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4) Chinese art
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Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
1997
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English
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Traces the history of Chinese painting and sculpture, and describes important movements and themes.
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Thames & Hudson
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English
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"The interaction of words and images and the visual communication of ideas are an essential part of our daily lives. Created to inform, identify and promote, graphic design is at the heart of artistic development." "With over 200 new and updated entries, this reference work provides information about typographers, journals, movements and styles, organizations and schools, printers and private presses, art directors, technological advances, design...
10) Japanese art
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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The uniqueness of Japanese culture rests on the fact that, throughout its history, Japan has continually taken, adapted, and transformed diverse influences from Korea, China, the South Seas, Europe, and the Americas into distinct traditions of its own. Extensively revised, updated, and expanded since its first publication, this authoritative survey of the arts of Japan from the prehistoric period to the present brings together the results of the most...
11) Art since 1989
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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The years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 have seen the rise of a new freedom to define art--Who makes it? Where can it be found? What is its commercial value?--and, consequently, the reevaluation of art's place in society. Kelly Grovier surveys the dynamic developments in art practice worldwide since 1989, focusing on artists whose fresh visual vocabulary and innovation reflect these past turbulent decades. The book's ten chapters...
12) Greek art
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Thames & Hudson
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"John Boardman, one of the best known and acknowledged scholars of the classical Greek world, has updated his definitive survey of its arts, the most influential and widely known historic artistic tradition of the Old World. In the twenty years since the last edition was released, valuable evidence has come to light which has dramatically enhanced our understanding of the arts of ancient Greece and their influence. We now know that Greek artists in...
13) Creating Life
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Creating a unique, immersive setting one life form at a time. CREATING LIFE (THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, #1) is a detailed how-to guide on inventing the heart of every imaginary world - life. With chapters on creating gods, species/races, plants, animals, monsters, heroes, villains, and even undead, it draws on the author's quarter century of world building experience. Pointed questions, and an examination of answers and their repercussions, will help...
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Learning to create a unique, immersive life form one podcast episode at a time. World building strategist Randy Ellefson turned his successful book series, THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, into a popular podcast of the same name, with episodes loosely drawn from each book in the series. The transcripts of 15 episodes are collected here, based on a theme: they're about CREATING LIFE and inspired by chapters of that volume. Ranging from 25-35 minutes each,...
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Learning to create a unique, immersive place one podcast episode at a time. World building strategist Randy Ellefson turned his successful book series, THE ART OF WORLD BUILDING, into a popular podcast of the same name, with episodes loosely drawn from each book in the series. Listeners who want a written copy, or those who want more details than what's in volume two, can now benefit from these transcriptions. CREATING PLACES — The PODCAST TRANSCRIPTS...
16) Creating Places
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English
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Creating a unique, immersive setting one place at a time.
Creating Places is a detailed how-to guide on inventing the heart of every imaginary world - places. It includes chapters on inventing planets, moons, continents, mountains, forests, deserts, bodies of water, sovereign powers, settlements, and interesting locales. Extensive, culled research on each is provided to inform your world-building decisions and understand the impact on craft, story,...
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Creating a unique, immersive setting one culture at a time
A guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyists
Written to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, Cultures and Beyond, The Art of World Building #3 is a how-to guide for filling an imaginary world with fascinating societies. It includes chapters on creating culture, organizations, armed forces, religions, the supernatural, magic systems, technological...
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Learning to create a unique, immersive culture one episode at a time. A guide for authors, gamers, and hobbyists World building strategist Randy Ellefson turned his successful book series, “The Art of World Building”, into a popular podcast of the same name, with episodes loosely drawn from each book in the series. The transcripts of another 15 episodes are collected here. Ranging from 25-35 minutes each, the episodes discuss everything that doesn't...
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