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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How to Draw Flowers in Simple StepsIf you have never drawn before you will love the simple approach to drawing flowers in this easy-to-follow book. Janet Whittle includes a great range of flowers, including poppies, fuchsias, geraniums, tulips, water lilies, sunflowers, daffodils and many more. Discover the delights of creating...
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David Bellamy's Skies, Light and Atmosphere in WatercolourIn this second book in a series covering elements of the landscape, renowned watercolourist, David Bellamy shows how to paint skies, light and atmosphere and how choices involving these three key elements can affect a painting. Starting with skies, David Bellamy covers basic techniques,...
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Dream Spectres 2: Kabuki Nightmares: Ukiyo-E Ghosts, Magic & MayhemUKIYO-E, the art of woodblock design and printing, enjoyed a symbiosis with the kabuki theatre almost from its inception in the late 17th century, with a significant number of images devoted to the popular theatre. These comprise kabuki-e -- dynamic frames, diptychs and triptychs...
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London AssuranceDion Boucicault, the Irish genius of London theatre in the age of Dickens, wrote the brilliantly funny London Assurance in 1841 and thereby created - in Sir Harcourt and Lady Spanker - two of the great comic roles of the English stage, played at...
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The WeddingThe Wedding is a Polish classic, continually in production in Poland since Stanislaw Wyspianski wrote it nearly a hundred years ago. A witty but ultimately tragic satire about Polish society, this remarkable play is set around the celebrations of a wedding between a poet...
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Gladiator Games: Sheffield Theatres with Theatre Royal Stratford East PresentOn the eve of his release from Feltham Young Offenders Institution, Zahid Mubarek, a young British Asian man, was attacked by his racist cellmate. One week later he died of his injuries. How was this allowed to happen? This new play traces the Mubarek...
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Universe: Exploring the Astronomical WorldA gorgeous exploration of the ways in which humans have documented the beauty of the cosmos - in a new compact editionUniverse is a groundbreaking survey that celebrates the popular subject of astronomy through 300 images created by those who have tried to understand...
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Wall Art Made Easy: Ready to Frame Vintage Art Deco Fashion Prints Vol 2: 30 Beautiful Illustrations to Transform Your HomeWall Art Made Easy: Ready to Frame Vintage Art Deco Fashion Prints Vol 2 features thirty more beautiful illustrations from various publications by George Barbier, David Soeurs (Sisters), Coles Phillips and Pierre Brissaud among other well renowned illustrators. If you love Art Deco, you're...
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Cosmos: The Art and Science of the UniverseSince time immemorial, the nocturnal skies have mesmerized us, and heavenly bodies have inspired the imaginations of artists, poets, and scientists. Featuring paintings, sculpture, drawings, watercolors, prints, as well as plates from books, celestial diagrams, and astronomical photography, this book showcases the superstars of...
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Draw Animals with Simple ShapesThis easy-to-follow, charming book is ideal for budding artists of all abilities who want to learn to draw their favorite animals. From ferocious lions to cute kittens, little artists aged 4 and up will learn to create finished illustrations from the most basic of...
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The Day of the Dead Drawing Book: Learn to Draw Beautifully Festive Mexican Skeleton ArtLearn to create dazzling skeleton art inspired by the Mexican 'Day of the Dead' festival. This instructional drawing book includes 16 drawing projects with hauntingly beautiful scenes and characters, including: - Traditional sugar skull designs- Dancing mariachi skeleton bands- Elaborate shrines- Famous characters from...
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Adult Jigsaw Puzzle Van Gogh: Starry Night: 1000-Piece Jigsaw Puzzles1000-pieces. Shrink-wrapped, sturdy box (size 10 x 10 x 2 ins). High quality jigsaw puzzle. Finished Jigsaw size 29 x 20 ins. Part of an exciting series of sturdy, square-box 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles from Flame Tree, featuring powerful and popular works of art. This...
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Louise Bourgeois: An Intimate Portrait (Artist Biographies, Women in Art)A rare glimpse inside the private world of Louise Bourgeois, one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Readers who already love the artist will be thrilled by the richness of this book, and those who didn't know her work before will discover...
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100 Ideas That Changed Art: (A Concise Resource Covering the Forces That Have Shaped World Art)From the earliest cave paintings through to the internet and street art, 100 Ideas that Changed Art chronicles the 100 most influential ideas that have shaped the world of art. Arranged in broadly chronological order, it provides a unique and compelling take on the...
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The Book of the Flower: Flowers in ArtArt is the flower, life is the green leaf--Charles Rennie Mackintosh Haphazard bunches, formal bouquets, chance arrangements, quiet and thoughtful rural encounters--The Book of the Flower is a sylvan collection of beautiful depictions of flowers by artists, photographers, and illustrators. Interspersed through the illustrations...
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The New PhilistinesContemporary art is obsessed with the politics of identity. Visit any contemporary gallery, museum or theatre, and chances are the art on offer will be principally concerned with race, gender, sexuality, power and privilege.The quest for truth, freedom and the sacred has been thrust...
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Alien: The Coloring BookOFFICIAL ALIEN COLORING BOOK FEATURING ALL THE ICONIC SCENES FROM THE ALIEN MOVIES "Adult coloring books just got 100% more awesome - Nerd Approved Forget relaxing mandalas and sharpen your red pencils for the official Alien Coloring Book From facehuggers to xenomorphs and from...
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Gemaldegalerie Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin: Director's Choice-An overview of the Gemaldegalerie's remarkably comprehensive collection of European art, beautifully illustrated with instantly recognizable masterpieces from every style and school from the 13th-18th centuries -Features works by Durer, Holbein, Raphael, Botticelli, Titian, Caravaggio and Vermeer, Rubens and Rembrandt -Each masterpiece is illuminated...
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The Last Trojan Hero: A Cultural History of Virgil's AeneidI sing of arms and of a man: his fate had made him fugitive: he was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores. The resonant opening lines of Virgil's Aeneid rank among the most...
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The Artist's Complete Book of Drawing Projects Step-By-StepWhen it comes to drawing there is no substitute for practice, and with this collection of 100 drawing projects you'll never be short of inspiration. From capturing the play of light in a sparkling water glass to composing a family portrait, there is a...
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