William Marrett Chase: Modern American Landscapes, 1886-1890

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Hailed early on as a genius destined to transform American art, William Merritt Chase (1849-1916) put his innovative stamp on American painting during a five-year span when he suddenly changed his technique and subject matter and began producing gorgeous, sun-dappled Impressionist views of New York parks and coastlines-the first Impressionist works ever painted of American landscapes.

This volume-which accompanies an exhibition of Chase's urban landscapes at the Brooklyn Museum of Art-is the first in-depth study of this pivotal period in Chase's career. Armed with new discoveries about the life of the man who became known as "the artistic interpreter of Central Park and Prospect Park," the author shows how Chase turned to his urban scenes to heed the nationalist call of his critics. With splendid illustrations that evoke nostalgia for a now-gone era, this is an impressive work of scholarship-and a book of great appeal for art lovers.

124 photographs, 54 in full color, 9 1/2 x 11"

BARBARA DAYER GALLATI is curator of American painting and sculpture at the Brooklyn Museum of Art. She also teaches art history at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, and is the author of numerous articles, essays, and books on American art. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

EXHIBITION SCHEDULE Brooklyn Museum of Art, New YorkMay 26-Aug. 13, 2000 The Art Institute of ChicagoSept. 7-Nov. 26, 2000 The Museum of Fine Arts, HoustonDec. 13, 2000-Mar. 11, 2001

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"My weimaraners are perfect fashion models. Their elegant slinky forms are covered in gray-and gray, everyone knows, goes with anything."

-William Wegman William Wegman's fanciful photographs and videos of his dogs-seen in galleries and books and on Sesame Street, t-shirts, screensavers, and more-have made him one of America's best-loved artists. Published to accompany a major traveling exhibition, this book presents Wegman's most intriguing and provocative portfolio to date: a series of eerily anthropomorphic (and very funny) high-fashion photographs. Modeling clothes by some of today's most exciting designers, including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Helmut Lang, Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, Todd Oldham, and Anna Sui, canine supermodels Battina, Chundo, Chooky, and Chip display all the attitude and insouciance of their human counterparts-and gently play on our obsession with beauty, style, luxury, and celebrity. 84 illustrations, 79 in full color, 1 foldout, 10 x 12" WILLIAM WEGMAN'S many books for children and adults, which together have sold more than 500,000 copies, include Abrams' perennial favorite Man's Best Friend and its companion calendar as well as the New York Times bestseller William Wegman Puppies, and, most recently, Fay, a biography of his star model. INGRID SISCHY is the editor of Interview magazine. Her essays have appeared in many books, including, most recently, Robert Mapplethorpe: Pictures and Ellen von Unwerth: Couples. EXHIBITION SCHEDULE Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabam Oct. 18, 1999-Jan. 8, 2000 The McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas Apr. 29-June 18, 2000 Miami Art Museum, Florida July 21-Oct. 8, 2000 Contemporary Art Museum, University of South Florida, Tampa Jan. 12-Mar. 3, 2001

Customer Reviews:

Fun, Fashion, and Photography: Putting on the Dog!.......2000-12-31

You can love this book for any one of three reasons:

1. You enjoy dogs (especially weimaraners) and enjoy seeing them unusually well posed to look like attractive humans.

2. The connection between haute couture model and the fashion fascinates you, and you are open to seeing how line, tilt of head, and connected ratios form pleasing images.

3. You love photography and want to better understand how much of the "art" is in the scene itself, versus how much comes from the photographer.

Naturally, if you like all three elements, you have a much more than five star book in your hands.

You have to see these photographs to believe how good they are, unless you already happen to know Mr. Wegman's work. Take a look at the cover to get a hint.

Basically, Mr. Wegman takes his weimaraners (Chundo, Batina, Crooky, and Chip) and treats them like human fashion models. He dresses them in stylish hats, wigs, dresses, suits, shoes, mannequin parts, and other accessories to create "human" poses. Think of this as being a little bit like what Cindy Sherman does in posing as a well-known actress in her own photographs of famous movie scenes.

The approach is mostly done in a slightly campish way, emphasizing bright and bold background colors which contrast and make a context for different bright accessory and fashion colors. The natural color of the weimaraneers is the "coolest" part of the visual image.

What was brilliant to me was "seeing" what draws my eye in a photographic composition. Normally, I think I'm looking at a model, but based on my reactions to these photographs I'm really drawn much more to a curve, a line, a tilt of the head, or an incline of the body in the model. Seeing the weimaraners anthromorphized in this way allowed me to understand the appeal of the photographs at a much more fundamental level. I thought that Mr. Wegman's works with hats and fur coats were especially successful from this perspective.

The brief essays in the book are also valuable for describing how similar it is to work with either human models or the weimaraners. That relieves a certain tension in your mind as you imagine this work being unpleasant to the dogs. But, reportedly they love it and get nice breaks during the day.

Here are my favorite images in the book:

Three hat photographs: Migratory, Calla Lily, and Ben Day -- all from 1999

Two fur coats: Polar Extreme and Blue Powder -- both from 1994

Evolution of a Bottle (Series of 5) from 1999

Bikini 1999

Glamour Puss 1999

Opening 1999

Melissa 1994

To extend your learning after you finish enjoying this book, I suggest that you try something similar with scarves, hats, and wigs with say chunks of wood, large crystals, or flowers. Whether you photograph the scenes or not, you will learn a lot in composing what is appealing to you.

See beauty and classic style all around you . . . always!

Wonderful photographic blend of comedy with fashion insights.......2000-09-06

William Wegman, famous for incorporating clothed dogs in his photos, here presents a fashion statement to accompany a major traveling exhibition: anthromorphic fashion photos modeling some of the best designers' creations - with canines. The result blends comedy with fashion insights.

Gotta love this guy's work!.......2000-05-10

This book presents Wegman's most intriguing and provocative portfolio to date -- a series of eerily antrhopomorphic (and very funny), high-fashion photographs.

Runway Models-- Look Out For Some Heavy Competition!.......2000-03-29

Precious, precious darlings! I originally bought this book for my nine year old Godchild who loves to "play" fashion model with her dog. The minute I opened this book the weimaraner models stole my heart and I knew I had to get a copy to keep on my cocktail table. Everyone, who, like me,loves haute couture and adores those fabulous creatures who are best friends to us all will not be able to put this book down. Everyone who sees this book at first smiles ear to ear--then simply goes wild with laughter. They all want their own copy. The models look so very elegant and poised in trend-setting fashions. This is classic fashion photography with warm precious amber eyed beauties looking back at you. It is dog photography at its best.

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Fashion Photographs
William; Sischy, Ingrid Wegman
Manufacturer: Harry N. Abrahms
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0810945568

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William Wegman Fashion Photographs
William Wegman
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William Wegman Fashion Photographs
William; Sischy, Ingrid Wegman
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Binding: Hardcover

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William & SISCHY,Ingrid WEGMAN
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Binding: Paperback

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It's the funeral-like atmosphere that tips off the twins: things are not what they seem at their birthday party. That, and the fact that their birthday present turns out to be a mummified hand. Soon Grandfather Mikage pronounces Aki the heir to the Mikage fortune, declaring that Aya must die. But Aya has allies in Yuhi, the athletic cook and martial artist, and in the attractive, mysterious Toya.

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Full Series Review. No Spoilers. .......2007-03-24

I started out thinking I might buy this series. Then I changed my mind, but thought I might buy the volumes my library was missing and donate them. Then I decided it wasn't worth the bother to do even that. If you are a sucker for Gothic horror, or for twins, or for Gothic horror about twins, well . . . run out and buy TOKYO BABYLON or LEGAL DRUG right away. But feel free to get CERES VOL. 1 from your library. You will be one seriously happy camper for a few brief shining moments. The story begins with a teenaged brother and sister, Aki and Aya, who are about to turn sixteen, and whose inexplicably nervous and jumpy parents insist on taking them to their grandfather's gigantic mansion to "celebrate". I will say no more.

The problem comes AFTER Book 1, when the utterly cool premise has been established and one has to slog through the rest of the story. First problem: EVERYTHING falls a distant second to Aya's self-absorbed quest for love. In one early scene, ten innocent people are horribly burned in a fire. A whole three panels after witnessing this, our heroine whines "There's a fire burning in my heart too" because some guy is not paying her enough attention. It's enough to make one barf up blood. The problem is not just that she's self-centered, mind you, it's that the universe really DOES revolve around her. Strangers have nothing better to do than devote themselves body and soul to her protection. Men prettier than she is fall madly in love with her despite her lack of manners, morals, or intellect. And the INTERESTING villains who are trying to murder her for SENSIBLE reasons give way to idiot villains obsessed with getting into her panties.

Another reviewer mentioned that the heroine was not a good role model for teen girls. It is true that she makes a lot of bad choices, is completely dependent on male approval, and falls flat on her back the moment any guy (except one) kisses her. But considering her traumatic situation, her behavior is understandable enough. It is a far bigger problem that almost every female character in the story, major and minor, is exactly same way, COMPLETELY emotionally dependent on some guy, and thoroughly convinced that life isn't worth living without him - no matter what a jerk he is, or how (potentially) cool she is. The author combines this obsequious over-dependence on males with an obnoxious passive-aggressive hostility towards them, with the unhappy result that no character, male or female, is permitted to become self-actualized or interesting, despite oodles of potential all around.

I have nothing against the possession/reincarnation parts of the plot, but I wish they had not been used to avoid real drama or moral conflict. Certain characters are faced with terrible moral choices, but Yuu prefers to have them turn possessed rather than think about or face them. The hook of CERES for me was this self-perpetuating cycle of evil passed down from generation to generation, and the Catch-22 of characters compelled to perpetuate this evil, or let themselves be destroyed by it. Yuu didn't find this as interesting as I did, so we get villains trying to create Master Races, panty shots, bit characters splattering themselves all over the pavement, and teenagers whining about who likes who best. The real horror and potential of Yuu's premise is avoided.

It was an okay read, the art is good, and there was one character I actually liked. It's just that it could have been so much better if it had focused on its original premise and its original villains with their original motives. When it remembers that it is supposed to be Gothic Horror, it certainly has its moments (Volume 5). But it's not nearly as good as it could have been.

i luv this book.......2006-07-18

i luv this book so much and i tell everyone thats into manga just as much as i can about it...it is my favorite book out of every book i have ever read and ive read at least 30 different manga's by now...i really really suggest anyone in the world to buy this book...you won't regret it. i also have other series of this book, the other volumes i want them all....that is how much i luv it....................................thanx........luv, me

A Great Manga.......2006-05-30

In the first volume of Ceres we are introduced to Aya Mikage, an average teenage girl whose life is about to be turned upside down. On her 16th birthday her family gives her, and her twin brother, Aki, a test. They are shown a mumified hand. When Aya sees it she has a violent reaction, her brother has a reaction too, only his is different. We find out that Aya is the reincarnation of Ceres, a tennyo, or celestial maiden. The only problem is Ceres is out for revenge against the Mikages for keeping her from ascending to heaven, and the Mikages want to kill Aya to prevent Ceres from returning to her home.

Mayhem insues.

If you like scifi, chances are you'll love this manga. But it is for a slightly older audience, it has themes of incest, nudity, and death.

Beginning to a Gritty Manga.......2005-11-30

Although Ceres Celestial Legend is a shoujo manga, it has enough sex, murder, betrayal, revenge, and blood to be a horror manga. There is some humor, but overall, the story is kind of depressing. Aya, the main character, is not very sympathetic. She is promiscuous, wild, rough, and really only cares about her twin brother, Aki. That sounds nice, but they are way too close; and as the story develops, there is an incestuous twist. I really enjoy the art of Yuu Watase, but I cannot bring myself to care about Aya. She seems to suck everyone in around her, but really lacks any sweetness or morals.

Yuu Watase has a great imagination. The plot is clever: what if the legends of celestial maidens who had their robes stolen as they were bathing were not just a fairy tale? What if goddesses really did marry mortal men? And what if their descendants carried the "celestial gene?"

The story is about sixteen year-old Aya and Aki, who are betrayed in a terrible way by their family on their sixteenth birthday because they are connected with the Celestial Legend Ceres. In a short time, Aya has lost everything, and is fleeing for her life. She convienently finds a mysterious woman and her brother-in-law who are willing to help her. There is another mysterious man who is employed by her family (who is trying to kill her) but who - predictably - falls in lust with Aya. Like I said, Aya is quite a little ho for age sixteen. Not a great example for girls. For teens, I instead recommend Alice 19th, also by Watase.

Creepy..........2005-06-30

This series is so creepy! It's not scream your head off scary (more of a spine-tingler), but I mean, just the prospect of your family wanting to kill you is a given heart-pounder.I like Yu Watase's manga because no matter how sewrious the atmosphere is, you can laugh at the hilairious expressions of the characters. Plus, the boys in Yu Watase's manga are always super hot...like Yuhi and Toya, for example. I may be crazy, but I think that Yuhi is a bit cuter than Toya...I like his hair.(shut up brain, shut up.) Anyway, this is a good series. I like it better than FUshigi Yugi or Alice 19th. i highly reccomend it.

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too much fun

Aquired taste?

Not the same when Dave isn't doing it live

The Lists Just Keep on Coming

Worldwide Pants

David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists: and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Bride (David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists)
David Letterman
Manufacturer: Bantam
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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An ALTOGETHER NEW BOOK OF TOP TEN LISTS LATE NIGHT DAVID LETTERMAN

Roman Numeral Two! Top Ten Lists from "Late Night with David Letterman"

ASIN: 0553102435
Release Date: 1996-10-01

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David Letterman's Book of Top Ten Lists and Zesty Lo-Cal Chicken Recipes

by David Letterman and the Late Show with David Letterman Writers

It's like watching TV -- with the added danger of paper cuts!

Top Ten Apologies to People Buying This Book:

10.      Cheap glue will only hold the thing together for about six days.

9.      Some kids sneaked into the printing plant and added the word "ass" to a lot  of the lists.

8.      It costs about a dime to print one of these babies -- now take a look at the retail price, sucker!

7.      We're using the money we make to buy "little Dutch girl" outfits for Dave's poodles.

6.      The book was hastily assembled overseas by jabbering foreigners who don't give a damn about you or your family.

5.      A drunk maintenance guy fell into the press and parts of him appear on pages 68-87.

4.      Felt safe making jokes about the Amish on TV; forgot some of them might actually see the book.

3.      Dave insisted on writing some of these and we had to play along.
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2.      There is no remote control. Don't look for one.

1.      The book ain't much better than the TV show.

Customer Reviews:

too much fun.......2007-05-08

Lettermans' Top Ten List have been a form of humour I have enjoyed for the longest time. Even the older versions (if you're old enough to remember celebs and politicans are still as funny today as they were the night they hit the airwaves. This book is no exception, plus the added bonus of a dress pattern for the husky bride/ or those renewing their vows.
William Brown
Houston, Texas

Aquired taste?.......2004-05-02

There's mabie a hand full of the list's that I thought were funny & a few had potential but for me most of them were for me pretty stupid.

Not the same when Dave isn't doing it live.......2002-10-27

Some of the lists are very funny, but it's missing something in book form because you're missing Dave's delivery. Also, a one-joke book gets kind of thin quick. I recommend only reading three or four lists at a time so the novelty doesn't wear off. Great bathroom reading.

The Lists Just Keep on Coming.......2001-10-06

This collection is from the Late Show era, not the Late Night era. However, believe it or not, these top ten lists are funny enough to read and reread. For those of you like myself, who are Letterman fans, this collection, like all previous collections, borders on the essential. Do yourself a favor, though, and buy the Late Night editions as well.

Worldwide Pants.......1999-09-10

This is another hilarious collection of Top Tens. Will they come out with any more?

New Book of Top Ten Lists and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Bride

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David Letterman
Manufacturer: New York Bantam Books 1996.
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: B000MVH1JK

David Letterman's New Book of Top Ten Lists: and Wedding Dress Patterns for the Husky Bride

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David Letterman
Manufacturer: Bantam
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ASIN: 055376358X
Release Date: 1996-10-01

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Teaching us how to queer cultural artifacts..........2001-11-27

Doty's volume is very popular. Here he analyzes various forms of mass culture, from the Jack Benny radio program to the TV program "Laverne and Shirley" to demonstrate the existence of queer (non-heterosexually coded performance) narratives at the center of all of these cultural productions.

For example, Doty argues that in popular TV shows such as "Alice," "I Love Lucy", "Laverne and Shirley", the show depends on narrating from the perpective of the women in the show. Doty argues that the plot complications almost always stem from some male interference with the pleasure of the narrator, from unwanted suitors to demanding male bosses. Because heterosocial interaction is coded from narrator's perspective as intrusive, Doty labels these plot narratives "lesbian." Thus a queer reading of these shows reveals homosocial, if not homosexual, relationships as the important character and plot elements that are defended.

Then again, it is heterocentrism that defines queer as "homosexual behavior" in the first place, so why should queer studies accept that definition, when its intention is to undermine hetercentrism in the first place!

Jack Benny on the other hand, displays a central character whose behaviors are semiotically coded "feminine." He frets, bites his lip, has a lack of aggressive sexual desire for women, a loose, bouncy walk, and a high-pitched nervous giggle, to mention but a few things. The narrative display a central tendency to displace Benny from situations of power and influence--not the least of which was Benny's self-deprecating humor. Doty reminds us that Benny's biographies are full of his contemporaries remarking on his feminine characteristics. In this case, a queer reading is produced by taking an ostensibly "straight" man and imbuing him thoroughly with clearly "female" characteristics, all of which adds up to a queer character, never fitting in with compulsory heterosexual and masculine traits.

These are just two examples of how queer readings are produced in Doty's work. All in all, he aims to show that it is queerness, not straightness, that lies at the center of mass cultural production. Thus he argues for the overturning of heterocentricity as the dominant way of reading culture. A tall claim, no doubt, but one that is tantalizing nonetheless.

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How do people make music? What is the relationship between live music and the music we hear in music videos? How has the digital revolution affected music-making in industrialized and developing nations?

Media Policy and Music Activity explores the relationships between policies governing the output of the music media and music activity in society. Investigating musical activity in six smaller nations -- Jamaica, Trinidad, Kenya, Tanzania, Sweden, and Wales -- Wallis and Malm include interviews with a wide range of musicians, policy-makers, and media and music industry employees. They discover that, all too often, media policies designed to encourage local industries fail due to non-implementation.

Combining case study material with a broad theoretical framework, Media Policy and Music Activity provides a unique introduction to media policy and its relation to cultural production. It will be of interest not only to students and researchers, but to policymakers, media practitioners, and anyone interested in the role music plays in our everyday lives.

Media Policy and Music Activity.: An article from: Notes

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Media Policy and Music Activity.: An article from: Notes
Chris Goertzen
Manufacturer: Music Library Association, Inc.
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This digital document is an article from Notes, published by Music Library Association, Inc. on June 1, 1995. The length of the article is 1121 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Media Policy and Music Activity.
Author: Chris Goertzen
Publication: Notes (Refereed)
Date: June 1, 1995
Publisher: Music Library Association, Inc.
Volume: v51 Issue: n4 Page: p1347(2)

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Media Policy and Music Activity

Manufacturer: Routledge
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000H5YLKS

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A wedding trivia game packaged in a card deck - a fun way to get a wedding shower off to a fast start. Here are 52 trivia questions to amuse and entertain every guest. The cards cover five areas including Wedding Traditions, Wedding Superstitions, Words and Quotes, Customs Around the World, and Fascinating Facts.

Examples: (Answers are in bold type)

1. The average cost of an wedding is:

a. $6,000

b. $12,000

c. $28,000

d. $24,000

2. What percentage of brides are 30 or under?

a. 14.8 %

b. 26.2 %

c. 43.7 %

d. 64.2 %

e. 81.3 %

3. June is traditionally a lucky month to marry because:

a. June is named after the Juno, the goddess of women, who safeguards those married during that period

b. It is a month graced by an abundance of roses, which adds to the romance of weddings

c. It is before the harvest time

d. All of the above

4. The average wedding cake of three-tiers provides:

a. 100 servings

b. 200 servings

c. 153 servings

d. 88 servings

Customer Reviews:

Not for big groups.......2007-07-22

We ended up not using this for my sister's shower...we found it was too difficult to hold everyone's attention. Maybe it would better for smaller groups?

meant for an older crowd.......2004-06-30

This is a deck of cards, not a book. The questions are tailored for a generation or 2 before us. Not recommended.

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What makes an advertisement memorable? Creative Advertising unravels the creative process behind some of the most original and effective campaigns of recent years. Mario Pricken showcases over two hundred examples of international advertising from a wide range of media including magazines, billboards, television, movies, and the Internet.

Each chapter highlights different practical methods for creating innovative and unforgettable advertisements, from finding the elusive "big idea" to reworking classic techniques. The selection covers award-winning work from some of the biggest and most influential names in the industry, such as J. Walter Thompson and Saatchi and Saatchi, along with exciting young agencies such as London-based Mother Ltd. All demonstrate a fascinating range of approaches, including ways of visualizing concepts, the art of illusion and paradox, using metaphor and analogy, and deploying shock tactics and humor. Interviews with international luminaries of the advertising world provide invaluable insights into the working practices of top agencies.

Entertaining and inspirational, Creative Advertising is an indispensable book for designers, art directors, copywriters, and students of advertising. Over 450 illustrations, 380 in color.

Customer Reviews:

Djuice.......2007-05-14

The book was fantastic. I'm an advertising student and it has come in especially handy when I'm stuck for ideas. Cool campaigns and lots of insight into getting those juices flowing.

Best of It's Kind.......2007-05-14

This book doesn't just show you great ads, it breaks down the process of how to create them with techniques you can apply, both to individual work and to group processes.

A must have for advertising amateurs & professionals.......2007-04-05

A classic! All the great ads of the last decade are in there. Don't go for a job interview at an ad agency without going through this book. The great thing about this book is that it's not a coffee table book. All the images are illustrations for a carefully drafted book on the different ways to exploit your own creativity to produce potentially great ads.

An Excellent Idea Book. Definitely Recommended........2006-08-08

"Creative Advertising: Ideas and Techniques from the World's Best Campaigns" is an excellent idea book. The KickStart Catalogue is a Must-Read.

So many ideas, so little time!.......2006-05-29

This is one of the few Creative Manuals that has managed to pack a huge volume of ideation in advertising, into one single book! It's an excellent read. There are many many tips to learn from, along with excellent up-to-date examples. Priced good too. It continues to be a valuable resource book to inspire me and anyone else who wants to improve their skills in creative communication.

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