This new edition of Artwise: Visual Arts for theAustralian Curriculum is specifically written toaddress the Visual Arts learning area within the AustralianCurriculum. It provides a stimulating resource for students inYears 7 to 10, with a broad range of Australian and internationalartists, and a balance of traditional and contemporary examples.The overall sequencing of chapters demonstrates a progression indifficulty of subject matter, which allows teachers to dip in andout according to the year level and ability of their students inorder to work towards the appropriate Australian Curriculum Yearlevel standard. Artwise: Visual Arts for the AustralianCurriculum incorporates an offering of integratedunits that provide the optimum teaching balance between theAustralian Curriculum: The Arts strands of Making and Respondingwithin an overall thematic framework. Each unit is begun with a range of suggested Making tasksthat use step-by-step instructions to guide students through theirown creative process. Sample student works and a wide range ofworks (practices) from recognised artists allow students toinvestigate these and find their own inspiration. The Responding strand allows students to analyse theviewpoints offered by the artworks, with Self-reflection activitieson the eBookPLUS placing the student at the centre of the learningexperience, setting goals and evaluating their learning. Key features: ? Addresses the Visual Arts learning area within theAustralian Curriculum: The Arts ? Delivers a flexible approach to meet the needs ofstudents from the introductory years 7-8 to elective years 9-10 ? Begins with an introductory chapter that covers safety andbasic art techniques ? Presents graded and carefully sequenced units thatintegrate Making and Responding strands ? Provides step-by-step instructions for students? ownartwork ? Presents a wide range of artists and their practices acrosstraditional, contemporary, ATSI and Asian sources Artwise: Visual Arts for the Australian Curriculum 7-10eBookPLUS is an electronic version of the textbook and acomplementary set of targeted digital resources. The eBookPLUS features: ? video interviews with featured artists ? weblinks ? self-reflection activities ? interactive vocabulary builders ? eLessons that pair interviews with related worksheets These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available onlineat the JacarandaPLUS website (www.jacplus.com.au).

Building on her bestselling "Moving Targets" (1997), Louisa Buck presents "Moving Targets 2" - a fully updated and greatly expanded survey of the key players, places and presences that are shaping British art at the beginning of the 21st century.

This new edition of Artwise 2: Visual Arts 9-10, 2nd Edition is specifically written for Stage 5 Visual Arts in New South Wales. It provides a stimulating resource for students in Years 9 and 10, with a broad range of Australian and international artists, and a balance of traditional and contemporary examples. Artists' studies are organised in four sections: The Frames, Conceptual Framework, Contemporary Artists' Practice and Historical Art Periods/Styles. Features and content in each artists' study are designed to: ? consolidate students' understanding of the frames ? further develop students' understanding of the Conceptual Framework and the relationships that are most relevant in the artworld ? provide insights into artmaking practice through artists' statements and descriptions of techniques, media and ideas ? develop skills in interpreting and writing about art, with descriptions of artworks and introductions to artists (Critical study and Historical study), extracts of thought-provoking art critical and art historical writing (Critical practice and Historical practice), and a range of student activities (eg, Studying art, Artmaking). Artwise 2, Second Edition is now fully supported by eBookPLUS. Artwise 2, Second Edition eBookPLUS is an electronic version of the textbook and a complementary set of targeted digital resources. The eBookPLUS features weblinks, interactive vocabulary builders, and eLessons that pair video and audio interviews with related worksheets. These flexible and engaging ICT activities are available online at the JacarandaPLUS website (www.jacplus.com.au). Click here to view Artwise 2: Visual Arts 9-10, 2nd Edition eBookPLUS.

Never Before Available in Paperback, Louis Ginzberg's landmark seven-volume The Legends of the Jews assembles the many elaborations and embellishments of Biblical stories that flourished in the centuries following the Bible's own creation. Ginzberg devoted most of his life to gathering these legends from their original sources - written in Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Syrian, Aramaic, Ethiopic, Arabic, Persian, and Old Slavic - and reproducing them completely, accurately, and vividly. He presents them in their traditional Biblical sequence and reconciles the sometimes contradictory versions of the same stories found in different sources. In addition to four volumes of the legends themselves, The Legends of the Jews includes two indispensable volumes of notes, which provide the sources for every legend, as well as a comprehensive index to the people, places, and motifs found in the legends and their sources.