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Abstract Artby Anna MoszynskaISBN 0500202370 (0-500-20237-0)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Amber Room: The Fate Of The World's Greatest Lost Treasureby Cathy Scott-Clark, Adrian LevyISBN 0425203786 (0-425-20378-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Now, in a masterpiece of detection, investigative journalists Catherine Scott-Clark and Adrian Levy have at last unraveled the jumble of evidence surrounding the Amber Room's fate. Journeying through the former Soviet bloc, and exploring archives in St. Petersburg and Berlin, they reveal what happened to the most valuable lost treasure in the world-and why the truth has been withheld for so long. Their revelations have broken a conspiracy of lies by the Russians who, for decades, have blamed the Amber Room's disappearance on the widespread looting of Nazi Germany, rather than face the shocking truth. [via]More editions of The Amber Room: The Fate Of The World's Greatest Lost Treasure:
American Art Since 1900by RoseISBN 0275716503 (0-275-71650-3)
Softcover, Praeger
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Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artistsby Joseph SheppardISBN 0486272796 (0-486-27279-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Art and Experience in Classical Greeceby Jerome Jordan PollittISBN 0521096626 (0-521-09662-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Art in Theory 1900-2000: An Anthology of Changing Ideasby Charles Harrison, Paul WoodISBN 0631227083 (0-631-22708-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Art of Star Trekby Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-StevensISBN 0671017764 (0-671-01776-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Star Trek'Book summary:From the public's first glimpse of the original Starship Enterprise to the brave new worlds explored in Star Trek: Voyager, the never-ending phenomenon that is Star Trek has treated generations of viewers to a dazzling barrage of unforgettable images of the future. Bizarre alien beings, breathtaking extraterrestrial landscapes, exotic costumes, state-of-the-art special effects, and remarkably convincing futuristic sets and props and equipment have brought Gene Roddenberry's inspiring vision to life before the public's awestruck eyes. The Art of Star Trek is a one-of-a-kind gallery of Star Trek artwork, as well as tribute to the many artists, designers, and technicians whose diverse talents and imagination created the distinctive look of the Star Trek universe. Every incarnation of Star Trek is explored: The Original Series, The ANimated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager, and the films -- with the complete behind-the-scenes story of Star Trek's design history. With hundreds of full-color illustrations and photographs, many from private collections, readers will at last be able to linger on Star Trek's rich visual legacy and trace the evolution of and images from their initial conceptions to their final form on television and film screens. Like all great works of art, the many sights and visual surprises of Star Trek have been built from scratch through a combination of inspiration and painstaking effort. The Art of Star Trek covers the entire universe of Star Trek artwork and production design to reveal how, in all of its various forms, Star Trek has allowed us to look boldly into the future and see what no one has seen before. The Art of Star Trek is the art of pure imagination, the art of a bright, hopeful future, and the art of three remarkable decades on nonstop action and adventure. Lavishly illustrated, it is a book to be read and referred to time after time, as well as one that will become a cherished chronicle fo Star Trek's first thirty years. [via]
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The Art of Travelby Alain De BottonISBN 0375725342 (0-375-72534-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Bridgman's Life Drawingby George Brant BridgmanISBN 0486227103 (0-486-22710-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Caravaggioby Helen LangdonISBN 0374118949 (0-374-11894-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Caravaggio'Book summary:Seventeenth-century painter Nicolas Poussin once said that Caravaggio came into the world to destroy painting. Helen Langdon's marvelous biography suggests that rather than destroying painting, the Milanese artist gave it a new lease on life. Upon his arrival in Rome, Caravaggio ended a tradition of Italian Renaissance painting with his radically new naturalistic style, which continues to dazzle and influence viewers today. Beautifully poised between biographical scholarship and artistic appreciation, Langdon's book provides the reader with a complex, fascinating portrait of Caravaggio, still the rebel and outsider of the popular imagination, but also immersed in the Roman world of art, politics, and patronage. Some of the finest sections of the book vividly evoke the streets and brothels of early 17th-century Rome, which provided Caravaggio with the inspiration for many of his early works. By contrast, the later sections--which deal with Caravaggio's exile and commissions in Naples, Malta, and Sicily--seem rather brief and truncated, giving the final third of the book a rather unbalanced feel. This is, however, partly due to the elusiveness of Caravaggio himself--with little direct contemporary documentation on the painter, he often slips into the shadows, evading the scrutiny of even the most persistent biographer.
Langdon's achievement here is to produce a compelling portrait of the artist that throws new light on his paintings. Here is a painter who was proud, difficult, and arrogant, yet highly intellectual in his appreciation of the changing face of both Catholicism and scientific enquiry. Written with great historical clarity, and supplemented by 42 magnificent color illustrations, Helen Langdon's Caravaggio is a worthy contribution to scholarly study of this artist. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Cooking for Youby Robert CarrierISBN 0670240176 (0-670-24017-6)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Dada Surrealism and Their Heritageby William S. RubinISBN 0316171220 (0-316-17122-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Daliby B. MaddoxISBN 0517536757 (0-517-53675-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Dance of Death,by Hans HolbeinISBN 0486228045 (0-486-22804-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Dialogues With Marcel Duchampby Pierre CabanneISBN 0306803038 (0-306-80303-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dialogues With Marcel Duchamp'Book summary:Marcel Duchamp, one of this centurys pioneer artists, moved his work through the retinal boundaries which had been established with impressionism into t field with impressionism into t field where language, thought and vision act upon one another, There it changed form through a complex interplay of new mental and physical materials, heralding many of the technical, mental and visual details to be found in more recent art...In the 1920s Duchamp gave up, quit painting. He allowed, perhaps encouraged, the attendant mythology. One thought of his decision, his willing this stopping. Yet on one occasion, he said it was not like that. He spoke of breaking a leg. You dont mean to do it, he said.The Large Glass. A greenhouse for his intuition. Erotic machinery, the Bride, held in a see-through cagea Hilarious Picture. Its cross references of sight and thought, the changing focus of the eyes and mind, give fresh sense to the time and space we occupy, negate any concern with art as transportation. No end is in view in this fragment of a new perspective. In the end you lose interest, so I didnt feel the necessity to finish it.He declared that he wanted to kill art (for myself) but his persistent attempts to destroy frames of reference altered our thinking, established new units of thought, a new thought for that object.The art community feels Duchamps presence and his absence. He has changed the condition of being here. --Jasper Johns, from Marcel Duchamp: An Appreciation[via]More editions of Dialogues With Marcel Duchamp:
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Diane Arbus: A Biographyby Patricia BosworthISBN 0393326616 (0-393-32661-6)
Softcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Diane Arbus: A Biography: ISBN 0394504046 (0-394-50404-6)
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Draw 50 Animalsby Lee J. AmesISBN 0385195192 (0-385-19519-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Dreamers of Decadence:Symbolist Painters of the 1890's: Symbolist Painters of the 1890'sby Philippe JullianISBN 0269027831 (0-269-02783-1)
Hardcover, Pall Mall Press
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Embroidering Our Heritage: The Dinner Party Needleworkby Judy ChicagoISBN 0385145691 (0-385-14569-1)
Softcover, Bookthrift Co
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The Fantastic Art of Borisby Boris VallejoISBN 0345273974 (0-345-27397-4)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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Fantastic Art of Boris Vallejoby Boris VallejoISBN 0345352092 (0-345-35209-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Feud That Sparked the Renaissance: How Brunelleschi and Ghiberti Changed the Art Worldby Paul Robert WalkerISBN 0380807920 (0-380-80792-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Florence2s Duomo - the dome of the Santa Maria del Fiore cathedral - is one of the most enduring symbols of the Italian Renaissance, an equal in influence and fame to Leonardo and Michaelangelo2s works. It was designed by Filippo Brunelleschi, the temperamental architect who rediscovered the techniques of mathematical perspective. He was the dome2s 2inventor2, whose secret methods for building remain a mystery as compelling to architects as Fermat2s Last Theorem once was to mathematicians. Yet Brunelleschi didn2t direct the construction of the dome alone. He was forced to share the commission with his arch-rival, the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti, whose 2Paradise Doors2 are also masterworks. This is the story of these two men - a tale of artistic genius and individual triumph.
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Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Cultureby Carl E. SchorskeISBN 0394744780 (0-394-74478-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture'Book summary:Fin-de-Siècle Vienna: Politics and Culture (Paperback) by Carl E. Schorske. Vintage Books edition, January 1981. PAPERBACK 377 pages. [via]
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroqueby Howard Hibbard, Rudolf Wittkower, Margot Wittkower, Thomas MartinISBN 0714821934 (0-7148-2193-4)
Hardcover, Phaidon
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A Handbook of Greek Artby Gisela M.A. RichterISBN 0306802988 (0-306-80298-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books
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The History of Art: Architecture, Painting, Sculpture/07208by Bernard MyersISBN 0671072080 (0-671-07208-0)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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The Human Figure in Motionby Eadweard MuybridgeISBN 0486202046 (0-486-20204-6)
Hardcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Human Figure in Motion'Book summary:The 4,789 photographs in this definitive selection show the human figure models almost all undraped engaged in over 160 different types of action: running, climbing stairs, tumbling, dressing, undressing, hopping on one foot, dancing, etc. Children walking, crawling, and many dozens of other activities.[via]More editions of The Human Figure in Motion:
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A Joseph Cornell Albumby Dore Ashton, John Ashbery, Joseph CornellISBN 0306803720 (0-306-80372-0)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Ladiesby Doris Vallejo, Boris VallejoISBN 0451451074 (0-451-45107-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Master Pieces: The Curator's Gameby Thomas Hoving, Lori Stein, Kate LearsonISBN 0393328384 (0-393-32838-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Paintingby D. V. ThompsonISBN 0486203271 (0-486-20327-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Maxfield Parrishby Laurence S. Cutler, Judy Goffman, American Illustrators GalleryISBN 0517067145 (0-517-06714-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Maxfield Parrishby Random House Value Publishing Staff, Judy A. G. Cutler, Laurence S. CutlerISBN 0517161222 (0-517-16122-2)
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guideby Phillippe De Montebello, Kathleen HowardISBN 0300085583 (0-300-08558-3)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide'Book summary:In the words of this book's introduction, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a "living encyclopedia of world art," with collections including art from almost every known culture and almost every known period. While no guidebook can reasonably cover all of the museum's major works, this reference does a fine job of skimming the surface in 470 tightly packed pages. From musical instruments to ancient ruins, each cornerstone of the collection is represented in color with a caption headed by the work's title, artist, medium, and dimensions. (The date of the piece is unfortunately buried in the caption's text.) General information and floor plans are included at the beginning of the book, making this the perfect introduction to the museum and an ideal aid to planning an artistic excursion. [via]
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Modern Artists on Artby Robert L. HerbertISBN 0486411915 (0-486-41191-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Moon and Sixpenceby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0375724567 (0-375-72456-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moon and Sixpence'Book summary:On a trip to research French artist Paul Gauguin, Maugham sailed into Tahiti's Papeet harbor, where he imagined an exotic tale of the ultimate outsider, one who rejects his entire way of life to pursue an obsession. The result of his efforts is a story of rebellion and escape from civilization which continues to attract and captivate readers to this day. Introduction by Perry Meisel. [via]
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Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Moon and Sixpence: ISBN 0451525671 (0-451-52567-1)
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The National Gallery Companion Guideby Erika LangmuirISBN 0300061331 (0-300-06133-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The National Gallery Companion Guide'Book summary:[via]This beautifully illustrated and updated National Gallery Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world. Erika Langmuir offers enlightening commentary on more than 200 of the finest worksby painters including Piero della Francesca, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velázquez, Ingres, and Degasfrom the National Gallerys collection, along with masterpieces by less familiar artists.
With this book, readers can trace the history of European painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries; develop an eye for style, technique, imagery, and genre; and learn to appreciate the talents of artists in a variety of artistic and cultural contexts. The book takes into account the latest scholarship from the National Gallery and includes discussions of the museums newest high-profile acquisitions.
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Nightmares in the Skyby Stephen KingISBN 0670823074 (0-670-82307-4)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nightmares in the Sky'Book summary:This book will be a collection of fantastic and horrifying photographs of gargoyles taken by avant-garde photographer f-stop fitzgerald (yes, that's his name and the spellingis correct), with a wonderful text by none other than the master of horror, stephen king. F-stop has captured gargoyles in all manner of poses, made all the more striking by the design by mark pollard. Through the use of gatefolds and full-bleed illustrations, these awesome creatures will seem practically to leap off the page. (4/5/88). UK YES [via]
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The Object Stares Back: On the Nature of Seeingby James ElkinsISBN 0684800950 (0-684-80095-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Obstacle Raceby Germaine GreerISBN 0374224129 (0-374-22412-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Out of This Centuryby Peggy GuggenheimISBN 0233976019 (0-233-97601-9)
Softcover, Andre Deutsch
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The Oxford Dictionary of Artby Ian Chilvers, Dennis Farr, Harold OsborneISBN 0198600844 (0-19-860084-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Dictionary of Art'Book summary:Ideal for students, picture researchers, and enthusiasts of all kinds, this third edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Art reaffirms the unrivalled position held by this authoritative one-volume guide to the art of the Western world. Covering Western art from the ancient world to the present day, the Dictionary provides a careful balance of fact and critical appraisal ranging across painting, sculpture, drawing, and the applied arts. Over 3000 entries provide the reader with information on a wide range of people and subjects, including artists, critics, collectors, dealers, patrons, museums, art schools, materials, and techniques.
This third edition has been thoroughly revised and expanded, with over 200 new entries on contemporary artists, such as Damien Hirst, Julian Schnabel, Antony Gormley; new forms, such as video art; museums, patrons, and collectors. The Dictionary also includes an updated contextual chronology of major works, as well as a practical directory of museums and galleries around the world. [via]More editions of The Oxford Dictionary of Art:
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The Oxford Dictionary of Artby Harold Osborne, Ian Chilvers, Dennis FarrISBN 0198661339 (0-19-866133-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Dictionary of Art'Book summary:Whether you are interested in Junk Art or Byzantine Art, the Ash-Can School or the Antipodeans, Praxiteles and Phidias or Gilbert and George, The Oxford Dictionary of Art is the first place to turn for accurate information about artists, schools, periods, techniques, critical terms, major museums, art historians, philosophers, and much much more. Compiled from three highly acclaimed Oxford Companions --The Oxford Companion to Art, to Twentieth-Century Art, and to the Decorative Arts--and with hundreds of new entries added, this authoritative, one-volume reference offers over three thousand entries on almost every aspect of Western art, as well as the most essential features of Asian art.
Here you will find the answer to almost any question pertaining to the world of art. In what museum is Parmigianino's Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror exhibited today? Who coined the term "happening"? What are color field painting, hard edge painting, and op art, who are the most representative artists of these schools, and what are their best works? How does camaieu differ from grisaille? What is the most richly endowed museum in the world? As a further aid the Dictionary offers an extensive system of cross references, guiding readers to a wealth of additional information on almost any topic of interest.
Covering the entire history of art, this wide-ranging and up-to-date guide is an indispensable reference for scholars, for students, and for art enthusiasts of every kind. It is also a browser's delight, filled with fascinating facts about the personalities who people the world of art. [via]More editions of The Oxford Dictionary of Art:
Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's Scientific Guide to Artby Joann Wypijewski, Vitaly Komar, Aleksandr MelamidISBN 0520218612 (0-520-21861-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's Scientific Guide to Artby Vitaly Komar, Aleksandr Melamid, Joann WypijewskiISBN 0374228809 (0-374-22880-9)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Painting by Numbers: Komar and Melamid's Scientific Guide to Art'Book summary:Since the days of the ancient Greek philosophers, people have asked the eternal question "What is beauty?" It took the insight of Russian artists Vitaly Komar and Alexander Melamid to apply modern scientific principles to this problem and finally to produce an answer. Using polls conducted by telephone in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, Komar and Melamid were able to determine what each country wanted to see in a painting, and what was least likely to please the public. They then produced canvases based on their polling, creating the most and least wanted paintings in the world. The results are not only funny, they are also oddly disturbing. Almost every nation had the same preferences: people wanted landscapes, and did not want abstract art. Only one nation bucked the trend, but you'll have to read the book to find out which. Painting by Numbers has more insight into art and commerce than any 10 dry studies of aesthetics, and is one of the most significant documents on popular taste ever produced--plus it's a laugh riot. And that, Plato, is beauty. [via]
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Performance Art: From Futurism to the Presentby Roselee GoldbergISBN 0500203393 (0-500-20339-3)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Pulp Art : Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazinesby Robert LesserISBN 0517200589 (0-517-20058-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pulp Art : Original Cover Paintings for the Great American Pulp Magazines'Book summary:Several famous fantasy and science fiction authors had their beginning in the pulp magazines of the 1930s and 1940s, including Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Fritz Leiber, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury (not to mention Dashiell Hammett and Tennessee Williams). There were also crime fighters so popular they had their own magazines, such as the still-popular Doc Savage and the Shadow. But besides the writers and the series heroes, there was yet another element for which the lurid pulp magazines (called "pulp" in reference to the cheap grade of paper they were printed on by the millions) are fondly remembered to this day: the cover art. Robert Lesser offers a fascinating history from the perspective of the commercial artists who produced this often less-than-respectable work, thereby bringing the acclaim that these now mostly forgotten artists richly deserve. The author also includes 18 essays about various aspects of the long extinct industry, from such legendary SF scholars as Forrest J. Ackerman and Sam Moskowitz. Needless to say, the book is also stuffed with some amazing artwork. Pulp Art is a perfect introduction to a once nearly lost aspect of pop culture, which just now is being properly appreciated. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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Pyramidby David MacaulayISBN 0395321212 (0-395-32121-2)
Softcover, Walter Lorraine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pyramid'Book summary:When children catch their first glimpse of a pyramid, a sea of questions inevitably tumbles forth. "Why are they shaped like that?" "How were they made?" "Who made them?" "What were they used for?" Perplexed adults can sigh with relief now that David Macaulay has found a way to thoroughly answer all those deserving questions. His exquisitely crosshatched pen-and-ink illustrations frame the engaging fictional story of an ancient pharaoh who commissions a pyramid to be built for him. With great patience and respect for minute detail (not unlike the creators of the early pyramids), Macaulay explains the sometimes backbreaking tasks of planning, hauling, chiseling, digging, and hoisting that went into the construction of this awe-inspiring monument. Just when the narrative teeters on the edge of textbook doldrums, Macaulay brings us back to the engaging human drama of death and superstition. This respectful blending of architecture, history, and mysticism will certainly satiate pyramid-passionate children as well as their obliging parents. ALA Notable Book. (Ages 9 and older) --Gail Hudson [via]
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Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculptureby Richard H. WilkinsonISBN 0500277516 (0-500-27751-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture'Book summary:The legacy of Egyptian art, from colossal statues to finely wrought jewellery and minuscule charms, can appear deceptively simple. Without knowledge of the hieroglyphic images incorporated in the art, much remains obscure. Here is an introduction to the symbolic language of hieroglyphs: a directory of the one hundred signs used most often in Egyptian painting and sculpture - from "seated man" and "lion" to "vulture" and "ankh". This guide offers a comprehensive explanation of the symbols, their origins, identification and uses. The hieroglyphs are arranged thematically, fully cross-referenced, and illustrated by newly-commissioned drawings and photographs. The result is a companion for all those interested in the mysteries of ancient Egyptian art. [via]
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Robert Frank: The Americansby Robert FrankISBN 0394742567 (0-394-74256-7)
Softcover, Pantheon Books
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Sexuality in Western Artby Edward Lucie-SmithISBN 0500202524 (0-500-20252-4)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Sigmund Freudby Ralph SteadmanISBN 0448229803 (0-448-22980-3)
Hardcover, Paddington Press
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Songs of Innocenceby William BlakeISBN 0486227642 (0-486-22764-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experienceby William BlakeISBN 0486270513 (0-486-27051-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience'Book summary:Two classics of English poetry, alternately describing childhood states of innocence and their inevitable corruption by a harsh and unjust world. Contains the full texts of all the poems in the original 1794 edition of both collections. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines. Includes a selection from the Common Core State Standards Initiative.[via]More editions of Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience:
Symbolic Imagesby E. H. GombrichISBN 0714823813 (0-7148-2381-3)
Softcover, Phaidon Press
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Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Termsby Edward Lucie-SmithISBN 0500203652 (0-500-20365-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms'Book summary:What exactly is Neo-Expressionism? The part of a city known as the acropolis? Or the painting technique called gouache? In this authoritative and concise dictionary, more than 2000 entries and 375 illustrations embrace the vast vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, the decorative, applied and graphic arts. The geographical spread is global; the chronological range takes in both Helladic art from Bronze Age Greece and holography, one of the newest means of expression provided by modern technology. 375 illus. [via]
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Theftby Peter CareyISBN 0307276481 (0-307-27648-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theft'Book summary:From the two-time Booker Prizewinning author and recipient of the Commonwealth Prize comes this new novel about obsession, deception, and redemption, at once an engrossing psychological suspense story and a work of highly charged, fiendishly funny literary fiction.
Michaela.k.a. Butcher Boone is an ex really famous painter: opinionated, furious, brilliant, and now reduced to living in the remote country house of his biggest collector and acting as caretaker for his younger brother, Hugh, a damaged man of imposing physicality and childlike emotional volatility. Alone together theyve forged a delicate and shifting equilibrium, a balance instantly destroyed when a mysterious young woman named Marlene walks out of a rainstorm and into their lives on three-inch Manolo Blahnik heels. Beautiful, smart, and ambitious, shes also the daughter-in-law of the late great painter Jacques Liebovitz, one of Butchers earliest influences. Shes sweet to Hugh and falls in love with Butcher, and they reciprocate in kind. And she sets in motion a chain of events that could be the makingor the ruinof them all.
Told through the alternating points of view of the brothersButchers urbane, intelligent, caustic observations contrasting with Hughs bizarre, frequently poetic, utterly unique voiceTheft reminds us once again of Peter Careys remarkable gift for creating indelible, fascinating characters and a narrative as gripping as it is deliriously surprising. [via] 
The Titian Committeeby Iain PearsISBN 0425168956 (0-425-16895-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Van Goghby Mike VeneziaISBN 051642274X (0-516-42274-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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What Painting Isby James ElkinsISBN 0415926629 (0-415-92662-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What Painting Is'Book summary:Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist, the painter seeks to transform and be transformed by the medium.
In What Painting Is, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy provides a magical language to explore what it is a painter really does in her or his studio - the smells, the mess, the struggle to control the uncontrollable, the special knowledge only painters hold of how colours will mix, and how they will look.
Written from the perspective of a painter-turned-art historian, What Painting Is is like nothing you have ever read about art.
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The Zen of Seeing: Seeing Drawing As Meditationby Frederick FranckISBN 0394719689 (0-394-71968-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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