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 Story of ArtThe Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor...
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Whistler: Colour LibraryJames Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was one of the most original artists of the late nineteenth century. Flamboyant dandy and ebullient publicist, friend of Oscar Wilde, Whistler was also a meticulous craftsman dedicated to the perfection of his art. Whistler was born in America...
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Magnificent MessTopher Kearby's second poetry and art book "Magnificent Mess" tells the story of what it means to be human. Modern poetry, short stories, essays, and original art weave together to create a truly unique reading experience. Keep it next to your bed, read it...
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Tussie-Mussies: A Collector's Guide to Victorian Posy HoldersTussie-Mussies: A Collector's Guide to Victorian Posy Holders offers new insight into a world of secrets and beauty that most people in modern times have long forgotten. The book provides an overview of how and why the tussie-mussie came into use, and reveals the...
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Difficult Chickens: Coloring BookInspired by Sarah's book "Chickens Illustrated Chicken Breeds A to Z", Difficult Chickens adult coloring book features whimsical representations of 26 chicken breeds A to Z and a couple of difficult chicks. Images include Zentangle-inspired designs and decorative chickens for adult coloring enthusiasts. Coloring...
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Votes for Women: A Portrait of PersistenceA richly illustrated history of women's suffrage in the United States that highlights underrecognized activists Marking the centenary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Votes for Women is the first richly illustrated book to reveal the history and complexity of the...
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After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History - Updated EditionThe classic and provocative account of how art changed irrevocably with pop art and why traditional aesthetics can't make sense of contemporary art A classic of art criticism and philosophy, After the End of Art continues to generate heated debate for its radical and...
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Picasso and Truth: From Cubism to GuernicaA groundbreaking reassessment of Picasso by one of today's preeminent art historians Picasso and Truth offers a breathtaking and original new look at the most significant artist of the modern era. From Pablo Picasso's early The Blue Room to the later Guernica, eminent art...
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After ArtHow digital networks are transforming art and architecture Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay, David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. Under...
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Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship IconHow an eighteenth-century engraving of a slave ship became a cultural icon of Black resistance, identity, and remembrance One of the most iconic images of slavery is a schematic wood engraving depicting the human cargo hold of a slave ship. First published by British...
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Artemisia Gentileschi: The Image of the Female Hero in Italian Baroque ArtArtemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as the most important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seventeenth century and the only female follower of Caravaggio. This first full-length study of her life and work shows that her powerfully...
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Mark Kistler's Drawing in 3-D Wack Workbook: The Companion Sketchbook to Drawing in 3-D with Mark KistlerPracticing and perfecting Mark Kistler's wacky drawings will be even more fun with this fully customized, turbo-charged 3-D sketchbook! If you've read Drawing in 3-D with Mark Kistler, you've learned how to sketch a colossal collection of 3-D pictures. Now, with this large, easy-to-use...
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The Making of MonaThe inside story of Australia's most exciting museum. Hailed as the most important addition to the Australian cultural landscape since the opening of the Sydney Opera House, MONA has shaken up the art world by breathing life and delight back into the museum experience....
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Kastom: Arts of VanuatuKastom: Arts of Vanuatu showcases an impressive array of traditional arts through a program of field collecting occurred on the islands of Ambrym and Malakula. Central to many traditional practices, better known as 'kastom, ' are masked performances and displays of sculpture including iconic...
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Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou YamaguchiThe face has inspired artists around the world for millennia, and Japan's Noh theater has provided a complex domain for exploring human emotion. Inspired by these practices, Traditions Transfigured examines fourteen contemporary works by Noh mask-maker and artist Bidou Yamaguchi. These apply the forms,...
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Raina's Mini Posters: 20 Prints to Decorate Your Space at Home and at School20 full-color prints featuring pages from Raina Telgemeier's multi-million copy selling graphic novels and memoirs are perfect for her passionate fans' walls and lockers. RAINA TELGEMEIER WAS NAMED THE COMICS INDUSTRY PERSON OF THE DECADE BY THE BEAT Raina Telgemeier's voice is so relatable...
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Frida & Diego: Art, Love, LifeNontraditional, controversial, rebellious, and politically volatile, the Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are remembered for their provocative paintings as well as for their deep love for each other. Their marriage was one of the most tumultuous and infamous in history--filled with passion,...
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A Sea of Glass: Searching for the Blaschkas' Fragile Legacy in an Ocean at Risk Volume 13"The author makes an eloquent plea for marine biodiversity conservation."--Library Journal"Harvell seems to channel the devotion that motivated the Blaschkas."--The Guardian Winner of the 2016 National Outdoor Book Award, Environment Category It started with a glass octopus. Dusty, broken, and all but forgotten, it...
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Monument Wars: Washington, D.C., the National Mall, and the Transformation of the Memorial LandscapeThe National Mall in Washington, D.C., is "a great public space, as essential a part of the American landscape as the Grand Canyon," according to architecture critic Paul Goldberger, but few realize how recent, fragile, and contested this achievement is. In Monument Wars, Kirk...
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Art Worlds, 25th Anniversary EditionThis classic sociological examination of art as collective action explores the cooperative network of suppliers, performers, dealers, critics, and consumers who--along with the artist--"produce" a work of art. Howard S. Becker looks at the conventions essential to this operation and, prospectively, at the extent...
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