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Outdoor Sketching; Four Talks Given before the Art Institute of Chicago; The Scammon Lectures, 1914

Jean De Fontaine

Tales and Novels of J. de La Fontaine - Volume 06, a classical book, has been considered essential throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten…

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A catalogue of etchings by Joseph Pennell in the Joseph Brooks Fair collection; the Art Institute of Chicago, 1911

This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the…

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Patternmaking for Dress Design: 9 Iconic Styles from Empire to Cheongsam

Pamela Vanderlinde (School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Illinois Institute of Art - Chicago, USA)

Detailed patterns and step-by-step instructions guide fashion designers through creating 9 iconic dresses. With background on each garment’s historical significance and examples of how they’ve reinvented in contemporary collections –

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A Catalogue of a Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, etc., in Coloured Jasper and Basalte, Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, F.R .S., at Etruria, in the County of Stafford, England, 1760-1795

Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, Frederick Rathbone

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A Catalogue of a Collection of Plaques, Medallions, Vases, Figures, etc., in Coloured Jasper and Basalte, Produced by Josiah Wedgwood, F.R .S., at Etruria, in the County of Stafford, England, 1760-1795

Frank Wakeley Gunsaulus, Frederick Rathbone

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The Shangri-Las’ Golden Hits of the Shangri-Las

Ada Wolin (Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

Of the many girl-groups that came out of the 1960s, none is more idiosyncratic and influential than the Shangri-Las. They were together only five years, but within that time they…

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Practical Approaches to Collections Care

Samantha Forsko (Art Institute of Chicago, USA.)

This book offers a stepped approach to collections care and preservation, discussing realistic, efficient, and sustainable approaches that any collections care program can follow, no matter its size or resources…

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Practical Approaches to Collections Care

Samantha Forsko (Art Institute of Chicago, USA.)

This book offers a stepped approach to collections care and preservation, discussing realistic, efficient, and sustainable approaches that any collections care program can follow, no matter its size or resources…

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The Joy of Abstraction: An Exploration of Math, Category Theory, and Life

Eugenia Cheng (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

Journey through the world of abstract mathematics into category theory with popular science author Eugenia Cheng. Featuring humanizing examples and demystification of mathematical thought processes, this book is for fans…

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The Interdependence of the Arts of Design: A Series of Six Lectures Delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago, Being the Scammon Lectures for 1904

Russell Sturgis, Jr.

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Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Paintings, Sculptures and Jade Objects From the Collection Formed by Charles Lang Freer and Given by Him to the Nation Through The Smithsonian Institution

Frederick William 1853- Gookin

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For the Love of Letterpress: A Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students

Cathie Ruggie Saunders (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA),Martha Chiplis (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

Winner - American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design USA

Conveying the authors’ love of the letterpress process and product, this book presents the technical, historical, aesthetic and practical information necessary…

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A Memorial Collection of Works by Walter Shirlaw, N. A. the Art Institute of Chicago, January 3 to 22, 1911

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either…

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Catalogue of a Loan Exhibition of American Paintings; The Art Institute of Chicago, January 8 to January 28, 1914

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Glenn Ligon: Untitled (I Am a Man)

Gregg Bordowitz (Director, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

An illustrated examination of Glenn Ligon’s iconic Untitled (I Am a Man) (1988)-a quotation, an appropriated text turned into an artifact.

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Henri Matisse: Modernist Against the Grain

Catherine Bock-Weiss (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

Addresses the paradox of Matisse’s status as a canonical modern artist, but one whose work and career cannot be mapped onto conventional histories of an insurrectionary modernism. This book considers…

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Creative Response Activities for Children on the Spectrum: A Therapeutic and Educational Memoir

David R. Henley (The Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

Written by a nationally recognized authority on child art therapy, Creative Response Activities for Children on the Spectrum is a clear, comprehensive, and intuitive guide that offers a wide selection…

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Creative Response Activities for Children on the Spectrum: A Therapeutic and Educational Memoir

David R. Henley (The Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

Written by a nationally recognized authority on child art therapy, Creative Response Activities for Children on the Spectrum is a clear, comprehensive, and intuitive guide that offers a wide selection…

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Six Lectures on Some Nineteenth Century Artists, English and French, Delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago: Being the Scammon Lectures for the Year 1907

William Angus Knight

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Network Theory and Nashville

Assistant Professor Adj Zachary Tavlin (School of the Art Institute of Chicago USA)

Network Theory and Nashville offers a concise overview of network theory, the study of the way elements in a network interact, with particular attention to the form of the network…

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Network Theory and Nashville

Assistant Professor Adj Zachary Tavlin (School of the Art Institute of Chicago USA)

Network Theory and Nashville offers a concise overview of network theory, the study of the way elements in a network interact, with particular attention to the form of the network…

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Against Ambience and Other Essays

Seth Kim-Cohen (Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

An argument against the ambient turn in contemporary art.

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The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame

Clive Hazell (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA),Mark Kiel

In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, the authors attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by pairing classical Group Relations…

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Against Ambience and Other Essays

Seth Kim-Cohen (Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

An argument against the ambient turn in contemporary art.

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The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame

Clive Hazell (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA),Mark Kiel

In The Tavistock Learning Group: Exploration Outside the Traditional Frame, the authors attempt to expand the heuristic, theoretical, and applied dimensions of Group Relations paradigms by pairing classical Group Relations…

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In the Blink of an Ear: Toward a Non-Cochlear Sonic Art

Seth Kim-Cohen (Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

Traces the interactions and mutual influences of art and music. This book presents a narrative of late-Modern/Postmodern artistic practice, connecting familiar events, figures and works to less-familiar precedents and antecedents…

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Six Lectures on Some Nineteenth Century Artists, English and French: Delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago, Being the Scammon Lectures for the Year 1907 (1909)

William Angus Knight

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Mural Painting in America: the Scammon Lectures Delivered Before the Art Institute of Chicago, March 1912, and Since Greatly Enlarged / by Edwin Howland Blashfield.

Edwin H Blashfield

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Six Lectures on Some Nineteenth Century Artists, English and French: Delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago, Being the Scammon Lectures for the Year 1907 (1909)

William Angus Knight

""Six Lectures On Some Nineteenth Century Artists, English And French: Delivered At The Art Institute Of Chicago, Being The Scammon Lectures For The Year 1907"" is a book written by…

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Being Guilty: Freedom, Responsibility, and Conscience in German Philosophy from Kant to Heidegger

Guy Elgat (Lecturer, Lecturer, School of the Art Institute Chicago)

What can guilt, the painful sting of the bad conscience, tell us about who we are as human beings? How can it be explained or justified? Being Guilty seeks to…

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Art-Based Supervision: Cultivating Therapeutic Insight Through Imagery

Barbara J. Fish (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Art-Based Supervision is a unique text for graduate supervision classes and seminars as well as a resource for post-graduate supervisors and practitioners.

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Art-Based Supervision: Cultivating Therapeutic Insight Through Imagery

Barbara J. Fish (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA)

Art-Based Supervision is a unique text for graduate supervision classes and seminars as well as a resource for post-graduate supervisors and practitioners.

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Chicken: A Comic Cat Memoir

Terese Jungle (M.F.A. in Visual Communications from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

A graphic memoir telling the true story about a nomadic artist and her relationship with an adorable cat named Chicken. Told in 72 full-color illustrations, Chicken is the soulful expression…

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Six Lectures on Some Nineteenth Century Artists, English and French: Delivered at the Art Institute of Chicago, Being the Scammon Lectures for the Year 1907 (1909)

William Angus Knight

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…

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The Art Institute of Chicago Catalogue of two Exhibitions of Paintings by Alexander and Birge Harrison From October Tenth to October Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen

Birge Harrison, Alexander Harrison

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The Art Institute of Chicago Catalogue of two Exhibitions of Paintings by Alexander and Birge Harrison From October Tenth to October Thirtieth, Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen

Birge Harrison, Alexander Harrison

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Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein’s Ambassadors

Jennifer Nelson (Assistant Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of the Art Institution of Chicago)

Explores how certain educated northern Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century increasingly saw their world as disharmonious and inclusive of mutual contradiction. Examines how early modern writers…

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Disharmony of the Spheres: The Europe of Holbein’s Ambassadors

Jennifer Nelson (Assistant Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of the Art Institution of Chicago)

Explores how certain educated northern Europeans in the first half of the sixteenth century increasingly saw their world as disharmonious and inclusive of mutual contradiction. Examines how early modern writers…

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Chicken: A Comic Cat Memoir

Terese Jungle (M.F.A. in Visual Communications from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

A graphic memoir telling the true story about a nomadic artist and her relationship with an adorable cat named Chicken. Told in 72 full-color illustrations, Chicken is the soulful expression…

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The Domain of Images

James Elkins (Associate Professor of Art History, Theory, and Criticism, School of Art Institute, Chicago, USA)

In the domain of visual images, those of fine art form a tiny minority. This original and brilliant book calls upon art historians to look beyond their traditional subjects-painting, drawing…

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Reden: Gehalten bei einer Versammlung der mit der Missouri-Synode verbundenen lutherischen Gemeinden Chicagos im Art Institute am 3. September 1893

Franz Pieper

Reden - Gehalten bei einer Versammlung der mit der Missouri-Synode verbundenen lutherischen Gemeinden Chicagos im Art Institute am 3. September 1893 ist ein unveranderter, hochwertiger Nachdruck der Originalausgabe aus dem…

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The Art of Couture Sewing

Zoya Nudelman (Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago, USA)

A practical guide to the fine construction practices used in couture workrooms. It presents fully-illustrated instructions on constructing a couture dress from start to finish. It covers draping techniques used…

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Creations in Ecclesiastical Art, Daprato Statuary Company, Pontifical Institute of Christian Art, Chicago, New York

This beautiful book showcases the work of Daprato Statuary Company, a leading manufacturer of ecclesiastical art. From altars to statues to stained glass windows, the company's master craftsmen create breathtaking…

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Group Therapy for Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Adapting the Tavistock method

Diana Semmelhack (Midwestern University, USA),Larry Ende (Psychotherapist, Illinois, USA),Clive Hazell (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which incapacitate them and may…

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Group Therapy for Adults with Severe Mental Illness: Adapting the Tavistock method

Diana Semmelhack (Midwestern University, USA),Larry Ende (Psychotherapist, Illinois, USA),Clive Hazell (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA)

Mental illness is prevalent in society with a quarter of individuals having a diagnosable mental illness. A growing percentage of these individuals develop severe disorders which incapacitate them and may…

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Creations in Ecclesiastical Art, Daprato Statuary Company, Pontifical Institute of Christian Art, Chicago, New York: Altars Famous for Quality of Workmanship; Studios; Chicago, Ill., and Pietrasanta, Italy

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