Art
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.
-
Recessional: The Death of Free Speech and the Cost of a Free LunchSavagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross, who wrote the classic films The Verdict and Wag the Dog sounds his alarm...
- CHF 44.35
- CHF 44.35
- Unit price
- per
-
Be who you are Inspirational coloring book for teenage girlsThis coloring book is design for inspiring young females to live their life fully and with courage.It is filled with positive images and quotes that add some good vibes to teenage day.It is perfect gift idea if you want to share some encouraging and...
- CHF 13.07
- CHF 13.07
- Unit price
- per
-
Textiles of JapanAuthor: Thomas Murray, Virginia Soensksen, Anna JacksonPublisher: Prestel PublishingPublished: 01/29/2019Pages: 520Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 8.70lbsSize: 13.70h x 10.40w x 2.10dISBN: 9783791385204About the AuthorTHOMAS MURRAY is a dealer of Asian and tribal art and has an extensive personal collection of Japanese and Indonesian textiles. He is...
- CHF 151.08
- CHF 151.08
- Unit price
- per
-
Sketching Savannah"Sketching Savannah" is a collection of exquisite full-color ink-and-watercolor sketches featuring over a hundred places of interest and charm throughout downtown Savannah, Georgia. The sketches, organized in serendipitous constellations, are accompanied by reliably-sourced historic captions and neighborhood maps that draw the reader into the...
- CHF 62.80
- CHF 62.80
- Unit price
- per
-
David Horvitz & Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt: For Ruth, the Sky in Los Angeles / For Ruth, the Wind to YouAn intimate, cross-generational conversation through mail artAmerican multimedia artist David Horvitz (born 1982) visited visual poet and mail artist Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt (born 1932) in her native Germany while conducting research in 2014. There, Horvitz discovered her archives of "typewritings," graphic works that Wolf-Rehfeldt had...
- CHF 57.23
- CHF 57.23
- Unit price
- per
-
Rebecca HornA half-century of Rebecca Horn's multimedia world-buildingFrom her early body instruments and performances, through her feature films and kinetic sculptures to site-specific installations, drawings and poems, this volume covers the decades-long career of Rebecca Horn (born 1944), whose work constitutes a unified cosmos.Author: Rebecca...
- CHF 101.39
- CHF 101.39
- Unit price
- per
-
Jack Pierson: New PiecesAssemblage under quarantine: new works from the celebrated Boston School photographer and artistJack Pierson's (born 1960) latest book, New Pieces, features new assemblage works that the artist started making during quarantine in his Ridgewood, Queens, studio. Assemblage has long played a role in Pierson's...
- CHF 39.24
- CHF 39.24
- Unit price
- per
-
San Diego DaysSan Diego Days is a vibrant collection of watercolors and writings by Bro Halff, capturing the beauty of San Diego and surrounding areas, as well as the positive attitude of its people. This book, and its companion volume, San Diego Visions, present diverse landscapes...
- CHF 45.70
- CHF 45.70
- Unit price
- per
-
Global Asias: Contemporary Asian and Asian American Art from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family FoundationFifteen artists draw on an array of motifs and techniques to construct diverse "Asias" in a modern global contextThis book examines the subtly subversive characteristics of contemporary Asian and Asian American art. The 15 artists represented here were born in Japan, China, Korea, Vietnam,...
- CHF 52.26
- CHF 52.26
- Unit price
- per
-
Horse DreamsA sort of memoir, Horse Dreams began as a visual journal as my daughter grew up and I was challenged by life to grow up too. I continued to draw and write as she became an adult. My work as a healer came to...
- CHF 64.21
- CHF 64.21
- Unit price
- per
-
Country Christmas Color By Number Adult Coloring book: Large Print Simple and Easy Winter Season Creative Country Christmas Color By Numbers Book forChristmas 2021 Christmas Color By Number Book for Kids Fun! Fun! Fun!Big Country Christmas Color By NumberTake time for relaxation as the holiday season approaches with this gorgeous and simple-to-see Country Christmas Color By Number Adult Coloring Book from the Gus Fring. Our Christmas...
- CHF 11.42
- CHF 11.42
- Unit price
- per
-
Saint Cecilia in the Renaissance: The Emergence of a Musical IconThis study uncovers how Saint Cecilia came to be closely associated with music and musicians. Until the fifteenth century, Saint Cecilia was not connected with music. She was perceived as one of many virgin martyrs, with no obvious musical skills or interests. During the...
- CHF 127.55
- CHF 127.55
- Unit price
- per
-
Daughter IsotopeDaughter Isotope is a book of "hybrid" poems that speaks to multiple iterations of "daughter" tropes across generations, national borders, and timescales. Central to the question of the Daughter Isotope is: What is a collective archive? within a global, disparate, migrant cultural space. DI...
- CHF 23.55
- CHF 23.55
- Unit price
- per
-
Artist Bingo: A Game of IconsThis bingo game is a trip to the museum from the comfort of your own home. Celebrate modern history's greatest and most beloved artists through the most cultured game known to humanity: Bingo! Here you'll find the world's best painters, sculptors, performance artists and...
- CHF 45.70
- CHF 45.70
- Unit price
- per
-
William Hogarth: Visions in PrintA window into the past which shows us how far we have or haven't comeHogarth's pictures are among the most iconic of the 18th century--his raucous crowds, bustling streets, polite or not-so-polite companies, and all-too revealing tales of human folly, vividly bring the world...
- CHF 24.83
- CHF 24.83
- Unit price
- per
-
Eamon Ore-Giron: Competing with LightningThe first book on artist, musician, and DJ Eamon Ore-Giron who mines the complex nature of Latinx identity, the history of the Americas, and the many legacies of abstraction in art. Over the course of his career, Eamon Ore-Giron has examined the personal and...
- CHF 83.94
- CHF 83.94
- Unit price
- per
-
Art Demonstration: Group Material and the 1980sA study of Group Material, the influential but underexamined New York-based artist collective, investigating a series of key works. Key predecessor of contemporary art's most radical activist gestures, the 1980s collective Group Material seized upon the temporary exhibition as a prime mode of intervention....
- CHF 87.21
- CHF 87.21
- Unit price
- per
-
Museum, Place, Architecture and Narrative: Nordic Maritime Museums' Portrayals of Shipping, Seafarers and Maritime CommunitiesA characteristic trait of the maritime museums is that they are often located in a contemporary and/or historical environment from which the collections and narratives originate. The museum can thereby be directly linked to the site and its history. It is therefore vital to...
- CHF 279.61
- CHF 279.61
- Unit price
- per
-
Alternative Iran: Contemporary Art and Critical Spatial PracticeAlternative Iran offers a unique contribution to the field of contemporary art, investigating how Iranian artists engage with space and site amid the pressures of the art market and the state's regulatory regimes. Since the 1980s, political, economic, and intellectual forces have driven Iran's...
- CHF 217.47
- CHF 217.47
- Unit price
- per
-
Polar Bear Coloring Book: Coloring Books for Polar Bear Lovers, Polar Bear Patterns Mandala and RelaxingIt's was made for Polar Bear lovers or someone who just likes to relax coloring. Polar Bear in zentangle pattern style with heartwarming quotes. Makes the perfect gift for your friends who are Polar Bear lover.Author: PaperlandPublisher: BlurbPublished: 11/10/2022Pages: 44Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 10.00h...
- CHF 30.08
- CHF 30.08
- Unit price
- per
