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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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Driftwood Shacks: Anonymous Architecture Along the California CoastLloyd Kahn has been hiking and camping on Northern California beaches for the last dozen or so years and, given his background in publishing books on building, it's only natural that he would notice the unique and whimsical beach shacks constructed by anonymous builders....
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Medieval Islamic Swords and Swordmaking: Kindi's Treatise "On Swords and Their Kinds"One of the problems pervading the study of medieval Islamic technology is the lack of surviving technical treatises. Tradition tended to be handed down by example and by word of mouth, and apprenticeships could last for decades. Fortunately, however, occasional treatises do exist. The...
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Maurizio Cattelan: AllAn updated edition of the definitive monograph on Maurizio Cattelan--provocateur, prankster and tragic poet of our timesThe Guggenheim Museum's sold-out publication Maurizio Cattelan: All is returning to print. Hailed as a provocateur, prankster and tragic poet of our times, Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has...
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Art and China After 1989: Theater of the WorldTwenty years of experimental art from a globalized ChinaPublished on the occasion of the largest exhibition of contemporary art from China ever mounted in North America, organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Art and China after 1989: Theater of the World explores recent...
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Yokai: Ghosts, Demons & Monsters of JapanVivid in Japanese art and imagination are creatures that are at once ghastly and humorous. The Japanese word yokai generally refers to a range of supernatural beings such as ghosts, demons, monsters, shapeshifters, tricksters, and other strange kinds of creatures. While their status is...
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Italian Renaissance TextileFeatures floral, animal, ribbon, abstract and other motifs popular in Italy during the Renaissance period.Author: Dolores Andrew, AndrewPublisher: Stemmer House PublishersPublished: 09/02/1994Pages: 48Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.46lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.39w x 0.21dISBN: 9780880450812This title is only available via back order
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Ink, Silk & Gold: Islamic Art from the Museum of Fine Arts, BostonA celebration of the vibrant materiality of Islamic art, as expressed through 115 works of art spanning 13 centuriesInk, Silk & Gold explores the dynamic and complex traditions of Islamic art through more than 115 works of art drawn from the collection of the...
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The Blank Canvas: Inviting the MuseThe Blank Canvas offers solid advice for everyone who struggles with artist's block or other problems of creative expression, including: drawing subject matter from unexpected sources, mining one's daily visual responses for images, overcoming self-doubt and criticism, making choices when torn between several ideas,...
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Diego Rivera: Murals for the Museum of Modern ArtThe compelling story of how an art celebrity and icon of the Mexican left came to New York in 1931 to paint eight murals at The Museum of Modern ArtIn 1931, Diego Rivera was the subject of The Museum of Modern Art's second monographic...
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Kerem Beyit: Red Dragon (Foiled Journal)Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps,...
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Celebrating Moore: Works from the Collection of the Henry Moore FoundationCelebrating Moore is the biggest and most comprehensive single volume to be produced on the artist's oeuvre, reproducing in colour over 200 of Henry Moore's most important sculptural works. Originally published to celebrate the centenary of Moore's birth in 1998, it is now available...
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Painting California: Seascapes and Beach TownsLuminous, gorgeously realized landscape paintings made en plein air by members of the California Art Club over the past 100 years. This volume showcases 200 works by California Art Club artists who have focused on the evocative seascapes, charming seaside towns, and beach communities...
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Vincent Paints His HouseVincent is ready to paint his house--but what color should it be? He starts painting it white, but the spider says it's his house, and he likes red. The caterpillar says it's his house and he likes yellow. The beetle likes purple, and the...
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Basic Anatomy for the Manga Artist: Everything You Need to Start Drawing Authentic Manga CharactersManga Anatomy Like You've Never Seen It You know that manga faces are different from those of regular, American-style comic book characters. But did you know that manga bodies are also different? Well, they are, and Christopher Hart is here, once again, to tell...
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Dynamic Light and ShadeMastery of light and shade - rendered with accuracy and expressive power - is the key to three-dimensional form in drawing and painting. Here is the first book on this essential subject, the product of years of study by one of the world's great...
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The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted: Guided Lessons for Beginners & Experienced ArtistsEverything you always wanted to know about oil painting...but were afraid to ask. Or maybe you weren't afraid--maybe you just didn't know what to ask or where to start. In The Oil Painting Course You've Always Wanted, author Kathleen Staiger presents crystal clear, step-by-step...
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Thomas Nast, Political Cartoonist: Political CartoonistIf it is true that the pen is mightier than the sword and that one picture is worth a thousand words, Thomas Nast must certainly rank as one of the most influential personalities in nineteenth-century American history. His pen, dipped in satire, aroused an...
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Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArteThis is the first book solely dedicated to the history, development, and present-day flowering of Chicana and Chicano visual arts. It offers readers an opportunity to understand and appreciate Chicana/o art from its beginnings in the 1960s, its relationship to the Chicana/o Movement and...
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The Business of TelevisionIn this book, esteemed television executive and Harvard lecturer Ken Basin offers a comprehensive overview of the business, financial, and legal structure of the U.S. television industry, as well as its dealmaking norms. Written for working or aspiring creative professionals who want to better...
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Alice Iris Red Horse: Selected PoemsYoshimasu Gozo's groundbreaking poetry has spanned over half a century since the publication of his first book, Departure, in 1964. Much of his work is highly unorthodox: it challenges the print medium and language itself, and consequently Alice Iris Red Horse is as much...
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