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|  | Roman Art & Architecture by Mortimer Wheeler
In this wide-ranging analysis of Roman art, Sir Mortimer Wheeler describes the architecture and town planning, the sculpture and painting, the silverware, glass, pottery and other successful artistic achievements of the era. AUTHOR: Mortimer Wheeler
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture 
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 | Biography of Gwen John by Sue Roe
This biography of the artist Gwen John (1876-1939) emphasizes her relationship with her more famous brother Augustus, the bohemian Parisian world she belonged to, and her late-in-life turn to religion. AUTHOR: Sue Roe
PUBLISHER: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, LLC
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Kevin McCloud's Complete Book of Paint & Decorative Techniques by Kevin Mccloud, Michael Crockett
From information on essential colors and the use of different paints, to an unequaled step-by-step section on a vast range of decorating techniques, Kevin McCloud`s Complete Book of Paint and Decorative Techniques is a definitive guide to the subject, showing how to decorate any home with originality and style. From the earthy hues of Italian farmhouses to the cool elegance of Scandinavian interiors, color has always played a crucial role in decorative schemes. In the first section of the book a unique cut-out color selector illustrates the eight essential earth colors on the decorator`s palette and shows how to create and combine them successfully by clever intermixing of pigments. These essential colors, together with five secondary colors, are then used in the techniques throughout the book, so that all the stunning decorative effects can be easily recreated. The techniques section that follows contains instructions and step-by-step photographs for more than 35 glorious decorative effects, plus countless variations. Each technique contains a list of essential ingredients, step-by-step photographs and a close-up of the finished surface or object. All elements of the home are covered, from walls, floors, and woodwork to furnishings and even individual objects such as lamp bases and picture frames. As well as the basic technique, further swatches illustrate a range of alternative colorways. Many of the effects featured in the book can be equally at home in contemporary or historical, sophisticated or informal settings, and to illustrate this versatility further, inspirational photographs show the techniques in different settings. AUTHOR: Kevin Mccloud, Michael Crockett
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Digital Unbuilt
Digitally recreated buildings come alive in color and elaborate detail in this book. Technology and innovation allow us to walk through what had been lost to history or only available in black-and-white photographs or sketches. From archeological ruins and the unbuilt designs of famous architects to buildings of the modern imagination, each of these fascinating projects affords readers the chance to see what was and what might have been in the world of architecture. Now it is possible to experience unbuilt projects by Italy's Antonio Sant'Elia, Russia's Iakov Chernikov, and France's Le Corbusier. Or to walk through destroyed buildings -- like Frank Lloyd Wright's Larkin Building and the Anasazi Indians' Chetro Ketl Great Kiva in New Mexico. It even allows us to experience what will never really exist: architecture students are stretching technology and imaginations to show us what Norse mythology's Valhalla might look like or Isaac Asimov's Planet Trantor. All of these examples provide a rich, visual history for the professional and student as well as for any reader interested in architecture, archaeology, or high-tech computer graphics capabilities.
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | Anime Mania by Christopher Hart
Description not available.Explains how comic book artists can master the fundamentals of anime sketching, storyboarding, and perspectives; demonstrating how to reproduce popular characters, science-fiction and fantasy monsters and machines, and the genre's unique special effects. Original. AUTHOR: Christopher Hart
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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 | The Artist in the Garden by Allan Mandell, David Laskin, Valerie Easton
From the American northwest, a selection of gardens remarkable not only for their beauty but for their uniqueness. AUTHOR: Allan Mandell, David Laskin, Valerie Easton
PUBLISHER: Sasquatch Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture
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