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The Cambridge Illustrated History This book offers an excellent overview of warfare throughout the ages, from the Assyrians to the present day, and covering the personalities, weapons, strategies, tactics and technologies used. It …
Artistic Citizenship A Public How do people in the creative arts prepare for, and participate in, civic life? This question is central to anyone involved in arts education and in the creation of public policy for the arts. …
Nineteenth Century European Art I have read this book and used it as a reference resource. As per the critical reviews, a highly readable narrative of nineteenth century art. Gives insight not only onto artists and their work, but …
Painting and Sculpture in Discusses the major painters and sculptors of the period during the last years of France’s “ancien regime” – a period that started with Watteau and the “fete galante” and closed with the …
American Visions The Epic Why are art and music the first to go when school budgets are cut? There is a complex historical reason for this thinking which Robert Hughes explores in clear and fascinating prose. Stop …
Women in Italian Renaissance Using letters, poems, and treatises, art historian Paola Tinagli examines how women were viewed and portrayed during the Italian Renaissance. The role of women as protagonists in painted narratives …
Type A Visual History I ordered both of these volumes; when I first received them they looked so beautiful that I was seduced simply by flipping through the images. But when I settled down to read the accompanying text …
Why Art Cannot Be The answer: I think so. The author changed my way of thinking about the subject of what is plausible in arts education in our time. The apprearance of total artistic freedom from judgement as …
Graphic Design A Concise From its roots in the development of printing, graphic design has evolved as a means of identification, information, and promotion to become a profession and discipline in its own right. This …