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.The Art Book
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by: Phaidon

April 30, 1997
I have many art books, but none as used and flipped through as this book.
It is easy to use as a reference book and would always be first on my list.
With great colour prints of Artists work, a brief history on each Artist and
an important example of each Artists' work.

It is a great book for students at an affordable price, and handy size.

GREAT BUY!!!!
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.Basics Fashion: Research and Design
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by: Simon Seivewright

November 26, 2007
Really inspiring, loads of great photos and excerpts from high quality sketch books. Buy it!
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.The Story of Art Pocket Edition
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by: E.H. Gombrich

November 01, 2006
He loves a neat linear narrative.
Insisting all western art (and there's nothing non-Western) follows a first there was this, then artists thought that, then artists thought that is way too simplistic.

Yes it's a classic but is only useful in the classroom for school-age kids to grasp what a wide range of Euro-centric art looked like but nothing beyond that.
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.The Penguin Dictionary of Art and Artists (Penguin Reference Books)
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by: Linda Murray, Peter Murray

August 07, 1997
Very often I have come to use this book and not been able to find what I need, probably best for reasearching more traditional artists etc, but can be very useful to have at hand. Also this, the 7th edition, whs first published in 1997 and I don't think it has been updated since which is probably necessary.
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.100 New Fashion Designers
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by: Hywel Davies

September 15, 2008
Very often I have come to use this book and not been able to find what I need, probably best for reasearching more traditional artists etc, but can be very useful to have at hand. Also this, the 7th edition, whs first published in 1997 and I don't think it has been updated since which is probably necessary.
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.This Is Modern Art
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by: Matthew Collings

July 06, 2000
I was so exhilarated by Collings' Channel 4 mini-series "This is civilisation" that I had to search the web to find something similar in book form. I didn't, but came across This is modern art, with its amazon.co.uk collection of high ratings, which convinced me to take the plunge. I don't know, this may be a personal issue, but I think I can generally appreciate good writting, even when it's not to my taste. This book, however, I found confusedly written, with no flow and no inspiration. As I say, it may be just me, or it may be that Collings comes across better on tv. Nonetheless, I thought it healthy to add my view as a healthcheck on the total.
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.Art and Its Histories: A Reader (Art & Its Histories)
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by: S Edwards

January 04, 1999
This book was made especially for students from the Open University. Its content is therefore emphasizing on learning.
Sometimes it could be going straight to the point instead of going around it.
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.Art Now!: v. 2 (25th Anniversary Special Edtn)
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from: Taschen GmbH

October 25, 2008
I bought a copy of this book for an artist friend a couple of months ago and paid around £25 for it. This is a newer (2008) edition and has literally hundreds of photos and illustrations. A very, very attractive book, like all Taschen offerings, and I would call it a huge bargain. With free shipping (thanks to Amazon Prime) there is no reason why one should not buy a copy right away.

About the book: It is a survey of the contemporary art and gives a nice overall picture of what is happening in the world of photography, painting and architecture. Taschen would not be organised, no not them! The book has everything thrown in and the only order that is followed is the surnames of the artists in alphabetical order. (Follow Taschen and you will ... Read More:
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.The Packaging and Design Templates Sourcebook (c/w CD-rom): Creative Packaging Solutions for Outstanding Design
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from: RotoVision

April 01, 2007
I bought a copy of this book for an artist friend a couple of months ago and paid around £25 for it. This is a newer (2008) edition and has literally hundreds of photos and illustrations. A very, very attractive book, like all Taschen offerings, and I would call it a huge bargain. With free shipping (thanks to Amazon Prime) there is no reason why one should not buy a copy right away.

About the book: It is a survey of the contemporary art and gives a nice overall picture of what is happening in the world of photography, painting and architecture. Taschen would not be organised, no not them! The book has everything thrown in and the only order that is followed is the surnames of the artists in alphabetical order. (Follow Taschen and you will ... Read More:
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.Drawing from Life: The Journal as Art
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by: Jennifer New

2005-06
This is the best book of journals I've seen - journals actually logging ideas rather than just prettified pages. Not that there isn't a place for that, but this is like getting to leaf through other artists' sketchbooks. Quite different from all the scrapbooking/journalling books.
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