The Black Arts Movement (BAM) encompassed a group of artists, musicians, novelists, and playwrights whose work combined innovative approaches to literature, film, music, visual arts, and theatre. With a heightened consciousness of black agency and autonomy—along with the radical politics of the civil rights movement, the Black Muslims, and the Black Panthers—these figures represented a coll…
eDossier: una collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile e accessibile. Baschenis (Bergamo 1617 – 1677) è l'inventore di un genere che avrà grande successo in Europa, la natura morta di soggetto musicale. Un artista celebrato e misterioso insieme, del quale solo recentemente è stata ricostruita con qualche dettag…
As the environmental impact of buildings become increasingly recognized, the role of building designers and the initial decision making process that determines materials, systems, and construction processes becomes more critical. This timely book addresses sustainability in building design through a series of examples presented as three dimensional models of well integrated building systems. Th…
Why Old Places Matter is the only book that explores the reasons that old places matter to people. Although people often feel very deeply about the old places of their lives, they don't have the words to express why. This book brings these ideas together in evocative language and with illustrative images for a broad audience. The book reveals the fundamentally important yet under-recognized ro…
eDossier: una collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile e accessibile. La storia di Jean-Antoine Watteau (Valenciennes 1684 – Nogent-sur-Marne 1721) inizia nell'indigenza, con un apprendistato precario nei quartieri poveri di una Parigi popolata di mestieranti in cerca di una zuppa calda. Nonostante tutto, si forma…
Better Homes & Gardens celebrates its 100th anniversary with this expanded edition of the "red plaid" cookbook, a trusted staple in kitchens across America since 1930. All-new chapters look back at the history of Better Homes & Gardens, including a "Behind the Kitchen Door" feature about America's first test kitchen, and a "Then & Now" section comparing original classics to updated recipes infl…
Overlooked in the history of artistic endeavors are the contributions of female writers, painters, and crafters of the Caribbean. The creative works by women from the Caribbean proves to be as remarkable as the women themselves. In Caribbean Women and Their Art: An Encyclopedia, Mary Ellen Snodgrass explores the rich history of women's creative expression by examining the crafts and skill of o…
eDossier: una collana di Art e Dossier. Un artista da leggere, un movimento da conoscere come un racconto, una raccolta di saggi agile e accessibile. Telemaco Signorini (Firenze 1837-1901) è tra gli animatori principali della rivoluzione macchiaiola che, in anticipo sull'impressionismo, cerca nella pittura dal vero in esterni e nella "macchia" di colore una riscossa rispetto al soffocante acca…
saac Kofi Appiah has been a lecturer in book illustration, printing technology, product planning and estimation and production management in the Department of Publishing Studies, Faculty of Art, College of Art and Built Environment (CABE), KNUST-Kumasi for over twenty years. He had his education at SDA Secondary School at Bekwai, Ashanti and TI Ahmadiyya Secondary School in Kumasi for the "O" a…
Sauces Reconsidered: Après Escoffier replaces the traditional French hierarchy of sauces with a modern version based on the sauces' physical properties. While itis not a traditional cookbook, it does include many recipes. Cooks need not slavishly follow them, however, as the recipes illustrate their underlying functions, helping cooks to successfully create their own sauces based on their newf…