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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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The Senses: Design Beyond Vision (Design Book Exploring Inclusive and Multisensory Design Practices Across Disciplines)A powerful reminder to anyone who thinks design is primarily a visual pursuit, The Senses accompanies a major exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum that explores how space, materials, sound, and light affect the mind and body. Learn how contemporary designers, including Petra...
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Art HouseLeading art collector Chara Schreyer's forty-year collaboration with interior designer Gary Hutton has produced five residences designed to house 600 works of art, including masterpieces by Marcel Duchamp, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, Louise Nevelson, Diane Arbus, and Frank Stella. Art House takes readers on...
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The Haight: Love, Rock, and RevolutionCovering one of the most unforgettable moments in modern history--and including striking images of twentieth-century icons such as Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Timothy Leary, Allen Ginsburg, Grace Slick, and more--The Haight is an indispensable gallery of legendary photographer Jim Marshall's iconic Sixties-era...
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Birds of BerkeleyThis charming, full-color field guide to 25 birds easily found in Berkeley proves that even the city's avian residents are a little quirky.Meticulously detailed illustrations capture each bird's distinctive physicality and temperament. A Burrowing Owl faces you in a full-on head shot, perhaps having...
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Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys Into the Medieval WorldAn extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts...
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20 Ways to Draw a Dress and 44 Other Fabulous Fashions and Accessories: A Sketchbook for Artists, Designers, and DoodlersThis inspiring sketchbook is part of the new 20 Ways series from Quarry Books, designed to offer artists, designers, and doodlers a fun and sophisticated collection of illustrating fun. Each spread features 20 inspiring illustrated examples of 45 themes - black dresses, summery hats,...
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The Art of Urban Sketching: Drawing on Location Around the WorldThe Art of Urban Sketching is both a comprehensive guide and a showcase of location drawings by artists around the world who draw the cities where they live and travel. Authored by the founder of the nonprofit organization Urban Sketchers (www.urbansketchers.org), this beautiful, 320-page...
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A Book of Surrealist GamesThis delightful collection allows everyone to enjoy firsthand the provocative methods used by the artists and poets of the Surrealist school to break through conventional thought and behavior to a deeper truth. Invented and played by such artists as Andr Breton, Rene Magritte, and...
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Tropical World: A Coloring Book AdventureLose yourself in a riot of beauty and mindful drawing with New York Times bestselling adult coloring book author Millie Marotta--whose books have sold more than 8-1/2 million copies Created by the bestselling author of Animal Kingdom, this is one of the most gorgeous...
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Ceramic Sculpture: Making Faces: A Guide to Modeling the Head and Face with ClaySculpting the human face presents a unique artistic challenge--but this richly illustrated guide thoroughly demystifies the process. Instructor Alex Irvine goes step-by-step, explaining everything from creating basic, rough outlines to surface refinements to finely detailed replicas. Photographs of models and sketches appear alongside the...
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Dracopedia the Great Dragons: An Artist's Field Guide and Drawing JournalAn Artist's Field Guide to the World's Great Dragons Creatures of great beauty and terrible ferocity, dragons have been featured and revered for centuries. Of the thousand-plus species still in existence, none have inspired more folklore and artistic awe than the eight species of...
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Tiny Pantone ObjectsTiny PANTONE Objects is the perfect exploration of PANTONE colors in the everyday world. Inka Mathew has spent years photographing miniature objects that perfectly match the hues of the PANTONE rainbow. In this book, inspired by her Tiny PMS Match Tumblr, Mathew takes readers...
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Ma Yuan: Water Studies: Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings- A series of masterpieces of painting from famous masters of two Chinese dynasties, presented in the traditional format of a handscroll - Includes important postscripts and observations of the works from later generations The series contains a collection of masterpieces by famous Chinese...
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Dong Yuan: The Xiao and Xiang Rivers: Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings- A series of masterpieces of painting from famous masters of two Chinese dynasties, presented in the traditional format of a handscroll - Includes important postscripts and observations of the works from later generations The series contains a collection of masterpieces by famous Chinese...
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Culture 2.0: The Intersection of National and Organizational CultureThis edited volume brings new ideas to the study of national culture and organizational culture as it explores their naturally existing intersections. However, these intersections can be difficult to identify and study, as national culture changes generationally whereas organizational culture can change relatively quickly...
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Dreams & DrawingsThis book is a compilation of works that bring reason to fantasy, wonder to imagination and allows us to visit the fascinating mind of M. Estes. The concepts and theories are supported by wonderful black and white drawings that long for your own story...
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Sense and Sensation: Ganesh Haloi 2021- A one-of-a-kind artist's memoir that documents his long and creative association with Indian artists, blending traditional miniature painting techniques with digital photography - An impassioned look at the way the coronavirus lockdowns and their aftermath have impacted artist and artisan communities in Rajasthan,...
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Home Sweet HomeThoughtful Finn explores many fun and inspiring towns to find his home sweet home. He challenges himself through bravery, determination, and curiosity all while visiting each color of the color wheel. As Finn discovers new places to see, he practices observation and literacy which...
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Osmos Magazine: Issue 22Writings and photography by Tom McDonough, Stephanie Snyder, Louis Jaffe and Horatiu Sava in the latest OSMOSThe latest issue of OSMOS features Stefan Gronert's essay exploring Thomas Struth's family portraits; Cay Sophie Rabinowitz on OSMOS artist-in-residence Kevin Claiborne; Leila Grothe on Cynthia Daignault's paintings...
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Draw 50 Dogs: The Step-By-Step Way to Draw Beagles, German Shepherds, Collies, Golden Retrievers, Yorkies, Pugs, Malamutes, and ManyOld English sheep dogs, German Shepherds and Malamutes are just a few of the fun-loving, furry breeds that anyone can create by following these sketches. An American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.Author: Lee J. AmesPublisher: Watson-GuptillPublished: 09/11/2012Pages: 64Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.50lbsSize: 10.70h x 8.30w...
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