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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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Autonomy: The Social Ontology of Art Under CapitalismIn Autonomy Nicholas Brown theorizes the historical and theoretical argument for art's autonomy from its acknowledged character as a commodity. Refusing the position that the distinction between art and the commodity has collapsed, Brown demonstrates how art can, in confronting its material determinations, suspend...
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Unruly Visions: The Aesthetic Practices of Queer DiasporaIn Unruly Visions Gayatri Gopinath brings queer studies to bear on investigations of diaspora and visuality, tracing the interrelation of affect, archive, region, and aesthetics through an examination of a wide range of contemporary queer visual culture. Spanning film, fine art, poetry, and photography,...
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The A-Z of the International Art Market: The Essential Guide to Customs, Conventions and PracticeIt is estimated that there are over 300,000 companies involved in the world's art market, employing around 2.8 million people. But the art world carries a veneer of mystery and secrecy that many people find daunting, and the language used by market insiders can...
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Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten: How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil WarMore than 60,000 books have been published on the Civil War. Most Americans, though, get their ideas about the war--why it was fought, what was won, what was lost--not from books but from movies, television, and other popular media. In an engaging and accessible...
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DK Life Stories: Leonardo Da VinciDiscover the inspiring story of Leonardo da Vinci, the artist, inventor, and engineer of the Italian Renaissance... Leonardo was a creative genius who wanted to understand how things worked. This book traces his life, from his birth in a hilltop village near Florence, Italy,...
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Managing Cultural Joint Ventures: An Identity-Image ViewThis book provides an in-depth exploration of two key aspects of managing cultural collaborations: managing the multiple identities of venture participants and managing the diverse images and brand relationships. There are a variety of books available on mergers and acquisitions in the corporate world,...
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The Natural Way to Draw - A Working Plan for Art StudyThis book contains a classic guide to drawing people, offering instructions and tips for drawing different poses and body types. It is split into sixty-four easy exercises covering such subjects as 'Gesture Drawing', 'Group Poses', 'Study of the Bones', etc. With simple, step-by-step instructions...
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DragonArt Evolution: How to Draw Everything DragonA dragon artist's guide to better drawing Magnificent and powerful creatures, these dragons be, with bone-crushing jaws and razor-sharp teeth, it's difficult to tell whether you're dealing with a hotheaded nature or a wise and benevolent beast. Therein lies the trouble with drawing them...
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Ardmore: We Are Because of Others: The Story of Fee Halsted and Ardmore Ceramic ArtArdmore ceramics are found in major collections in several European countries, the United States and South Africa and have been given as state gifts to, among others, Bill Clinton, Jacques Chirac, Queen Elizabeth II and Empress Michiko of Japan Giraffe stretch out their necks...
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The Wedding of Q and UThe Wedding of Q and U is geared for the early elementary years and will serve as a wonderful teaching tool Young readers and spellers will have a creative way to remember the spelling rule of the letters Q and U. The idea to...
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The Art of Magic: The Gathering - Ixalan, 5Magnificent hardcover art books featuring the incredible images and lore of Magic: The Gathering(R)! Danger and adventure await in these pages, lavishly illustrated with the award-winning art of Magic: The Gathering(R)! "Just imagine what's waiting around the bend. Adventure. Discovery. Riches for the taking....
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Leonardo's Shadow: Or, My Astonishing Life as Leonardo Da Vinci's ServantMilan, 1497. The height of the Renaissance. And for Giacomo, servant of the famous painter Leonardo da Vinci, it's the most difficult time of all. His Master has been working on the Last Supper, his greatest painting ever, for nearly two years. But has...
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The Art of Stillness: The Theater Practice of Tadashi SuzukiFor over forty years, Tadashi Suzuki has been a unique and vital force in both Japanese and Western theater, creating and directing many internationally acclaimed productions including his famous production of The Trojan Women, which subsequently toured around the world. An intergral part of...
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Supreme Elite #1: Volume 1All of your favorite heroes from life comics universe from Power Star, Ms. Amazing, Firewater, Chaotic, King Justice, DAY & NITE, Blue Knight, Lord Magik, The Spectator, Supreme Metal, form a team to protect the universe.Plus A bonus comic book of Life comics first...
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He Walks With Me, and He Talks With Me: Transcripts of conversationsGreg Henkel was the main caregiver for his parents in their golden years. During that time, they engaged in a multitude of short conversations about many subjects, all filled with humor, comfort, compassion, and occasionally a gentle parental guiding hand. Once his parents were...
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AquiThis collection of poems navigates the journey of finding self-love, transforming pain and suffering into something beautiful, and creating a home within our bodies. It discusses the battle between ourselves, the struggle with mental health, and the fruition of a healthy being.Author: Rose AlbaPublisher:...
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Into The Valley: Memoir of a Missionary's DaughterAre you stuck in a world where you don't seem to fit? Was there something in your childhood so fantastic or terrible that it permanently placed you in the category of abnormal? You are not alone; this story is for you. Artist Shawna Winters-Ratz...
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The Joint Rolling Handbook: Expert EditionDetailed, step-by-step rolling instructions for the world's most infamous joints Dozens of professional tips, tricks, and techniques Over 250 illustrations, diagrams and cartoons Full health and legal guides This book is also available from Echo Point Books as a paperback (ISBN 1648371620).Author: Bobcat PressPublisher:...
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Art and the Historical Film: Between Realism and the SublimeFrom Eugene Delacroix's interpretation of the 1830 French revolution to Uli Edel's version of the Baader-Meinhof Gang, artistic representations of historical subjects are appealing and pervasive. Movies often adapt imagery from art history, including paintings of historical events. Films and art shape the past...
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Körperbilder Der Macht in Europa: 1300-1800: Beiträge Zu Einer Ikonographie Des Politischen in AktionThe visualization of power takes place until today quite significantly via visualizations of the body. Expressed pointedly: there is no power without pictures of the body. This also applies in particular to the European societies of the Middle Ages and early modern period, in...
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