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Report copyright infringementby Maryna Salagub (Author)Happy Halloween! This coloring book features 25 detailed and spooky Halloween designs by Maryna Salagub, ready to be brought to life with color! You can color skeletons, candy, haunted house, jack-o'-lanterns, and a host of creepy creatures, from Frankenstein and Dracula to wizards, werewolves, and witches on broomsticks. Each of the images is bursting with detail and bordered by a trick-or-treat theme. The paper is a quality white bond, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Eric Gill (Author), Catherine Pickstock (Introduction by)As Catherine Pickstock so forcefully demonstrates in her brilliant introduction to this new publication of Beauty Looks After Herself, for 600 or more years, the Real has been progressively stripped of transcendental content, so that today an "unbearable Number of Pages: 276 Dimensions: 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: April 07, 2012

Pain and Politics in Postwar Feminist Art: Activism in the Work of Nancy Spero

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Report copyright infringementby Rachel Warriner (Author)Between 1966 and 1976, American artist Nancy Spero completed some of her most aggressively political work. Made at a time when Spero was a key member of the anti-war and feminist arts-activism that burgeoned in the New York art world during the period, her works demonstrate a violent and bodily rejection of injustice. Considering the ways in which anti-war and feminist art used emotion as a means to persuade and protest, Pain and Politic...

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Report copyright infringementby John Ruskin (Author)Modern Painters Volume 1 is a book written by the renowned English art critic John Ruskin. Published in 1843, it is considered one of the most influential works on art criticism of the 19th century. The book focuses on the principles of art, particularly the relationship between nature and art, and the role of the artist in capturing the essence of nature in their work. Ruskin argues that the true purpose of art is to reveal the beauty of na...

Adult Coloring Journal: Addiction (Turtle Illustrations, Pastel Floral)

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Report copyright infringementby Courtney Wegner (Author)Clinical Therapist, Courtney Wegner has carefully selected the illustrations and prompts in this interactive adult coloring journal for their meditative power to enhance your journaling experience and aid in your journey of self-discovery and path to happiness. Features include: - 80 lightly-lined writing pages provide plenty room to capture your thoughts- 40 expression pages for jotting down personal reflections, quotes, poems or sketch...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Jerome Eddy (Author)Arthur Jerome Eddy's "Cubists and Post-impressionism" offers a fascinating glimpse into the revolutionary world of early 20th-century art. This meticulously prepared edition revives Eddy's insightful observations on the groundbreaking movements that redefined artistic expression. Delve into the core tenets of Cubism and Post-Impressionism, exploring the artists and ideas that challenged traditional artistic norms. Eddy's work serves a...

Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, Rodolphe Bresdin

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Report copyright infringementby Museum of Modern Art (Editor)This book, published by the Museum of Modern Art, is a comprehensive study of three influential French artists of the late 19th century: Odilon Redon, Gustave Moreau, and Rodolphe Bresdin. The book includes in-depth essays on each artist, exploring their unique styles and techniques, as well as their impact on the art world of their time. The book also features numerous full-color illustrations of the artists' works, providing reade...

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Report copyright infringementby Robert J. (Robert Joseph) Casey (Author), Mary Montgomery Borglum (Author)"Give the Man Room: The Story of Gutzon Borglum" offers an intimate look at the life and work of the renowned sculptor behind Mount Rushmore. Written by Robert Joseph Casey and Mary Borglum, this biography delves into the artistic vision and personal struggles of Gutzon Borglum, a key figure in American art and history. Explore the life of the man who carved his legacy into the American l...

Contemporary Chinese Art and Film: Theory Applied and Resisted

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Report copyright infringementby Jason C. Kuo (Editor)The present volume focuses on the uses of theory originating in non-Chinese places in the creation, curating, and criticism of contemporary Chinese visual culture. In the past two decades, contemporary Chinese art and film have attracted a great deal of media and academic attention in the West, and scholars have adopted a variety of approaches in Chinese film and visual studies. The present volume focuses on the uses and status of theory or...

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Report copyright infringementby Keith Kelly (Author)Mrenh Gongveal: Chasing the Elves of the Khmer is a photo essay that delves into a common, but lesser understood, belief of the Cambodians. While learning about the culture and customs of Cambodia, Keith Kelly's adopted home of 10 years, he was especially fascinated by their folklore. One particular type of shrine dedicated to the Mrenh Gongveal, Elves of the Khmer, caught his imagination. As a personal project he started documenting the mor...

Erotic Resistance: The Struggle for the Soul of San Francisco

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Report copyright infringementby Gigi Otalvaro-Hormillosa (Author)Erotic Resistance celebrates the erotic performance cultures that have shaped San Francisco. It preserves the memory of the city's bohemian past and its essential role in the development of American adult entertainment by highlighting the contributions of women of color, queer women, and trans women who were instrumental in the city's labor history, as well as its LGBT and sex workers' rights movements. In the 1960s, topless ent...

Feedback Loop: Designing Complex Architecture

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Report copyright infringementby Kyle Talbott (Author)Feedback Loop is an introduction to the ideas underlying recent experimentation with complexity in architecture. It presents key concepts such as prototyping, non-linear order, emergence, bottom-up thinking, parametric thinking, generative scripting and biomorphism, and it does so in plain language for students of architecture and others who seek an entry point into the discussion of recent design work. Many of these ideas, which arose in o...

The Votive Statues of the Athenian Acropolis

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Report copyright infringementby Katherine Keesling (Author), Catherine M. Keesling (Author)Worshippers dedicated hundreds of statues to Athena on the Acropolis during the period between Solon's reforms and the end of the Peloponnesian War. This work brings together the evidence for statue dedications on the Acropolis in the sixth and fifth centuries B.C., including inscribed statues bases that preserve information about the dedicators and the evidence for lost bronze sculptures. Catherine Kee...

Harry Potter: Magical Creatures Mini Projector Set

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Report copyright infringementby Running Press (Author)Capture the enchantment of 12 major Harry Potter magical creatures with this unique miniature projector set. Specifications: 3-inch projector displays 12 magical creatures from the Harry Potter films and projects them across a 5-foot distance. Bonus Sticker Book: Set includes a mini sticker book with 12 full-color stickers. Perfect Gift: A unique and keepsake item for all fans of Harry Potter. Officially licensed: Authentic Wizard...

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Report copyright infringementby James Richards (Author)Travel Artist: Sketchbook Drawings and True Stories from the Road is an illustrated travelogue drawn from 20 years of travel to 50 countries, and from the scores of sketchbooks and journals created along the way. A sketchbook changes travel, from checking off an itinerary checklist and Instagram moments to a journey of discovery: about places, about people, about yourself. Richards' stories are told through hundreds of full color and bla...

Cricut Explore Air 2: Unpack Your Skills! Tips and Tricks for the Master Use of Your Cricut Explore

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Report copyright infringementby Sienna Tally (Author)Are you a fan of creating DIYs? Do you enjoy creating items and decorations in your everyday life? Maybe you are very good at it and would also like to earn some money with your creations. Do you know what Cricut is? In case you don't, we'll explain it to you! Your customers will never stop reading this amazing book!Cricut is an American company first of its kind in producing printers able to create patterns, lines, and figures on any mater...

Seeing Differently: A History and Theory of Identification and the Visual Arts

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Report copyright infringementby Amelia Jones (Author)Seeing Differently offers a history and theory of ideas about identity in relation to visual arts discourses and practices in Euro-American culture, from early modern beliefs that art is an expression of an individual, the painted image a "world picture" expressing a comprehensive and coherent point of view, to the rise of identity politics after WWII in the art world and beyond. The book is both a history of these ideas (for example, traci...

Tranquil Waters: Adult Coloring Book Nature Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Coloring Bandit (Author)Think about the seas when you open this nature-inspired coloring book. Coloring is a wonderful means of meditation. It pulls you into each stroke until bit of stress is removed from your body. Once de-stressed, you can then see the world with renewed sense of vigor. So what are you waiting for? Secure a copy today! Number of Pages: 62 Dimensions: 0.13 x 11 x 8.5 IN Publication Date: September 05, 20...

Vanities of the Eye: Vision in Early Modern European Culture

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Report copyright infringementby Stuart Clark (Author)Vanities of the Eye investigates the cultural history of the senses in early modern Europe, a time in which the nature and reliability of human vision was the focus of much debate. In medicine, art theory, science, religion, and philosophy, sight came to be characterized as uncertain or paradoxical--mental images no longer resembled the external world. Was seeing really believing? Stuart Clark explores the controversial debates of the time-...

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The Making of Modern Korean Art: The Letters of Kim Tschang-Yeul, Kim Whanki, Lee Ufan, and Park Seo-Bo, 1961-1982

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Report copyright infringementby Kim Tschang-Yeul (Artist), Doryun Chong (Editor), Yeon Shim Chung (Editor)Tracing the correspondence and careers of four artists blazing a path for Korean modern art across the globePublished with Tina Kim Gallery. From the birth of Korean Informal to the emergence of Dansaekhwa, this book is the first comprehensive survey of modern Korean abstraction through the lives of four protagonists: Kim Tschang-Yeul (1929-2021), Kim Whanki (1913-74), Lee Ufan (born 1936...

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Report copyright infringementby Gijs Van Hensbergen (Author)"A soaring biography. . . meticulously researched, elegantly organized, fluidly, lucidly written." --Chicago TribuneAt the time of his death in 1926, Antonio Gaudi was arguably the most famous architect in the world. He had created some of the greatest and most controversial masterpieces of modern architecture that were as exotic as they were outrageous. But little is known about the shadowy figure behind the swirling, vivid building...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Jafa (Artist), Flora Katz (Editor), Vassilis Oikonomopouloss (Editor)An expansive survey of video, installation and more from Arthur Jafa, whose practice is "a counterpunch to anyone who wants to put people of color in their place" (Wes Hill)Published with LUMA Arles. Over several decades, American filmmaker and artist Arthur Jafa has constructed a compelling body of work that defies categorization. Both powerful and lyrical, his practice combines a prof...

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Report copyright infringementby Jared Ledesma (Author), Terence Diggory (Contribution by), Rachel Blau Duplessis (Contribution by)Important new publication brings together a selection of forty significant works by American Abstract Expressionist artist Grace Hartigan.Grace Hartigan: The Gift of Attention explores the significant impact mid-century American poets and poetry had on painter Grace Hartigan's early career during the 1950s and 1960s. Through a compelling introduction and three illu...

Petroglyphs of Western Colorado and the Northern Ute Indian Reservation as Interpreted by Clifford Duncan: Transactions, American Philosophical Societ - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Carol Patterson (Author)Clifford Duncan, a Northern Ute elder, believed in educating the public to know and understand the meaning of Ute petroglyphs. By doing this, he believed it would help to preserve and protect them. Over the course of eight years, Clifford and the author visited and revisited all of these sites, discussing what they might represent. Clifford's father was an Uncompahgre Ute and wanted Clifford to know the traditional homelands of the Uncom...

Antinomies of Art and Culture: Modernity, Postmodernity, Contemporaneity - Paperback

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Report copyright infringementby Okwui Enwezor (Editor), Nancy Condee (Editor), Terry Smith (Editor)In this landmark collection, world-renowned theorists, artists, critics, and curators explore new ways of conceiving the present and understanding art and culture in relation to it. They revisit from fresh perspectives key issues regarding modernity and postmodernity, including the relationship between art and broader social and political currents, as well as important questions about temporalit...

John Quinn, 1870-1925: Collection of Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings and Sculpture. - Hardcover

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Report copyright infringementby John Quinn (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enoug...

Mary Heilmann: Works on Paper: 1973-2019

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Report copyright infringementby Mary Heilmann (Artist), Alexis Lowry (Editor), Jo Applin (Text by (Art/Photo Books))Heilmann's drawing practice--her "daydreaming"--sees the artist experimenting with her signature geometric shapes in various arrangements of color, form and compositionMary Heilmann's (born 1940) works on paper are suffused with the same sensibility as her influential abstract paintings, a casual playfulness animating a rigorous attention to form and color, resulting in joyful, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Chris Austin (Author)In Contrasts, artist Chris Austin takes readers on a deeply personal and imaginative journey through his surreal, wildlife-inspired art. Known for placing animals from different ecosystems--like sharks floating over mossy forest floors--Austin challenges the boundaries of nature, creating absurd yet thought-provoking scenes that explore themes of adaptability, interconnectedness, and survival. These juxtapositions not only surprise but spar...

What Is Art For?: Contemporary Artists on Their Influences, Inspirations and Disciplines

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Report copyright infringementby Ben Luke (Author)Tacita Dean, Arthur Jafa, Roni Horn and other leading contemporary artists rhapsodize on the discipline's greater significanceWriter and broadcaster Ben Luke conceived and launched the A brush with... podcast with the Art Newspaper in 2020 to explore the influences, rituals and disciplines of artists working today through in-depth interviews. Titled after the final question he asks every guest, What is art for? draws on over 25 years' experienc...

A Chronology of Film: A Cultural Timeline from the Magic Lantern to the Digital Screen

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Report copyright infringementby Ian Haydn Smith (Author) A Chronology of Film presents a fresh perspective on the medium by taking a purely chronological approach to its history, tracing the complex links between technical innovations, social changes, and artistic interventions.Organized around a central timeline that charts the development of film from the earliest moving images to present-day blockbusters, it features key films, together with commentaries and contextual information about th...

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Report copyright infringementby Touko Shino (Author)Experience all the gorgeous art from the first fourteen volumes of the best-selling The Apothecary Diaries light novel series! Get immersed in the historical setting and intriguing characters of The Apothecary Diaries, the original light novel series that inspired the hit manga and anime! This jacketed, hardcover volume includes more than 300 lavish pieces of art from light novel illustrator Touko Shino. In addition to every illustration fro...

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Report copyright infringementby Mamma Andersson (Author), Karl Ove Knausgaard (Author)Adieu Maria Magdalena considers recurring themes and motifs from Andersson's oeuvre and suggests complex and potent feelings related to loss. Employing trompe l'oeil, the artist produces a subtly claustrophobic effect in this domestic space by layering uncanny interior scenes taken from her own home and her imagination, an interplay of surfaces and imagery that, like other works in the exhibition, probes th...