By Don Thompson - $29.95 - add to cart

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Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting No. 5, 1948 sell for $140 million? ...

By Wilson Harvey - $21.95 - add to cart

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The ability to wield typography is one of those things that is a clear indication of a talented designer. Being able to craft type well and thoughtfully takes a deep understanding of the inherent c...

By Stephen Farthing (editor) - $29.99 - add to cart

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A concise yet comprehensive reference guide for art lovers and art students, this illustrated volume profiles major artists from classical antiquity to the modern era. All 501 artists featured in t...

By Rudy Chiappini - $103.50 - add to cart

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This work offers a special occasion to get close to the works of Francis Bacon and gain an overall understanding of his artistic development. Published for the exhibition in Milan between 4 March a...

By Jacques Poitras - $19.95 - add to cart

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Were the Gallery's treasures gifts or loans? Was Lord Beaverbrook careless or devious? Jacques Poitras sifts through the personal correspondence, takes stock of the witnesses and testimony at the 2...

By Sybille Prou - $25.00 - add to cart

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Street artist Blek le Rat is revered and acknowledged by the international graffiti community, and his work has influenced CD design, advertising and graphics, as well as the work of many urban art...

By Nicholas Verrall - $21.95 - add to cart

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Through an array of demonstrations and inspirational images, a respected and successful painter reveals all his secrets for depicting light and mood, and bringing out the rich color of oils. Many a...

By Steven Heller - $43.95 - add to cart

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This book will survey the innovative entrepreneurial options a broad group of contemporary graphic designers have engaged in over the past decade, while also addressing the creative, fabrication an...

By Marta Soul - $9.95 - add to cart

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Everyday objects are taken out of their traditional contexts to show new possibilities of form and function. Household objects are stripped of their evident functionality and examined only for thei...

By Nick Meglin - $18.75 - add to cart

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Most drawing books show the reader how to put pencil to paper in order to create an image. Drawing from Within show the reader how to create using not only the tools in their hands, but also their ...

By Lance Richlin - $11.95 - add to cart

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This book is the perfect guide for creating lifelike representations of the human head in graphite. Experienced artist Lance Richlin begins by explaining drawing tools and materials, shading techni...

By Gary Baseman - $24.95 - add to cart

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New paintings by Gary Baseman.A catalog of Gary Baseman''s "I Melt in Your Presence" solo art show in San Francisco. Baseman''s paintings reflect an oozing, sexual frenzy and dripping, cream-filled...

By Fred Pearce - $29.95 - add to cart

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Earth Then and Now records the dramatic way our planet has changed over the past century. On one page is a specific part of the world as it was 10, 50 or even 100 years ago. On the facing page is t...

By Edward Dolnick - $28.95 - add to cart

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As riveting as a World War II thriller, The Forger's Spell is the true story of Johannes Vermeer and the small-time Dutch painter who dared to impersonate him centuries later. The con man's mark w...

By Michael Mccann - $16.95 - add to cart

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The classic resource for working artists and art students In this updated and revised edition of the classic reference on health hazards faced by working artists and art students, Michael McCan...