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Discover the best-selling art books and insightful artist biographies at our online bookstore, featuring a curated selection of must-read books about art and artwork. Explore our collection to find the best books to read, from captivating artist biographies to beautifully illustrated artwork books.
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Painter's Life: Talks, Journals, PaintingsA Painter's Life is a rare glimpse into the mind of an uncompromising painter. Mari Lyons was a life-long "every-day" painter and from an early journal she kept for a short time she reveals the heartbreaks, the pain of rejection, the intense and abiding...
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Storyboarding for Wim Wenders: Visions of WendersThe firsthand account of a storyboard artist and his intimate experience with acclaimed filmmaker Wim Wenders. With this book, Stéphane Lemardelé traverses uncharted territory, linking the sequential art form with the often overlooked medium of a storyboarder--the two intrinsically tied but the former seen...
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No Horses in the House!: The Audacious Life of Artist Rosa BonheurBased on the incredible life of the pioneering, feminist and queer artist Rosa Bonheur, this charming story depicts Rosa's early years and her drive to fight for her dreams. Rosa Bonheur loved to draw animals. She was good at it too! Unfortunately, in nineteenth-century...
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Clay Modeling: Diy With Simple Step-by-step Instructions (An Essential Guide to Getting Started in the Art of Sculpting)Children can add extra spooky flair to a bedroom or classroom with bats, vampires, witches, jack-o-lanterns, mummies, and more...all made from clay!Parents and teachers will be surprised at how simple it is to create brilliant characters using clay "balls and sausages" as a starting...
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Beautiful Staten Island - Sketches Around Town: A Series of Live Location Drawings Created in the Borough of Parks. Visual Exploration of New York CitWelcome, This book is a collection of drawings from my many sketchbooks, which I wanted to publish and dedicate to the borough I love - Beautiful Staten Island. Each sketch in this book was created on location, from life. Location sketches are designed to...
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Performing the Sacred: Christian Representation and the ArtsWhat does 'performance' mean in Christian culture? How is it connected to rituals, dramatic and visual arts, and the written word? This book addresses the issue from the Middle Ages to the Modern era and showcases examples of how Christians have represented their biblical...
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Prudence Heward: Canadian Modernist PainterAt a time of disdain for modern art and widespread discrimination against women artists, Prudence Heward challenged the conventional in portraits that capture subtleties of emotion and often reflect her own struggles against illness and family tragedy. As A.Y. Jackson, founding member of the...
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MATSUDA DEN DAITO RYU JUJUTSU BLACK BELT 2nd DAN 松武會傳大東流柔術秘傳目ŸJujutsu Daito Ryu Aikijujutsu is the most widespread traditional Japanese martial art, at the origin of Aikido. The Matsuda den Daito Ryu Jujutsu Renshinkan, once a secret art, reserved only for a select few, carries within itself the splendor of a martial art that...
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Velociraptor Coloring Book: Dinosaur Coloring Pages, Coloring Books for Adults, Stress Relief Activity BookVelociraptor Coloring Book, Dinosaur Coloring Pages, Coloring Books for Adults, Stress Relief Activity Book, Easily Distracted By Dinosaurs It was made for Velociraptor lovers or someone who just likes to relax while coloring. A must-have collection for real fans of Velociraptor. Makes the perfect...
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Transforming the Church Interior in Renaissance Florence: Screens and Choir Spaces, from the Middle Ages to Tridentine ReformAuthor: Joanne AllenPublisher: Cambridge University PressPublished: 05/05/2022Pages: 350Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.55lbsSize: 10.87h x 8.43w x 0.87dISBN: 9781108833592About the AuthorAllen, Joanne: - Joanne Allen studied at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Warwick, and completed postdoctoral fellowships in Rome, Florence, and Venice....
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Belle Baranceanu: Life, Art, and the New Deal RenaissanceIn this first biography of artist Belle (Goldschlager) Baranceanu, Jennifer Peoples Hernandez tells the extraordinary story of a woman who rose from humble beginnings to become the most important female muralist in San Diego during the Great Depression and a prominent California Modern artist....
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Grief, Identity, and the Arts: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on Expressions of GriefDeath and grief have often elicited the response of creativity, from elegies and requiems to memorial architecture. Such artistic expressions of grief form the focus of Grief, Identity, and the Arts, which brings together scholars from the disciplines of musicology, literature, sociology, film studies,...
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I Want You to Love Me, Too!A vividly illustrated book highlighting the importance and function of certain animals, while also showing that they can be endearing and lovable.This book is a special project shared by mother, JoAnn and daughter, Gia. It is inspired by the love and support they provide...
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Wavelengths'Wavelengths' is an exploration of light, colour and form through the creation of transfigured natural images. The result is a series of multi-layered image-scapes exploring the spectrum of visible wavelengths and my fascination with refraction and the interaction of light and glass, taking the...
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Rescue Tales: Rescue Dogs and their Beautiful Adoption StoriesRescue TalesA Photographic Journey of Rescue Dogs and their Beautiful Adoption StoriesPhotographer, Cat Hendriks captures the beauty and uniqueness of rescue dogs, telling their heartwarming adoption stories in order to bring awareness to adopting dogs and how saving a life could in turn change...
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By the Highway: KontextBy the Highway In By the Highway, Ser Serpas walks through Paris with Rafik Greiss, seeking out the sites that shape her sculptures and installations. In dialogue with Dora Budor, this volume in the KONTEXT series presents new approaches to form, volume, and materiality...
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Odious And Cerberus: An American Immigrant's Odyssey And His Free Speech Legal War Against Smithsonian CorruptionFor more than 170 years, Americans have been enriched by the Smithsonian Institution's incredible archive of artifacts, displays, and knowledge in every field. This excellent resource was bequeathed to the American people by a mysterious English benefactor. However, today the Smithsonian is curated by...
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Mandala Coloring Book for Beginners: Inspiration Begets Creation That Brings about RelaxationSo, when do you get to recharge your emotional batteries? Exactly! That's the sad truth for the vast majority of us. In busy, stressful times, the recharging of batteries (emotional and other) somehow gets left out. To which I reply firmly: No! No longer....
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Thinking Through CraftCo-published in Association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London This book is a timely and engaging introduction to the way that artists working in all media think about craft. Workmanship is key to today's visual arts, when high 'production values' are becoming increasingly...
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Luigi Pericle: A RediscoveryThe rediscovery of Luigi Pericle's art as exhibited at the Estorick Collection, London. This book presents the work of artist Luigi Pericle (1916-2001) who was a leading creative figure in the second half of the twentieth century. Pericle gained renown in the 1950s as...
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