Art Deco Furniture by Alastair Duncan @ Art & Architecture book

Art Deco Furniture by Alastair Duncan
In the early 20th century, the Art Deco movement created new standards in furniture design, architecture, and the decorative arts. This detailed study serves as both an essential reference book for collectors and a marvelous chronicle of one of the most exciting design movements in recent history. 376 illus. 80 in color.

AUTHOR: Alastair Duncan
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Technical Theater for Nontechnical People by Drew Campbell
Written with clarity and humor, this is the definitive user's guide to developing the technical skills and practical know-how that are crucial to working successfully on any staged event. From scenery to lights to sound to props, readers are walked through every aspect of the backstage environment and shown how to run stage performances just like the pros. Also helpful to anyone planning fashion. sports, politics, or other public events, the book offers great tips for producing memorable parties, product launches, conventions, and press conferences.

AUTHOR: Drew Campbell
PUBLISHER: Allworth Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Making a Goal Writer Great by Linda Seger
In any creative endeavor, a knowledge of craft by itself, no matter how sound or thorough, is simply not sufficient to allow for the creation and growth of truly original work. While craft may provide structural tools, it does not address the most basic and universal element of all artistic work -- the creative process. Designed not just to awaken creativity but to teach the writer the process of being a creative thinker within the context of screenwriting, this unique new addition to Linda Seger's highly popular collection of screenwriting books combines current theories of creativity with the practices of screenwriting, focusing on ways in which screenwriters can learn to think and work more creatively. Through discussion, exercises and analysis of scripts, one is eased into understanding and working with such pivotal creative concepts as nonlinear thinking, visual thinking, metaphorical thinking, oppositional thinking and utilizing one's unconscious mind. Making a Good Writer Great does just what its title professes -- provides both novice and experienced writers with the means to expand their creative processes and write at a higher artistic level.

AUTHOR: Linda Seger
PUBLISHER: Silman-James Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Miserables by Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson, Jim Reimann, Maurice Allem, Monica Kulling
Hugo's wrenching story centers on Jean Valjean, an honest peasant sentenced to five years' hard labor for stealing a loaf of bread, then 19 more for trying to escape. Turned into a hardened and ruthless criminal by his experiences, he reforms, becomes mayor of a French town, but is tracked down by the pitiless detective Javert for another obscure crime, and incarcerated. Escaping again from the brutal French prison, he befriends a prostitute named Fantine and her daughter, Cosette. This 1862 novel is remarkable for its sympathetic portrayal of common people: prisoners, the poor, women of the streets--all the down-and-out victims of the gross inequities of class in 19th-century Europe.

AUTHOR: Charles E. Wilbour, James K. Robinson, Jim Reimann, Maurice Allem, Monica Kulling
PUBLISHER: Ballantine Books
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

1 - 2 - 3 Draw Pets & Farm Animals by Freddie Levin
Description not available.Provides a list of materials and step-by-step instructions for drawing animals, including cats, geckos, horses, and tarantulas.

AUTHOR: Freddie Levin
PUBLISHER: Peel Productions, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture

Scenes of American Life by Elizabeth Prelinger, National Museum of American Art Staff
Description not available.Provides commentary on paintings selected from the Smithsonian American Art Museum's collection, unified by the shared theme of common people and daily life, including work by artists such as Agnes Tait and Ralston Crawford.

AUTHOR: Elizabeth Prelinger, National Museum of American Art Staff
PUBLISHER: Watson-Guptill Publications, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: Art & Architecture