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Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum Movement, Embodiment, Emotion
ISBN: PB: 9781606066171, Getty Publications, January 2020
184 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, illus.
An essential resource for museum professionals, teachers, and students, the award-winning "Teaching in the Art Museum" (Getty Publications, 2011) set a new standard in the field of gallery education. This follow-up book blends theory and practice to...
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£25,00
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Looking at Jewelry A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
ISBN: PB: 9781606065990, Getty Publications, June 2019
304 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, colour illus.
The fascination with personal adornment is universal. It is a preoccupation that is primal, instinctive, and uniquely human. 'Jewelry' encompasses a seemingly endless number of ornaments produced across time and in all cultures. The range of material...
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£14,99
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Introduction to Controlled Vocabularies Terminology For Art, Architecture, and Other Cultural Works (Updated Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9781606061503, Getty Publications, December 2013
258 pp., 24x17.8 cm, 68 black&white illus.
This is a practical tool and comprehensive introduction to the use of controlled vocabularies. This authoritative and detailed volume presents readers with a "how-to" guide to building controlled vocabulary tools, cataloguing and indexing cultural ma...
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£40,00
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Looking at Textiles A Guide to Technical Terms
ISBN: PB: 9781606060803, Getty Publications, December 2011
112 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, 78 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.
This is a concise yet detailed guide to the fundamental terms, materials, and techniques used to create textiles. Textiles have been made and used by every culture throughout history. However diverse – whether an Egyptian mummy wrapping, a Turkish ca...
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Teaching in the Art Museum Interpretation as Experience
ISBN: PB: 9781606060582, Getty Publications, April 2011
136 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 7 colour illus., 2 black&white illus.
This title offers an insightful exploration of the mission, history, theory, practice and future of museum education. At the heart of all good art museum teaching is an effort to bring people and artworks together in meaningful ways. But what constit...
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£25,00
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Looking at European Frames A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
ISBN: PB: 9780892369812, Getty Publications, March 2010
88 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, 60 colour illus., 1 black&white, 2 line drawings
This is a concise yet detailed and informative guide to the terms, styles, and techniques of European frame making. Works of art in their own right, frames play an essential and often overlooked role in complementing the art works they surround. The...
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£14,99
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Looking at Paintings A Guide to Technical Terms (Revised Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9780892369720, Getty Publications, November 2009
100 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, 71 colour illus., 7 black&white illus.
Fully revised and updated, here is a concise and authoritative guide to the technical terms most commonly used in painting. What is tempera? What is foreshortening? What is fresco? These are just some 100+ terms that are explained and illustrated in...
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£14,99
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Looking at Photographs A Guide to Technical Terms (Revised Edition)
ISBN: PB: 9780892369713, Getty Publications, November 2009
104 pp., 23.2x15.8 cm, 61 colour illus., 23 black&white illus.
This is a comprehensive guide to the most frequently used technical terms used in photography – from the earliest processes to the latest technologies. From its origins at the end of the 1830s, photography has continued to evolve both aesthetically a...
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£14,99
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California Missions History, Art, and Preservation
ISBN: HB: 9780892369836, Getty Publications, November 2009
276 pp., 27.3x24.1 cm, 170 colour illus., 100 black&white illus.
This title presents a superbly illustrated and discerning exploration of the history, heritage, and future of California's Missions. Combining an engaging narrative with historical paintings, archival photographs, and recent full-colour photography,...
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Learning in and Through Art A Guide to Discipline Based Art Education
ISBN: PB: 9780892364947, Getty Publications, March 2006
150 pp., 28x21.6 cm, illus.
This Handbook provides a practical, straightforward guide to the theory and practice of discipline-based art education. This comprehensive approach to art education has transformed the way students create and understand art, it also offers opportunit...
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£16,99
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