Arts

Living It Up: Our Love Affair with Luxury

by James B. Twitchell

Economic downturns and terrorist attacks notwithstanding, America's love affair with luxury continues unabated. Over the last several years, luxury spending in the United States has been growing four times faster...

Aesthetics after Metaphysics: From Mimesis to Metaphor

by Miguel Beistegui

This book focuses on a dimension of art which the philosophical tradition (from Plato to Hegel and even Adorno) has consistently overlooked, such was its commitment - explicit or implicit - to mimesis and the...

The Construction of Drawings and Movies: Models for Architectural Design and Analysis

by Thomas Forget

The architectural imagery that you create is most effective when it examines your project in an abstract manner. Most students and practitioners understand linear perspective and cinema to be examples of architectural...

Introducing Architectural Theory: Debating a Discipline

by Korydon Smith

This is the most accessible architectural theory book that exists. Korydon Smith presents each common architectural subject - such as tectonics, use, and site - as though it were a conversation across history...

Digital Imaging: Essential Skills

by Mark Galer & Les Horvat

Superbly illustrated throughout, Digital Imaging provides the essential skills and knowledge you need to produce high quality results. You are guided through practical, structured activities that allow you to...

Digital Collage and Painting: Using Photoshop and Painter to Create Fine Art

by Susan Ruddick Bloom

Digital Collage and Painting proudly showcases the work of twenty-one talented digital artists. Each artist walks you through the creation of a piece of their art and lets you in on their secrets about equipment,...

Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 Maximum Performance: Unleash the hidden performance of Elements

by Mark Galer

This book/DVD package will stretch your digital images and Elements 5.0 to the max!

Produce superior, high-end professional results that until now were not possible without the full Photoshop program. With this...

Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0: A visual introduction to digital photography

by Philip Andrews

If you are just starting to work with digital images and want great results fast, this complete, easy-to-follow guide is the one for you. As you take your first steps into the magical world of digital imaging,...

Photoshop CS4: Essential Skills

by Mark Galer & Philip Andrews

This inspirational guide to creative image editing will help you master the essential features and tools of Adobe Photoshop CSX. Broken into three parts to form a structured, self-study guide, Photoshop CSX:...

The Underwater Photographer

by MARTIN EDGE

The award-winning third edition of 'The Underwater Photographer' dragged the topic kicking and screaming in to the digital age and with the fully updated fourth edition highly respected photographer and tutor...

Pinhole Photography: From Historic Technique to Digital Application

by Eric Renner

A respected guide for creatives, artists and photographers alike, Pinhole Photography is packed with all the information you need to understand and get underway with this wonderfully quirky, creative technique....

Langford's Starting Photography: The guide to creating great images

by Philip Andrews & Michael Langford

'The' Focal Press introductory photography book, this authoritative classic by leading photography writer and lecturer Michael Langford has been refreshed and revised by best-selling photography author Philip...

Professional Architectural Photography

by Michael Harris

This is a must-have guide both for aspiring students and for established professionals who need to keep up to speed with the current impact of recent digital developments.

In this highly visual, full colour...

Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes

by Robert Hirsch

Photographic Possibilities, Third Edition provides a reliable source of techniques and ideas for the use of alternative and contemporary photographic processes that photographers have come to depend on. Professional...

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers

by James Thomas

Script Analysis for Actors, Directors, and Designers applies directly to the experience of theatrical production. You will immediately be able to inforporate the concepts and processes you learn into both your...

Pattern Cutting and Making Up

by Janet Ward & Martin Shoben

Major changes have occurred in the last few years in the methods of cutting and manufacturing outerwear. Light clothing companies are now manufacturing these heavy garments because of the development of fusible...

Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking: Practical Techniques for the Guerilla Filmmaker

by Dan Rahmel

Nuts and Bolts Filmmaking, an ideal book for the rapidly growing number of low-budget filmmakers, provides how-to information on the day-to-day techniques of actual low-budget production. Containing construction...

The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound

by David Lewis Yewdall

Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound embraces the subject of sound for films. Based on the experience of the author and other top sound craftspeople, this book provides numerous real-life examples and relevant...

Special Make-up Effects for Stage & Screen: Making and Applying Prosthetics

by Todd Debreceni

In the world of film and theatre, character transformation takes a lot of work, skill, and creativity...Dedicated solely to SFX, this book will show you tips and techniques from an seasoned SFX makeup artist...

Digital Video Camerawork

by Peter Ward

This manual introduces digital camerawork techniques used in television and video production. Written as a practical guide, the author's step-by-step instructions take you through everything you need to know,...