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.
-
Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own LegThe first major U.S. monograph in ten years on Murakami is the definitive survey of the paintings of one of today's most influential artists. Takashi Murakami (b. 1962), one of contemporary art's most widely recognized exponents, receives a long-awaited critical consideration in this important...
- CHF 92.85
- CHF 92.85
- Unit price
- per
-
Tom Sachs: SpaceshipsThe most recent body of work by the popular American artist to focus on his highly inventive interpretation of space travel, published for the first time. Published to accompany exhibitions simultaneously in New York and Palm Beach, the book follows the interdisciplinary show that...
- CHF 86.22
- CHF 86.22
- Unit price
- per
-
1000 Tattoos: The Most Creative New Designs from the World's Leading and Up-And-Coming Tattoo ArtistsThe world's best, most innovative, creative tattoo art. New works from over forty of the most ground breaking and up-and-coming tattoo designers are featured in this highly curated collection. Aimed at profiling the next generation of skin art, the selected artists are at the...
- CHF 39.72
- CHF 39.72
- Unit price
- per
-
We Are Made of Stories: Self-Taught Artists in the Robson Family CollectionA richly illustrated history of self-taught artists and how they changed American art Artists without formal training, who learned from family, community, and personal journeys, have long been a presence in American art. But it wasn't until the 1980s, with the help of trailblazing...
- CHF 59.69
- CHF 59.69
- Unit price
- per
-
DiegoThis story of Diego Rivera, the greatest muralist of Mexico--and of the world--is told in Spanish and English. Vibrant miniature paintings convey the sense of adventure and magic that marked Rivera's early years. And the story shows how his passion for painting and love...
- CHF 12.36
- CHF 12.36
- Unit price
- per
-
Women Artists A to ZAn empowering and educational alphabet picture book about women artists, perfect for fans of Rad American Women A-Z. How many women artists can you name? From Frida Kahlo and Georgia O'Keeffe, to Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Xenobia Bailey, this lushly illustrated alphabet picture book...
- CHF 30.94
- CHF 30.94
- Unit price
- per
-
Salvador Dali (Revised Edition) (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)Meet Artist Salvador Dali Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series combines a delightful mix of full-color historical reproductions, photos, and hilarious cartoon-style illustrations that bring to life the works of renowned artists, combining poignant anecdotes with important factual information for readers (Ages...
- CHF 10.54
- CHF 10.54
- Unit price
- per
-
American Art Since 1945David Joselit traces and analyzes the contradictory formal, ideological, and political conditions during this period that made American art predominant throughout the world. Social and cultural transformations rooted in mass media technologies--photography, television, video, and the Internet--elevated consumer commodities to the status of legitimate...
- CHF 38.12
- CHF 38.12
- Unit price
- per
-
Ways of Drawing: Artists' Perspectives and PracticesDrawing is among the most direct ways of engaging with the world; a way not just of seeing, but of understanding what you see. At once inspirational and instructive, Ways of Drawing collects a rich variety of reflections on the craft from practicing artists,...
- CHF 69.65
- CHF 69.65
- Unit price
- per
-
Large Sketchbook (Ruby Red)A deluxe, hardcover sketchbook with archival-quality paper that works for a variety of drawing media with pages that are large enough for you to take rough sketches all the way to final artwork. The classic Watson-Guptill Sketchbook, first created by artists for artists, was...
- CHF 18.55
- CHF 18.55
- Unit price
- per
-
Animals of a Bygone Era: An Illustrated CompendiumA beautifully illustrated collection of fascinating, surprising, and funny facts about extinct animals. In the past, amazing and strange animals roamed the earth, including giant sea scorpions, tiny horses, enormous sloths, and fierce terror birds. These and many more fantastic extinct animals are illustrated...
- CHF 19.88
- CHF 19.88
- Unit price
- per
-
Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social DreamingHow to use design as a tool to create not only things but ideas, to speculate about possible futures.Today designers often focus on making technology easy to use, sexy, and consumable. In Speculative Everything, Anthony Dunne and Fiona Raby propose a kind of design...
- CHF 49.00
- CHF 49.00
- Unit price
- per
-
Mama's Portraits and Me: The Legacy, Life, and Love of Artist Carolyn Coffield MendsCarolyn Coffield Mends was an award-winning artist who specialized in pastel portraiture. Ekuwah grew up watching her remarkable mother's passion for painting, drawing, and storytelling. She pulls pieces from Carolyn's studio to paint a biographical picture of love, family, heritage, and humanity. In what...
- CHF 25.45
- CHF 25.45
- Unit price
- per
-
Creative Hand Lettering Kit: Learn How to Create Beautiful Hand-Lettered Pieces of Art-Includes: 64-Page Project Book, 16-Page Sketchbook, CalligraUse calligraphy and hand-lettered alphabets to create beautiful artwork with this comprehensive kit, complete with a project book, sketchbook, pen, ink, and markers. Perfect for beginners and those eager to learn classic calligraphy, Creative Hand Lettering includes all the information and materials you need...
- CHF 39.78
- CHF 39.78
- Unit price
- per
-
Milo Manara's Pandora's EyesAn edge-of-your-seat international thriller spiced with Milo Manara's gorgeous erotic sensibility. Pandora is a beautiful young woman living with her adoptive parents in a major European city. Out of the blue, she learns that her real father might be a terrible mob boss wanted...
- CHF 33.15
- CHF 33.15
- Unit price
- per
-
Fortnite Official: How to Draw Volume 3Learn how to draw the latest Fortnite Battle Pass designs with this brand-new official guide from Epic Games. Want to recreate the action-packed looks from the Battle Passes? Well, now you can with this special themed guide, brought to you by Epic Games. With...
- CHF 21.20
- CHF 21.20
- Unit price
- per
-
Drawing on Anxiety: Finding Calm Through CreativityDrawing On Anxiety is a beautifully illustrated, interactive, timely and friendly art therapy journal to draw out, draw on and draw through in anxious times. Part memoir, part self-help and self-care, this creative journal full of guided prompts and grounding affirmations is a mindful,...
- CHF 19.88
- CHF 19.88
- Unit price
- per
-
Hiroshige Snow on MT Haruna Dotted Hardcover Journal: Blank Notebook with Ribbon BookmarkHARDCOVER, A5-Sized Journal: Standard A5 size (5.75 x 8.25 inches) allows for easily transporting in a handbag, backpack or tote. 144 DOTTED PAGES: Dotted grid pages give you the freedom to personalize your journaling experience. Are you an artist who wants to sketch? Are...
- CHF 22.53
- CHF 22.53
- Unit price
- per
-
Dalí - Freud: An Obsession"Freud's cranium is a snail! His brain is in the form of a spiral--to be extracted with a needle!" -Salvador DalíOn July 19, 1938, Spanish painter Salvador Dalí (1904-89) traveled to the London home of Sigmund Freud, who had just arrived in the UK...
- CHF 82.82
- CHF 82.82
- Unit price
- per
-
Burri: Material PoetryAn affordable introduction to the Art Informel pioneer's poetical use of everyday materialsA leading light of the Art Informel generation that also included Tàpies and Dubuffet, Alberto Burri (1915-95) continues to exert a huge influence on artists today, as the popularity of his 2015...
- CHF 46.43
- CHF 46.43
- Unit price
- per