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Covering five major areas of domestic design, International Design Yearbook 16 devotes separate chapters to furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and products created over the past 18 months by both well-known designers and new names from around the world. This year's selection has been made by ... More

Idealized pairings have been an enduring concern of sculptors across the African continent. This universal theme of duality is now examined in a handsome book that presents African sculptural masterpieces created in wood, bronze, terracotta, and beadwork from the twelfth to the twentieth centuries. ... More

This visually striking reference work is an essential resource for artists and a must-have for anyone who appreciates the beauty of the human form. Acclaimed artist and academic Sarah Simblet uses drawings and specially commissioned photographs to reveal the fascinating relat... More

This clear, lively book provides the ideal introduction to thinking about art. Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy in art are constantly in the headlines, and why it matters. She discusses the relationship of art with beauty, culture, money, sex, and new technology, and draws on... More

This dictionary takes into account all the terms that are connected to the vast field of art. New Book... More

Who is Avalokitesvara ? What is a dharmachakra ? What kind of creature is the Garuda ? Where is the Silver Pagoda ? What is a ziarat ? What special significance does the naga have in art and architecture? This dictionary offers clear and concise answers to all these questions and hundreds more. With... More

This book covers all latest concepts of IT viz. database,operating system, data communication, telecommunication, internet securityaspects (including viruses) and hardware/software concepts. It covers the completerevised syllabus of module 1.1 of 'O'- level examination as prescribed by DOEACC.Includ... More

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This fascinating new dictionary covers the period from the mid-nineteenth to the end of the twentieth century. It contains over 2,000 entries on names and movements from the past 150 years of design including ceramics, furniture, graphics, industrial design, interiors, and fashion, as well as biogra... More

It studies the historical progression of aesthetics — both Indian and Western — since ancient times, focussing on the landmarks in the course of its development and theories on art, beauty and related concepts.... More

This book takes into account crucial matters related to conservation hazards, interventionist practices, conservation techniques, long term planning for preservation of rock art and the cultural dimensions of rock art. Hardbound... More

This book is about ordinary people and the places they inhabit. It is aboutmost lives -- subject to regularity and filled with little more than clandestinespeculations. The people in these stories belong to the samemindspace, walk out into different lives; go through the bizarre everydaybusiness of ... More

Recent Trends in Conservation of Art Heritage is a humble dedication of the contributors to Dr. o.p.. Agrawal for his outstanding work in the field of conservation of art heritage. There is an increasing awareness in the world today of the need for conservation everywhere, and it is but natural that... More

New Page 2 For a company to be successful, creativity needs to be encouraged throughout the organisastion. There is a temptation to banish creativity to the arts, relying on imitation of past successes to carry business forward. This may work for a time, but only by constantly improving pro... More

This classic volume is based on a simple premise: by learning to recognize the basic shape of an object--cube, cylinder, cone, and sphere--one can draw it, no matter how much detail it contains. After lessons on drawing objects in the four basic shapes, the author demonstrates how these shapes apply... More

back cover Fashion Design Drawing Course is the ultimate guide for aspiring designers, fashion artists, and everyone who loves style Organized into twenty-four instructional units to reflect the courses of top design colleges, this book covers every aspect of fashion illustration, from finding the ... More

Young artists can now learn all the fundamentals of art, including basic shapes, proportion, perspective, shading and movement in drawings with this easy-to-read instructional. With over 350 illustrations, Sketching and Drawing for Children starts out with simple objects, then moves on to progressiv... More