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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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Marina Perez SimãoThe first international monograph of one of the most exciting painters working in Brazil today, Marina Perez Simão. Marina Perez Simão (1981-) is an internationally recognized contemporary artist who uses a variety of techniques, such as collage, drawing, watercolor, and oil painting, as starting...
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Unseen Art: Making, Vision, and Power in Ancient MesoamericaIn Unseen Art, Claudia Brittenham unravels one of the most puzzling phenomena in Mesoamerican art history: why many of the objects that we view in museums today were once so difficult to see. She examines the importance that ancient Mesoamerican people assigned to the...
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Birds of Badami Bagh CantonmentBirds have not only charmed their way into the mythology and legends, but their colourful, chirpy presence delights the young and the old equally. Many of us enjoy the beauty of their shapes, the vivacity of their movements and their sweet calls. Avid bird...
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Australian Nature: From the Heart: The Paintings of Sally Elmer & Peter SlaterAs one of Australia's finest wildlife artists, the late great Peter Slater needs no introduction to natural history enthusiasts. He has been publishing books celebrating the country's wildlife for many decades, not least the renowned Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds. For Australian Nature...
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Robert Motherwell Drawing: As Fast as the Mind ItselfA celebration of Robert Motherwell's drawings that provides new insight into the thematic continuities and techniques that informed the artist's working methods Throughout his long and prolific career, Robert Motherwell (1915-1991) sustained a fascination with making art on paper. His multifaceted drawing practice was...
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New Plains ReviewNew Plains Review, a student-run literary journal at the University of Central Oklahoma, proudly receives hundreds of submissions from all over the world; it is our mission to share with our readers thought-provoking, quality work from a diverse number of authors and artists. We...
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Carving Favorite Songbirds: Patterns and Instructions for 12 Life-Size ModelsCarve Beautiful Songbirds Using These PatternsSongbirds are ideal subjects for beautiful carvings, and they're inexpensive to make with relatively small blocks of suitable wood. This guide contains life-size patterns for 12 common songbirds which show the birds from front, top, and side. Instructions for...
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The Owls Are Not What They Seem: Artist as EthologistToward a posthumanist art and ethology The Owls Are Not What They Seem is a selective history of modern and contemporary engagements with animals in the visual arts and how these explorations relate to the evolution of scientific knowledge regarding animals. Arnaud Gerspacher argues...
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A Theory of Assembly: From Museums to MemesA vital reckoning with how we understand the basic categories of cultural expression in the digital era Digital and social media have transformed how much and how fast we communicate, but they have also altered the palette of expressive strategies: the cultural forms that...
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Nicholas Pollack: MeadowA portrait of humanity in the post-industrial landscape. The photographs in Nicholas Pollack's new book, Meadow, were made between 2015 and 2020, in and around Secaucus, New Jersey. Inspired by the landscape of the New Jersey Meadowlands, Meadow is a body of work about...
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A Splendid Land: Paintings from Royal UdaipurA lavishly illustrated volume that explores the immersive aesthetics and emotional resonance of paintings from the lake city of Udaipur. Around 1700, artists in Udaipur began creating large, immersive paintings to convey the mood of the city's palaces, lakes, and mountains. A Splendid Land...
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Capturing the British Landscape: Alfred Augustus Glendening (1840-1921)The life and work of Victorian landscape painter Alfred Augustus Glendening, illustrating his rapid rise from railway clerk to an acclaimed artist. Though critics often reviewed Alfred Augustus Glendening's exhibitions, very little has been written about the artist himself. Here, new and extensive research...
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Ninjutsu: Spirit of the Unconventional Combat Arts (Mental Strength and Physical Abilities of the Ninjutsu Masters)Ninja fighting techniques explains how the five elements can become automatic, unconscious responses for fighters who train the ninja way.Through study and practice they become instinctive, effectively employed precisely when you need them without thinking.The advantage of ninja teachings over other martial disciplines is...
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Art Quilt Elements 2022Founded in 1999, Art Quilt Elements (AQE) 2022 is the 15th exhibition of this internationally acclaimed show set in suburban Philadelphia. This exhibition has been widely praised by reviewers and artists not only for exhibiting the quilts in a gallery setting but also for...
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The Tyranny of Common Sense: Mexico's Post-Neoliberal ConversionAs one of the first countries to implement a neoliberal state apparatus, Mexico serves as a prime example of the effects of neoliberal structural economic reform on our sensibility. Irgmard Emmelhainz argues that, in addition to functioning as a form of politico-economic organization, neoliberalism...
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From My Heart to YoursFrom My Heart To Yours revisits the five muses: The Abyss, Exoskeleton, Equilibrium, The Unrequited, and The Mending. Each chapter metamorphosizes into a transformative periodical that illustrates the acceptance of growth. The Abyss presents the harboured scars of self-sabotage and emotional betrayal. Exoskeleton refers...
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Art for Coexistence: Unlearning the Way We See MigrationAn exploration of how contemporary art reframes and humanizes migration, calling for coexistence--the recognition of the interdependence of beings. In Art for Coexistence, art historian Christine Ross examines contemporary art's response to migration, showing that art invites us to abandon our preconceptions about the...
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The Visual Arts of Africa: Gender, Power, and Life Cycle RitualsThe Visual Arts of Africa: Gender, Power, and Life Cycle Rituals presents a broad geographical coverage of the rich, diverse art traditions found on the vast continent of Africa. It is designed for single-semester survey courses on African Art, and can also be used...
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The Fate of the DragonNormal is a wound. Many are suffering from it.Normal is a weapon. Many are controlled by it.Normal is a lie. And refusing to believe it is the beginning of freedom. The Fate of the Dragon: An Illustrated Essay on the New Normal is a...
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Angela Harding: Rathlin Hares (Foiled Pocket Journal)New title in the Flame Tree Pocket Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production and featuring a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. Perfect for personal use, handbags and make a dazzling gift. A FLAME TREE...
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