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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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Pow Wow Coloring Book - Volume IIThe Pow Wow Coloring Book is an adult coloring book featuring 20 pages inspired by Native American designs. It includes designs similar to blankets, beadwork, patchwork, and ribbon work seen at Pow Wows. Relax while you bring these designs to life with color Created...
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The Life of Animals in Japanese ArtA sweeping exploration of animals in Japanese art and culture across sixteen centuries Few countries have devoted as much artistic energy to the depiction of animal life as Japan. Drawing upon the country's unique spiritual heritage, rich literary traditions, and currents in popular culture,...
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Prehistoric Textiles: The Development of Cloth in the Neolithic and Bronze Ages with Special Reference to the AegeanThis pioneering work revises our notions of the origins and early development of textiles in Europe and the Near East. Using innovative linguistic techniques, along with methods from palaeobiology and other fields, it shows that spinning and pattern weaving began far earlier than has...
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Micawber: MicawberA squirrel named Micawber loves the paintings he sees through the windows of the nearby art museum. One day he notices an artist copying the old masters, and he decides to do the same -- with surprising results. In their second collaboration, best-selling author-illustrator...
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Let's Make RabbitsFrom Caledcott Honor winner Leo Lionni, this is the perfect tail for bunny fans everywhere A tale of two rabbits that celebrates creativity and crafting, from four-time Caldecott Honor winner Leo Lionni. "Let's, make rabbits," say the scissors to the pencil, and, before the...
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Gothic - Grayscale Edition Coloring BookExplore a new way to color with Selina's GRAYSCALE Coloring Editions. Lose yourself in the beautiful darkness with this fantasy and gothic inspired collection by bestselling coloring designer, Selina Fenech. Gothic Grayscale Coloring Edition by Selina Fenech is filled with inspiring designs of magical...
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Cathedral: A Caldecott Honor Award WinnerA 1974 Caldecott Honor Book Readers worldwide recognize Caldecott Medal winner David Macaulay's imaginary Cathedral of Chutreaux. This critically acclaimed book has been translated into a dozen languages and remains a classic of children's literature and a touchstone for budding architects. Cathedral's numerous awards...
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Classical Greece and the Birth of Western ArtWhat was the "Classical Revolution" in Greek art? What were its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact? This book introduces students to these questions and offers some answers to them. Andrew Stewart examines Greek architecture, painting, and sculpture of the fifth and fourth centuries BC...
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Art and the Global EconomyArt and the Global Economy analyzes major changes in the global art world that have emerged in the last twenty years including structural shifts in the global art market; the proliferation of international art fairs, biennials and blockbuster exhibitions; and the internationalization of the...
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Matisse on Art, Revised EditionThe major writings of Henri Matisse (1869-1954), with the exception of the letters, are collected here along with transcriptions of important interviews and broadcasts given at various stages of Matisse's career. Jack Flam provides a biography, a general introduction that addresses the development of...
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Miró's Magic AnimalsAs might be expected of the son of photographer Lee Miller and writer Roland Penrose, Antony Penrose's childhood was populated with some of the greatest artists of the twentieth century. Miró's Magic Animals is a delightful story, chronicling Antony "Tony"'s encounters with the great...
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North American Indian ArtThis timely new book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous North America, from those of ancient cultures such as Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, and Anasazi to the work of modern artists like Earnest Spybuck, Fred Kabotie, Dick West, T. C. Cannon, and Gerald McMaster. The...
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William BlakeProphet, poet, painter and engraver -- Blake's uniqueness lies in no single achievement, but in the whole of what he was, which is more than the sum of all that he did. So writes Kathleen Raine in this classic study of William Blake, a...
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Hieronymus BoschNo one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. Professor Gibson shows that what seems inexplicable to us today--the canvases full of torture, monsters, and leering devils--was perfectly intelligible to the fifteenth-century viewer. The subjects of Bosch's paintings were...
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Grandville's Animals PostcardsGrandville (1803-1847) was a famed fantasist and proto-Surrealist who thrilled his French audience with black-and-white illustrations of animals that satirized human behavior with their comic expressions, poses, and clothing. 12 ready-to-mail postcards feature a pompous peacock, demure dog, fanciful frog, and other whimsical creatures.Author:...
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The Energetic Line in Figure DrawingWell-crafted and class-tested, this guide to figure drawing features a unique teaching method. It focuses on learning to draw complete figures prior to the study of individual components, and it stresses action figures rather than the customary static examples favored by most drawing and...
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Once Upon a Time . . . a Treasury of Classic Fairy Tale IllustrationsThis enchanting gallery transports viewers to a fairy tale world -- an ageless fantasy realm inhabited by characters from favorite folktales and depicted by renowned artists. Lovingly reproduced from rare early editions, more than 180 illustrations portray scenes from stories by the Brothers Grimm,...
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The Graphic Works of Odilon RedonOne of the most expressive artists of the Symbolism movement, Odilon (1840-1916) led a quiet life. Withdrawn in manner, conventional in dress, and virtually unknown for the first half of his career, the French painter and graphic artist drew upon his own startlingly complex...
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On Drawing Trees and Nature: A Classic Victorian ManualThis classic of art instruction is the work of James Duffield Harding (1798-1863), who served as drawing master and sketching companion to the great Victorian art critic, John Ruskin. Generations of students have benefited from the teachings of this 19th-century master, who sought always...
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Classic Wrought Ironwork Patterns and DesignsThe splendid illustrations in this book represent outstanding examples of the ironworker's art. Spanning some 600 years, the meticulously rendered black-and-white line designs depict authentic hinges, railings, casement fasteners, latches, handles, and other ornamental elements selected from a wide range of styles and structures...
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