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Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Graphic Worksby Ann BridgesISBN 0517541890 (0-517-54189-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Art of Arts: Rediscovering Paintingby Anita Albus, Michael RobertsonISBN 0520229649 (0-520-22964-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Art of Dora Carringtonby Jane HillISBN 0500278571 (0-500-27857-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Art of Egypt: The Time of the Pharaohs.by Irmgard WolderingISBN 0517508389 (0-517-50838-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Art of Natural History: Animal Illustrators and Their Workby S. Peter DanceISBN 0517696290 (0-517-69629-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Art of Robert Batemanby Robert Bateman, Ramsay DerryISBN 067013497X (0-670-13497-X)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Atlas of Middle-Earthby Karen Wynn FonstadISBN 0618126996 (0-618-12699-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Atlas of Middle-Earth'Book summary:The publishing world is full of Tolkien spinoff products, some trivial and ephemeral--but some, like this thoroughly researched atlas, are genuinely classy. Karen Wynn Fonstad is a qualified geographer and cartographer who first mapped Middle-Earth in 1981 and has since added much new detail based on those endless volumes of drafts, abandoned passages, alternative versions, and laundry lists published since Tolkien's death. She fills in gaps and details in the familiar Third Age maps from The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, goes back in time to map Middle-Earth's First and Second Ages, and reconstructs the route and timescale of every important journey in the stories. There are local maps of key places like the Mines of Moria, Lothlorien, Isengard, Minas Tirth, the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and the volcanic Mount Doom. War maps cover the saga's notable battles, up to the hopeless last stand at Mordor gate and the tiny later skirmish known in Shire records as the Battle of Bywater. Thematic maps show Middle-Earth's distribution of climate, geological features, vegetation, people, and (most importantly to Tolkien) languages.... It's all done tremendously seriously and would make a fine gift for enthusiastic Tolkien fans, except that they'll have bought it already. --David Langford, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Barcelonaby Robert HughesISBN 0679743839 (0-679-74383-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Beautiful Loot: Russia's Treasure Troves of Stolen Art from World War IIby Konstantin Akinsha, Grigorii KozlovISBN 0679443894 (0-679-44389-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Chasing Cezanneby Peter MayleISBN 067978120X (0-679-78120-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Cindy Sherman: Retrospectiveby Amelia Jones, Cindy Sherman, Amanda Cruz, Elizabeth A.T. Smith, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, Ill.)ISBN 050027987X (0-500-27987-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Cult of Elizabeth: Elizabethan Portraiture and Pageantryby Roy StrongISBN 0520058410 (0-520-05841-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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David to Delacroixby Walter F. FriedlaenderISBN 0674194012 (0-674-19401-2)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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A Dictionary of Symbolsby Alain Gheerbrant, Jean ChevalierISBN 0631192654 (0-631-19265-4)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 0691018952 (0-691-01895-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.
"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor" [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante AlighieriISBN 0520027124 (0-520-02712-4)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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In this new rendition of a timeless classic, Italian scholar Elio Zappulla captures the majesty and enduring power of the Inferno, the first of the three canticles of Dante's The Divine Comedy, unarguably one of the masterpieces of world literature. Rendering Dante's terza rima into lyrical blank verse, Zappulla's translation makes accessible to the modern reader the journey of the famed Florentine poet Dante through the nine circles of hell. With Virgil at his side, the great poet descends through horrific landscapes of the damned--dark forests, boiling muck, and burning plains filled with unspeakable punishment, lamentation, and terror--depicted with gruesome detail unmatched in all literature. Richly annotated, this translation takes even the first-time reader on a truth-seeking journey whose imaginative and psychological discoveries make clear why this work persists at the heart of Western culture.
"If Dante's Inferno is a cautionary tale of the history of human depravity, it is also an amazingly complex narrative, treating timeless ethical themes, medieval philosophy and religion, tendentious political issues and deeply personal events."--San Diego Union-Tribune
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Drawing from Natureby Jim AronskyISBN 0688070752 (0-688-07075-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Ageby Simon SchamaISBN 0679781242 (0-679-78124-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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"History on the grand scale...An ambitious portrait of one of the most remarkable episodes in modern history."--New York Times
"Wonderfully inclusive; with wit and intense curiosity he teases out meaning from every aspect of Dutch seventeenth-century life."--Robert Hughes [via]More editions of The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age:
Figure Drawing for All It's Worthby Loomis&ISBN 067031255X (0-670-31255-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Florence Baptistery Doorsby David Finn, Kenneth Clark, George RobinsonISBN 067031997X (0-670-31997-X)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos A New Aesthetic of Art, Science, and Natureby John BriggsISBN 0671742175 (0-671-74217-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Fractals permeate our lives, appearing in places as tiny as the surface of a virus and as majestic as the Grand Canyon. From ancient tribal peoples to modern painters to the animators of "Star Wars," artists have been captivated by fractals and have utilized them in their work. Computer buffs are wild about fractals as well, for they can be generated on ordinary home computers.
In "Fractals: The Patterns of Chaos," science writer John Briggs uses over 170 illustrations to clearly explain the significance -- and more importantly, the beauty -- of fractals. He describes how fractals were discovered, how they are formed, and the unique properties different fractals share. "Fractals" is a breathtaking guided tour of a brand new aesthetic of art, science, and nature. It will revolutionize the way you see the world and your place within it.
* Contains a special bibliography listing fractal generating software for desktop computers
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The Great Book of French Impressionismby Horst KellerISBN 0517374595 (0-517-37459-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Great Encyclopedia of Faeriesby Roland Sabatier, Pierre Dubois, Claudine SabatierISBN 0684869578 (0-684-86957-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Encyclopedia of Faeries'Book summary:They are known as the Little People, the Beautiful Maidens, the Godmothers, the Blessed, the Ageless Ones...for it is dangerous to say the name "faeries" without good reason. Ruling over earth, air, fire, and water, they protect forests, animals, and children, and in their hands lie the dreamy souls of all creatures.
The faeries rose from the mist long, long ago, in the time of the Golden Age -- well before the creation of gods and men. In their magical fancy they created the singing grasses and the reflection of springs, the music of legends and the far side of the mirror. From the Valkyries of Valhalla to the Babouchka of Russia, Banshees, Dryads, Bogey Beasts, Sirens, and their ilk populate the imaginations and the forests of every culture.
In this comprehensive celebration of the world of faery, renowned French elficologist Pierre Dubois describes the extraordinary richness of the faery kingdom, presenting dozens and dozens of lushly illustrated entries on the most powerful and enchanting denizens of this magical world. Dubois provides readers with authoritative information detailing the customs, habitat, and activities of these Little People. Faery Godmothers, we discover, were originally tall, distinguished, and rather severe; only recently have they taken up the magic wands and cheerful smiles we know them for today. We learn that the favorite foods of the Arthurian faery Viviane are the blackberries that surround Merlin's tomb. And among the customs and activities of the Bogey Beast, the prime goal is indeed to scare little children...if only for their protection.
Dubois's entrancing descriptions are accompanied by Roland and Claudine Sabatier's marvelous illustrations, which depict the appearance of the faeries, the places where they are found, and their familiar objects. Without revealing any faery confidences (which must never be betrayed), Dubois and the Sabatiers have created a comprehensive and utterly enchanting survey of a magical world as old as time. [via]
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Hogarth and His Times: Serious Comedyby David BindmanISBN 0520213009 (0-520-21300-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hogarth and His Times: Serious Comedy'Book summary:The reputation of William Hogarth (1697-1764) rests largely on his pictorial stories, a series of engravings that he called "modern Moral Subjects," the most famous being the Harlot's and the Rake's Progress. In this catalog, David Bindman works backward from Hogarth's reputation today--where he is seen by some as a conservative populist and by others as a political radical--and examines his impact on various artists over the past three centuries. Bindman also sets Hogarth's prints firmly in their historical context, discussing the artist's public and the different influences on his work, from Roman satire to the politics of the day. The result is an engaging and insightful portrayal not only of William Hogarth, but also of the middle years of the eighteenth century. Art lovers will enjoy this book, but so too will anyone with an interest in the literature and history of the mid-eighteenth century.[via]More editions of Hogarth and His Times: Serious Comedy:
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Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat: A Calvin and Hobbes Collectionby Bill WattersonISBN 0606094288 (0-606-09428-8)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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I Love My Mommy Becauseby Laurel Porter-Gaylord, Ashley WolffISBN 0525472479 (0-525-47247-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Love My Mommy Because'Book summary:[via]"I love my mommy because she gives me great big hugs."
"I love my daddy because he takes naps with me."
These two beloved, best-selling concept books, richly illustrated by Ashley Wolff, are now available as board books for small hands. The youngest nursery tots will appreciate how phrases and actions from their own experiences also apply to animal babies. Each book begins with an affectionate scene between a human parent and child, but moves on to care giving in animal families. "She listens when I talk" shows a mamma cat and her mewing kitten. "She tucks me in features a kangaroo with her joey peeking out of her pouch. "He sings me songs" shows a gray wolf and his cub. In concept, text, and art, these are among the most warm and reassuring lap books ever.
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I, Leonardoby Ralph SteadmanISBN 0671437593 (0-671-43759-3)
Hardcover, Granite Impex Ltd
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The Illustrated Old Possum: Old Possum's Book of Practical Catsby T. S. Eliot, Nicolas BentleyISBN 0571067751 (0-571-06775-1)
Hardcover, Faber
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Image of the People: Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolutionby T. J. ClarkISBN 050027245X (0-500-27245-X)
Softcover, Thames and Hudson
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Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Artby Michael CamilleISBN 0674443624 (0-674-44362-4)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Infernoby Dante AlighieriISBN 0553213393 (0-553-21339-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inferno'Book summary:"As poetry, Mr. Zappulla's English Dante is successful--. The power of Dante's descriptive poetry should be apparent, and that is perhaps the highest compliment one can pay a translator."--Washington Times
In this new rendition of a timeless classic, Italian scholar Elio Zappulla captures the majesty and enduring power of the Inferno, the first of the three canticles of Dante's The Divine Comedy, unarguably one of the masterpieces of world literature. Rendering Dante's terza rima into lyrical blank verse, Zappulla's translation makes accessible to the modern reader the journey of the famed Florentine poet Dante through the nine circles of hell. With Virgil at his side, the great poet descends through horrific landscapes of the damned--dark forests, boiling muck, and burning plains filled with unspeakable punishment, lamentation, and terror--depicted with gruesome detail unmatched in all literature. Richly annotated, this translation takes even the first-time reader on a truth-seeking journey whose imaginative and psychological discoveries make clear why this work persists at the heart of Western culture.
"If Dante's Inferno is a cautionary tale of the history of human depravity, it is also an amazingly complex narrative, treating timeless ethical themes, medieval philosophy and religion, tendentious political issues and deeply personal events."--San Diego Union-Tribune [via]More editions of Inferno:
- Inferno: ISBN 0679757082 (0-679-75708-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Inferno: ISBN 0679642617 (0-679-64261-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Inferno: ISBN 0691018324 (0-691-01832-4)
Softcover, Princeton University Press - Inferno : A New Verse Translation: ISBN 0679442804 (0-679-44280-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group - Inferno: ISBN 0679602097 (0-679-60209-7)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Inferno: ISBN 0553213393 (0-553-21339-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
- Inferno: ISBN 0679757082 (0-679-75708-2)
It Happened in Boston?by Russell H. GreenanISBN 0553257188 (0-553-25718-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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It's a Magical World: A Calvin and Hobbes Collectionby Bill WattersonISBN 0606127445 (0-606-12744-5)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Jackson Pollock : An American Geniusby Gregory W. Smith, Steven W. NaifehISBN 0517560844 (0-517-56084-4)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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James Joyce : Dubliners, a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Chamber Musicby James JoyceISBN 051708239X (0-517-08239-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Johannes Vermeerby Mike VeneziaISBN 0516269992 (0-516-26999-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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John James Audubonby Margot Keam ClearyISBN 0517065150 (0-517-06515-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Katie and the Sunflowersby James MayhewISBN 053130325X (0-531-30325-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Keith Haring : The Authorized Biographyby John GruenISBN 0671781502 (0-671-78150-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russiaby Suzanne MassieISBN 0671460595 (0-671-46059-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Land of the Firebird: The Beauty of Old Russia'Book summary:"Land of the Firebird" if an extraordinary story of an extraordinary land. It is a history that, for the first time, captures th eessence of the whole, now-vanished culture of pre-Revolutionary Russia - a culture that was defined for nearly a thousand years by its strength, its race, and the richness of its beauty. [via]
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Letters to a Young Poetby Stephen Mitchell, Rainer Maria RilkeISBN 0679642323 (0-679-64232-3)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to a Young Poet'Book summary:Rilkes Letters to a Young Poet are arguably the most famous and beloved letters of the twentieth century. Written when the poet was himself still a young man, with most of his greatest work before him, they were addressed to a student who had sent Rilke some of his own writing, asking for advice on becoming a writer. The two never met, but over a period of several years Rilke wrote him these ten letters, which have been cherished by hundreds of thousands of readers for what Stephen Mitchell calls in his Foreword the "vibrant and deeply felt experience of life" that informs them. Eloquent and personal, Rilkes meditations on the creative process, the nature of love, the wisdom of children, and the importance of solitude offer a wealth of spiritual and practical guidance for anyone. At the same time, this collection, in Stephen Mitchells definitive translation, reveals the thoughts and feelings of one of the greatest poets and most distinctive sensibilities of the twentieth century. [via]
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Life and Art of Albrecht Durerby E. PanofskyISBN 0691003033 (0-691-00303-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life and Art of Albrecht Durer'Book summary:This classic text presents the life, times, and works of Albrecht Dürer. Through the skill and immense knowledge of Erwin Panofsky, the reader is dazzled not only by Dürer the artist but also Dürer in a wide array of other roles, including mathematician and scientific thinker. Originally published in 1943 in two volumes, The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer met with such wide popular and scholarly acclaim that it led to three editions and then, in 1955, to the first one-volume edition. Without sacrifice of text or illustrations, the book was reduced to this single volume by the omission of the Handlist and Concordance. The new introduction by Jeffrey Chipps Smith reflects upon Panofsky the man, the tumultuous circumstances surrounding the creation of his masterful monograph, its innovative contents, and its early critical reception. Erwin Panofsky was one of the most important art historians of the twentieth century. Panofsky taught for many years at Hamburg University but was forced by the Nazis to leave Germany. He joined the faculty at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1935, where he spent the remainder of his career and wrote The Life and Art of Albrecht Dürer. He developed an iconographic approach to art and interpreted works through an analysis of symbolism, history, and social factors.
This book, one of his most important, is a comprehensive study of painter and printmaker Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), the greatest exponent of northern European Renaissance art. Although an important painter, Dürer was most renowned for his graphic works. Artists across Europe admired and copied his innovative and powerful prints, ranging from religious and mythological scenes to maps and exotic animals. The book covers Dürer's entire career in exacting detail. With multiple indexes and more than three hundred illustrations, it has served as an indispensable reference, remaining crucial to an understanding of the work of the great artist and printmaker. Subsequent Dürer studies have necessarily made reference to Panofsky's masterpiece. Panofsky's work continues to be admired for the author's immense erudition, subtlety of appreciation, technical knowledge, and profound analyses.
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The Lindisfarne Painting Bookby Aidan MeehanISBN 050028184X (0-500-28184-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lindisfarne Painting Book'Book summary:The Lindisfarne Gospels is an eighth-century masterpiece of Celtic illumination. After careful study, Aidan Meehan has beautifully redrawn more than fifty designs that appear on its pages. Each one has been taken from its amazingly intricate background, often extricated from other entangled ornaments, and enlarged. The original manuscript page from which each design is derived is provided so you can refer to reproductions of the gospel book and see the decorative style and colors used by the scribes in the eighth century. Based on the four types of pattern in the Lindisfarne Gospels -- knotwork, spirals, mazes, and animal patterns, with special emphasis on the jewel-like birds and dogs -- the drawings range from simple to complex and will inspire you to try out your own painting techniques and color schemes. [via]
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Magnetic Storm Pby Roger DeanISBN 051755626X (0-517-55626-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Man Ray: American Artistby Neil BaldwinISBN 0517560011 (0-517-56001-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Matisse Storiesby A. S. ByattISBN 067976223X (0-679-76223-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matisse Stories'Book summary:These three stories celebrate the eye even as they reveal its unexpected proximity to the heart. For if each of A.S. Byatt's narratives is in some way inspired by a painting of Henri Matisse, each is also about the intimate connection between seeing and feeling--about the ways in which a glance we meant to be casual may suddenly call forth the deepest reserves of our being. Beautifully written, intensely observed, The Matisse Stories is fiction of spellbinding authority.
"Full of delight and humor...The Matisse Stories is studded with brilliantly apt images and a fine sense for subtleties of conversation and emotion."--San Francisco Chronicle
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Matisse: A Retrospectiveby Jack FlamISBN 0517032929 (0-517-03292-9)
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The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Artby David Lewis-WilliamsISBN 0500284652 (0-500-28465-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art'Book summary:The breathtakingly beautiful art created deep inside the caves of western Europe has the power to dazzle even the most jaded observers.
Emerging from the narrow underground passages into the chambers of caves such as Lascaux, Chauvet, and Altamira, visitors are confronted with symbols, patterns, and depictions of bison, woolly mammoths, ibexes, and other animals.
Since its discovery, cave art has provoked great curiosity about why it appeared when and where it did, how it was made, and what it meant to the communities that created it. David Lewis-Williams proposes that the explanation for this lies in the evolution of the human mind. Cro-Magnons, unlike the Neanderthals, possessed a more advanced neurological makeup that enabled them to experience shamanistic trances and vivid mental imagery. It became important for people to "fix," or paint, these images on cave walls, which they perceived as the membrane between their world and the spirit world from which the visions came. Over time, new social distinctions developed as individuals exploited their hallucinations for personal advancement, and the first truly modern society emerged.
Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are skillfully interwoven here with the still-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries and research. The Mind in the Cave is a superb piece of detective work, casting light on the darkest mysteries of our earliest ancestors while strengthening our wonder at their aesthetic achievements. 87 illustrations, 26 in color [via]More editions of The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art:
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Oh, the Places You'll Go!by SeussISBN 0679805273 (0-679-80527-3)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oh, the Places You'll Go!'Book summary:Inspirational yet honest, and always rhythmically rollicking, Oh, the Places You'll Go! is a perfect sendoff for children, 1 to 100, entering any new phase of their lives. Kindergartners, graduate students, newlyweds, newly employeds--all will glean shiny pearls of wisdom about the big, bountiful future. The incomparable Dr. Seuss rejoices in the potential everyone has to fulfill their wildest dreams: "You'll be on your way up! / You'll be seeing great sights! / You'll join the high fliers / who soar to high heights." At the same time, he won't delude the starry-eyed upstart about the pitfalls of life: "You can get all hung up / in a prickle-ly perch. / And your gang will fly on. / You'll be left in a Lurch."
But fear not! Dr. Seuss, with his inimitable illustrations and exhilarating rhymes, is convinced ("98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed") that success is imminent. As long as you remember "to be dexterous and deft. And NEVER mix up your right foot with your left," things should work out. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Oliviaby Ian FalconerISBN 0689829531 (0-689-82953-1)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Olivia'Book summary:Olivia would be Eloise, if Eloise were a pig. She is good at singing 40 very loud songs and is very good at wearing people out. And scaring the living daylights out of her little brother, Ian, particularly when he copies her every move. She is also quite skilled at reproducing Jackson Pollock's "Autumn Rhythm #30" on the walls at home. When her mother tucks her in at night and says, "You know, you really wear me out. But I love you anyway," Olivia precociously pronounces, "I love you anyway too."
The New Yorker artist Ian Falconer's endearing charcoal portraits of his porcine heroine are spotted with fire-engine red gouache in all the right places--perhaps a tribute to Hilary Knight's red, pink, white, and black celebrations of Olivia's human counterpart? When she dresses up, the bow on her ears, her red lipstick, and her high-heeled shoes are all red. (The only time her shades-of-gray body is pink is when she is sunburned and the area where her bathing suit was is white!) Falconer does a fine job of letting the spare text set up the jokes for the visual punch lines--a dryly humorous interplay that adults will appreciate as much as children.
Preschoolers (and their parents) will see themselves in Olivia--a typical high-energy, over-the-top kid who likes the beach and Degas paintings, but hates naps. On the other hand, she combs her ears and is unusually gifted at sandcastle building. While we are certainly reminded of Eloise, Falconer's portrait is simpler in scope, less demented, and, as a result, less adult. Bottom line: precocious is fun, and we're tickled pink to have Olivia join the parade of, let's just say, individualistic youngsters. (Ages 4 to 8) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Placeby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 0689866372 (0-689-86637-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place'Book summary:Twelve year old Margaret Rose Kane is incorrigible. Not only does she refuse to bend to the will of her manipulative cabin mates at Camp Talequa, she stands up to and inadvertently insults the camp director and Queen-in-residence, Mrs. Kaplan. The intimidating and cruel confrontations that threaten to break Margaret's spririt only serve to strengthen her resolve, and everyone is happy when Margaret is finally banished/rescued from Camp Talequa. Luckily for her, with her parents in Peru, this means she can spend the rest of the summer with her delightfully eccentric Hungarian great-uncles, Alexander and Morris Rose. Margaret adores her great-uncles, and loves the house at 19 Schuyler Place--especially the three peculiar clock towers (tall painted structures covered in pendants made from broken china, crystal, bottles, jars, and clock parts) that the Rose brothers have been building for as long as she can remember. For Margaret and the Rose brothers, the towers represent beauty for beauty's sake--they sparkle in the sun and sing in the wind--they exist only to spread joy. Not everyone loves the towers however, and forty-five years after the birth of the project, the city council declares the towers "unsafe," and demands that they be dismantled and destroyed. Filled with the same fiery resolve that helped her survive Camp Talequa, Margaret (with the help of a handyman named Jake, a loyal dog named Tartufo, and few other unexpected allies) launches a plan to save the towers in the name of art, history, and beauty.
A companion novel to the award-winning author's acclaimed Silent to the Bone, Outcasts is strikingly unique, incredibly interesting, and, with references to "Bartleby the Scrivener", and the rose windows of Notre Dame, exceptionally literary. In other words, The Outcasts of 19 Schuyler Place is vintage Konigsburg. This quirky masterpiece will be enjoyed by young fans of Konigsburgs other erudite works, and Polly Horvaths The Canning Season.. (Ages 10 and older) [via]
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Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante's Divine Comedy by Giovanni di Paoloby Dante Alighieri, John Wyndham Pope-HennessyISBN 0679428054 (0-679-42805-4)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Paradiso: The Illuminations to Dante's Divine Comedy by Giovanni Di Paoloby Giovanni, John Wyndham Pope-HennessyISBN 0679428216 (0-679-42821-6)
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Picassoby Gaston DiehlISBN 0517005018 (0-517-00501-8)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Piero Della Francesca: The Flagellationby Marilyn Aronberg LavinISBN 0670554944 (0-670-55494-4)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0553214047 (0-553-21404-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
The compelling, semiautobiographical story of an artist and his relationship to his culture, his family, and his inner self.
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)by James Joyce, Christopher HansonISBN 0631978100 (0-631-97810-0)
Hardcover, Blackwell
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticismby James JoyceISBN 0670566489 (0-670-56648-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man Text and Criticism'Book summary:Autobiographical novel by James Joyce, published serially in The Egoist in 1914-15 and in book form in 1916; considered by many the greatest bildungsroman in the English language. The novel portrays the early years of Stephen Dedalus, who later reappeared as one of the main characters in Joyce's Ulysses (1922). Each of the novel's five sections is written in a third-person voice that reflects the age and emotional state of its protagonist, from the first childhood memories written in simple, childlike language to Stephen's final decision to leave Dublin for Paris to devote his life to art, written in abstruse, Latin-sprinkled, stream-of-consciousness prose. The novel's rich, symbolic language and brilliant use of stream-of-consciousness foreshadowed Joyce's later work. The work is a drastic revision of an earlier version entitled Stephen Hero and is the second part of Joyce's cycle of works chronicling the spiritual history of humans from Adam's Fall through the Redemption. The cycle began with the short-story collection Dubliners (1914) and continued with Ulysses and Finnegans Wake (1939). [via]
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Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Artsby William S. Burroughs, Robert A. SobieszekISBN 0500974357 (0-500-97435-7)
Softcover, Small Pr Distribution
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts'Book summary:Beat iconoclast turned cultural icon, William S. Burroughs has been practising a postmodern voodoo alchemy, via his cut-up and fold-in collage techniques, that accurately reflect our fragmented, postmodern society and experience. His novels, once banned and condemned, have over the years earned him membership in the American Academy and Institute for Arts and Letters and the title Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. Burroughs was the subject of an exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1996 for which "Ports of Entry" is the catalogue. Sobieszek demonstrates how Burrough's creative practive extends to and permeates most of the arts, how his work has paralleled and in some cases anticipated significant developments in painting, assemblage, music, sculpture, video and film. He discusses and offers illustrations of Burrough's extensive body of visual art, including his collages, photomontages, sculptural assemblages, shotgunned paintings and text-work images. In addition, the text looks at the work of artists, including Brion Gysin, Keith Haring, Philip Taaffe and Robert Rauschenberg, with whom Burroughs has collaborated or has an affinity. [via]
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The Private Life of a Masterpiece: Uncovering the Forgotten Secrets and Hidden Life Histories of Iconic Masterpiecesby Monica Bohm-DuchenISBN 0520233786 (0-520-23378-6)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Smithsonian Book of Booksby Michael OlmertISBN 0517147254 (0-517-14725-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Through the Flower: My Struggle As a Woman Artistby Judy ChicagoISBN 0595380468 (0-595-38046-8)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Touched With Fire: Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperamentby Kay Redfield JamisonISBN 068483183X (0-684-83183-X)
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Treasures of the Smithsonianby Edwards ParkISBN 0517119552 (0-517-11955-2)
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Understanding Art With Infotracby Lois Fichner-RathusISBN 0534613624 (0-534-61362-4)
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Van Gogh and Gauguin: The Studio of the Southby Douglas W. Druick, Britt Salvesen, Andreas Bluhm, Peter Zegers, Kristin Hoermann Lister, Louis VantilborghISBN 0500510547 (0-500-51054-7)
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Victorian Paintersby Jeremy MaasISBN 051767131X (0-517-67131-X)
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What's Bred in the Boneby Robertson DaviesISBN 0670809160 (0-670-80916-0)
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Women of the Bible: With Paintings from the Great Art Museums of the Worldby Carole ArmstrongISBN 0689817282 (0-689-81728-2)
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Yesterday's Tomorrows: Past Visions of the American Futureby Brian Horrigan, Corn, Joseph & Horrigan, BrianISBN 0671541331 (0-671-54133-1)
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