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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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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Animal Drawing by John Skeaping. No. 10 The Studio How to do it series 1944 reprinted edition
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International Library of Technology No. 150: Decorative Lettering etc, 1920
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Architectural Association | School of Architecture prospectus, 1992-93
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Architectural Association | School of Architecture prospectus, 1990-91
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Leaflet for Amédée Ozenfant Academy of Fine Arts, London, possibly c.1936-8
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Most Noble Bodley. A Bodleian Library Anthology ed Ursula Aylmer 2 | Bodleian Library, 2002
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Modern Art & its Enigma. Art theories from 1800-1950 by John Alsberg | Weidenfeld Nicolson, 1983 | Hardback
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Herbert Read – an introduction to his work by various hands | Edited by Henry Treece, 1944
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Baudelaire Critique d'Art | Club des Libraires de France | No. 5168 / 6000, 1956
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Guildford School of Art | Prospectus 1957–1960 | Surrey County Council booklet
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Cambridge Opinion magazine No. 14 | The writer out of society | Editor Elaine Feinstein
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Cambridge Opinion magazine | No. 3, May 1957 | Editors John Landell-Mills and David Leitch
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Cambridge Opinion magazine | No. 11, December 1958 | Editor Martin Forde
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Roland Barthes – Le Text et L'Image | Pavillon des Arts, 1986
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Les manifestes du surréalisme by André Bréton | Club Francais du Livre, 1955
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Herbert Read. Formlessness and Form. An introduction to his aesthetics by David Thistlewood | Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984
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Form No. 2, September 1st 1966 | Editors: Philip Steadman, Mike Weaver, Stephen Bann
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The Englishman Builds by Ralph Tubbs | Penguin Books, 1945
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Typefaces for desktop publishing. A user guide by Alison Black | Architecture Design and Technology Press, 1990
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Baudelaire – Art In Paris 1845-1862, translated by Jonathan Mayne | Phaidon 1965
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Henry Moore: Ideas for Sculpture. A Project with Zaha Hadid | Hauser & Wirth, 2010
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The Slade. A Collection of Drawings and some Pictures Done by Past and Present Students of the London Slade School of Art – MDCCCXCIII to MDCCCCVII | 1907, limited edition
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India 20. Conversations with Contemporary Artists by Anupa Mehta | Mapin Publishing, 2007
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Practical Designing: A Handbook on the preparation of Working Drawings | Edited by Gleeson White | George Bell, 1899
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John Joseph Wardell – J.W. Power | Éléments de la Construction Picturale | Paris 1932
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House Painting and Decoration by A.S. Jennings | Thomas Tofts, London, 1912
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The Medium is the Massage. An Inventory of Effects | Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore | Bantam, 1967
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Influences on Design paper by Lynton Lamb | Hely Thom Ltd, Dublin, 1966
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Printing – A Craft for Schools by H.E.V. Gillham | Pitman, London 1933
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