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New and Published Books

1. The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts

   Edited by Michael Biggs, Henrik Karlsson

   The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts is a major collection of new writings on research in the creative and performing arts by leading authorities from around the world. It provides theoretical and practical approaches to identifying, structuring and resolving some of the key issues in...

   Published January 5th 2012 by Routledge
2. Paper and Water: A Guide for Conservators

   By Gerhard Banik, Irene Bruckle

   Series: Routledge Series in Conservation and Museology

   This is the first compendium for conservation professionals involved in the preservation of paper artifacts in archives, libraries and fine art museums around the world. The global team of expert authors explain the principal interactions between paper and water, a topic of primary importance for...

   Published March 28th 2011 by Routledge
3. Aesthetic Experience

   Edited by Richard Shusterman, Adele Tomlin

   Series: Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy

   In this volume, a team of internationally respected contributors theorize the concept of aesthetic experience and its value. Exposing and expanding our restricted cultural and intellectual presuppositions of what constitutes aesthetic experience, the book aims to re-explore and...

   Published October 14th 2010 by Routledge
4. CTTE 23.1

   Edited by VARIOUS AUTHORS

   Published November 5th 2009 by Routledge
5. Italian Renaissance Frames at the V&A

   By Christine Powell, Zoe Allen

   This visually stunning and technically detailed book is an in-depth analysis of the materials and techniques used on thirty eight of the V&A's Renaissance frames. The book will teach the reader to recognise frame style, structure and surface decoration of the period, as well as additions and...

   Published September 28th 2009 by Routledge
6. Ctte 23.4

   Edited by VARIOUS AUTHORS

   Published July 31st 2009 by Routledge
7. Ctte 23.3

   Edited by VARIOUS AUTHORS

   Published May 31st 2009 by Routledge
8. Learning to Look at Paintings

   2nd Edition

   By Mary Acton

   Learning to Look at Paintings is an accessible guide to the study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. Mary Acton shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by analysing how it works, what its pictorial elements are...

   Published September 29th 2008 by Routledge
9. Pigment Compendium

   By Nicholas Eastaugh, Valentine Walsh, Tracey Chaplin, Ruth Siddall

   This is an essential purchase for all painting conservators and conservation scientists dealing with paintings and painted objects. It provides the first definitive manual dedicated to optical microscopy of historical pigments. Illustrated throughout with full colour images reproduced to the...

   Published June 15th 2008 by Routledge
10. Art History: The Basics

    By Grant Pooke, Diana Newall

    Series: The Basics

    Art History: The Basics is a concise and accessible introduction for the general reader and the undergraduate approaching the history of art for the first time at college or university. It will give you answers to questions like: What is art and art history? What are the main methodologies...

    Published November 20th 2007 by Routledge