We live in a visual culture. Today, people increasingly rely upon visuals to help them understand new and difficult concepts. The rise and stunning popularity of the Internet infographic has given us
Marianna Torgovnick maintains that it is worthwhile to think about novels in terms of the visual arts--in part because major novelists like James, Lawrence, and Woolf did so, and did so fruitfully, as
Continuing with the theme of his work Renaissance Perspectives in Literature and the Visual Arts, Murray Roston applies to a later period the same critical principle: that for each generation there ex
Explores the visual ways in which the concept of revolution is appropriated through public images across the globe using a diverse range of case studies.
Explores the visual ways in which the concept of revolution is appropriated through public images across the globe using a diverse range of case studies.
Fashion Africa by Jacqueline Shaw is a visual overview of contemporary African fashion, compiled with an ethical perspective. This guide is the first of its kind to bring together designers, design co
The Visually-Centric Business is a practical guide on how businesses can leverage visual solutions – infographics, interactive pictograms, animations and data-driven visualizations – to drive real bus
Tangle Art and Drawing Games for Kids is perfect for families who want to sneak a little more creativity into their lives and have fun doing it. It's about exploring, experimenting, and getting lost i
Intricate, expressive, given to grandeur and even excess, Baroque art as a style is inseparable from the meanings it seeks to convey. Vernon Hyde Minor’sBaroque Visual Rhetoric probes this combination
Doodle Zen: Finding Your Creativity and Calm in a Sketchbook will inspire new and nonstop doodlers alike to use doodling as a way to escape and de-stress. The book begins with a discussion of how to p
Whether as a symbol of creativity or as a metaphor for art itself, the archetype of the mother has been a central figure in the history of art, from the Venuses of the stone age to the “bad girls” of
Art and Mourning explores the relationship between creativity and the work of self-mourning in the lives of 20th century artists and thinkers. The role of artistic and creative endeavours is well-know
Art and Mourning explores the relationship between creativity and the work of self-mourning in the lives of 20th century artists and thinkers. The role of artistic and creative endeavours is well-know
While studying the theory and contemporary impact of ‘embodied’ viewing, this book celebrates the emergence and development of Visual Studies as a major subject of research and teaching in the field o
This book offers an overview of traditional big visual data analysis approaches and provides state-of-the-art solutions for several scene comprehension problems, indoor/outdoor classification, outdoor
This wild and wonderful creativity book features wacky aliens, wild monsters, mythical beasts, and more--plus tons of activities that kids can really sink their teeth into. Barron's interactiveCreativ
The book examines how well we remember what we see. Research in human memory for visual material varies tremendously across the time scales, stimuli, and scenarios of interest. Because of these distin
Cities Interrupted explores the potential of visual culture - in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture, urban design, and mixed media - to strategically interrupt processes of globa
Cities Interrupted explores the potential of visual culture - in the form of photography, film, performance, architecture, urban design, and mixed media - to strategically interrupt processes of globa
See the twentieth century through stories of triumph, struggle, living, celebrity, and discovery in this richly illustrated, comprehensive collection.The Twentieth Century in 100 Moments: A Visual His
A great introduction for retail students, this book offers a user-friendly reference guide to all aspects of visual merchandising and covers both window dressing and in-store areas. Using examples fro
African-American Art: A Visual and Cultural History offers a current and comprehensive history that contextualizes black artists within the framework of American art as a whole. The first chronologica
A visual directory with over 100 of the most popular North American bird calls. Beautiful illustrations show each bird's distinctive colors and plumage, and detailed information reveals their origin,
The first of its kind, this book is an overview of systems based research into creativity. It focuses on empirical studies into creativity that use the systems approach. Uniquely, the authors in this
Visual Soil Evaluation (VSE) provides land users and environmental authorities with the tools to assess soil quality for crop performance. This book describes the assessment of the various structural
Visual Soil Evaluation (VSE) provides land users and environmental authorities with the tools to assess soil quality for crop performance. This book describes the assessment of the various structural
Regarding the real develops an original approach to documentary film, focusing on its aesthetic relations to visual arts such as animation, assemblage, photography, painting and architecture. Througho
The Portuguese-English Bilingual Visual Dictionary makes Portuguese simple for readers to learn, translate and retain key vocabulary. Completely updated to include over 10,000 fully illustrated terms
The Japanese and English Bilingual Visual Dictionary makes Japanese as simple as possible to learn, translate and retain key vocabulary. Completely updated to include over 10,000 fully illustrated ter
This Polish and English Bilingual Visual Dictionary makes Polish simple for readers to learn, translate and retain key vocabulary. Completely updated to include over 10,000 fully illustrated terms in
The Hindi and English Bilingual Visual Dictionary makes Hindi simple for readers to learn, translate and retain key vocabulary. Completely updated to include over 10,000 fully illustrated terms in bot
This innovative and unique book is a visual guide to the buildings that surround us, naming all the visible architectural features. Unlike other architectural dictionaries, the reader doesn't have to
Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium, celebrates one the most popular home computers of all time. It takes you on a journey through the C64's varied and colourful gaming library. Starting in 1982 with e
Is it possible to make sense of something as elusive as creativity? Creativity works in mysterious ways, with inspiration often arising out of nowhere - and then failing to show up when we need it mos
