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.
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The Coming Corporate StateAlexander Raven Thomson outlines the (pre-WW2) British Union of Fascists economic proposals to "Democratise" Britain's economic system. The Coming Corporate State sets out in clear and precise terms the economic infrastructure that would be put in place once the British Union of Fascists came...
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Art Therapy: An Anti-Stress Colouring BookRelax and unwind with this sophisticated anti-stress colouring, doodling and drawing book for adults and children.From creating free-flowing lines and swirls to shading in intricate patterns, every illustration in this book has been carefully crafted so that even amateur artists can enjoy the satisfaction...
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Hands and FeetLearn how to draw with this comprehensive handbook on capturing hands and feet. Though the structure of human hands and feet are complex, drawing them can be simple. Using step-by-step instructions for each project, this guide covers such essential concepts such as anatomy, light,...
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What Time Is It?"Patience, patience, because the great movements of history have always begun in those small parenthesis that we call 'in the meantime.'" --John Berger The last book that John Berger wrote was this precious little volume about time titled What Time Is It?, now posthumously...
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Early Colour Printing: German Renaissance Woodcuts at the British MuseumThis illustrated volume reproduces and describes effectively every early modern German color print held at the British Museum, one of the world's most significant collections of these rare milestones of cultural heritage and technology. New photography reveals 150 impressions in jaw-dropping detail, some of...
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Iron and Steel in Art- A comprehensive journey through the history of iron - Aims to become a main reference text on this subject - Of interest to enthusiasts of anthropology, iron-age and art This book will be of interest to all who seek to further their understanding...
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Matisse: The Chapel at VenceThis is the most complete and beautiful study of the Chapel of the Rosary in Vence, near Nice in the South of France, considered one of the most important religious structures of the modern age and regarded by Henri Matisse himself as his great...
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Flowers of Perversion, Volume 2: The Delirious Cinema of Jesús FrancoThe disturbing, exciting, and defiantly avant-garde films of Jes s "Jess" Franco, director of such films as Vampyros Lesbos and Lilian the Perverted Virgin.Jes s "Jess" Franco is an iconic figure in world cinema. His sexually charged, fearlessly personal style of filmmaking has never...
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The Silence of Slime MouldThe art works are the outcomes of scientific experiments that aimed to design computing devices made from slime mould. Slime mould Physarum polycephalum is a single-cell organism visible by the unaided eye. The slime mould computes by optimising its shape, electrical activity or location...
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Last SupperMany great works of art have been created that we call "Christian," but none has received as much acclaim as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper. Art lovers venerate it for its composition and noble aesthetics, whereas, for Christians, it epitomizes the intimacy between Christ...
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The Claude Glass: Use and Meaning of the Black Mirror in Western ArtIn this first full-length study of a largely forgotten optical device from the eighteenth century, Arnaud Maillet reconfigures our historical understanding of visual experience and meaning in relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination. Many are familiar with the Claude glass as a...
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So You Thought You Couldn't Draw?: Draw 101 Home Study Course Workbook: Level 101Created for aspiring artists whose work never even made it onto their mother's refrigerator, this handbook contains an accessible, step-by-step program for learning how to draw. This revised edition breaks the process down into three distinct stages--the first presents the key techniques that form...
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Three StudiesRoberto Longhi (1890 - 1970) is regarded by Italians as their most important art critic, art historian, and prose stylist of this century, with unsurpassed powers of observation and description. This book is a new English version of the third edition (1963) of Longhi's...
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The Art of Andy Goldsworthy: Complete Works: Special EditionTHE ART OF ANDY GOLDSWORTHY This is the most comprehensive and detailed study of British artist Andy Goldsworthy, and is the only full-length exploration of Goldsworthy and his art available anywhere. Fully illustrated, with a revised text. Bibliography and notes. EXTRACT FROM THE CHAPTER...
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Mantegna and BelliniAn innovative study of the relationship between Andrea Mantegna and Giovanni Bellini, two masters of the Italian Renaissance Andrea Mantegna (c. 1431-1506) and Giovanni Bellini (active c. 1459; died 1516) each produced groundbreaking paintings, marked by pictorial and technical innovations, that are among the...
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Tudors to Windsors: British Royal PortraitsPortraits of British royalty, spanning 500 years of painting and photographyThis publication explores five British royal dynasties, from the Tudors to the Windsors, drawing on the Collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, which embraces over 500 years of British history. It includes paintings...
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Art: A Beginner's GuideA beautifully crafted overview of Western artistic tradition OR An exhilarating tour through Western artistic tradition Art has existed for as long as humankind, but defining it is famously difficult. In this whirlwind tour spanning from prehistory up to the present day and beyond,...
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Jw Godward 1861-1922: The Eclipse of Classicism- In this expanded and revised edition of a seminal work, Vern G. Swanson delves into the life and paintings of this little-known classicist- An important reference for anyone with an interest in the late post-Renaissance painters- Contains beautiful full-color reproductions of almost all...
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Artificial Hells: Participatory Art and the Politics of SpectatorshipThis searing critique of participatory art--from its development to its political ambitions--is "an essential title for contemporary art history scholars and students as well as anyone who has . . . thought, 'Now that's art!' or 'That's art?'" (Library Journal) Since the 1990s, critics...
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Painting Watercolour Trees the Easy WayFollowing on from his successful book Watercolour Trees, Terry presents a new edition of this award-winning title, and includes a great selection of clear, detailed step-by-step demonstrations along with extra tips to show how to paint beautiful trees quickly and easily. He teaches how...
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