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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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Chicago Artist ColoniesFor more than a century, Chicago's leading painters, sculptors, writers, actors, dancers and architects congregated together in close-knit artistic enclaves. After the Columbian Exposition, they set up shop in places like Lambert Tree Studios and the 57th Street Artist Colony. Nationally renowned figures like...
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Grand Central Terminal and Penn Station: Statuary and SculpturesOpened in 1913, Grand Central Terminal is a world-famous landmark building with a magnificent 48-foot-high, 1,500-ton statuary group on top of the main facade. Designed by sculptor Jules-Felix Coutan, a 13-foot-wide Tiffany clock serves as the centerpiece. The figure above the clock is Mercury,...
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Photography After CapitalismA lively and polemical analysis of photography and today's vernacular photographic culture. In Photography After Capitalism, Benedict Burbridge makes the case for a radically expanded conception of photography, encompassing the types of labor too often obscured by black-boxed technologies, slick platform interfaces, and the...
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Snakes and Other ReptilesThis pictorial archive features a comprehensive collection of 327 images of snakes and other animals in the class Reptilia. Discover striking images of deadly hyper-venomous viper and cobra snakes, prey squeezing constrictors including boas and pythons, anacondas, adders, rattlesnakes, sea snakes, snake skeletons, and...
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High Shelf XLI: April 2022High Shelf is a monthly collection of poetry, art, photography, and satire from around the world, collected and curated in Portland, Oregon. High Shelf XLI (April 2022) contains 80+ pages of world-class poetry, art, photography, and satire. High Shelf XLI showcases 20 Artists/Authors from...
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Think Small: The Tiniest Art in the WorldFrom the astounding to the downright unbelievable, this little volume of mind-blowingly tiny artworks showcases the talents of 24 artists from around the globe. Makers, crafters, art enthusiasts, and fans of tiny works will delight in this homage to all things infinitesimally small. Replete...
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Ladies Drawing Night: Make Art, Get Inspired, Join the PartySpeaking directly to today's explosion of creativity, Ladies Drawing Night is for women looking to deepen their creative connections and expressions. Join rock star illustrators Julia Rothman, Leah Goren, and Rachael Cole for ten evenings of fun and art-making. Each night is led by...
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Someone Has to Set a Bad Example: An Anne Taintor CollectionWe can't be good all the time, and no one knows it better than Anne Taintor. This generous collection of her most popular artwork includes more than 150 images in categories such as friendship (a real friend will help you hide the body), motherhood...
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Zen Pencils--Creative Struggle: Illustrated Advice from Masters of CreativityGavin Aung Than, creator of the innovative Zen Pencils, shares his passion for creativity and reveals how you, too, can live a creative life. Zen Pencils: Creative Struggle is a call to wake up the creative spirit inside you. Through Zen Pencils cartoon quotes...
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Symbolism, Its Origins and Its ConsequencesThe notion of the symbol is at the root of the Symbolist movement, but this symbol is different from the way it was used and understood in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. In the Symbolist movement, a symbol is not an allegory. The Belgian...
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Hi, I'm Norman: The Story of American Illustrator Norman Rockwell"An inviting and admiring introduction to an important American artist." --Kirkus Reviews From award-winning author Robert Burleigh comes a striking, intimate picture book biography about an American icon--beloved artist Norman Rockwell. Norman Rockwell is best known for capturing the American spirit as a painter...
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The Everything Girls Ultimate Body Art BookExpress yourself with sugar skulls, flowers, henna designs, and more!Art isn't just for hanging on walls--you can be your own canvas! Express your artistic side on your hands, fingers, arms, and legs with washable makeup or body art crayons! Inside, you'll find more than...
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Foundations of Classical Oil Painting: How to Paint Realistic People, Landscapes and Still LifeProfessional painting instructor Lea Colie Wight demystifies the formulaic process of oil painting into a simple approach to help you paint confidently and accurately in full color. Develop a core foundational skill set to develop your paintings and discover a signature way of working...
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Manga Crash Course: Drawing Manga Characters and Scenes from Start to FinishEverything you need to start drawing manga In the jam-packed pages of Manga Crash Course, popular YouTube artist Mina "Mistiqarts" Petrovic shares with you all the techniques you need to create not just manga figures and faces, but full characters and scenes. After learning...
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African American Studies: The Discipline and Its DimensionsAfrican American Studies: The Discipline and Its Dimensions is a comprehensive resource book that recounts the development of the discipline of African American Studies and provides a basic reference source for sixteen areas of knowledge of the discipline: anthropology, art, dance, economics, education, film,...
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Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film and Politics, Fourth EditionNow in its updated and expanded fourth edition, Here's Looking at You: Hollywood, Film & Politics examines how the tangled relationship between Hollywood's global film industry and the politics of federal and state governments manifests itself in the real world of political campaigns and...
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Make It: Unusual ArtArtists use paint, clay, metal, wood, sand, and even food to create different kinds of art. You can use similar items to make art, too! Introduce students to basic concepts with this book that will engage students in learning as they develop their comprehension...
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Turquoise (Updated): The World Story of a Fascinating GemstoneUpdated edition includes 85 new photographs, including close-ups of cabochons from the famous mines that produce the best colors and matrix; information about mining activity and locations brings the story of world turquoise up to date. Turquoise has been mined on six continents and...
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All the Restaurants in New YorkFrom romantic spots like Le Bernardin to beloved holes-in-the-wall like Corner Bistro, John Donohue renders people's favorite restaurants in a manner that captures the emotional pull a certain place can have on the hearts of New Yorkers. All the Restaurants in New York is...
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Classic Greek Masterpieces of SculptureGreek sculpture was among the first art to communicate human emotions and to offer a more realistic portrait of the individual. By working in new materials and posing the body naturally, Greek sculptors established the foundation of a whole new art form. Classic Greek...
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