What Painting Is, Paperback - James Elkins

DescriptionIn this classic text, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy pro...

Reducere. A study and explanation of modern art and the nature of painting

In the domain of visual images, those of fine art form a tiny minority. This original and brilliant book calls upon art historians to look beyond t...

Elkins's intimate history of art demonstrates persuasively that there can never be one story of art. The story of art is the story of different cul...

The Fascist Painting is a serious, rich and deeply intelligent piece of work that will radically alter the way we view culture in schools and will ...

Examines the curious endeavor to teach the unteachable that is generally known as college-level art instruction. This book traces the development (...

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Ethics is a field of study that we all need. This is because we all make choices, and ethics is about the general norms that govern how we should m...

DescriptionArt Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to tears? Hemingway was reduced to...

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A sweeping and seductive love story set in the years after WW2, with an ex-naval officer turned book editor at its centre. From a PEN/Faulkner winn...

Reducere. This book is the second, extended edition of the first of its kind. It is a resource to help people artists, teachers, administrators, and students...

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In a sweeping synthesis of new research in a number of different disciplines, this book argues that we humans are not who we think we are. As he ex...

Painting is a Class Act, Years 5-6 provides a structured approach to the development of painting skills at Key Stage 1 (KS1). Using a skill-based a...

"The book is intensely practical. A joy to read " -William Webb "This book fills a hole in the literature of biblical interpretation." -Doug Grooth...

"A witty book about wit that steers an elegant path between waggishness and wisdom." - Stephen Fry

At a time when technology can sustain marginal life, it is more important to understand what constitutes a person. What are the medical, ethical, m...

Reducere. At a time when so many disaffected Christians are trying to recreate the Church from scratch, Fr. James offers a clear and accessible apology for s...

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In this classic historical nursing text, Florence Nightingale shares her advice on nursing to those entrusted with the health of others. Publishing...

Reducere. MAY THIS BOOK INSPIRE YOU IN THE DEPTH OF YOUR SOUL TO MASTER VISUALIZING IN ORDER TO LIVE A LIFE OF HEALTH, WEALTH, HAPPINESS, AND ABUNDANCE IN AL...

Much more than a knack for snappy comebacks, wit is the quick, instinctive intelligence that allows us to think, say, or do the right thing at the ...

An eye-opening account of the over-medicalisation of our lives, by a leading medical practitioner and popular Telegraph health expert.Publisher: Li...

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