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Jungle Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Jungle Designs in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback): Sonia Rai Jungle Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Jungle Designs in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback)
Sonia Rai
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Women Silhouettes Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Women Silhouette in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback): Sonia... Women Silhouettes Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Women Silhouette in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback)
Sonia Rai
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Responsible Reporter - Journalism in the Information Age (Paperback, New edition): Bruce J. Evensen The Responsible Reporter - Journalism in the Information Age (Paperback, New edition)
Bruce J. Evensen
R868 R773 Discovery Miles 7 730 Save R95 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The third edition of The Responsible Reporter gives practical advice to beginning journalism students on how to be socially responsible reporters in the new digital landscape of news gathering and dissemination. The book provides specific insights into the ethical and legal challenges of reporting in this new online environment; the history of responsible reporting in America; and instructions on how to report and edit news while maintaining journalistic integrity. The many content areas addressed include: - public affairs - international reporting - science and technology - crime and law enforcement - the arts and entertainment - features - business and finance - broadcasting - health and medicine - religion and moral issues - literary journalism - sports The book is designed as an introductory text for journalism courses but would also be useful for related classes such as magazine and feature writing, principles of journalism, and news editing. A 50-page downloadable teacher's guide is available on request by emailing [email protected].

Minted (Hardcover): Mint Face Minted (Hardcover)
Mint Face
R1,595 Discovery Miles 15 950 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Artists, Writers, and Musicians - An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World (Hardcover): Michel-Andre Bossy, Thomas... Artists, Writers, and Musicians - An Encyclopedia of People Who Changed the World (Hardcover)
Michel-Andre Bossy, Thomas Brothers, John Craig McEnroe
R2,825 R2,559 Discovery Miles 25 590 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Disney's animated trailblazing, Dostoyevsky's philosophical neuroses, Hendrix's electric haze, Hitchcock's masterful manipulation, Frida Kahlo's scarifying portraits, Van Gogh's vigorous color, and Virginia Woolf's modern feminism: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world. Detailed biographical essays place them in a broad historical context, showing how their luminous achievements influenced and guided contemporary and future generations, shaped the internal and external perceptions of their craft, and met the sensibilities of their audience.

Late Saxon And Viking Art (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed): T D Kendrick Late Saxon And Viking Art (Hardcover, Illustrated Ed)
T D Kendrick
R991 Discovery Miles 9 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

LATE SAXON AND VIKING ART by T. D. KJENDRIGK M. A., HOIST. D. EITT., F. B. A., F. S. A. With 96 plates and 21 line illustrations in the text METHUEN GO. LTD. LONDON 36 Essex Street, Strand, W. First published in 7949 CATALOGUE NO. 5IIO U TEXT AJO PLATES PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY BOTLER AND TANNER LTD., FROME AND LONDON If 35 L-PREFACE IF this book has merits, they are due to the help I have received from my many most generous and ingenious colleagues. In particular, I acknowledge my indebtedness to Francis Wormald, who has instructed me in the matter of the manuscripts, to Dr. F. Saxl, and to Sir Alfred Clapham, who has encouraged and corrected me with a characteristically kindly wisdom in all the essays that I now present to the reader. As in the preface to the first volume, I have to thank many incumbents, librarians, and curators, for allowing me to take photographs, and also the editors and authorities who have given me per mission to reproduce illustrations, the source of which is named in the list of plates and figures and I must thank especially the Editors of Antiquity and the Council of the British Archaeological Association for letting me make use of material in two previously published papers. I should like, furthermore, to record how much I owe to Robert Freyhan, Ernst Kitzinger, Lawrence Stone, and Margaret Wrigley, and all my other friends who have accompanied me in the survey of the stone crosses, a task in which we were assisted by an ample grant from the Leverhulme Trustees. In this matter it is a duty to record with gratitude how much I have learnt from the wise and charming writings on the Northumbrian crosses by the great antiquary, Mr. W. G. Colling wood, whoseworks and, especially, his great series of drawings, still remain the foundation upon which all studies of these carvings must be built. Finally, I acknowledge an irre deemable debt to my colleague Elizabeth Senior, wko was killed in 1941, for she gave me invaluable assistance with her camera and her sketch-book, and I know well that her sensible suggestions and courageous opinions have brightened and improved almost every chapteaf I have written. Flet tamen admowtn moius, Jtflissa, tui. BRTTISH MUSEUM CONTENTS CHAP. PAOE PREFACE Vii I WINCHESTER ILLUMINATION THE MAIN DEVELOP MENT I II WINCHESTER ILLUMINATION I THE SCIENTIFIC BOOKS 23 III WINCHESTER ILLUMINATION INITIALS 27 IV THE INHABITED SCROLL 39 V SCULPTURE WEST SAXON FIGURE-CARVINGS 42 VI SCULPTURE I NORTHUMBRIAN STYLES 55 VII SCULPTURE ROUND-SHAFTS OF NORTH MERCIA 68 VIII SCULPTURE DANISH MERCIA AND THE ANGLIAN . STYLES 7 7 IX SCULPTURE I LONDON AND SUSSEX 83 X VIKING ART THE JELLINGE STYLE 87 XI VIKING ART THE RINGERIKE STYLE 98 XII VIKING ART I THE URNES STYLE IIO XHI THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND AFTER MANUSCRIPTS 128 XIV THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND AFTER I SCULPTURE 1 39 INDEX I 49, TEXT ILLUSTRATIONS ftO. PAOK 1 Saxon initials ninth century 29 2 Saxon initials tenth century 30 3 Initial, Junius 11, f. 26 33 Bodleian Library 4 Fragment of cross, Gainford, Go. Durham 62 Durham Cathedral Library 5 Gross-shaft, Whalley, Lanes 64 Drawing by W. G. Collingwood 6 Gross-fragments from Yorkshire 66 Drawings by W. G. Collingwood 7 Distribution of round-shaft crosses 69 By permission of the British Archaeological Association 8 Detail of horse-collar, Denmark 88 By permission of Antiquity 9 Detail from Harald Gormssons monument, Denmark 89 Bypermission of Antiquity 10 Cross-shaft, Otley, Yorks 91 Drawing by W. G. Collingwood u Cross-shaft, Sockburn, Go. Durham 93 By permission of the Durham and Northumberland Archaeological Society 12 Detail of Franks Gasket 96 By permission of Antiquity 13 Bronze plate from weather-vane, Winchester 101 By permission of the Society of Antiquaries of London 14 Ornamental copper plates, Smithfield 101 By permission of ihe London Museum 15 Detail, Bury St. Edmunds Psalter, Vatican Library 103 1 6 Detail of cross-shaft, Leeds 108 Drawing by W G...

Teaching For People Who Prefer Not To Teach (Paperback): Mirjam Bayerdoerfer, Rosalie Schweiker Teaching For People Who Prefer Not To Teach (Paperback)
Mirjam Bayerdoerfer, Rosalie Schweiker
R281 Discovery Miles 2 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Wimpy Is the New Cool - This is a Life of a Wimp Who Thinks Wimpy is the New Cool (Hardcover): Zainab Abdullahi Wimpy Is the New Cool - This is a Life of a Wimp Who Thinks Wimpy is the New Cool (Hardcover)
Zainab Abdullahi
R686 Discovery Miles 6 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Will Martin just started a group called Wimpy Club as he thinks wimpy is the new cool. It's about new life, new friends, lots of adventures, and lots of stuff that you haven't expected.

The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series (Hardcover): Hans Christian Andersen The Little Match Girl - The Golden Age of Illustration Series (Hardcover)
Hans Christian Andersen
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Little Match Girl', first published in May of 1824. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Harry Clarke, Honor Appleton, Maxwell Armfield, among others. This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form. The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.

Hawthorne's Visual Artists and the Pursuit of a Transatlantic Aesthetics (Paperback, New edition): Kumiko Mukai Hawthorne's Visual Artists and the Pursuit of a Transatlantic Aesthetics (Paperback, New edition)
Kumiko Mukai
R1,439 R1,259 Discovery Miles 12 590 Save R180 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Among Hawthorne's primary themes, the visual arts have usually been regarded as an afterthought and have only been examined to elucidate his own personal philosophy. Hawthorne's own contemporaries derided him for his 'mediocre' aesthetics and that view has been taken as received wisdom up to the present day. This study reexamines Hawthorne's aesthetics, and suggests that he was much more familiar with the art and artists of the time than has previously been acknowledged by critics. He developed his own eclectic and transatlantic view of art, a view which incorporated decorative arts like embroidery, while maintaining a modest estimation of his own talents. This book examines the full range of visual artists whom Hawthorne portrays. It argues that these portrayals illuminate the artist's dilemma of being fettered by New England Puritanism while at the same time being attracted to the richness and depth of both Victorian aesthetics and the artistic sense of Old World Catholicism. The ambiguous destinies of his artist-characters include misunderstandings and disputes, while at the same time they suggest a reconciliation of the conflicting sentiments and transatlantic perspectives of the writer himself.

Laboratories of Art - Alchemy and Art Technology from Antiquity to the 18th Century (Hardcover, 2014 ed.): Sven Dupre Laboratories of Art - Alchemy and Art Technology from Antiquity to the 18th Century (Hardcover, 2014 ed.)
Sven Dupre
R4,287 Discovery Miles 42 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book explores the interconnections and differentiations between artisanal workshops and alchemical laboratories and between the arts and alchemy from Antiquity to the eighteenth century. In particular, it scrutinizes epistemic exchanges between producers of the arts and alchemists. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the term "laboratorium" uniquely referred to workplaces in which chemical operations were performed: smelting, combustion, distillation, dissolution and precipitation. Artisanal workshops equipped with furnaces and fire in which chemical operations were performed were also known as laboratories. Transmutational alchemy (the transmutation of all base metals into more noble ones, especially gold) was only one aspect of alchemy in the early modern period. The practice of alchemy was also about the chemical production of things--medicines, porcelain, dyes and other products as well as precious metals and about the knowledge of how to produce them. This book uses examples such as the "Uffizi" to discuss how Renaissance courts established spaces where artisanal workshops and laboratories were brought together, thus facilitating the circulation of materials, people and knowledge between the worlds of craft (today s decorative arts) and alchemy. Artisans became involved in alchemical pursuits beyond a shared material culture and some crafts relied on chemical expertise offered by scholars trained as alchemists. Above all, texts and books, products and symbols of scholarly culture played an increasingly important role in artisanal workshops. In these workplaces a sort of hybrid figure was at work. With one foot in artisanal and the other in scholarly culture this hybrid practitioner is impossible to categorize in the mutually exclusive categories of scholar and craftsman. By the seventeenth century the expertise of some glassmakers, silver and goldsmiths and producers of porcelain was just as based in the worlds of alchemical and bookish learning as it was grounded in hands-on work in the laboratory. This book suggests that this shift in workshop culture facilitated the epistemic exchanges between alchemists and producers of the decorative arts."

Million Memories (Hardcover): Pallavi Kodan Million Memories (Hardcover)
Pallavi Kodan
R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Lukas' Favorite Things - A Kid's Introduction to Our Solar System (Hardcover): Amaris Crouch-Nowoisky, Lukas Nowoisky Lukas' Favorite Things - A Kid's Introduction to Our Solar System (Hardcover)
Amaris Crouch-Nowoisky, Lukas Nowoisky
R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Baloch in Post Islamic Revolution Iran - A Political Study (Hardcover): Ahmad Reza Taheri The Baloch in Post Islamic Revolution Iran - A Political Study (Hardcover)
Ahmad Reza Taheri
R1,445 Discovery Miles 14 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Why Are Artists Poor? - The Exceptional Economy of the Arts (Paperback): Hans Abbing Why Are Artists Poor? - The Exceptional Economy of the Arts (Paperback)
Hans Abbing
R2,216 Discovery Miles 22 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Most artists earn very little. Nevertheless, there is no shortage of aspiring young artists. Do they give to the arts willingly or unknowingly? Governments and other institutions also give to the arts, to raise the low incomes. But their support is ineffective: subsidies only increase the artists' poverty. The economy of the arts is exceptional. Although the arts operate successfully in the marketplace, their natural affinity is with gift-giving, rather than with commercial exchange. People believe that artists are selflessly dedicated to art, that price does not reflect quality, and that the arts are free. But is it true? This unconventional multidisciplinary analysis explains the exceptional economy of the arts. Insightful illustrations from the practice of a visual artist support the analysis. Read a sample chapter (Pdf.)

Multiculturalism and Public Arts Policy (Hardcover): David Pankratz Multiculturalism and Public Arts Policy (Hardcover)
David Pankratz
R2,807 R2,541 Discovery Miles 25 410 Save R266 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The idea of public support for the arts is being challenged. Multiculturalism has been proposed as a worthy and necessary goal of public arts policy; whether or not it should be is explored for the first time in this book. Issues of cultural pluralism, the relations of art and culture, justice and affirmative action, and artistic value are presented as essential points of debate in making decisions concerning public support of the arts. This book will be of interest to professionals and teachers in the arts, public policy, arts management, and education. Its focus on multiculturalism and its analysis of basic concepts related to timely issues of public arts policy make it a unique contribution.

Windmills Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Windmill Designs in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback): Sonia Rai Windmills Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Windmill Designs in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback)
Sonia Rai
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Abstract Patterns Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Abstract Patterns in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback): Sonia... Abstract Patterns Coloring Book - 30 Coloring Pages of Abstract Patterns in Coloring Book for Adults (Vol 1) (Paperback)
Sonia Rai
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Identity of AngiArts - A Muse for Artistic Inspiration (Hardcover): Angi Perretti The Identity of AngiArts - A Muse for Artistic Inspiration (Hardcover)
Angi Perretti
R884 R768 Discovery Miles 7 680 Save R116 (13%) Ships in 18 - 22 working days
The Emperor's New Clothes - The Golden Age of Illustration Series (Hardcover): Hans Christian Andersen The Emperor's New Clothes - The Golden Age of Illustration Series (Hardcover)
Hans Christian Andersen
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's 'The Emperor's New Clothes', first published in May of 1837. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, Harry Clarke, Milo Winter, Anne Anderson, Edmund Dulac, among others. This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form. The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.

The Ugly Duckling - The Golden Age of Illustration Series (Hardcover): Hans Christian Andersen The Ugly Duckling - The Golden Age of Illustration Series (Hardcover)
Hans Christian Andersen; Illustrated by Various
R728 Discovery Miles 7 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume of the Golden Age of Illustration Series contains Hans Christian Andersen's most famous tale 'The Ugly Duckling', first published in May of 1859. This classic fairy tale has been continuously in print in different editions since its first publication, with many, many, different artists illustrating the story over the years. This edition features a beautiful collection of the best of that art, taken from the likes of Arthur Rackham, W. Heath Robinson, Harry Clarke, Anne Anderson, Milo Winter among others. This series of books celebrates the Golden Age of Illustration. During this period, the popularity, abundance and - most importantly - the unprecedented upsurge in the quality of illustrated works marked an astounding change in the way that publishers, artists and the general public came to view this hitherto insufficiently esteemed art form. The Golden Age of Illustration Series, has sourced the rare original editions of these books and reproduced the beautiful art work in order to build a unique collection of illustrated fairy tales.

Little An's Covid-19 Diary - During the Lockdown in New York (Hardcover): Angela Lin Little An's Covid-19 Diary - During the Lockdown in New York (Hardcover)
Angela Lin
R577 Discovery Miles 5 770 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
Owl Totem - Adult Colouring Book (Paperback): Tammy Lawrence-Cymbalisty Owl Totem - Adult Colouring Book (Paperback)
Tammy Lawrence-Cymbalisty
R294 Discovery Miles 2 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The New Method of Dressing Horses - also known as A General System of Horsemanship an updated facsimile of the London edition... The New Method of Dressing Horses - also known as A General System of Horsemanship an updated facsimile of the London edition of 1743 (Hardcover)
William Cavendish; Introduction by Elaine Walker; William Steinkraus
R1,764 Discovery Miles 17 640 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
My Apple Orchard (Hardcover): Genesis Be My Apple Orchard (Hardcover)
Genesis Be; Illustrated by Tais Lemos
R657 Discovery Miles 6 570 Ships in 18 - 22 working days
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