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Street ArtStreet art is a phenomenon and subculture movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous international art fairs. Despite having earned a place in the canon of twentieth-century art history, its qualifications are often disputed by both the art establishment...
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Magic of MC EscherM.C. Escher (1898-1972) is renowned for his ability to render the visions of his mind's eye. The visions themselves were remarkable: for Escher, the skin of the visible world was nothing more than a piece of cloth that could be cut, folded, shaped, and...
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Seeing Ourselves: Women's Self-PortraitsFor centuries, women's self-portraiture was a highly overlooked genre. Beginning with the self-portraits of nuns in medieval illuminated manuscripts, Seeing Ourselves finally gives this richly diverse range of artists and portraits, spanning centuries, the critical analysis they deserve. In sixteenth-century Italy, Sofonisba Anguissola paints...
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Art DecoExamples are given of art deco furniture, textiles, ironwork, lighting, silver, glass, ceramics, sculpture, graphics, posters, books, jewellery, and architecture.Author: Alastair DuncanPublisher: Thames & HudsonPublished: 11/17/1988Pages: 218Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.05lbsSize: 8.26h x 5.95w x 0.58dISBN: 9780500202302About the AuthorDuncan, Alastair: - Alastair Duncan was for...
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Creative Haven Rose Windows Coloring Book: Create Illuminated Stained Glass Special EffectsBased on designs of stained glass rose windows, these 31 images are specially shaded so that they will simulate the luminescence of actual stained glass when colored with wax crayons. Translucent colors work best to achieve this sparkling special effect. Pages are perforated and...
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Creative Haven Whimsical Gardens Coloring BookEnter into a garden of delights with these 31 beautifully detailed images. The imaginative and playful designs will inspire colorists to add their own special touches to make each picture uniquely their own. Illustrations are printed on one side of perforated pages for easy...
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An Edmund Dulac Treasury: 116 Color IllustrationsRooted in tales both ancient and modern, these vibrant images date from the early twentieth century's Golden Age of Illustration. Edmund Dulac, a prominent artist of the period, created them for books published between 1905 and 1928. Their moods range from the shadowy foreboding...
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How to Draw TreesTo be able to draw and paint trees and have them look like trees and not just strokes, or gobs of paint, is the supreme test of a landscape artist's ability, declares the author of this practical manual. Distinguished landscape artist Frank M. Rines...
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Peggy Dean's Guide to Nature Drawing and Watercolor: Learn to Sketch, Ink, and Paint Flowers, Plants, Trees, and AnimalsThis fun and easy-to-use nature drawing and watercolor guide is perfect for anyone inspired by nature to draw, doodle, ink, and paint colorful flora and fauna. Artist, author, and popular art instructor Peggy Dean presents this nature drawing guide that teaches you how to...
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Art and Artist: Creative Urge and Personality DevelopmentAlong with Adler and Jung, Otto Rank was one of the intellectual giants in the inner circle around Sigmund Freud. Art and Artist, his major statement on the relationship of art to the individual and society, pursues in a broader cultural context Freud's ideas...
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Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative TechniquesUNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and producer Evan Skolnick...
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A Giacometti PortraitWhen we look at a painting hanging on an art gallery wall, we see only what the artist has chosen to disclose--the finished work of art. What remains mysterious is the process of creation itself--the making of the work of art. Everyone who has...
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Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and PrintmakingFocusing on the vital role of literature in the development of the artistic practice of Frank Stella (b. 1936), this insightful book looks at four transformative series of prints made between 1984 and 1999. Each of these series is named after a literary work--the...
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Chang Dai-Chien: Painting from Heart to HandChang Dai-chien (1899-1983), one of the most celebrated Chinese painters of the twentieth century, is renowned for his stylistic variety and unparalleled productivity. This book explores three key artistic dimensions--Chang's early ink paintings emulating ancient Chinese styles, his lively portrayals of nature made while...
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Ione Saldanha: The Invented CityThe largest publication to date on the work of a pioneering Brazilian painterIone Saldanha (1919-2001) was a highly influential though underappreciated figure in the history of 20th-century Brazilian art. Her paintings on canvas and paper, as well as more unconventional surfaces such as wooden...
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Matthew Ronay: The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an OdeSensual and psychedelic sculpture affirming the primacy of the handmade object, from a leading New York sculptorThe vibrant, small-scale wooden sculptures of New York-based artist Matthew Ronay (born 1976) cull from the vocabularies of organic things--flora and fauna from land and sea, human anatomy,...
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Noguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi: Objects of Common InterestA two-volume archival excavation of Noguchi's enduring relationship with GreeceNoguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi explores the relationship between one of the 20th century's most celebrated art and design multidisciplinarians and the Mediterranean country he visited regularly for decades. Through an engaging visual essay...
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Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of AdvertisingFrom Pop art and the Pictures Generation to Instagram and branding: how the dialogue between art and advertising has evolved over the decadesThe world of advertising has changed drastically over the last century. Marketers have shifted from selling physical objects to promoting lifestyles, brands...
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Mark Hearld's Work BookThis is the new compact hardcover edition of Mark Hearld's Work Book, the first collection of the artist's beguiling art. The artist Mark Hearld finds his inspiration in the flora and fauna of the British countryside: a blue-eyed jay perched on an oak branch;...
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Andrew Schoultz: Decade: 2011 - 2021Internationally acclaimed artist Andrew Schoultz celebrates a diverse and multi-faceted artistic practice with his latest coffee table art book. Decade: 2011-2021 compiles the artist's most notable projects, exhibitions and murals from the past ten years, highlighting major museum and gallery shows, massive outdoor mural...
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