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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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PicturescapeWhen a young boy visits the local art gallery, he discovers several splendid pieces of art. As he examines each one, the boy is whisked off to a different location. When the boy finally exits the exhibition, he has taken a wild globe-trotting adventure...
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Chevrolet Bel AirIn the tradition of her landmark coffee-table book Roadside America: The Automobile and the American Dream, renowned automotive visionary and award-winning photographer Lucinda Lewis wows lovers of classic automobiles and popular culture with her photographic tribute to one of the world's most iconic automobiles--the...
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Richard F. Lack Catalogue Raisonne: 1943-1998RICHARD F. LACK (1928-2009) was one of the most important and distinguished artists of the last half of the twentieth century. Over the span of sixty-three years he completed more than 1,300 paintings, drawings, sketches, studies, etchings, woodcuts, and watercolors. Early in his career...
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Sounding the Margins: Collected Writings 1992-2009Sounding the Margins: Collected Writings 1992-2009 by composer, performer, humanitarian, and Deep Listening(TM) founder Pauline Oliveros document her activity over this period and the many recent advances that have taken place in the fields of electronic and telematic musical performance, improvisation, artificial intelligence, and...
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H. R. Giger's Biomechanics Limited EditionH. R. Giger, Oscar-winning designer of the hit movie Alien and widely considered the world's finest dark fantasy artist, redefined edgy, contemporary art starting in the 1980s with his biomorphic creatures inhabiting gorgeously grim dystopias. His visionary art is unmistakable. Unfettered by labels or...
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Andy Goldsworthy: Special EditionANDY GOLDSWORTHY: TOUCHING NATUREBy William MalpasA new and revised edition of our best-selling book on Andy Goldsworthy. A completely rewritten exploration of the sculptor, updated to include recent works such as Night Path (2002) and Chalk Stones (2003) in Sussex, Three Cairns (2002) on...
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Winnie-The-Pooh: Exploring a Classic: The World of A. A. Milne and E. H. ShepardWinnie-the-Pooh is one of the best-loved and most successful children's characters of all time. This charming book explores the fascinating story behind the development of Winnie-the-Pooh and friends through the creative collaboration between author A.A. Milne and illustrator E.H. Shepard. Beautifully illustrated with original...
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The Tate Guide to Modern Art Terms: Updated & Expanded EditionHow many times have you read the caption next to a work of art in a museum or gallery, or a review of an exhibition, and found yourself none the wiser? The language in which modern art is described can be even more mystifying...
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Heritage and Sport: An IntroductionThis book provides a holistic view of the relationship between heritage and sport. It examines four types of sport heritage: tangible immovable sport heritage (sports venues, monuments and memorials, landscapes); tangible movable sport heritage (museums and halls of fame, events, living sport heritage); intangible...
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Glasgow GirlsAt the turn of the 20th century, Glasgow was the centre for an avant-garde movement of art and design innovation in Europe, which we now refer to as The Glasgow Style. While the "Glasgow Boys" group of painters has been widely written about, their...
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100 Dogs of War: Samarai ArtTsukioka Yoshitoshi's triptychs and portrait series of the 1860s were predominatly musha-e (warrior prints), often with added mythological elements, and invariably drawn from Japanese military history, mostly from the 12th to 16th centuries. Yoshitoshi's major musha-e series, in terms of both its scope and...
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A-Z Great Modern ArtistsA most striking, design-led reference book, A to Z Great Modern Artists features artist and graphic designer Andy Tuohy's portraits of 52 key modern artists, rendered in each artist's own characteristic style - including Aleksandr Rodchenko in his constructivist poster style, Andy Warhol as...
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William Morris: Artist Craftsman PioneerRevised edition of the bestselling backlist title. William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best,...
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Art of the Northern Renaissance: Courts, Commerce and DevotionIn this lucid account, Stephanie Porras charts the fascinating story of art in northern Europe during the Renaissance period (ca. 1400-1570). She explains how artists and patrons from the regions north of the Alps - the Low Countries, France, England, Germany - responded to...
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Read This If You Want to Be Great at Drawing PeopleLearn to draw figures and faces with this clear and easy to follow guide, the latest in the bestselling Read This series. Revealing the techniques and ideas behind inspirational works, the book will set you on the path to making your own great drawings....
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Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the FilmPatty Jenkins' Wonder Woman sees the hero brought to the big screen for the first time in her own movie, and fully realizes the breathtaking wonder, strength, and grace of such an historic character. Wonder Woman: The Art & Making of the Film celebrates...
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Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague: Director's Choice-A stunning guide to one of the world's finest collections of Art Nouveau and Cubist art, housed in the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague -Beautifully designed to incorporate new color photography and Cubist design elements -A new addition to the successful Director's Choice...
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DrawingDrawing is not only a relaxing and enjoyable pastime, but also one of the original mindfulness techniques, being a great way to be in the moment and observe your surroundings. Despite the common assumption that the ability to draw is a skill you either...
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Hiroshige: Sea at Satta (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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Text and Image in René d'Anjou's Livre Des Tournois: Constructing Authority and Identity in Fifteenth-Century Court CultureAn illustrated manual showing how a medieval tournament was organised, here presented in three volumes with essays on various aspects of the manuscript. René d'Anjou's Livre des tournois is famous as the most substantial account of the organisation of a medieval tournament that has...
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