"The 20th Century Art Book" was hailed upon its release as an exciting celebration of the myriad forms assumed by art over the last century. Complementing the phenomenally successful "Art Book", and most recently "The American Art Book", it presents a new and original way of bringing art alive. Covering the truly international nature of the modern art scene...

Artist and designer Keith Thompson presents a practical course for art students interested in drawing fantasy vehicles. Clear instruction is supplemented with more than 400 vivid, step-by-step color illustrations of sample projects. Barrons Educational Series

The biggest collection of manga clip art ever collected on one disc is at
your disposal with 500 Manga Figures. Now you can create stunning artwork
quickly and easily by using this vast collection of high-resolution
(300ppi) images that are ready to use in any project. Not only that, but
the book teaches you how to use professional colouring techniques...

Acting: An Introduction to the Art and Craft of Playingdiscusses both the theory and practice of acting while placing the actor center stage as the crucial artist in the theatre.
 This text examines the underlying issues of acting and describes potential approaches to meet these challenges.  Practical, experiential examples of applying the vocabulary are provided...

For more than 30 years, the Wing has produced the Working in the Theatre seminars, a series that features the greatest names in theatre. In book form for the first time, this title is compact, and at an affordable-paperback price. Spanning the range of these seminars, with a concentration on the most recent shows and current stars, the information, anecdotes...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 A-Z An ideal quick reference guide for Photoshop users of all levels. The full color A-Z format covers each topic clearly, with cross-references to related topics and high-quality photographs and screenshots. Fully updated with new CS3 features throughout. The brand new techniques section delves deeper into key areas, providing more in-depth instruction in an easy...

Adobe Photoshop CS3 for Photographers "One of the best and most comprehensive guides available...Each section includes examples with before and after images; we found some of the ideas really inspiring...If you are a photographer using CS2, this book is a must buy." Which Digital Camera

Sometimes it takes an artist to show us that familiar things are truly remarkable. Jeffrey Milstein's elegant photographs of commercial airliners restore the rigor and glamour to our experience of air travel. They have quickly become contemporary icons, published in 2005 in photo magazine, "Graphis PhotoAnnual", and "American Photography Annual", and...

Alex Katz is a towering figure in contemporary painting, a key New York-based artist since the early 1960s. Katz was an independent figure during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and Pop when he first emerged -- and remains a unique, though highly influential figure to this day. Alex Katz is best known for his distinct portraits of sophisticated...

Published to accompany the travelling exhibition, this catalogue examines key affinities between Matthew Barney and Joseph Beuys who, though separated by generation and geography, share many aesthetic and conceptual concerns. Lavishly illustrated throughout, it focuses on the artists' metaphoric use of materials, their interest in metamorphosis, their employment of narrative structures...