Art appreciation
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Art as Therapy
$19.95 Add to cartTwo authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives – now available in paperback
This passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible boo
- Author: Botton, Alain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 24 2016
- ISBN10: 0714872784
- Language: English
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Why Art?
$14.99 Add to cartWhat is “Art”? It’s widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be… [more below]
- Author: Davis, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: March 13 2018
- ISBN10: 1683960823
- 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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How to Understand Art (Art Essentials)
$16.95 Read moreThe visual arts enrich our lives in so many ways, presenting beauty, emotion, and ideas–but sometimes looking at art is confusing and challenging. This new volume in the Art Essentials series, How to
- Series: Art Essentials #15
- Author: Benton, Janetta Rebold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 26 2021
- ISBN10: 0500295832
- Language: English
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I Spy: An Alphabet in Art
$11.99 Add to cart“I spy with my little eye something beginning with A…” Even the very youngest art lovers can spy out the apple in Magritte’s Son of Man through the zigzags in de Geest’s Portrait of a Child. Interac
- Series: Mulberry Paperback Book
- Author: Micklethwait, Lucy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 21 1996
- ISBN10: 0688147305
- Language: English
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Katie and the Waterlily Pond
$10.99 Read moreMake art an adventure with classic picture book character, Katie, in this wonderful introduction to some of Monet’s best-known paintings.
Katie desperately wants to win the art competition at the gall- Series: Katie
- Author: Mayhew, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 25 2015
- ISBN10: 1408332450
- Language: English
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Meowsterpieces: A Cat’s Guide to Art . . . and Life!
$19.99 Read moreJoin Mama Cat and her playful kittens as they take inspiration from some of the world’s great masterpieces to learn the art of being a cat in author Jenn Bailey and illustrator Nyangsongi’s picture bo… [more below]
- Author: Bailey, Jenn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 1419760513
- Language: English
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Art Making with MoMA: 20 Activities for Kids Inspired by Artists at the Museum of Modern Art
$24.95 Add to cartEducators at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Cari Frisch and Elizabeth Margulies present Art Making with MoMA, filled with 20 interactive activities that encourage kids (and adults!) to discover h… [more below]
- Author: Margulies, Elizabeth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 06 2018
- ISBN10: 1633450376
- Language: English
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Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018
$20.00 Read moreHot, Cold, Heavy, Light collects 100 writings from 1988-2018–some long, some short–that taken together form a group portrait of many of the world’s most significant and interesting artists.
Introdu- Author: Schjeldahl, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1419735268
- Language: English
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No One Saw: Ordinary Things Through the Eyes of an Artist
$10.99 Read moreWith a simple, rhyming text and beautifully reproduced paintings, No One Saw explores modern art. Each painting highlights the way in which the artist looked at the world in his or her own way. One lo
- Series: Bob Raczka’s Art Adventures
- Author: Raczka, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0761316485
- Language: English
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Art Is Everywhere
$21.99 Add to cartA joyful introduction to art history
Art is everywhere. It’s in our galleries, on our streets and even in our homes. Join Keith, a world-renowned art historian (who also happens to be an ostrich), o- Author: Chan, Ellie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 16 2024
- ISBN10: 178741910X
- Language: English
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The Met Lost in the Museum: A Seek-And-Find Adventure in the Met
$14.99 Read moreA visually stunning seek-and-find museum adventure for inquisitive kids.
Seven-year-old Stevie is lost in the galleries She needs to locate a series of artworks to find her way out and back to her fa- Series: DK the Met
- Author: Mabbitt, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 72
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 0744033624
- Language: English
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The Ultimate Art Museum
$39.95 Add to cartVisit the world’s greatest museum without leaving your home through this imaginary art museum – a visually spectacular survey of world art for middle-grade reader, curated in collaboration with a glob
- Author: Gipson, Ferren
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: September 29 2021
- ISBN10: 1838663789
- Language: English
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Elements of Art: Ten Ways to Decode the Masterpieces
$19.99 Read moreThe Elements of Art deconstructs great works of art into manageable components so that you can better understand and appreciate them.
Knowing how to interpret art is one of the biggest issues facing c- Author: Hodge, Susie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 30 2024
- ISBN10: 0711286655
- Language: English
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Why a Painting Is Like a Pizza: A Guide to Understanding and Enjoying Modern Art
$29.95 Read moreThe first time she made a pizza from scratch, art historian Nancy Heller made the observation that led her to write this entertaining guide to contemporary art. Comparing modern art not only to pizzas
- Author: Heller, Nancy G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 13 2002
- ISBN10: 0691090521
- Language: English
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Seeing Like an Artist: What Artists Perceive in the Art of Others
$28.95 Add to cart“Beguiling and informative”–Wall Street Journal
Learn to see art as an artist does. Discover how a painting’s composition or a sculpture’s spatial structure influence the experience of what you’re se- Author: Perry, Lincoln
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1567926991
- Language: English
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The Art Spirit
$19.99 Add to cartA classic work of advice, criticism, and inspiration for aspiring artists and lovers of art
“Art when really understood is the province of every human being.” So begins The Art Spirit, the collected- Author: Henri, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 27 2007
- ISBN10: 0465002633
- Language: English
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A Horse at Night: On Writing
$16.95 Add to cart“A Horse at Night is like light from a candle in the evening: intimate, pleasurable, full of wonder. It asks us to consider fiction as life and life as fiction. Amina Cain is our generous, gentle guid… [more below]
- Author: Cain, Amina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 1948980134
- Language: English
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Katie and the Starry Night
$9.99 Add to cartJoin Katie as she steps into some of the most famous paintings in the world for an exciting art adventure
The stars in Vincent van Gogh’s painting are so beautiful that Katie can’t resist reaching in- Series: Katie
- Author: Mayhew, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: July 28 2015
- ISBN10: 1408332434
- Language: English
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Art Fundamentals 2nd Edition: Light, Shape, Color, Perspective, Depth, Composition & Anatomy
$49.99 Add to cartA fully revised and updated edition of this back-to-basics title, packed with the fundamental concepts, conventions and theory needed when creating art.
- Author: Publishing 3dtotal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2020
- ISBN10: 1912843072
- Language: English
