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Artspeak: A Strategy Towards Visual Literacy in Art

Author(s): Andrea Ciaston D.A.

New Second Edition Now Available!The ARTSPEAK curriculum deeply examines foundational aesthetic theories, tracing their evolution across diverse cultures and eras. Students culminate the coursework by applying these principles through a hands-on studio project, taking a comprehensive approach to und...

From Bakersfield to Beale Street: A Regional History of American Rock 'n Roll from Rockabilly to MTV

Author(s): David Stuart, Ryan Sheeler

Ecclesiastes said it well: “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” From Bakersfield to Beale Street traces the origins and evolution of American rock ‘n’ roll between 1940 and 1987 by examining the intersection of styles and regional ...

The Aspects of Contemporary Photographic Lighting

Author(s): Jesse Miller, Mark Zimmerman

The Aspects of Contemporary Photographic Lighting explores and explains how to work with lighting in photography in an effective way. Lighting has proven to be difficult for most beginners. Offering advice from personal experience, the author covers the many different aspects of lighting in photogra...

Reflections Made of Memories

Author(s): James C Watkins

Reflections Made of Memories contains 12 stories with photographs that explain the influences and development of the author's artwork. These stories outline his creative motivations and clarify the aesthetic values achieved through extraordinary experiences. The last chapter documents the making and...

Art History Today: A Workbook

Author(s): Liv Deborah Walberg

New Edition Now Available! In the 21st century, we see more images on our cell phones in one hour than someone in Renaissance Italy saw in an entire lifetime. Art is not just contained to museums – it is all around us. Tattoo art, customized cars, graffiti on the walls of subways / trains, des...

Western Music SDG: A Concise Overview

Author(s): Phil Norris

Western Music SDG: A Concise Overview is a concise, affordable, comprehensive and faith-based survey of Western music from a biblical worldview. It is based on over 30 years developing and teaching  Western Music SDG: Offers an accessible presentation of Western music in straightforward lan...

Exploring the Nature of Creativity

Author(s): Jon Michael Fox, Ronni Lea Fox

Exploring the Nature of Creativity provides an introduction to creativity for the curious, the uninitiated, the students of beginning classes, and all other interested persons beginning their inquiry into the field of creativity research. Conversational knowledge is not easily gleaned from formal re...

Jazz Appreciation

Author(s): Steve Roach

Jazz Appreciation provides an extensive overview of the origins and development of jazz from its roots in the pre-jazz styles of the late nineteenth century to its contemporary styles of the present. The turn-key course package emphasizes the evolution of different jazz styles and trends while insti...

Communicating Literature: An Introduction to Oral Interpretation

Author(s): Todd V Lewis

­The performance of literature discipline seems as vibrant and innovative as ever. The new seventh edition of Communicating Literature: An Introduction to Oral Interpretation reflects changes in the performance of literature since the first edition was published in 1991. The publication offers a ...