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Gorgeous, high-end art tomes and collectable rare books at a fraction of the original price, selected for quality and scholarship and sheer beauty. Some are "coffee table" art books too or colouring books for adults, how to create art for yourself and learn from the experts or the Masters.
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Well, I am a Sunday painter. It’s just that I paint every other day of the week as well. - L.S. Lowry
| HATJE KANTZ Book Number: 75693 |
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41 important paintings, drawings, prints and sculpture present the 'Half American' Max Beckmann (1884-1950) in an entirely new art and listening experience. Here is a virtual visit to an exhibitio...
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| MARTHA HOPPIN Book Number: 77682 |
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John George Brown (born 1831) was, and still is, most associated with the image of the entrepreneurial young bootblack, American children from immigrant families. He had himself emigrated from Eng...
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| HELEN COLLINS Book Number: 78056 |
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Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, Edward Jerman, considered 'The City's most able known artist' was invited by a committee composed of the Corporation of the City and the Mercer's Company...
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| SUSAN BROWN Book Number: 78677 |
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'Female impersonation is all about transition. I choose to emulate women who exude sex appeal, glamour and shock value. If I had been born a woman that's who I would have been.' Fiona is a gender ...
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| GREGORY MAGUIRE Book Number: 79382 |
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It amazed us to be reminded that it is now over half a century since the publication of Maurice Sendak's multi-million selling, multiple award-winning Where the Wild Things Are, first published in ...
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| ROSAMOND BERNIER Book Number: 74573 |
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Bernier's father chaired the directors of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and when she herself was a young harp student she met all the great musicians of her day, from Otto Klemperer, who threw food a...
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| MORGAN FALCONER Book Number: 79485 |
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New York City, among its many attractions, offers an unrivalled range of the world's art in museums and galleries. However, the problem with such a large number of premises exhibiting so much art i...
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| WILL KWIATKOWSKI Book Number: 79509 |
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Firdausi's epic poem The Shahnama is a celebration of Iran's ancient tradition of kingship. The Eckstein Shahnama is a lavishly illuminated and illustrated Ottoman copy of the work, completed in t...
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| JULIETTE RIZZI Book Number: 79535 |
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Henri Matisse is considered one of the leaders of the Fauvist movement and developed his interest in the decorative and experimented with flatness of colour. He created a large and diverse body of ...
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| JOHN EARL Book Number: 80644 |
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From 1986-1995 the author was Director of The Theatres Trust, the body charged by Act of Parliament with 'the better protection of theatres.' This very attractive Shire handbook is packed with bot...
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| EDITED BY JUDITH BARTER Book Number: 80779 |
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The Arts and Crafts movement was a rebellion against the uninspired machine-made or factory produced items. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin, people such as William Morris here in Britain an...
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| PERCY NORTH Book Number: 80793 |
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Impressionist artist Bernhard Gutmann, born 1869 in Germany, moved to the America in his early twenties, soon becoming a major, much-admired figure in the art world. His use of colour, as well as h...
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| EDITED BY MICHELLE PICKERING Book Number: 80857 |
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The first book of the Old Testament is entitled 'The First Book of Moses', commonly called Genesis. The first five books known as The Pentateuch or Torah are traditionally attributed to Moses, but...
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| LAURENT PFLUGHAUPT Book Number: 80874 |
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Designer, calligrapher and artist Laurent Pflughaupt analyses each letter of the Roman alphabet in detail. Letters are more than building blocks in our language - some people believe they form the...
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| DYFRI WILLIAMS Book Number: 80887 |
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Shown here are 160 of the most important and beautiful works of classical art held in the British Museum. Beginning with pre-historic Greece it continues through the classical period and the Roman ...
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| SEATTLE ART MUSEUM Book Number: 80894 |
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Joan Miró was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1893, and was a leader in the abstract form. In the 1920s he was at the centre of the evolution of the modern art connected to the Parisian avant-garde. T...
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| FLORIAN HEINE Book Number: 80912 |
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Before the invention of photography, artists experimented with mirrors, optical devices and the camera obscura to create images which they could then sketch and paint over. It was a way of dealing ...
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| VALERIE ANN LEEDS Book Number: 80915 |
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Ray Ellis is an impressionist painter for the modern world, recording the luminous play of light and shade on the sandy beaches of Martha's Vineyard, and further south the lush gardens and restrain...
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| JAMES A GANZ Book Number: 80917 |
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During the Dutch Golden Age of the 17th century, prints were eminently popular, created in vast numbers by both artists and professional printmakers. Of them all, it was probably Rembrandt van Rijn...
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| E. RATHBONE W. ROBINSON ET AL Book Number: 80944 |
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Popular perceptions of Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) frequently envision him working before nature in an intense frenzy, yet his method was often controlled and deliberate. This is the first book t...
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| DAMIAN CALLAN Book Number: 81324 |
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Learn to build up a painting in thin layers of diluted paint, by first establishing the dark values and half-tones, then going on to strengthen the lighter areas with fine trails of thicker paint. ...
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| ANDREW WILTON Book Number: 81352 |
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Here Andrew Wilton, Keeper and Senior Research Fellow at Tate Britain, traces the story of British painting from its hesitant beginnings under the influence of Henry VIII's favourite German, Hans H...
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| WILLIAM VAUGHAN Book Number: 81353 |
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Another in Thames and Hudson's excellent World of Art series, this time we examine the work and life of a great British master, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88). Perhaps the important theme of the bo...
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| JAMES TRILLING Book Number: 81354 |
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From the much revered and heavyweight quality Thames & Hudson World of Art series, here is a decorative arts classic. Ornament, the art of decorative patterning, has given rise to some of the most ...
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| MASTERPIECES BRITISH MUSEUM Book Number: 81437 |
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The turquoise mosaic of a double-headed serpent is one of the most alluring objects in the British Museum's Mexican Gallery. Made over 500 years ago this icon of Aztec art is admired for its symme...
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| THE BRITISH MUSEUM Book Number: 81458 |
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The great Hindu god Shiva is worshipped and depicted in many forms as yogi, hunter, destroyer, lord of the cosmic dance. Yet one exquisite picture in the British Museum shows this wild deity in a ...
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| DAVID HOCKNEY Book Number: 81103 |
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Taschen's brand new SUMO-sized David Hockney monograph is as spectacular in format as it is in scope. In it, the artist takes stock of more than 60 years of work, from his teenage days at the Brad...
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| LAWRENCE KREISMAN Book Number: 81546 |
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Icons of the Arts and Crafts style, the distinctive typography and elegant compositions designed by William Joseph 'Dard' Hunter (American, 1883-1966) established him as one of America's most influ...
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| ROBIN HILDYARD Book Number: 81552 |
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Some of the names are as swirly and beautiful as the objects they describe - Sgraffito, Palissy, Minton and Piccolpasso. Published by the Victoria and Albert Museum for it Ceramics galleries, the ...
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| PRESENTED BY SELINA SCOTT Book Number: 81648 |
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In this programme, Selina Scott uncovers the treasures of Boughton House, the home of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensbury. His ancestors were collectors on a grand scale and managed to fill three...
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