DUA SENI RUPA, Sanento Yuliman

Judul/Title: Dua Seni Rupa
Penulis/Author: Sanento Yuliman
Penerbit/Publisher: Yayasan Kalam
Edisi/Edition: 2001
Halaman/Pages: 321
Dimensi/Dimension: 14.5 x 21 x 2 cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia
Call No.: 750.1/Yul/d/C.1


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"Dalam Abad Pluralisme yang kini semakin mewujud, 'seni rupa yang lain' itu bukan lagi seni rupa marjinal, tapi seni rupa yang membawa kebedaan dan justru itu merupakan elemen diskursif wacana seni rupa, dalam dataran yang sama sekali baru. Keyakinannya bahwa nilai-nilai seni rupa tidak universal, yang muncul sudah pada awal 1970-an, ketika ia berpulang pada tahun 1992, sudah menjadi nyata."
(Jim Supangkat dalam Pengantar)

Dalam keragaman tulisannya, Sanento menyangkal pandangan serba tunggal, yang menganggap hanya ada satu senirupa (dengan satu tata acuan), dan hanya satu masyarakat, yaitu masyarakat seluruh (global) yang dibayangkan sebagai masyarakat yang utuh dan padu.

Demikianlah, bagi ia, sejarah seni rupa kita bukan rentang satu garis lurus. Berbagai tradisi seni rupa dalam masyarakat kita mempunyai jalan sejarah berbeda-beda. Sebagian kini punah, sebagian hampir punah, sebagian lagi menyesuaikan diri dengan perubahan, bahkan berkembang.

SEURAT, Hajo Duchting

Judul/Title: Seurat
Penulis/Author: Hajo Duchting
Penerbit/Publisher: Taschen
Edisi/Edition: 2000
Halaman/Pages: 95
Dimensi/Dimension: 18.5 x 23 x 1cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 750/Duc/s/C.1


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Seurat's work conveys an appeal similar to that of hearing a symphony. Whilst you can appreciate the full synthesis of the overall effect, you understand at the same time the value of each distinct orchestral elements as a particular force of sound
[Felix Feeneon, 1886]

SYMBOLS AND THEIR HIDDEN MEANINGS, T.A. Kenner

Judul/Title: Symbols and Their Hidden Meanings: The Mysterious Significance and Forgotten Origins of Signs and Symbols in the Modern World
Penulis/Author: T.A. Kenner
Penerbit/Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd
Edisi/Edition: I, 2006
Halaman/Pages: 160
Dimensi/Dimension: 20 x 27 x 1 cm
Sampul/Cover: Hardcover
Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 753/Ken/s

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Everywhere we look we are surrounded by symbols.

Across the globe, symbols are used to express meaning, represent identity, declare power and authority, convey clear instructions and represent ideas and concepts that can't easily be put into words. In Symbols and their Hidden Meanings, T.A. Kenner explores both universally-recognized symbols, such as road signs, political party logos, Yin-Yang, the Grim Reaper and the Star of David and the more obscure, such as symbols in art, architecture and religion. This wide-ranging study of symbolism, from ancient times to the present, will open your eyes to the many symbols -- hidden and overt -- which inform and instruct us in our everyday lives.

SKETSA PENSIL, Thomas C. Wang

Judul/Title: SKETSA PENSIL
Penulis/Author: Thomas C. Wang
Penerbit/Publisher: Erlangga
Edisi/Edition: 1985
Halaman/Pages: 96
Dimensi/Dimension: 21 x 28 x 0.5cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia
Call No.: 741/Wan/s/C.1

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Pensil adalah sarana grafis yang paling banyak dipakai, paling murah, dan paling banyak kegunaannya...dan paling mudah dipelajari. Semua bahan perlengkapannya murah harganya dan mudah dibawa tanpa memerlukan persiapan lama atau sulit. Pensilnya sendiri amat lues...tanggap terhadap perbedaan tekanan atau arah yang paling kecilpun...memungkinkan si seniman untuk menciptakan bermacam tarikan garis serta beraneka ragam kepekatan dengan suatu alat yang sama. Pensil dapat digunakan sendirian sebagai suatu sarana pengakhir atau digabungkan dengan banyak sarana lainnya sebagai penegas bentuk atau perapih. Pengarang Thomas C. Wang menjelaskan prinsip-prinsip dasar dari sketsa pensil sederhana untuk mahasiswa baru atau orang awam, meliputi topik pembahasan seperti:

• Jenis-jenis sketsa
• Perlengkapan
• kertas
• Teknik-teknik
• Garis
• Komposisi
• Bayangan
• Bentuk tanah
• Tumbuh-tumbuhan
• Air
• Langit
• Bagian gelap dan terang
• Gedung
• Tarikan tebal
• Sosok manusia
• Mobil

Kepustakaan serta indeks juga diberikan untuk memudahkan acuan.
Gambar-gambar dan tulisan tangan yang jelas menunjukkan dengan gamblang keinginan si pengarang...untuk menampilkan potensi yang mengagumkan dari pensil serta untuk mengembangkan kemampuan si seniman untuk mensketsa secara cepat dan mantap.

PACKAGING

Judul/Title: Packaging
Penulis/Author: -
Penerbit/Publisher: Rockport Publisher
Edisi/Edition: 1995
Halaman/Pages: 79
Dimensi/Dimension: 23 x 30 x 0.5cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 745/Roc/p/C.1


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Giving a new product a competitive edge has become more and more difficult over the past few years. The marketplace is overwhelmed by an avalanche of similar products- some with their own unique merits, but most basically alike. Thankfully, the manufacturing world has created something called package design, without which we would be unable to tell one jar of peanut butter from the next.

The challenge graphic designers face now is creating packages that influence consumers to buy this product over the many hundreds just like it. How this challenge is met can make or break the success of the product itself.

This volume of the Design Library series features the best and most innovative packages designed in the past decade. These designs entice, appeal, intrigue and excite; these are the designs that sell products. The designers presented in these pages understand not only designs, they understand the product and the market as well.

T-SHIRT 360⁰, Pedro Guitton

Judul/Title: T-Shirt 360⁰
Penulis/Author: Pedro Guitton
Penerbit/Publisher: PAGEONE
Edisi/Edition: I, 2006
Halaman/Pages: 612
Dimensi/Dimension: 12.5 x 16.5 x 3.5cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 741.6/Gui/t/C.1


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More than 600 prints, 100 designers and 30 countries, all divided up into chapters (Animals, jokes, miscellany, people, places, typography) with fresh interviews with 6 top designers.

It's unique, it's fashion, and it's inspiring to look at. Essential for designers and T-shirt addicts. Have fun and find out your style.

T-SHIRT

Judul/Title: T-Shirt
Penulis/Author:
Penerbit/Publisher: Rockport
Edisi/Edition: I, 1995
Halaman/Pages: 79
Dimensi/Dimension: 23 x 30 x 0.5cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 741.6/Roc/t/C.1

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The popularity of the T-shirt has become so far reaching that the word needs no translation from language to language. Once just a piece of clothing, the T-Shirt has become the world's first choice as a communication vehicle.

Whether for self-expression, self-promoting, advertising, or identity the T-shirt has become the voice of 21st century. Pretty much everything fit to print, (and many things not so fit) has been printed, painted, silk screened, sewn or airbrushed onto T-shirt.

The increasing popularity of T-shirts has obviously increased the interest in T-shirt design -- what's being designed, who's designing it, and how it's done. This new volume in Rockport's design archives. Selected from hundreds, this volume presents T-Shirt designs of all types, created for a wide range purposes, including fine art, commercial, promotion, and advertising. This is the best of T-Shirt Graphics presented in an affordable, beautifully designed format.

CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN ART CATALOGUE

Judul/Title: Contemporary Indonesian Art Catalogue
Penulis/Author: Suwarno Wirosetiotomo & Sarah Murray
Penerbit/Publisher:
Edisi/Edition: I, 1995
Halaman/Pages: 59
Dimensi/Dimension: 24 x 25 x 0.5 cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia & English
Call No.:759.06 /Wir/c/C.2


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From this exhibition, we can not only witness and evaluate the rich variety and patterns of our art, but can also see the strong connections between the life of art and the social and cultural life of the Indonesian people, which continuously support each other in facing on-going changes in guarding and preserving the values in which we believe.

WORK ON PAPER, Faizal

Judul/Title: Work on Paper
Penulis/Author: Faizal
Penerbit/Publisher: Butet Kartaredjasa Organizer
Edisi/Edition: I, 1995
Halaman/Pages: 40
Dimensi/Dimension: 20 x 20 x 0.2 cm
Sampul/Cover : Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia
Call No.:759.1 /Fai/w/C.1

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Keliaran imajinasi sebagaimana tercermin dalam seni primitf maupun lukisan anak-anak, tak bisa ditepis dalam proses kreatif saya. Ia selalu menyertai inspirasi. Saya membiarkan semuanya itu mengalir melalui, pena, kuas dan warna di dalam lukisan-lukisan saya. Di atas kertas dan kanvas. Hanya dengan cara itulah kejujuran yang tulus dan kemudian dilahirkan tanpa beban apapun kita akan sampai pada rimba fantasi yang luar biasa.

MATEMATIKA CETAK MENCETAK, Georg Scheder

Judul/Title: Matematika Cetak Mencetak
Penulis/Author: Georg Scheder
Penerbit/Publisher: Kanisius
Edisi/Edition: V/1995
Halaman/Pages: 132
Dimensi/Dimension: 15 x 21 x 1cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia
Call No.: 760.1/Sch/m/C.1

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Tata ukuran dan tata hitung dalam dunia grafika yang berlaku di Indonesia merupakan hal cukup rumit. Betapa tidak! Dalam industri grafika Indonesia berlaku dua sistem ukuran: sistem tata persepuluhan atau metrik dengan sentimeter (cm), milimeter (mm), dst. dan sistem typografi dengan ukuran inci, pika (pica) atau sisero (cicero) dan titiknya (punt). Bahkan dalam sistem yang terakhir itu pika dan sisero panjangnya pun tidak tepat sama. Karena itu para juru yang berkecimpung dalam dunia cetak-mencetak perlu menguasai sistem-sistem itu dan mahir menerapkannya, serta terampil dalam pengalihan dari sistem yang satu ke sistem yang lain. Kemahiran dan keterampilan itu sungguh diperlukan dalam pembuatan kalkulasi nanti; kalkulasi atau perhitungan baik mengenai bahan-cetak maupun mengenai biaya cetaknya. Kalkulasi yang tepat merupakan faktor penting untuk lancar serta baiknya pekerjaan.

Dan buku "Matematika Cetak-Mencetak" ini berusaha untuk mengarahkan yang sedang mempelajarinya ke tujuan kecermatan pengukuran, ketelitian penghitungan dan ketepatan kalkulas. Selain itu, buku ini menambah satu lagi jumlah seri buku pelajaran grafika, yang kini deretannya masih belum panjang.

FOR A BETTER WORLD: POSTERS FROM THE UNITED NATIONS, Edward B. Marks

Judul/Title: For A Better World: Posters from the United Nations
Penulis/Author: Edward B. Marks
Penerbit/Publisher: Pomegranate Communications Inc.
Edisi/Edition: 2000
Halaman/Pages: 159
Dimensi/Dimension: 23 x 28 x 1.3cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: English
Call No.: 741.6/Mar/f/C.1

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Heralding the call to disarmament, the demand for human rights, the plight of refugees, and countless other civic and humanitarian causes, posters have been at forefront of the United Nations' initiatives and campaigns. The first UN posters had a simple message, boldly displaying the UN name in six languages and establishing an identity for the world body using symbols that spokes to the for peace. As its mission broadened in scope and the number of its agencies grew, the UN continued to address the world through the medium of posters, creating bold design that were recognized worldwide for their artful composition and skillful rendering.

Some UN posters were adapted from works by well-known artist, notably the Norman Rockwell mosaic at the UN's New York head-quarters, the Pablo Picasso painting The Fall of Icarus, and Hans Erni's painting Man in Flight. Other outstanding contributions have included work by Peter Max, Victor Vasarely, and Robert Rauschenberg. Rauschenberg whose neo-dada style bridged abstract expressionism and pop art, created seven UN posters on themes such as the environtment, apartheid, habitat, and protection of cultural property.

Posters tell the story of the UN's endeavors over the last half-century with striking effect and sensitivity. This collection presents more than one hundred fifty of the finest examples of UN graphic art ever produced; it is the first to bring the rich variety of UN posters together in a single volume. Drawing on UN sources worldwide, this book includes rare specimens from the organization's early days -- including two posters produced by the UN's predecessor organization, the League of Nations -- and prizewinners from various poster competitions. Also included are artist biographies and preface by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

SETENGAH ABAD SENI GRAFIS INDONESIA, Enin Supriyanto [ed.]

Judul/Title: Setengah Abad Seni Grafis Indonesia
Penulis/Author: Enin Supriyanto [ed.]
Penerbit/Publisher: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
Edisi/Edition: 2000
Halaman/Pages: 188
Dimensi/Dimension: 21.5 x 27 x 1.7cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: English/Indonesia
Call No.: 760.2/Sup/s/C.1

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Dengan keragaman ini pula bisa disimpulkan bahwa seni grafis Indonesia bukanlah seni rupa yang malu-malu, macet, ataupun terkena sindrom rendah diri. Seni grafis sepantasnya bisa tetap tampil 'heroik' dan 'patriotik', dengan kualitas karya yang terus terjaga, melalui berbagai eksperimentasi yang kaya gagasan, seperti awal permunculannya di Indonesia dan keragaman pencapaian yang sudah dihimpunnya dalam setengah abad ini.

JEIHAN: AMBANG WARAS DAN GILA, Jakob Sumardjo

Judul/Title: JEIHAN: AMBANG WARAS DAN GILA
Penulis/Author: Jakob Sumardjo
Penerbit/Publisher: Jeihan Institute
Edisi/Edition: 2007
Halaman/Pages: 416
Dimensi/Dimension: 15,5 x 23 x 2cm
Sampul/Cover: Paperback
Bahasa/Language: Indonesia
Call No.: 927/Sum/j/C.1

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Seandainya Jakob Sumardjo sama gilanya dengan tokohnya, Jeihan: atau Jeihan sama warasnya dengan Jakob, mungkin buku ini tidak wujud. Atau kalaupun wujud, tidak akan segila buku ini.

Dari kacamata Jakob yang waras, kegilaan Jeihan dapat tertangkap secara utuh. Termasuk bagian-bagian warasnya. Jakob melukis modelnya dengan kegilaan Jeihan dalam kewarasannya sendiri. Hasilnya adalah lukisan gila: campuran antara lukisan ala Raden Saleh dan Affandi. Lahiriah dan batiniah Jeihan tergambar dalam pigura kearifan pujangga.

Pendek kata, melihat 'lukisan' profesor yang satu ini, Jeihan tidak lagi tampak hanya sebagai sosok seperti dalam lukisan naturalis kodian. Sebagai pelukis terkaya. Sebagai pelukis kelas satu. Dst. Tetapi Jeihan sebagai manusia, mahluk yang berproses. Hamba Tuhan sekaligus khalifahNya.