Art therapy and learning disabilities

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Julie Anderson, Emm Barnes, and Emma Shackleton

Since ancient times people have depended on medical practitioners to enhance life, to treat illness and injuries, and to help reduce pain and suffering. The scientifically based discipline that we know today stands beside diverse traditions, belief systems, and bodies of medical knowledge that have evolved in fascinating ways across cultures and continents. Throughout this history, successive generations have created artistic representations of these varied aspects of medicine, illustrating instruction manuals, documenting treatments, and creating works of art that enable individuals to express their feelings and ideas about medicine, health, and illness. From ancient wall paintings and tomb carvings to sculpture, installations, and digitally created artworks, the results are extraordinary and pay tribute to how medicine has affected our lives and the lives of our ancestors.

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H. Peter Higer, Gernot Bielke

The contributions in this book provide a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of tissue characterization with MRI. Various approaches to this problem, several of which are currently being used in a clinical setting, are presented. The main topics are parameter measurement, contrast agents, quality control, feature extraction, signal mechanisms, and signal influences.

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Hilary Lovell

"This stylish full-color book is the ultimate introduction to fashion drawing. Learn how to draw eighteen stunning outfits including gorgeous party clothes, beautiful beachwear and glamorous red-carpet dresses. Further develop your artistic skill by sketching fashion figures and poses. Easy-to-follow steps make the drawing simple to achieve, even for beginnners. The useful introduction section gives readers tips on the best drawing tools to use, fashion line styles, inking and coloring. This charming book is sure to inspire readers to create their own fabulous fashion designs."--Cover, pg. 4.

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Connie Malamed

Within every picture is a hidden language that conveys a message, whether it is intended or not. This language is based on the ways people perceive and process visual information. In a time of unprecedented competition for audience attention and with an increasing demand for complex graphics, Visual Language for Designers explains how to achieve quick and effective communications. It presents ways to design for the strengths of our innate mental capacities and to compensate for our cognitive limitations.