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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Japanese Woodblock Bird PrintsIn the 1880s, an economic boom in Japan encouraged a renaissance of traditional color woodblock painting. During this prosperous period, a well-born painter named Numata Kash created A Picture Book of Birds. Kash 's three-volume series blended the contemporary interest in woodblock prints with...
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Start Where You Are Week-At-A-Glance DiaryIn her journal Start Where You Are, Meera Lee Patel helped readers look inward to discover their dreams and navigate the confusion and chaos of daily life. This planner represents the next step in the process-- a tool both newcomers and Meera's existing audience...
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How to Draw All Sorts of ThingsHow to Draw All Sorts of Things is for young artists of all ages Whether you're learning to draw, helping someone learn to draw, or looking for ideas for your next art project, this Doodle Book will get you started. Easy step-by-step lessons show...
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Selected Poems of Robert CreeleyHere, in a new selection of 200 poems from five decades, is the distinctive voice of Robert Creeley, reminding us of what has made him one of the most important and affectionately regarded poets of our time.Author: Robert CreeleyPublisher: University of California PressPublished: 03/19/1996Pages:...
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Trad of the New PBHarold Rosenberg was undoubtedly the most important American art critic of the twentieth century. It was he who first coined the term Action Painters to refer to the American Abstract Expressionists such as Pollock, Kline, and de Kooning. Rosenberg's seminal writings on this movement,...
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Color Me Aloha: A Hawaiian Adult Coloring BookEscape to the islands of Hawaii. Coloring is an experience just like the islands. This 8.5x11 coloring book has 65 pages of unique, original hand drawn, colorable designs including iconic beaches, whales, turtles, pineapples, surfboards, canoe paddles, hula girls, flowers, and more. Every skill...
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Skies and the Artist: How to Draw Clouds and SunsetsEric Sloane always asserted that Drawing clouds and sky is an important part of art study, pointing out that nearly every great picture features sky space. With this intelligent and insightful primer, he sets out to help art students master the art of painting...
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Serizawa: Master of Japanese Textile DesignDesignated a Living National Treasure in 1956, Serizawa Keisuke (1895-1984) was one of the greatest artists of 20th-century Japan. This is the first book in English to trace Serizawa's artistic biography in detail using the finest examples of his work from leading Japanese collections....
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Color Me Stoned: a cannabis coloring book for adultsColor Me Stoned is an adult coloring book like no other. Fun and informative, it's an A to Z of different strains of cannabis, ranging from the classic Acapulco Gold to the slammin' body high of Zombie OG. Whether you're a lifelong connoisseur, a...
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Chinese Art (Revised)At a time when interest in China has never been greater, this revised edition of Mary Tregear's authoritative survey of the Chinese visual arts will be welcomed by art lovers, travelers, and students alike. Generously illustrated and eminently readable, it covers not only bronzes,...
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Charleston: Past and Present: The Official Guide to One of Bloomsbury's Cultural TreasuresAn illustrated guide to Charleston, the Sussex farmhouse where Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant provided a gathering place for the Bloomsbury group, which included such literary and artistic luminaries as E. M. Forster, Lytton Strachey, and Virginia Woolf.Author: Quentin Bell, Angelica Garnett, Henrietta GarnettPublisher:...
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Big Book of SilhouettesAn ancient art form dating back to cave paintings in the Paleolithic age, silhouettes were extremely popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when they served as an inexpensive form of portraiture, capturing the essence of the subject with a minimum of detail.Now today's...
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The Demon and the Angel: Searching for the Source of Artistic InspirationA work of art, whether a painting, a dance, a poem, or a jazz composition, can be admired in its own right. But how does the artist actually create his or her work? What is the source of an artist's inspiration? What is the...
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Chinese Brushwork in Calligraphy and Painting: Its History, Aesthetics, and TechniquesA volume of great value to the admirer of Chinese art that also contains much practical advice for the student. ― Library Journal When this book was first published, there were few if any important studies dealing with Chinese brushwork and its crucial role...
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Atlas of Foreshortening: The Human Figure in Deep PerspectiveA unique visual encyclopedia for artists and illustrators Like its acclaimed predecessor, the Second Edition of this outstanding photographic reference offers illustrators, fine artists, and animators immediate access to the human form in deep perspective, that is, foreshortened. With all-new photographs, the Atlas of...
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Children and Their Art: Art Education for Elementary and Middle SchoolsA trusted guide and companion for current and future art educators, CHILDREN AND THEIR ART presents a professional approach to teaching art consistent with national standards for student learning. This Ninth Edition is targeted at middle level and elementary schools. The authors are experienced...
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The Art & Illustration of Walter CraneA prominent figure in the Victorian art world, Walter Crane not only participated in the late nineteenth century's publishing revolution but also led the way toward the Golden Age of Illustration. Crane was instrumental in the transition from simple black-and-white illustrations for children's books...
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Doris SalcedoA mountain of chairs piled between buildings. Shoes sewn behind animal membranes into a wall. A massive crack running through the floor of Tate Modern. Powerful works like these by sculptor Doris Salcedo evoke the significance of bearing witness and processes of collective healing....
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The Holland Park Circle: Artists and Victorian SocietyA major study of the Holland Park Circle, this is both a narrative of the lives, works and influence of the artists, architects and their patrons and a perceptive analysis of the subtle relationships between high Victorian taste and mercantile values. This was the...
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The Farmer: The Wordless Picture BookA BOUNTIFUL FEAST for the EYES & HEART Over 100 Pages of full color illustrations. Originally The Farmer was intended to be a wordless picture book but at the end of the creation process Mark Ludy lovingly added text. It was his first work...
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