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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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Sevres Extraordinaire!: Sculpture from 1740 Until TodayAuthor: Tamara PreaudPublisher: Bard Graduate CenterPublished: 11/05/2024Pages: 557Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 7.80lbsSize: 11.60h x 9.90w x 1.40dISBN: 9780300278750About the AuthorTamara Pr?aud was formerly archivist at the Manufacture nationale de S?vres. Susan Weber is director and founder of Bard Graduate Center, New York. Charlotte Vignon is...
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Science Fiction Against the Margins: Cinematic Futures, Global ImaginariesExplores independently produced media that uses science fiction to address societal and political issuesToday the genre of science fiction is widely associated with big-budget American films featuring space invaders and lab-made monsters. Outside of mainstream media, however, science fiction is often employed for political...
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Rooms Colors DreamsGothic Marxism attempts to reconcile Marx and Freud, but what does that have to do with color? Simultaneously a meditation on color and a meditation on meditations on color, Amy England's new image-text poetic manifesto Rooms Colors Dreams] is part biography and part specimen...
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Rembrandt Chooses a Queen"An uplifting historical tale exploring the intersection of art history and religion." --Kirkus ReviewsIs there a story behind Rembrandt's famous painting of Queen Esther?In Rembrandt Chooses a Queen, the famous artist has a problem. He wants to paint a scene from the biblical Purim...
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Overflow, Afterglow: New Work in Chromatic FigurationAn investigation of seven emerging artists who use supernatural color and uncanny luminescence to challenge the boundaries of traditional figuration. Color is flexible and amorphous. It lends itself to infinite perceptions and refuses to be definitive. Overflow, Afterglow: New Work in Chromatic Figuration discusses...
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Ouattara WattsThe multimedia artist's first-ever thorough monograph, teeming with cosmograms, numerals and other relics This volume is the first comprehensive monograph on the work of Ouattara Watts (born 1957). Over the course of nearly four decades, the Abidjan-born, New York-based artist has developed a painting...
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Organizing Color: Toward a Chromatics of the SocialWe live in a world that is saturated with color, but how should we make sense of color's force and capacities? This book develops a theory of color as fundamental medium of the social. Constructed as a montage of scenes from the past two...
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Objects of Empire: The Ceramic Tradition of the Imperial Inca StateA comparative, empire-wide study of the ceramics associated with the imperial Inca state, theorizing the role of these highly recognizable vessel forms in legitimizing Inca rule and establishing imperial identities. The beautiful polychrome ceramics of the imperial Inca state have long been noted for...
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Niv, Beautiful Word Bible, Updated Edition, Peel/Stick Bible Tabs, Leathersoft, Pink, Red Letter, Comfort Print: 600+ Full-Color Illustrated VersesBe drawn into God's Word through a fresh, creative expression of Scripture.Featuring over 600 illustrated verses, the NIV Beautiful Word(TM) Bible, Updated Edition offers a unique visual treatment of Scripture for a more beautiful quiet time. Take a moment each day to breathe, reset,...
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Moroccan ModernismIn the years after independence, new art forms and practices flourished at the Casablanca ?cole des beaux-arts, transforming the colonial relic into a wellspring of Moroccan modernism. Casablanca School artists, including Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chebaa, and Mohammed Melehi, defined the modernist movement in Morocco....
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Moroccan ModernismIn the years after independence, new art forms and practices flourished at the Casablanca ?cole des Beaux-Arts, transforming the colonial relic into a zeitgeist of Moroccan modernism. Casablanca School artists, including Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chebaa, and Mohammed Melehi, defined the modernist movement in Morocco...
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Mohawk Rebel: Shelley Niro's Art and New York StateMohawk Rebel is an in-depth exploration of one of North America's most important Indigenous artists. Claire Raymond's compelling and well-researched book connects Niro's lineage as a Turtle Clan woman to the artist's oeuvre that evokes and represents the Mohawk people's memory of and continuing...
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Modern Artisan: A World of Craft Tradition and InnovationTaking readers on a tour of the world's craft traditions, this beautifully illustrated volume is an homage to committed craftsmanship. Every culture is rooted in an artisanal tradition that combines locally sourced materials, time-honored savoir faire, and a desire to adorn and embellish objects...
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Miniatures from the Romantic Era in the Tansey CollectionOne hundred and forty-two art pieces illustrate the golden age of miniature portraits in the Romantic Era. The Romantic Era was a particularly splendid epoch in miniature portraiture. A host of artists created portraits of great sensitivity and remarkable technical perfection. This book brings...
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Miffy and the ArtistsMiffy the rabbit needs no introduction--she's one of the best-loved bunnies in the world. Created by Dutch graphic designer Dick Bruna in 1955, Miffy will mark her seventieth birthday in 2025. To celebrate, Thames & Hudson will publish Miffy and the Artists--a delightful portrayal...
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Memories of Antigua Girls' High School: 50's, 60's, 70'sThis book will take you down memory lane, with "a-ha" moments of recollection if you attended the Antigua Girls' High School in the '50s, '60s or '70s. For those of you who did not, you will get insights into various aspects of school and...
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Material Selves: Object Biographies and Identities in MotionWhat do Persian robes of honour, 20th-century still-life painting, fur garments, and 18th-century porcelain all have in common? Prized, possessed and modelled, they highlight the deep connections we share with cultural objects. Establishing new connections between people and things via artistic media and material...
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Mashya and Mashyana Unearthed: Myth, Metonymy and the Unknowing SubjectUsing Iran as an example of an ancient civilization with a sustained course of continuity all the way to the present time, this book moves towards a philosophical reflection on the relationship between what we see and feel today when engaging with art, literature...
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Making MobilesWhen observing an especially beautiful mobile, beginning artists often think, "Wow, I want to make one like THAT " If you have stood under a mobile by Alexander Calder and entertained such thoughts, this book will help you "make one like that." This guide...
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Make Your Own Movies: A Beginner's Guide to Filmmaking with Whatever Equipment You HaveA guide to making movies at home with whatever equipment you have, learning the basics of cinematographic and storytelling techniques.Filmmaking, we are told in the introduction, is the "reverse engineering of dreams... a spell that brings dreams and visions to life." This book is...
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