Primal Arts: Americas - Australia
by Geoffroy Schneiter


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Exploring the similarities between these lost cultures, Primal Arts II illuminates their lives, revealing how these people worked with nature and created and used various objects that, today, are considered great works of art. Linking previously... (read more)

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Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
by Johanna Drucker


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Johanna Drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists' books, and visual poetry. This book is a compendium of Drucker's thought -- yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, Figuring the Word... (read more)

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Masterpieces of Illumination
by Ingo Walther


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From The Book of Kells to Boccaccio?s Decameron and from the Vienna Genesis to Dante?s Divine Comedy - see the breathtaking originals of 167 of the greatest classics of all time. This lavishly produced book introduces the reader to the fascinating world... (read more)

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Design Encyclopedia
by Mel Byars


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The Museum of Modern Art Design Encyclopedia is the most comprehensive design reference guide to date. Compiled by Mel Byars in consultation with an international team of design experts, it features designers from all over the globe, both legendary names... (read more)

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Chinese Propaganda Posters
by Michael Wolf


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With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. These infamous posters were, in turn,... (read more)

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The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa
by Michael Kimmelman


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The chief art critic of the "New York Times" delivers an uplifting art-is-good-for-you message that goes far beyond what's found in galleries and museums.... (read more)

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The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
by Ralph Steadman


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A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, "The Jokes Over" is the definitive inside story of Hunter S. Thompson and the Gonzo years.... (read more)

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Cabinet of Natural Curiosities: The Complete Plates in Colour, 1734-1763
by Albertus Seba




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Taschen has always published heavy, lush art books, but they've outdone themselves with Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (weighing in at thirteen pounds). Albertus Seba, a pharmacist in eighteenth-century Amsterdam, collected beautiful and strange animals,... (read more)

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Complete Printmaker
by John Ross


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The most comprehensive up-to-date guide to printmaking on the market today, the revised, expanded, fully illustrated edition of this classic, containing 40 color plates and 600 black-and-white illustrations, covers every aspect of fine printing.... (read more)

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The Golden Mean: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Concludes
by Nick Bantock


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Sabine — I was sure I understood. Yet you were not here when I returned and there was no sign that you ever had been here.... Today comes your card saying you were in this house for three days after my return. I am bewildered. I need you... (read more)

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Celebrity Sell
by Ad Museum (edt)


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30 classic postcards from the golden age of celebrity endorsement, starring Bing Crosby, John Wayne, Salvador Dali, Julie Andrews and many, many others in amusingly cheesy poses. Latest in the highly successful series. Full colour.... (read more)

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Miro Postcard Book
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Joan Miró (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanish painters of the twentieth century. His early work clearly shows the influence of Fauvism and Cubism. The Catalan landscape also shapes the themes and treatment of these initial works. In his... (read more)

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Women Artists (Taschen 25)
by Uta Grosenick


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It's a women's world (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Featured artists: Marina Abramovic, Laurie Anderson, Janine Antoni, Vanessa Beecroft, Louise Bourgeois, Hanne Darboven, Sonia Delaunay, Rineke Dijkstra, Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Valie... (read more)

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Land Art (Basic Art)
by Michael Lailach


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The earth as canvas In the mid-60s, artists in the USA and Europe began planning works for sites outside the narrow boundaries of galleries and museums. It began with ephemeral enhancements or traces left in deserted landscapes, in the deserts of America,... (read more)

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Cult Rock Posters: Ten Years of Classic Posters from the Glam, Punk, and New Wave Era
by Roger Crimlis


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From 1972 to 1982, rock posters-like rock itself--exploded with power and invention. Part visual history, part visceral history, Cult Rock Posters traces the evolution of pop music, from glam to punk to new wave, during a turbulent decade. These are the... (read more)

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The Morning Star: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Is Illuminated
by Nick Bantock


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The mystery that began with a single enigmatic postcard reaches its dramatic conclusion in The Morning Star. Three million readers the world over await this last chapter of the best-selling Griffin & Sabine series, a volume of gorgeous artwork and... (read more)

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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die
by Robert Dimery


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1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die is a highly readable list of the best, the most important, and the most influential pop albums from 1955 through 2003. Carefully selected by a team of international critics, each album is a groundbreaking work... (read more)

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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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