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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Medieval Bodies: Life and Death in the Middle AgesJust like us, medieval men and women worried about growing old, got blisters and indigestion, fell in love, and had children. And yet their lives were full of miraculous and richly metaphorical experiences radically different from our own, unfolding in a world where deadly...
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Masks of Origin: Regression in the Service of OmnipotenceWe are, I believe, as supernatural as we are natural. Our home is the sum-total of all possible realities. When we act, we act both in this world and the next.Brian George's debut collection of personal essays invites the reader on a journey beyond...
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Didier Fiúza Faustino: Architecture for Disquiet Bodies"Faustino has anticipated numerous contemporary trends and operating methods, pushing the boundaries of architecture as a whole." -Elle DécorThis monograph offers a comprehensive overview of more than 25 years of unique creations by French Portuguese artist-architect Didier Fiúza Faustino (born 1968), who works at...
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Jim Dine: Grace and BeautyNew mixed-media works between sculpture and painting from the ever-inventive Pop maestroWith its fairy-tale yet matter-of-fact title, Grace and Beauty reveals Jim Dine's (born 1935) unquenchable enthusiasm for reimagining his iconic personal motifs--here, the classical torso, hearts and tools--in experimental combinations of mediums. The...
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Clear Seeing Place: Studio VisitsFrom the salt marshes and moss-draped live oaks of the South Carolina Lowcountry to the New York art world, Clear Seeing Place takes the reader behind the studio door to explore the making of a painter in intimate detail. Brimming with the joy of...
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Takashi Murakami: Lineage of Eccentrics: A Collaboration with Nobuo Tsuji and the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonThe lineage of the "superflat" Murakami's vision of the Japanese aestheticTakashi Murakami's irreverent, pop culture-infused art has made him one of the most recognized Japanese artists today. His bright, contemporary boisterousness, however, belies his deep scholarship and engagement with traditional Japanese art. Takashi Murakami:...
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The PencilClever and suspenseful, a surefire delight. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Once a pencil draws a little boy, there's no telling what will come next -- a dog, a cat, a chase (of course), and a paintbrush to color in an ever-expanding group of...
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The Boys' Doodle Book: Amazing Picture to Complete and CreateFrom dinosaurs to robots, boys will love drawing and doodling in this fun activity book for creative kids, featuring full-color artwork and perforated pages for you to display your favorite pictures.With a shiny foiled cover and 160 spectacular interior pages that feature engaging, full-color...
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Visconti Tarots DeckAn absolutely stunning display of lavish gold foil and exquisite Renaissance art, this deck is pure magic and mystery The shimmering gold reflects the light, seducing the intuition and delighting the eye. This deck is a treasure, truly a must-have for all Tarot enthusiasts....
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Curious George Builds a Tree HouseGeorge is tired of following the house rules--he wants a place of his own where he can draw on the walls and eat corn on the cob with his feet! He decides to build a tree house in the yard, but quickly learns that...
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New Media in ArtFollowing innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in cubism, futurism, and surrealism--particularly in the work of Duchamp--artists abandoned strict adherence to traditional hierarchies of media and embraced any means, including technological, which best served their purposes. In the past fifty...
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Sargent Portrait Drawings: 42 WorksA gallery of superb portraits in pencil, pastels, and charcoal. Virtuoso display of technical skill and intuitive eye of noted American portrait painter.Author: John Singer SargentPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 08/01/1983Pages: 48Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.33lbsSize: 11.12h x 7.81w x 0.14dISBN: 9780486245249This title is not returnable
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Mucha's Figures DécorativesTo many, Alphonse Maria Mucha (1860-1939) is best known for his beautiful bell poque posters and magnificent decorative panels. His distinctive graphic approach to the 1895 poster advertising Sarah Bernhardt's performance in Gismonda captured the Parisian public's imagination and catapulted the artist into overnight...
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Ornate Pictorial Calligraphy: Instructions and Over 150 ExamplesThe law of harmony in flourishing is the same as in love. As long as everything goes along smoothly, harmony prevails. But as soon as some rival crosses the pathway, especially in a diagonal way, there is likely to be trouble in camp. Therefore...
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El Artista Que Pintó Un Caballo AzulFrom the creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar comes a brilliant new Eric Carle board book for the artist in us all. Every child has an artist inside them, and this vibrant picture book from Eric Carle will help let it out. The artist...
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Secret Paris: Color Your Way to CalmA coloring book that will relax and inspire -- all the while transporting you to the City of Light. Get your pens out, open this book, and discover Paris. Stroll the picturesque streets, cross the Seine, and live like the French do, in a...
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The History of Cinema: A Very Short IntroductionCinema was the first, and is arguably still the greatest, of the industrialized art forms that came to dominate the cultural life of the twentieth century. Today, it continues to adapt and grow as new technologies and viewing platforms become available, and remains an...
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The Wolf Hall Picture BookA photography book that is a vital accompaniment to the many fans of Hilary Mantel's bestselling Wolf Hall Trilogy 'At the very beginning of the twentieth century, Zola said, ''In my view you cannot claim to have really seen something till you have photographed...
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The Art of William Sidney Mount: Long Island People of Color on CanvasDiscover a lost world of farmers cutting hay with scythes and dancing to fiddle music on barn floors through the Long Island paintings of William Sidney Mount. Explore vivid depictions of people of color, presented with great humanity when racist caricatures were the norm....
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The Forgotten Artist: The Story of Evylena Nunn MillerEvylena Nunn Miller - The Forgotten ArtistMuch of the evidence of women's struggle for recognition in the arts has disappeared and so have those who have taken part in them. In the 21st Century, with women comprising 50 percent of the professional artists, we...
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