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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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La Petite Collection de l'Art. Dix En Un. ImpressionnismeCes livres séduisants sont d'une grande qualité, comprennent d'excellentes illustrations et des textes intelligents. Chaque titre est un condensé de haut vol sur son sujet. - The New York Times Book ReviewExpositions à grands succès, enchères record, musées bondés, l'impressionnisme demeure une des périodes...
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Japanese Woodblock PrintsFrom Edouard Manet's portrait of naturalist writer mile Zola sitting among his Japanese art finds to Van Gogh's meticulous copies of the Hiroshige prints he devotedly collected, 19th-century pioneers of European modernism made no secret of their love of Japanese art. In all its...
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Jean-Michel Basquiat: Remix: Matisse, Picasso, TwomblyHow Basquiat transformed his sources and brought a raw, fresh energy to the art of paintingJean-Michel Basquiat's (1960-88) formal vocabulary was inspired by the precedents of Picasso, Matisse and Twombly; he drew overtly on their fondness for primary colors, fragmented subjects, disturbing faces, dissonant...
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Slow Down Fast, a Toda RajaA wide-ranging, passionate conversation between Chilean artist Cecilia Vicu a and curator Camila Marambio on ecological disaster, eroticism and decolonizationIn this brilliant intergenerational dialogue curator Camila Marambio and Cecilia Vicu a, one of the most intriguing Indoamerican artists of our times, converse about mestizaje/miscenegation,...
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After Silence: A History of AIDS Through Its ImagesEarly in the 1980s AIDS epidemic, six gay activists created one of the most iconic and lasting images that would come to symbolize a movement: a protest poster of a pink triangle with the words "Silence = Death." The graphic and the slogan still...
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Alice: Curiouser and CuriouserExplore the phenomenon of Alice in Wonderland, which has captivated readers from Walt Disney to Tim Burton for over 150 years Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland is a cultural phenomenon. First published in 1865, it has never been out of print and has been...
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Transparent DrawingWith an artistic mindset, we don't always draw what we can't see. And because we don't draw it, we can't fully understand it. - Kurt Ofer To challenge this restricted outlook, architect Kurt Ofer has formulated an utterly unique way of drawing, which gives...
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Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in AmericaAfter World War I, artists without formal training "crashed the gates" of major museums in the United States, diversifying the art world across lines of race, ethnicity, class, ability, and gender. At the center of this fundamental reevaluation of who could be an artist...
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Hall of WatersRecommended by Ms. Magazine as an August 2019 featured title "To enter Berry Grass' Hall of Waters is to agree to a deep-sea excavation through baths that are simultaneously familiar yet foreign. Grass is your guide--pen light in hand, illuminating darknesses that cause the...
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Manny Farber: Paintings & WritingsHardcover, 160 pages9.25 x 11 in.24.13 x 27.94 cm. An iconoclastic and essential voice in American film criticism, Manny Farber (1927-2008) was also a remarkably resourceful painter. This book celebrates Farber's lush visual art, showcasing his table-top still lifes crammed with personal associations, pop...
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Drawing: How to Draw Comics, For Beginners to ExpertDo You Want To Know More About The Drawing for Beginners to Expert? Drawing for Beginners to Expert: Draw Comics, Sketching, Sketching Characters, Inking, Doodle Drawing, Drawing Manga, Comics Free Books Are You Wondering How to Draw a Comics and be an Expert? Are...
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Flora and Fauna: Design Inspired by NatureWhile the worlds of industry and technology are slowly catching up with the engineering marvels of nature via biomimicry, artists and designers have known from the beginning that natural imagery has a primal, irresistible appeal. Flora & Fauna showcases the very best work inspired...
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Andres Hurtado: Biomech VisionsIncredible compilation of the biomechanic style of NYC tattoo artist Andres Hurtado. This deluxe volume includes a vast array of his biomech drawings, paintings, sketches and tattoos, as well as his work in horror and surrealism. * Includes bilingual English/Spanish textAuthor: Daniel MartinoPublisher: Arte...
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Natural History Drawings: The Complete William Farquhar Collection, Malay Peninsula 1803-1818Colonel William Farquhar (1774-1839) was a British Colonial Officer who became Commandant of Malacca in 1803, a post through which he was able o indulge his interest in natural history, sending men to collect various plant and animal specimens, which he then commissioned artists...
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Il Fior di Battaglia: Ms Ludwig XV 13The manuscript of Il Fior di Battaglia is in the Getty Museum, Los Angeles, Ms Ludwig XV 13. It is dated to about 1410, and was written by Fiore dei Liberi. This book is a complete representation of the Art of Arms (armizare), on...
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Lost and Living (In) Archives: Collectively Shaping New MemoriesAn archive is a site of collective memory, a collection of documents and records that is preserved for historical purposes.But the stability and permanence of the traditional archive has been reconfigured by digital archives, which are "living," flexible and virtual repositories. How has this...
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Sketch: Karim: Artworks of Karim RashidSketch: Karim showcases the illustrations and digital artwork of New York-based designer Karim Rashid from early career to present. Selections include experimental drawings, computer-rendered artistic explorations, and architectural illustrations that were produced for client projects.Sketches are integral to Karim's design process. A talented artist...
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The Secret of the Highly Creative Thinker: How to Make Connections Others Don'tPeople who are good at creating ideas are good at seeing connections. Could teaching people to see connections be a way to help them be more creative? Over the years, there's a need for a book on creativity that complements the teaching of the...
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The Interior of the Medieval Village ChurchThe thousands of medieval village churches that lie scattered across Europe provide us with unique insights into society and religion during the Middle Ages. Although many original furnishings fell victim to iconoclasm, war, neglect or refurbishment, some church interiors have remained surprisingly intact. Since...
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Bollettino d'Arte. 2017. Serie VII-Fascicolo N. 35-36Author: L'Erma Di BretschneiderPublisher: L'Erma Di BretschneiderPublished: 03/30/2019Pages: 356Binding Type: PaperbackISBN: 9788891317674Language: ItalianThis title is not returnableThis title is only available via back order
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