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Originally published in 1999, and long out of print, this revised and updated version of Techniques of Drawing gives an ......more
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The 50th edition of International Directory of Arts (IDA) contains about 143,000 addresses (including telephone and fax ......more
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This volume celebrates Simon Gaunt’s scholarship by exploring the current boundaries and future directions of medieval F......more
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