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The Naked Eye
Charles Saatchi's new book based on extraordinary unphotoshopped images
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- 9781861543523
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100 Paintings: An Artist's Life in New York City
Equal parts monograph and memoir, 100 Paintings: An Artist’s Life in New York City is one man’s artistic journey from his native Chicago to a pioneering residency in Manhattan’s storied neighborhood of Tribeca. Rob Mango, as much an athlete as an artist, has explored New York City on foot since 1977—its architecture and its denizens, its streets and its h…
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- 9780692387832
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- 1 online resource (274 pages)
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Abstract Expressionism For Beginners
Abstract Expressionism was the defining movement in American art during the years following World War II, making New York City the center of the international art scene. But what the heck did it mean! The drips, the spills, the splashes, the blotches of color, the wild spontaneous energy—signifying what? Abstract Expressionism For Beginnerswill not only help you understand, but also appr…
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- 9781939994639
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- 1 online resource (176 pages)
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Dada & Surrealism For Beginners
What kind of artists put a mustache on the Mona Lisa? Enter a urinal in an art competition? Declare their own independent republic? Hijack a ship? Dadas! And what happens in such a movement? With Dada, many of the artists declared their own “Pope” and continued their journey (with no destination) into Surrealism, creating burning giraffes, “amoebic” dogs, and lobster t…
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- 9781939994028
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- 1 online resource (128 pages)
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About SketchingThe Art and Practice of Capturing the Moment
Written as a sketching artist's companion, this guide by a noted author of art instruction manuals attests to the value of sketching as a distinct art form rather than merely a vehicle to achieve more polished works. Artist and author Jasper Salwey details advantages of many drawing media, from pencil to watercolor, and their application to depictions of interior studies, figures, landscap…
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- 9780486821047
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Figures, Faces & FoldsWomen's Form and Dress for Artists, Students and Designers
Ranging from classical to contemporary eras, this art instruction manual presents a historical overview of the depiction of women in drawings, paintings, sculpture, and photography. The highly detailed study is generously illustrated with black-and-white photographs, line drawings, and reproductions of paintings by Botticelli, Rubens, Vermeer, and other masters. More than 100 referenc…
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- 9780486821054
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- 1 online resource (160 pages)
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The Wood Beyond the World
The name Kelmscott bears a legendary and magical sound among bibliophiles. When William Morris founded the Kelmscott Press in 1890, he combined his medieval craft ideals with his skills as one of Britain's most sophisticated, progressive designers. He achieved his goal the creation of books as beautiful as those of the Middle Ages by abandoning many of the commercial practices of his day. Mor…
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- 9780486821290
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- 1 online resource (272 pages)
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The Life of William Blake
One of the greatest Victorian-era biographies, Alexander Gilchrist's The Life of William Blake plays a key role in the history of Blake's work and its influence on other writers and artists. The first standard text on Blake and a cornerstone of the extensive scholarship on his life and work, it not only delivered its subject from unjust obscurity but also dispelled the notion of Blake's insanit…
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- 9780486143927
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- 1 online resource (640 pages)
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Writing & Illuminating & Lettering
One of the founders of modern calligraphy, Edward Johnston regarded lettering, writing, and illuminating as not only desirable ends in themselves but also as practical avenues to mastery of typography, decoration, and design. In this classic, profusely illustrated guide, he distilled his expertise into a series of easy-to-follow lessons that will benefit any student of calligraphy, book design,…
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- 9780486144078
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- 1 online resource (464 pages)
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A Little Girl Dreams of Taking the Veil
In the course of browsing an illustrated book of objectsumbrellas, watches, tools, clothesartist Max Ernst was struck by the items' unusual juxtapositions. By manipulating the Victorian-era engravings into striking tableaux and adding brief captions, Ernst invented the collage novel and transformed banal advertising art into revealing dramas rooted in his dreams and secret desires. A Little Gir…
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- 9780486823386
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