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Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated

Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

By: Gerald Verbrugghe,John Moore Wickersham

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Berossos and Manetho, Introduced and Translated

Native Traditions in Ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt

By: Gerald Verbrugghe,John Moore Wickersham

An accessible introduction to the world of the pharaohs and Alexander the Great

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University of Michigan Press

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0472086871

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Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo

His Life and Correspondence

By: John K. Thornton

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Afonso I Mvemba a Nzinga, King of Kongo

His Life and Correspondence

By: John K. Thornton

John K. Thornton’s new book is another must-read. It contains both translations of the extant letters of the most significant king of Kongo’s history, Afonso I (r. 1506–1542), and a powerful, learned, and highly readable analysis of what these letters tell us about the life and times of one of the most important rulers anywhere in the world during the sixteenth century. This book will be essential reading for scholars, teachers, and students engaged with the history of the Kingdom of Kongo." —Toby Green, King’s College London

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Hackett Publishing

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1647921414

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9781647921415

Governing China, 150-1850

By: John W. Dardess

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Governing China, 150-1850

By: John W. Dardess

Includes timelines, maps, suggested further readings, and an index.

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Hackett Publishing

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1603843116

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9781603843119

A King and No King

By: Francis Beaumont,John Fletcher

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A King and No King

By: Francis Beaumont,John Fletcher

A popular and influential play from its first performance in 1611 until the early eighteenth century, 'A King and No King' helped establish tragicomedy as the seventeenth century's favoured dramatic genre, and Beaumont and Fletcher as leading playwrights of the day.Accompanying this newly edited text, an introduction explores the play's sources, both literary and dramatic, and offers a thorough reconsideration of its relation to its social and political context, and contemporary issues of royal absolutism, good governance, and the political role of the aristocracy. In addition, the introduction provides the fullest available account of 'A King and No King''s stage history, tracing the shifts in cultural mores that eroded its popularity and ultimately consigned it to the study rather than the stage. This fully annotated edition encourages an appreciation of the play's very real virtues and will appeal to theatre professionals as well as to students of Renaissance drama.

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Manchester University Press

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0719058635

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9780719058639

King and Messiah as Son of God

Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature

By: Adela Yarbro Collins,John J. Collins

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King and Messiah as Son of God

Divine, Human, and Angelic Messianic Figures in Biblical and Related Literature

By: Adela Yarbro Collins,John J. Collins

This book traces the history of the idea that the king and later the messiah is Son of God, from its origins in ancient Near Eastern royal ideology to its Christian appropriation in the New Testament. Both highly regarded scholars, Adela Yarbro Collins and John J. Collins argue that Jesus was called "the Son of God" precisely because he was believed to be the messianic king. This belief and tradition, they contend, led to the identification of Jesus as preexistent, personified Wisdom, or a heavenly being in the New Testament canon. However, the titles Jesus is given are historical titles tracing back to Egyptian New Kingdom ideology. Therefore the title "Son of God" is likely solely messianic and not literal. King and Messiah as Son of God is distinctive in its range, spanning both Testaments and informed by ancient Near Eastern literature and Jewish noncanonical literature.

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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0802807720

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9780802807724

A Pastoral Rule for Today

Reviving an Ancient Practice

By: John P. Burgess,Jerry Andrews,Joseph D. Small

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A Pastoral Rule for Today

Reviving an Ancient Practice

By: John P. Burgess,Jerry Andrews,Joseph D. Small

How can pastors thrive amid the demands of being preacher, therapist, administrator, and CEO? We need a contemporary pastoral rule: a pattern for ministry that encourages and enables pastors to focus on what is most important in their pastoral task. Written by three veteran pastors, this book gives examples of pastoral rules in communities throughout the church's history, providing concrete advice on how pastors can develop and keep a pastoral rule today.

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InterVarsity Press

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0830873023

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The Legend of King Aśoka

A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna

By: John S. Strong

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The Legend of King Aśoka

A Study and Translation of the Aśokāvadāna

By: John S. Strong

This first English translation of the Asokavadana text, the Sanskrit version of the legend of King Asoka, first written in the second century A.D. Emperor of India during the third century B.C. and one of the most important rulers in the history of Buddhism. Asoka has hitherto been studied in the West primarily from his edicts and rock inscriptions in many parts of the Indian subcontinent. Through an extensive critical essay and a fluid translation, John Strong examines the importance of the Asoka of the legends for our overall understanding of Buddhism. Professor Strong contrasts the text with the Pali traditions about Kind Asoka and discusses the Buddhist view of kingship, the relationship of the state and the Buddhist community, the king s role in relating his kingdom to the person of the Buddha, and the connection between merit making, cosmology, and Buddhist doctrine. An appendix provides summaries of other stories about Asoka.

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Motilal Banarsidass Publ.

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8120806166

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A Palace for a King

The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV

By: Jonathan Brown,John Huxtable Elliott

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A Palace for a King

The Buen Retiro and the Court of Philip IV

By: Jonathan Brown,John Huxtable Elliott

The Buen Retiro, a royal retreat and pleasure palace, was built for Philip IV on the outskirts of Madrid in the 1630s. With its superb display of paintings by Vel zquez and other contemporary artists, the palace became a showcase for the art and culture of Spain's Golden Age. A Palace for a King, first published in 1980, provides a pioneering total history of the construction, decoration, and uses of a major royal palace, emphasising the relationship of art and politics at a critical moment in European history. produced on different aspects of the history of the palace and its decoration since the 1970s. A number of new, unpublished illustrations have been added, and many of the plates are now reproduced in colour. The publication of this edition gains added importance from the fact that plans for the expansion of the Prado Museum include the restoration of the Hall of Realms to approximate its original appearance, as reconstructed in this volume.

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Yale University Press

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0300101856

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9780300101850

Mathematics and Its History

By: John Stillwell

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Mathematics and Its History

By: John Stillwell

This book offers a collection of historical essays detailing a large variety of mathematical disciplines and issues; it’s accessible to a broad audience. This second edition includes new chapters on Chinese and Indian number theory, on hypercomplex numbers, and on algebraic number theory. Many more exercises have been added as well as commentary that helps place the exercises in context.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387953361

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9780387953366

The King's Eye

A Fantasy of the Farther Isles

By: John M. Daniel

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The King's Eye

A Fantasy of the Farther Isles

By: John M. Daniel

The kings and queens of the Farther Isles have gathered at the castle of High King Rohar, as they do every year on the Summer Solstice, to pledge their loyalty. But before the ceremony is over, the Giant Clobber from the Isle of the South Wind storms into the Great Hall, steals the High King’s crystal left eye right out of its socket, then disappears into the night. The High King offers to reward anyone who will slay the Giant and bring back the crystal eye. The reward: half of Rohar’s island kingdom and the hand of his daughter, Llanaa, in marriage. The only one to stand up to the challenge is Prince Frogge, a twelve-year-old boy from the Isle of Fens. Frogge finds a partner, Rodney Trapper the goatherd’s so--tall, strong, and seventeen--and together the lads set out on their quest: to sail to the Isle of the South Wind and to do battle with the Giant Clobber in the Meadow of Mayhem. It’s a fight no one believes they can win. Their adventures take a full year, during which they travel from Isle to Farther Isle, in a boat that sails by itself, guided mysteriously by the Stars. The King’s Eye is a story romantic and magical, full of love and death, heroes and scoundrels, bravery and cowardice, danger and high hopes. This tale will delight anyone old enough to read and young enough to believe that a goatherd’s son could win the heart of a princess.

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SCB Distributors

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1564747972

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9781564747976

Adobe InDesign CS2 How-tos

100 Essential Techniques

By: John Cruise,Kelly Kordes Anton

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Adobe InDesign CS2 How-tos

100 Essential Techniques

By: John Cruise,Kelly Kordes Anton

InDesign CS2 is more than just a powerful page layout tool: As part of Adobe's new Creative Suite 2 (which includes Photoshop, Illustrator, GoLive, and Acrobat), it's a key component of an overall design workflow that lets users work seamlessly among all of their graphics applications to create spectacular layouts. This info-packed guide lets you get right down to work by focusing on just the InDesign CS2 features you're most likely to use and showcasing each in a stand-alone tip--complete with a relevant hint or two and a graphic example. In this fashion, you learn as you go, exploring the program in a way that makes sense to you. Before you know it, you'll be using the Bridge to manage your files, object styles to format your images, and snippets to save layout parts for reuse and much, much more!

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0321321901

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Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries

Applications of the Theory of Public Choice

By: Mwangi S. Kimenyi,John Mukum Mbaku

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Institutions and Collective Choice in Developing Countries

Applications of the Theory of Public Choice

By: Mwangi S. Kimenyi,John Mukum Mbaku

First published in 1999, this volume is written by seasoned public choice scholars and is intended to make a significant contribution to the debate on peaceful coexistence and sustainable development in developing countries. The book contains a rich mixture of analytical ideas and views on collective choice and macroeconomic performance in developing countries. This book breaks new ground in that it is the first comprehensive application of the theory of public choice to collective decision making in developing societies. It provides both students of Third World studies and policy makers in developing societies an in-depth analysis for institutions for collective choice. For countries undergoing major reform of their political and economic institutions, public choice theory can provide significant and useful insights, and help these societies design and adopt institutional arrangements that enhance peaceful coexistence of groups, the creation of wealth and sustainable development. Specifically, the book successfully shows that: (1) the application of economic theory to the study of public policy in the developing countries can provide important insights into collective decision-making; (2) the application of public choice theory to the study of developing societies can significantly improve the efficiency of bureaucratic and governmental systems, and consequently, promote economic, political and social development; and (3) public choice can help developing societies design and sustain effective laws and institutions for peaceful coexistence of groups and achieve sustainable development.

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Routledge

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0429806310

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9780429806315

Sovereignty, Power, Control

Politics in the State of Western India, 1916-1947

By: John Edmond McLeod

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Sovereignty, Power, Control

Politics in the State of Western India, 1916-1947

By: John Edmond McLeod

This thorough study offers the opportunity to gain a clear understanding of the mechanics of political interaction in princely India (in the period 1916-1947) between the British colonial power, the princely rulers, and nationalist politicians. The first major scholarly contribution to an until now largely ignored field of interest.

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BRILL

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9004644792

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9789004644793

The King's Indian

Stories and Tales

By: John Gardner

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The King's Indian

Stories and Tales

By: John Gardner

DIV An iconic collection that showcases Gardner as a master craftsman navigating an uncertain world In this exceptional book, author John Gardner explores the literary form as a vehicle of vision, and creates heroes that personify his tremendous artistic ideals: A Boston schoolmaster abandons his dreams of owning a farmhouse in rural Illinois only to be taken on a voyage across the seas and into self-discovery, faith, and love; an artist’s rapturous enthusiasm inspires an aging university professor to approach life’s chaotic moments as opportunities for creation. Each of these stories is wonderful in its own right, and provides valuable insight into the author’s literary beliefs. Written just prior to his critical masterwork, On Moral Fiction, The King’s Indian is a must-read for those interested in learning more about Gardner’s highly controversial artistic philosophies. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives. /div

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Open Road Media

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1453203745

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High King of Heaven

Theological and Practical Perspectives on the Person and Work of Jesus

By: John MacArthur

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High King of Heaven

Theological and Practical Perspectives on the Person and Work of Jesus

By: John MacArthur

Featuring contributions from Al Mohler, John MacArthur, Mark Dever, and more Curating insights from some of America’s greatest Christian minds, High King of Heaven is a series of reflections on Christology, one of the church’s central doctrines. It contains essays from over twenty well-known pastors and theologians, including John MacArthur, Mark Dever, Albert Mohler, Miguel Nuñez, and Ligon Duncan. Each essay not only elucidates an aspect of Christ’s person and work, but also demonstrates how it applies to the life of the church. After reading High King of Heaven, readers will: Have a deeper understanding of Jesus’ nature and redemptive work Be inspired to worship Christ with greater passion and reverence Come away motivated and equipped to defend the orthodox view of Christ Be equipped to better teach and preach about Jesus’ divinity and humanity Be conversant with current challenges and debates in the area of Christology There are some subjects you can never out-study, and Christology is one of them. Any Christian who wants a greater appreciation for the work of our Lord and Savior, who wants to worship Him in spirit and truth, and who wants increased confidence in the church’s historic confessions concerning Him will delight in High King of Heaven.

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Moody Publishers

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0802496407

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9780802496409

2 Samuel

Your Kingdom Come

By: John Woodhouse

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2 Samuel

Your Kingdom Come

By: John Woodhouse

King David stands as one of the most important figures of world history. From children's storybooks to Michelangelo's famous statue, ancient Israel's most famous king is still remembered and recognized by people around the world three thousand years after he lived. Helping readers deepen their understanding of David's tumultuous reign, John Woodhouse highlights David's important role in salvation history—a history that began with Israel but now encompasses God's plan for the whole world. Designed as a trustworthy resource for pastors who preach and teach on a regular basis, this commentary ultimately argues that David's story is important because it lays the crucial foundation for the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, "the son of David." Part of the Preaching the Word series.

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Crossway

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1433546167

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Daniel

By: John Walvoord

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Daniel

By: John Walvoord

The book of Daniel is key to the entire Old Testament prophetic revelation. Who better to help you understand Daniel's stories, prophecies, and dreams—and give you a brighter hope for things to come—than John F. Walvoord, one of evangelicalism's most prominent leaders, and Charles Dyer, a Bible professor and expert on Israel? In this second work of a renewed series of commentaries, Dr. Walvoord addresses alleged historical inaccuracies and considers past and future fulfillments of specific prophecies. At key points different views and approaches to interpretation are explored. Walvoord devotes special attention to textual and doctrinal issues while avoiding technical language. Refined, updated with the English Standard Version (ESV), and streamlined, this classic text is set to help you understand and interpret the book of Daniel and gain a better grasp of what the future may bring.

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Moody Publishers

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1575679299

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9781575679297

Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System

By: John H. Bodley

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Cultural Anthropology

Tribes, States, and the Global System

By: John H. Bodley

John Bodley’s Cultural Anthropology provides students with the anthropological tools to question and understand their own culture and the world. The sixth edition of this dynamic book has been updated and revised throughout, with a shorter length and a more streamlined focus. Updates include material on China and Hindu South Asia combined into a single chapter, a new chapter assessing the imperial world and the breakdown of states, and new examples throughout. In this introduction to the basic concepts of cultural anthropology, Bodley challenges students to consider “big questions” about the nature of cultural systems: What is “natural” and what is “cultural” about humans? What is it like to be human under different cultural conditions, and how do socio-cultural systems of different cultural scales satisfy basic human needs? Are race, language, and environment determinants of culture? What are the human costs and benefits of socioeconomic growth? What have been the major turning points in human history? What role do individuals play in shaping culture? Employing a scale and power approach, the text examines a representative sampling of the world’s major cultural areas and dominant civilizations, from Australian Aborigines, Amazonia, and East African pastoralists to Pacific Islanders, Mesopotamia, China, Hindu India, the British Empire, and the United States; these cultures are shown in depth, as adapting, integrated systems—and as part of regional, continental, and global systems. He concludes the text with a wide-ranging assessment of human problems in the contemporary commercial world, emphasizing inequality, poverty, environmental degradation, and sustainability. A complimentary instructor’s manual, test bank, and companion website are available to enhance teaching and learning. See “Resources” tab for additional information.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1442271906

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9781442271906

The Text-Book of Astrology

By: Alfred John Pearce

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The Text-Book of Astrology

By: Alfred John Pearce

The Text-Book of Astrology, written by noted English astrologer Alfred John Pearce, was first published as a combined edition in London in 1911. It includes the author's individual books on: Genethliacal Astrology Mundane Astrology Astro-Meteorology Medical Astrology Elections This classic work is filled with numerous examples and its original publication was praised in the the Spiritualist: "Even for those who desire only to obtain a general knowledge of the subject, or at most be able to cast and read an astrological figure, Mr. Pearce's book may be recommended as easily intellligible, and containing much interesting matter, besides the process that will be chiefly useful to the student whose aims are more ambitious. To the latter it is invaluable. It is enriched with many interesting notices of nativities illustrating the different rules and doctrines of the science.

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American Federation of Astr

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086690560X

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9780866905602

The World of Physics 2nd Edition

By: John Avison

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The World of Physics 2nd Edition

By: John Avison

A clear and easy to follow textbook including material on forces, machines, motion, properties of matter, electronics and energy, problem-solving investigations and practice in experimental design.

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Nelson Thornes

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0174387334

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9780174387336

Foundations in Comic Book Art

SCAD Creative Essentials (Fundamental Tools and Techniques for Sequential Artists)

By: John Paul Lowe

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Foundations in Comic Book Art

SCAD Creative Essentials (Fundamental Tools and Techniques for Sequential Artists)

By: John Paul Lowe

A comprehensive guide to creating and developing comic book and graphic novel art, from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), one of the world's leaders in sequential arts instruction. John Lowe, Dean of the School of Communication Arts at SCAD, presents an in-depth primer on the tools and techniques used by top sequential artists to crate comic books, graphic novels, and other sequential art forms. Based on SCAD's world-famous sequential arts curriculum with examples of professional comic book art from their faculty and alumni, the book uses detailed instruction and step-by-step examples to teach key artistic methods like sketching, thumbnailing, reference gathering, and using production/digital design methods. This book covers all the materials and methods aspiring artists need to master to make it as sequential artists.

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Watson-Guptill

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0804137137

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