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The Postcard Century
2000 Cards and Their Messages Crafts & Hobbies
Tom Phillips
Thames & Hudson 2000  452 pages
Paperback  Illustrated  0500975906  300x245mm
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'A composite illustrated diary in which nearly 2,000 people have made their entries', this engrossing book is a year-by-year history of the 20th century in postcards. Each year begins with a card of special relevance - the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900, the opening of the Bilbao Guggenheim in 1998 - and views of London and New York posted during that year, followed by a selection of greetings from private journeys or great public events, with transcribed messages of the cards and notes.
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Drawing
Mastering the Language of Visual Expression Crafts & Hobbies
Keith Micklewright
Laurence King 2005  168 pages
Paperback  Illustrated  1856694607  255x215mm
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'Being visually illiterate is the main obstacle to producing a drawing' writes Keith Micklewright, and in this book he offers a guide to learning the 'language of drawing' and how to think visually. Beginning with the origins of and reasons for drawing, Micklewright deals with concepts such as proportion, tonal value, form and space, selection and emphasis, and uses over 100 drawings by artists from Rembrandt to De Kooning to illustrate ideas and techniques.
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