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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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Origami Paper 200 Sheets Candy Patterns 6 (15 CM): Tuttle Origami Paper: Double Sided Origami Sheets Printed with 12 Different Designs (Instructions fThis pack contains 200 high-quality origami sheets printed with colorful and attractive Candy Patterns. These candy photograph patterns were chosen to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters, with a range of colors to make your folded origami models pop This...
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Advanced Origami: An Artist's Guide to Performances in Paper: Origami Book with 15 Challenging ProjectsTake your paper folding to an advanced level with this user-friendly origami book. From shimmering hummingbirds to magnificent bats, from a stunning panther mask to graceful sea turtles, Michael G. LaFosse's complex and beautiful origami projects are well known around the world. Focusing on...
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Bob Ross: The Joy of PaintingA celebration of the life and work of the pop-culture icon who gently encouraged millions to explore their creativity. Known for incorporating "happy little" clouds, mountains, and trees in paintings he would create in just twenty-six television minutes, Bob Ross had an encouraging and...
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Norman Rockwell: 332 Magazine CoversNorman Rockwell gave us a picture of America that was familiar--astonishingly so--and at the same time unique, because only he could bring it to life with such authority. Rockwell best expressed this vision of America in his justly famous cover illustrations for the Saturday...
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How Artists See Jr.: DogsIn How Artists See Jr.: Dogs children will encounter pictures of big dogs, tiny dogs, mischievous dogs, hunting dogs, and more, created by Paul Gaughin, Norman Rockwell, ancient Egyptian painters, and others.The "apples to apples" comparisons will engage young children, helping them see the...
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The Great Migration: An American StoryAround the time of WWI, large numbers of African Americans began leaving their homes in the rural South in search of employment in the industrial cities of the North. In 1940, Lawrence chronicled their journey of hope in a flowing narrative sequence of paintings.This...
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El ABC del Arte Para Niños - Blanco (Art Book for Children) (Spanish Edition)Descendiente de uno de los libros de arte m s vendidos que jam s se hayan publicado.30 de los artistas m s destacados y sugerentes de todas las pocas ense an a los ni os a entender y disfrutar el arte.Desde Leonardo con su...
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William BlakeAn authoritative look at William Blake's life and enduring relevance as a prophetic artist, poet, and printmaker William Blake (1757-1827) created some of the most iconic images in the history of art. He was a countercultural prophet whose personal struggles, technical innovations, and revelatory...
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When Sophie's Feelings Are Really, Really HurtIn a sequel to her bestselling When Sophie Gets Angry..., Caldecott Honor Illustrator Molly Bang asks: What hurts your feelings, and what do you do about it?Everyone's feelings get hurt, and it's especially painful in childhood. In this story, Bang's popular character Sophie is...
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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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