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Words: A Collation - Hardcover
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by William Kentridge (Author)An exploration of phrases and excerpts that inspire a major contemporary artist. Over the past several years, renowned South African artist William Kentridge has made a collection of particular phrases and sentences that have called out to him from the pages of whatever he has been reading. And these phrases, which he has written into a studio notebook titled Words, have been put to work in many of his artistic projects. Kentridge has often begun a project by pag...
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The Pocket Guide to Perspective: A Step-By-Step Approach - Paperback
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by Maurice Herman (Author)This step-by-step Pocket Guide will teach you how to draw stunningly beautiful perspectives, complete with reflections and shadows. The Pocket Guide to Perspective uses a simple, step-by-step method to help readers understand the basic concepts of perspective construction. Readers will learn to build one-point, two-point, and multi-point perspectives as well as reflections and shadows in perspective. This small pocket guide is compact and focused. Whether you're at y...
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Correspondence: Georges Bataille and Michel Leiris - Paperback
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by Georges Bataille (Author), Michel Leiris (Author), Liz Heron (Translator)Including a number of short essays by Bataille and Leiris on aspects of the other's work as well as excerpts on Bataille from Leiris' diaries, this collection of correspondence throws new light on two of Surrealism's most radical dissidents. In the autumn of 1924, just before André Breton published the Manifeste du surréalisme, two young men met in Paris for the first time. Georges Bataille, 27, starting work at the ...
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What Photographs Do: The Making and Remaking of Museum Cultures - Paperback
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by Elizabeth Edwards (Editor), Ella Ravilious (Editor)A collective case study of photographic culture through the lens of the Victoria and Albert Museum. A massive quantity of museums' photographic holdings resides not on gallery walls or archives, but outside of their formal collections, including reference photos and ephemera that are integral to the workings of museums. What Photographs Do explores how museums are defined through their photographic practices. Studied through the prism of ...
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Graphis Design Annual 2023 - Hardcover
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by B. Martin Pedersen (Created by)Winners of the annual international Graphis Design AwardsImmerse in a powerful visual journey through the eyes of over 500 award-winning graphic designers from around the globe. In one of the most coveted industry award competitions, Graphis Design 2023 celebrates design excellence through the captivating and influential work of the past year from solo designers and global firms. Juried by acclaimed international designers, these works can be seen across anim...
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Adapting Performance Between Stage and Screen - Paperback
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by Victoria Lowe (Author)An introduction to adaptations between theatre and film, considering these as distinct from literary adaptation. Places emphasis on performance and event, including the recent growth of digital theatre with phenomena such as NT Live. Case studies show how adaptations can't be divorced from the historical and cultural moment in which they are produced.Author BiographyVictoria Lowe is a lecturer in drama and screen studies at the University of Manchester. Her research i...
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Punk Art History: Artworks from the European No Future Generation - Paperback
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by Marie Arleth Skov (Author)The punk movement of the 1970s to early 1980s is examined as an art movement through archive research, interviews, and art historical analysis. It is about pop, pain, poetry, presence, and about a 'no future' generation refusing to be the next artworld avant-garde, instead choosing to be the 'rear-guard'. 103 col. and b/w illus. Author interview with Echoes & DustAuthor BiographyMarie Arleth Skov is a Danish art historian, author, and curator based in Berlin...
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Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun - Paperback
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by Jennifer L. Shaw (Author)Offering some of Cahun's writings never before translated into English alongside a wide array of her artworks and those of her contemporaries, this book is a must-have for any fan of this iconic artist, now in paperback. In the turmoil of the 1920s and '30s, Claude Cahun challenged gender stereotypes with her powerful photographs, montages, and writings, works that appear to our twenty-first-century eyes as utterly contemporary, or even from the future. She wrote ...
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'Race Is Everything': Art and Human Difference - Hardcover
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by David Bindman (Author), Henry Louis Gates Jr (Foreword by)A timely and revealing look at the intertwined histories of science, art, and racism. 'Race Is Everything' explores the spurious but influential ideas of so-called racial science in the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth centuries, and how art was affected by it. David Bindman looks at race in general, but with particular concentration on attitudes toward and representations of people of African and Jewish descent. He a...
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Andrey Rublev: The Artist and His World - Hardcover
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by Robin Milner-Gulland (Author)A critical biography of the most celebrated religious icon painter in medieval Russia. A monk from Moscow, Andrey Rublev (c.1360-c.1430) is heralded as the greatest painter of religious icons and frescos in medieval Russia. Nevertheless, his life remains largely mysterious to historians and devotees alike. In this book, Robin Milner-Gulland provides the first English-language account of the artist's life as a window into the world of medieval Moscow. Beautiful...
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Merchants of Style: Art and Fashion After Warhol - Hardcover
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by Natasha Degen (Author)Looking at Andy Warhol's legacy as maker and muse, this book offers a critical examination of the coalescence of commerce and style. Merchants of Style explores the accelerating convergence of art and fashion, looking at the interplay of artists and designers, and the role of institutions--both public and commercial--that have brought about this marriage of aesthetic industries. The book argues that one figure more than any other anticipated this moment: Andy Warhol. ...
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Reflections in Stone & Bronze - Paperback
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by Cheryl D. Soon (Author), Renea Gavrilov Stewart (Photographer)
Dimensions: 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN
Publication Date: April 01, 2022
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Black Avatar: And Other Essays - Paperback
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by Amit Majmudar (Author)The first nonfiction collection by internationally acclaimed writer and translator Amit Majmudar, Black Avatar combines elements of memoir, biography, history, and literary criticism. The eight pieces in this deeply engaging volume reflect author Amit Majmudar's comprehensive studies of American, European, and Indian traditions, as well as his experiences in both suburban Ohio and the western Indian state of Gujarat. The volume begins with the title piece, a fifteen-...
How to Draw for Kids: 50 Cute Step By Step Drawings (Vol 27) - Paperback
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by Sonia Rai (Author)How to Draw Book for Kids is step by drawing book, each drawing is done in 9 steps and is very easy to follow. Fifty cute drawings are included in this book. Drawings include adorable people, funny things and random stuff, there is no right or wrong way to draw, just pickup the pencil and start drawing. - 50 Drawing Tutorials included- Large Size page- Easy to follow Steps- No drawing experience required- Suitable for both boys and girls Drawings included in this book are...
My First Colouring Book Of Monsters: A Friendly Monster Fun Activity Book For Young Children Kids - Paperback
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by Silverfox Publications (Author)My First Colouring Book A Cute Colouring Book For Kids Who Love Monsters.20 Different Monsters to color A Fun Activity Book Details:
8.5 x 11 Inches
40 Pages 20 Sheets
High Quality White Paper
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Number of Pages: 42
Dimensions: 0.09 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: July 25, 2022
Boston Terrier Black background Coloring Book For Adults - Paperback
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by Nasheem Yeash (Author)A Amazing Coloring book for adults Appreciation Gift Under 10 Dollar.Book Features: Cover Finish: soft glossy coverBook Size: 8.5.11Interior: white paperPage 72
Number of Pages: 74
Dimensions: 0.15 x 11 x 8.5 IN
Publication Date: September 10, 2022
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Fiona Tan: Mountains and Molehills - Paperback
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by Fiona Tan (Artist), Hanneke Grootenboer (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Dana Linssen (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Themes of memory and documentation in recent works by the acclaimed Dutch artistThis publication documents recent works by Dutch multimedia artist Fiona Tan (born 1966)-- Gray Glass (2020), Inventory (2012) and Footsteps (2022)--as well as the text of the works Brendan's Isle (2010) and Island (2008).
Number of Pages: 160
Dimensions: 0.5 x 9.4 x 6.7 IN
Publication Date: January 17, ...
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Mirror Mirror: Fashion & the Psyche - Hardcover
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by Mode Museum Dr Guislain Museum (Author)In MIRROR MIRROR - Fashion & the Psyche, MoMu - Fashion Museum Antwerp and Dr. Guislain Museum examine how fashion, psychology, self-image and identity are connected. The personal experience of the body is the main theme of this unexpected dialogue between visual art and avant-garde fashion.
Number of Pages: 240
Dimensions: 0.9 x 11.4 x 9.1 IN
Publication Date: October 26, 2022
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See You Later Alligator - Paperback
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by John Martineau (Author), Carolyn Dinan (Illustrator)See you later, Alligator. In a while, Crocodile. Gotta wander, Anaconda. Nice smile, Reptile! Hit the road, little Toad. Paw the floor, wild Boar. Wake and shake, Rattlesnake. Out the door, Dinosaur! -- So begins Meerkat's day, as he meets and greets almost 100 animals, in this beautifully illustrated new rhyming children's book.
Number of Pages: 24
Dimensions: 0.15 x 9.42 x 8.3 IN
Publication Date: January 15, 2023
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Global Ikat: Roots and Routes of a Textile Technique - Hardcover
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by Rosemary Crill (Editor)
This is the first time all the different iterations of this textile have been comprehensively brought together in one volume, drawing from the wide-ranging collection of David Paly
It is a journey across the world through the lens of ikat
Deceptively simple or fantastically intricate, ikat technique has been used for many centuries to create extravagant costumes and cloths of deep cultural meaning. The distinctively blurred, feathered or jagged patterns of ikat-dyed...
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After Impressionism: Inventing Modern Art - Hardcover
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by Maryanne Stevens (Author), Maria Alambritis (Contribution by), Julien Domercq (Contribution by)Through the 1880s the very essence of representation, meaning and process in Western art were profoundly interrogated. Plausible representations of the external world were cast aside in favour of non-naturalism expressed in varying degrees, from modest distortions of reality to pure abstraction. The decades that followed, up to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, were a complex, vibrant...
Leonard Cohen: Everybody Knows: Inside His Archive - Hardcover
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by Leonard Cohen (Author), Julian Cox (Editor), Jim Shedden (Editor)Previously unseen journals, letters, sketches and more from the vast personal archive of Leonard Cohen Leonard Cohen is renowned the world over for his meditations on beauty, death, loss and the human heart. The objects, papers and artifacts from Cohen's personal archive provide fresh insight into the artist's creative pursuits and the arc of his career over six decades. Aware from an early age that he was destined to make a ...
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10 Step Drawing: Kawaii: Draw Over 50 Cute Creations in 10 Easy Steps - Paperback
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by Chie Kutsuwada (Author)Create over 50 adorable kawaii characters in 10 simple steps! If you love the Kawaii style but don't know where to start, this is the book for you! Get past that blank page by turning simple shapes into cute drawings in this popular style in just 10 easy steps! Create over 50 different characters from a cuddly penguin to a cheeky bubble tea, or a princess to a unicorn, by following the instructions inside. It even includes handy color palettes for getting the right s...
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10 Step Drawing: Horses & Ponies: Draw Over 50 Horses and Ponies in 10 Easy Steps - Paperback
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by Justine Lecouffe (Author)Create over 50 stunning horses and ponies in 10 simple steps! If you love horses and ponies but don't know where to start, this is the book for you! Get past that blank page by turning simple shapes into the perfect equine companion in just 10 easy steps. Create over 50 different breeds in a variety of poses, from a rearing Hanoverian to a grazing Fell pony by following the instructions inside. It even includes handy color palettes for getting the right shades in y...
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Lean on Me: A Children's Picture Book - Hardcover
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by Bill Withers (Author), Rachel Moss (Illustrator)"Lean on me When you're not strong And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on . . ." Lean on Me is an endearing children's picture book that beautifully demonstrates the power of friendship, based on Bill Withers's classic song of the same name. "Lean on Me" appeared on Withers's 1972 album Still Bill. The song reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and ranked #208 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list. With Withers...
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Art of Monte Dolack: Vision, Myth, Mystery - Hardcover
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by Monte Dolack (Author)
Number of Pages: 196
Publication Date: July 19, 2022
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An Authentic Montana Voice: The Architecture and Art of Phil Korell - Hardcover
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by Mark Gelernter (Author), Phil Korell (Artist)
Number of Pages: 144
Publication Date: July 12, 2022
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Oasis of Imagination: Engaging Our World Through a Better Creativity - Hardcover
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by Ted Turnau (Author)What should the church's cultural witness be? Too often, it has been marked by political strong-arming or fearful withdrawal into the "Christian bubble." There is another way: creative cultural engagement, using our imaginations to plant oases in the desert, breathable spaces that refresh, challenge, and draw together Christians and non-Christians alike. Oases refresh the soul, provoke discussion, challenge assumptions, and lead the imagination to a new place. In Oasis o...
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On Alchemy: Essential Practices and Making Art as Alchemy - Hardcover
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by Brian Cotnoir (Author)"There's no sounder or more sage guide to alchemy - the practice and the philosophy - than Brian Cotnoir. This wise, lucidly-written book ... offers explanations and exercises that will be of immeasurable help to anyone hoping to navigate this enormous field." - Sukhdev Sandhu Alchemy is both the art of transmuting base metal into gold and a powerful metaphor for spiritual transformation and creativity. This simple guide contains all you need to know to become an alch...
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Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty - Hardcover
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by Andrew Bolton (Author), Tadao Ando (Contribution by), Anita Briey (Contribution by)"[Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty] sheds light on the work of a designer of genius who marked the history of fashion . . . forever."--CHANEL This first complete investigation into Karl Lagerfeld's (1933-2019) artistry explores his extraordinary 65-year career, from the designs for Chloé and Fendi in the 1960s and 1970s to his celebrated leadership in the 1980s and beyond at Chanel and with his own label. I...
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Tales from a Theory of Angels and Other Writings - Paperback
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by Franz Kamin (Author), Charles Stein (Foreword by) Franz Kamin (1941-2010) was an American writer, composer, poet, performance-installation artist, and pianist whose startling avant-garde works created multiple new genres. This collection incorporates his two main previous books--Ann Margret Loves You and Other Psychotopological Diversions (1980) and Scribble Death (1986)--plus his posthumous writing originally collected as Tales From The Theory of Angels. Poet Jackson Mac Low called him "a...
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The Sydney Modern Project: Transforming the Art Gallery of New South Wales - Paperback
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by Michael Brand (Editor), Ross Gibson (Foreword by)With the completion of its Sydney Modern Project--encompassing a beautiful new building designed by award-winning Japanese architects SANAA and a unique art garden along with transformed displays of art across its campus--the Art Gallery of New South Wales stands at the forefront of an international movement to create museums for our times.Like many other art museums, the Art Gallery was founded in an era when collecting ambitions were insep...
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