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So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch - Paperback

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by Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author)A brilliant and personal examination by sensational and bestselling author Karl Ove Knausgaard of his Norwegian compatriot Edvard Munch, the famed artist best known for his iconic painting The Scream In So Much Longing in So Little Space, Karl Ove Knausgaard sets out to understand the enduring and awesome power of Edvard Munch's work by training his gaze on the landscapes that inspired Munch and speaking firsthand with other contemporary artists, including Ansel...

How to Draw Inky Wonderlands: Create and Color Your Own Magical Adventure - Paperback

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by Johanna Basford (Author)A welcoming drawing guide for creating beautiful worlds and wondrous wildlife from bestselling artist Johanna Basford Through her bestselling coloring books and distinctive illustrations, Johanna Basford's beautiful forests, ocean depths, and hidden magical kingdoms have enchanted millions of people around the world. In this lovely and accessible guide, she shares the fun, simple, no-skills-needed secrets to creating your own wondrous realms through fanciful, expre...

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by Jeanette Winter (Author), Jeanette Winter (Illustrator)From the time she was just a young girl, Georgia O'Keeffe viewed the world in her own way. While other girls played with toys and braided their hair, Georgia practiced her drawing and let her hair fly free. As an adult, Georgia followed her love of art from the steel canyons of New York City to the vast plains of New Mexico. There she painted all day, and slept beneath the stars at night. Throughout her life Georgia O'Keeffe followed h...

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by Deborah Zemke (Author)Fans of Amelia's Notebook and Judy Moody will love this friendship story bursting with doodles and pictures Bea Garcia is an artist. She draws anywhere and everywhere--but mostly in her own notebook. When Bea's first and only best friend Yvonne moves to Australia, not even drawing makes Bea feel better. And things only get worse when a loud, rambunctious boy moves in next door. He's nothing at all like Yvonne But with a little imagination and a whole lot of doodles...

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The Curse of Einstein's Pencil - Paperback

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by Deborah Zemke (Author)Bea's artistic gifts lead to a special new friendship in book two of this funny illustrated chapter book series for fans of Amelia's Notebook and Judy Moody Bea Garcia is looking for a new best friend, and she almost has one--the smartest girl in school, Judith Einstein. So when Einstein asks Bea to be her partner in the upcoming school geography contest, Bea is thrilled...at first. Schoolwork comes so easily to Einstein that Bea thinks the secret might be Einstein's ...

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by Edward Gorey (Author)A vaguely sinister comedy of manners by beloved artist Edward Gorey Told in a set of fourteen rhyming couplets, The Doubtful Guest is the story of a solemn, mysterious, outdoor creature, dressed rather ordinarily in sneakers and a scarf, who appears on a winter night at a family's Victorian home and never leaves again. Gorey's eerie and charming illustrations accompany the verses, making this an enjoyably strange (and strangely enjoyable) read for all ages. Number of P...

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by Edward Gorey (Author)A charming burlesque concerning an intrepid voyage of epic proportions by the "incredibly sophisticated . . . stylish and inventive" Edward Gorey (New York Observer). Now available in a special gift edition. Number of Pages: 64 Dimensions: 0.4 x 4.9 x 7.3 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication Date: June 15, 1998

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Market Day: A Story Told with Folk Art - Paperback

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by Lois Ehlert (Author), Lois Ehlert (Illustrator)Everyone's going to the town square. But this is no ordinary market--it's a feast of folk art from around the world. Whether you're looking for fruits, vegetables, or just an afternoon of fun, this is a shopping trip you don't want to miss Includes fun new book-related activities Author BiographyLOIS EHLERT has written and illustrated many award-winning picture books. Traveling from her home in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, she has explored the globe...

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by Edward Gorey (Author)Amphigorey Also is an anthology of alphabetical, nonsensical verse and macabre illustrations from Tony Award-winning storyteller Edward Gorey.These imaginative drawings -- including thirty-two pages in color -- captions, and clever verse showcase Gorey's unique talents and humor such as "The Glorious Nosebleed," "The Utter Zoo," "The Epiplectic Bicycle," and fourteen other selections. Number of Pages: 256 Dimensions: 0.8 x 11.02 x 7.96 IN Illustrated: Yes Publication D...

Keith Haring Journals: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) - Paperback

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by Keith Haring (Author), Shepard Fairey (Foreword by), Robert Farris Thompson (Introduction by)Keith Haring is synonymous with the downtown New York art scene of the 1980's. His artwork-with its simple, bold lines and dynamic figures in motion-filtered in to the world's consciousness and is still instantly recognizable, twenty years after his death. This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition features ninety black-and-white images of classic artwork and never-before-published Polaroid images, and i...

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In Montmartre: Picasso, Matisse and the Birth of Modernist Art - Paperback

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by Sue Roe (Author)A lively and deeply researched group biography of the vibrant figures who invented modernist art in bohemian Paris at the dawn of the twentieth century When the young Pablo Picasso first arrived in Paris in 1900, the most progressive young artists all lived and worked in the seedy hillside quarter of Montmartre, in the shade of the old windmills. Over the next decade, among the studios, salons, caf s, dance halls, and galleries of Montmartre, the young Spaniard joined the...

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by Maira Kalman (Author)Maira Kalman, with wit and great sensitivity, reveals why dogs bring out the best in us Maira Kalman + Dogs = Bliss Dogs have lessons for us all. In Beloved Dog, renowned artist and author Maira Kalman illuminates our cherished companions as only she can. From the dogs lovingly illustrated in her acclaimed children's books to the real-life pets who inspire her still, Kalman's Beloved Dog is joyful, beautifully illustrated, and, as always, deeply philosophical. Here is ...

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Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure, Beauty, and Truth - Paperback

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by A. O. Scott (Author)The New York Times film critic shows why we need criticism now more than everFew could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A.O. Scott shows in Better Living Through Criticism is that we are, in fact, all critics: because critical thinking informs almost every aspect of artistic creation, of civil action, of interpersonal life. With penetrating insight and warm humor, Scott shows that while individual critics--himself included--can make mistakes ...

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by Leo Tolstoy (Author), Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)This profound analysis of the nature of art is the culmination of a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice, and religion. Considering and rejecting the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, Tolstoy perceives the question of the nature of art to be a religious one. Ultimately, he concludes, art must be a force for good, for the progress and improvement of mankind. Fo...

The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh - Paperback

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by Vincent Van Gogh (Author), Ronald de Leeuw (Editor), Arnold J. Pomerans (Translator)"If ever there was any doubt that Van Gogh's letters belong beside those great classics of artistic self-revelation, Cellini's autobiography and Delacroix's journal, this excellent edition dispels it." --The Times (London) "Be clearly aware of the stars and infinity on high. Then life seems almost enchanted after all." Few artists' letters are as self-revelatory as Vincent Van Gogh's, and the selection incl...

Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys Into the Medieval World - Paperback

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by Christopher de Hamel (Author)An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world's leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate c...

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by Dalle Vacche (Author)Through metaphors and allusions to art, science, and religion, André Bazin's writings on the cinema explore a simple yet profound question: what is a human? For the famous French film critic, a human is simultaneously a rational animal and an irrational being. Bazin's idea of the cinema is a mind-machine where the ethical implications have priority over aesthetic issues. And in its ability to function as an art form for the masses, cinema is the only medium that can ad...

Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning - Hardcover

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by Cathy Curtis (Author)The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, A Generous Vision portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively casual style. As a p...

More Than Meets the Eye: What Blindness Brings to Art - Paperback

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by Georgina Kleege (Author)In the quarter century following the enactment of the Americans with Disabilities Act, art museums, along with other public institutions, were tasked with making their facilities and collections more accessible to people with disabilities. Although blind and other disabled people have become marginally more visible in recent years, the vast majority of blind Americans remain undereducated and unemployed. In More Than Meets the Eye, Georgina Kleege shows how the scru...

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by Mathias Clasen (Author)From vampire apocalypses, shark attacks, witches, and ghosts, to murderous dolls bent on revenge, horror has been part of the American cinematic imagination for almost as long as pictures have moved on screens. But why do they captivate us so? What is the drive to be frightened, and why is it so perennially popular? Why Horror Seduces addresses these questions through evolutionary social sciences. Explaining the functional seduction of horror entertainment, this book...

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The Face of Britain: A History of the Nation Through Its Portraits - Hardcover

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by Simon Schama (Author)Author of a number of celebrated works, including the bestselling The Story of the Jews and Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution, Simon Schama's latest book fuses history and art to create a tour de force of narrative sweep and illuminating insight. Using images from works-paintings, photographs, lithographs, etchings, sketches-found in London's National Portrait Gallery, The Face of Britain weaves together an account of their composition, framed by their par...

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Paris and the Cliché of History: The City and Photographs, 1860-1970 - Hardcover

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by Catherine E. Clark (Author)This book turns a compelling new lens on thinking about the history of Paris and photography. The invention of photography changed how history could be written. But the now commonplace assumptions--that photographs capture fragments of lost time or present emotional gateways to the past--that structure today's understandings did not emerge whole cloth in 1839. Focusing on one of photography's birthplaces, Paris and the Cliché of History tells the story of how pho...

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The Renaissance: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Jerry Brotton (Author)More than ever before, the Renaissance stands out as one of the defining moments in world history. Between 1400 and 1600, European perceptions of society, culture, politics and even humanity itself emerged in ways that continue to affect not only Europe but the entire world. In this wide-ranging exploration of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton shows the period as a time of unprecedented intellectual excitement, cultural experimentation, and interaction on a global scale,...

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by Christopher Butler (Author)Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly readable introduction the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are unraveled, casting a critical light upon the way we live now, from the politicizing of museumculture to the cult of the politically correct. The key postmodernist ideas are explored and challenged, as they figure in the theory, philosophy, politics, ethics and artwork...

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by David Hopkins (Author)The avant-garde movements of Dada and Surrealism continue to have a huge influence on cultural practice, especially in contemporary art, with its obsession with sexuality, fetishism, and shock tactics. In this new treatment of the subject, Hopkins focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality (How good is Dali?), the idea of the 'readymade', attitudes towards the city, the impact of Freud, atti...

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Documentary Filmmaking in Contemporary Brazil: Cinematic Archives of the Present - Paperback

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by Gustavo Procopio Furtado (Author)This book examines the vibrant field of documentary filmmaking in Brazil from the transition to democracy in 1985 to the present with attention to the way the films of this period incorporate, reflect on, and reworks a variety of archival materials, including official documents, ethnographic images, and home movies and photo albums.Author BiographyGustavo Procopio Furtado is Assistant Professor of Romance Studies, Latin American Studies, and Arts of the Mov...

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Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Geraldine A. Johnson (Author)Artists like Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Dürer, and Michelangelo and works such as the Last Supper fresco and the monumental marble statue of David, are familiar symbols of the Renaissance. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? Was the Renaissance only about great masters and masterpieces, or were women artists and patrons also involved? And what about the "mi...

Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by David Cottington (Author)Public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of the Tate Modern in London and the Bilbao Guggenheim. Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction engages general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history. The book focuses on interrogating the idea of "modern" art by asking such questions as: What makes a work of art qualify as modern, or fai...

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Christopher Butler (Author)Modernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubism, and Dada, to the novels of James Joyce and Franz Kafka, to such provocative works as Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain." But Modernism also left many people puzzled in its wake. How can a routine bathroom fixture be considered a work of art? Shouldn't a novel have a beginning, a middle, and an end--or at least a story? In this Very Short Introduction, Christopher Butl...

Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Cynthia Freeland (Author)About the Series: Oxford's Very Short Introductions offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, and Literary Theory to History. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given topic. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstra...

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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style - Paperback

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by Michael Baxandall (Author)Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and as a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent scholarly volume examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evolve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experience of such activ...

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by Donald Preziosi (Author), Louise A. Hitchcock (Author)This is the first comprehensive introduction to the art and architecture of mainland Greece, Crete, and the Cycladic Islands from 3300 to 1000 BCE. Ancient Aegean culture has a particularly important place within European history and art history because of its profound links to the origins of European civilization. Paintings, pottery, objects made from gold, silver, and ivory, carved reliefs, textiles, and architecture, are all fully il...