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An Introduction to Visual Communication: From Cave Art to Second Life FREE DOWNLOAD

Series: Visual Communication (Book 2)
Paperback: 273 pages
Publisher: Peter Lang International Academic Publishers; First printing edition (October 6, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1433112574
ISBN-13: 978-1433112577

Technological changes have radically altered the ways in which people use visual images. Since the invention of photography, imagery has increasingly been used for entertainment, journalism, information, medical diagnostics, instruction, and communication. These functions move the image beyond aesthetic issues associated with art and into the realm of communication studies.
This introductory textbook introduces students to the terminology of visual literacy, methods for analyzing visual media, and theories on the relationship between visual communication and culture. Exploring the meanings associated with visual symbols and the relationship of visual communication to culture, this book will provide students with a better understanding of the visually oriented world in which they live. Student-friendly features such as boxed topics, key terms, web resources, and suggestions for exercises are provided throughout.

Where They Create FREE DOWNLOAD

Hardcover: 280 pages
Publisher: Frame Publishers (November 15, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9077174494
ISBN-13: 978-9077174494

The successful weblog Where They Create documents studios where creativity takes place by showing the work of interior photographer Paul Barbera. Now it's time to make a book. Where they Create captures thirty studios from all around the world; studios of painters, sculptors, designers, architects, advertising agencies, and many others, some very well known, others only starting out. The studios of Wallpaper* magazine, Clive Wilkinson Architects, Jeremiah Goodman, and Opening Ceremony are included. Important to Barbera is that the photographed studios are somehow connected to someone Barbera knows and that he likes the creative space or the work they do.
Where They Create is also a break from the work Barbera does for several interior magazines, where everything is styled and considered. Instead the images for this book are as Barbera finds the spaces, un-styled and raw. Just the way they are. Each project is described with personal information from the owner of the studio and Barbera himself.
Alexandra Onderwater has written for many international magazines, including Wallpaper*, i-D, and Frame.
Paul Barbera was born in Melbourne, Australia, but now works between Melbourne and Amsterdam, living in various locations that include Berlin, Prague, Singapore, and Rome. During this time, Paul established himself as an interiors and fashion photographer, working with publications like View on Colour, Bloom, and Vogue Living.

The Art Detective: Adventures of an Antiques Roadshow Appraiser FREE DOWNLOAD

Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books (April 26, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0143119168
ISBN-13: 978-0143119166

How can you tell a masterpiece from a piece of junk?
Philip Mould has been so successful at discovering buried treasures that he's affectionately known as "the art detective." Now, at last, he has decided to let the eleven million fans of Antiques Roadshow in on his secrets. Each chapter revolves around a particular painting and the people who helped unmask its creator's identity-from an ingeniously forged Norman Rockwell (good enough to fool the Rockwell Museum) to a Winslow Homer found in a dump. Witty and compulsively readable, The Art Detective is memoir, art history, and brilliant storytelling all rolled into one.

Blogging for Creatives: How Deisgners, Astists, Crafters and Writers can Blog to Make Contacts, Win Business and Build Success FREE DOWNLOAD

File Size: 11109 KB
Print Length: 192 pages
Publisher: Ilex Press (June 4, 2012)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B00CTRRQV8

Blogging for Creatives teaches you everything you need to know about how to design and profit from a beautiful blog that people will want to return to again and again. Complete with hundreds of tips, tricks and motivational stories from artistic bloggers who have started from scratch, Blogging for Creatives covers how to publish and host a blog, as well as keeping it fresh, staying motivated and forging connections. Whether you’re looking to create a platform for your creative trade, an inspirational journal, or a hub for people with similar tastes and interests, learn how to benefit from being part of the blogosphere in this accessible, non-techie guide.

Chasing Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the World's Richest Museum FREE DOWNLOAD

Hardcover: 384 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (May 24, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0151015015
ISBN-13: 978-0151015016

In recent years, several of America’s leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pieces of classical art to the governments of Italy and Greece. The monetary value is estimated at over half a billion dollars. Why would they be moved to such unheard-of generosity?

The answer lies at the Getty, one of the world’s richest and most troubled museums, and scandalous revelations that it had been buying looted antiquities for decades. Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and frank interviews, Felch and Frammolino give us a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum and tell the story of the Getty’s dealings in the illegal antiquities trade. The outlandish characters and bad behavior could come straight from the pages of a thriller—the wealthy recluse founder, the cagey Italian art investigator, the playboy curator, the narcissist CEO—but their chilling effects on the rest of the art world have been all too real, as the authors show in novelistic detail.

Fast-paced and compelling, Chasing Aphrodite exposes the layer of dirt beneath the polished façade of the museum business.

Unleash the Artist Within: Four Weeks to Transforming Your Creative Talents Into More Recognition, More Profit & More Fun FREE DOWNLOAD

File Size: 206 KB
Print Length: 192 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publisher: Spotlight Publications (November 15, 2010)
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
Language: English
ASIN: B004CLYEYQ

This four-week workshop delivers 28 daily lessons that will show you how to: Work and play smart with little or no money; Overcome the "starving artist" mentality once and for all; Build up a client base of paying customers; Use often-overlooked techniques to give your craft wider exposure.

Throughout this workshop, author Bob Baker will poke and prod you to be different, to expand your thinking, to focus your goals and actions -- in essence, to become a true Creative Powerhouse.

"When I picked up 'Unleash The Artist Within' my intention was to read it when I had the time. Ha! I started reading it right away and I simply could not stop. I finished the book in nearly one sitting. What a great book!" -Lee Silber, author of "Self-Promotion for the Creative Person"

"Bob Baker's advice on harnessing and expressing your creativity comes from someone who's pursued his dreams, made mistakes and shares wise lessons. If you have been putting off a creative project, buy this motivating book and you'll soon get cracking!" -Marcia Yudkin, author, "Six Steps to Free Publicity" and 10 other books

Not A Toy: Radical Character Design in Fashion and Costume FREE DOWNLOAD

Hardcover: 352 pages
Publisher: Pictoplasma (July 15, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 3942245027
ISBN-13: 978-3942245029

Not A Toy is the world's first comprehensive investigation into the growing influence of today's character culture on contemporary fashion and costume design. International artists create playful dresses, avant-garde costumes and hairstyles, re-inventing the human body and sending their radical, new characters onto the catwalk and beyond. The vast, colorful compilation, edited by Greek cultural organization for fashion research Atopos, highlights an international scene of established designers and introduces surprising, upcoming talents.