Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
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GaudÃ. the Complete Works
$93.33 Add to cartThe life of Antoni Gaud? (1852-1926) was full of complexity and contradictions. As a young man he joined the Catalonian nationalist movement and was critical of the church; toward the end of his life
- Author: Zerbst, Rainer
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: November 22 2019
- ISBN10: 3836564467
- Language: English
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The History of Graphic Design. Vol. 1. 1890-1959
$93.33 Add to cartHistory is a complex business. Fortunes boom and bust, empires wax and wane, and change–whether social, political, or technological–has its winners, its losers, its advocates, and its enemies. Throu
- Author: Müller, Jens
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: November 24 2017
- ISBN10: 383656307X
- Language: English
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Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces
$20.00 Read moreA dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted–and their immense impact on America
As the nation recovered from a
- Author: Howard, Hugh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0802162312
- Language: English
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Degas
$23.33 Add to cartMost commonly associated with the birth of the Impressionist movement in mid-19th-century Paris, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) in fact defied easy categorization and instead developed a unique style, strong
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Growe, Bernd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 29 2016
- ISBN10: 3836532719
- Language: English
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Ruth Asawa: The Journal
$35.00 Read moreFeaturing Ruth Asawa’s stunning looped-wire sculptures, this journal is a welcome reminder to find inspiration in the everyday object.
The twentieth-century master Ruth Asawa is renowned for her hand-- Series: The Artist Journals
- Author: Asawa, Ruth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: May 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1644230909
- Language: English
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Case Study Houses. the Complete CSH Program 1945-1966
$116.67 Add to cartThe Case Study House program (1945-66) was an exceptional, innovative event in the history of American architecture and remains to this day unique. The program, which concentrated on the Los Angeles a
- Author: Smith, Elizabeth A. T.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 440
- Publish Date: April 15 2009
- ISBN10: 3836510219
- Language: English
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Tricks of the Light: Essays on Art and Spectacle
$34.00 Add to cartEssays on media systems and contemporary art by a leading theorist of modern visual culture
Tricks of the Light brings together essays by critic and art historian Jonathan Crary, internationally known- Author: Crary, Jonathan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1942130856
- Language: English
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Cubism
$23.33 Read morePioneered by Picasso and Braque, Cubism has been described as the first avant-garde art movement of the 20th century. With inspiration from African and Native American art and sculpture, its practitio
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Ganteführer-Trier, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: November 03 2015
- ISBN10: 3836505398
- Language: English
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A Shared Vision: The Macon and Joan Brock Collection of American Art
$40.00 Add to cartRichly illustrated and thoroughly researched, this volume showcases one of the most significant collections of American art assembled in the twenty-first century and one that has helped transform the
- Author: Piper, Corey
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 173718379X
- Language: English
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Mr. Block: The Subversive Comics and Writings of Ernest Riebe
$22.95 Add to cartBefore the Golden Age of comic books, there was Mr. Block: a bumbling, boss-loving, anti-union blockhead, brought to life over a hundred years ago by subversive cartoonist Ernest Riebe.
A dedicated la
- Author: Graphic History Collective
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 130
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887440019
- Language: English
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Bauhaus Graphic Novel
$24.95 Add to cartThe main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea–the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for vi… [more below]
- Author: Grande, Valentina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 3791388576
- Language: English
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Postmodernism, or, The Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism
$30.95 Add to cartNow in paperback, Fredric Jameson’s most wide-ranging work seeks to crystalize a definition of “postmodernism”. Jameson’s inquiry looks at the postmodern across a wide landscape, from “high” art to “l… [more below]
- Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions
- Author: Jameson, Fredric
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 460
- Publish Date: January 06 1992
- ISBN10: 0822310902
- Language: English
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Young Bloomsbury: The Generation That Redefined Love, Freedom, and Self-Expression in 1920s England
$18.00 Add to cartAn “illuminating” (Daily Mail, London) exploration of the second generation of the iconic Bloomsbury Group who inspired their elders to new heights of creativity and passion while also pushing the bou… [more below]
- Author: Strachey, Nino
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1982164778
- Language: English
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Art Nouveau: Posters, Illustration & Fine Art from the Glamorous Fin de Siècle
$35.00 Add to cartArt Nouveau is still popular today, notable for the sinewy, organic stylings which adorn the new edition of this long term bestseller.
The rise of the Art Nouveau style across Continental Europe and t- Series: Masterworks
- Author: Robinson, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1804172766
- Language: English
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Renoir. 40th Ed.
$35.00 Add to cartPierre-Auguste Renoir‘s (1841-1919) timelessly charming paintings still reflect our ideals of happiness, love, and beauty. Derived from our large-format volume, the most comprehensive retrospective of
- Series: 40th Edition
- Author: Néret, Gilles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: May 08 2022
- ISBN10: 3836592096
- Language: English
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The Secret Life of Salvador DalÃ
$24.95 Add to cartPainter, designer, and filmmaker Salvador Dal? (1904-1989) was one of the most colorful and controversial figures in 20th-century art. A pioneer of Surrealism, he was both praised and reviled for the
- Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art
- Author: Dali, Salvador
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 03 1993
- ISBN10: 0486274543
- Language: English
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Albert Frey
$23.33 Add to cartArchitect Albert Frey (1903-1998) saw a modernist utopia in the desert. Born in Zurich, he studied in Europe with Le Corbusier before moving to the United States in 1930, convinced it was the land of
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Koenig, Gloria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 20 2017
- ISBN10: 3836547465
- Language: English
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Small Houses of the Twenties: The Sears, Roebuck 1926 House Catalog
$19.95 Read moreFor almost 20 years, Sears, Roebuck and Company purveyed the materials for complete prefabricated houses, providing thousands of Americans with attractive and comfortable low-cost dwellings. Many of t
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Sears Roebuck and Co
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 1991
- ISBN10: 0486267091
- Language: English
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Transforming the American Mind
$49.95 Add to cartFrank Lloyd Wright and Ralph Waldo Emerson: Transforming the American Mind is an interdisciplinary volume of literary and cultural scholarship that examines the link between two pivotal intellectual a
- Author: Rahmani, Ayad
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 27 2023
- ISBN10: 0807179809
- Language: English
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Modern Art Desserts: Recipes for Cakes, Cookies, Confections, and Frozen Treats Based on Iconic Works of Art [A Baking Book]
$26.00 Add to cartTaking cues from works by Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo, and Matisse, pastry chef Caitlin Freeman, of Miette bakery and Blue Bottle Coffee fame, creates a collection of uniquely delicious dessert recipes (… [more below]
- Author: Freeman, Caitlin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 16 2013
- ISBN10: 1607743906
- Language: English
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