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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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The Human Figure in Islamic Art: Holy Men, Princes, and CommonersIslam's unknown tradition of figurationMany people believe that it is not permitted to depict human figures in Islamic art, but the Quran does not expressly forbid it, and the human figure does appear. While some Muslims have criticized and even destroyed human depictions as...
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La socidad del espectáculo"Todo lo que una vez fue vivido directamente se ha convertido en una mera representaci n.": "La sociedad del espect culo" proporciona una reinterpretaci n del marxismo, sobre todo del concepto de fetiche de la mercanc a aplicado a las condiciones del capitalismo contempor...
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Vito Hannibal Acconci StudioThe influential, provocative, and often radical art-making practices of Vito Acconci have earned him international recognition. Acconci has been a vital presence in contemporary art since the late 1960s; his confrontational and ultimately political works have evolved from writing to conceptual art, bodyworks, performance,...
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Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs and FilmsThis beautifully produced volume is the updated and revised edition of Polígrafa's 2005 publication of the same name, which was designed and conceived in collaboration with the artist and includes documentation from his private archives. Sigmar Polke: Paintings, Photographs and Films is also the...
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Color Code: Graphic Design, Branding and IdentityColor has multiple functions that differ from those of other design elements as shape, texture and form as it is able to awake multiple feelings and emotions to audiences in communication. Each of the international case studies included in the book demonstrates the importance...
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My Wondrous World: The Art Book of InspirationThis full-spread illustrated art book includes the pictures created by a talented Ukrainian traveler and artist Alexey Khomych within a decade. All of the paintings have been inspired by the artist's travels in South America and are full of mystery and magic; they may...
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Urs Fischer: 2000 WordsSwiss artist Urs Fischer is best known for his dramatic transfiguration of the exhibition space, as well as for his unexpected transformations of quotidian objects. Offering grand gestures with a pop attitude, the artist works in a variety of media--which is grounded in sculpture...
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HeroesThe collected works of Nagi Yoshida. Nagi Yoshida was attracted by the Massai people when she saw them on television as a five-year-old. Now, twenty years later, her stunning images of the Massai people and other tribes show the beauty of their land and...
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The Observer Effect: On Contemporary PaintingA collection of writings on art by Barry Schwabsky."Many consider Barry Schwabsky to be the critic on painting today, even if he does write copiously on other art forms," write editors Rob Colvin and Sherman Sam in their foreword to this selection of Schwabsky's...
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LeonardoA divine painter and universal genius, Leonardo da Vinci continues to fascinate us almost 500 years after his death. The works reproduced here allow readers to rediscover the entire spectrum of da Vinci's prodigious artistic and scientific oeuvre.Author: Daniel KiecolPublisher: KoenemannPublished: 07/01/2019Pages: 216Binding Type:...
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Dem Himmel Nahe: 750 Jahre Kloster Neuzelle 1268-2018Schon bei seiner Grundung war das Zisterzienserkloster Neuzelle in der Niederlausitz dem Himmel nahe, wurde es doch nicht wie sonst ublich in einer Niederung, sondern auf einem Bergsporn angelegt. Mit uber 150 Veranstaltungen und Konzerten feiert das Kloster 2018 sein 750-jahriges Bestehen. Einer der...
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Andreas MuheAndreas Muhe (b. KarlMarxStadt, 1979; lives and works in Berlin), one of the most renowned German photographers, has come home: he is back in Germany's heart, in the collective memory of a nation that cannot escape the dark shadows of its past. Muhe went...
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David Smith: Origins & InnovationsOrigins & Innovations brings together David Smith's (1906-65) early paintings, drawings and sculptures, alongside seminal later works that reimagine the possibilities of abstraction in three dimensions. This presentation investigates the origins of a renowned artistic innovator, highlighting Smith's exploration and embrace of diverse sources...
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Arabesque 2: Graphic Design from the Arab World and PersiaCutting-edge graphic work from the Arab world and Iran that is emblematic of the cultural emancipation of this entire area. The wave of protests that started this year in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and other countries have made it clear just how much the...
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Gordon Matta-Clark: Moment to Moment: SpaceWith his astounding building cuts and intersects, Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978) opened up elegant geometries in the very structures that seem most substantial and most authoritative in urban existence, revealing the alienations of the urban fabric as convenient fictions and allowing life to flow into...
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Stroke: From Under the Mattress to Out in the OpenThis volume is a historic retrospective of the steamy illustrations published in US magazines from the 1950s to 1990s. Although they were freely available, their often closeted readers put them under their mattresses. Stroke rediscovers these treasures and puts them together with vividly told...
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Psychoanalyst Meets Marina Abramovic: Jeannette Fischer Meets ArtistIn the summer 2015, famous performance artist Marina Abramovic and psychanalyst Jeannette Fischer spent four days together at Abramovic's house in the Hudson Valley. Associating freely, they took a psychoanalytical perspective for a lengthy exploration of Abramovic's biography and art and their interrelation. Abramovic...
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King Tut. the Journey Through the UnderworldBuried in the 14th century BC but unearthed by Howard Carter in 1922, the objects entombed with Tutankhamun are an invaluable window into a long-extinct belief system. Seen today, they create an intricate picture of how the ancient Egyptian people viewed the perilous journey...
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Leonardo Da Vinci. the Complete PaintingsInventor, painter, sculptor, scientist, architect, and engineer Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was nothing short of a quintessential Renaissance genius. No other artist of his generation has left behind such an extensive, authentic, and innovative oeuvre--yet Leonardo remains the most enigmatic of them all.From the...
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ProuvéFrench-born Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) was the 20th century's leading construction designer, a self-declared constructeur and member of the jury who oversaw the design of the Centre Pompidou in Paris. As a designer, he captured the midcentury spirit of innovation, expansion, and growth, developing techniques...
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