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100 Best Album Covers: The Stories Behind the Sleevesby Storm Thorgerson, Aubrey PowellISBN 078944951X (0-7894-4951-X)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: '100 Best Album Covers: The Stories Behind the Sleeves'Book summary:The immediate question that arises with a book entitled 100 Best Album Covers is, of course, "Says who?" Wisely, authors Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey Powell have anticipated such widespread suspicion. In their thorough and amusing introduction, the two former cover designers (of Hipgnosis) go on at length about potentially qualifying factors (innovation, humor, bizarreness, minimalism, audacity) and possible reasons for nonselection (popularity, dull illustration, ugly technique, emotional offensiveness). But, they concede, what it really comes down to is a matter of taste--with a bit of nostalgia thrown into the mix.
In the end, the mysterious (and eternally debatable) selection formula matters not. The history, inspiration, and technical design details provided for each of the 100 covers that made the cut serve as reason enough for their inclusion. Did you know that Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy cover was inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's novel, Childhood's End?? Or that the burning man on Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here was actually on fire (and in a bit of danger)? Or that an original idea for Supertramp's Breakfast in America was to depict cereal and milk rolling through the Grand Canyon? Tasty tidbits like these, along with quotes from designers, photographers, and the musicians themselves, make this a must-have volume for music fans--yes, even if your personal top 100 covers would constitute an entirely different collection. --Brangien Davis [via]
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Alice in Wonderland: Book and Charmby Lewis CarrollISBN 0694014540 (0-694-01454-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice in Wonderland: Book and Charm'Book summary:The latest edition to the Charming Classics series includes a paperback edition of Alice in Wonderland and an adorable goldtone rabbit charm and necklace. Join Alice and her fascinating friends in Lewis Carroll's extraordinary world of Wonderland!
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Helen OxenburyISBN 0763620491 (0-7636-2049-1)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0721409679 (0-7214-0967-9)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0723513635 (0-7235-1363-5)
Hardcover, Egmont Books, Limited - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0735811660 (0-7358-1166-0)
Hardcover, North South Books - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0762420081 (0-7624-2008-1)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0763610577 (0-7636-1057-7)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0810918722 (0-8109-1872-2)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland: ISBN 0763620491 (0-7636-2049-1)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: ISBN 0721409679 (0-7214-0967-9)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Helen Oxenbury, Lewis CarrollISBN 0763608041 (0-7636-0804-1)
Hardcover, Candlewick Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Lewis Carroll's timeless classic brought to life by one of the most revered children's book illustrators of our time!
Suddenly a White Rabbit with pink eyes ran close by her.
There was nothing so very remarkable in that; nor did Alice think it so very much out of the way to hear the Rabbit say to itself, "Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!"
Lewis Carroll's masterpiece, an exuberant mix of fun and fantasy, logic and lunacy, silliness and droll splendor, revolutionized children's literature. Its influence has been immeasurable, and the story's cast of characters, including Alice herself, the Mad Hatter, and the Cheshire Cat, hold a beloved place in our culture.
Now Helen Oxenbury, one of the world's most acclaimed illustratorswhose many books for children include the award-winning FARMER DUCK, by Martin Waddell, as well as her Tom and Pippo bookshas brought her own special brand of magic to Lewis Carroll's classic.
And ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND is Helen Oxenbury at her very best. Her vision of Alice is unique and modern. Her Wonderland is fresh, whimsical, and lovingly created. With more illustrations than any other edition, this beautiful volume has all the warmth, depth of emotion, humor, and acute observations of people and animals for which Helen Oxenbury's work is so highly regarded. Join us in celebrating a major artistic achievement! And welcome backto a Wonderland that is as astonishingly new as it is joyously familiar. [via]More editions of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland:
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lesley Sims, Lewis Carroll, Mauro EvangelistaISBN 0794512399 (0-7945-1239-9)
Hardcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Beloved classic describes a little girl's adventures in a topsy-turvy land underground and her encounters with such improbable characters as the White Rabbit, March Hare and Mad Hatter, the sleepy Dormouse, grinning Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle, and the dreadful Queen of Hearts. Includes all 42 of Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0805205942 (0-8052-0594-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 080523716X (0-8052-3716-X)
Hardcover, Schocken Books - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 0805205942 (0-8052-0594-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There: ISBN 080523716X (0-8052-3716-X)
All Colour Book of Art Nouveau.by Geoffrey WarrenISBN 0706400682 (0-7064-0068-2)
Hardcover, Octopus Books Ltd
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American Impressionismby William H. GerdtsISBN 0789206129 (0-7892-0612-9)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Impressionism'Book summary:This exquisitely produced volume contains masterpieces by artists such as John Singer Sargent, William Merritt Chase, and Helen Turner. The paintings, reproduced in full color, are accompanied by text exploring the genesis of American impressionist painting. William H. Gerdts examines the relationship of American impressionism to French impressionism, and then follows the Americans as they developed distinctive regional styles. Gerdts covers some of these stylistic approaches in depth, including the Pennsylvania and Midwestern schools, and pays close attention to 10 different painters and their work. The words and the images in this tiny book combine to give readers a grand view of American impressionism. [via]
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Andy Warhol, 365 Takes: The Andy Warhol Museum Collectionby Andy Warhol, Andy Warhol MuseumISBN 0810943298 (0-8109-4329-8)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Andy Warhol, 365 Takes: The Andy Warhol Museum Collection'Book summary:If you're a fan, your bookshelf is crying out for Andy Warhol: 365 Takes. And if you're not, this artfully designed volume may very well turn you into one. Read it straight through or dip in anywhere. Either way, you get an illustrated tour of Warhol's friends, lovers, personal history and obsessions (shoes, religion, jewels, mortality), as well as his art. Organized in a vaguely thematic way that blithely ignores chronology, this compact volume serves up a four-decade feast of creativity in bite-size nuggets: a very Warholian approach. Facing pages juxtapose a Warhol image with a well-chosen morsel of text. Drawn from diverse sources, including The Andy Warhol Diaries, the texts illuminate the images with useful tidbits of insider information. Reproductions of Warhol's work reveal his extraordinary range and inventiveness, from the delicate, lyrical drawing for a jazz record cover from the 1950s to rueful self-portrait photos in drag from the early 1980s. Of course, much of the famous work is here as wellthe Death and Disaster Series, the Brillo boxes, the Three Marilyns, the celebrity portraits of the 1070s, the collaborations with the Velvet Underground. One of the most intriguing aspects of the book is the way it uses Warhol's vast personal collection of ephemera to show how a newspaper headline, shop window or movie star magazine could inform the look of his art. This great compendium of Warholiana is marred only by the occasionally smug, fanzine tone of remarks by The Andy Warhol Museum staff. Theres no need to overstate the case for Warhol; his outsized reputation is secure. --Cathy Curtis [via]
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Annotated Ultimate Alphabetby Mike WilksISBN 0805009183 (0-8050-0918-3)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Art: A World Historyby Arte Storia Universale. EnglishISBN 0789423820 (0-7894-2382-0)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art: A World History'Book summary:Like a visit to a single museum that happens to house all the major works from all the major movements in art, architecture, and visual and decorative arts, this hefty tome lives up to its title. From pre-history to present day, cave paintings to computer art, it delivers on its promise to bring together "art from every age and from every corner of the world." In 720 pages and more than 2,200 color illustrations, this includes, in addition to the traditional disciplines, fashion, advertisement, performance art and theater, and computer-generated virtual art. Readers can research, peruse, study, or simply flip through the history of art, arranged geographically and chronologically and placed in social and historical context. Call-out boxes focus on particularly important features of the period, culture, or environment under examination, and summary timelines highlight whole chapters in a few pages and break up running text on each page. This makes for busy pages, chock-full of textual and visual information, but if anyone can successfully present too much information, it's Dorling Kindersley. There's even a section on the aesthetic importance of nouvelle cuisine, a late 20th century style of preparing and presenting food. You can't get that in Gardner's. [via]
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Art : A World Historyby Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff, Giorgio TaborelliISBN 078948904X (0-7894-8904-X)
Softcover, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art : A World History'Book summary:Like a visit to a single museum that happens to house all the major works from all the major movements in art, architecture, and visual and decorative arts, this hefty tome lives up to its title. From pre-history to present day, cave paintings to computer art, it delivers on its promise to bring together "art from every age and from every corner of the world." In 720 pages and more than 2,200 color illustrations, this includes, in addition to the traditional disciplines, fashion, advertisement, performance art and theater, and computer-generated virtual art. Readers can research, peruse, study, or simply flip through the history of art, arranged geographically and chronologically and placed in social and historical context. Call-out boxes focus on particularly important features of the period, culture, or environment under examination, and summary timelines highlight whole chapters in a few pages and break up running text on each page. This makes for busy pages, chock-full of textual and visual information, but if anyone can successfully present too much information, it's Dorling Kindersley. There's even a section on the aesthetic importance of nouvelle cuisine, a late 20th century style of preparing and presenting food. You can't get that in Gardner's. [via]
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Art Nouveauby Stephen EscrittISBN 0714838225 (0-7148-3822-5)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Art Nouveau and the Eroticby Ghislaine WoodISBN 0810942135 (0-8109-4213-5)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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The Art of Lord Leightonby Christopher NewallISBN 0714829579 (0-7148-2957-9)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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The Art of the Lion Kingby Christopher FinchISBN 0786861843 (0-7868-6184-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Lion King'Book summary:Lush, color artwork from Disney's new animated film--in all stages, from conceptual to finished, is accompanied by a narrative that retells the story of the film and an afterword revealing the inspiration behind the art. 25,000 first printing. [via]
The Art of the Pre-Raphaelitesby Elizabeth PrettejohnISBN 0691070571 (0-691-07057-1)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Balthusby Stanislas Klossowski de RolaISBN 0810921197 (0-8109-2119-7)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Blue: The History of a Colorby Michel PastoureauISBN 0691090505 (0-691-09050-5)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Bonnardby John Elderfield, Sarah WhitfieldISBN 0810940213 (0-8109-4021-3)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bonnard'Book summary:It seems somehow revolutionary that a turquoise-blue painting graces the cover of Bonnard, the catalog accompanying a 1998 exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The color of the endpapers--deep yellow--tells readers that even the book designers know with which end of the color spectrum most viewers associate this sensuous painter. The translucent-looking, sun-struck, golden woman in the bathtub--the artist's wife and favorite model--is so emblazoned on our memories that it takes an exhibition like the one documented in this book to remind viewers of Bonnard's extraordinary range as a colorist.
The early, intimate, Nabi paintings are often dark, with figures that stand out like candle flames in shadowy interiors. But Bonnard's use of umber, sienna, and various blacks--occasionally in the shape of a dachshund--is forever part of what makes those brilliant reds and oranges sing. Even 60 years into his career, the painter gave full range to his palette, balancing the most highly colored canvasses with others of pale, soft grays. Those readers who have been succored on the 1984 Phillips Collection catalogue will find MoMA's new one every bit as nourishing. [via]
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Boundariesby Maya Ying LinISBN 0743299590 (0-7432-9959-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Bruegelby Keith RobertsISBN 0714822396 (0-7148-2239-6)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourselfby Lucia CapacchioneISBN 0804007985 (0-8040-0798-5)
Softcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself'Book summary:A recognized classic in the field of art therapy and creativity, this book is a perfect guide to discovering and releasing your inner potential through writing and drawing. It contains over 50 writing and drawing exercises to help you find and love one's self, get in touch with ones' feelings, and dreams. It will also show you how to:[via]
* Play with new media of expression (color, images, symbols).
* Sort out the seemingly random experiences in your life.
* Deal with creative blocks to get a clearer picture of your potential and how to use it.
* Define and implement changes.
* Enrich your relationship with yourself and others.
Written for both novice and veteran journal keeper, as well as group leaders and counselors, it is a visually stunning book illustrated by the author, her students and clients.More editions of The Creative Journal: The Art of Finding Yourself:
Dawn of Artby Jean-Marie Chauvet, Eliette Brunel Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, Jean Clottes, Paul G. BahnISBN 0810932326 (0-8109-3232-6)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Degasby Edgar Degas, Keith Roberts, Helen LangdonISBN 071482240X (0-7148-2240-X)
Softcover, Phaidon
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Degasby Keith RobertsISBN 0714827576 (0-7148-2757-6)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Disney Animationby Frank Thomas, Ollie JohnstonISBN 0792440854 (0-7924-4085-4)
Hardcover, Bdd Promotional Book Co
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Disney's Art of Animation No. 2 : From Mickey Mouse, to Herculesby Bob ThomasISBN 0786862416 (0-7868-6241-6)
Hardcover, Hyperion Press
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, Anna Amari-Parker, Gustave DoreISBN 0785821201 (0-7858-2120-1)
Hardcover, Chartwell Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:Long narrative poem originally titled Commedia (about 1555 printed as La divina commedia) written about 1310-14 by Dante. The work is divided into three major sections--Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso--which trace the journey of a man from darkness and error to the revelation of the divine light, culminating in the beatific vision of God. It is usually held to be one of the world's greatest works of literature. The plot of The Divine Comedy is simple: a man is miraculously enabled to visit the souls in Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. He has two guides: Virgil, who leads him through the Inferno and Purgatorio, and Beatrice, who introduces him to Paradiso. Through these fictional encounters taking place from Good Friday evening in 1300 through Easter Sunday and slightly beyond, Dante the character learns of the exile that is awaiting him (an actual exile that had already occurred at the time of writing). This device allowed Dante not only to create a story out of his exile but also to explain how he came to cope with personal calamity and to offer suggestions for the resolution of Italy's troubles as well.[via]More editions of The Divine Comedy:
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis CaryISBN 0766181847 (0-7661-8184-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:1909. The Divine Comedy is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. [via]
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Drawing for Dummiesby Brenda HoddinottISBN 076455476X (0-7645-5476-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drawing for Dummies'Book summary:On a simple piece of paper, a fierce bird of prey can swoop down upon its terrified victim, an adoring father can share laughter with the infant daughter cradled in his arms, raindrops can glisten on the hood of a vintage sports car, a lightening bolt can cut across the night, offering a glimpse of trees ominously silhouetted against the blackness. Drawing can enrich your life in extraordinary and unexpected ways. Drawing your everyday experiences can change how you and others see the world, while drawing from imagination can give rise to fantastic new worlds. And, despite what you may believe, its something just about anyone can learn to do.
Drawing For Dummies offers you a fun, easy way to learn drawing basics. Its author, professional illustrator and long-time art educator Brenda Hoddinott, has a simple philosophythat only you can teach you to draw. With that in mind, she arms you with the tools you need to explore the basics and then coaches you through 30 hands-on drawing projects. You'll quickly
- Conquer the basics of line and shading
- Develop an eye for basic shapes and contours
- Discover how to create the illusion of three dimensions
- Render still-life subjects and landscapes
- Bring animals and people to vivid life on the page
Brenda helps you tune into your right brain and see the world as an artist does. Youll discover how to break things down into basic lines and shapes and then reassemble them on the page. Other topics covered include:
- Understanding and exercising the basic skills of drawing lines and shapes, adding life and depth with shading, and rendering textures
- Mastering the fundamentals of composition and planning drawings
- Creating lifelike doodles and cartoon characters
- Drawing the natural environment including both plants and animals
- Keeping a sketchbook and drawing from memory
- Drawing people, starting with babies and exploring the human face from childhood to old age
Its never too late to unleash the artist within. Let Drawing For Dummies put you on the road of discovery and self-expression through drawing. [via]
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The Essential Calvin and Hobbesby Bill WattersonISBN 0740730126 (0-7407-3012-6)
Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Fayby William WegmanISBN 0786864869 (0-7868-6486-9)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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The Forest Loverby Susan VreelandISBN 0786263962 (0-7862-6396-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Gombrich on the Renaissance: Norm and Formby E. H. GombrichISBN 0714823805 (0-7148-2380-5)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gombrich on the Renaissance: Norm and Form'Book summary:These classic studies on the interpretation of images are essential reading for all students of Renaissance art; they also take their rightful place as seminal texts that have themselves helped to shape the evolving discipline of art history. Many of the essays focus on the greatest artists of the Renaissance -- notably Botticelli, Leonardo, Raphael and Michelangelo -- and all reflect the author's deep and abiding concern with standards, values and problems of method. Yet Gombrich never loses sight of the works of art he is investigating, and he brings to all his analyses and interpretations an original and powerful intelligence, unfailing clarity of expression and immense learning.
These four volumes have a permanent value and represent a vitally important humanistic tradition in scholarship and criticism. [via]
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Gray's Anatomyby Klaus Wolff, Henry Gray, Richard WinkelmanISBN 0721691285 (0-7216-9128-5)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gray's Anatomy'Book summary:The leg bone's connected to the hip bone, and so on. For many of us, anatomy can seem intimidating and unrewarding, but the right teacher can clear such feelings away in a heartbeat. Our fascination with our bodies is a powerful force, and once we start looking, we find that beauty is much more than skin-deep.
It so happens that the right teacher can take the form of a book. Gray's Anatomy is one of those few titles that practically everybody has heard of, and with good reason--it is a scientific and artistic triumph. Not just a dry index of parts and names, Gray's lets the natural beauty and grace of the body's interconnected systems and structures shine forth from the page. Using sumptuous illustrations and clear, matter-of-fact descriptions, Dr. Gray unleashed a classic on the world more than 100 years ago. Its clarity and usefulness keep it in print today. Whether you want to understand yourself or others, knowledge of our physical parts and how they fit together is essential. Gray's Anatomy provides that information in a simple, timeless format that cleanly dissects a body of knowledge grown over centuries. This book will not only fill the needs of people in the medical profession, but will please artists and naturalists as well. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black Americaby Deborah Willis, David L. Lewis, David C. DriskellISBN 0810910993 (0-8109-1099-3)
Hardcover, The Studio Museum in Harlem
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The Headless Bustby Edward GoreyISBN 0747550395 (0-7475-5039-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Headless Bust'Book summary:With The Headless Bust, Edmund Gravel and the Bahum Bug from Gorey's "Dispirited and Distasteful" Christmas tale, The Haunted Tea-Cosy, have returned to usher in the New Year. The story, told in verse, takes up just after Edmund's riotous party. He and the Bug are whisked off to a faraway village for another round of strange and vaguely eerie encounters. Fans of Gorey's distinctive ink drawings, tending toward the well-dressed and slightly mad, will not be disappointed--they make for an engrossing book with or without the accompanying deliciously odd text. ("Reversing at a tango tea/ In Snogg's Casino-not-on-Sea/ L-- tripped and cried, 'I am afraid/ They tampered with the marmalade.'") There is also plenty to be had for aficionados of the mysterious little rituals, mentioned nonchalantly, that seem so logical to the inhabitants of Gorey's bizarre world--the Bandage Folder's Ball being a head-cocking highlight. The Headless Bust is perfect for a winter's read by the fireplace, just before drifting off into fruitcake-induced dreams. --Ali Davis [via]
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How Prints Look: Photographs with Commentaryby William M. Ivins, Marjorie B. CohnISBN 0807066478 (0-8070-6647-8)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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How to Survive and Prosper As an Artist: Selling Yourself Without Selling Your Soulby Caroll MichelsISBN 0805068007 (0-8050-6800-7)
Softcover, Owl Books
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The Illusion of Life: Disney Animationby Frank Thomas, Ollie JohnstonISBN 0786860707 (0-7868-6070-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation'Book summary:The most complete book ever written on the subject, this is the fascinating inside story, told by two long-term Disney animators, of the gradual perfection of a relatively young and particularly American art form--which no other movie studio has been able to equal. [via]
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The Immaculate Deceptionby Iain PearsISBN 0743272412 (0-7432-7241-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Immaculate Deception'Book summary:From internationally bestselling author Iain Pears comes the seventh in his Jonathan Argyll series -- an intriguing mystery of love, loss, and artistic license.
For newlywed and Italian art theft squad head Flavia di Stefano, the honeymoon is over when a painting, borrowed from the Louvre and en route to a celebratory exhibition, is stolen. Desperate to avoid public embarrassment -- and to avoid paying a ransom -- the Italian prime minister leans hard on Flavia to get it back quickly and quietly.
Across town, her husband, art historian Jonathan Argyll, begins an investigation of his own, tracing the past of a small Renaissance painting -- an Immaculate Conception -- owned by Flavia's mentor, retired general Taddeo Bottando. Soon both husband and wife uncover astonishing and chilling secrets, and Flavia's investigation takes a sudden turn from the search for an art thief to the hunt for a murderer.
In Ruinsby Christopher WoodwardISBN 070116896X (0-7011-6896-X)
Hardcover, Chatto & Windus
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Islamic Designsby Eva WilsonISBN 0714180661 (0-7141-8066-1)
Hardcover, British Museum Publications
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Jackson Pollockby Ellen G. LandauISBN 0810937026 (0-8109-3702-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Kiki's Paris: Artists and Lovers 1900-1930by Billy Kluver, Julie MartinISBN 0810925915 (0-8109-2591-5)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintingsby Pietro C. Marani, Da Vinci LeonardoISBN 0810935813 (0-8109-3581-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leonardo Da Vinci: The Complete Paintings'Book summary:In this magnificent book, Pietro Marani, the director of the project to restore Leonardo's Last Supper, presents all the artist's known paintings. The history and significance of each are analysed at length: we read, for example, that "from a very early date", Mona Lisa was considered among Leonardo's most extraordinary accomplishments, one that made every other artist "tremble and lose heart". Context is provided by a wealth of related paintings and sketches. The presentation is extravagant: double-foldouts show frescoes in their entirety, and small areas are hugely expanded to give access to a world of sensuous detail. The intimacy of these extreme details--a tiny blue landscape glimpsed through a window, or the warm flesh of a baby's foot resting on its mother's arm--is unexpected and one of the book's many successes.
Marani combines connoisseurship with the technological tools of art history, such as x-ray exploration of revisions in a painting's underdrawings. He has spent his life studying Leonardo's paintings at first hand, so closely that he can point to where the artist lightly blurred layers of paint with his fingertips to suggest the soft skin around the eyes of his portraits of women. A chapter is devoted to Marani's belief that Leonardo was profoundly influenced by ancient art works rather than being exclusively the "modern genius" described by Romantic critics. The research is fully footnoted, with appendices including checklists of paintings and lost paintings and a collection of all the known primary documents referring directly to Leonardo's life. From its enigmatic cover (the lips of the artist's exquisite portrait of Ginevra de' Benci) to its extensive bibliography, Leonardo da Vinci comes the closest this reviewer has seen to being the ultimate art book. --John Stevenson [via]
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The Look of the Centuryby Michael TombiniISBN 0789446359 (0-7894-4635-9)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Look of the Century'Book summary:Michael Tambini, founder of Pentagram Design in London, presents The Look of the Century, a thorough yet concise wrap-up of the most outstanding designs of the last 100 years. A record of human inventiveness, as well as of human consumption, this weighty little softcover volume (512 pages) looks at various stylistic movements, their leaders, and the key developments and innovations that have shaped our aesthetic environment. Chock-a-block with thousands of small color reproductions and written in an extremely accessible style, this book serves as a kind of field guide to the world of products. It is organized into sections on each of the various rooms in a house and chapters on leisure, transportation, the office, graphics, advertising, and packaging. Form, craft, detail, size, longevity, availability, and cost are addressed for each item. And more complex issues like the impact of assembly-line production, the phenomenon of mass consumption, the notion of corporate identity, the consequences of the design industry for the environment, and the effects of computers on product forms and their construction are explored as well. Also included is an A to Z of designers' biographies, as well as a glossary of terms. --A.C. Smith [via]
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Magritte, the True Art of Paintingby Rene Magritte, Harry Torczyner, Bella BessardISBN 0810921723 (0-8109-2172-3)
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The Masterworks of the Impressionistsby Douglas ManneringISBN 076519693X (0-7651-9693-X)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Meditations on a Hobby Horse: And Other Essays on the Theory of Artby E. H. GombrichISBN 0714832456 (0-7148-3245-6)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Meditations on a Hobby Horse: And Other Essays on the Theory of Art'Book summary:Originally published in 1963, this book was the first volume to be published in the author's long and distinguished series of collected essays. In it he addresses fundamental questions about the nature of artistic achievement, the criteria of artistic value, and the role of language in understanding and interpreting images. These essays explore the problematic character of metaphors, analogies, symbols, myths, conventions and traditions in art and art-historical writing, and investigate the notions of representation, expression, abstraction and illusion. [via]
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Merchants and Masterpieces: The Story of the Metropolitan Museum of Artby Calvin TomkinsISBN 0805010343 (0-8050-1034-3)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Michelangelo: Paintings, Sculpture, Architectureby Ludwig Goldscheider, Michelangelo BuonarrotiISBN 0714832960 (0-7148-3296-0)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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Monetby Robert Gordon, Claude Monet, Andrew ForgeISBN 0810913127 (0-8109-1312-7)
Hardcover, Abrams
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Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Lettersby Richard Kendall, Bridget Strevens RomerISBN 0785806709 (0-7858-0670-9)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Myths and Symbols in Indian Art and Civilizationby Heinrich Zimmer, Joseph CampbellISBN 069109800X (0-691-09800-X)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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N. C. Wyethby Kate F. JenningsISBN 0785802193 (0-7858-0219-3)
Hardcover, Book Sales, Incorporated
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Noah's Arkby Rien PoortvlietISBN 0810913712 (0-8109-1371-2)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Norm and Formby E. H. GombrichISBN 0714818321 (0-7148-1832-1)
Hardcover, Phaidon
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Norman Rockwell: A Sixty Year Retrospective.by Norman RockwellISBN 081090456X (0-8109-0456-X)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norman Rockwell: A Sixty Year Retrospective.'Book summary:Received as a gift a number of years ago -- I carefully looked through the book and packed away -- DJ is missing and priced accordingly. ABSOLUTELY NO overstock/ remainder black marker slashes on page edges. Hardcover book is PRISTINE and CRISP! Pictorial hardcover has no blemishes --Book looks just like picture -- Book is crisp, tight, clean -- you'll hear the book CRACK when opened!! - Published byhARRY aBRAMS, 1972. From a dry/smoke free environment --- Book has NO names, tears, inscriptions, highlights, underlines, dog ears, loose pages. An exceptional copy! GIFT QUALITY!! NOT ex-library book with markings. I ship daily. Carefully packaged with bubble wrap for the journey and I provide email verification at time of shipment. Delivered in 6 -14 days (Standard) or 3 - 6 days (Expedited)-- additional delivery time required for AK, HI and APO. Book will ship same or next day! Customer service and satisfaction is a priority. Know EXACTLY what you are buying with my detailed description -- Full disclosure on all books all the time! Buy with confidence from an Amazon Pro-Merchant. Double click on our name -RED BICYCLE BOOKS - and find our STOREFRONT where you can see our complete and current inventory. [via]
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Of Human Bondageby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 0735101213 (0-7351-0121-3)
Hardcover, Replica Books
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Outlines of Chinese Symbolism and Art Motives: An Alphabetical Compendium of Antique Legends and Beliefs, as Reflected in the Manners and Customs of the Chineseby C. A. S. WilliamsISBN 080481127X (0-8048-1127-X)
Hardcover, C. E. Tuttle Co
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Picasso and the Girl With a Ponytailby Laurence AnholtISBN 0764150316 (0-7641-5031-6)
Hardcover, Barrons Juveniles
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Picasso: Master of the New Ideaby Marie-Laure Bernadac, Paule Dubouchet, Carey LovelaceISBN 0810928027 (0-8109-2802-7)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Picasso MOAby Hans L. C. JaffeISBN 0810914808 (0-8109-1480-8)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Pieter Bruegelby Philippe Robets-Jones, Francoise Roberts-JonesISBN 0810935317 (0-8109-3531-7)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Pre-Raphaelite VisionISBN 0714832529 (0-7148-3252-9)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:The series has always been highly regarded for its insight and authority, providing an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each volume contains an introductory essay, forty-eight full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white. [via]
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The Pre-Raphaelitesby Andrea RoseISBN 0714817910 (0-7148-1791-0)
Hardcover, Phaidon
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Scribes and Illuminatorsby Christopher De HamelISBN 0802077072 (0-8020-7707-2)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scribes and Illuminators'Book summary:Illuminated manuscripts survive in great numbers from the Middle Ages. They are often beautifully preserved, enabling us to appreciate the skilled design and craftsmanship of the people who created them.
Christopher de Hamel describes each stage of production from the preparation of the vellum, pens, paints and inks to the writing of the scripts and the final decoration and illumination of the book. He then examines the role of the stationer or bookshop in co-ordinating book production and describes the supply of exemplars and the accuracy of texts. He follows the careers of a number of specific scribes and illuminators who emerge not as anonymous monks but as identifiable professional lay artisans. He also looks at those who bought the completed books, why they did so, and how much they paid.
His survey ranges from the eleventh century through the golden age of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries to the luxurious manuscripts existing at the invention of printing.
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Seven Dada Manifestos and Lampisteriesby Tristan Tzara, Francis Picabia, Barbara WrightISBN 0714537624 (0-7145-3762-4)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Sister Wendy's Book of Meditationsby Wendy BeckettISBN 0789437465 (0-7894-3746-5)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Talking to the Sun: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems for Young Peopleby Kenneth Koch, Kate FarrellISBN 0805001441 (0-8050-0144-1)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Treasures of the Louvreby Michel LaclotteISBN 0789204061 (0-7892-0406-1)
Hardcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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Van Goghby Meyer SchapiroISBN 0810917335 (0-8109-1733-5)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Van Gogh in Saint Remy and Auversby Ronald PickvanceISBN 0810917343 (0-8109-1734-3)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Visual Faith: Art, Theology, and Worship in Dialogueby William A. DyrnessISBN 0801022975 (0-8010-2297-5)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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