Douglas Duncan was a Torontonian who, by his patronage of the arts, has had an almost incalcuable influence on their development in Canada. The book also includes reproductions of paintings by some of the artists whose work Duncan encouraged and collected, and examples of his work as a bookbinder and a photographer.
Discover how to eat a well-balanced diabetic diet Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies gives you everything you need to create healthy and diabetic-friendly meals. In this revised and updated edition, you'll discover how easy it is to manage diabetes through diet. With tons of new recipes—many of them vegetarian—and the latest information on diabetes testing, monitoring, and maintenance, this bo…
Many of us, at the best of times, struggle for inspiration when it comes to cooking – and that's without a medical condition that may affect our eating habits and require careful management. The right diet is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle and all the more important for the successful management of diabetes. Fully updated for a UK audience Diabetes Cookbook For Dummies will include t…
The first edition of Sound Art Revisited (published as Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories ) served as a groundbreaking work toward defining this emerging field, and this fully updated volume significantly expands the story to include current research since the book's initial release. Viewed through a lens of music and art histories rather than philosophical theory, it covers dozens of …
A contemporary synthesis of the philosophical, theoretical and practical methodologies of illustration and its future development Illustration is contextualized visual communication; its purpose is to serve society by influencing the many aspects of its cultural infrastructure; it dispenses knowledge and education, it commentates and delivers journalistic opinion, it persuades, advertises and…
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
In knappen, prägnanten Texten gibt der Zeichner Albrecht Rissler über 100 sachkundige Tipps zu allen relevanten Fragen, die das Zeichnen als eine der schönsten kreativen Tätigkeiten berühren. Sie handeln gleichermaßen von traditionellen Techniken wie von neueren Entwicklungen und interessanten Randgebieten. Durch seine langjährige Arbeit als Künstler und Zeichenlehrer ist Albrecht Rissl…
Mehr als zwanzig Jahre nach der Erstausgabe hat der bekannte Zeichner und Autor Albrecht Rissler erneut seine Skizzenbücher geöffnet und seinen damaligen Arbeiten viele teils erst kürzlich gezeichnete hinzugefügt. Die 180 Detailstudien und großformatigen Zeichnungen, die überwiegend auf Reisen entstanden sind, spannen so einen weiten zeitlichen Bogen und stellen unterschiedliche Herangehe…
From the 'Monster of Ravenna' to the 'Elephant Man', Myra Hindley and Ted Bundy, the visualisation of 'real', human monsters has always played a part in how society sees itself. But what is the function of a monster? Why do we need to embody and represent what is monstrous? This book investigates the appearance of the human monster in Western culture, both historically and in our contemporary s…
Ästhetik und Funktionalität bestimmen die Architektursprache der Bauten von Alexander Brenner. Der bereits vielfach publizierte Stuttgarter Architekt veröffentlicht nun erstmalig eine eigene Zusammenstellung seiner realisierten Häuser und Villen, die durch eine klare Formensprache und die konsequente Fortführung im Innenraum überzeugen. Alle Objekte werden ausführlich anhand informativer…