"With more than 1,700 entries, The Concise Dictionary of Art Terms is an accessible and comprehensive A-Z guide covering a wide range of terms from the visual art world, including periods, styles, materials, well-known schools, techniques, and much more. In this new edition, the text has been fully revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the field, and has been expanded with more than 100 new entries, focusing primaril ..."
"From Baroque to Postmodernism, batik to mezzotint, and canvas to porcelain, this new dictionary provides succinct and accessible explanations of over 1,650 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world. · Features extensive coverage of periods and styles throughout art history · Includes many materials, techniques, technical and foreign terms · Explains philosophical terms and methodologies"
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Redemption(1st Edition) A Street Fighter's Path to Peace by MichaelClarke Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2016 by Ymaa Publication Center ISBN-13: 978-1-59439-378-5, ISBN: 1-59439-378-8
" FINALIST – Autobiography / Memoirs, 2016 Best Books Award"A British “karateka” offers a bone-crushing, lip-splitting, and often elegant memoir of a tough guy searching for higher meaning through the study of martial arts." ―Kirkus Reviews"In this memoir describing how karate turned his life around, Clarke displays passion and grit in spades." ―Foreword Reviews Michael Clarke was an angry, vicious kid, a street fighter. He grew up in t ..."
Shin Gi Tai(1st Edition) Karate Training for Body, Mind, and Spirit by MichaelClarke Paperback, 296 Pages, Published 2011 by Ymaa Publication Center ISBN-13: 978-1-59439-217-7, ISBN: 1-59439-217-X
"Winner - 2012 International Book AwardFinalist - 2012 Book of the Year Award by ForeWord MagazineHonorable Mention - 2013 Eric Hoffer AwardWithin these pages, you will discover traditional karate; along the way, perhaps many of your own beliefs about karate will be confronted. You might have a body capable of mastering karate’s physical techniques, but do you have a mind with a level of awareness that is able to grasp the true spiri ..."
Poussin to Seurat French Drawings from the National Gallery of Scotland by MichaelClarke Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2011 by National Galleries Of Scotland ISBN-13: 978-1-906270-31-5, ISBN: 1-906270-31-7
"This book discusses and catalogues a selection of the finest French drawings from the collection of the National Gallery of Scotland. Ranging in date from the Renaissance to the end of the nineteenth century, it includes major examples by Claude, Poussin, Ingres and Seurat as well as many other fascinating artists from this highly productive national school. A particular feature of this selection will be aquisitions made over the past t ..."
Challenging Choices Ideology, Consumerism and Policy by MichaelClarke Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2010 by Policy Press ISBN-13: 978-1-84742-397-9, ISBN: 1-84742-397-3
"Choice pervades our society, and for good reason: we live in a society founded on political rights to choose, along with an economy based on market choices and consumerism. But we have now reached a position in which choice is extended almost everywhere. Choice has become an ideology: more is invariably seen as beneficial, and it is often used as a solution to challenging policy issues. But choice is not the panacea we are led to believ ..."
"Monet was the most remarkable of all the Impressionist landscape painters. And perhaps at no point in his career was his work more varied than in the years between 1878 and 1883. During this time he produced some 300 paintings, many of them are amongst his finest works. His painting encompassed motifs of village and river, cliff and wave, as well as expressive portraits and rich still-lifes. For much of this period Monet lived at V,the ..."
Citizen's Financial Futures The Regulation of Retail Investment Financial Services in Britain by MichaelClarke Hardcover, 256 Pages, Published 1998 by Ashgate Publishing Limited ISBN-13: 978-1-84014-117-7, ISBN: 1-84014-117-4
"This is a review of recent changes in the regulation of retail financial investment services and products, notably the creation of the Personal Investment Authority and the continuing roles of the Office of Fair Trading and the Securities and Investments Board. The attempt to establish new regulatory standards in the wake of the personal pensions mis-selling and other scandals is critically appraised in the light of evidence of the need ..."
Monet to Matisse(1st Edition) Landscape Painting in France, 1874-1914 by Thomson Richard, MichaelClarke Paperback, Published 1994 by National Galleries Of Scotland ISBN-13: 978-0-903598-47-7, ISBN: 0-903598-47-7
Eyewitness Art - Watercolour (Spanish Edition) by Michael. Clarke Hardcover, 64 Pages, Published 1993 by Dk Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) ISBN-13: 978-0-7513-1018-4, ISBN: 0-7513-1018-2
"Shows the development of artistic styles using watercolour, from ancient Egypt to the present day, and provides detailed technical examinations of selected works. Suggested level: secondary."
The tempting prospect A social history of English watercolours (Colonnade book) by MichaelClarke 160 Pages, Published 1981 by Brit. Museum Pubns. ISBN-13: 978-0-7141-8016-8, ISBN: 0-7141-8016-5
A Question of Security The British Defence Review in an Age of Austerity (Rusi Defense and Security Studies) by Michael Codner, MichaelClarke Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2011 by I. B. Tauris ISBN-13: 978-1-84885-606-6, ISBN: 1-84885-606-7
"Britain now faces fundamental choices in organising its armed forces and military strategy - more so than at any time since the 1930s. This vital new book prepares the ground for a major government review of UK defence and security policy, analysing every important facet the review will face: from the spending constraints created by the financial crisis, to the decisions the country has to take on matters of war, peace and terrorism. Th ..."
"‘These wartime reports provide illuminating insights into aspects of Lawrence’s enigmatic character which would later be suppressed as his darker side emerged in Seven Pillars of Wisdom.’ – Simon Courtauld in the Evening Standard Despite being written more than seventy years ago, the thoughts of Lawrence of Arabia remain remarkably pertinent. This collection includes Lawrence’s wartime reports from the desert, along with later writings ..."