Collection: Art Theory and Education
This diverse range of vintage and rare books explores creative processes, and the role of art in society. Written by experts in their field, they inspire educators and artists, offering new perspectives that can enrich teaching methods, and foster innovation in artistic practice.
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Water-colour Painting – A Practical Guide | Barbara Jones | Adam & Charles Black 1960
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Illustration its practice in wash and line by Steven Spurrier | Isaac Pitman 1933
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Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Inquiry, 16 | Central St Martins, 2007
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Type Symposium. The role of the trade typesetter in USA Whittaker/Compugraphic
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Information sheets from Croydon College School of Art & Design. Graphic Design Area. Area Director Herman Hecht Summer term 1981
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Trent Polytechnic – Fine Art Students work self-published 1970s/80s?
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No 6 The Toy Shop educational maths toy | E.J. Arnold c.1950s – 12 cards & 2 leaflets
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No 10 The Greengrocer's Shop educational maths toy | E.J. Arnold c.1950s – 86 cards
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No 7 The Cafe educational maths toy | E.J. Arnold c.1950s – 12 cards and 2 leaflets
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No 4 The Draper's Shop educational maths toy | E.J. Arnold c.1950s 22 cards
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Baudelaire to Becket by Carlton Lake | University of Texas, 1976
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Design 1920’s | Open University textbook | Tim Benton, Charlotte Benton, Aaron Scharf, 1975
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Visual Function: An Introduction to Information Design by Paul Mijksenaar | 010 Publishers, Rotterdam, 1997
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The Modern Painter and Decorator Volume 1 | Arthur Seymour Jennings 1951 edition
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Royal College of Art – RCA Fine Art Degree Show catalogue, 1987
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Meditations on a Hobby Horse and Other Essays on the Theory of Art, by E.H. Gombrich | Phaidon Press, 1963
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Prints: Art and Techniques by Susan Lambert | V&A Publications 2001
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Lino Printing in Colour as a classroom craft by J.R. Spencer. Reeves booket
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The Quintain. A second essay in book production | Hornsey School of Art, 1930
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The New Mechanick Exercises Part 1. Introductory | Surrey Fine Art Press, 1952
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Techniques of Drawing from the 15th to 19th centuries | Ashmolean Museum | By Ursula Weekes
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Cambridge Opinion 37. Modern Art in Britain, 1964 Jasia Reichardt, David Thompson, Roy Ascott, Charlotte Bull, Lucian Freud, Michael Peppiatt, Frank Auerbach, R.B. Kitaj, Bernard Cohen, David Hockney, Lawrence Alloway, Eduardo Paolozzi
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Art & Geometry. A Study In Space Institutions by William M. Irvins | Dover 1964
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Advice to Lecturers. Michael Faraday & Lawrence Bragg Royal Institution, 1986 reprint
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An Exhibition of Work by Artists... | Department of Fine Art, Trent Polytechnic exhibition leaflet, 1975
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Trent Polytechnic Nottingham BA (Hons) Fine Art | Fold-out leaflet | Presumed late 1970s/early 1980s
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Creativity and Self Deception A symposium Welsh Arts Council 1980
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Art Duties and Freedoms. A symposium Welsh Arts Council 1979
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Landscape Painting by John O’Connor | Studio Vista, 1968
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The artist at work by H. Ruhemann and E.M. Kemp. Penguin Books, 1951
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Artists' Country edited by C. Geoffrey Holme | The Studio, London, 1932
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Museum und Schule. Wege zu Einger erfolgreichen Partnerschaft | Landesstelle fur die nichtstaatlichen Museen in Bayern | Museums Bausteine, 2005
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The Craft of Etching and Lithography by Gerald Woods | Blandford Press, 1965
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Elementary water-colour painting by J. Hullah Brown. A&C Black, 1960 3rd edition
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The Artist's Dilemma by James Boswell | The Bodley Head, 1947
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Drawing for Illustration by Lynton Lamb | Oxford University Press, 1962
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