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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Response to Colour, by Colin Thompson | Bath Academy of Art, 1965 | Research Centre in Art Education
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The Absolute Bourgeois. Artists and Politics in France 1848-1851 by T.J. Clark
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Visual Thinking by Rudolf Arnheim. 35th anniversary printing | University of California Press, 1997
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Topics of our time. Twentieth-century issues in learning and in art by E.H. Gombrich | Phaidon, 1994 third impression
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Art and Alienation. The role of the artist in society by Herbert Read | Thames & Hudson, 1967
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Every Man An Artist. Readings in the Traditional Philosophy of Art edited by Brian Keeble | World Wisdom, 2005
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Patterns of Intention. On the Historical Explanation of Pictures by Michael Baxandall | Yale University Press, 1985
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The Medium is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan and Quentin Fiore | Penguin, 1967
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On Human Communication. A review, a survey, and a criticism by Colin Cherry | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), 1957
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Insight by J. Bronowski | Macdonald & Co, 1964 in association with the BBC
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The Mother Tongue in quiz and colour by Lancelot Hogben | Secker & Warburg, 1964
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Towards another picture. An anthology of artists’ writings 1945 to 1977 edited by Andrew Brighton and Lynda Morris. Midland Group Nottingham, 1977.
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An Introduction to Iconography by Roelof van Straten | Taylor & Francis, 2007, revised English edition
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Icon and Idea. The Function of Art in the Development of Human Consciousness by Herbert Read | Faber & Faber, 1955
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Seeing Slowly. Looking at Modern Art by Michael Findlay | Prestel, 2017
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A history of communications Vol 9 by Maurice Fabre. First British edition 1964
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Mallarmé. The politics of the siren by Jacques Rancière. Translated by Steven Corcoran | Continuum Books, 2011
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Face to Face: Interviews with Artists Richard Cork | Tate 2015
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William Morris on Art & Design edited by Christine Poulson | Sheffield Academic Press, 1996
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Visual Aesthetics by JJ de Lucio-Meyer | Lund Humphries, 1973
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Art, perception and reality by E.H. Gombrich, Julian Hochberg, Max Black | The John Hopkins University Paperbacks, 1973
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After Modern Art 1945-2000 by David Hopkins | Oxford University Press | 2000 hardback
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Wassily Kandinsky. Concerning the spiritual in art. Translated by M.T.H. Sadler | Dover, 1977
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Perspective as Symbolic Form by Erwin Panofsky | Zone Books, 2005
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The London Art Schools Reforming the Art World, 1960–Now | Nigel Llewellyn | Tate Publishing, 2015
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Guildford School of Printing – 'The Presentation of Prizes' leaflet, 1954
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Abstract Expressionism: Other Politics by Ann Eden Gibson | Yale University Press, 1997
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Ernst Gombrich. Nature and Art as needs of the mind. The Fourth Leverhulme Memorial Lecture delivered on 23 February 1981 | Liverpool University Press, 1981
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DCFM Graphic Design '95 | Manchester Metropolitan University review, 1995
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L'Art Décoratif d'Aujourd'hui | Le Corbusier, c.1925 | Les Editions G. Crés et Cie, Paris
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Chicago Makes Modern – How Creative Minds Changed Society | Edited by Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas, 2012
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Masters of Arts 2011 – Chelsea College of Art & Design postgraduate show catalogue, 2011
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Preparation for Painting. The Purpose and Materials of the Artist by Lynton Lamb | Oxford University Press, 1955 second impression
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Art Now. Modern Painting and Sculpture. An introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture by Herbert Read | Faber & Faber, 1948
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Practical Geometry for Art Students by John Carroll | Burns and Oates Ltd, 1880
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Sketchbooks: The Hidden Art of Designers, Illustrators & Creatives by Richard Brereton | Laurence King, 2009
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