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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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Art and Artist: Creative Urge and Personality DevelopmentAlong with Adler and Jung, Otto Rank was one of the intellectual giants in the inner circle around Sigmund Freud. Art and Artist, his major statement on the relationship of art to the individual and society, pursues in a broader cultural context Freud's ideas...
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Video Game Storytelling: What Every Developer Needs to Know about Narrative TechniquesUNLOCK YOUR GAME'S NARRATIVE POTENTIAL With increasingly sophisticated video games being consumed by an enthusiastic and expanding audience, the pressure is on game developers like never before to deliver exciting stories and engaging characters. With Video Game Storytelling, game writer and producer Evan Skolnick...
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A Giacometti PortraitWhen we look at a painting hanging on an art gallery wall, we see only what the artist has chosen to disclose--the finished work of art. What remains mysterious is the process of creation itself--the making of the work of art. Everyone who has...
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Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and PrintmakingFocusing on the vital role of literature in the development of the artistic practice of Frank Stella (b. 1936), this insightful book looks at four transformative series of prints made between 1984 and 1999. Each of these series is named after a literary work--the...
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Chang Dai-Chien: Painting from Heart to HandChang Dai-chien (1899-1983), one of the most celebrated Chinese painters of the twentieth century, is renowned for his stylistic variety and unparalleled productivity. This book explores three key artistic dimensions--Chang's early ink paintings emulating ancient Chinese styles, his lively portrayals of nature made while...
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Ione Saldanha: The Invented CityThe largest publication to date on the work of a pioneering Brazilian painterIone Saldanha (1919-2001) was a highly influential though underappreciated figure in the history of 20th-century Brazilian art. Her paintings on canvas and paper, as well as more unconventional surfaces such as wooden...
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Matthew Ronay: The Crack, the Swell, an Earth, an OdeSensual and psychedelic sculpture affirming the primacy of the handmade object, from a leading New York sculptorThe vibrant, small-scale wooden sculptures of New York-based artist Matthew Ronay (born 1976) cull from the vocabularies of organic things--flora and fauna from land and sea, human anatomy,...
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Noguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi: Objects of Common InterestA two-volume archival excavation of Noguchi's enduring relationship with GreeceNoguchi and Greece, Greece and Noguchi explores the relationship between one of the 20th century's most celebrated art and design multidisciplinarians and the Mediterranean country he visited regularly for decades. Through an engaging visual essay...
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Objects of Desire: Photography and the Language of AdvertisingFrom Pop art and the Pictures Generation to Instagram and branding: how the dialogue between art and advertising has evolved over the decadesThe world of advertising has changed drastically over the last century. Marketers have shifted from selling physical objects to promoting lifestyles, brands...
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Mark Hearld's Work BookThis is the new compact hardcover edition of Mark Hearld's Work Book, the first collection of the artist's beguiling art. The artist Mark Hearld finds his inspiration in the flora and fauna of the British countryside: a blue-eyed jay perched on an oak branch;...
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Andrew Schoultz: Decade: 2011 - 2021Internationally acclaimed artist Andrew Schoultz celebrates a diverse and multi-faceted artistic practice with his latest coffee table art book. Decade: 2011-2021 compiles the artist's most notable projects, exhibitions and murals from the past ten years, highlighting major museum and gallery shows, massive outdoor mural...
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Notes on the Copies"Is a copy anything but an attempt to extract the maximum from an encounter with a work of art? I'm convinced that the copy of a masterpiece is the best school there is for any artist who decides to make art."Including the following texts...
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Love Lucian: The Letters of Lucian Freud, 1939 - 1954Since his death in 2011, Lucian Freud's reputation as one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century has continued to grow with his inimitable large-scale paintings of human figures hanging in museums worldwide and reaching dizzying prices at auction. Art historians note his...
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Hedgehog and the Art ShowThe first day of school can be tough and for little hedgehog he has a big obstacle to overcome! Little hedgehog's tiny fingers are bandaged from a minor accident and participating in writing lessons leaves him frustrated and sad. Then when the teacher announces...
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Leonardo. the Complete Paintings and DrawingsUnmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: a peerless master of painting, sculpture, cartography, anatomy, architecture - and more. Simultaneously captivating art historians, collectors, and the millions who flock yearly to...
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Scribble Art: Independent Process Art Experiences for Children Volume 3Enter the world of creativity where children's imaginations soar. Scribble Art is packed full of a broad spectrum of over 240 open-ended process art activities and ideas. Process art allows a child to participate in an individual and unique art experience using common household...
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Beautiful Blooms: A Coloring Book of FlowersBrilliant flowers, vines of every stripe, glorious gardens galore, and more--Beautiful Blooms just begs for you to dive in and add your own spin on this bounty of blooms. Offering a wide range of gorgeous designs and scenes for you to personalize, these 120-plus...
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The Art of Yoco: For Eternity and a SecondBreathtakingly beautiful boys' love illustrations.yoco is an illustrator who is active mainly in the BL (boys' love) genre and who is particularly known for her exquisite, painterly illustration style. Her dramatic compositions evoke pure scenes of longing, while also fulfilling a slightly voyeuristic desire...
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Richard Estes: VoyagesA concise selection of Photorealist gems from a celebrated veteran of the genreBased in Maine and New York, Richard Estes (born 1932) is a pioneer of Photorealist painting and its most devoted and accomplished practitioner. His work is defined by a profound commitment to...
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RembrandtRembrandt is among the few old masters to retain universal appeal among art lovers today. His striking self-portraits and scenes are on view at museums around the world--yet he remains an elusive, enigmatic figure.In Rembrandt, distinguished art historian Christopher White carefully considers Rembrandt's history...
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