《中国美术院校教材：潘思同水彩画直观教材选》所介绍的是潘思同20世纪五、六十年代在浙江美术学院水彩画教学中使用的部分直观教材。所谓直观教材就是上课时的图示和示范作品。由于上课的教学时间有限，不可能在课堂里做大量示范，所以在每堂课上课之前，作为备课，潘思同都要针对一、二个问题，画一些直观教材，上面配备必要的文字说明，一方面为了节省时间，另一方面也为了取得视觉效果。在直观教材中，有些图本身就是独立的作品，因此，下课后学生常常争先恐后地拿去观摩、临摹。对这些直观教材，学生反应很好，有些青年教师也常借去作为参考。当时许多同行建议让这些教材印刷出版，但由于当时彩色印刷费用高昂，会大大提高书价，而且印刷质量也大有问题，如果采用黑白图版则大大削弱教材的直观效果，因而始终未能出版面世1993年，“

《不朽的小提琴家》再现了历史上不朽小提琴家的魅力，简要而有趣地叙述其生活、个性与事业。作者就他们对作曲者、公众品味的影响以及演奏技巧的贡献等各个方面，讲述了这些小提琴家的特殊成就。 作者玛格丽特·坎贝尔参阅了大量的书信和私人文件，并且访问许多著名音乐家，很多人为《不朽的小提琴家》提供了从未发表过的回忆录和珍贵照片。 《不朽的小提琴家》是一本献给音乐会听众、唱片收藏者（有“唱片目录”）、弦乐演奏者和学生等所有爱好小提琴演奏艺术者的书。

数千年的农耕时代，在看似单调的百姓生活里，深藏着博大沉雄的文化因子。构成了绵延不断的历史信息链，无所不包地传递着中华民族心理的密码，编织出中侉民族所特有的审美追求和伟大的创造精神，至今仍闪烁着璀璨的光华，为当代文化提供着无尽的营养、彰明的昭示和有益的启迪。??????本书着眼于儿童成长的认知规律，在浩瀚的民间美术领域中，根据学科特点，选取了部分“中国民间吉祥纹样”作为美术教育资源之一，从中发掘出一些可被转换成具有现代审美价值和创造意味的美术教育形式，力求以丰富的文化知识内涵发儿童在“读图时代”中的感悟能力，使他们自幼在本民族特质文化的熏陶中，以文化自尊的态度去面对扑逆迷离的信息社会。此书的出版，无疑是对美术课程改革的一次突破性探索，为构建具有中国民族特色的少儿教育带来了许多有益的启

Treasury of great lieder filled with melodic lyricism. Among the most admired of Strauss's songs, their settings range from simple (Morgen!) to ornate (Allerseelen), and their mood from serene (Ruhe meine Seele) to passionate (Sehnsucht). Singers will find them irresistible. They are reprinted here from authoritative editions.

The global exchange of design and taste is at its most fertilebetween Asia and the West. Leading Asian designers and architectshave reprocessed international ideas and functionality into theidiom of varied Asian cultures, from India to China, Japan andSoutheast Asia. Asia Home is a wide-ranging look at contemporarydesign from across the region, featuring more than 100 homes andmore than 50 top designers. Michael Freeman, arenowned author-photographer, illustrates his forays into some ofAsia's loveliest homes, spaces that showcase what contemporaryAsian design truly is.

100s of carefully selected cardboard display designs created from one or more die-cuts. An essential source of reference for all design professionals searching for a surprising format and originality within the technical resolution. please feel free to use any of the die-cuts included in the CD.

Although his musical output was not large, French composer Erik Satie (1866-1925) exercised a profound effect on 20th-century music. His innovative harmonies, freedom of form, and mastery of musical understatement influenced a diverse company of modern masters, ranging from Debussy and Ravel to Milhaud, Poulenc and Cage. According to English musicologist Rollo Myers, the twenty short pieces known as Sports et Divertissements are especially revealing examples, of the composer's talents: "These little masterpieces of wit and ironic observation reveal his genius perhaps more convincingly than any of his other works, with the exception of [the cantata] Socrate." Satie composed the pieces - brilliant thumbnail sketches of various outdoor sports and amusements-to accompany an album of charming, sophisticated drawings by Charles Martin, a well-known illustrator of the day. He also added droll verbal.

This exhaustive look at a long century of art making and art questioning is, understandably, more broad than it is deep. A massive, boxed, two-volume set, it's divided into sections on painting, sculpture, new media (performance art, video art, earth art, etc.), and photography, with a 150-page biographical appendix of all of the 780 artists whose works are illustrated in the main sections of the book. The original German text, written by a team of writers and art historians, has been fluidly translated by John William Gabriel. The authors are very much of their own time and place: there are more works from after World War II than before it, and many more German artists--including mediocre and derivative ones--make the cut than if the book had been written by, say, an English or a French team. In fact, the English seem slightly shortchanged here. William Tucker, still a vital influence, is represented by a 1967 minimal sculpture and a four-word mention, and painter Howard Hodgkin is omitted entirely. And whil

School buildings are constantly evolving to meet the needs ofthe next generation of teachers and students. This book presentsmore than 40 projects from the USA, showcasing leading elementaryand secondary school design. Featred projects factor in importantdesign elements including security and safety, new technology,resource centres and energy conservation. They must also accomodateflexible learning environments for a range of student groups.Full-colour photos, plans, drawings and de*ive text accompanythe projects.

In this beautiful book, Pulitzer Prize--winning musician andcomposer Wynton Marsalis draws upon lessons he's learned from alifetime in jazz-lessons that can help us all move to higherground. With wit and candor he demystifies the music that is thebirthright of every American and demonstrates how a realunderstanding of the central idea of jazz-the unique balancebetween self-expression and sacrifice for the common goodexemplified on the bandstand-can enrich every aspect of our lives,from the bedroom to the boardroom, from the schoolroom to CityHall. Along the way, Marsalis helps us understand the life-changingmessage of the blues, reveals secrets about playing-andlistening-and passes on wisdom he has gleaned from working withthree generations of great musicians. Illuminating and inspiring,Moving to Higher Ground is a master class on jazz and life,conducted by a brilliant American artist.

The Van de Star collection of ethnic jewellery is unique, bothin size and in quality. It brings together masterpieces fromAfrica, the Arab world. India, Central and Southeast Asia, and thePacific Islands. Each of these areas has its own individual designsand its own specific uses and symbolism attached to the jewellery.Materials used include gold, silver and many types of gemstones,but also more everyday materials such as leather, coral, beads,bone, teeth and shells. In this lavishly illustrated book, morethan 500 magnificent pieces are presented in colour, together withdetailed de*ions. Authoritative texts are included aboutjewellery making and the history, uses and designs from the variousareas. These chapters are further illustrated with historical andcontemporary photographs that show the jewellery being worn.

Renowned as one of the foremost early exponents of Darwinism, biologist- philosopher Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) advocated the continuity of all organic and inorganic life--from prehistoric times to the present. His marvelous renderings of exotic organic life forms first appeared in his famous Kunstformen der Natur, an illustrated study he developed through research on such life forms as spiders, turtles, hummingbirds, algae, starfish, and lichens. Drawn with an awareness of subtle evolutionary changes, hundreds of his figures are displayed in this comprehensive, illustrated collection. Included are: One CD-ROM containing 608 high-quality, permission-free images, many in color, saved in TIFF format A large-format 48-page book with every image on the CD-ROM printed large and clearly for easy reference One of the great landmarks of applied art, this collection of beautifully rendered natural forms is perfect for direct use by artists and illustrators as well as for study by stude