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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The Nature of Biography by Robert Gittings | Heinemann, 1978. Signed
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Let’s Look at Design by C.G. Tomrley | Frederick Muller, 1969 illustrated by Geoffrey Trenaman
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Let’s Look at Houses and Homes by Joan Morey | Frederick Muller, 1964 illustrated by Kenneth E. Carter
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Let’s Look at Trains by Ernest F. Carter | Frederick Muller, 1964 illustrated by Kenneth E. Carter
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Let’s Look at Maps & Mapmaking Rowland W. Purton | Frederick Muller, 1971 illustrated by Peter J. Morter
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Let’s Look at Puppets by A.R. Philpott | Frederick Muller, 1966 illustrated by Norma Burgin
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Visualise: Making Art in Context | Bronać Ferran | Anglia Ruskin University 2013
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International Correspondence School (ICS) | Catalogue of Technical Supplies, 1952
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Printing in the Graphic Reproduction Process | Choice of Careers No.48, 1962
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Principles of Perspective by Henry Lewis. No. 8. George Rowney & Co, 29th edition
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Notes on Colour Mixing by Hesketh Hubbard. Winsor & Newton, 1st edition 1947
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Printing and Drawing by Alfred Daniels. An Arco Handybook, 1961
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The Art of Lettering and Lay-out by Len A. Doust. Warne’s series, No. 6
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The Art of Making and Using Sketches by G. Fraipont. Cassell & Co, 1922 reprint
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Catalogue students Fine Art 1989. Painting Sculpture. Wimbledon School of Art
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Reading Pictures Viewing Texts by Claude Gandelman | Indiana University Press, 1991
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Pottery without a wheel by Keith Tyler | Dryad Press, Leicester, 1952
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Fifteen Craftsmen and their Crafts | Edited and introduction by John Farleigh | Sylvan Press, 1945 reprint
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French Literature by Alison Finch | Polity Books, 2010
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Machines which seem to think by Marie Neurath. Max Parrish, London, 1954 Isotype Institute
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Fire! A Parrish Colour Book for Children by Marie Neurath. Max Parrish, London, 1950 Isotype Institute
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How the First Men Lived by Marie Neurath and J.A. Lauwerys. Max Parrish, London, 1951 Isotype Institute
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Rockets and Jets by Marie Neurath. Max Parrish, London, 1951 Isotype Institute
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The First Great In Inventions by Marie Neurath and J.A. Lauwerys. Max Parrish & Co Ltd, 1951 Isotype Institute
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Memory, Measure, Time, and Numbers: A Sculptural Meditation on a Drawing by Piero Della Francesca by Geoffrey Smedley, 2000
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Oxford Art Journal Volume 21, Number 1, 1998 Oxford University Press 1998
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Picturing and Poeting by Alan Fletcher | Phaidon hardback, 2006
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Public Art Development Trust. Heathrow Project. Documentary Notes 1998
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The Modern Ideal. The Rise and Collapse of Idealism | Paul Greenhalgh V&A, 2010
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Identity and Display. Association of Art Historians 19th Annual Conference
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A Picture Book in Colour II. Victoria & Albert Museum, 1931 publication 198
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The Drawing Book. A survey of the primary means of expression ed Tania Kovats
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The Bases of Design by Walter Crane | George Bell, London, 1902 second edition
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Art Made Modern: Roger Fry's Vision of Art | Courtauld 1999 ed Christopher Green
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Apollinaire, Cubism and Orphism by Adrian Hicken | Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2002
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What is a Designer: Things. Places. Messages by Norman Potter | Hyphen Press, 1980
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