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Immortal Thoughts: Late Style in a Time of Plague
$21.95 Read moreIn 2020, as the spread of COVID-19 caused pandemonium worldwide, a painter and writer returned to a childhood home to reflect upon the transcendence of nature and the work of the artists he most admir
- Author: Neve, Christopher
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025797
- Language: English
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¿Qué Hace Un Bosón Como Tú En Un Big Bang Como Éste?: OrgÃas Cósmicas, Polvo de Estrellas Y Otras Locuras Cuánticas
$23.95 Read more- Author: Santaolalla, Javier
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 415
- Publish Date: September 01 2023
- ISBN10: 6075576649
- Language: Spanish
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Making a Masterpiece: The Stories Behind Iconic Artworks
$32.00 Read moreWhat makes a work of art a masterpiece? Discover the answers in the fascinating stories of how these artworks came to be and the circumstances of their long-lasting impact on the world.
Beginning wit- Author: Mancoff, Debra N.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 0711257078
- Language: English
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The Art of Walking: A History in 100 Images
$30.00 Read moreA lively and thought-provoking tour of the intertwined histories of art and walking
“A broad-ranging book [that] has something for every rambler.”–Benjamin Riley, New Criterion What does a walk loo- Author: Sharpe, William Chapman
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 0300266847
- Language: English
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The Art Museum
$59.95 Read moreVisit the world’s most comprehensive and compelling museum in a book – from pre-historic times to the present, – over 1,600 artworks created with the expertise of 28 art world curators and historians.
- Author: Phaidon Editors, Phaidon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 584
- Publish Date: October 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0714875023
- Language: English
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Astrology, Magic, and Alchemy in Art
$24.95 Read moreFrom antiquity to the Enlightenment, astrology, magic, and alchemy were considered important tools to unravel the mysteries of nature and human destiny. As a result of the West’s exposure during the M… [more below]
- Series: Guide to Imagery
- Author: Battistini, Matilde
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: December 03 2007
- ISBN10: 0892369078
- Language: English
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Keith Haring
$17.99 Read moreKeith Haring was a revolutionary artist, who transformed the art world during his short but impactful life. Brought to life by Simon Doonan, Creative Director for Barneys New York, this new pocket-siz… [more below]
- Series: Lives of the Artists
- Author: Doonan, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: February 23 2021
- ISBN10: 1786277875
- Language: English
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Kehinde Wiley: A Portrait of a Young Gentleman
$40.00 Read morePresenting Kehinde Wiley’s hotly anticipated response to a legendary Gainsborough portrait
This volume presents A Portrait of a Young Gentleman, a new portrait by Kehinde Wiley (born 1977), commissione
- Author: Wiley, Kehinde
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 1646570200
- Language: English
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Guide to Historic Artists’ Homes & Studios
$29.95 Read moreFrom the desert vistas of Georgia O’Keeffe’s New Mexico ranch to Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner’s Hamptons cottage, step into the homes and studios of illustrious American artists and witness creativ… [more below]
- Author: Balint, Valerie A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 02 2020
- ISBN10: 1616897732
- Language: English
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In a Time of Witness
$70.00 Read morePublished by the Stanley Museum of Art. Distributed by University of Iowa Press.
In a Time of Witness is a publication highlighting the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art’s celebrated collection- Author: Nnuro
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: September 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9.79822E+12
- Language: English
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A Year in Art: A Painting a Day
$27.50 Read moreWake up to artistic inspiration every day with this popular, chunky hardback made available again in a refreshed edition containing a perpetual calendar featuring a dazzling variety of masterpieces fr… [more below]
- Author: Prestel Publishing
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: October 18 2022
- ISBN10: 3791389114
- Language: English
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The Artist’s Mind: The Creative Lives and Mental Health of Famous Artists
$24.99 Read moreExplore a new side of artists whose work you know by considering their mental health state and the ways it may have shaped their works.
Anyone who considers themselves creative, who enjoys looking a… [more below]
- Author: Vercillo, Kathryn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: May 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0764363840
- Language: English
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Art Firsts: The Story of Art in 30 Pioneering Works
$21.99 Read moreThe story of art is not always the story of art-historical ‘isms’ and complex academic debate. The real history is often the story of some very simple firsts – the first time an artist painted themsel… [more below]
- Author: Trend, Nick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1399601431
- Language: English
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Shining Art on Light: Colorful Insights
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Dakin, James T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 166
- Publish Date: July 01 2024
- ISBN10: 1665308893
- Language: English
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An Opinionated Guide to Women Painters
$20.00 Add to cartFor as long as there’s been paint, there have been women painters – these are the painters you may not have heard of who have shaped the way we see. From artists at the forefront of the Dutch Golden A
- Author: Davies, Lucy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 09 2024
- ISBN10: 1914314557
- Language: English
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Timelines of Art
$40.00 Add to cartThis beautiful book brings you the very best of art throughout history – using a truly innovative timeline-led approach.
Savour iconic paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Last Supper and Monet’s Wa- Series: DK Timelines
- Author: DK
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 18 2023
- ISBN10: 0744073766
- Language: English
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Irrititja Kuwarri Tjungu (Past and Present Together): Fifty Years of Papunya Tula Artists
$29.95 Add to cartIn 1971 a small group of Aboriginal artists from Australia’s remote Central and Western Deserts changed the face of global art history. The township of Papunya was founded in 1959 as a settlement for
- Author: Myers, Fred
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 278
- Publish Date: January 12 2022
- ISBN10: 1735326925
- Language: English
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In the Valley of Mystic Light: An Oral History of the Skagit Valley Arts Scene
$37.00 Add to cartClaire Swedberg and Rita Hupy conducted hundreds of interviews to investigate what role a community plays in the arts, and what the arts can bring to a community. The result is In the Valley of Mystic
- Author: Swedberg, Claire
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: October 06 2017
- ISBN10: 1640081615
- Language: English
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Romanticism and Art (Revised)
$28.95 Add to cartIn the age of revolutions, at the end of the eighteenth century, the mental and spiritual life of North America and Europe began to undergo a historic and irreversible change. The ideas of spontaneity
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Vaughan, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0500202753
- Language: English
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Doris Salcedo
$75.00 Read moreSalcedo’s precise, economical installations suffuse domestic materials with layers of political meaning
Experiences of violence and loss take shape in the work of internationally acclaimed Colombian ar
- Author: Salcedo, Doris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: August 15, 2023
- ISBN10: 3775754938
- Language: English
