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American Potters and Pottery - Paperback

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by John Ramsay (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 372 Dimensions: 0.83 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: May 11, 2007

Affective Performance and Cognitive Science - Paperback

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by Bruce McConachie (Author), Rhonda Blair (Contribution by)This book explores new developments in the dialogues between science and theatre and offers an introduction to a fast-expanding area of research and practice.The cognitive revolution in the humanities is creating new insights into the audience experience, performance processes and training. Scientists are collaborating with artists to investigate how our brains and bodies engage with performance to create new understanding of percept...

The Rock Art of Ometepe Island, Nicaragua: Motif classification, quantification, and regional comparisons - Paperback

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by Suzanne M. Baker (Author)Paris Monographs in American Archaeology 25This study presents a motif classification, quantification, and regional comparisons for engraved rock art from the Maderas Volcano on Ometepe Island, Nicaragua. Maderas has the largest concentration of petroglyphs thus far reported in Central America. A formal analysis was conducted, which included construction of a typology for, then quantitative analysis of motifs found on over 700 boulders - only a portion of that know...

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Visual Arts for Lower Secondary - Paperback

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by Allan Sieuprasad (Author) Number of Pages: 288 Dimensions: 0.4 x 10.8 x 8.7 IN Publication Date: November 09, 2009

Medieval Military Monuments in Lincolnshire - Paperback

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by Mark Downing (Author)Military monuments in Lincolnshire (eastern England) have hitherto received little attention, with only four being the subject of published studies. No attempt has previously been made to produce a corpus of surviving examples. There are 62 military effigies in Lincolnshire, including some of national importance as well as many others of great interest. In the former category are the effigies at Careby, Halton-Holegate, Holbeach, Kirkstead Abbey, Stoke Rochford and Sur...

Anthropomorphic and Zoomorphic Miniature Figures in Eurasia, Africa and Meso-America: Morphology, materiality, technology, function and context - Paperback

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by Dragos Gheorghiu (Editor), Ann Cyphers (Editor)The present volume is mainly the result of two symposia held at the European Archaeological Association meetings in Krakow (2006) and Zadar (2007), respectively, which gathered studies on the function, morphology, materiality, technology, ritual, function and context of figurines, whether made of clay, wood, metal, stone, bone or shell. Contents: Introduction: Small Worlds (Dragos Gheorghiu and Ann Cyphers); 1) Beyond Venus figurines: technica...

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by James Mayhew (Author)Join Katie as she steps into some of the most famous paintings in the world for an exciting art adventure! When the Mona Lisa's smile goes missing, it's up to Katie to help find it again. On the way, they meet a princess, a dragon, a winged lion and an angel. But can Katie make the Mona Lisa smile again? 'A wonderful way to engage children with art. A brilliant combination of education and storytelling' - Parents in Touch (Katie's Picture Show) This first introduction ...

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by James Mayhew (Author), Lee Wildish (Author)Join Katie as she steps into some of the most famous paintings in the world for an exciting art adventure The stars in Vincent van Gogh's painting are so beautiful that Katie can't resist reaching in and taking one. But what will she do when all the other stars come tumbling out of the painting, too? Will Katie be able to catch the stars before the gallery guard notices they've floated away? 'A wonderful way to engage children with art. A brillia...

A History of the Study of South Italian Black- and Red-Figure Pottery - Paperback

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by Ronald Higginson (Author)This book offers an overview of the whole period from the first evidence of the Roman rediscovery of figured vases until the end of the 20th century. It looks at how figured vases were received in each successive period and how this determined the way they were studied. First, the Roman urge to collect vases purely as both decorative curiosities found locally and as trophies form Corinth. Then after many centuries of silence, the mediaeval discovery of vases in Tus...

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Katie and the Waterlily Pond - Paperback

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by James Mayhew (Author), Mary McQuillan (Author)Make art an adventure with classic picture book character, Katie, in this wonderful introduction to some of Monet's best-known paintings. Katie desperately wants to win the art competition at the gallery. She just has to create a painting in the style of Monet. That should be easy . . . right? This first introduction to Monet features five of his most magical paintings: The Waterlily Pond, In the Woods at Giverny, Bathers at La Grenouill re, Pa...

New Voices on Early Medieval Sculpture in Britain and Ireland - Paperback

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by Michael F. Reed (Editor)The genesis of this volume was a conference co-organized at the University of York, U.K., in 2007 entitled "New Voices on Early Medieval Sculpture". Opinions voiced at this conference demonstrated quite clearly that the study of early medieval sculpture in Britain and Ireland is changing. New technologies and evidence (including that which contextualizes sculptural production and patronage), coupled with increased methodological awareness, is generating compelling n...

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Katie: Get Colouring with Katie: A National Gallery Book - Paperback

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by James Mayhew (Author)Come on a colouring adventure with Katie, the star of James Mayhew's much-loved Katie books.Art adventurer Katie has been capturing the hearts and imaginations of young art lovers for over 25 years . . . and now it's your turn to get involved Featuring paintings from the National Gallery's world famous collection, this is the perfect introduction to the wonderfully exciting world of art. All you need to do, is pick up your colouring pencils and pens and follow the ever...

French, Flemish and British Art - Paperback

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by Roger Fry (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 15, 2007

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by E. G. Lutz (Author)Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. Number of Pages: 264 Dimensions: 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: December 19, 2007

The Forgotten Olympic Art Competitions - Hardcover

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by Richard Stanton (Author)History of the Olympic Art Competitions of the 20th Century including data tables and selected competitor biographical sketches. Number of Pages: 424 Dimensions: 1.06 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: March 08, 2002

Sport in Art: An Iconography of Sport Illustrating the Field Sports of Europe and America from the 15th to the End of the 18th Centu - Paperback

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by William A. Baillie-Grohman (Author)These pages provide a selection of pictorial material that shows the evolution which hunting, shooting, falconry, and fishing underwent from the fifteenth century (just previous to the invention of printing) to the French Revolution, thus taking in the four centuries that are as vital to the history of venery as they are to that of art. Some old pictures of horsemanship, and the first pictorial descriptions of mountain climbing have been included in the l...

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by David Ocasio (Author), Giora Carmi (Illustrator)The Magical Reindeer The Magical Reindeer Long before all Christmas', the magic apples and Santa's magical reindeer, Santa came to know Kasandra whose childhood mishap planted the seed for what would bring about Santa's flying reindeer. Kassandra who is now the angel of Christmas along with Eddie, Santa's first magical reindeer who now resides as guardian of Santa's reindeer. Together, Kasandra and Eddie have dedicated themselves to the keepi...

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by E. L. Konigsburg (Author)THE GREATEST ARTIST OF HIS TIME AN APPRENTICE WITH A LARCENOUS HEART AND AN AVERSION TO THE TRUTH A YOUNG DUTCHESS WHOSE PLAIN FACE BELIES HER BEAUTIFUL SOUL Could the complex ways these three lives intertwine hold the key to a historical riddle as enigmatic as the Mona Lisa's smile -- why Leonardo da Vinci devoted three years to a painting of the second wife of an unimportant merchant when all the nobles of Europe were begging for a portrait by his hand? Only a ...

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by Ashley Bryan (Author), Ashley Bryan (Illustrator), Bill McGuinness (Photographer)Ashley's autobiography is full of art, photographs, and the poignant never-say-never tale of his rich life, a life that has always included drawing and painting. Even as a boy growing up during the Depression, he painted -- finding cast off objects to turn into books and kites and toy and art. Even as a solder in the segregated Army on the beaches of Normandy, he sketched -- keeping charcoal crayons and paper ...

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by Andrea Beaty (Author), Pascal Lemaitre (Illustrator)Ted paints his way into trouble--and a new friendship--in this comic adventure. One morning, Ted realizes that his room needs a little pizzazz--and for that he needs an artist. Of course, when Ted can't find an artist, he becomes one! Ted uses his homemade brush and paints to create a portrait of his mom and spruce up the school hallways...until he accidentally hurts the new student's feelings. Then, once again, it's Ted to the rescue as ...

Shakespeare's Face: Unraveling the Legend and History of Shakespeare's Mysterious Portrait - Paperback

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by Stephanie Nolen (Author)A fascinating literary detective story charting the surprising, true history of a recently discovered painting of Shakespeare held by the same family for 400 years -- adding new drama to the Bard's life.When author Stephanie Nolen reported the discovery of the only portrait of William Shakespeare painted while he was alive, the announcement ignited furious controversy around the world. Now, in this provocative biography of the portrait, she tells the riveting story ...

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I Never Saw Another Butterfly: Children's Drawings and Poems from Terezin Concentration Camp 1942-1944 - Hardcover

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by Hana Volavkova (Editor), Vaclav Havel (Afterword by), Chaim Potok (Foreword by)For use in schools and libraries only. A selection of children's poems and drawings reflecting their surroundings in Terez in Concentration Camp in Czechoslovakia from 1942 to 1944. Number of Pages: 106 Dimensions: 0.5 x 10.4 x 6.9 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 1994

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Dad Goes to School: Ready-To-Read Level 1 - Paperback

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by Margaret McNamara (Author), Mike Gordon (Illustrator)It's Parents Week for Mrs. Connor's first graders. Each day another parent is visiting and showing what they do. But Ayanna's dad isn't like the other parents. Will her classmates like him anyway?Author BiographyMargaret McNamara is the author of the Robin Hill School series, and she gets many ideas from her daughter's own school experiences. She lives in New York City. Mike Gordon illustrates the Robin Hill School series and has an exte...

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Ed Emberley's Drawing Book: Make a World - Hardcover

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by Ed Emberley (Author), Ed Emberley (Illustrator)For use in schools and libraries only. Using circles, triangles, rectangles and other simple lines, the author illustrates the way in which to draw a number of everyday objects. Number of Pages: 32 Dimensions: 0.4 x 10.9 x 8.4 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: March 01, 2006

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by Sarah L. Thomson (Author), Rob Gonsalves (Illustrator)If you can imagine a place, you can go there. Imagine a place that makes you feel as free as a bird. Imagine a place where getting there is worth whatever it takes. Imagine a place that makes you feel like it's always been your destination. Imagine a place made out of pure imagination. Imagine a Place is a gorgeous companion to the critically acclaimed Imagine a Night and Imagine a Day, and reminds us that imagination is powerful en...

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Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise: Ready-To-Read Level 1 - Paperback

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by Patricia Lakin (Author), Brian Floca (Illustrator)The students in Max and Mo's classroom are getting ready for Halloween by making masks. Once the kids go home, it's time for Max and Mo to make their own masks -- but what kind of mask should a hamster wear?Author BiographyPatricia Lakin, a former elementary school teacher and an award-winning author, has written more than fifty published works. Her books, both fiction and nonfiction, span multiple age groups--from toddlers to middle grader...

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Yellow Square: A Pop-Up Book for Children of All Ages - Hardcover

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by David A. Carter (Author), David A. Carter (Illustrator)First came One Red Dot, next Blue 2, 600 Black Spots...now Yellow Square, the fourth installment of David A. Carter's acclaimed color series Modern and elegant paper engineering and text are certain to awe children of all ages Readers will search beatiful, modern pop-ups to discover the hidden yellow square on each spread in this follow up to David A. Carter's New York Times award winning, 600 Black Spots.Author BiographyDavid A. Car...

Concerning the Spiritual in Art - Paperback

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by Wassily Kandinsky (Author)This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. Number of Pages: 68 Dimensions: 0.14 x 9.25 x 7...

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by Nikki McClure (Author)Author BiographyNikki McClure is a self-taught cut-paper artist known for her calendar and gift line. She is the author and illustrator of Mama, Is It Summer Yet?; To Market, To Market; Apple; How to Be a Cat; and the illustrator of All in a Day, written by Cynthia Rylant, and May the Stars Drip Down, written by Jeremy Chatelain. Visit her at nikkimcclure.com. McClure lives in Olympia, Washington. Number of Pages: 128 Dimensions: 0.9 x 9.6 x 8 IN Illustrated: Yes Publ...

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by Dodie Kazanjian (Author)This stunning updated edition of Vogue: The Covers pays tribute to the magazine's tradition of beauty and excellence with a compilation of spectacular cover art. This lavish, beautifully illustrated coffee table book even includes five frameable Vogue cover prints that can be removed from the back of the book. Vogue: The Covers is a must-have for every fashion lover and collector. In addition to featuring classic covers from the magazine's 125-year history, this ...

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Degas, Painter of Ballerinas: A Picture Book - Hardcover

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by Metropolitan Museum of Art the (Illustrator), Susan Goldman Rubin (Author)Through Edgar Degas's beloved paintings, drawings, and sculptures, award-winning author Susan Goldman Rubin--in collaboration with The Metropolitan Museum of Art--conveys the wonder and excitement of the ballet world. Degas is one of the most celebrated painters of the impressionist movement, and his ballerina paintings are among the most favorite of his fans. In his artwork, Degas captures every moment, from the r...

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by Barney Saltzberg (Author)When Andrew gets hold of a pencil, anything can--and does--happen in this innovative and artistic book. The story literally unfolds step-by-step as readers are invited to follow Andrew through flaps and gatefolds. After sharpening his drawing implement on the first page, Andrew challenges the boundaries of each spread by beginning with a line that leads . . . and leads . . . to unexpected finishes. Staircases become dinosaurs, kites become rockets, and even the mos...