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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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Gorgeous: What Is Gorgeous? Seductive. Grotesque. Austere. Brazen.What does it mean to be gorgeous? This art book--as its cover, evocative of a popular fashion magazine, suggests--offers a provocative and entertaining approach to this question. It accompanies an exhibition of works from SFMOMA and the Asian Art Museum in stimulating new contexts....
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Bali: Art, Ritual, PerformanceFeaturing hundreds of full-color photographs, paintings, figurines, crafts, and furniture Bali: Art, Ritual, Performance is an exploration of the very best Balinese culture has to offer. For nearly a century, mention of Bali has evoked images of a tropical paradise. But it is not...
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Nebraska's Post Office Murals: Born of the Depression, Fostered by the New DealAs a part of the New Deal that offered hope during the Great Depression, scores of public art projects were commissioned around the country. Now they are among the most enduring visual legacies of that era. Twelve Nebraska post offices were chosen to receive...
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Kaws: Where the End StartsA major survey of KAWS and his eye-popping work, from collectible art toys to UNIQLO T-shirts, from grafitti to museum exhibitionsAppropriating characters, images and effects from pop culture, the work of KAWS blurs the lines between high and low art, and between art and...
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Before and After the I-Bomb: An Artist in the Information EnvironmentThere was a time, not too long ago, when people wrote letters (and mailed them), picked up the phone and spoke to people (not voice mail systems) and considered whether to invest in expensive new fax technology as a means of speeding up communication....
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Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings of the Northwest Coast: Petroglyphs and Rubbings of the Pacific NorthwestWhat is a petroglyph? Who made them and why? What is rock rubbing? How is it made? In her book, Guide to Indigenous Rock Carvings, Beth Hill examines these questions. She gives a fascinating introduction to the subject of First Peoples Petroglyphs of the...
- ¥3,912 JPY
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If Monet Painted a MonsterEdward Hopper's monster lurks outside the nighthawks' diner. James Whistler's monster rocks in her chair. Monsters invade masterpieces by Dorthea Tanning, Paul Cezanne, M.C. Escher, Jean Michel Basquiat, Giuseppe Archimboldo, Rene Magritte, Henri Rousseau, Franz Kline, Frida Kahlo, Bob Thompson, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Thomas Hart...
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Yves Klein: Fire at the Heart of the VoidRestany's groundbreaking, exegetic study show show the myth of fire was the culmination of the artist's quest for the immaterial. The visionary French conceptual artist and painter of the Void Yves Klein (1928-1962) was an artist with a keen philosophical mind, yet deeply spiritual.Author:...
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Rock Art of UtahOver many centuries, the prehistoric Fremont and Anasazi peoples of present-day Utah left an artistic record in which distinctive styles are readily identifiable. From the Uinta Mountains through the central canyonlands to the Virgin River, Utah's abundant prehistoric rock art offers glimpses of a...
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Fearless Creating: A Step-by-Step Guide to Starting and Completing Your Work of ArtFor writers, painters, or performers in any field, new hope for overcoming creative blocks and finishing the art of their dreams. The blank page, empty canvas, or uncarved stone will often fill artists with dread. But so may the thought of finishing, showing, or...
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Isaac Julien: RiotIsaac played a pivotal role in that significant moment in the black diaspora arts, when gay sexuality, masculinity and race exploded into the same visual frame. -Stuart HallRiot is an intellectual biography of artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien (born 1960), looking at key moments...
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Claes Oldenburg: Writing on the Side 1956-1969Scripts, diaries, texts and notes from the famed Pop artistConsidered a central figure of Pop, installation art, and Happenings, Claes Oldenburg redefined existing notions of art in the 1960s with his landmark environments "The Street" and "The Store," his soft sculptures and his proposals...
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Creepy Krampus Coloring BookThanks to Anthony Bourdain's A Krampus Carol, and appearances on the smash television series The Supernatural, GRIMM, and NCIS, Europe's hairy, horned folklore figure is fast becoming an American pop culture phenomenon. Last Gasp and Monte Beauchamp's Creepy Krampus Coloring Book delivers a diverse...
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Mirror, Black MirrorNew work chronicling the prolific and life-changing time period of 2007-2011, when Garcia fled LA and moved to a cabin in the Northern California woods. The natural world inspires this work: her themes are disenchantment with modernity and the problems of becoming too removed...
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AgapeThe story of the sexual encounters of a group of individuals over the age limit. All the legal acts you can think of between humane are featured to satisfy a wide range of readers.Author: Trantkat TrantkatPublisher: Last GaspPublished: 08/01/2002Pages: 56Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.77lbsSize: 12.38h...
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Primitives: Tribal Body Art and the Left Hand PathOne of the earliest and most important documents recording the modern primitive subculture. Offering views of sexual exploration and body modifications such as piercings and tattoos in a non-judgmental and illuminating way, Primitives is a glimpse into the life of this culture in its...
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The Missing InkThe loop of an l, the chewed-on pen, letters tiny or expansive: what we've lost in the error of typing and texting When Philip Hensher realized that he didn't know what a close friend's handwriting looked like, he felt that something essential was missing...
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Learning to Color with RhymesThis book will help teach a child the meaning of color by involving the child in coloring pictures that are described in short verses, or rhymes. Parents, other family members, and friends can help instill imagination by pointing to various objects in the drawings...
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Contemporary Iranian Art: New PerspectivesRenowned art historian Hamid Keshmirshekan explores contemporary art in Iran and considers the relationship between its cultural past, modernism, and the issue of contemporaneity with regard to cultural specificity.Using over three hundred color illustrations, Keshmirshekan contends that the twentieth century is a crucial period...
- ¥15,852 JPY
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Hokusai: The Great Wave (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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