Theatre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture

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Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and high art, this fascinating story of a collection of miniature mannequins describes the birth of Theatre de la Mode, the Theater of Fashion. Full of stars such as Robert Ricci (Nina Ricci's son), filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and other members of the 1944 haute couture industry, the story follows 237 miniature fashion dolls through their epic tour of Europe and North America, bringing fashion, elegance, and beauty into a w... More >>

Theatre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture

Cartooning for the Beginner

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Aspiring cartoonists of all ages can begin drawing a repertoire of characters from the moment they follow the wide-ranging yet simplified lessons that fill these instructive pages, written and illustrated by an all-time best-selling artist/teacher.

This complete course, covering both comic strip and animation techniques, begins with lessons on basic cartoon body shapes and facial features. Included are helpful comparisons between the real versus the cartoon h... More >>

Cartooning for the Beginner

Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

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Drawn from work created for books, comics, magazines, art galleries, advertisements, and the portfolios of some of the finest contemporary artists in the field, Spectrum 9 has a wider reach than any previous volume, with work from the U.S., Germany, England, the Netherlands, Spain, Japan, Canada, and France. Divided into seven categories, including one devoted to comics, the book includes James Gurney (Dinotopia), Brom (designer of the films Sleepy Hollow and Scooby... More >>

Spectrum 9: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Andre Kertesz

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Andre Kertesz (1894-1985), was a highly original artist. Eschewing the dogma of schools and movements, he was guided only by his intuition, drawing on his private life for inspiration. His quest for authenticity led to the invention of an innovative visual language. Other artists in this series include: Eugene Atget, Mathew Brady, Wynn Bullock, Julia Margaret Cameron, Joan Fontcuberta, David Goldblatt, Nan Goldin, Graciela Iturbide, Dorothea Lange, Mary Ellen M... More >>

Andre Kertesz

The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk

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A visual history of Rock and Roll, which centres on the posters that were created to advertise musicians and concerts. The book also contains photographs of the poster artists, and the venues that displayed their work.... More >>

The Art of Rock: Posters from Presley to Punk

Three Hundred Lessons in Art

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Supplement your art class with this teacher sourcebook of 300 inexpensive, short-term projects! Provides lessons in drawing, painting, 3-dimensional media, and art appreciation. Includes lesson plans, objectives, materials list, evaluation guides, and more. Author: Robert HenkesPublisher: Walch PublishingGrade Level: 7th - 12th Format: 146 pages, softcover ISBN: 0-8521-0000-3... More >>

Three Hundred Lessons in Art

Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students

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In this smart survival guide for students and teachers - the only book of its kind - James Elkins examines the "curious endeavor to teach the unteachable" that is generally known as college-level art instruction. This singular project is organized around a series of conflicting claims about art: Art can be taught, but nobody knows quite how; Art can be taught, but it seems as if it can't be since so few students become outstanding artists; Art cannot be taught, but ... More >>

Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students

The Tattoo Encyclopedia: A Guide to Choosing Your Tattoo

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A unique illustrated reference on the origins and meanings of nearly one thousand tattoo symbols that serves as a guide for choosing a personal image and provides a fascinating look at the tattoo as a work of art.
Tattoos continue to move into the mainstream and grow in popularity with each passing day. For people contemplating getting a tattoo, however, the choice of images can be overwhelming. A comprehensive, informative exploration of the colorful world of... More >>

The Tattoo Encyclopedia: A Guide to Choosing Your Tattoo

The Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art

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The one book your family needs to understand the world of art. A beautiful, unusual and engaging compendium of art history, providing an accessible entree into the world of art for everyone, regardless of their experience. From cave paintings to the Renaissance, Impressionism to Pop Art, The Collins Big Book of Art takes you on a journey through the history of art in a delightful and informative way. With more than 1200 works of art represented, this is both a coff... More >>

The Collins Big Book of Art: From Cave Art to Pop Art

Royal Doulton Figurines, 11th Edition - A Charlton Standard Catalogue

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The early Lambeth figures of John Broad, Leslie Harradine, Mark Marshall and George Tinworth continue to make gains in the market place. It is almost impossible to find a Tinworth figure for less than $2,000, while his classic pieces are in the five figure category. Noke¡¯s Vellum figures, produced at Burslem, have increased in value over 10th edition prices. The early figures in the HN Series, from HN1 to approximately HN2000, have basically increased in value... More >>

Royal Doulton Figurines, 11th Edition - A Charlton Standard Catalogue

Vermeer: The Complete Works

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This study presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. The text includes a short essay and commentaries on each of the paintings, and incorporates new research on Vermeer's life and extraordinary artistic achievements.... More >>

Vermeer: The Complete Works

The Uffizi: The Official Guide All of the Works

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These official guidebooks to Florence's finest museums and art collections are sumptuously illustrated and filled with fascinating detail. This lavishly illustrated series provides readers with the official guides to some of the world's finest galleries and art collections. Packed with fascinating detail, historical insight, and fully up-to-date information, these guides are a must-have for planning their visit to Florence.... More >>

The Uffizi: The Official Guide All of the Works

Garden Eden

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The long tradition of botanical illustration has its tribute in this new book, whose publication coincides with the occasion of an exhibition of botanical illustration at the National Library of Vienna. TASCHEN has chosen over 500 works from the library's extensive archives to be reproduced in A Garden Eden: Masterpieces of Botanical Book Illustration. Beginning with 6th century Byzantine manuscripts, A Garden Eden traces the tradition right up through recent public... More >>

Garden Eden

Exhibiting the New Art

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Afterall Books' new Exhibition Histories series responds to an increased interest in exhibition history with its inaugural volume on two of the most famous exhibitions of the 1960s: Wim Beeren's Op Losse Schroeven (Stedelijk Museum, 1969) and Harald Szeemann's When Attitudes Become Form (Kunsthalle Berne, also 1969). Installation photographs allow the reader to envision the exhibitions, and chronologies detail the negotiations that steered them. Also provided are re... More >>

Exhibiting the New Art

Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds

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Part adventure story, part maritime archaeological expedition, part historical look into ninth-century Chinese economy, culture, and trade, Shipwrecked is a fascinating journey back in time.

Twelve centuries ago, a merchant ship—an Arab dhow—foundered on a reef just off the coast of Belitung, a small island in the Java Sea. The cargo was a remarkable assemblage of lead ingots, bronze mirrors, spice-filled jars, intricately worked vessels of silver and gol... More >>

Shipwrecked: Tang Treasures and Monsoon Winds

Nineteenth Century European Art

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This refreshingly direct study addresses 19th-century European art along with the forces that informed it. After introducing historical events and cultural and artistic trends from about 1760 that would exert their influence well into the new century, author Petra ten-Doesschate Chu discusses the advent of Modernism and its many interpretations. She considers the changing relationship between artist and audience; evolving attitudes toward the depiction of nature; an... More >>

Nineteenth Century European Art

Lee Krasner

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This work chronicles the life and work of Lee Krasner, one of the most inventive Abstract Expressionist painters. Lee Kranser occupies a special place in Abstract Expressionism as a major female painter in a group of artists known for their macho individuality. Aproaching art-making as a forum for communicating her discoveries about the self, nature and modern life, she turn the process of her painting into a debate with herself and other artists, ranging from Picas... More >>

Lee Krasner

Drawing From Life: The Journal as Art

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Who hasn't, at one time or other, kept a journal? The impulse to record our daily lives on paper is nothing if not universal. Still, only a few of us have the discipline to make it past the first few entries, and fewer still manage to create diaries whose insight and visual beauty can inspire anyone but their authors. Drawing from Life: The Journal as Art is an exploration of these exceptions books of obsessive wonder filled to their borders with drawings, sketches,... More >>

Drawing From Life: The Journal as Art

Impressionism

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A guide to Impressionism which also examines painting in Europe and North America that was inspired by French Impressionism.... More >>

Impressionism

The Curtain Sketchbook

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This volume is designed to facilitate the selection of curtains. In an easy-to-use format that opens flat for duplication, it contains sketches of curtain headings, valances, tie backs, swags and tails, Roman blinds, roller blinds, dormer windows, and many more.... More >>

The Curtain Sketchbook

Process Color Manual: 24,000 CMYK combinations for design, prepress, and printing

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Today graphic design is done almost exclusively on screen, where colors look different than when they are printed. To help designers and the people who work with them address this critical disparity, authors Michael and Pat Rogondino have completely revised and expanded their standard manual, Computer Color (0-87701-739-5). A boon for all designers, production people, artists, and printers, Process Color Manual provides an astounding 24,000 colors that match from co... More >>

Process Color Manual: 24,000 CMYK combinations for design, prepress, and printing

The Grammar of Ornament

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Architect and decorator Owen Jones supervised the works at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851, and his decoration of the Crystal Palace was hailed as one of the great achievements of the exhibition. In 1856, Jones published his indispensable reference work, The Grammar of Ornament. Organized into twenty chapters with introductory text, its encyclopedic approach offers a unique vision of decorative styles throughout time. The richly detailed and varied illustrati... More >>

The Grammar of Ornament