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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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Schtick Figures: The Cool, the Comical, the CrazyFor years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicled an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a...
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Sargent Claude JohnsonA rich reappraisal of a key Black American modernist through a lens of cross-cultural engagementAuthor: Dennis CarrPublisher: Huntington Library, Art Museum, and BotanicalPublished: 01/30/2024Pages: 132Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.25lbsSize: 11.20h x 9.70w x 0.70dISBN: 9780300271997About the AuthorDennis Carr is the Virginia Steele Scott Chief Curator...
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Roy LichtensteinThis kaleidoscopic exhibition catalog celebrates Lichtenstein's multifaceted career--from his iconic achievements in the Pop Art movement and beyond. Published to mark the centennial of Lichtenstein's birth, this retrospective volume is brimming with brilliant reproductions that highlight the entirety of the artist's oeuvre. It features...
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Rome SketchbookRome Sketchbook transports the reader to the magnificent centre of ancient Europe, the home of breathtaking cityscapes and inspiring architecture such as those seen at the Trevi Fountain and St. Peter's Basilica. Inspired by this hub of art and historical heritage, Fabrice Moireau, the...
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Re-Thinking The Godfather 50 Years LaterThis collection of essays looks at all aspects of Coppola's "classic," as the late Dr. Anne Paolucci called it. The individual studies examine a series of issues that are both thematic and structural. How did the lm speak to us in 1972, and how...
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Red Brick, Black Mountain, White Clay: Reflections on Art, Family, and Survival"Beautiful, haunted, evocative and so open to where memory takes you. I kept thinking that this is the book that I have waited for: where objects, and poetry intertwine. Just wonderful and completely sui generis." (Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber...
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Printers' Devices in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: Iconographic Sources and Ideological ContentThis book discusses the printers' devices used in Poland-Lithuania in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The compositions that served to identify the products of individual printers are explored here as previously unacknowledged research material for cultural studies: they allow for the reconstruction of the...
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Paul Gauguin Masterpieces of ArtNew edition of the popular introduction to Paul Gauguin, part of the Flame Tree Masterpieces of Art series Gauguin began his artistic life as an Impressionist in Paris, but yearning for a wider world view he experimented with decorative art and bright colours to...
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Painting the Path of My Life: Imperfection Is BeautifulIn this beautifully illustrated book, author Lisa MacDonald expresses her life story through art, which represents all her greatness and challenges she goes through on a daily basis. Lisa MacDonald embraces herself as an artist; she sees her art as a unique abstract piece...
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Painting Watercolour OutdoorsThis beautiful book shows you how to tackle the special challenge of painting in watercolour with the aim of creating finished pieces of work onsite. With inspiring examples and clear techniques, it guides you through the practice, joys and pitfalls of painting watercolour outdoors....
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Painting Full CircleWhat dreams do you hold in your heart?Bethany Darley began drawing at an early age. Recognizing the dynamic partnership of images and words, the artist dreamed of creating her own books.What interests have you wanted to explore?This book is designed to encourage you, the...
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Painting Garden Animals in GouacheWhat better medium could there be than gouache to make highly detailed illustrations of our garden partners? Gouache, an opaque watercolor, can be layered and blended to make realistic paintings of animals and flowers, getting down to every last little bit of fur, sparkle...
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On Care: A Journey Into the Relational Nature of Artists' ResidenciesExploring the concept and future of artist residenciesArtist residency programs can serve as a model for dealing with the ever-changing contemporary world. This polyphonic publication illustrates the nuances of open-ended residency work from the dual perspectives of both the hosts and the artists.Author: Pawel...
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Notre-Dame of Amiens: Life of the Gothic CathedralNotre-Dame of Amiens is one of the great Gothic cathedrals. Its construction began in 1220, and artistic production in the Gothic mode lasted well into the sixteenth century. In this magisterial chronicle, Stephen Murray invites readers to see the cathedral as more than just...
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NgắnTôi biết mùa thu New York lần đầu qua bộ phim You've Got Mail (tựa tiếng Việt: Bạn có email) khi thấy Tom Hanks và Meg Ryan gặp nhau dưới tán lá vàng. Khi đến New York, cảnh mùa thu còn đẹp hơn tôi...
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New Plains Review: Fall 2023New Plains Review is a student-run literary journal at the University of Central Oklahoma. It is our mission to share with our readers thought-provoking, quality work from a diverse number of authors and artists.Author: Shay RahmPublisher: New Plains Student PublishingPublished: 12/15/2023Pages: 168Binding Type: PaperbackWeight:...
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Monet: The Restless VisionA groundbreaking look at the life and art of one of the most influential, modern painters of the late nineteenth century and founder of the Impressionist movement "Wullschläger emerges with a strikingly different picture of the artist. Passionate, prickly, edgy and unstable, her Monet,...
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Millennial Style: The Politics of Experiment in Contemporary African Diasporic CultureIn Millennial Style, Aliyyah I. Abdur-Rahman looks at recent experiments in black expressive culture that begin in the place of ruin. By ruin, Abdur-Rahman means the political terror and social abjection that constitute the ongoing peril of black lives. Whereas earlier black writers and...
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Maurice Vellekoop's Pin-UpsMixing the coy sensuality of great girlie artists like Vargas and Gil Elvgren with the larger-than-life homoerotics of Tom of Finland and Harry Bush, acclaimed artist Maurice Vellekoop presents a clever gallery of gay fantasy figures. Vellekoop's colorful creations prod the viewer with a...
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Maria Sibylla Merian's Metamorphosis: One Woman's Discovery of the Transformation of Butterflies and InsectsDiscover the trailblazing work of artist-naturalist Maria Sibylla Merian in this beautifully illustrated volume on the life cycle of butterflies and moths. Maria Sibylla Merian is one of the greatest artist-naturalists of the seventeenth century. Her work documenting the life cycle and transformation of...
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