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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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Thao Nguyen Phan: Reincarnations of ShadowsLush multimedia landscapes blend dreamlike narratives and folk traditions to reflect upon the colonization of VietnamInspired by the geography of Vietnam, Thao Nguyen Phan (born 1987) combines literature, oral tales, fairy tales and myths to trace the history of her home country and reconstruct...
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Texas Wild FlowersThese beautiful watercolor images of Texas wild flowers were created in the 1840s and 1850s by Eliza Griffin Johnston, bound into a book, and given to her husband, General Albert Sidney Johnston for his birthday. In 1862, during the Civil War, General Johnston was...
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Surviving VancouverThis book asks and answers two questions. What's survived in Vancouver? And how do you survive in Vancouver? From historic neighbourhoods under threat from land speculation to the debates about densifying and making room, Michael Kluckner explores the contested space of Metro Vancouver, using...
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Stephen Ellcock's Book of Textiles: The Karun Thakar CollectionAuthor: Stephen EllcockPublisher: Acc Art BooksPublished: 10/09/2024Pages: 256Binding Type: HardcoverISBN: 9781788842495About the AuthorRenowned image alchemist Stephen Ellcock is a London-based curator, writer, researcher, and online collector of images who has spent the last decade creating an ever-expanding virtual museum of art that is open...
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Stephanie Syjuco: After/ImagesAmid the murky ethics of archival material, Syjuco rehabilitates images of Asian and Asian American people within America's documented historiesFilipino American artist Stephanie Syjuco (born 1974) rephotographs and reconstructs photographs from museum and library collections to reveal the instability of images and the violence...
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Sooner or Later?: An Art Lover's Timeline GameA higher or lower game with artwork through the ages. Can you guess when a work of art was created? Explore the collection of the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art to discover masterpieces ranging from sculptures, ceramics and textiles to paintings, prints and photography....
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Son of Greg GirardWe arrived at a strange hour at Phnom Penh airport and used the Visa on Arrival option, where a raggedy man in a makeshift booth rubber stamped our Canadian passports after a short flight. It was late and my dad recalls trying to check...
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Sex Magic: Ithell Colquhoun's Diagrams of LoveA unique body of work and a radical contribution to the magical conversations of the period, this exquisitely illustrated book provides an introduction to Ithell Colquhoun's enigmatic series of paintings, drawings, and poems: Diagrams of Love A unique body of work and a radical...
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Seeing Baya: Portrait of an Algerian Artist in ParisThe first biography of the Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine, celebrated in mid-twentieth-century Paris, her life shrouded in myth. On a flower farm in colonial Algeria, a servant and field worker known as Baya escaped the drudgery of her labor by coloring the skirts in...
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RiPPLE 2024The 20th edition of Kingston University's annual celebration of student work. Written and visual pieces created and curated by Kingston students. With a foreword by international bestselling author, Oyinkan Braithwaite, a Kingston Creative Writing graduate whose writing appeared in an earlier edition.Author: Kingston University...
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Raining SunshineWhen it rains it pours, but just because it's pouring doesn't mean you should wallow. This is a peek into a mind that's broken, beautiful, and yearning for healing. Sometimes it's happy, other times ugly and devastating, yet equally exquisite. This is life.Author: Veronica...
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Pieces of Art: A 1000 Piece Art History PuzzleDive into the fascinating world of art history with a jigsaw puzzle that's a true masterpiece itself! Embark on an artistic journey spanning centuries. Each piece of this puzzle is a work of art in itself, depicting iconic moments and legendary artists that have...
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Pete the Cat: My First I Can DrawFor the first time, New York Times bestselling author and artist James Dean brings us a fun drawing guide for young artists to enjoy.Kids will enjoy following the easy step-by-step diagrams to re-create Pete and their favorite stories. The diagrams become appropriately a little...
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Ordinary People: Photorealism and the Work of Art Since 1968This fresh look at photorealism argues for its continued relevance todayThis volume, Ordinary People, recovers the social art history of the long-dismissed genre of photorealism and demonstrates the continued relevance of photorealist strategies for artists working today. Spanning the 1960s to the present, this...
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NymphsAgamben is the rare writer whose ideas and works have a broad appeal across many fields, and Nymphs will engage not only the author's devoted fans in philosophy, legal theory, sociology, and literary criticism but also his growing audience among art theorists and historians...
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Nordic Utopia?: African Americans in the Twentieth CenturyFeatures the experiences of African American artists in Nordic EuropeDuring the twentieth century, Black Americans visited and lived in Nordic countries, performing, studying, working, and seeking adventure, love, freedom to explore sexuality, and distance from Jim Crow segregation. Drawing from film, photographs, paintings, music,...
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Nicola Tyson: Selected Paintings 1993-2022The most comprehensive overview of the artist's paintings to date, Nicola Tyson: Selected Paintings 1993-2022 provides a thorough investigation of the artist's evolving lexicon. "Tyson's paintings do not mirror the world that we see with our eyes. Rather, they invoke a kind of dreamscape;...
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New York in Art 12-Month 2025 Engagement CalendarAuthor: The Metropolitan Museum of ArtPublisher: ABRAMSPublished: 07/09/2024Pages: 124Binding Type: DeskWeight: 0.93lbsSize: 9.18h x 7.62w x 0.82dISBN: 9781419773075About the AuthorFounded in 1870, The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located in New York City's Central Park, along Fifth Avenue. The Met presents over 5,000 years...
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Mina'i Ware: A Reassessment and Comprehensive Study of Iranian Polychrome Overglaze Wares Through SherdsMina'i, or polychrome overglaze, ware was made in Iran between the late 12th and the early 13th centuries. However, most pieces in museums have in fact been rebuilt, often from pieces of multiple different vessels with extensive plaster fill and modern overpaint. Only by...
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Melissa Cody: Webbed SkiesRecent textiles from a fourth-generation Navajo artist working in the Germantown Revival styleTextile artist, member of the Navajo Nation and fourth-generation weaver Melissa Cody (born 1983) overlays traditional geometric patterns with references ranging from pop culture to the aesthetics of new technologies in vibrant...
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