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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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Home in an Island Garden: In Pursuit of an Artful LifeIn 1978 Nancy moved to an island off the coast of Washington state with her young family, where she and her husband Lewis naively planned to support themselves as artists. This is the story of their adventures together striving for an unlikely success.They worked...
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Living Matter: The Preservation of Biological Materials in Contemporary Art: An International Conference Held in Mexico City, June 3-5, 2019This innovative volume is the first to address the conservation of contemporary art incorporating biological materials such as plants, foods, bodily fluids, or genetically engineered organisms. Eggshells, flowers, onion peels, sponge cake, dried bread, breast milk, bacteria, living organisms--these are just a few of...
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Henry James Framed: Material Representations of the MasterHenry James Framed is a cultural history of Henry James as a work of art. Throughout his life, James demonstrated an abiding interest in--some would say an obsession with--the visual arts. In his most influential testaments about the art of fiction, James frequently invoked...
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Great Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum: by Leonardo Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Rembrandt, Correggio, Goya, Daumier, Watteau, Fouquet, Renoir,This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Manet a Biographical and Critical StudyThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Figure Drawings of Jeffrey R. Watts: Female QuicksketchThis book contains many quick pose figure drawings from Jeff Watts, founder of the Watts Atelier. It was created in the hopes that art students would have a resource to go to when looking to study the human figure.When Jeff was a student, there...
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The Everyday in Visual Culture: Slices of LivesThis book explores how the comparative analysis of visual cultural artefacts, from objects to architecture and fiction films, can contribute to our understanding of everyday life in homes and cities around the globe. Investigating the multiple facets of the everyday, this interdisciplinary collection generates...
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Arms and Armour: History, Conservation and AnalysisThis volume brings together papers written by curators, conservators and scientists who have worked very closely with European and Oriental arms and armor from some of the world's finest collections. The pieces, which have been examined in detail, include not only those made for...
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The Art of Diremption: On the Powerlessness of ArtAn engaging exploration of the meaning and power of art that looks at popular theories through the ages. One of the most astonishing aspects of the discourse on contemporary art is the firm and unwavering belief that art has the power to transform society...
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High Gothic: Christian Art and Iconography of the 13th-14th CenturyA splendid showcase of High Gothic art and iconography. Despite its provenance as a derogatory term, the word "gothic" is now understood to describe a distinct style of buildings and objects between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries. The Gothic period saw an increased emphasis...
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Athanasius Raczyński (1788-1874). Aristocrat, Diplomat, and Patron of the ArtsThis book depicts the long rich life and wide ranging work of Count Athanasius Raczyński (1788-1874). By exploring his complex personality, his processes of thought and his accomplishments, it reveals a man at once a wealthy aristocrat, a Pole in the Prussian diplomatic service,...
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Fiona Rae: Row PaintingsFiona Rae's (b. Hong Kong, 1963; lives and works in London) abstract paintings attracted the attention of broad audiences when she participated in the legendary exhibition Freeze at London's Docklands in 1988. It put her on the map as an early member of the...
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Catching the Moment: Contemporary Art from the Ted L. and Maryanne Ellison Simmons CollectionA dazzling array of contemporary American art acquired from Hall of Fame baseball catcher Ted Simmons and master printer and fine-art print publisher Maryanne Ellison Simmons. This exhibition catalog showcases the diversity and relevance of the exceptional collection acquired from St. Louis collectors Ted...
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Art After LiberalismAuthor: Nicholas GamsoPublisher: Columbia Books on Architecture and the CityPublished: 03/08/2022Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.80lbsSize: 8.19h x 5.75w x 0.71dISBN: 9781941332689
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Frida KahloFrida Kahlo taught herself to paint while recovering from serious injuries. She went on to become a famous artist whose work is still admired today. This book explores Kahlo's life and her groundbreaking achievements.Author: Kate ConleyPublisher: Kids CorePublished: 01/01/2022Pages: 32Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.68h...
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Modern Negro ArtPorter's work analyzes the important developments and individuals in African American painting and sculpture from the pre-Civil War period to World War II. "James A. Porter was an art historian, educator, curator, and visual artist. He is first remembered by academics as an art...
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Early Nature Artists in Florida: Audubon and His Fellow ExplorersFlorida's amazing landscapes and fascinating wildlife were sources of inspiration for early naturalists seeking new horizons. Among them was John James Audubon. Elegant herons, acrobatic terns, endearing pelicans and colorful roseate spoonbills all feature among his beloved artwork. But Audubon was not the first...
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The Present Prospects of Social Art HistoryThe Present Prospects of Social Art History represents a major reconsideration of how art historians analyze works of art and the role that historical factors, both those at the moment when the work was created and when the historian addresses the objects at hand,...
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Rare Merit: Women in Photography in Canada, 1840-1940A compelling survey of the professional lives and historic photographs of Canadian women. As Canada took shape in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the camera was both a witness to colonialism, capitalism, and gendered and racialized social organization, as well as an unlikely...
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What Makes Art Art: Artworks of the contemporary artistsWhat Makes Art, Art? It is one of the most rhetorical questions that every person answering the way they want. And they cannot be criticized. In this book, we not only presented the best work of the contemporary artists participated in Int'l Art Contest...
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