Contemporary (1945 -)
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America and Other Myths: Photographs by Robert Frank and Todd Webb, 1955
$50.00 Add to cartRobert Frank’s and Todd Webb’s parallel 1955 projects to photograph America are considered in the context of mid-twentieth-century American culture
In 1955 two photographers were awarded grants from- Author: Volpe, Lisa
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: October 10, 2023
- ISBN10: 0300270895
- Language: English
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See What You’re Missing: New Ways of Looking at the World Through Art
$28.95 Read moreTaking us into the minds of artists–from contemporary stars to old masters–See What You’re Missing shows us how to look and experience the world with their heightened awareness.
Artists are expert l- Author: Gompertz, Will
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1639361731
- Language: English
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Haring
$23.33 Add to cartOne of the key figures in the New York art world of the 1980s, Keith Haring (1958-1990) created a signature style that blended street art, graffiti, a Pop sensibility, and cartoon elements to unique,
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Kolossa, Alexandra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 23 2016
- ISBN10: 383653049X
- Language: English
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Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism
$29.99 Add to cartA Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker
From the acclaimed biographer and author of Balzac’s Omelette, an engaging new work on the life of “the father of Impressionism” and the role his Jewish backgroun- Author: Muhlstein, Anka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 1635421705
- Language: English
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Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage
$50.00 Read moreAn engaging introduction to contemporary Black American collage brings together art by fifty artists that reflects the breadth and complexity of Black identity
“A lavish catalog . . . provides not jus- Author: Delmez, Kathryn E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: November 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0300272960
- Language: English
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
$20.00 Add to cartFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
#1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publisher- Author: Laing, Olivia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06, 2017
- ISBN10: 1250118034
- Language: English
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Milton Glaser: Pop
$65.00 Read more‘Milton Glaser’s designs changed the way we see the world.’ – Gloria Steinem
An overview of the work of illustrator and designer Milton Glaser during the 1960s and 70s
From 1954, when he co-founded the
- Author: Heller, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 29 2023
- ISBN10: 158093613X
- Language: English
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Luna Luna: The Art Amusement Park
$49.95 Add to cartA landmark book documenting the first-ever art amusement park – launched in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany – in anticipation of its global reintroduction
In the late 1980s, more than 30 of the era’s most acc
- Author: Heller, André
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: February 15 2023
- ISBN10: 183866694X
- Language: English
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Edward Hopper’s New York
$65.00 Add to cartA revealing exploration of Edward Hopper’s inspired relationship to New York City through his paintings, drawings, prints, and never-before-published archival materials
This engaging book delves into- Author: Conaty, Kim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 22 2022
- ISBN10: 030026674X
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright
$116.67 Add to cartA building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) is at once unmistakably individual, and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional understanding of an organic environment, as well as for t
- Author: Brooks Pfeiffer, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: April 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836555980
- Language: English
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Case Study Houses
$23.33 Add to cartThe Case Study House program (1945-1966) was a unique event in the history of American architecture. Sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, the program sought to respond to the postwar building bo
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Smith, Elizabeth A. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 3836535602
- Language: English
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Warhol After Warhol: Secrets, Lies, & Corruption in the Art World
$29.95 Add to cartLong-time art critic Richard Dorment reveals the corruption and lies of the art world and its mystifying authentication process.
Late one afternoon in the winter of 2003, art critic Richard Dorment an- Author: Dorment, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1639364978
- Language: English
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Giger
$23.33 Add to cartSwiss artist HR Giger (1940-2014) is most famous for his creation of the space monster in Ridley Scott’s 1979 horror sci-fi film Alien, which earned him an Oscar. In retrospect, this was just one of t
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Giger, Hr
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 21 2018
- ISBN10: 3836534207
- Language: English
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Masterpieces of Fantasy Art. 40th Ed.
$35.00 Add to cartFantasy art, that colorful blend of myth, muscle and sexy maidens, took off in 1923 with the launch of Weird Tales magazine, was reinvigorated in the 1960s with The Lord of the Rings, Conan the Barbar
- Author: Hanson, Dian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: May 19 2023
- ISBN10: 3836593629
- Language: English
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Weaving at Black Mountain College: Anni Albers, Trude Guermonprez, and Their Students
$40.00 Add to cartA detailed study of the role and legacy of weaving at the legendary Black Mountain College
- Author: Beggs, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 0300273568
- Language: English
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Basquiat
$23.33 Add to cartAn icon of 1980s New York, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) first made his name under the graffiti tag “SAMO”, before establishing his studio practice and catapulting to fast fame at the age of 20. A
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Emmerling, Leonhard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 16 2015
- ISBN10: 383655979X
- Language: English
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Remedios Varo: Science Fictions
$45.00 Add to cartAn exploration of the captivating work and mystical outlook of the modern artist Remedios Varo, focusing on her years in Mexico City
This publication offers a definitive look at the artistic practice- Author: Haskell, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 0300273215
- Language: English
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Jean-Michel Basquiat. 40th Ed.
$35.00 Add to cartThe legend of Jean-Michel Basquiat is as strong as ever. Synonymous with 1980s New York, the artist first appeared in the late 1970s under the tag SAMO, spraying caustic comments and fragmented poems
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Nairne, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 03, 2020
- ISBN10: 3836580926
- Language: English
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The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever
$38.99 Add to cartLonglisted for the National Book Award – Shortlisted for the Apollo Book of the Year Award – A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
The never-before-told story of an obscure little street at the low
- Author: Peiffer, Prudence
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: August 01, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063097206
- Language: English
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Living in Japan. 40th Ed.
$35.00 Add to cartSo rich and unique is traditional Japanese architecture that it’s nearly impossible to improve upon. Yet contemporary Japanese designers and architects keep finding fresh approaches to refurbish and t
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Kerr, Alex
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 10, 2021
- ISBN10: 3836588439
- Language: English
