Art & Visual Culture Books
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Fiction, Image, Tone: The Metropolis and the Realisation of Architecture
By Raymond Quek
Offering students a unique opportunity to understand architecture’s place in arts and indeed how architecture could strive to offer the ultimate synthesis of the arts, this book makes essential reading for any individual studying the theory, philosophy or history of architecture....
August 2011 | 978-0-415-49293-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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The Graphic Communication Handbook
By Simon Downs
The Graphic Communication Handbook is a comprehensive and detailed introduction to the theories and practices of the graphics industry. It traces the history and development of graphic design, explores issues which affect the industry, examines its analysis through ...
August 2011 | 978-0-415-55738-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Globalisation and Advertising in Emerging Economies: Brazil, Russia, India and China
By Lynne Ciochetto
This book analyses four of the largest and most dynamic contemporary emerging economies. Brazil, Russia, India and China are the countries that will drive growth in the world economy in the next decades. Using an interdisciplinary approach that combines anthropology, sociology, development studies...
August 2011 | 978-0-415-56200-3 | Hardback (Routledge)
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Interpreting Art in the Museum, Gallery and Beyond
By Christopher Whitehead
In this carefully focussed book, Christopher Whitehead presents both a study of and guide to curatorial practices of art interpretation, including the manipulation of the physical display environment (e.g. exhibition design and lighting) and the production of supporting materials, from text panels...
June 2011 | 978-0-415-41922-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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Understanding International Art Markets, 2nd Edition
Edited by Iain Robertson
Recent reports indicate that the international arts market was valued at £40 billion in 2008, having grown 11% since 2007. Although the US and UK continue to dominate, art sales out of India and Russia have shown significant increases. In the years since the first edition of Understanding...
June 2011 | 978-0-415-56103-7 | Paperback (Routledge)