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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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Captain Cannabis: No. 1Captain Cannabis No. 1 40th Anniversary edition brings the original 1977 Captain Cannabis comic book into the 21st century. Creator Verne Andru painstakingly digitized, cleaned up and airbrushed the original 16 black-and-white artwork pages giving them a vibrance and polish that makes the story...
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The View from the Studio Door: How Artists Find Their Way in an Uncertain WorldIn the perennial best-seller Art & Fear, Ted Orland (with David Bayles) examined the obstacles that artists encounter each time they enter their studio and stand before a new blank canvas. Now, in The View From The Studio Door, Orland turns his attention to...
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Early Christian and Medieval Rome: A Guide to the Art and ArchitectureContentEarly Christian and Medieval Rome looks at the fascinating art and architecture in Rome dating from between about 300 and 1300. In the fourth and fifth centuries, Rome was the most important city in the west for the early development of buildings for Christian...
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Careers in Art HistoryWhen embarking on the competitive arts job market it pays to be well-informed. This book aims to guide you through the options available - whether you are a prospective undergraduate student of Art History wondering where the degree could take you, or a professional...
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Carmen Herrera: EstructurasThree-dimensional extensions of the Cuban-born artist's stark, bright abstract paintingsThe definitive publication on Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera's (born 1915) Estructura works, this volume contains new works as well as sketches, plans, installation photographs from the exhibition and an essay by the curator of her...
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Just Like Me: Stories and Self-Portraits by Fourteen ArtistsThrough stories, paintings, and childhood photographs, these fourteen artists open their hearts and invite us to enter into their worlds. With honesty and encouragement, they offer hope for aspiring young people who dream of becoming artists- just like them.In this original and remarkable collection,...
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The Screenwriter's Guidebook: Inspiring Lessons in Film and Television WritingChristine Houston wrote Two Twenty Seven, a play about her childhood growing up at 227 E. 48th Street, located in what is now known as Bronzeville. She went on to win the ANTA West, the Lorraine Hansberry and the Norman Lear Playwriting contests. The...
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The Twined Basket: A Native American Art Activity BookGreat Grandmother, Kaya, a revered Skokomish basket maker, is teaching Josephine, 15, and her brother Ralph, 10, how to make baskets twined with the leaves of the cattail plant. Kaya learned when she was very young, just like the others who lived for thousands...
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Picasso: Guitars 1912-1914An in-depth examination of Picasso's modest yet radical cardboard and sheetmetal Guitar sculpturesPablo Picasso's modest yet radical cardboard and sheet metal Guitar sculptures (1912 and 1914, respectively) bracket a truly incandescent period of structural, spatial and material experimentation for the artist. In October 1912,...
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Mitch O'Connell: The World's Best ArtistMitch O'Connell, the World's Best Artist collects all the good stuff (the crappy art is under lock and key) from The Prince of Pop Art, Mitch O'Connell! Encompassing everything from doodles in school books to tour de force museum masterpieces, stunning illustrations from Playboy...
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Celebrating DifferenceOn a 140-acre campus on the high plains south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA) stands as a world leader in contemporary Native arts and culture education-an educational institution committed to "difference." This fifty year history explores some...
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Moon by the Window: The Calligraphy and Zen Insights of Shodo HaradaShodo Harada is internationally recognized both as a Zen teacher and as a world-class master of the fine art of Zen calligraphy. Harada regularly exhibits and gives calligraphy demonstrations in museums and universities in the U.S. and abroad. Accomplished Zen teachers from across the...
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Unrealism: New Figurative PaintingAuthor: Jeffrey DeitchPublisher: Rizzoli ElectaPublished: 10/01/2019Pages: 344Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 4.75lbsSize: 11.20h x 9.20w x 1.50dISBN: 9780847862429About the AuthorJeffrey Deitch has helped to build the careers of some of the leading contemporary artists as a gallerist and curator. He is the former Director of the...
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Obey: Supply and DemandRizzoli is pleased to bring back into print OBEY: Supply and Demand, Shepard Fairey's first book originally published in 2006 and slightly updated in 2009, which showcases the artist's career from his earliest art school years to the creation of his famous Obama HOPE...
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GraceGrace's name may be a bit of a misnomer, for graceful she is not. She wants to be a ballerina, but dancing is not her forte. Give it up, Grace, the other girls tell her. Saddened, Grace turns to drawing--and when she does, she...
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Drawing Basics and Video Game Art: Classic to Cutting-Edge Art Techniques for Winning Video Game DesignThis book supports my own 30-year crusade to demonstrate that games are an art form that undeniably rivals traditional arts. It gives detailed explanations of game art techniques and their importance, while also highlighting their dependence on artistic aspects of game design and programming."...
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Draw 50 Famous Cartoons: The Step-By-Step Way to Draw Your Favorite Classic Cartoon CharactersA barrel of laughs is what aspiring cartoonists of all ages will have while they learn to draw their favorite characters from the funny pages.Author: Lee J. AmesPublisher: Watson-GuptillPublished: 09/11/2012Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.44lbsSize: 10.83h x 8.49w x 0.17dISBN: 9780823085682Audience: Ages 9-12About the AuthorLee...
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Classical Drawing Atelier: A Contemporary Guide to Traditional Studio PracticeAteliers have produced the greatest artists of all time--and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period...
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Correspondence Course: An Epistolary History of Carolee Schneemann and Her CircleCreator of such acclaimed works as the performance Meat Joy and the film Fuses, for decades the artist Carolee Schneemann has saved the letters she has written and received. Much of this correspondence is published here for the first time, providing an epistolary history...
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Brothers in Clay: The Story of Georgia Folk PotteryAbundantly illustrated, Brothers in Clay tells the story of Georgia's rich folk pottery tradition--the historical forces that shaped it and the families and individual artisans who continue to keep it alive. This pioneering book marked the first intensive study of a southern state's pottery...
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