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This introduction to film art explains the techniques specific to film as a medium, discusses the principles by which entire films are constructed, ... More

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How do we see the world around us? "The Penguin on Design" series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media ... More

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In the tradition of E. M. Forster's "Aspects of the Novel" and Milan Kundera's "The Art of the Novel", "How Fiction Works" is a scintillating and ... More

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The original text that set the standard for introduction to art courses across the country, "Art Fundamentals" has guided generations of students ... More

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David Hockney takes us on an enthralling intellectual and visual journey as he rewrites the story of how the great drawings and paintings of the last ... More

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The perfect alternative to lengthy fiction anthologies, this brief, affordable collection of short stories provides a concise yet complete ... More

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What If? is the first handbook for writers based on the idea that specific exercises are one of the most useful and provocative methods for mastering ... More

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Following the international success of their previous collaboration of feline aesthetics, Why Cats Paint, the authors turn their scholarly attention ... More

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Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from ... More

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In the tradition of the bestselling fine art companions to The Lion King and Pocahontas, The Art of the Hunchback of Notre Dame showcases the rarely ... More

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The renowned author of "Understanding Comics" takes a fascinating look at how the computer age has revolutionized comics, charting 12 different ... More

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Through more than 450 masterpieces, the author unfolds the story of 800 years of Western painting from Giotto, the Renaissance and Impressionism, to ... More

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"Style in Fiction is a welcome addition to a body of writings by stylisticians who have over the past two decades cumulatively increased our ... More

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In this compelling and original work, art historian James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art ... More

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The prefaces of many books are more enduring than the letter-press they introduce. It is as if an author's after-thoughts more nearly express his ... More

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This detail-packed book includes a history of comics that reaches back to pre-Columbian picture manuscripts and Egyptian monuments and a running ... More

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In this posthumous collection of John Updike's art writings, a companion volume to the acclaimed "Just Looking "(1989) and "Still Looking" (2005), ... More

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The classic work of art criticism, in a beautiful new edition

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The towering literary achievement of the Victorian age, a land mark in art criticism, is now available for the first time in an illustrated and ... More

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READING AND WRITING FICTION provides an introduction to writing and an introduction to fiction with an anthology of eight-six stories.

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How do novelists communicate with their readers and involve us with their characters? In this book, the author answers this question with analyses of ... More

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An elegantly packaged collection of theatre essays from America's most popular playwright Renowned playwright, screenwriter, poet and essayist David ... More

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"To be a painter for the sake of being a painter was never the ultimate aim of my life. That's why I tried to go into different forms of activity -- ... More

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Art 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 tears in the ... More

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