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The Real Van Gogh
Nienke Bakker

Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) is one of the greatest figures in Western art. Revered for his bold, expressionist paintings, he is also admired as a prodigious and eloquent letter writer. Illustrated with works of art and letters that demonstrate Van Gogh's abiding preoccupations, this fascinating book explores the correspondence as a self-portrait of the artist and the man. The letter-sketches that he used to describe completed works or those in progress are reproduced alongside the paintings or drawings on which they are based, providing a unique insight into his artistic development. Drawing on new and extensive research, leading authorities on Van Gogh reveal how the letters enhance and shape our view of this modern master.

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A Crisis of Brilliance
David Boyd Haycock

Dora Carrington, Mark Gertler, Paul Nash, Christopher Nevinson and Stanley Spencer were five of the most important artists of the twentieth century. From diverse backgrounds, they met at the Slade School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture in London between 1908 and 1910, in what their teacher, Henry Tonks, later described as the School's 'last crisis of brilliance'. Here for the first time, these artists' early lives have been assembled into a single narrative. Elegiac, psychologically astute and beautifully written, the book paints a fascinating picture of the cultural upheavals of the first two decades of the 20th century, through the experiences of five extraordinarily gifted young artists.

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Fashion Illustrator
Bethan Morris

A comprehensive, visually-led overview that covers all areas of fashion drawing, presentation and illustration, this both teaches students how to draw the fashion figure and provides an extended showcase of established and emerging illustrators. From initial inspiration though to finished illustration, the book teaches the student how to draw from life and accurately depict body proportions, and also includes advice on exaggerating proportions for effect and how to use colour, as well as featuring techniques for rendering different materials and patterns.

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Yarn Bombing
Mandy Moore

Knit graffiti is a new worldwide phenomenon, combining traditional craft with guerilla art and politics. The result is a swarm of knitting projects that are left to hang on telephone poles, over abandoned cars or from trees. This cutting-edge title includes over 20 practical patterns for readers to create their own radical textiles. With an introduction by Amy Singer, the editor of knitty.com.

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Photography
Mary Warner Marien

This 3rd edition of the groundbreaking survey of international photography has 16 additional pages, including new material from recent research on Victorian photography's relationship to painting, photography's involvement with the German and Russian art movements between the World Wars and the growing influence of vernacular photography alongside art and commercial photography. It documents the rise of digital photography and its impact on photographic history and contemporary practice, including worldwide use of digital cameras and phone cameras. This remains the only book to trace the entire history of photography in its cultural context worldwide.

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