Christian Dior reveals the secrets of style in this charming handbook that no lady should be without. An indispensable guide that covers everything from what to wear to a wedding and how to tie a scarf to how to walk with grace, "The Little Dictionary of Fashion" is full of timeless tips. From afternoon frocks and accessories to travelling and tweed, Dior's expertise ensures every girl will know the three fundamentals of fashion: simplicity, grooming and good taste. Published for the V&A's Golde...
Campus Art Museums and Galleries
by Blanche Carlton Sloan and Bruce R Swinburne
This is the first book to describe the patterns of organization, administration, financial support, and activities that prevail in college and university art museums and galleries in the United States. It also deals with perceived purposes and values, professional preparation, and academic status of staff; community involvement; innovative programs; assessment of the effects of coordination in higher education upon the museums; and distinctions among museums in various sizes and types of institu...
On Time and Imagination (Auctores Britannici Medii Aevi, v.9 (1))
by Robert Kilwardby
This second volume in a series devoted to the writings of the English Dominican Robert Kilwardby presents two Oxford treatises from the 1250s: that on time discusses its reality, connection with change, unity and beginning, the instant, and time's relationship to eternity; that on imagination, the way imagery is acquired, retained and transmitted, and the relation between heart and head in the workings of common sense. Students and Scholars of medieval philosophy and theology, medieval historian...
Keywords of Nineteenth-century Art
Whether you're interested in the traditional art methods of drawing, painting and printmaking or modern art techniques such as digital photography, digital printing and digital image manipulation, this guide is for you. Get the low down on all the tools, materials, procedures and techniques of the artist's craft, from how to mix paints to lighting. Step-by-steps provide the inspiration to experiment with creative techniques and professional artworks highlight the use of these new skills. With i...
The Ultimate Netsuke Bibliography
by Norman L Sanfield and Norman L. Sandfield
Untersuchung der bildkunstlerischen Arbeiten von Barbara Beisinghoff zu Christa Wolfs Erzahlung Kassandra
by Elke Riemer-Buddecke
Building Great Designs on a Limited Budget (Graphic Ideas Resource S.)
by Lesa Sawahata
In the eleventh century the architect Buscheto built the most important Romanesque cathedral in Europe, the Cathedral of Pisa: an extraordinarily beautiful building that was an expression of the immense economic power of the maritime republic. Completely sheathed in white marble, much of which was recovered from Roman buildings, The Cathedral of Pisa reveals the splendour of a thousand years of artistic history: the mosaics by Cimabue, the tomb of the emperor Henry VII by Tino di Camaino, the pu...
Illustration Index IV: 1972-1976 (Illustration Index, #4)
by Marsha C Appel
Ash glaze, as the name suggests, is a glaze derived from ashes. The earliest such glazes can be traced back to the Shang period in China (c. 1500 B.C.), and it is thought they were produced accidentally, the result of white-hot wood ash being carried through the kiln with the draft of the fire and settling onto the pots, where the searing white heat melted it to a glass. Three thousand years later, wood ash remains an important and immensely popular feature of pottery glaze making. For the moder...
Ulises Carrion - Artist's Books and Personal Worlds or Cultural Strategies
by Martha Hellion