of architectural theory, Robin Evans observes, would have to conclude that architects do not produce geometry, but rather consume it. In this text Evans recasts the idea of the relationship b ... |
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The Pythons Autobiography by the Pythons
Author: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam & Others
Over thirty years ago, a group of five Englishmen and one wayward American, re-wrote the rules of comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus, an unheralded, previously unseen and practically unprogrammed half hour of sketches, ... |
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People in Vogue
A Century of Portrait Photography
Author: Robin Derrick & Robin Muir
The archives of British Vogue define modern portraiture. Its collection remains the essential barometer of the social and cultural changes of the last century. So, portrayed here are the great, the good, and, frequently, ... |
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