General Arts topics Books

This is the first single-authored book in English on the photographer Claude Cahun, whose work was rediscovered in the 1980s. Doy moves beyond standard postmodern approaches, instead repositioning the artist, born Lucy Schwob, in the context of the...

Simple, handy and easy to use Sewing Project Log with premium cover design is professionally designed to help you keep detailed record of:·      Project Name·      Project Type(Clothing - Home...

The three Ps of art: Poetry, Painting and Photography are conjoined with essays in this artistic offering that deals with what it means to be a poet, what constitute a poem, art, art forms, content, and the poet's vocation. It consists of 33 poems, 40...

After a century of speculation by writers, filmmakers, travelers and scholars, being Australian' has become a recognisable shorthand for a group of national characteristics. Now, in an era of international terrorism, being seen as un-Australian' has...

Digital video and film technologies are transforming classrooms across the world. Teaching the Screen looks beyond the buttons and knobs to explore ways of teaching video and film effectively in secondary classrooms. More and more young people have...

The Encyclopedia Bhutanica contains essential facts of everyday interest in nature geography, history, travel, government, science, literature, fine arts, philosophy and religion. The book offers a contemporary cosmos-synthesis that sketches a thinking...

Algorithm, Image, Art examines the history, processes, and ideas behind visual culture. Machine learning algorithms now have a pervasive influence on the aesthetics and meaning of images. But while novel in some respects, these recent developments are...

An egg has a hen's way to produce another egg. This essay has no intention of reducing all the facets of human knowledge to a metaphor of one very common item. Instead the egg is used as a focus because of its apparent simplicity, to elaborate from...

This "tiny book" is a visual journal that documents the author's creative works made as part of an arts-based self-care strategy to survive the COVID-19, toxic political & racial injustice pandemics of 2020.  The book encourages holistic...

Go BIG with Your Stress Relief & Relaxation with over 90 Animals designed to soothe the soul!���������������� Our Coloring Book has a variety of Animals to color and enjoy, you will get a generous variety designs from an easier level to a more...

Illuminates a text that until now has intimidated the general reader.Focuses on seven themes that recur throughout the five-volume work-repentance, the heart, prayer, the Jesus Prayer, the passions, stillness, and theosis.

This book is for anyone interested in how to build a teacher education program utilizing the arts as one central modality for teaching and learning or for thoseinterested in building some of their program along these lines. Throughout the book you will...

The best help in the world on the X-PRO3!Written in plain English for Fujifilm's outstanding X-PRO3 camera, this is EVERYTHING X-PRO3 explained in easy to understand language! It is the Manual on Steroids - 740 pages! In it, I assume you are a...

If you love the Aeon 14 cover art, but don't have room for dozens of books, then this is the volume for you.See the both the covers and early concept art of the thirteen Rika books. Includes the covers of the Rika's Marauders and Genevian Queen books.

Margaret B. Ingraham's collection Exploring this Terrain bids the reader to join her in a journey of discovery. In a world in which speed is increasingly regarded as a virtue and distraction is its inevitable consequence, each of these poems offers...

Based on several hundred letters exchanged between Robert Ellsberg and Sister Wendy on an almost daily basis during the last three years of Sister Wendy's life, the correspondence initially dealt with lives of saints, the meaning of holiness, and the...

The publication of this painting album was organized by his relatives. Initially, Dr. Robert William Wong, his grandson and Mr. Java Huan, his grandson-in-law had photographed each of his painting carefully. Finally, this painting album was successfully...

Enter the world of life in the roaring 20’s as you colorthe beautiful pictures inside.   This book is designed to relax you as you unleash your inner imagination..  Inside you will find  over 80 coloring pages representing life in...

How did the French rule their colonial overseas possessions dispersed all over the world? This book focuses on local populations and workers in the colonies. Indigenous experts, slaves or indentured servants as well as French engineers and naval officers...

Six-year-old Josef is tormented by bullies. He is rescued from his misery by an older boy, Mosche, who lives in the Jewish quarter of Worms, a city on the Rhein River. The two boys and Mosche's sister Miriam become friends, spending time together as...

Jesus and Menachem places Jesus (Jeshua) in the historical context of the Roman occupation of Judea Second Temple period The fictional character of Menachem is introduced to deepen and clarify the relationship between Jesus, the Pharisees, the Sadducees,...

Arjan Plaisier believes audiences who view Shakespeare performances and readers who study the plays deserve better than some of the recent interpretations of the Bard's work. In their attempt to be "modern," these interpreters commit historical amnesia...

This book is a narrative, interspersing prose and poetry within a compatible place. The boundary between these forms is porous, for intersections between them are not considered as a negative. Rather, they are seen as a method--a way to exemplify the...

While it is impossible to know how or when a unified view of the self and the universe became divided in our Western view of things, Gary D. Swaim's poems contend that our world is not dualistic. Should we look to Saint Paul or Saint Augustine as...

In this collection of short tales born in a creative writing group, Susan Widdicombe portrays the vicissitudes of an eclectic group of characters as they struggle to overcome life's many problems.A dog's fidelity to his mistress is put to the test in...

One might expect that the first pro-Nicene defense of the divinity of the Holy Spirit written in Latin, which influenced the theology of Augustine of Hippo, would be lauded. However, Ambrose of Milan’s On the Holy Spirit typically has been maligned...

Photographer Blake Jorgenson gained worldwide attention documenting the ski and mountain bike scenes in his adopted hometown of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. Though he has gone on to shoot photos all over the world, from the mountains of Alaska to...

Drawn to Bunnies is a collection of cartoons about rabbits and their day-to-day life. It might be described as the "public life of the rabbit". Rabbits are a lot more organized and lead much richer lives than one might think. Even those of you...

This book is written in memory of my best friend Darci. She inspired me to do anything and everything that I can in this life time.

A Diary of Time is a poetic story about life. This book of poetry is not about focusing on the past or doing it all over again, but it is rather about learning, growing and gaining wisdom as well as forgiveness. A Diary of Time is joyous and has a...

Mary wants to be an artist more than anything, but unfortunately, she just doesn't know how to draw. See what surprises lay in store for young Mary as she visits the most famous art museum in the world - The Louvre in Paris. Does this museum have its own...

A SONG BENEATH SILENCE is a captivating collection of evocative poetry from the heart and soul of Apryl Skies. Beauty often emerges from the most unexpected places and this concept is intricately weaved throughout her charismatic literary debut. This...

FOREVER 21 Open the door and enter a new world of poetry.... Poems may conjure up images of history and times gone by but not this intriguing collection that is completely different: - This really is contemporary poetry at its best.... The dustman...

The Iron Founder Supplement: A Complete Illustrated Exposition Of The Art Of Casting In Iron (1893) is a comprehensive guide to the art of casting iron. Written by Bolland and Simpson, the book provides a detailed overview of the techniques and processes...

The Art Of Looking At Pictures: An Introduction To The Old Masters (1916) is a book written by Carl Hammond Philander Thurston. This book is a comprehensive guide for art enthusiasts who want to learn how to appreciate and analyze old masterpieces. The...

""Practical Guide to Photographic and Photomechanical Printing"" is a book written by William Kinninmond Burton in 1887. The book is a comprehensive guide to the art of photographic and photomechanical printing, covering everything from the basic...

Das Buch ""Jahrb�����cher f�����r Kunstwissenschaft"" von Albert von Zahn, ver������ffentlicht im Jahr 1868, ist eine umfassende Sammlung von Essays und Artikeln �����ber verschiedene Aspekte der Kunstgeschichte. Es enth�����lt Beitr�����ge von...

""Metal-Coloring and Bronzing"" is a comprehensive guide to the art of coloring and bronzing metals, written by Arthur Horseman Hiorns and originally published in 1907. The book covers a wide range of techniques and processes for coloring and bronzing...

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...

""Panorama Of The Beauties, Curiosities, And Antiquities Of North Wales"" is a travel guidebook written by Joseph Hemingway in 1839. The book provides a comprehensive description of the natural beauty, cultural heritage, and historical significance of...

This book will take a look at how media outlets portrayed several of these intersections in politics, culture and sports, with chapters highlighting a moment or phenomenon in American history and its impact on some aspect of the sports industry through...

This rhetorical biography illustrates the manner in which African American woman newspaper publisher and journalist Almena Davis Lomax sought to persuade her readers of her civil rights vision--through her　Los Angeles Tribune　editorials, columns, and...

This is the first book to address the subject from the disciplinary perspective of communication studies. The volume brings together ten essays from seasoned and younger scholars that address the question: Should researchers allow the possibility that...

In this book, "The Wisdom of the Orchid - Thoughts for Meditation" poems, short stories and quotations are selected from different parts of the world to support the thoughts of the inter-dependence of nature creating a holographic philosophy with no...

Peter Rowles has been a jack of various creative avocations over the years--singer, songwriter, poet, musician and artist among them. His most recent project, Paper Sailor, represents a loose salute both, to his musical past, and his artistic present. It...