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Drawing Masterclass
Gorgeously illustrated and practical, this guide to the art of drawing employs a close analysis of great works to reveal techniques and lessons that will help practitioners at every level. The art of drawing is an essential skill for any artist. This beautifully produced book uses 100 great works on paper as its lessons. Each spread features a reproduction of one work, and offers invaluable lessons about the approaches and techniques the artist used. Organized into chapters on nudes, figures, landscapes, still life, heads, fantasy, and abstraction, the book breaks down the featured works in different ways. For instance it explores how differences in tone and shadow bring life to a standing f...
The Music Explorer
This book originated in the popular ABC FM series 'The Classical Music Explorer', broadcast in 2001 and 2002 -- but the range of this book is broader. As the title implies, Guy Noble explores some facets of music and the lives and expertise of those involved in writing and performing it. These include not only the 'greats' -- Verdi, Handel, Sondheim, Lloyd-Webber, Duke Ellington -- but those whose contribution is often underrated (the accompanist), frequently overrated (the conductor), and the occasionally ignored (the music broadcaster!). One feature of this book is a series of 'this is your life'-type 'interviews' between Guy and various famous composers, including Mozart, Clara Schumann and Handel.
More Word of the Day
What would you do with a fuggan? What is a toxophilite devoted to? What's the difference between a gongoozler and a gongfarmer? This mind-stretching new collection of 250 words from the popular ABC Classic FM Breakfast segment 'Word of the Day' explores the sublime and ridiculous depths of our language. Guaranteed to intrigue and entertain word buffs everywhere.
Museums, Health and Well-Being
The role of museums in enhancing well-being and improving health through social intervention is one of the foremost topics of importance in the museums sector today. With an aging population and emerging policies on the social responsibilities of museums, the sector is facing an unprecedented challenge in how to develop services to meet the needs of its communities in a more holistic and inclusive way. This book sets the scene for the future of museums where the health and well-being of communities is top of the agenda. The authors draw together existing research and best practice in the area of museum interventions in health and social care and offer a detailed overview of the multifarious outcomes of such interactions, including benefits and challenges. This timely book will be essential reading for museum professionals, particularly those involved in access and education, students of museums and heritage studies, as well as practitioners of arts in health, art therapists, care and community workers.
GoatMan
The dazzling success of The Toaster Project, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, "stuck in a big, dark hole." Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds. From this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human? GoatMan tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as "a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures."
