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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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Anabaptist ReMix; Varieties of Cultural Engagement in North AmericaThe creative clash of tradition and innovation causes many cultures to be in continuous remix. Crucibles of adaptation are present in religion, law, education, science, technology, publishing, arts, media, etc. The present volume Anabaptist ReMix: The Varieties of Cultural Engagement is a case study...
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Women's Histories, Feminist HistoriesThe culmination of MASP's 2019 program centered on women artists throughout historyOver the last few years, The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) has undertaken a pioneering effort to include artwork by women in both its permanent collection and its programming. The museum's 2019...
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Vermeer. La Obra Completa. 40th Ed.Despite numbering at just 35, his works have prompted a New York Times best seller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, where...
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Science Meets ArtThis book explores collaboration between artists and scientists and examines the ways in which scientific data and research findings can be communicated, translated and transformed using the techniques of contemporary art and information technology. Contemporary art forms-including installation, sculpture, painting, computer-based art, Internet art...
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Maurizio Cattelan: IndexA colossal anthology of artist conversations conducted by Maurizio Cattelan This massive volume, published in conjunction with the artist's exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca, collects for the first time all of the conversations that Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has been conducting for 20 years, as...
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Renoir, Monet, Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: The Kojiro Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus CollectionsTwo early Post-Impressionist collectors in dialogueFrench Impressionism was not only appreciated by Western collectors: it also found an early following in Japan. In 2022, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the Museum Folkwang presents its outstanding Post-Impressionist collection, assembled by Karl Ernst Osthaus--supplemented...
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Performing Care: New Perspectives on Socially Engaged PerformanceThis edited collection brings together essays presenting an interdisciplinary dialogue between theatre and performance and the fields of care ethics, care studies, health and social care. The book advances our understanding of performance as a mode of care, challenging existing debates in this area...
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L'Esprit Esthétique ChinoisLes auteurs du présent livre sont GAO Jianping, professeur à l'Académie des Sciences sociales de Chine, et les membres de l'équipe qu'il dirige. La partie principale du texte, divisée en onze chapitres, nous trace les lignes et les traits essentiels de la pensée esthétique...
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Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an IdeaA spirited memoir by artist Aviva Rahmani, offering a relatable narrative to discuss trigger point theory and the importance of eco-art activism. Divining Chaos is an intimate personal memoir of unparalleled transparency into the moments in Rahmani's life that shaped her as an artist...
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The Tournaments at Le Hem and Chauvency: Sarrasin: The Romance of Le Hem; Jacques Bretel: The Tournament at ChauvencyFirst translation of two vivid accounts of French thirteenth-century tournaments, rich in detail and an impassioned defence of tournaments and their importance. The Romance of Le Hem and The Tournament at Chauvency are eyewitness accounts of the famous tournaments held in 1278 at Le...
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Entretenez et restaurez vos meubles anciens: La restauration des meubles pour tousCe manuel vous montre comment entretenir, embellir ou réparer vos meubles et sièges, anciens ou non. Il est simple et clair. L'auteur est ébéniste d'art à Versailles, Meilleur Ouvrier de France en marqueterie.Author: Xavier DyèvrePublisher: BlurbPublished: 11/18/2021Pages: 84Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w...
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Djoliba Crossing: Journeys Into West African Music and CultureDiscover the music and culture of West Africa in this beautifully illustrated account of an artist's adventures in the Niger River valley. Djoliba Crossing is both an adventure memoir and a guidebook for the music traditions of West Africa. Descriptions of ancient music and...
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Outside the Palace of Me: Shary BoyleIn Outside the Palace of Me, internationally renowned Canadian multidisciplinary artist Shary Boyle offers a powerful look at how we see and imagine ourselves and each other. This book, based on the touring museum exhibition of the same name, reflects on global and individual...
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Crisis Vision: Race and the Cultural Production of SurveillanceIn Crisis Vision, Torin Monahan explores how artists confront the racializing dimensions of contemporary surveillance. He focuses on artists ranging from Kai Wiedenhöfer, Paolo Cirio, and Hank Willis Thomas to Claudia Rankine and Dread Scott, who engage with what he calls crisis vision--the regimes...
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Paola PiviThe first complete survey of the work of the much-loved and collected contemporary Italian multimedia artist Paola Pivi - with more than 250 images, including previously unpublished work. Published in association with Anchorage Museum, Alaska; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; The Bass Museum of...
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Narrative Visions and Visual Narratives in Indian BuddhismThis volume explores the interaction between text and image in Indian Buddhist contexts, including not only the complex relationship between verbal stories and visual representations at Indian sites, but also the ways in which visual imagery is used within textual narratives. The chapters are...
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The Correspondence of Berthe Morisot With Her Family and Her Friends: Manet, Puvis De Chavannes, Degas, Monet, Renoir, and MallarméThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Stunner: The Fall and Rise of Fanny CornforthThe only biography of one of the most controversial models of the Pre-Raphaelite art scene. Fanny Cornforth was a Victorian supermodel whose face epitomized the vision and life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In their twenty-five years together, she played many parts...
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Lucy Innes Williams: Viridian Garden House, 2019 (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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Picasso: The Women of His Life. a TributeAn exploration of the lives and work of Picasso's muses from the whole of their lives. It is a widely held view that Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) entered a renewed creative period alongside each new muse in his life. But this volume does not discuss...
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