Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
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Duchamp
$23.33 Read moreWhen is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) declared it to be art. The uproar that greeted the French artist’s Fountain (1917), a porcelain urinal installed in a gallery, sent
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Mink, Janis
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 11 2016
- ISBN10: 3836534320
- Language: English
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The Ninety Prettiest County Courthouses in Texas…and the Ten Ugliest
$34.99 Add to cartTexas has 254 counties, and every one has its own county courthouse. Many of these buildings are historic, beautiful, and a fitting tribute to their community! Some of them are…none of those. Native… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Kevin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 142
- Publish Date: June 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798218172473
- Language: English
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Race and Modern Architecture: A Critical History from the Enlightenment to the Present
$45.00 Add to cartAlthough race–a concept of human difference that establishes hierarchies of power and domination–has played a critical role in the development of modern architectural discourse and practice since th… [more below]
- Series: Culture Politics & the Built Environment
- Author: Cheng, Irene
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 28 2020
- ISBN10: 082296659X
- Language: English
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Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks
$14.95 Add to cartIn this title, David Tatham demonstrates that Winslow Homer’s ‘Adirondack oils and watercolours constitute a highly original examination of the human race’s relationship to the natural world at a time… [more below]
- Series: New York State
- Author: Tatham, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 158
- Publish Date: April 01 2004
- ISBN10: 0815607733
- Language: English
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Bonnard
$26.95 Add to cartBonnard found early fame among the Nabis, the radical young disciples of Gauguin, and went on with Vuillard to create a new intimist art of psychologically charged interiors. But from 1900 he turned b… [more below]
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Hyman, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 226
- Publish Date: October 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0500203105
- Language: English
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The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony
$50.95 Add to cartDuring the Gilded Age, Jekyll Island, Georgia, was one of the most exclusive resort destinations in the United States. Owned by the most elite and inaccessible social club in America, a group whose me
- Author: McCash, June Hall
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0820319287
- Language: English
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Fair Park Deco: Art and Architecture of the Texas Centennial Exposition
$47.95 Add to cart- Author: Parsons, Jim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: October 26 2012
- ISBN10: 0875655017
- Language: English
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Futurism
$23.33 Add to cartWith motion and machines as its most treasured tropes, Futurism was founded in 1909 by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, along with painters Giacomo Balla, Umberto Boccioni, Carlo Carr?, and Gino Severini. W
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Martin, Sylvia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: August 30 2017
- ISBN10: 3836505835
- Language: English
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Giorgio de Chirico: Life and Paintings
$55.00 Read moreThis is the most comprehensive volume probing the life and work of the modern art icon Giorgio de Chirico.
Giorgio de Chirico was one of the most controversial and consequential artists of the twentie- Author: Benzi, Fabio
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 555
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 0847872386
- Language: English
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The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
$65.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking volume resituating the Harlem Renaissance as integral to the development of twentieth-century modernism
Beginning in the 1920s, Upper Manhattan became the center of an explosion of a- Author: Murrell, Denise
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 332
- Publish Date: February 27 2024
- ISBN10: 1588397734
- Language: English
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Concepts of Modern Art
$24.95 Add to cartThe main concepts and development of art from about 1900 to the present are analyzed in authoritative essays by some of the most distinguished art historians and critics in Britain and the United Stat
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Stangos, Nikos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 426
- Publish Date: June 17 1994
- ISBN10: 0500202680
- Language: English
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Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
$30.00 Read moreIn freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the lik
- Author: Braude, Mark
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 09 2022
- ISBN10: 1324006013
- Language: English
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Picasso: Masters of Art
$14.95 Add to cartDiscover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso.
Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned se- Series: Masters of Art
- Author: Ormiston, Rosalind
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: May 19 2020
- ISBN10: 379138628X
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright: American Master
$35.00 Read moreFrank Lloyd Wright presents a stunning overview of the work of this towering American genius, encompassing the entirety of Wright’s long and extraordinarily prolific career. From his earliest work, su… [more below]
- Author: Weintraub, Alan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: April 21 2009
- ISBN10: 847832368
- Language: English
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Killing Vincent: The Man, The Myth, and The Murder
$19.95 Add to cartOn July 27, 1890, Vincent van Gogh came stumbling into his room in the Ravoux Inn, in Auvers-sur-Oise, France, bleeding from a wound in his abdomen. Thirty hours later, Vincent was dead. THe common my
- Author: Arenberg, Irving Kaufman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0578496488
- Language: English
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Modernist Escapes: An Architectural Travel Guide
$40.00 Read moreThis sleek and insightful guide showcases modernist buildings from all over the world that are open to visit or even stay at.
Modernist fans will want to dive right into the pages of this guide to rem
- Author: Orazi, Stefi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 23 2021
- ISBN10: 3791386344
- Language: English
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Modigliani
$23.33 Add to cartIn endless odes to the female form, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) traced elongated bodies, almond eyes, and his own name into art history. His languid female subjects are as instantly recognizable as
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Krystof, Doris
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 3836503670
- Language: English
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Toulouse-Lautrec
$23.33 Add to cartIn our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864-1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, posters, paintings, and drawings, the artist immortalized the cit
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Arnold, Matthias
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 31 2016
- ISBN10: 3836534908
- Language: English
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Yayoi Kusama: The Journal
$35.00 Read moreFeaturing the vibrant and dynamic work of Yayoi Kusama, this journal is the perfect canvas for creative thought.
The Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s kaleidoscopic environments have captured the imagina- Series: The Artist Journals
- Author: Kusama, Yayoi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 06 2023
- ISBN10: 1644230917
- Language: English
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Van Gogh: The Essential Paintings
$39.95 Read moreThis magnificent boxed-set features stunning, accordion-fold, color reproductions of Van Gogh’s essential works, accompanied by a separate booklet with background and descriptions of each painting
Van- Author: Mettai, Valérie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 17, 2023
- ISBN10: 3791377043
- Language: English
