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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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Erté's Fashion DesignsErté once designed a costume for Mata Hari. Sixty-seven years later, still creating, he designed costumes and sets for the 1980 Glyndebourne Festival's Der Rosenkavalier. In between (mostly in the '20s) he was the only top Paris designer illustrating his own haute couture, most...
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On Divers ArtsFirst printed in the 12th century, here is the earliest treatise on the arts written by a practicing artist. The Benedictine author details pigments, glass blowing, stained glass, gold and silver work, and more 34 illustrations.Author: TheophilusPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 08/01/1979Pages: 272Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.01lbsSize:...
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The Universal PenmanVery welcome . . . magnificent. -- GraphisA valuable addition for art directors. -- Advertising AgeThis is the only complete edition available of one of the most famous and most useful books of commercial art ever printed. George Bickham, a noted engraver and calligrapher,...
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The Practice of Tempera Painting: Materials and MethodsTempera painting, the method in which colors are mixed with some binding material other than oil (primarily egg yolk), is the earliest type of painting known to man. The wall paintings of ancient Egypt and Babylon are tempera, as are many of the paintings...
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The Art of EtchingAn expert traces every step in the creation of etchings, from essential materials to completed proof, and presents a rich historical survey of the art. 200 figures and annotated plates.Author: E. S. LumsdenPublisher: Dover PublicationsPublished: 01/25/2012Pages: 384Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.74lbsSize: 8.01h x 5.43w x...
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The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide: A Complete Step-By-Step Creative Workbook to Jump-Start Modern Calligraphy SkillsFrom the artist behind the popular Pigeon Letters website, a complete guide to learning and perfecting brush lettering, a forgiving style of modern calligraphy that encourages creative expression and imprecision, including basic skills, flourishes, and project ideas. The Ultimate Brush Lettering Guide has something...
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Cats in Paris: A Magical Coloring BookThis gorgeously illustrated adult coloring book draws readers into the secret world of cats in Paris as they explore the city's most famous (and feline-friendly) spots. Say bonjour to the cats of Paris as they slink through its fabled streets and alleyways, from Montmartre...
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Calligraphy Alphabets Made EasyThis book is a totally new concept in learning and improving calligraphy skills. It presents a new lettering challenge for each day of the year; 365 in all (plus a bonus for Leap Day), ranging from 'angular Italic' to 'turned Celtic.' These alphabets are...
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Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors and ArchitectsA painter and architect in his own right, Giorgio Vasari (1511-74) achieved immortality for this book on the lives of his fellow Renaissance artists, first published in Florence in 1550. Although he based his work on a long tradition of biographical writing, Vasari infused...
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Best Hair Book Ever!: Cute Cuts, Sweet Styles and Tons of Tress TipsBuh-bye, bad hair days This complete guide to care, cuts and cute styles makes it easy to have amazing hair each and every day of the week. With tons of tutorials for pretty ponies, bold braids and easy updos, you'll go from school to...
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Jackson Pollock: Energy Made VisibleFriedman has captured the excitement of the artist at work--the tortuous groping towards an idea and the sense of fulfillment in its ultimate creation. It is, indeed, a definitive biography. It is documented. It is solid. But best of all, it is lively.--Chicago Tribune...
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A Feast for the Senses: Art and Experience in Medieval EuropeThe late medieval world was marked by a culture of refinement and sophistication. The period's media of choice--paintings, manuscripts, prints, tapestries, embroideries, ivory sculpture, metalwork, and enamels--speak volumes about the pleasures of sensory engagement. Art objects were touched, smelled, tasted, and heard, as well...
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Fine Lines: Vladimir Nabokov's Scientific ArtThe first comprehensive, interdisciplinary accounting of Nabokov's scientific work, its significance in his artistry, and his contribution to evolutionary theory This landmark book is the first full appraisal of Vladimir Nabokov's long-neglected contributions as a scientist. Although his literary achievements are renowned, until recently...
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Agnes MartinNew discourse on four decades of painting by one of the 20th century's most influential artists Gorgeously quiet in color and composition, Agnes Martin's paintings have a distinctive grace that sets them apart from those of the Abstract Expressionists of her day and the...
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Art for Art's Sake: Aestheticism in Victorian PaintingIn the London circles of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Frederic Leighton, the notion of "art for art's sake" became a shared concern: if art is not created for the sake of preaching a moral lesson, or supporting a political cause, or making a fortune,...
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Gifts from the Ancestors: Ancient Ivories of Bering StraitThe appearance during the first millennium A.D. of small, exquisitely carved artifacts of walrus ivory in the Bering Strait region marks the beginning of an extraordinary florescence in the art and culture of North America. The discovery in the 1930s and 1940s of world-class...
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Social Formation and Symbolic LandscapeHailed as a landmark in its field since its first publication in 1984, Denis E. Cosgrove's Social Formation and Symbolic Landscape has been influential well beyond geography. It has continued to spark lively debate among historians, geographers, art historians, social theorists, landscape architects, and...
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Understanding Northwest Coast Art: A Guide to Crests, Beings and SymbolsUnderstanding Northwest Coast Art is a handy, dictionary-style reference guide to identifying and understanding the symbols, crests, and beings depicted in Northwest Coast Native American works of art such as totem poles, masks, and prints.The first section of the book features an alphabetical list...
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How Writing Came aboutTop 100 Books on Science, American Scientist, 2001 In 1992, the University of Texas Press published Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform and Before Writing, Volume II: A Catalog of Near Eastern Tokens. In these two volumes, Denise Schmandt-Besserat set forth her...
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Architectural Vessels of the Moche: Ceramic Diagrams of Sacred Space in Ancient PeruElaborately decorated monumental architecture, royal tombs, and ritual human sacrifice have established the Moche of ancient Peru (AD 200-800) as a culturally rich and ideologically complex civilization. Because the Moche did not have a text-based writing system, their sophisticated works of art, which communicated...
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