Books | Criticism & Theory

The Artist's Way: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self

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Description: With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive 12-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage,....

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Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series

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Review: 'Ways of Seeing' is a book which some readers may find a bit puzzling. The ads reproduced in its pages look naive to us, in their unsophisticated emphasis on luxury and glamour, and Berger's commentary on advertising may seem a bit simple, but if so it's because h....

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Art in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideas

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Review: This book is filled to the brim with 371, yes 371 individual sources/texts each with an introduction to contextualise each one. Using it for an essay or dissertation will provide you with quotes that you would not be able to find in other books as well as giving y....

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Ways of Seeing (Penguin Modern Classics)

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Review: 'Ways of Seeing' is a book which some readers may find a bit puzzling. The ads reproduced in its pages look naive to us, in their unsophisticated emphasis on luxury and glamour, and Berger's commentary on advertising may seem a bit simple, but if so it's because h....

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The Photographer's Eye

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Review: It's good to see this back in print again. It's remained one of my favourite photography books for more than 20 years. There isn't a dull image in this collection and they are arranged in surprising combinations. A classic.....

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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World

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Review: Whilst there are some nice ideas about 'gifts' and their cultural meaning, this feels too much like a sub-standard academic paper in much need of editing/rewriting. It's long-winded, largely irrelevant, unfocused - and written ironically, in a very sparse manner. I....

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The Photograph as Contemporary Art (World of Art)

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Review: This book is an excellent introduction to contemporary photographic themes and practitioners, it's well-written, up-to-date and great value for money. Unfortunately, because so much ground is covered in such a small space, it's hard to get a true appreciation of s....

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A Smile in the Mind: Witty Thinking in Graphic Design

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Review: There are hundreds of books at the moment claiming to be the experts on Graphic Design. Too many either take themselves much too seriously or fall back on the picture book format where thousands of images lack structure and editing resulting in visual wallpaper. Th....

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The Eyes of the Skin: Architecture and the Senses

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Review: A truly inspiring book that I will no doubt refer to in my teaching and continue to learn from for years to come.....

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Wide Angle: National Geographic Greatest Places

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Review: This book is full of extraordinary pictures. If you are interested in photography or planet earth or both, you'll love this.....

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