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Ethical Eating in the Postsocialist and Socialist World
Current discussions of the ethics around alternative food movements--concepts such as "local," "organic," and "fair trade"--tend to focus on their growth and significance in advanced capitalist societies. In this groundbreaking contribution to critical food studies, editors Yuson Jung, Jakob A. Klein, and Melissa L. Caldwell explore what constitutes "ethical food" and "ethical eating" in social…
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- 9780520958142
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Great Woodcuts of Albrecht Dürer
A master of many media, Albrecht Drer (14711528) excelled in the art of woodcut design. This modestly priced edition, comprising images both sacred and secular, offers an ideal introduction to his work. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and the saints and episodes from the Old Testament appear alongside a variety of subjects, including a portrait of the Emperor Maximilian and Drer's coat of arms. …
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- 9780486149622
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Three Young Rats and Other Rhymes
Best known as the creator of the mobile, Alexander Calder turned his extraordinary talents in a variety of directions. Nowhere is his exuberant imagination more apparent than in this captivating collection of line drawings. Rhymes from Mother Goose and other classic sources provide the inspiration for Calder's eighty-five distinctive illustrations. Originally published in 1944, this compilation…
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- 9780486137346
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- 1 online resource (160 pages)
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Selected Fables of Jean de la Fontaine
All the imagination, whimsy, and invention that have made Alexander Calder's mobiles and stabiles so popular. 36 fables in rhymed translation by Eunice Clark with a Calder drawing for each fable and 12 additional vignettes. Includes "The Lion in Love" and "The Hen That Laid the Golden Eggs."
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- 9780486149882
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- 1 online resource (89 pages)
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Principles of Figure Drawing
Written by a noted author and instructor, this guide for intermediate to advanced students presents the fundamentals of figure drawing in a lucid, practical manner. Each step in the construction and artistic representation of the human figure is fully explained and illustrated. Topics include such vital aspects as proportion, bone and muscle structure, limbs, head and neck, male and female figu…
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- 9780486139814
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Chinese Painting Techniques
Over thousands of years, the art of Chinese paintings has been refined into an exquisitely developed system of visual representation. But until the publication of this volume, there was no single source that bridged the gap between the philosophical and imitative methods of instruction. Alison Stilwell Cameron, daughter of famed World War II General Joseph Stilwell, spent her early childhood an…
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- 9780486136080
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- 1 online resource (232 pages)
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The Energetic Line in Figure Drawing
Well-crafted and class-tested, this guide to figure drawing features a unique teaching method. It focuses on learning to draw complete figures prior to the study of individual components, and it stresses action figures rather than the customary static examples favored by most drawing and anatomy texts. Employing more text than typical art instruction books, it presents thirty figure drawing les…
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- 9780486146782
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Mucha's Figures Décoratives
To many, Alphonse Maria Mucha (18601939) is best known for his beautiful bell poque posters and magnificent decorative panels. His distinctive graphic approach to the 1895 poster advertising Sarah Bernhardt's performance in Gismonda captured the Parisian public's imagination and catapulted the artist into overnight success. During the next ten years he became the high priest of Art Nouveau, pub…
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- 9780486135939
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- 1 online resource (48 pages)
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Drawings of Mucha
The artistic legacy of Alphonse Maria Mucha (18601939), one of the founders of the Art Nouveau style, is both brilliant and bewilderingly diverse. Mucha is most famous for his Sarah Bernhardt posters and his magnificent decorative panels such as "The Seasons," works that continue to grow in popularity, despite the indifferent quality of most modern reproductions. To graphic artists and commerci…
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- 9780486130040
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- 1 online resource (75 pages)
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The Rape of the Lock
Only rarely in publishing history has the ideal edition of a literary work been created, where text, typography, and illustrations complement one another perfectly. Among the few examples are the Kelmscott Chaucer, Baskerville's Milton, and Beardsley's Salome. Another such book is the 1896 edition of Pope's The Rape of the Lock, illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley. Beardsley's elaborate drawings fo…
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- 9780486147550
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