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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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Becoming Clara Schumann: Performance Strategies and Aesthetics in the Culture of the Musical CanonWell before she married Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann was already an internationally renowned pianist, and she concertized extensively for several decades after her husband's death. Despite being tied professionally to Robert, Clara forged her own career and played an important role in forming what...
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Suh Seung-WonKey works from the 50-year career of the great Dansaekhwa abstractionistOne of the early members of the Dansaekhwa art movement, Suh Seung-Won (born 1941) set the foundations for modernism in Korea. For over 50 years, Seung-Won's delicate monochrome paintings have explored the concept of...
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Exploring American Girlhood Through 50 Historic TreasuresWho are the girls that helped build America? Conventional history books shed little light on the influence and impact of girls' contributions to society and culture. This oversight is challenged by Girl Museum and their team, who give voices to the most neglected, yet...
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A Life of Picasso II: The Cubist Rebel: 1907-1916In the second volume of his Life of Picasso, Richardson reveals the young Picasso in the Baudelairean role of "the painter of modern life." Never before have Picasso's revolutionary vision, technical versatility, prodigious achievements, and, not least, his sardonic humor been analyzed with such...
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Production Design for Screen: Visual Storytelling in Film and TelevisionPacked with colour film stills, exclusive pre-production artwork and behind-the-scenes production images, this landmark book celebrates the production designer's contribution to visual storytelling on screen. It illuminates the visual concepts behind familiar screen spaces and unpicks how and why they are so effective in...
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The Journey: New Positions in African PhotographyAn exciting glimpse into contemporary African photography, with 17 young artists from all corners of the continentA New York Times critics' pick Best Art Books 2021 This volume presents the work of 17 contemporary African photographers, all of whom are alumni of the decade-long...
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The Work: Architecture, Urban Design, Drawings and SculpturesRob Krier hat als Architekt, Stadtplaner und Bildhauer ein facettenreiches Gesamtwerk geschaffen: es wird hier erstmals umfassend dargestellt. Nach dem Studium war Krier bei O. M. Ungers und Frei Otto tätig, er führte ein eigenes Büro in Wien und Berlin und lehrte er von...
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Pretty Unicorn Scrapbook Paper Pad 8x8 Scrapbooking Kit for Papercrafts, Cardmaking, Printmaking, DIY Crafts, Fantasy Themed, Designs, Borders, BackgrDecorative craft paper with Pretty Unicorn designs for your art journaling and scrapbook ideas. Specialty designer paper book to cut, tear, and collage. 6 designs 2 of each, 8x8 Inches, Double-sided sheets, non-perforated booklet. Our unique collection of colorful backgrounds and craft paper is...
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Doodling for WritersDrawing and doodling--in the margins, on napkins, anywhere--can contribute to your writing process and fuel your creativity.In Doodling for Writers, memoirist and cartoonist Rebecca Fish Ewan combines her wit and wisdom with practical, engaging prompts and activities to illustrate how simple sketching can get...
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Walled in LightEvery great religious order runs into difficulties, and God provides a saint to redress them. Where would the Benedictines be without St. Maurus, the Franciscans without St. Bonaventure, or the Dominicans without Blessed Jordan? Likewise, where would the Poor Clares be without St. Colette?...
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52 weeks Painting and Drawing Through the Course of the Year In Relation to the Calendar of the SoulA workbook of drawing and painting exercises to accompany the calendar of the Soul by Rudolf Steiner.Author: Laura SummerPublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 04/17/2020Pages: 66Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.17dISBN: 9781716033698About the AuthorSummer, Laura: - Laura Summer is a painter living in upstate New...
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Woody de OthelloThe woozy domesticity of Woody De Othello: sculpture as ordinary objects succumbing to gravity In the sculptures of Berkeley-based artist Woody De Othello (born 1991), everyday domestic artifacts--tables, chairs, television remotes, telephone receivers, lamps, air purifiers--are anthropomorphized in glazed ceramic, bronze, wood and glass....
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Artistry Unleashed: A Guide to Pursuing Great Performance in Work and LifeImagine if you could make effective progress with no clear plan or destination in view, achieve excellence without sacrificing creativity, and invest passion even as you apply reason and intelligence. Artistry Unleashed is about working and living at the edge of what you know...
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Adults Coloring Book With Affirmation Quotes: Mandala Colouring Pages to Help You Relieve Stress and Anxiety; Color & Art Therapy with Positive Affirm34 Beautiful Mandalas with Affirmation Quotes for Stress Relief and Relaxation; An Art Therapy Coloring Book for Adults; Large 8.5x11 InchesThis book contains: 34 Mandalas: Coloring pages for adults. Single-Side Printed: The following design is not affected Positive Affirmation Quotes: Encouraging oneself with positive...
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Ad Astra: 20 Years of Newspaper Ads for Sci-Fi & Fantasy FilmsOnce upon a time - the 1980s - in a galaxy not really all that far away - New York - Michael Gingold started a collection of newspaper advertisements for the science fiction, fantasy, and horror releases that stoked his passion as a genre...
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David Driskell: Icons of Nature and HistoryThis is the first publication to survey the entirety of this hugely influential scholar and artist's groundbreaking 60-year career. Driskell and his landmark exhibition, Two Centuries of Black American Art are also featured in a recently released major documentary film. David Driskell (1931-2020) was...
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Christ in the Wilderness: Reflecting on the Paintings by Stanley SpencerIn this attractive illustrated book, Stephen Cottrell reflects on five of the Christ in the Wilderness paintings, and reveals them to be a rich source of spiritual wisdom and nourishment. He invites us to slow down and enter into the stillness of Stanley Spencer's...
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Graffiti Coloring Book: An Adults Coloring Book Stress RelievingAre you Fans of graffiti street art Then this book is created for you. So, you are welcom in thesesuper-cool illustrations THIS GIFT ABOUT GRAFFITI COLORING BOOK IS AN AMAZINGKEEPSAKE GRAFFITI BOOK THAT HELP YOUR KIDS AND OLD CHILDS UNLEACH THEIR CREATIVITY AND ALSOTHIS...
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The Pollinators Coloring Book: 21 North American Birds, Bees, Butterflies, Moths, and Beetles to ColorA 24-page book full of birds, butterflies, bees, moths, and beetles and some of their favored native wildflowers to color. Great for all ages, the book also includes some resources on how to support pollinators in your own back yardAuthor: Melissa WashburnPublisher: Independently PublishedPublished:...
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nonograms puzzles book for adults: nonograms griddlers picross hanjie. 101 pagenonogram also is known as Griddler. Paint by numbers. hanjie or picross.it is a kind of puzzle where it is necessary to draw the picture according to the number to the left of the rows and at the highest of the columns.Author: Benmir ZouhairPublisher:...
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