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Gil Elvgren: The Complete Pin-Ups
by Gil Elvgren
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Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in theform of Gil Elvgren's Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His technique-which earned him a... ( read more)
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Fushigi Circus
by Mark Ryden
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A collection of the works of Mark Ryden. Features new works, including Blood, Sweat, Tears, and The Creatrix. A survey of 55 of Ryden's most impressive works from past shows to the present.
Published by PIE Books of Japan, and distributed outside of... ( read more)
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Dan Eldon: The Art of Life
by Jennifer New
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Only 22 when he lost his life on assignment in Somalia, photojournalist Dan Eldon left behind much more than the journals that became the basis for Chronicle's best-seller The Journey Is the Destination. He left a lifetime of adventures that continue to... ( read more)
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Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
by Tove Jansson
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Tove Jansson, a Finnish author and illustrator, drew these comics for the Onday Evening News in the 1950s. Many people know and love her books, but have never seen these amazing comics. Thanks to Drawn & Quarterly, now's your chance! Perfect for both... ( read more)
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The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (P.S.)
by Edward Dolnick
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In the predawn hours of a gloomy February day in 1994, two thieves entered the National Gallery in Oslo and made off with one of the world's most famous paintings, Edvard Munch's Scream. It was a brazen crime committed while the whole world was watching... ( read more)
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The Devil's Advocate: The Art of Coop
by Chris Cooper
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This very fancy hardcover book reproduces tons of Coop's posters and stickers. A very recognisable style on a host of record covers and posters. Coop is now as famous as the psychedelic poster artists of three decades earlier.... ( read more)
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J.C. Leyendecker: American Imagist
by Laurence Cutler
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One of the most prolific and successful artists of the Golden Age of American Illustration, J. C. Leyendecker captivated audiences throughout the first half of the 20th century. Leyendecker is best known for his creation of the archetype of the... ( read more)
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Dali
by Dawn Ades
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Salvador Dali is perhaps the most universally famous and popular artist of the twentieth century. On the occasion of the centenary of his birth comes the definitive retrospective of the artist's work from his early years. Dali explores the development of... ( read more)
Your price: $75.00
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Mark Di Suvero: Dreambook
by Mark Di Suvero
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This beautifully illustrated book--the definitive volume on American sculptor Mark di Suvero--features more than two hundred images of his most important works, interspersed with short texts by the artist and by other writers who have inspired his art... ( read more)
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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self
by Julia Cameron
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index.... ( read more)
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Kandinsky with Paperback Book
by Helmut Friedel
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This sumptuously produced volume displays Kandinsky's brilliant use of color, shape, and composition through more than 250 full-color details or full-page illustrations. Essays by the world's leading Kandinsky experts focus on the evolution of his work... ( read more)
Your price: $185.00
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The Macclesfield Psalter
by Stella Panayotova
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The first reproduction of this exquisite illuminated manuscript that brings medieval ways, beliefs, and thought to life. Discoveries of real artistic treasures are exceptionally rare. The Macclesfield Psalter(c. 1335), a jewel of manuscript painting, was... ( read more)
Your price: $125.00
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The Principles of Uncertainty
by Maira Kalman
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Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an inimitable combination of image and text. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, and part travelogue. Her whimsical paintings, ideas, and images address the larger... ( read more)
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Matthew Ritchie: More Than the Eye
by Matthew Ritchie
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Acclaimed in the art world for his room-size installations of paintings, sculpture, and digital projections, Matthew Ritchie's work investigates architecture and the dynamics of culture. Named by Time magazine in 2001 as one of 100 innovators for the new... ( read more)
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Francis Bacon
by Francis Bacon
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The painting of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) defines the shattered self-image of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, and his wracked human figures are now basic to the twentieth century's visual lexicon. Clearing away all moral scaffolding... ( read more)
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Patti Smith: Land 250
by Patti Smith
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Photos by a key figure in modern music, noted for the way she integrates performance poetry with garage-band rock and roll. Patti Smith is known most widely as a musical artist and a poet, but her creative energies are not limited to those genres. This... ( read more)
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Collect Raindrops: The Seasons Gathered
by Nikki Mcclure
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Artist McClures delicate images exude an optimism that revolves around community, sustenance, parenting, and appreciating both the urban and rural landscape through a visual language that is uniquely her own.... ( read more)
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Andrew Wyeth Memory & Magic
by Anne Classen Knutson
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In association with the High Museum exhibition, this volume takes a fresh look at the work of one of America's most beloved artists. The book celebrates the artist's ongoing love affair with everyday life--domestic, natural, and architectural. Includes... ( read more)
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Goya
by Goya
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Goya--the name alone evokes countless masterpieces, both painted and printed: the raw and brutal Third of May 1808, the nightmarish Caprichos etchings (with the famous motto, The sleep of reason produces monsters), the compellingly erotic Nude Maja and... ( read more)
Your price: $34.00
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Sun, Wind, and Rain: The Art of David Cox
by Scott Wilcox
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Born in Birmingham, England, in 1783, David Cox was destined to become a major figure in the linked worlds of landscape painting and watercolor painting in the first half of the nineteenth century. Remarkably, no significant study of the artist has been... ( read more)
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