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Keiko Hara: Four Decades of Paintings and Prints - Paperback

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by Linda Tesner (Author), Ryan Hardesty (Author)Keiko Hara offers a detailed exploration of the prolific artist's unwavering commitment to painting, and her unique form of Japanese woodblock printmaking. Rich with metaphorical imagery, Hara's visual universe encompasses references to water, fire, skies, and verdant lands, all the while investigating the poetics of space. Born during the Second World War in North Korea to Japanese parents, Hara moved to Japan in 1945 and was raised and educate...

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Montana Modernists: Shifting Perceptions of Western Art - Paperback

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by Michele Corriel (Author)For many, Charles M. Russell's paintings epitomize life in the West. But in twentieth-century postwar Montana, an avant-garde art movement--Montana Modernism--brewed. Its pioneers--Jessie Wilber, Frances Senska, Bill Stockton, Isabelle Johnson, Robert DeWeese, and Gennie DeWeese--created a community and pedagogy where, in stark contrast to stereotypical romanticized western art and frontier history themes, modernist ideas and art flourished, expanding traditional de...

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The Story of Nfts: Artists, Technology, and Democracy - Paperback

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by Amy Whitaker (Author), Nora Burnett Abrams (Author)NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, exploded into the art space last year, no doubt because Beeple (a digital artist) sold his NFT at Christie's auction house for a staggering $69 million. Yet the story of NFTs is much more interesting, significant, and subtle than that sale. This book explains NFTs in the art world--and the ways they might not only democratize the arts but enliven our larger democracy. Since the NFT phenomenon took over the art...

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by Alia Dahl (Author)Clay Pop documents the reinvention of ceramic sculpture by a new generation of artists. A medium that has often been characterized as more craft than art, clay is now an exciting platform for formal and conceptual innovation. Traditionally diverged from engagement with popular culture, clay is now adding a new dimension to Pop Art. Paralleling current concerns in painting, many of the thirty-eight artists featured in Clay Pop are also exploring issues of gender, race, and...

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Max Weber and American Cubism - Hardcover

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by William C. Agee (Author), Pamela N. Koob (Author)Cubism, widely regarded as the most influential style to emerge at the advent of modernism, had a home in New York and a leading figure in Max Weber. Max Weber studied under Matisse, associated with influential figures including Apollinaire, Picasso, and Delaunay, and is credited with bringing firsthand knowledge of the Parisian avant-garde to Alfred Stieglitz's modernist circle in New York, inspiring a generation of artists. While his works...

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by Kaitlyn Greenidge (Author), Scout Hutchinson (Author), Renaud Proch (Author)The first book on painter and sculptor Sam Moyer, best known for her unique practice of combining remnants of stone and natural materials inlaid into painted canvas, creating powerfully expressive works. Sam Moyer has developed a distinctive language of abstraction, creating paintings, structures, and sculptural objects that draw inspiration from architectural space and natural materials. Recognized for a diverse p...

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Hammershøi: Painter of Northern Light - Hardcover

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by Jean-Loup Champion (Author), Frank Claustrat (Author), Pierre Curie (Author)Showcasing the best works by the acclaimed Nordic master of light and solitude, this is the first major book on the artist since 1998. The paintings of Vilhelm Hammersh i (1864-1916) have become increasingly popular due their almost contemporary aesthetic. Admired and celebrated during his lifetime, Hammersh i gradually fell into oblivion before being rediscovered in the 1990s. He is now recognized as the iconic pa...

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Visions of Arcadia: Pavilions and Follies of the Ancien Régime - Hardcover

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by Bernd H. Dams (Author), Andrew Zega (Author)Astonishing buildings created for casual amusements, the splendid pavilions and garden follies of prerevolutionary France are the glorious productions of an age now past--but they continue to speak to us through the dazzling artistry of Dams and Zega. Spanning 150 years and the reigns of four kings, the pleasure pavilions, garden follies, and châteaux of Ancien Régime France are fascinating for the stories that surround their creation as well as ...

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by Elizabeth Rusch (Author), Elizabeth Goss (Illustrator)An artful picture book exploration of negative space and the beauty of nothingness. This mindful meditation encourages children to see the world differently. Nothing is really something! What might be hidden in the space around things, and how is that space important? In art, this is known as negative space, but "nothing" can be thought of more broadly--as free time during the day or the space between people. When we allow ourselves a m...

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Adaline Kent: The Click of Authenticity - Hardcover

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by Apsara Diquinzio (Author), Jeff Gunderson (Author), Alexander Nemerov (Author)The first major monograph in sixty years on the San Francisco modernist sculptor who developed a unique abstract style rooted in surrealism and inspired by nature. This beautifully produced volume celebrates the life and career of Adaline Kent (1900-1957), a member of one of the Bay Area's most productive and innovative midcentury artistic groups. Kent is linked to modernist artists Ruth Asawa, Mark Rothko, Isamu...

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by Mike Amiri (Author), Wes Lang (Author), Hart Lëshkina (Photographer)An extravagant monument to a unique collaboration in the worlds of art and fashion: the Autumn-Winter 2022 collection of the luxury brand AMIRI, created in partnership with the painter Wes Lang. Rooted in the culture of Los Angeles--the place both designer and artist call home--AMIRI's Autumn-Winter 2022 collection is an exploration of the city's aesthetic heritage. Mixing high with low, extravagance with subtlety, the col...

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by Michele Wije (Editor), Cheryl Finley (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Bridget R. Cooks (Text by (Art/Photo Books))The most comprehensive survey to date of the contemporary artist Whitfield Lovell, whose poetic and intricately crafted tableaux and installations document and pay tribute to the history and cultural memory of the African American experience. Whitfield Lovell: Passages accompanies a major traveling exhibition of the artist's powerful Conté crayon drawings combined with objects to c...

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Giorgio de Chirico: Life and Paintings - Hardcover

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by Fabio Benzi (Author)This is the most comprehensive volume probing the life and work of the modern art icon Giorgio de Chirico. Giorgio de Chirico was one of the most controversial and consequential artists of the twentieth century--a key member of the Paris avant-garde, he was a major influence on other artists, especially the nascent surrealists. His repertoire of motifs--empty arcades, elongated shadows, mannequins, trains--created images of forlorn emptiness that became iconic. Artists ...

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Heated Words: Searching for a Mysterious Typeface - Hardcover

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by Rory McCartney (Author), Charlie Morgan (Author)The iron-on lettering that is the subject of Heated Words: Searching for a Mysterious Typeface remains without attribution. Created anonymously and passed down over decades and across subcultures, the typeface is unique within the histories of typography and street fashion. With roots dating back to the first calligraphic forms, the enigmatic letters evolved from embellished military flight jackets and sports uniforms in the early part of the...

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Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare: From the School of Certain Victory - Hardcover

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by Thomas Cleary (Author)This samurai strategy books is the first widely available English translation of Yamamoto Kansuke's classic treatise on strategy and tactics. Secrets of the Japanese Art of Warfare is Thomas Cleary's translation of the seminal writings attributed to Yamamoto Kansuke on Japanese martial arts and military service. A mysterious man of humble origins, Yamamoto distinguished himself in the service of the redoubtable Takeda Shingen. Yamamoto was a career soldier and founder...

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by DK (Author)This beautiful book brings you the very best of art throughout history - using a truly innovative timeline-led approach. Savour iconic paintings such as Leonardo da Vinci's Last Supper and Monet's Waterlilies, and discover less well-known artists, styles, and movements the world over - from Indigenous Australian art to the works of Ming-era China. And explore recurring themes, such as love and religion, and important genres from Romanesque to Conceptual art, along the way. Time...

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The Met Edgar Degas: He Saw the World in Moving Moments - Hardcover

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by Amy Guglielmo (Author)See how iconic artists like Edgar Degas were influenced by their environments in this beautiful series produced in collaboration with The Met. See the world through Edgar Degas's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favorite artists were looking at to make them draw, sculpt, or paint the way they did? In this charming illustrated series of books to keep and collect, created in full collaboration with The Metro...

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by Yamanaka &. Company (Author)This book "" Japanese Swords "", has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable. Number of Pages: 22 Dimensions: 0.05 x 9 x 6 IN Publication D...

Stillness of Being: Sixth Anthology of Poems - Paperback

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by Maharaj Kaul (Author)In Stillness of Being, his sixth anthology of poems, Indian-American poet, Maharaj Kaul, describes the human conditions we all must experience. In the poems: Stillness Of Being The World I Left Behind A Struggling Dream Never Complete Hope Never Blinks Life Is A Playground Dreams A Spiral Of Time Music Of Earth Will Never Die The Paradox Of God Beloved.In the poems: Stillness Of BeingThe World I left BehindA Struggling Dream Never CompleteHope Never BlinksLife Is A Pl...

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Ma Yuan: Water Studies: Collection of Ancient Calligraphy and Painting Handscrolls: Paintings - Hardcover

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by Cheryl Wong (Editor), Xu Kexin (Editor)- A series of masterpieces of painting from famous masters of two Chinese dynasties, presented in the traditional format of a handscroll - Includes important postscripts and observations of the works from later generations The series contains a collection of masterpieces by famous Chinese painters of all ages, with a rich variety of subjects and styles. It presents a selection of paintings from the Tang and Song dynasties, including figure and landsca...

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Limoges Enamel Triptychs: Three Masterpieces from the Carrand Collection - Paperback

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by Paola Venturelli (Editor), Ilaria Ciseri (Editor)The book illustrates three enamel triptychs with a sacred subject, conceived as a painting but shining like jewellery, produced in Limoges in the 16th century.Author BiographyIlaria Ciseri is an art historian, since 2014 she has been curator at the Bargello National Museum in Florence and she has worked on numerous scientific publications. Paola Venturelli teaches History of Lombard Art at the University of Como. She has published essays on ...

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by Aaron Fine (Artist), John Dorsey (Author)About this BookWe sometimes think of organizations as entities in themselves, but in practical terms our experience of them comes down to the people we encounter under the umbrella of these collectives. I met John Dorsey at and through the Osage Arts Community and he is one of the people who made my experience of the organization so valuable, even magical. When OAC proposed a book project containing images of my exhibition Unravelling I thought "Sur...

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by Luigi Spina (Author), Carmelo Malacrino (Author)Published to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Riace Bronzes, two fifth-century BC masterpieces.Author BiographyLuigi Spina is a photographer. His visual research began with the exploration of amphitheaters, of the civic aura of sacred places, of the connections between art and faith, of the search for ancient cultural identities, and of the physical encounter with Classical sculpture. With 5 Continents Editions he has pu...

Manga & Anime Digital Illustration Guide: A Handbook for Beginners (with Over 650 Illustrations) - Paperback

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by Studio Hard Deluxe (Author)The complete guide to amazing digital illustration techniques! Are you an animator, an illustrator, a designer? Or an artist working in multiple digital fields at once? If so, this is the book for you! Manga & Anime Digital Illustration Guide takes you inside the studios of 12 professional Japanese artists and animators. In this book, you will learn the techniques used by the pros to draw and design characters for a variety of commercial and creative platform...

Drawing Manga: Tell Exciting Stories with Amazing Characters and Skillful Compositions (with Over 1,000 Illustrations) - Paperback

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by Naoto Date (Author), Kiyoshi Nitou (Author)Bring your manga to life with awesome action, powerful poses, body basics: IT'S ALL HERE! Learn the essentials of manga drawing from professional Japanese illustrators, and let them show you how to tell better stories with your manga art. Start with anatomy and body structure to create compelling characters in a few simple head-to-toe steps. Then it's time to build your world and tell your story. With this all-in-one guide, your characters, drawin...

Anime & Manga Digital Coloring Guide: Choose the Colors That Bring Your Drawings to Life! (with Over 1000 Color Combinations) - Paperback

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by Teruko Sakurai (Author)A color science expert's must-have coloring guide for manga and anime artists! Author Teruko Sakurai, Japan's leading colorist, applies her expert knowledge of color to drawing effective anime and manga. Starting with the basics, Sakurai shares her secrets on how to provide your characters and scenes with the right colors to accurately express their moods and actions. This all-in-one guide allows you to become a skilled colorist in just a few easy lessons. Here are j...

How to Doodle: The Complete Guide (with Over 2000 Drawings) - Paperback

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by Kamo (Author)Sweet and simple drawings for creative fun! In this whimsical new guide, Japanese illustrator and master doodler KAMO shows you how to draw the cutest sketches you've ever seen. And she makes drawing them so easy! Start with a squiggle, a circle or a line, then add a few strokes and voila--your drawing is done! She includes hundreds of examples and shows you how to use them to decorate your sketchbook, journal, notebook, gift cards, school projects and many other items. Learn ...

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Photography in Japan 1853-1912: Second Edition - Hardcover

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by Terry Bennett (Author)The must-have classic work on early Japanese photography! "Writer Bennett crafted this beautiful and educational book from a collection of 350 old and rare images captured by Western photographers. This book offers a glimpse of life in Japan during one of its most dramatic periods in history." --Shutterbug Magazine "The extensive collection of valuable photographs in this book and its text might be described as a visual record of our native land during that period, a ...

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Mandala - In Search of Enlightenment: Sacred Geometry in the World's Spiritual Arts - Hardcover

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by Peter Van Ham (Author)- Offers a first analysis of the phenomenon of sacred geometry in art and architecture- A new perspective on the mandala and its impact to modern art- A wonderful trip through the art of the last few centuriesHailing from the cultural realm of India, the mandala signifies in its original sense a sacred circle. It serves as a meditation aid and at the same time reflects an ancient symbolism of strictly geometric basic forms accompanied by an interpretation of its sacre...

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The Degas Plasters: Groundbreaking Revelations about Degas' Sculpture and the Hébrard Bronzes - Hardcover

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by Gregory Hedberg (Author)Author BiographyGregory Hedberg Ph.D. is a noted authority on European art of the 19th and early 20th centuries. He has published books and articles, presented symposium papers, and organized museum exhibitions on the creative processes of Michelangelo, Millet, Albert Moore, Léger, and Degas. He also organized major museum exhibitions on British Victorian art and German Neue Sachlichkeit painting. After graduating from Princeton University, he received his Ph.D. in ...

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The Art & Times of Daniel Jocz - Hardcover

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by Jeannine Falino (Author), Wendy Steiner (Author), Sarah Davies (Author)"The Art & Times of Daniel Jocz" presents the entrancing work of American jewellery artist and sculptor Daniel Jocz and his surrounding of the Boston jewellery scene of the late 20th century. Number of Pages: 208 Dimensions: 0.87 x 10.71 x 9.21 IN Publication Date: April 05, 2023

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Massimo Listri. Cabinet of Curiosities. 40th Ed. - Hardcover

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by Antonio Paolucci (Author), Giulia Carciotto (Author), Massimo Listri (Photographer)The Wunderkammer, or "cabinet of curiosities," saw collectors gathering objects from many strands of artistic, scientific, and intellectual endeavor, in an ambitious attempt to encompass all of humankind's knowledge in a single room. From the Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici and Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to Archduke Ferdinand II of Habsburg, these aristocratic virtuosos acquired, selected, and displayed ...