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Comprehensive guide for art foundation courses.
Encourages both creativity and technical skills.
Covers essential elements of art and history.
Promotes understanding of refined artistic concepts.
Stimulates creativity without mechanical copying.
Ideal for both beginners and advanced students.
Used by generations of art students nationwide.
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Price Range: $112.00
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Explores artists' roles in late 20th-century culture wars.
Analyzes tensions between religious conservatives and progressive artists.
Highlights notable figures like Mapplethorpe and Chicago.
Examines intersections of sex, art, and morality.
Reveals how art challenges political and sacred boundaries.
Offers new insights into America's culture conflict history.
Illustrates subversive art's impact on societal norms.
Price Range: $34.99
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Explores Butoh's origins in post-war Japan.
Features voices of renowned Butoh artists.
Embodied research approach enhances understanding.
Reflects on Butoh’s complex historical context.
A practitioner’s guide for dancers and scholars.
Investigates Butoh's evasion of categorization.
Relevant insights into contemporary performance art.
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Price Range: $54.99
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Guidance for contemporary art practices and history.
Innovative storytelling approach to art and culture.
Accessible writing encourages diverse personal inquiries.
Includes references and essay questions for engagement.
Designed for fine arts student exploration.
Reconsider art practices through historical perspectives.
Features contributions from artists and cultural commentators.
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Price Range: $41.59
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Comprehensive introduction to art concepts and history.
Revised eleventh edition for improved clarity and understanding.
Focus on developing ideas and critical thinking skills.
Explores essential elements of art across genres.
Guides students through varied artistic practices.
Ideal for introductory art courses nationwide.
Enhances understanding of time and motion in art.
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Price Range: $48.80
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Explores design as a process and product.
Concise writing for maximum clear communication.
Colorful visuals enhance learning experience.
Includes critical and creative thinking sections.
Features contemporary artworks from 1970 onward.
Interviews with leading artists and designers included.
82 new images of major artists added.
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Price Range: $165.02
Color: In addition to full-color throughout the book
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Explores forgeries in Chinese art history.
First comprehensive study of early modern forgeries.
Analyzes Zhang Taijie’s fabricated art collection.
Uncovers cultural tensions in early modern China.
Highlights historical irregularities caused by forgeries.
Examines social anxieties surrounding authentic art.
Reveals forgeries' impact on art legitimacy.
Price Range: $42.87
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Explores art's role in corporate image during 1960s.
Analyzes artists' collaborations with multinational corporations.
Challenges traditional views on art and capitalism.
Features works by iconic artists like Andy Warhol.
Includes original research from various archives.
Examines ethical dilemmas of corporate funding in art.
Highlights lasting impact of art on business strategies.
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Price Range: $34.58
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Explores revolutionary drawing in China (1949–1965).
Examines development of socialist realism in art.
Profiles major painters like Xu Beihong and Wang Shikuo.
Investigates representational politics in socialist art.
Reveals a heterogeneous and cosmopolitan art world.
Discusses Maoist cultural ambitions and artistic practices.
Offers a critical vision for global modernism.
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Price Range: $70.00
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Explores William Gillies' modernist contributions.
Features never-before-seen paintings.
Reappraises his creative output effectively.
Analyzes portraiture and still life connections.
Places Gillies within Scottish and British contexts.
Investigates influence of two World Wars.
Over twenty years of research by Andrew McPherson.
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Price Range: $29.95
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Interdisciplinary perspectives on artistic citizenship explored.
Addresses ethical issues in artistic practices.
Explores art's role in social responsibility.
Investigates citizenship concepts within artistic domains.
Features video clips of "artivism" initiatives.
Includes interviews with scholars and practitioners.
Essential resource for artists and educators.
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Price Range: $47.91
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Explores arts-based solutions for democracy threats.
Features global perspectives from artists and activists.
Integrates creativity in community-based actions and processes.
Supports just and equitable societal development.
Encourages engagement from various cultural stakeholders.
Targets students and practitioners in humanities, social sciences.
Aims to preserve and improve democratic practices.
Price Range: $39.19
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Comprehensive introduction to art and design.
Explores making artifacts as a meaning process.
Framework for understanding artwork aspects and contexts.
Wide array of examples from late-modernism and postmodern art.
Emphasizes traditional and contemporary design practices.
Includes artist quotes and defined key terms.
Chapter dedicated to studio critiques for students.
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Price Range: $123.49
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Interdisciplinary approach to art and design.
Addresses fragmented global systems and agendas.
Explores pluriverse through unique methodologies.
Supports knowledge transfer and plural agendas.
Challenges dominant white logic in art.
Shifts focus towards decolonial perspectives.
Interest for scholars in art and design studies.
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Price Range: $51.99
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Explores Daumier's defiance against censorship.
Highlights 19th-century political and artistic struggles.
Connects literature and visual art in dissent.
Examines legal repression's impact on creativity.
Showcases Daumier's influential political cartoons.
Reveals art's role in social critique.
Offers insights into image-text relationships.
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Price Range: $38.30
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Comprehensive framework for 3D design education.
Updated third edition with refined content.
Over 375 examples from diverse sources.
Profiles of artists and designers featured.
Engaging online learning center with free access.
Available in comprehensive or split volume formats.
Focus on creativity and problem-solving skills.
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Price Range: $3.02
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Explores intimacy between modernism and black identity.
Analyzes Josephine Baker's influence on modernist aesthetics.
Examines intersection of art, architecture, and philosophy.
Questions concepts of 'pure surface' in modern culture.
Highlights Baker's significance in film and photography.
Engages with major debates of the twentieth century.
Provokes thought on representation and identity in art.
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Price Range: $45.99
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Revisionist study on early Christian art.
Challenges anti-image ideology in early Christianity.
Explores social, economic, and political influences.
Documents origins using ancient archaeological evidence.
Compares Christian art to pagan types and models.
Ideal for scholars in various historical fields.
Engages students of church and art history.
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Price Range: $67.66
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Explores art's relationship with spirituality and belief.
Discusses contemporary art's spiritual implications.
Engages with John Updike's viewpoint on modern art.
Encourages discussions in museum settings.
Analyzes the disconnect between art and spirituality.
Provides insights for artists and art enthusiasts.
Enhances understanding of spiritual expression in art.
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Price Range: $49.94
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In-depth analysis of contemporary Chinese art.
Explores responses to socioeconomic transformations in China.
Focus on eight socially conscious art professionals.
Highlights critical art practices and interventions.
Raises awareness of social and environmental issues.
Examines inequality faced by various social groups.
Invents new infrastructures for underprivileged communities.
Price Range: $56.99
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Explores Chinese contemporary art market's rapid rise.
Focuses on key global auction events.
Highlights role of auction houses in promotion.
Transforms artists into multi-million-dollar superstars.
Reveals networks of collectors and dealers.
Analyzes value formation in the art world.
Bridges Chinese art to Western audiences.
Price Range: $113.82
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Treats design as a process and product.
Encourages visual thinking for students.
Concise, clear, and engaging content.
Full-color visuals enhance learning experience.
Includes interviews with leading artists and designers.
Features contemporary artworks since 1970.
Comprehensive coverage of critical and creative thinking.
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Price Range: $173.00
Color: In addition to full-color throughout the book
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Explores artful processes of transformation and change.
Intersects politics, law, and religious practices.
Examines mechanisms of conversion in early modern Europe.
Highlights new instruments for purposeful conversion.
Considers impacts on individual identities and bodies.
Challenges traditional views on conversion and transformation.
Engages with interdisciplinary perspectives on conversion dynamics.
Price Range: $29.95
Material: Journal of Early Modern History
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Explores effectiveness of artistic activism.
Guides on improving artistic activism practices.
Contains over 100 interviews with activists.
Grounded in theories of change and intention.
Rich with successful artistic activism examples.
Includes QR codes for practical assessment tools.
Written by an expert in the field.
Price Range: $21.30
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Explores Manet's impact on artistic conventions.
Analyzes the concept of symbolic revolution in art.
Bourdieu's insights on cultural fields and production.
Unpublished lectures reflecting Bourdieu's later thoughts.
Significant contribution to understanding Impressionism.
Engages readers interested in art and sociology.
Challenges traditional views on artistic value.
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Price Range: $38.21
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Decodes key themes in Christian art.
Explores historical background of Christian imagery.
Covers works from Medieval and Renaissance periods.
Analyzes modern controversial and devotional artworks.
Features artists like Michelangelo and Rosetti.
Discusses co-existence of diverse artistic expressions.
Concise introduction to Christian art's significance.
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Price Range: $12.99
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Comprehensive guide for design courses.
Covers 2D, 3D, and 4D design.
Includes over 600 illustrative examples.
Features artist and designer interviews.
Focuses on creativity and problem-solving skills.
Available in comprehensive or split volume formats.
Access online learning resources for additional support.
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Price Range: $27.75
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Explores Latin American art academies' histories.
Focuses on late 18th to early 20th centuries.
Highlights differences from European art schools.
Examines statutes and workshop influences.
Discusses race and ethnicity in visual education.
Includes English translations of foundational documents.
Ideal for art history and Latin American studies.
Price Range: $54.99
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Comprehensive essays on African American theatre evolution.
Features contributions from notable theatre practitioners.
Explores Black self-representation in performance art.
Highlights institutions supporting Black theatrical talent.
Examines theatre's role in social change and community.
Investigates diverse Black performance traditions and rituals.
Engages scholars, students, and theatre professionals alike.
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Price Range: $33.29
