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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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John Singer SargentThe remarkable portraits for which John Singer Sargent is most famous are only one aspect of a career that included landscapes, watercolors, figure subjects, and murals. Even within portraiture, his style ranged from bold experiments to studied formality. And the subjects of his paintings...
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Lee KrasnerIn 1984, Lee Krasner (1908-1984) became one of the few women artists to have been given a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. She quipped about her belated recognition: "I was a woman, Jewish, a widow, a damn good painter, thank...
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Creative Haven Dream Doodles: A Coloring Book with a Hidden Picture TwistTwenty-eight intricate images offer a mind-expanding coloring experience. But there's more here than meets the eye -- look closely to find the bumblebees, teacups, mushrooms, and other surprising figures hidden amid the wild, swirling designs. Answers are included and illustrations are printed on one...
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Creative Haven Dimensions Coloring BookHere's your doorway to another coloring dimension. Thirty-one original designs feature big, bold mandala patterns. The central motifs are surrounded by wavy and edgy borders that create the optical illusion of depth. Pages are perforated and printed on one side only for easy removal...
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George Bickham's Penmanship Made Easy (Young Clerks Assistant)George Bickham was an enterprising eighteenth-century engraver and calligrapher who promoted the practice of proper penmanship. This volume, an unabridged reprint of his now extremely rare calligraphy manual, The Young Clerks Assistant, provided young practitioners with much valuable information on how to write not...
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Adult Coloring Book: Giant Super Jumbo Mega Coloring Book Over 100 Pages of The Most Beautiful Enchanting Fantasy Fairies, Mermaids, CreatuOver 100 pages of beautiful fantasy fairies, forests, mermaids, unicorns, and much more for adults to enjoy coloring for relaxationAuthor: Beatrice HarrisonPublisher: Lulu.comPublished: 10/08/2018Pages: 110Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.23dISBN: 9780359143030This title is not returnable
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What Are You Looking At?: The Surprising, Shocking, and Sometimes Strange Story of 150 Years of Modern ArtThe perfect gift for the art lover in your life. In the tradition of Eats, Shoots & Leaves, Will Gompertz teaches art history with a sense of humor Every year, millions of museum and gallery visitors ponder the modern art on display and secretly...
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Tomoo Gokita: Get DownRecent experiments in color, from a Japanese painter known for his grayscale paletteJapanese artist Tomoo Gokita (born 1969) is known for his monochromatic and grayscale figurative paintings. This latest body of work, made during lockdown, consists of bright, pastel-colored large-scale paintings portraying pinup models,...
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Keith Cunningham: The Cloud of WitnessRediscovering the sombre oeuvre of a little-known School of London painterKeith Cunningham (1929-2014) was an elusive member of the School of London alongside Bacon and Auerbach. His paintings are coated in layers of dense, sculptural brushstrokes and populated by skulls, fighting dogs and human...
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Jon Huck: At the Drop of a HatA first collection of Los Angeles artist Jon Huck's hauntingly beautiful watercolor paintings on paper and woodThe bold first collection of watercolors on paper and wood by Los Angeles artist Jon Huck (born 1961), At the Drop of a Hat portrays a wild tableau...
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Jen Bervin: Shift Rotate Reflect: Selected Works (1997-2020)"Bervin produces fastidious and often collaboratively made artifacts that resist scholarly conclusiveness for the purpose of illuminating the process of understanding." -Jessica Baran, ArtforumPublished for the first survey exhibition of Connecticut-based poet and visual artist Jen Bervin (born 1972)--well known for her artist's book...
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Rod Penner: Paintings, 1987-2022- Penner's works are based on his photographs, digital video stills, and his experience of the rural landscapes of Texas and New Mexico- Penner's hyper realistic technique meticulously records both the iconic imagery and the beauty in the ashes of these once-prosperous streets and...
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Cross Stitch or Die Tryin': 30 Patterns for Hip Hop LoversFilled with the illest cross stitch patterns with a hip hop twist, Cross Stitch or Die Tryin' is a must for all crafty hip hop fans. Whether you're living the thug life or bringing da ruckus, as long as you've still got love for...
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Native American ArtNative American art encompasses a multitude of handicrafts, including rugs, baskets, pottery, and wood carvings. Creativity had no limits. Fortunately, many artifacts and remnants still exist that showcase the boundless ingenuity of past as well as modern-day Native American artists, many of whom continue...
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A Picture Gallery of the SoulA vivid and moving celebration of the ways that Black Americans have shaped and been shaped by photography, from its inception to the present day. A Picture Gallery of the Soul presents the work of more than one hundred Black American artists whose practice...
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Scented Visions: Smell in Art, 1850-1914Smell loomed large in cultural discourse in the late nineteenth century, thanks to the midcentury fear of miasma, the drive for sanitation reform, and the rise in artificial perfumery. Meanwhile, the science of olfaction remained largely mysterious, prompting an impulse to "see smell" and...
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How to Live at the End of the World: Theory, Art, and Politics for the AnthropoceneAssessing the dawn of the Anthropocene era, a poet and philosopher asks: How do we live at the end of the world? The end of the Holocene era is marked not just by melting glaciers or epic droughts, but by the near universal disappearance...
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Focus on the Harlem RenaissanceThe Harlem Renaissance combined art and social change in the early 1900s. Black leaders and artists celebrated their cultural roots and demanded equitable treatment. Readers get a firsthand look at history though photos from the era. Uncover the lasting impact of the Harlem Renaissance...
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The Soul Support Book, 2nd Edition: Get Unstuck, Expand Your Awareness, Lift Your Spirits, and Be Here NowWith playful, witty cartoon art, The Soul Support Book offers wise and reassuring observations on getting unstuck, gaining new perspectives, and opening to love, creativity, and joyfulness in everyday life. Author and artist Deb Koffman first created these colorful cartoons as reminders to herself,...
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Paradise CampInterdisciplinary artist Yuki Kihara is the first Pasifika and first Fáfafine artist to be presented by New Zealand at the prestigious 59th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale. With a groundbreaking exhibition of new work that addresses some of the most pressing issues...
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