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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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Keith Haring's Line: Race and the Performance of DesireIn the thirty years since his death, Keith Haring--a central presence on the New York downtown scene of the 1980s--has remained one of the most popular figures in contemporary American art. In one of the first book-length treatments of Haring's artistry, Ricardo Montez traces...
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Claude Monet: Bridge Over a Pond of Water Lilies (Blank Sketch Book)Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Sketch Books Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. The thick paper stock makes them perfect for sketching and drawing. These...
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Airbrushing 101This is a complete "Intro to Airbrushing" course in a workbook form. A classroom in a book There is only so much an airbrush can do - dots, lines, daggers, and shading. We introduce each skill in a logical and exciting way. In our...
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How To Draw Sugar Skulls: Dia De Los Muertos Tatoo Design Book & Sketchbook - Day Of The Dead Sketching Notebook & Drawing Board For SugarskullDo You Love The Day Of The Dead, Dia De Los Muertos & Sugar Skulls? Did you know that flowers, butterflies and skulls are typically used as symbols during the celebration of the day of the dead...? Curioius, rights? This Sugar Skull Sketch book...
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With Pen & Ink: Expanded EditionEducator and artist James Hall draws upon his extensive teaching experience to demonstrate how to develop a successful approach to the use of pen and ink. His two-part treatment addresses both decorative and pictorial drawing. Starting with outlines, composing, and the use of solids...
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The Imaginary Museum: A Personal Tour of Contemporary Art Featuring Ghosts, Nudity and DisagreementsJoin the art critic Ben Eastham on a private tour of an extraordinary museum. Let him walk you through a building constructed from memory and filled with a series of bewildering art works, while he delivers a guide comprised of personal experience, professional expertise...
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Chromatography: Or a Treatise on Colors and Pigments, and of Their Powers for Painters and ArtistsChromatography is the study of colors and pigments; this book is designed to guide painters, artists and others to the classification and theory behind colors.Celebrated for years after its release, Field's Chromatography has been used by thousands of professional painters, artists and others for...
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Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, and PoliticsIn Latinx Art Arlene Dávila draws on numerous interviews with artists, dealers, and curators to explore the problem of visualizing Latinx art and artists. Providing an inside and critical look of the global contemporary art market, Dávila's book is at once an introduction to...
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Women Artists in History from Antiquity to the PresentWomen Artists in History from Antiquity to the Present introduces students to the many ways in which women have participated in the visual cultures of their societies throughout history. The book focuses on women artists and the issues that directly impacted women's opportunities to...
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Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries That Inspired the Golden Age of AnimationThe vivid and untold story of the Golden Age of classic animation and the often larger-than-life artists who created some of the most iconic cartoon characters of the twentieth centuryIn 1911, famed cartoonist Winsor McCay debuted one of the first animated cartoons, based on...
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Urban Legends: The South Bronx in Representation and RuinA cultural history of the South Bronx that reaches beyond familiar narratives of urban ruin and renaissance, beyond the "inner city" symbol, to reveal the place and people obscured by its myths. For decades, the South Bronx was America's "inner city." Synonymous with civic...
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Calligraphy Practice Paper: Calligraphy Workbook for Hand Lettering - 120 Sheet Pad8,5 x 11 inch 120 pages calligraphy exercise sheets Softcover Are you looking for calligraphy practice sheets to improve your handwriting and become a master of beautiful letters? Calligraphy or "The Art of Beautiful Writing" is a special way of writing that has been...
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The Art Collector's Handbook: The Definitive Guide to Acquiring and Owning ArtWith the rapid and unprecedented global expansion of the art market, new collectors are emerging every day. This new edition of Mary Rozell's definitive handbook is required reading for new and experienced collectors alike, as well as anyone aspiring to a professional career within...
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Picture Book of Lakes: For Seniors with Dementia [Full Spread Panorama Picture Books]This calming picture book offers self-empowerment, hope, and dignity to people with dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, or those rehabilitating after a stroke. Share the relaxing pleasures with a loved one of flipping through high quality, colorful images of beautiful, still lakes. Enjoy the complete panorama...
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Neotradicional Volume 3: Paintings, Drawings, Flash & SketchesA stunning collection of drawings, sketches and tattoo flash in the neo-traditional tattoo style. Large pages showcase each piece beautifully in this gorgeous book. * Includes bilingual English/Spanish text * Includes paintings, drawings, flashes and sketches. More than 130 pieces published and the work...
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Architecture of Bali: A Sourcebook of Traditional and Modern FormsAcclaimed landscape and architectural designer Made Wijaya draws on his photographic archives, compiled over the past 30 years, to present a visual study of Balinese architecture: its origins, elements, variations and vagaries. The book opens with an overview of Balinese architecture in its human...
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Contemporary Artist Residencies: Reclaiming Time and SpaceCollecting writings from artists, theorists and artist residency facilitators, Contemporary Artist Residencies examines the present role of the residency for artists and the international art ecosystem. With a range of discussions on the continuously evolving role of residencies in our political and historical moment,...
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Spaces for Criticism: Shifts in Contemporary Art DiscoursesIs art criticism losing ground to the Internet and its rapidly proliferating art blogs? Do people still consider the art critics employed by newspapers and magazines the most important arbitrators of what is worth seeing and reading? Much recent discussion about the changing landscape...
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David Ostrowski: The Thin Red LineGerman painter David Ostrowski (born 1981) widens his spectrum of meditations on the color red with The Thin Red Line. Ostrowski has long experimented with chromatic hues on white or neutral background, but it took him almost a decade to go back to investigating...
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Picasso: The Monograph, 1881-1973The definitive Picasso monograph, back in printNearly a decade after its initial publication, Picasso: The Monograph 1881-1973 is back in print, updated and redesigned in a more user-friendly format. Poligrafa's brand new edition of this classic volume offers more than 1,200 newly scanned reproductions,...
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