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by Bob And Roberta Smith (Author)This is an amazing art activity book for kids made by celebrated British artist and Royal Academician Bob and Roberta Smith, which explores how art makes people powerful. Through his original artworks, discover just how art helps people to learn, through beautifully painted artworks that double as prompts for us to create beautiful art of our own. Completing activities on and off the page, young readers can't help but to be creative all while using with very...

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by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara (Author), Gee Fan Eng (Illustrator)Now in paperback! In this international bestseller from the critically acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the life of Frida Kahlo, the world-renowned painter. When Frida was a teenager, a terrible road accident changed her life forever. Unable to walk, she began painting from her bed. Her self-portraits, which show her pain and grief, but also her passion for life and instinct for survival, have made her one ...

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by Justin Denzel (Author)Tao is an outcast. Unlike the great hunters of his clan, Tao does not want to kill the wild bears or woolly mammoths of the hunt. Instead he wants only to paint them. But only Chosen Ones can be cave painters. What's more, Volt, the clan leader, violently despises Tao. And when the other clan members discover Tao's secret talent, they cast him out into the wilderness alone. There, he befriends a wild wolf dog named Ram, and the mysterious Graybeard, who teaches him th...

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La Historia del Arte 16 Edición (Story of Art 16th Edition - Pocket) (Spanish Edition) - Paperback

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by Eh Gombrich (Author)Presenta la historia del arte en forma de discurso narrativo, "una cadena viva que a n hoy comunica la poca contempor nea con la era de las pir mides."Su popularidad sigue vigente por el estilo directo y sencillo y la habilidad del autor para hacernos llegar el mensaje con claridad.Combina el profundo conocimiento con un don para la comunicaci n.Sir Ernst Gombrich (1909?2001) ocup una posici n privilegiada en el mundo del arte y despert una admiraci n sin parang n ha...

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Art & Place: Site-Specific Art of the Americas - Hardcover

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by Adrian Locke (Author), Robert Shane (Author), Lucy Bowditch (Author)Art & Place is an extraordinary collection of outstanding art destinations in the Americas, visited by millions of people every year.The book features hundreds of powerful and spectacular art works, all created by an artist specifically for their location -whether indoors, outdoors, desert, in the mountains or in the middle of a city. This is art to experience -in an immersive way -presented together in a single book f...

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Art in Time: A World History of Styles and Movements - Hardcover

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by Gauvin Alexander Bailey (Author), Alistair Rider (Author), Matthew McKelway (Author)An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to 150 of the most significant styles and movements that have shaped art history through time. All art is of its time, and this book is the first survey that explicitly embeds styles, schools and movements within the politics and culture in which they arose, by means of timelines, textual references and the unique present-to-past arrangement of the book. An essential g...

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by Phaidon Press (Author), Rebecca Morrill (Contribution by), Josephine New (Contribution by)The first book to celebrate the beautiful and provocative ways artists have represented, scrutinized and utilized the body over centuries.Body of Art is the first book to explore the various ways the human body has been both an inspiration and a medium for artists over hundreds of thousands of years. Unprecedented in its scope, it examines the many different manifestations of the body in art, from Ant...

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by Hervé Tullet (Author)A guide to twelve children's art workshops by one of the world's most innovative facilitators and best-selling bookmakers.Art Workshops for Children is a guide for parents and teachers to organize and execute artistic workshops for children. 12 workshops are featured, each offering a list of materials needed, a step-by-step guide to facilitation, practical tips, illustrated examples, and photos of workshops in progress.The workshops are designed to spark children's ima...

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by Charles Gaines (Author), Laurence Rassel (Author), Greg Tate (Author)The most comprehensive book yet on this inspired, inventive chronicler of the African-American experienceAlabama-born, Chicago-based Kerry James Marshall is one of the most exciting artists working today. Critically and commercially acclaimed, the painter is known for his representation of the history of African-American identity in Western art. Conversant with a wide typology of styles, subjects, and techniques, from abs...

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Art Is the Highest Form of Hope & Other Quotes by Artists - Hardcover

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by Phaidon Press (Author)Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest artists - exclusively researched for this book.Featuring the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by artists through the ages and across the globe, this exquisite keepsake is the ideal book for artists, collectors, and armchair enthusiasts. As painters, sculptors, photographers, and other visual artists see and experience the world through a unique lens, Art Is the Highest Form...

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by Alain Botton (Author), John Armstrong (Author)Two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives - now available in paperbackThis passionate, thought-provoking, often funny, and always-accessible book proposes a new way of looking at art, suggesting that it can be useful, relevant, and therapeutic. Through practical examples, the world-renowned authors argue that certain great works of art have clues as to how to manage the tensions and confus...

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by Phaidon Press (Author)Visit the world's most comprehensive and compelling museum in a book - from pre-historic times to the present, - over 1,600 artworks created with the expertise of 28 art world curators and historians."Unprecedented, unique, and vast in scope... a visually spectacular survey of world art. Destined to delight, inspire, and educate, as well as to become an invaluable, classic art-reference resource, it is very highly recommended." --Library JournalHousing the finest art ...

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Every Day a Word Surprises Me & Other Quotes by Writers - Hardcover

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by Phaidon Press (Author)Advice, strong opinions, and personal revelations by the world's greatest writers - exclusively researched for this new bookFeaturing the most inspirational and insightful collection of quotes by writers through the ages and across the globe, Every Day a Word Surprises Me is the ideal keepsake for readers, writers, and everyone who appreciates the exquisite power of words. This carefully curated book, packed with original research, is a go-to resource for thoughts on ...

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by Noah Charney (Author)True tales of lost art, built around case studies of famous works, their creators, and stories of disappearance and recoveryFrom the bestselling author of The Art of Forgery comes this dynamic narrative that tells the fascinating stories of artworks stolen, looted, or destroyed in war, accidentally demolished or discarded, lost at sea or in natural disasters, or attacked by iconoclasts or vandals; works that were intentionally temporal, knowingly destroyed by the artis...

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Beyond Rosie the Riveter: Women of World War II in American Popular Graphic Art - Paperback

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by Donna B. Knaff (Author)The iconic bicep-flexing poster image of "Rosie the Riveter" has long conveyed the impression that women were welcomed into the World War II work force and admired for helping "free a man to fight." Donna Knaff, however, shows that "Rosie" only revealed part of the reality and that women depicted in other World War II visual art--both in the private sector and the military--reflected decidedly mixed feelings about the status of women within American society. Beyond R...

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by Liz Rideal (Contribution by), Julian Bell (Contribution by)A compelling collection of self-portraits from throughout recorded history, revised to include captivating contemporary worksThe challenge of interpreting and recreating their own likenesses has proven irresistible to artists throughout the ages. Originally published more than 80 years ago and last revised in 2000, this wholly new edition for 2018 presents a selection of powerfully evocative works by many of the world's greatest ar...

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Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers - Hardcover

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by David Trigg (Author)A celebration of artworks featuring books and readers from throughout history, for the delight of art lovers and bibliophilesAs every book tells a story, every book in art is part of an intriguing, engaging, and relatable image. Books are depicted as indicators of intellect in portraits, as symbols of piety in religious paintings, as subjects in still lifes, and as the raw material for contemporary installations. Reading Art spotlights artworks from museums and collecti...

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Brick: Who Found Herself in Architecture - Hardcover

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by Joshua David Stein (Author), Julia Rothman (Artist)A young brick goes on a journey to find her place in the world by visiting ten celebrated brick structures around the globeWhen Brick was just a baby, tall buildings amazed her. Her mother said, "Great things begin with small bricks. Look around and you'll see."Brick's observations begin at home and then extend globally as she travels to a diverse list of brick structures - Malbork Castle in Poland, Mahabodhi Buddhist Temple in India, Gros...

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by Tricia Y. Paik (Author)The definitive monograph on one of the most revered artists of our time.Ellsworth Kelly will forever be remembered as one of the most distinctive and influential artists of our time. This book, the last created in close collaboration with the artist, maps his prolific and diverse oeuvre from the 1940s to his final projects before his death in late 2015. Featuring a newly designed cover, this hardback edition brings Tricia Paik's critically acclaimed volume to a new a...

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You Had Better Make Some Noise: Words to Change the World - Paperback

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by Phaidon Press (Author)A timeless collection of quotations by visionaries who have been catalysts for change - through the ages and across the globeYou Had Better Make Some Noise brings together the words of social activists, revolutionaries, artists, writers, musicians, philosophers, politicians, and more - galvanizing us all to do the same. Familiar figures - Thomas Paine to Bertrand Russell, Augustine to Gloria Steinem, Harvey Milk to Ai Weiwei, James Baldwin to Margaret Mead - are joine...

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Animal: Exploring the Zoological World - Hardcover

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by Phaidon Press (Author), James Hanken (Introduction by), Giovanni Aloi (Contribution by)Explore the beauty and diversity of the animal world through more than 300 captivating imagesAnimal, Exploring the Zoological World is a visually stunning and broad-ranging survey that explores and celebrates humankind's ongoing fascination with animals. Since our very first moments on Earth, we have been compelled to make images of the curious beasts around us - whether as sources of food, danger, wonde...

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by Tamara Shopsin Jason Fulford (Author)View artworks from the Whitney Museum's esteemed collection in a whole new way - an interactive invitation to explore and discoverUnfold pages, lift flaps, gaze into mirrors, and interact with art like never before. Inspired by the many ways that art can be viewed and experienced, this book encourages children to spend time with a curated selection of fine art from the Whitney collection - and to dig deeper and consider all angles. Each artwork is showc...

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30,000 Years of Art: The Story of Human Creativity Across Time and Space - Hardcover

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by Phaidon Press (Author)An accessible, comprehensive, freshly-updated celebration of the vast range of human artistry from 28,000 BC to todayBrought completely up to date for this revised edition and now available in a compact new format, this new edition of Phaidon's groundbreaking book presents art differently from all other compendia by revealing the huge diversity - or in many cases, the similarity - of artistic achievements around the globe. Images of more than 600 works from all period...

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Andy Warhol Giant Size: Mini Format - Hardcover

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by Phaidon Press (Author), Dave Hickey (Author)The bestselling visual biography of one of the twentieth century's most innovative, influential artistsAndy Warhol "Giant" Size is the definitive document of this remarkable creative force, and a telling look at late twentieth-century pop culture. A must-have for Warhol fans and pop culture enthusiasts, this in-depth and comprehensive overview of Warhol's extraordinary career is packed with more than 2,000 illustrations culled from rarely seen ar...

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by Beverly H. Twitchell (Author)A celebration of the rich and varied work of Italian-born American artist, designer, and master of metal, Harry BertoiaFrom chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs and silver brooches, Harry Bertoia's creative output was varied in the extreme. This new book explores his entire career: his move from Italy to Detroit at 15; his formative years at Cranbrook; his work with Charles Eames and Knoll; through to his fascinating sound sculptures. In doin...

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by Shana Gozansky (Author), Meagan Bennett (Designed by)The second in an introductory series to fine art, curated for young children as never before: by themeFor children everywhere, sleep is part of their every day... and now, part of their first art collection! 35 full-page artworks from a variety of periods feature sleep in all its forms - from naptime to bedtime, dreaming to waking, sunsets to night skies - accompanied by a brief, tender, read-aloud text. Each work's title and artist's na...

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by Phaidon Press (Author)"Real changes are upon us, and today one can reel off the names of a number of first-rate women artists. Nevertheless, women are just getting started."-- The New Yorker Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volumeThe most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published, Great Women Artists reflects an era where art made by women is more prominent than ever. In museums, ga...

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Jackson Pollock Splashed Paint and Wasn't Sorry - Hardcover

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by Fausto Gilberti (Author)A clever, charmingly quirky portrayal of painter Jackson Pollock - and the first in a series of picture-book biographies of contemporary artistsJackson Pollock was unlike any other painter. Instead of sitting in front of an easel with brushes, he poured paint over canvases rolled-out across the floor, moving, splashing, and making the vivid liquid run with energy and rhythm. Pollock's story is told here with wit and eccentricity, perfectly paired with black-line ill...

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Anatomy: Exploring the Human Body - Hardcover

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by Phaidon Press (Author), Thomas Schnalke (Introduction by), Dame Sue Black (Contribution by)A stunning tribute to our eternal fascination with the human bodyAnatomy, Exploring the Human Body is a visually compelling survey of more than 5,000 years of image-making. Through 300 remarkable works, selected and curated by an international panel of anatomists, curators, academics, and specialists, the book chronicles the intriguing visual history of human anatomy, showcasing its amazing complexit...

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Ireland's Heart: Best-Loved Poems of W.B. Yeats - Hardcover

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by Gill Books (Compiled by), W. B. Yeats (Author)In the opinion of many critics, Yeats is the greatest poet of the twentieth century. He is without question the greatest Irish poet. His work has influenced all who have come after him both in Ireland and throughout the English-speaking world.In this beautifully designed and produced gift book, we get a selection of over seventy of Yeats's best loved poems. These are complemented by a wide range of paintings, prints and drawings, the majority b...

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by Eh Gombrich (Author)The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over four decades. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor Gombrich a true master, and one who combines knowledge and wisdom with a unique gift for communicating his deep love of the subject.For the first time in many years the book has been completely redesigned. The illustrations, no...

Beyond Representation: Television Drama and the Politics and Aesthetics of Identity - Paperback

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by Geraldine Harris (Author)Beyond representation explores whether the last thirty years witnessed signs of 'progress' or 'progressiveness' in the representation of 'marginalised' or subaltern identity categories within television drama in Britain and the US. In doing so, it interrogates some of the key assumptions concerning the relationship between aesthetics and the politics of identity that have influenced and informed television drama criticism during this period. This book examines idea...