Art
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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Cut Out: A Feminist History of Photo Collage, Montage and AssemblageFemale artists have long employed collage to reflect the ways in which identity is often constructed from conflicting, contrasting, and contradictory parts. Cut Out explores the relationship between photography and feminist collage, foregrounding the use of femmage--a radical reclaiming of craft traditionally associated with...
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Color by Numbers Us National Parks: 40 Mystery Pictures to RevealHidden within this innovative coloring book are 40 stunning travel posters for iconic US National Parks. Simply follow the color key to reveal the hidden locations.... From Yellowstone to Yosemite, and from the Everglades to the Grand Canyon, where will you travel today? The...
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Bibi Steps Out!A shy, artistic girl comes out of her shell--and finds her community--as she helps transform an ignored rail trail into a place of recreation and beauty. It's spring at last, and the residents of Longview Lane are starting to creep out of their cocoons...
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Art and Architecture in MexicoThis expository history of Mexican art from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the twenty-first century is the most comprehensive introduction to the subject in fifty years. James Oles ranges widely across media and genres, offering new readings of painting, sculpture, architecture,...
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Anselm Kiefer: Women AlchemistsA tribute to 33 women who merged science and spirituality to healing ends, as commemorated through Kiefer's monumental painting seriesPublished with Palazzo Reale. This volume examines the gestation and realization of one of the German painter and sculptor Anselm Kiefer's most conceptually innovative projects...
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Ancient Nubian Art: A HistoryLushly illustrated with stunning artifacts, this volume is the first comprehensive and accessible publication to explore the art, architecture, and material culture of ancient Nubia. Kings and queens of Nubia reigned over one of the largest empires in the ancient world and had contacts...
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Air-Dry Masterpieces: Over 50 Creative Projects for Everyday SpacesPick up a new passion or expand your ceramic horizons with this crafty DIY air-dry clay guide. With Air-Dry Masterpieces, you'll master the art of at-home ceramics. Make the trinket of your dreams with no more than clay, paint, and this artsy and accessible...
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Why the Bible BeganWhy did no other ancient society produce something like the Bible? That a tiny, out of the way community could have created a literary corpus so determinative for peoples across the globe seems improbable. For Jacob Wright, the Bible is not only a testimony...
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The Sun Will Shine AgainIn The Sun Will Shine Again, we follow Bruno's childhood under Nazi oppression, from his third birthday in Austria through his tenth in Belgium at the end of World War II. In those seven years, he and his twin brother experienced a lifetime of...
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The Inkpot FairyCaroline takes down the green inkpot from the high shelf. It belongs to Mama so she's careful not to make a mess. When she pries open the lid, out pops a green inkpot fairy who demands she "make art." Using green, her favorite color,...
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The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters"For the first time, the real story behind the Highwaymen has emerged . . . a well-researched, lively, and comprehensive overview of the development and contribution of these African-American artists and their place in the history of Florida's popular culture."--Mallory McCane O'Connor, author of...
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The Art of Star Wars: The Mandalorian (Season One)This official behind-the-scenes companion to the Disney+ Star Wars series The Mandalorian features exclusive concept art, character and costume sketches, and vehicle and creature designs. Foreword by Academy Award-winner Doug Chiang, Lucasfilm VP and Executive Creative Director Lucasfilm creative art manager Phil Szostak's The...
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The Album of Plant Families: An Illustrated Exploration of Nature's Beauty and BountyMuch like our own family, plant families share characteristics, often in the arrangement of their flowers, leaves, and stems. In this oversized book, acclaimed botanical artist Wendy Hollender depicts twenty-four plant families most commonly encountered in the garden and in the wild. Her superb...
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Taking the Fear Out of Watercolour: Learn to Paint with Calm and ConfidenceIn Taking the Fear Out of Watercolour, Hazel Soan teaches you to paint with confidence, releasing you from the fear and trepidation that so often accompanies this challenging medium. At first glance watercolour painting appears to be quite easy, meaning thatbeginners start off with...
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SurrealismOfficial book accompanying the blockbuster centenary celebration of Surrealism at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; 4 September 2024 - 13 January 2025. This essential catalogue explores the legacy of the art movement that changed everything. "Organisers say it is an unprecedented way to organise an...
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So Many Cozy Animals!: Cute & Comfy Scenes to ColorColor cute and cozy animals in this sweet and calming coloring book, the second in a whimsical new series from artist Kimma Parish!Favorite adorable creatures from bunnies to dragons and more await in this imaginative coloring book. 76 hand-drawn illustrations from artist Kimma Parish....
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Raqib Shaw: Paradise LostAn in-depth exploration of Shaw's most recent work: the ambitious, twenty-one-panel painting Paradise Lost London-based artist Raqib Shaw (b. 1974) creates fantastical yet profoundly personal works that draw upon his Indian heritage and his deep knowledge of art history. This book explores the twenty-one-panel...
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Pete the Kitty's Outdoor Art ProjectJoin Pete the Kitty as he gets creative in this I Can Read story from New York Times bestselling team Kimberly and James Dean.Pete the Kitty loves art class. But when the project is to go outside and make art from nature, Pete isn't...
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Painting Salvation: A fresh look at twelve classical paintingsLike sails, paintings consist of canvas stretched across perpendicular frames to reach some destination yet unseen. This book is like a sailing boat, then. Each of the twelve paintings commented upon could be seen as one of its sails. They display before our minds...
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Painting Into Being: Underground Art During China's Cultural RevolutionAmid the political turmoil of China's Cultural Revolution, a small group of painters in Beijing defied state control, creating art in secrecy that challenged the ideological constraints of their time. Painting into Being is the first in-depth study of underground art during this period,...
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