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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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A Primer on Theatre and Aesthetics: Performance and Social ChangeA Primer on Theatre and Aesthetics explores the philosophy of arts from the Ancient Greeks to our contemporary world. What began as a debate in a monoculture eventually mushroomed into a vision for aesthetic diversity and inclusion as declarative statements receded in importance and...
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Animal Sketching for BeginnersThis handy manual provides the confidence, insight, and guidance to help any sketcher create realistic animal drawings. With the help of the author's thirty-one clearly detailed drawings, this basic how-to-guide: - illustrates major attributes shared by many animals- shows how simple shapes can create...
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Also Known as: Uncovering Representational Frameworks in Architecture, Art, and Digital MediaAn exploration of conceptual frameworks common to architecture and digital media. Also Known As offers analogies between objects and architecture, finding shared structures in physical things and architectural ideas, to render ideas relevant to a broad design audience. In this collection of written and...
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Adolph Gottlieb: A Powerful Will to ArtA career-spanning monograph on a key member of the "first generation" of Abstract ExpressionistsAmerican artist Adolph Gottlieb (1903-74) was a central figure of the New York School of art from its very beginnings in the 1930s. The Pictograph paintings that he began making in...
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A Conference of Birds in the time of COVIDA Conference of Birds collects, in book form, over a dozen connected exercises in thinking and drawing which were developed during the Covid lockdown by Axiom Maxiom Drawing Center. When the sudden distancing by quarantine threatened the curtailment of in-person communication the Center engaged...
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11 Things to Celebrate Before BreakfastA short motivational book incorporating sayings by Ruth Broyde Sharone, an explanation of the spiritual importance of the number 11 to many cultures, and fine art photographs by Leah Broyde Abrahams. It includes a bio of each of the two contributors.Author: Ruth A. Broyde...
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Your Art Matters"I don't know if I have what it takes to be an artist.""My art sits in a drawer because I don't know what to do with it.""I feel lost in a sea of other artists."Sound familiar? You're not alone. Your Art Matters is a...
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Wordplay: The Philosophy, Art, and Science of AmbigramsTake a second look at the cover of this book--this time, turn it upside down. The title, Wordplay, is an ambigram, which means you will be able to read it both right side up and upside down. You may be familiar with the John...
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William Blake's Divine Comedy IllustrationsDante's Divine Comedy captivated medieval readers, and each successive era remains spellbound by its sublime portraits of Hell, Purgatory, and Heaven. In the early 19th century, one of England's great epic poets paid tribute to the Italian master's work. Gifted at both poetry and...
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William Alister MacDonald: Watercolours from Thurso, the Thames, and TahitiThe life of Scottish watercolourist William Alister Macdonald (1861-1956) contained more mystery and intrigue than a novel by the authors he knew as friends. Mid-life in the early 1900s he painted widely across Britain, Europe and North Africa. Aged sixty, abandoning his wife and...
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Wicked: Elphaba / Glinda Reversible Sculpted JournalThis collectible, hardcover journal has an eye-catching, sculpted cover featuring intricate artwork from Universal Pictures' cinematic event, Wicked. The perfect place to note your thoughts in style, this 184-page collectible journal is a stylish gift for any Wicked fan. This reversible journal can be...
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Wayne Thiebaud: Summer DaysOrganized with the Wayne Thiebaud Foundation, this exhibition catalogue presents the work of the beloved West Coast painter on the theme of the American summer. This book tracks the career of the artist over six decades, revealing his retained interest in lighthearted subjects while...
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Warjac America's Most WantedWarjac knew he was a lucky guy. A product of Indiana poverty, here he was at age 33, hanging out with millionaires and movie stars. Warjac's new friends didn't know much about him. As far as they knew, his name actually was Bob King...
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Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream...Through his work across many media, Houston and Los Angeles-based artist Vincent Valdez bears witness to the world around him, chronicling an America at the margins. Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream... features work from over twenty years and writings addressing Valdez's work through the...
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Turtles Were Named After Them! Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo - Biography Books for Kids 6-8 Children's Biography BooksYour child probably knows the ninja turtles but does he/she know who Leonardo Donatello Raphael and Michelangelo really are? In this book your child will know the legendary painters who changed art history forever. This book is not just a treat for the eyes...
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Turner: The Essential PaintingsIn celebration of the 250th birthday of the English Romantic painter this opulent edition features stunning, accordion-fold, color reproductions of Turner's essential works, accompanied by a separate booklet providing descriptions and the background of each painting. Boasting nearly fifty paintings and watercolors, this boxed...
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Thomas Kinkade Studios: Italian Café (Foiled Journal)New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, and featuring lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. Perfect as a gift, or an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers,...
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The World According to Vincent Van Gogh"I believe that at present we must paint nature's rich and magnificent aspects; we need good cheer and happiness, hope and love." -- Vincent van GoghVincent van Gogh's letters to his brother Theo form what is perhaps the most frank and unique body of...
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The Tracing Qur'an: The Blessed ChaptersAnyone with the enthusiasm to pick up a pen will be able to unearth the inner workings of the Qur'an and its deeper treasures. Through tracing the verses, they will gain the tools to appreciate the Qur'an and its teachings in a lasting personal...
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The Politics of Monstrous Figures in Contemporary Cinema: Witches, Zombies, and Cyborgs Re-Enchanting the Ends of the WorldThe book addresses the role of particular monstrous figures and apocalyptic scenarios in contemporary cinema and television and evaluates the political potential of horror and sci-fi narratives in our age of never-ending crises. The purpose of the book is to demonstrate how witches, zombies,...
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