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2002 Artist's & Graphic Designers Marketby Mary CoxISBN 1582970467 (1-58297-046-7)
Softcover, F & W Pubns
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Africa Speaksby Mark GoldblattISBN 157962037X (1-57962-037-X)
Hardcover, Permanent Pr Pub Co
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Algebra and Trigonometry with Analytic Geometryby Arthur B SimonISBN 0716710161 (0-7167-1016-1)
Hardcover, W. H. Freeman
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativityby Julia CameronISBN 1585421464 (1-58542-146-4)
Softcover, J P Tarcher
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity'Book summary:With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.
This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains. [via]
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativityby Mark Bryan, Julia CameronISBN 0874776945 (0-87477-694-5)
Softcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity'Book summary:With the basic principle that creative expression is the natural direction of life, Julia Cameron and Mark Bryan lead you through a comprehensive twelve-week program to recover your creativity from a variety of blocks, including limiting beliefs, fear, self-sabotage, jealousy, guilt, addictions, and other inhibiting forces, replacing them with artistic confidence and productivity.
This book links creativity to spirituality by showing how to connect with the creative energies of the universe, and has, in the four years since its publication, spawned a remarkable number of support groups for artists dedicated to practicing the exercises it contains. [via]
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The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragonby Julia Cameron, Catherine Allen, Mark A. BryanISBN 0688166350 (0-688-16635-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way at Work: Riding the Dragon'Book summary:Adapting their techniques for fostering creativity as a means to spiritual fulfillment for the workplace, the authors of The Artist's Way at Work have shown that people can thrive at their jobs when they take time to nurture their spirit and listen to their thoughts. The book features psychological guidance, anecdotes, and exercises to assist the reader in sorting out the multitude of happenings, commitments, and choices in one's life. Again, these authors of the enormously successful The Artist's Way recommend their fundamental technique of "morning pages"--a kind of free-form journaling--to unravel thoughts and feelings, focus energy, and direct action. The beautiful surprise of this deceivingly simple exercise is that it actually works! It's making the time to do morning pages that's the real battle. But, if you, like so many others, feel swept up by the tidal wave of our fast-paced, noisy culture, then the authors' slow and steady steps toward reclaiming the spiritual self are invaluable. Some of the suggestions and exercises are a bit out of touch with the complex, and often emotionally-charged, political maneuverings of corporate culture, but the aim of cultivating an individual's ingenuity and resourcefulness is effective and expertly structured. Overall, the authors' philosophy boils down to change that begins with a constantly emerging self. With this book's help, you'll not only find how that new self spawns clarity and grace, but how widely their effects can reverberate throughout the workplace. --Karen Karleski [via]
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The Artist's Way Creativity Kitby Julia CameronISBN 0811826368 (0-8118-2636-8)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artist's Way Creativity Kit'Book summary:Like the book on which it is based, The Artist's Way Creativity Kit is an empowering tool for aspiring and working artists alike. The elements within this exquisite box are designed to encourage the establishment of a personal ritual surrounding your creative time. The words of Julia Cameron, author of the best-selling book The Artist's Way, will set you on your way. Inside you will find a contemplative writing journal featuring quotations from creative souls from Shakti Gawain to Leo Tolstoy on the nature of creativity and accompanying questions that allow you apply their wisdom to your life, 75 cards with creative tasks geared toward spontaneity and play, and a packet of sandalwood incense. [via]
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Cat's Eyeby Margaret AtwoodISBN 1853811262 (1-85381-126-2)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat's Eye'Book summary:Cat's Eye is one of Margaret Atwood's most intriguing novels, a ruminative, symbol-laced, and deceptively loose book that encompasses many of the concerns of her earlier works, compounding them with a new awareness of aging and the curious vagaries of memory. Its premise is simple enough: Elaine Risley, a successful painter living on the West Coast, returns to Toronto, the scene of her childhood and artistic development, for a retrospective of her work at an independent feminist gallery. As Risley arrives in Toronto, she begins to examine her past in that city, from her early girlhood through to the final days of her first marriage. Risley's memories dominate the book; her exhibition is a light but important counterpoint to all that has gone before it.
In a sense, Cat's Eye is a feminist deconstruction of the artist's coming-of-age novel, but Risley's feminism is skeptical and detached. Her painful girlhood friendships haunt her through her middle age, and she has far more sympathy for men than she does for the women who have supported her career. As a result, Cat's Eye transcends orthodox feminism and rigorously examines troubling questions of gender, sexuality, and art from a wryly nonpartisan perspective. Fans of Atwood's more recent novels will love Cat's Eye, but it is a book that deserves the attention of her numerous detractors; perhaps it will encourage them to give her a second look. --Jack Illingworth [via]
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The Da Vinci Notebooksby Leonardo, Emma DickensISBN 1559707992 (1-55970-799-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Da Vinci Notebooks'Book summary:DESCRIPTION: For everyone who has read Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, here is an exceptional insight into da Vinci's inner world, a selection of his own words and images--a dazzling array of invention and observation from perhaps the greatest genius of Western civilization. [via]
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Daliby Robert DescharnesISBN 3822802980 (3-8228-0298-0)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dali'Book summary:Picasso called Dali "an outboard motor that's always running." Dali thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis to the art of painting, approaching the subconscious with extraordinary sensitivity and imagination. This lively monograph presents the infamous Surrealist in full color and in his own words. His provocative imagery is all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe. A friend of the artist for over thirty years, privy to the reality behind Dali's public image, author Robert Descharnes is uniquely qualified to analyze Dali - both the man and the myth. [via]
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Dalí : The Paintingsby Gilles Néret, Robert DescharnesISBN 3822812099 (3-8228-1209-9)
Softcover, Taschen America, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dalí : The Paintings'Book summary:Almost half Dalí's illustrations in this book have rarely been seen
This publication presents the entire painted oeuvre of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989). After many years of research, Robert Descharnes and Gilles Néret finally located all the paintings of this highly prolific artist. Many of the works had been inaccessible for years - in fact so many that almost half the illustrations in this book have rarely been seen. [via]
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Diaryby Chuck PalahniukISBN 1400032814 (1-4000-3281-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diary'Book summary:Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, shes now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma after a suicide attempt, but that doesnt stop his clients from threatening Misty with lawsuits over a series of vile messages theyve found on the walls of houses he remodeled.
Suddenly, though, Misty finds her artistic talent returning as she begins a period of compulsive painting. Inspired but confused by this burst of creativity, she soon finds herself a pawn in a larger conspiracy that threatens to cost hundreds of lives. What unfolds is a dark, hilarious story from Americas most inventive nihilist, and Palahniuks most impressive work to date. [via] 
Essential Van Goghby James SmithISBN 0752551434 (0-7525-5143-4)
Hardcover, Parragon Inc
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Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahloby Hayden HerreraISBN 0060085894 (0-06-008589-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Frida Kahloby Hayden HerreraISBN 084781517X (0-8478-1517-X)
Softcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954by Andrea KettenmannISBN 9707180935 (970-718-093-5)
Hardcover, Numen
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954'Book summary:Frida Kahlo (19071954) is one of the most important 20th-century painters and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In the vibrant colors of her native Mexico, she expressed the burdens that weighed upon her soul. Full-color reproductions and thorough text provide a quick yet solid introduction to this master. [via]
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Frida Kahlo : 1907-1954: Pain and Passionby Andrea KettenmannISBN 3822859834 (3-8228-5983-4)
Hardcover, Taschen America, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frida Kahlo : 1907-1954: Pain and Passion'Book summary:The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her work was declared the property of the Mexican state. Kahlo was one of the daughters of an immigrant German photographer and a Mexican woman of Indian origin. Her life and work were more inextricably interwoven than in almost any other artist's case. Two events in her life were of crucial importance. When she was 18, a bus accident put her in hospital for a year with a smashed spinal column and fractured pelvis. It was from her sick bed that she first started to paint. Then, aged 21, she married the world-famous Mexican mural artist Diego Rivera. She was to suffer the effects of the accident her whole life long, and was particularly pained by her inability to have children. Her arresting pictures, most of them small format self-portraits, express the burdens that weighed upon her soul: her unbearable physical pain, the grief that Rivera's occasional affairs prompted, the sorrow about her childlessness caused her, her homesickness when living abroad and her longing to feel that she had put down roots, profound loneliness. However, they also declare her passionate love for her husband, her pronounced sensuousness, and her unwavering survival instinct. [via]
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Frida Kahlo 1907-1954: Pain and Passionby Frida Kahlo, Andrea KettenmannISBN 3822896365 (3-8228-9636-5)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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Georgia O'Keeffeby Georgia O'KeeffeISBN 0140046771 (0-14-004677-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Georgia O'Keeffe'Book summary:The definitive book on Georgia O'Keeffe's work--selected, designed, and supervised by the artist herself, with her own text. Includes 108 magnificent full-color plates, some never reproduced elsewhere or publicly shown. Covers the entire range of O'Keeffe's career, from her intense, personal abstractions to her unique depictions of nature--flowers, bones, rocks, and landscapes. [via]
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Georgia O'Keeffe 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desertby Georgia O'Keeffe, Britta BenkeISBN 3822888869 (3-8228-8886-9)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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Georgia O'Keeffe : Paintingsby Georgia O'KeeffeISBN 0517119234 (0-517-11923-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy ChevalierISBN 141774829X (1-4177-4829-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Girl with a Pearl Earring'Book summary:With precisely 35 canvases to his credit, the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer represents one of the great enigmas of 17th-century art. The meager facts of his biography have been gleaned from a handful of legal documents. Yet Vermeer's extraordinary paintings of domestic life, with their subtle play of light and texture, have come to define the Dutch golden age. His portrait of the anonymous Girl with a Pearl Earring has exerted a particular fascination for centuries--and it is this magnetic painting that lies at the heart of Tracy Chevalier's second novel of the same title.
Girl with a Pearl Earring centers on Vermeer's prosperous Delft household during the 1660s. When Griet, the novel's quietly perceptive heroine, is hired as a servant, turmoil follows. First, the 16-year-old narrator becomes increasingly intimate with her master. Then Vermeer employs her as his assistant--and ultimately has Griet sit for him as a model. Chevalier vividly evokes the complex domestic tensions of the household, ruled over by the painter's jealous, eternally pregnant wife and his taciturn mother-in-law. At times the relationship between servant and master seems a little anachronistic. Still, Girl with a Pearl Earring does contain a final delicious twist.
Throughout, Chevalier cultivates a limpid, painstakingly observed style, whose exactitude is an effective homage to the painter himself. Even Griet's most humdrum duties take on a high if unobtrusive gloss:
I came to love grinding the things he brought from the apothecary--bones, white lead, madder, massicot--to see how bright and pure I could get the colors. I learned that the finer the materials were ground, the deeper the color. From rough, dull grains madder became a fine bright red powder and, mixed with linseed oil, a sparkling paint. Making it and the other colors was magical.
In assembling such quotidian particulars, the author acknowledges her debt to Simon Schama's classic study The Embarrassment of Riches. Her novel also joins a crop of recent, painterly fictions, including Deborah Moggach's Tulip Fever and Susan Vreeland's Girl in Hyacinth Blue. Can novelists extract much more from the Dutch golden age? The question is an open one--but in the meantime, Girl with a Pearl Earring remains a fascinating piece of speculative historical fiction, and an appealingly new take on an old master. --Jerry Brotton [via]More editions of Girl With a Pearl Earring:
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Softcover, Wheeler Pub Inc - Girl With a Pearl Earring: ISBN 0452282152 (0-452-28215-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Girl With a Pearl Earring: ISBN 0452284937 (0-452-28493-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Girl With a Pearl Earring: ISBN 0452287022 (0-452-28702-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Girl with a Pearl Earring: ISBN 052594527X (0-525-94527-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - Girl With a Pearl Earring: ISBN 0002258900 (0-00-225890-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Girl With a Pearl Earring: ISBN 0606206736 (0-606-20673-6)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Girl with a Pearl Earring: ISBN 141774829X (1-4177-4829-X)
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Gluckby Diana SouhamiISBN 1842121960 (1-84212-196-0)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Growing Pains: The Autobiography Of Emily Carrby Emily Carr, Robin Laurence, Ira DilworthISBN 1553650832 (1-55365-083-2)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Growing Pains: The Autobiography Of Emily Carr'Book summary:Growing Pains tells the story of writer and painter Emily Carr's life, from a proper Canadian girlhood, through her artist's training in San Francisco and Europe, through the years of despair when she stopped painting and raised dogs and rented out rooms to make ends meet, and finally to vindication and triumph when her greatness was at last recognized. With the ease of a natural storyteller and a painter's eye for description, Carr infuses her life story with an irresistible warmth, wit, and charm.[via]More editions of Growing Pains: The Autobiography Of Emily Carr:
Gustav Klimt: 1862-1918by Gilles NeretISBN 1571451250 (1-57145-125-0)
Softcover, Advantage Pub Group
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Gustav Klimt, 1862-1918by Gustav Klimt, Gilles NeretISBN 3822896470 (3-8228-9647-0)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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Henri Matisseby Gilles NeretISBN 3822865354 (3-8228-6535-4)
Hardcover, Taschen America Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henri Matisse'Book summary:The extraordinary significance of the painter and sculptor Henri Matisse in the history of modern art, but also his influence, was no less decisive than that of his main rival, Pablo Picasso. In fact, Matisse's stylistic liberation actually goes one step further in the pursuit of his own personal goal - the perfect synthesis of line and color - by which he sought revolutionary approaches to the great tradition of French painting by drawing upon its classical aspects. For those who wish to know more about this lodestar of modern art and follow the adventurous path of his creative career, this publication is surely the most comprehensive and informative source available. Lavishly illustrated, its authoritative commentaries trace the artist's search for balance, purity and serenity, from the chromatic brilliance of his Fauve period, through his travels, the Orient, geometric synthesis (it was he who introduced Picasso to African art by giving him his first mask), and the odalisques to the final triumph when, at the age of eighty, he invented his gouache cut-outs that culminated in his illustrations for Jazz and allowed him to achieve his goal of sculpting in paint just as a sculptor works in stone. Matisse is widely acknowledged as an artist whose canvases are extremely difficult to reproduce in print. With this in mind, each work presented here has been painstakingly compared with the respective original, in close collaboration with the artist's grandson, Claude Duthuit. The bard of color deserves no less. [via]
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Hundertwasserby Harry RandISBN 3822805556 (3-8228-0555-6)
Softcover, Texas Bookman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hundertwasser'Book summary:This presentation of Hundertwasser's work in all of its different facets is guided by the artist's own view of himself and his purpose. Excerpts from conversations between the author and the artist lend a sense of immediacy and authenticity to the narration. [via]
Hundreds and Thousands: The Journals of Emily Carrby Emily Carr, Gerta MorayISBN 1553651723 (1-55365-172-3)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre Ltd
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La Joven De La Perla/girl With a Pearl Earringby Tracy Chevalier, Pilar VazquezISBN 8466307982 (84-663-0798-2)
Softcover, Santillana USA Pub Co Inc
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En la segunda mitad del siglo XVII, el pintor holandés Johannes Vermeer inmortalizó en una tela a una bella muchacha adornada con un turbante y un pendiente de perla. Sus labios parecen esbozar una sonrisa sensual, pero sus ojos irradian la tristeza más profunda.Conocido como La Mona Lisa holandesa, detrás de ese enigmático rostro que esconde Griet, una joven de origen humilde que a los dieciséis años entra a trabajar como doncella en casa del artista a cambio de un mísero salario.Su extraordinaria sensibilidad y el cuidado que pone en todo lo que toca atraen al maestro, quien poco a poco la introduce en su mundo, un paraíso inundado por una luz mágica y poblado por criaturas femeninas de singular belleza. La joven de la perla es la historia de una fascinación, de cómo surge un sentimiento que se mueve entre la admiración y el amor. La luz en los ojos de Griet, la sirvienta convertida en musa, encierra el misterio más profundo en el proceso de creación de una obra de arte. Tracy Chevalier evoca la vida cotidiana en el siglo XVII holandés en esta hermosa novela sobre el despertar a la vida y al arte. [via]
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Leonardo's Notebooksby Leonardo da Vinci, H. Anna SuhISBN 1579124577 (1-57912-457-7)
Hardcover, Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leonardo's Notebooks'Book summary:Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) possessed arguably the greatest mind the world has ever known. Artist, draftsman, inventor, and philosopher, his contributions to modern society are profound and wide-reaching. Throughout his life, Leonardo kept dozens of notebooks, elegant studies on topics ranging from architecture to botany to philosophyindeed nearly anything of which the human imagination could conceive.
Leonardos Notebooks collects a variety of the most fascinating of these studies and compiles them into one monumental volume that demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings. Topics include Anatomy and the Movement of the Human Figure; Botany and Landscape; Engineering and Military Engineering; Physical Sciences; Aerodynamics and Flight; Geographyand more. [via]More editions of Leonardo's Notebooks:
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The Letters of Vincent Van Goghby Ronald De Leeuw, Arnold PomeransISBN 0140446745 (0-14-044674-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh'Book summary:This thorough collection of van Gogh's letters has been assembled with an artful eye and sensitivity to the artist's thinking. The result is an atypical take on Vincent van Gogh that avoids putting too much stress on his troubled mental state and too much straining by the editor to shape a narrative out of van Gogh's epistolary clues. Instead, we see the thoughtful and contemplative side of this creative genius, as well as his concern for the impact his art and life had on those people closest to him. [via]
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Letters of Vincent Van Goghby Vincent Van GoghISBN 0684843005 (0-684-84300-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Linnea in Monet's Gardenby Claude Monet, Christina Bjork, Lena AndersonISBN 9129583144 (91-29-58314-4)
Hardcover, R & S Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Linnea in Monet's Garden'Book summary:Linnea has visited Claude Monet's garden! In Paris, she got to see many of his actual paintings. Now she understands what it means for a painter to be called an Impressionist. This innovative art book for children contains full-color photos of many of Monet's famous paintings.[via]More editions of Linnea in Monet's Garden:
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Lucian Freudby Lucian Freud, William Feaver, Tate Britain (Gallery), Frank Auerbach, Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), Fundacio La CaixaISBN 1854373994 (1-85437-399-4)
Softcover, Tate Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucian Freud'Book summary:This publication accompanies a major retrospective of the work of Lucien Freud at the Tate Britain. Freud was born in 1922 and the exhibition spans his career, featuring both past and present artworks. Produced in collaboration with the artist and richly illustrated with photographs from his personal archives, the book contains a detailed analysis of Freud's work and notes on the included images. An afterword by the painter Frank Auerbach, and also friend of Freud, provides a personal insight into his career. [via]
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Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paperby Harriet Scott ChessmanISBN 1583222723 (1-58322-272-3)
Hardcover, Seven Stories Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper'Book summary:Harriet Scott Chessman takes us into the world of Mary Cassatt's early Impressionist paintings through Mary's sister Lydia, whom the author sees as Cassatts most inspiring muse. Chessman hauntingly brings to life Paris in 1880, with its thriving art world. The novels subtle power rises out of a sustained inquiry into arts relation to the ragged world of desire and mortality. Ill with Brights disease and conscious of her approaching death, Lydia contemplates her world narrowing. With the rising emotional tension between the loving sisters, between one who sees and one who is seen, Lydia asks moving questions about love and arts capacity to remember. Chessman illuminates Cassatts brilliant paintings and creates a compelling portrait of the brave and memorable model who inhabits them with such grace. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper includes five full-color plates, the entire group of paintings Mary Cassatt made of her sister. [via]
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Manetby Patricia WrightISBN 1564581721 (1-56458-172-1)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Mark Rothkoby Marjorie B. Cohn, Franz Meyer, Eliza E. Rathbone, Jeffrey Weiss, Oliver WickISBN 3775710272 (3-7757-1027-2)
Hardcover, Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH & Co KG
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Drei Jahrzehnte, nachdem die hochgeistige, zutiefst ergreifende Kunst Mark Rothkos einen Teil ihrer Kraft an die Popstars der späten sechziger Jahre verloren hat, befindet sie sich wieder im Aufwind. Dieser retrospektive Katalog ist voll mit den qualitativ bestmöglichen Reproduktionen Rothkos großformatiger Arbeiten, mit 116 Farbplatten von auffallend hoher Bildtreue auf ihren feinen Oberflächen und faszinierender Farbwiedergabe.Der Katalog enthält vier Essays von Kunsthistorikern -- zu Rothkos dunklen Bildern, seine "immateriellen" Oberflächen, seinem "unbekannten Raum" und seiner "Farbe als Sujet" -- sowie einige Interviews mit Gegenwartskünstlern über Rothkos Einfluß und ihre eigene veränderte Beurteilung seines Platzes im Kunstpantheon.
Schließlich bietet eine außergewöhnlich gute Chronologie eine kurze Biographie dieses komplizierten Malers, dessen hinreißende fachmännische Leistungen und künstlerischen Triumphe seine Selbstzweifel nicht zu dämpfen vermochten. --Margaret Moorman [via]
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Matisseby Gilles NéretISBN 3822820636 (3-8228-2063-6)
Softcover, Taschen America, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matisse'Book summary:The extraordinary significance of the painter and sculptor Henri Matisse in the history of modern art, but also his influence, was no less decisive than that of his main rival, Pablo Picasso. In fact, Matisse's stylistic liberation actually goes one step further in the pursuit of his own personal goal - the perfect synthesis of line and color - by which he sought revolutionary approaches to the great tradition of French painting by drawing upon its classical aspects. For those who wish to know more about this lodestar of modern art and follow the adventurous path of his creative career, this publication is surely the most comprehensive and informative source available. Lavishly illustrated, its authoritative commentaries trace the artist's search for balance, purity and serenity, from the chromatic brilliance of his Fauve period, through his travels, the Orient, geometric synthesis (it was he who introduced Picasso to African art by giving him his first mask), and the odalisques to the final triumph when, at the age of eighty, he invented his gouache cut-outs that culminated in his illustrations for Jazz and allowed him to achieve his goal of sculpting in paint just as a sculptor works in stone. Matisse is widely acknowledged as an artist whose canvases are extremely difficult to reproduce in print. With this in mind, each work presented here has been painstakingly compared with the respective original, in close collaboration with the artist's grandson, Claude Duthuit. The bard of color deserves no less. [via]
Matisse, His Art and His Textiles : The Fabric of Dreamsby Royal Academy of Arts StaffISBN 1903973465 (1-903973-46-5)
Hardcover, Royal Academy of Arts
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Monetby Claude Monet, Mike VeneziaISBN 0516422766 (0-516-42276-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Monet's Table: The Cooking Journals of Claude Monetby Claire Joyes, Jean-Bernard Naudin, Joel RobuchonISBN 1416541314 (1-4165-4131-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Moon and Sixpenceby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 1570020167 (1-57002-016-7)
Softcover, Univ Pub House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moon and Sixpence'Book summary:I confess that when first I made acquaintance with Charles Strickland I never for a moment discerned that there was in him anything out of the ordinary. Yet now few will be found to deny his greatness. I do not speak of that greatness which is achieved by the fortunate politician or the successful soldier; that is a quality which belongs to the place he occupies rather than to the man; and a change of circumstances reduces it to very discreet proportions. The Prime Minister out of office is seen, too often, to have been but a pompous rhetorician, and the General without an army is but the tame hero of a market town. The greatness of Charles Strickland was authentic. It may be that you do not like his art, but at all events you can hardly refuse it the tribute of your interest. He disturbs and arrests. The time has passed when he was an object of ridicule, and it is no longer a mark of eccentricity to defend or of perversity to extol him. His faults are accepted as the necessary complement to his merits. It is still possible to discuss his place in art, and the adulation of his admirers is perhaps no less capricious than the disparagement of his detractors; but one thing can never be doubtful, and that is that he had genius. . . . [via]
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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinciby Leonardo Da VinciISBN 1404321209 (1-4043-2120-9)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci'Book summary:Throughout his life Leonardo da Vinci carried notebooks in which he scribbled down ideas and opinions as they occurred - personal, domestic, scientific, philosophical, artistic - frequently accompanied by explanatory sketches and diagrams. Surviving manuscripts contain drafts of letters, fanciful fables, rough treatises on the art of painting or the power of water, descriptions of the Medici courts, even jokes. The present selection gives coherence to this rich kaleidoscope of ideas. From it emerges the portrait of a true Renaissance man, whose habit of rigorous enquiry, observation, and experiment, grounded on a philosophic system, led him to conceive of the universe as an organized cosmos corresponding to a work of art. [via]
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Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinciby Pamela TaylorISBN 0452258464 (0-452-25846-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Robert Frank: The Americansby Robert FrankISBN 1881616126 (1-881616-12-6)
Softcover, Perseus Distribution Services
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert Frank: The Americans'Book summary:Armed with a camera and a fresh cache of film and bankrolled by a Guggenheim Foundation grant, Robert Frank crisscrossed the United States during 1955 and 1956. The photographs he brought back form a portrait of the country at the time and hint at its future. He saw the hope of the future in the faces of a couple at city hall in Reno, Nevada, and the despair of the present in a grimy roofscape. He saw the roiling racial tension, glamour, and beauty, and, perhaps because Frank himself was on the road, he was particularly attuned to Americans' love for cars. Funeral-goers lean against a shiny sedan, lovers kiss on a beach blanket in front of their parked car, young boys perch in the back seat at a drive-in movie. A sports car under a drop cloth is framed by two California palm trees; on the next page, a blanket is draped over a car accident victim's body in Arizona.
Robert Frank's Americans reappear 40 years after they were initially published in this exquisite volume by Scalo. Each photograph (there are more than 80 of them) stands alone on a page, while the caption information is included at the back of the book, allowing viewers an unfettered look at the images. Jack Kerouac's original introduction, commissioned when the photographer showed the writer his work while sitting on a sidewalk one night outside of a party, provides the only accompanying text. Kerouac's words add narrative dimension to Frank's imagery while in turn the photographs themselves perfectly illustrate the writer's own work. [via]
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Robert Frank: The Americansby Jack Kerouac, Robert FrankISBN 3931141802 (3-931141-80-2)
Hardcover, Scalo Verlag Ac
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert Frank: The Americans'Book summary:Mitte der 50er-Jahre in einem Aufzug in Miami Beach. In einen Gedanken verloren oder ihn noch suchend blickt das Liftgirl an die Decke des Fahrstuhls. Die Anzeige der Zieletage leuchtet bereits. Gleich wird sich die Tür schließen.
Robert Franks Bildband The Americans erschien 1958 in Frankreich, ein Jahr später in den USA. 83 Schwarzweißfotografien zeigen Menschen und Szenen aus Amerika, die Frank in den Jahren 1955/56 im Rahmen eines Stipendiums der John Simon Guggenheim Foundation während einer Reise durch die 48 Bundesstaaten abgelichtet hatte. Eine Aufnahme zeigt einen Mann in einer Bar in Las Vegas vor einer Jukebox stehen. Eine andere den Blick aus einem Hotelfenster in Butte, Montana. Eine weitere ein Autokino in Detroit. Franks Fotos sind unmittelbar, offen und unabgeschlossen. Sie vermitteln immer auch etwas Gewöhnliches, was den Mythos vom Land der unbegrenzten Möglichkeiten entschleiert und beim Erscheinen des Buches in Amerika heftige Reaktionen auslöste. Dennoch oder gerade deswegen wurde The Americans stilbildend und inspirierte eine ganze Generation vor allem amerikanischer Fotografen.
Robert Frank wurde 1924 in Zürich geboren und wanderte 1947 in die USA aus. Dort war er zunächst als Mode- und Werbefotograf sowie als Fotojournalist tätig. Durch Walker Evans inspiriert und unterstützt, erhielt er Mitte der 50er-Jahre als erster Europäer das Guggenheim-Stipendium. Seit den 60er-Jahren arbeitet er zunehmend mit dem Medium Film, auf das er in seinem fotografischen Spätwerk immer wieder Bezug nimmt.
In einem einleitenden Text zu The Americans schreibt Jack Kerouac, einer der bekanntesten Autoren der Beatgeneration: "Wer diese Bilder nicht mag, mag auch keine Gedichte..." Mit seiner rasanten Sprache erweckt er die Fotoaufnahmen Franks zum Leben und stellt letztendlich die Frage: "Das liebe kleine einsame Liftgirl, das in einem Aufzug voller Schemen seufzend nach oben blickt, wie ist ihr Name und wo wohnt sie?" --Stefan Meyer [via]
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Rosshaldeby Hermann HesseISBN 9500725959 (950-07-2595-9)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rosshalde'Book summary:Hermann Hesse's Rosshalde is the classic story of a man torn between obligations to his family and his longing for a spiritual fulfillment that can only be found outside the confines of conventional society.[via]
Johann Veraguth, a wealthy, successful artist, is estranged from his wife and stifled by the unhappy union. Veraguths love for his young son and his fear of drifting rootlessly keep him bound within the walls of his opulent estate, Rosshalde. Yet, when he is shaken by an unexpected tragedy, Veraguth finally finds the courage to leave the desolate safety of Rosshalde and travels to India to discover himself anew.More editions of Rosshalde:
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Salvador Dali: 1904-1989by Salvador Dali, Robert Descharnes, Gilles Neret, Michael HulseISBN 3822872059 (3-8228-7205-9)
Hardcover, Taschen America Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Salvador Dali: 1904-1989'Book summary:[via]Superb reproductions of paintings by one of the 20th century's most famous artists: The Visage of War, The Enigma of Desire, the well-known Persistence of Memory, 13 others.More editions of Salvador Dali: 1904-1989:
Selections from the Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci. Ed by Irma Richter. a Galaxy Book.by Leonardo Da VinciISBN 0192812149 (0-19-281214-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Spilling Open: The Art of Self-Discoveryby Sabrina Ward HarrisonISBN 1577310446 (1-57731-044-6)
Softcover, New World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spilling Open: The Art of Self-Discovery'Book summary:Readers of both genders and all generations will find timeless innocence and age-old wisdom in the scrawling, sprawling words of Sabrina Ward Harrison. The format here is a personal journal in which Harrison allows readers to be privy to her colorful pages of free-flowing collages, photographs, and wildly handwritten words. Harrison explores many of the typical questions, confusions, and insights that accompany the journey from adolescence to womanhood. At times her angst feels a tad clichéd ("I am afraid to show you who I really am, because if I show you who I really am, you might not like it--and that's all I got."), but her gutsy presentation and honesty make her words feel fresh and hard-earned, especially in passages such as this:
I think God leaves me alone to let me find my own strength because no one else can give it to me. Sometimes it is very lonely. But I know the lonely times teach me the most. I must let go in order to let anything in. No one can love me, for me. Take a big walk protected in the trees. I miss the time before today.
Harrison is a gifted writer with an inspiring amount of heart-on-her-sleeve honesty. She even has the maturity to quote two of the big Ws--Walt Whitman and Woody Allen--with equal panache. But more importantly, she earns her readers' trust and hearts. As a result, Harrison is a woman to watch and a writer to follow. --Gail Hudson [via]More editions of Spilling Open: The Art of Self-Discovery:
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The Time Traveler's Wifeby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 1417642149 (1-4176-4214-9)
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Titianby Marion KaminskiISBN 3829002572 (3-8290-0257-2)
Hardcover, Konemann
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Toulouse-Lautrec: A Lifeby Julia FreyISBN 1857993632 (1-85799-363-2)
Softcover, Phoenix
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Van Goghby Mike VeneziaISBN 051642274X (0-516-42274-X)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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Willem De Kooningby Willem De Kooning, Barbara HessISBN 3822821357 (3-8228-2135-7)
Softcover, Taschen America Llc
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Diario/ Diary: Una Novela/ a Novelby Chuk PalahniukISBN 849793637X (84-9793-637-X)
Softcover, Debolsillo
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Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Dolor Y Pasionby Andrea KettenmannISBN 3822865486 (3-8228-6548-6)
Softcover, Oceano De Mexico
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Mujer Del Viajero en el Tiempoby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 0307344835 (0-307-34483-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mujer Del Viajero en el Tiempo'Book summary:Clare y Henry son en apariencia una pareja normal que lleva una vida corriente en Chicago. Él es bibliotecario y ella artista, pero la terrible verdad es que Henry sufre una extraña enfermedad que lo hace viajar en el tiempo, al pasado o al futuro sin previo aviso, normalmente fruto de una situación de estrés previa. Lo transporta desnudo, con desagradables malestares y vulnerable.
Cuando Henry tiene 31 años y Clare 23 se encuentran por primera vez. Y allí nace en tiempo presente su historia de amor, su vida en común de la que ocasionalmente Henry se ausenta propulsado a otras épocas de su vida y revisitando otros momentos felices o tristes, a veces encontrándose a sí mismo cuando era niño, con el temor de Clare de que no regrese de uno de esos viajes.
La historia se va desplegando contada a dos voces, bajo los puntos de vista de Clare y Henry, y enfoca las consecuencias de esta particularidad en su matrimonio y el amor apasionado que se tienen. Clare y Henry intentar llevar vidas normales, buscar una cura médica para la disfunción de Henry, ponerse objetivos a futuro, disfrutar de sus amigos y familia; aunque a veces se presenta la tentación de utilizar su capacidad de conocer el futuro para manejar el presente o evitar algún peligro... Pero todo ello está amenazado por algo que no pueden controlar ni prevenir: Henry puede viajar un día al futuro y descubrir que él ya no forma parte de ese tiempo, descubrir su propia muerte o la de sus seres queridos, ver a una Clare sola y envejecida, conocer a una hija que todavía no ha tenido y que heredará su extraña disfunción. [via]More editions of Mujer Del Viajero en el Tiempo:
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Bruegel : Complete Paintingsby Rose-Marie Hagen, Rainer Hagen, Pieter BruegelISBN 3822859915 (3-8228-5991-5)
Softcover, Taschen America, LLC
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Georgia O'Keeffe : 1887-1986: Flowers in the Desertby Britta BenkeISBN 3822858617 (3-8228-5861-7)
Hardcover, Taschen America, LLC
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