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Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First VoyageJoseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia, and Java, bringing back over 1,300...
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Creative Haven Celtic Animal Designs Coloring BookHounds, cranes, peacocks, lions, hares, serpents, and other creatures appear in these 31 intricate Celtic designs. The stunning images are accented with knotwork, spirals, and maze patterns inspired by ancient manuscripts -- but with exciting modern touches than lend a fresh new look to...
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A Better Approach to Pencil DrawingThis guide offers an outstanding overview of the finer points of pencil work, both for sketching and detailed finished drawings. Author Frank M. Rines discusses approaches to graphite work and techniques for still life and landscape drawing. He emphasizes the importance of good design...
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How to Draw Manga & Anime: Step-By-Step Drawings!Learn to create cool characters in the style of manga, the Japanese cartooning craze. This easy-to-follow guide takes you from the basic shapes that serve as building blocks to dynamic finished figures. An introductory section covers artists' materials and explains the techniques behind illustrating...
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Worlds of Enchantment: The Art of Maxfield ParrishMaxfield Parrish enjoyed tremendous popularity throughout the early decades of the twentieth century. Bruce Watson, writing in Smithsonian magazine, deemed Parrish the comman man's Rembrandt. It's said that during the Depression, a Parrish illustration was displayed on the walls of one out of every...
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Drawing TreesThis concise guide features easy-to-follow steps for capturing the natural beauty and magnificence of trees. Over 100 illustrations spotlight dozens of different varieties, including Oak, Willow, Pine, and Palmetto. Topics include shading techniques, composition, portraying shadow and light, and approaches to outlining.Author and illustrator...
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Great Woodcuts of Albrecht DurerA master of many media, Albrecht D rer (1471-1528) excelled in the art of woodcut design. This modestly priced edition, comprising images both sacred and secular, offers an ideal introduction to his work. Scenes from the lives of Jesus and the saints and episodes...
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Swash Letter Alphabets: 100 Complete FontsAdd a touch of panache and style to a wide variety of graphic projects with the decorative letters in this unusual and practical collection. Typographer Dan X. Solo has compiled 100 different swash letter fonts -- typefaces characterized by ornate letters with long tails...
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Hawthorne on PaintingLook around and select a subject that you can see painted. That will paint itself. Do the obvious thing before you do the superhuman thing. It may have been accidental, but you knew enough to let this alone. The good painter is always making...
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Who Was Norman Rockwell?Brush up your knowledge on popular American painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell with this exciting Who Was? title. Norman Rockwell often painted what he saw around him in nostalgic and humorous ways. After hearing President Franklin Roosevelt's address to Congress in 1943, he was...
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Cartooning: Philosophy and PracticeFrom the editor of Yale's Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories, a smart and charming guide to the art of cartooningWinner of the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for the Best Academic/Scholarly Work "Brunetti has given the cartooning world something very...
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Drawing: A Sketch and TextbookDrawing: A Sketch and Textbook combines essential content from a basic drawing textbook with the ample blank space of a sketchbook so that students can immediately practice what they learn. Divided into three parts--the basics, elements of drawings, and the creative process--this innovative textbook/sketchbook...
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Fancy Nancy: Aspiring ArtistFancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist was featured on an inspiring "Feel Good Today" segment on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna! Très fancy! This fun picture book also includes instructions on how to create your own artistic masterpieces. Fancy Nancy: Aspiring Artist will get your creative...
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Stories of PaperThe story of paper in art, across eras and cultures--from Hui Neng to Etel AdnanThis catalog traces the history of paper as an ancient material used from antiquity to the present day. Encompassing paper's manufacture, circulation and technical development, Stories of Paper highlights the...
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Alfred Kubin: Confessions of a Tortured SoulThe first overview in a decade on Kubin's gothic pageant of dreamworld menaceThe art of the great Austrian draftsman, illustrator and author Alfred Kubin (1877-1959) appears more current today than ever before; wartime destruction, pandemics, natural disasters and the manipulation of the masses pervade...
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Gilbert & George: New Normal PicturesThe latest installation in Gilbert & George's street-level explorations of modern life in London's East EndCreated over the past three years, this series from artist duo Gilbert & George offers a surreal, day-glo view of London in which everything is slightly off kilter, with...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Collection: Taliesin: Officially Licensed Jigsaw Puzzle by Rory KurtzThe Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation and Recess Puzzles are pleased to present a new 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle featuring original artwork by acclaimed illustrator Rory Kurtz. This beautifully illustrated puzzle is a great family activity for adults and kids alike. High quality puzzle pieces...
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Fate of the Animals: On Horses, the Apocalypse, and Painting as ProphecyIn 1913, Franz Marc, one of the key figures of German Expressionism, created a masterpiece: The Fate of the Animals. With its violent slashes of color and line, the painting seemed to pre-figure both the outbreak of World War I and, more eerily, Marc's...
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Reimagining History from an Indigenous Perspective: The Graphic Work of Floyd SolomonFew contemporary artists before the 1990s explored the negative impact of the Spanish in the Southwest, but unreflective celebrations of the Columbus Quincentennial brought about portrayals of a more complicated legacy of Columbus's arrival in the Americas--especially by Indigenous artists. Through a series of...
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Houses to Die in and Other Essays on ArtArt critical essays focusing on artworks that, in various ways, convey a sense of unheroic "trouble." The undead of contemporary painting, avant-garde populism, photography courting stupidity, fraught networking, synthetic atmospheres, displaced abstractions, and the mediation of pain: these are among the subjects treated in...
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