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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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Frankenstein: The First Two Hundred YearsFrankenstein lives 200 years of the book, the movies and the monster in pop culture and beyondOn New Year's Day 1818, Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein was first published in an anonymous three-volume edition of 500 copies. Some thought the book was too radical in...
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Natural Colorants for Dyeing and Lake Pigments: Practical Recipes and Their Historical SourcesThis simple handbook aims to enable readers to make their own lake pigments or dye their own textiles using dyes from naturally occurring raw materials in a simple way under relatively controlled conditions and using recipes optimised for easy use in the laboratory or...
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Really RELAXING Colouring Book 9: Gorgeous GeometricsReally RELAXING Colouring Book 9: Gorgeous Geometrics is a beautiful and relaxing creative colouring book for all ages Switch off, unwind, and unleash your inner creativity as you lose yourself in the flow of colouring in these stunning geometric patterns and designs. Each of...
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King of DustIt is an unusual path that led Alex Woodcock to Exeter Cathedral, where he worked as a stonemason for six years. The journey began in the edgelands and semi-ruinous buildings of suburban Sussex, where he skateboarded and discovered bands like Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus...
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Dark Fashion WorldDark Fashion World showcases nearly 20 emerging fashion designers from around the world who push the boundaries of modern fashion, leading fashion and design fans and professionals into a dark world of visual delight. The projects within strive to evoke a sense of the...
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Sacred Royalty: From the Pharaoh to the Most Christian KingThis is an in-depth study of the sacred origin and nature of royalty and monarchic regimes across ages and world cultures, written by an internationally acclaimed French authority on symbolism and religious studies.Author: Jean HaniPublisher: Matheson TrustPublished: 06/24/2011Pages: 274Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.89lbsSize: 9.00h x...
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An Alphabet by William Nicholson: The Famous Twenty-Six in Pure Black and WhiteWilliam Nicholson (1872 -1949) was a painter, engraver, graphic artist, stained glass craftsman, author, illustrator and theatre set designer with an astonishing gift: he pursued the light and pinned down the shadows with a visual brevity and mastery rarely seen in Western Art. The...
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The Mermaids of Venice: Fantastic Sea Creatures in Venetian Renaissance ArtThe arts of Renaissance Venice teem with sea monsters. Chief among these are mermaids and mermen--graceful hybrid beings human from the waist up, but with the lower body and tail of a fish, dolphin or sea serpent. Other sea hybrids--horses, bulls, panthers, even an...
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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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Penny Rimbaud: Of CrassPenny Rimbaud is a drummer, performance artist, environmental activist and philosopher, but he claims "breadmaker" as his most prevailing occupation.Author: Penny RimbaudPublisher: Re/Search PublicationsPublished: 12/01/2014Pages: 184Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 5.90h x 4.00w x 0.60dISBN: 9781889307411About the AuthorCRASS founding member Penny Rimbaud has been writing...
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Wicked Sapphic Erotica: A Sexy Adult Coloring BookPlunge into a realm of wild desire, lust and fantasy... Peek behind closed doors into private, hidden gardens and bedchambers to witness the secret goings-on therein...Dames and Demoiselles inciting each other to a peak of excitement, pleasure, and ecstasy... Inside you will find 23...
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The American Journal of AnthropomorphicsThe "Journal" acts as a volume of "head shots" for actors and actresses. Interested companies and individuals pursuing the art will find contact information for each of the featured artists. In addition, this book provides a powerful tool for matching a particular style of...
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The Chicago ImagistsAn illustrated introduction to a group of innovative 1960s artists who thoroughly rejected art-world terms through their use of grotesque surrealism, cartoon energy and vivid colorThis compact illustrated introduction to the work of the Chicago Imagists celebrates the grotesque surrealism, cartoon energy and vivid...
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British Watercolours: 1750-1950The art of watercolor has had a distinctive history in Britain since the latter part of the 18th century, when British artists first began to explore its particular aesthetic qualities. The V&A holds the UK's national collection of watercolors, and this book showcases its...
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Meet the Artist: David HockneyWith bold, colorful, and playful illustrations by Rose Blake, Meet the Artist: David Hockney is packed with inspiring activities for budding artists. Bursting with fun things to do, this clever book introduces children to the internationally renowned artist in a fun and engaging way....
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Art and PsychoanalysisOften derided as unscientific and self-indulgent, psychoanalysis has been an invaluable resource for artists, art critics and historians throughout the twentieth century. Art and Psychoanalysis investigates these encounters. The shared relationship to the unconscious, severed from Romantic inspiration by Freud, is traced from the...
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Tal RThis book assesses the paintings of Tal R (b. 1967), an Israeli-born Danish artist whose enigmatic work offers intersections of personal experience and wider history through a visual jigsaw, finely balanced between representation and abstraction, of what the artist has termed "Kolbojnik," a Hebrew...
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The Ceramic Art of James TowerJames Tower (1919 - 1988) is widely regarded as one of the most distinctive figures in post-war British ceramics. This is the first single publication to be devoted to his work and will reveal to a new audience the extraordinary range and quality of...
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Everything Is Happening: Journey Into a PaintingMichael Jacobs was haunted by Vel zquez's enigmatic masterpiece Las Meninas from first encountering it in the Prado as a teenager. In Everything is Happening Jacobs searches for the ultimate significance of the painting by following the trails of associations from each individual character...
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How to Draw Flowers in Simple StepsIf you have never drawn before you will love the simple approach to drawing flowers in this easy-to-follow book. Janet Whittle includes a great range of flowers, including poppies, fuchsias, geraniums, tulips, water lilies, sunflowers, daffodils and many more. Discover the delights of creating...
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