Artspeak : A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords

Robert Atkins
Paperback - $32.95

This little volume contains nearly 120 entries which clearly explain the who, what, where, and when of American and European art since 1945. Fifty-six black-and-white illustrations enliven the text, and 28 color plates are interwoven with an invaluab ...

Introduction to Art Image Access : Issues, Tools, Standards, Strategies

Murtha Baca
Paperback - $33.95

This series acquaints professionals and students with issues and technologies in the production, management, and dissemination of cultural heritage information resources.

Explains how and why to use metadata standards and controlled vocabularies to ...

The All New Print Production Handbook

David Bann
Vinyl-bound - $47.95

Print production is a key consideration at every step of the creative process, from concept, to digital workflow, color management, font and image use, to file formats, to post-production. The "All New Print Production" "Handbook" is the practical, i ...

Symbols and Allegories in Art

Matilde Battistini
Paperback - $39.95

From antiquity, when the gods and goddesses were commonly featured in works of art, through to the twentieth century, when Surrealists drew on archetypes from the unconscious, artists have embedded symbols in their works. As with previous volumes in ...

Video Art : The Castello Di Rivoli Collection

Marcella Beccaria
Paperback - $49.95

Over the last four decades, video art has undergone numerous transformations. If in the mid-1960s, video was used by artists to record performances created in an isolated studio, now with digital technology artists can compete with the magic of cinem ...

Conservation of Paintings : Research and Innovations

Gustav A. Berger
Hardcover - $122.95

Fresh insights into Gustav Berger's deliberations over conservation problems and treatments.

Early Islamic Pottery : Materials and Techniques

Anne-Marie Keblow Bernsted
Paperback - $77.95

Pottery of the early Islamic Period is made accessible to those interested in ceramic techniques - manufactue, materials and pigments of both body and glazes.

Encyclopedia of Mosaic Techniques : A Step-By-Step Visual Directory, with an Inspirational Gallery of Finished Works

Emma Biggs
Hardcover - $44.95

"A new edition to our Encyclopedia of Art Techniques series, THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MOSAIC TECHNIQUES shares the ancient methods for creating decorative artwork with mosaic tiles. This visual directory he"

Joseph Cornell's Vision of Spiritual Order

Lindsay Blair
Paperback - $54.95

The "boxes" and collages constructed by Joseph Cornell (1903-72) are among the most intriguing and beguiling works of art made this century. Drawing on the widest range possible of primary material and interviews, author Lindsay Blair gives us the mo ...

Come Look with Me : Exploring Landscape Art with Children

Gladys Blizzard
Hardcover - $26.95

Illustrated with full-color reproductions, this book introduces children to 12 fascinating landscape paintings. ". . . perfect for small group sharing (and offers) plenty to set youngsters new to art on the path toward understanding its richness and ...