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        The Arts
        2011

        Signs of China

        by Project group of Picture

        Nearly fifty symbols of traditional Chinese culture with strong symbolism, high recognition and extensive influence are selected in this book, whose connotation covers the fields like architecture, collection, dress and personal adornment, military affairs, health preservance and folk arts. The symbols are of special postion and meaning in the history of traditional Chinese culture since they are stereo, multidimensional, and full of fresh color and life with profound historical origins and cultural significance; therefore they not only bring people a visional impact and enjoyment, but conform with the Chinese aesthetic ideas and cultural complex in their innermost hearts; furthermore created originally by the Chinese ethnic peoples, they have a very deep brand of traditional Chinese aesthetic sentiment and historical memory, meanwhile they make a great effect on the development of culture and arts of mankind. With a view to make the panoramic scan of “traditional Chinese cultural symbols” this time, the compilers intend to display the essence of the culture of Chinese symbols and record the new growth of traditional Chinese culture truthfully through plentiful exqusite pictures in the lively and concise language on the basis of the principle of respecting history and deep exploration.

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        June 2022

        Mogao Grottoes Art in Dunhuang

        by Chang Shuhong (1904–1994), the author, was a famous artist and researcher on the art of Dunhuang. As the founder of Dunhuang Studies and a pioneer of Dunhuang cultural undertakings, he was honored as "the guardian of Dunhuang."

        Mogao Grottoes Art in Dunhuang is general reading material about the art of Dunhuang grottoes, and it’s the ingenious work of Mr. Chang Shuhong, the pioneer of Dunhuang Studies in China.

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        December 2022

        Art Works of Chang ShuhongVol.1

        by The author Chang Shuhong (1904-1994) was a renowned artist and Dunhuang art researcher. He is considered the founder of Dunhuang studies and the pioneer of Dunhuang cultural career in China, earning him the title "Guardian of Dunhuang."

        Carefully selected and meticulously compiled, this collection features nearly four hundred artworks from the various stages of Mr. Chang Shuhong's artistic career. It encompasses a wide range of categories, including oil paintings, watercolors, copies, sketches, and more, offering a comprehensive showcase of the distinctive creative characteristics of Mr. Chang Shuhong across different periods and reflecting his artistic journey under different circumstances. Authored by experts from the Dunhuang Academy, the detailed annotations provide valuable insights into the background of each piece, aiding readers in gaining a deeper understanding of the stories behind the artworks and interpreting Dunhuang art.

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        December 2022

        Art Works of Chang ShuhongVol.2

        by The author Chang Shuhong (1904-1994) was a renowned artist and Dunhuang art researcher. He is considered the founder of Dunhuang studies and the pioneer of Dunhuang cultural career in China, earning him the title "Guardian of Dunhuang."

        Carefully selected and meticulously compiled, this collection features nearly four hundred artworks from the various stages of Mr. Chang Shuhong's artistic career. It encompasses a wide range of categories, including oil paintings, watercolors, copies, sketches, and more, offering a comprehensive showcase of the distinctive creative characteristics of Mr. Chang Shuhong across different periods and reflecting his artistic journey under different circumstances. Authored by experts from the Dunhuang Academy, the detailed annotations provide valuable insights into the background of each piece, aiding readers in gaining a deeper understanding of the stories behind the artworks and interpreting Dunhuang art.

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        The Arts
        July 2024

        Italian graphic design

        Culture and practice in Milan, 1930s-60s

        by Chiara Barbieri

        Italian graphic design offers a new perspective on the subject by exploring the emergence and articulation of graphic design practice, from the interwar period through to the appearance of an international graphic design discourse in the 1960s. The book asks how graphic designers learned their trade and investigates the ways in which they organised and made their practice visible while negotiating their collective identity with neighbouring practices such as typography, advertising and industrial design. Attention is drawn to everyday design practice, educational issues, mediating channels, networks, design exchange, organisational strategies and discourses on modernism. Drawing on a wide range of primary sources and placing an emphasis on visual analysis, this book provides a model for a contextualised graphic design history as an integral part of the history of design and visual culture.

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        Graphic novels: true stories & non-fiction
        2021

        A Brief History of Ukrainian Feminism. Graphic novel

        by Mykola Yabchenko

        Feminism is a living phenomenon, but its history can and should be recorded. A number of serious works on the history of the women's movement and feminism have been published in Ukraine, but it is only recently that the history of Ukrainian feminism appeared in the form of a graphic novel. This book is our humble attempt to try and cover the vast history of Ukrainian feminism on a moderate number of pages. We have mentioned many outstanding personalities, but we have not mentioned even more names, for which we immediately apologise - after all, a lot has happened in 150 years and it’s hard to fit all into a relatively small graphic novel. This book may be of interest to those who have only recently become interested in feminism, as it is a brief introduction to the history of Ukrainian feminism. More experienced readers will be delighted to notice some additional details and stories to what they already know.

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        The Arts
        November 2024

        'The industrialized designer'

        Gender, identity and professionalization in Britain and the United States, 1930-80

        by Leah Armstrong

        What does it mean to be called an industrial designer? This book traces the remarkable rise of this professional identity in historical perspective from a position of anonymity in the early twentieth century, to mid-century professionalisation, to decline and disintegration by 1980. Drawing on new, extensive, original archival research, it uncovers the history of a profession in a state of re-invention, 1930-1980 in Britain and the United States. The book tests assumptions about the relationship between the professions in the two countries, bringing them into comparative historical perspective for the first time. The gendered dynamics of professionalisation and their interaction with the representation of the heroic male designer are interrogated and critically examined. Building on new gender perspectives to the history of the industrial design profession, the book calls for a re-examination of the limits and boundaries of what constitutes professional identity and work.

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        History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -
        2021

        Art Nouveau. The Ukrainian Art Styles of 20th century

        by Iryna Mahdysh

        The twentieth century saw an outbreak of new styles in world art, among which Art Nouveau was the first chronologically. Ukraine absorbed all-new European creative ideas, filling them with Ukrainian meanings and forms. For those unfamiliar with Ukrainian art, this book will be a handy and attractive starting entry point to the world of Ukrainian visual culture. Art experts will be able to look at their field from a new angle: to see images of rare works of Ukrainian art nouveau from regional museums and trace the links between national and world trends in the art of the twentieth century.

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        LENGGONG - Crossroads Of The Ancient World (A Graphic History)

        by Saadon Ishak, Sabrina Sofiadin, Imran Mansur

        This illustrated Graphic Novel vividly tells the story of Malaysia's earliest prehistoric society, going back as far as 74,000 years. The Lenggong Valley is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is celebrated for its archeological significance, which demonstrates a pivotal point in human history. LENGGONG - Crossroads Of The Ancient World ( A Graphic History ) brings to life the discovery of the 'PERAK MAN' one of the oldest , most complete skeletal remains found in Southeast Asia, from the perspective of the esteemed Prof. Emeritus Datin Paduka Dr. Siti Zuraina Majid- Malaysia's first archaeologist. Her research put the Lenggong Valley on the archeological world map, proving that early humans migrated from Africa to Australia through Sundaland, a large landmass that passed through Peninsular Malaysia.

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        June 2022

        On Dunhuang Murals

        by Chang Shuhong (1904–1994), the author, was a famous artist and researcher on the art of Dunhuang. As the founder of Dunhuang Studies and a pioneer of Dunhuang cultural undertakings, he was honored as "the guardian of Dunhuang."

        On Dunhuang Murals is general reading material about the art of Dunhuang murals, and it’s the ingenious work of Mr. Chang Shuhong, the pioneer of Dunhuang Studies in China.

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        June 2022

        On Dunhuang Painted Sculptures

        by Chang Shuhong (1904–1994), the author, was a famous artist and researcher on the art of Dunhuang. As the founder of Dunhuang Studies and a pioneer of Dunhuang cultural undertakings, he was honored as "the guardian of Dunhuang."

        On Dunhuang Painted Sculptures is general reading material about the art of Dunhuang painted sculptures, and it’s the ingenious work of Mr. Chang Shuhong, the pioneer of Dunhuang Studies in China.

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        June 2022

        The Splendor of Dunhuang

        Dialogues between Chang Shuhong and Daisaku Ikeda

        by Chang Shuhong (1904–1994), the author, was a famous artist and researcher on the art of Dunhuang. As the founder of Dunhuang Studies and a pioneer of Dunhuang cultural undertakings, he was honored as "the guardian of Dunhuang."

        The book consists of dialogues between Chang Shuhong, the guardian of Dunhuang, and Daisaku Ikeda, a famous Japanese thinker. It contains five chapters, focusing on Dunhuang art and oriental civilization.

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        Product design
        October 2018

        Creative Souvenirs Design

        by Zhu Yue, Yang Meng

        It is quite significant for the souvenirs for travellers to mould fine figures of tourism and make brands for tourism and promote the development of tourism. The souvenirs for travellers which adopt the people's ideas in particular regions, give expressions to the history of the regions, prolong the folk contradition and make the regional culture be rich and bring forth new ideas. No matter who they are, Whatever they are, famous specialized working men or new hands, they have the same wish to activate the regionous culture, then, improve people's income and raise their consumption. The author of the book collects many concrete examples showing the design of the unique keepsakes by outstanding designers from all over the world into the book. Following the publishment of this book, more and more readers  will suely become better and better designers of tourist souvenirs.

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        December 2020

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups·Xibo: The Face-blackening Festival

        by Yan Xiangjun, Gui Runnian

        Every year on January 16th of the lunar calendar, the Xibo people celebrate a unique festival -- the “Face-blackening Festival”. This peculiar festival that features with smearing each other's faces has a magical origin. This book uses the unique legends of the Xibo people to describe the origin of the “Face-blackening Festival”. Behind that legend is the Xibo people’s yearning for a bumper harvest, their resistance to natural disasters, and their praise of the virtues of diligence and thrift. They use a vivid and interesting story to express their best wishes and safeguard notes to future generations while planting the seeds of kindness and frugality in the details of life.

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        Professional interior design
        2021

        Interior Design in Ukraine

        by Lucia Bondar

        Interior Design in Ukraine / Interior Solutions in Residential Premises" is the first full-fledged publication on interior design in residential premises in Ukraine. The book highlights more than 50 of the brightest and most professional interiors created by Ukrainian designers and architects in recent years. The book is a combination of unique ideas and a variety of styles. Projects inspired by Ukrainian history, culture, nature and craft traditions deserve special attention, in most of which designers use materials and furniture from Ukrainian manufacturers.

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        Children's & YA
        January 2011

        The Turnip

        by Ivan Franko (Author), Art Studio Agrafka (Illustrator)

        The Turnip is a classic Ukrainian folktale by Ivan Franko which has now found a creative and illustrative embodiment in the project of the art studio Agrafka (Romana Romanyshyn and Andriy Lesiv, Lviv). The text of the book is now adapted to modern Ukrainian language while preserving all the linguistic features of the original. The publication also provides a dictionary of archaisms, which facilitates reading for young children.    From 3 to 5 years, 532 words   Rightsholders: Diana Semak; bohdanbooksco@gmail.com

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        The White Witch's Garden

        by Dai Yun, Gui Tuzi

        The story of The White Witch's Garden is about a white witch living in the sky wants to create into a garden, and she experimented three thousand years but has not been succeeded. Cannot see the sunlight and no air circulation, no warmth and love, only infinite expectations and a variety of radical experiments, so of course there not open a beautiful flower. The good is that the white witch finally figured it out. She opened the window, let the sun shine in, let the air flow, swept away the tension and anxiety, arrogance and greed in her heart, and the spring would come for the flowers. This picture book is full of children's philosophies and gives children good inspiration for their thoughts. The pictures are beautiful and enhance their aesthetic skills. It is lovely to be persistent, but sometimes it is possible to take a step back, let go of tension and anxiety, and open yourself up to more possibilities.

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        February 2024

        Experimental Design and Analysis for Tree Improvement

        by Emlyn Williams, Chris Harwood, Colin Matheson

        This third edition of Experimental Design and Analysis for Tree Improvement provides a set of practical procedures to follow when planning, designing and analysing tree improvement trials. Using many fully worked examples, it outlines how to: design field, glasshouse and laboratory trials; efficiently collect and construct electronic data files; pre-process data, screening for data quality and outliers; analyse data from single and across-site trials; and interpret the results from statistical analyses. The authors address the many practical issues often faced in forest tree improvement trials and describe techniques that will efficiently give conclusive results. The techniques provided are applicable to the improvement of not only trees, but to crops in general. Building on the success of the second edition, this new edition has been fully revised to include the construction of p-rep and spatial designs using the commercially available software package for design generation (CycDesigN). For analysis of the examples, it provides online Genstat and SAS programs and a link to R programs.

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