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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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Women's Histories, Feminist HistoriesThe culmination of MASP's 2019 program centered on women artists throughout historyOver the last few years, The São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP) has undertaken a pioneering effort to include artwork by women in both its permanent collection and its programming. The museum's 2019...
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Vermeer. La Obra Completa. 40th Ed.Despite numbering at just 35, his works have prompted a New York Times best seller; a film starring Scarlett Johansson and Colin Firth; record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington, DC; and special crowd-control measures at the Mauritshuis, The Hague, where...
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Science Meets ArtThis book explores collaboration between artists and scientists and examines the ways in which scientific data and research findings can be communicated, translated and transformed using the techniques of contemporary art and information technology. Contemporary art forms-including installation, sculpture, painting, computer-based art, Internet art...
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Maurizio Cattelan: IndexA colossal anthology of artist conversations conducted by Maurizio Cattelan This massive volume, published in conjunction with the artist's exhibition at Pirelli HangarBicocca, collects for the first time all of the conversations that Maurizio Cattelan (born 1960) has been conducting for 20 years, as...
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Renoir, Monet, Gauguin: Images of a Floating World: The Kojiro Matsukata and Karl Ernst Osthaus CollectionsTwo early Post-Impressionist collectors in dialogueFrench Impressionism was not only appreciated by Western collectors: it also found an early following in Japan. In 2022, on the occasion of its 100th anniversary, the Museum Folkwang presents its outstanding Post-Impressionist collection, assembled by Karl Ernst Osthaus--supplemented...
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Performing Care: New Perspectives on Socially Engaged PerformanceThis edited collection brings together essays presenting an interdisciplinary dialogue between theatre and performance and the fields of care ethics, care studies, health and social care. The book advances our understanding of performance as a mode of care, challenging existing debates in this area...
- ¥11,732 JPY
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Divining Chaos: The Autobiography of an IdeaA spirited memoir by artist Aviva Rahmani, offering a relatable narrative to discuss trigger point theory and the importance of eco-art activism. Divining Chaos is an intimate personal memoir of unparalleled transparency into the moments in Rahmani's life that shaped her as an artist...
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The Tournaments at Le Hem and Chauvency: Sarrasin: The Romance of Le Hem; Jacques Bretel: The Tournament at ChauvencyFirst translation of two vivid accounts of French thirteenth-century tournaments, rich in detail and an impassioned defence of tournaments and their importance. The Romance of Le Hem and The Tournament at Chauvency are eyewitness accounts of the famous tournaments held in 1278 at Le...
- ¥10,664 JPY
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Entretenez et restaurez vos meubles anciens: La restauration des meubles pour tousCe manuel vous montre comment entretenir, embellir ou réparer vos meubles et sièges, anciens ou non. Il est simple et clair. L'auteur est ébéniste d'art à Versailles, Meilleur Ouvrier de France en marqueterie.Author: Xavier DyèvrePublisher: BlurbPublished: 11/18/2021Pages: 84Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.53lbsSize: 10.00h x 8.00w...
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Djoliba Crossing: Journeys Into West African Music and CultureDiscover the music and culture of West Africa in this beautifully illustrated account of an artist's adventures in the Niger River valley. Djoliba Crossing is both an adventure memoir and a guidebook for the music traditions of West Africa. Descriptions of ancient music and...
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Crisis Vision: Race and the Cultural Production of SurveillanceIn Crisis Vision, Torin Monahan explores how artists confront the racializing dimensions of contemporary surveillance. He focuses on artists ranging from Kai Wiedenhöfer, Paolo Cirio, and Hank Willis Thomas to Claudia Rankine and Dread Scott, who engage with what he calls crisis vision--the regimes...
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Paola PiviThe first complete survey of the work of the much-loved and collected contemporary Italian multimedia artist Paola Pivi - with more than 250 images, including previously unpublished work. Published in association with Anchorage Museum, Alaska; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; The Bass Museum of...
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Narrative Visions and Visual Narratives in Indian BuddhismThis volume explores the interaction between text and image in Indian Buddhist contexts, including not only the complex relationship between verbal stories and visual representations at Indian sites, but also the ways in which visual imagery is used within textual narratives. The chapters are...
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Stunner: The Fall and Rise of Fanny CornforthThe only biography of one of the most controversial models of the Pre-Raphaelite art scene. Fanny Cornforth was a Victorian supermodel whose face epitomized the vision and life of the Pre-Raphaelite artist Dante Gabriel Rossetti. In their twenty-five years together, she played many parts...
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Lucy Innes Williams: Viridian Garden House, 2019 (Foiled Journal)New title in the Flame Tree Notebook collection, combining beautiful art with high-quality production, and featuring lined pages, a pocket at the back, two ribbon bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. Perfect as a gift, or an essential personal choice for writers, notetakers,...
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Picasso: The Women of His Life. a TributeAn exploration of the lives and work of Picasso's muses from the whole of their lives. It is a widely held view that Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) entered a renewed creative period alongside each new muse in his life. But this volume does not discuss...
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Horror Coloring Book: Scary and Creepy Halloween Coloring Book for Men Women and Teens 30 Killer Designs to Color Scary Gift Coloring Book FMake a great gift for yourself and a loved one!Relax with a wide variety of spooky designs in this horror coloring book for women, men or men eager for spooky adventures. Includes simple drawings for beginners as well as intricate ones to suit any...
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N. Dash"Dash combines sometimes unruly elements in highly controlled processes that nonetheless allow for the operation of chance." -ArtforumThis monograph is the first comprehensive overview of the work of N. Dash (born 1980), exploring the paintings, drawings and photography of this New York- and New...
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Divine Love: The Art of the NativityA look at artistic portrayals of the birth of Christ throughout history. In Divine Love, art historian Sarah Drummond explores the legends and traditions that have played into the way artists have visualized a scene at the heart of the Christian mystery: the birth...
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Grafted Arts: Art Making and Taking in the Struggle for Western India, 1760-1910Conceptualizes "graft"-- the violent and creative processes of suturing arts as a method of empire building in western eighteenth-century India Grafted Arts focuses on Maratha military rulers and British East India Company officials who used the arts to engage in diplomacy, wage war, compete...
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