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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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Thanksgiving Coloring Book for Thankful Kids: Thanksgiving Themed Activity Book to Keep Creative Kids Occupied over the Thanksgiving HolidaysFun Thanksgiving Coloring Book for Thankful Creative Kids 30 Thanksgiving-themed images to color in Pages are printed one-sided for easy removal and to avoid concerns about bleedthrough. This way they can be shared with friends and sibs, displayed on the family fridge, sent to...
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Giftwrapped & Gutted: The Trashiest Christmas Horror Movies Ever MadeGIFTWRAPPED & GUTTED How "Holiday Thrillers" became "Holiday Horrors" as old St. Nick went from jolly gift-giver to punishing ax slasher in the movies. The stories Santa didn't want you to see Everything from SHOT ON VIDEO Splatter Flicks to Hollywood Blockbusters... from Foreign...
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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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A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta BeadThis gorgeous and empowering picture book from award-winning author-illustrator Evan Turk paints the portrait of Marietta Barovier, the groundbreaking Renaissance artisan who helped shape the future of Venetian glassmaking. Marietta and her family lived on the island of Murano, near Venice, as all glassmakers...
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Degas at the OperaFrom his debut in the 1860s up to his final works after 1900, the Paris Opera formed a focal point of Edgar Degas's paintings. He explored the theater's various spaces--auditorium and stage, private boxes, foyers, and dance studios--and painted those who frequented them: dancers,...
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Color By Number Adult Coloring Book of Winter Animals: Winter Birds, Foxes, Woodland and Foest Animals Christmas Winter Coloring BookColor By Number Adult Coloring Book of Winter Animals. This Color By Number Coloring Book for men, women and even youths is great for someone who just likes to relax coloring the winter season birds, forest and woodland animals and more. Every Color By...
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Baby Animals! 2020 Mini Wall CalendarOur baby animals calendar is a warm snuggle that you hang on your wall Having a bad day? These twelve adorable, full-color photos will have you feeling better right away. Monthly grid calendars indicate public holidays in the United States. Ample space is provided...
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Understanding Japanese Buddhist Sculpture Through Visual ComparisonA beginner's guide to appreciating Buddha statues from a whole new perspective. This book is an introductory guide to help you familiarize yourself with Buddhist sculpture, and the basic principal behind the book is understanding Buddhist sculpture through visual comparison. Avoiding explanations of Buddhist...
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Suki Seokyeong Kang: Black Mat OrioleThe first book on acclaimed South Korean multimedia artist Suki Seokyeong Kang, whose sculptures, paintings and videos explore the power and politics of spaceBlack Mat Oriole is the result of five years of research by South Korean artist Suki Seokyeong Kang (born 1977), who...
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Cézanne: The Rock and Quarry PaintingsA rich vein of the artist's mature work, depicting the foundations of landscape and place From the mid-1860s until shortly before his death, Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) created 27 canvases that take rock formations as their principal subjects. This is the first publication to focus...
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Dike Blair: DrawingsDrawings of ash trays and cups from a modern chronicler of the everydayThis book from New York-based artist Dike Blair (b. 1952) showcases his drawings from the past two years. Exploring the same imagery as his oil paintings and gouaches--ash trays, cups, mugs--allowed Blair...
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The Unicorn Handbook: A Spellbinding Collection of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and ProjectsFrom Carolyn Turgeon, editor in chief of Enchanted Living and author of The Faerie Handbook and The Mermaid Handbook, comes this exquisitely illustrated and beautifully designed lifestyle compendium, a complete guide to the world of unicorns covering fashion and beauty; arts and culture; and...
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The Meaning of BirdsNominated for the Lambda Literary Award "An evocative story of the thrills of first love and the anguish of first loss. This will break you and heal you." --Julie Murphy, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Dumplin'Not to be missed by fans of...
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Parapolitics: Cultural Freedom and the Cold WarAn examination of the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle for US hegemony, through the activities of the CIA-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom.Parapolitics confronts the contemporary fate of intellectual autonomy and artistic freedom by revisiting the use of modernism in the twentieth-century battle...
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Reynaldo Rivera: Provisional Notes for a Disappeared CityPhotographs by Reynaldo Rivera that document a vanished LA of cheap rent, house parties, subversive fashion, and underground bands, and long-closed gay and transvestite bars.Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Reynaldo Rivera took personal photos of the Los Angeles that he lived in and knew:...
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Living Canvas: Your Total Guide to Tattoos, Piercings, and Body ModificationTattoos. Given their permanence, why is it that we sometimes put more thought into what we'll wear next Saturday night, or our next haircut? As a tattoo specialist and writer for About.com, Karen L. Hudson has talked to far too many people who regret...
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Taking Root in Rocky Soil: 3,000 Years of Art in the Wind River MountainsHumans have created art in the Wind River Mountains of Wyoming for at least 3,000 years. Journalist Bob Bahr examines why the rugged countryside of the area has proved so inspiring---and discovers a rich history and persisting beauty that makes art-making in the Winds...
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101 Gag Ideas: for the One Minute CaricatureComing up with gag ideas for caricatures can be a nerve wracking experience. That is why this book was created - to aid you with ideas so that you do not have to go through that kind of ordeal. There are, literally infinite amounts...
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Ikat Textiles of the Indonesian ArchipelagoIkat Textiles of the Indonesian Archipelago offers a comprehensive overview of the profusion of ikat styles found across the region and is the first detailed reference book on the subject. Unlike most collectors, both public and private, who typically show a selection of stellar...
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Masterpieces from the Department of Islamic Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art [Arabic Edition]: روائع تحThis expansive book reveals the great diversity and range of art of the Arab lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and later South Asia. Published to coincide with the historic reopening of the galleries of the Metropolitan Museum's Islamic Art Department, it presents nearly three...
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