|
Art
|
||||||||||||||||||||
|
Albertus Seba: Cabinet of Natural Curiosities (25) by Dr Irmgard Msch Publisher Comments A most unusual collection of natural specimens Albertus Seba's Cabinet of Curiosities is one of the 18th century's greatest natural history achievements and remains one of the most prized natural history books of all time. Though scientists of his era... (read more) Your price: $39.99 New - Hardcover 
add to wish list |
|
Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali & the Artists of Optical Illusion by Al Seckel Publisher Comments Rings of seahorses that seem to rotate on the page. Butterflies that transform right before your eyes into two warriors with their horses. A mosaic portrait of oceanographer Jacques Cousteau made from seashells. These dazzling and often playful artistic... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Art Journey America Landscapes: 89 Painters' Perspectives by Edited By Kathy Kipp With Editors From C Publisher Comments howcasing the work of more than 100 top contemporary American master artists of our day, this book features landscapes (a popular subject for art collectors and a tradition throughout American art history) from all across the country--east and west... (read more) Your price: $49.99 New - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Poster: 1,000 Posters from Toulouse-Lautrec to Sagmeister by Cees V De Jong Publisher Comments This complete international history of poster design from the Art Nouveau to the present covers all of the significant developments in poster design, and every important type of poster, from wine and war to rock and rebellion. One thousand posters... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $15.98 Sale - Flexible
add to wish list |
|
Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns of Information by Manuel Lima Synopsis Our ability to generate information now far exceeds our capacity to understand it. Finding patterns and making meaningful connections inside complex data networks has emerged as one of the biggest challenges of the twenty-first century. In recent years... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $29.98 Sale - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
You Are Here by Katharine Harmon Staff Pick Maps are magical pieces of paper. Who doesn't love to pore over them and imagine traveling to New York, Paris, Amsterdam or even Weed, California? Maps are reassuring when you are lost, and they inspire you to dream when you're stagnant. Author Katherine... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Firecrackers: The Art and History by Warren Dotz Staff Pick List Price $18.75 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Five Hundred Self-portraits (00 Edition) by Julian Bell Synopsis Featuring works by the world's greatest painters and sculptors, this book presents an uninterrupted sequence of 500 self-portraits in chronological order, from ancient Egypt to the late 20th century. Each image is both a work of art and a study of... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $15.00 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Apocalypse & the Shape of Things to Come by Frances Carey Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-343) and index.... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $14.95 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Masters of Deception: Escher, Dali, & the Artists of Optical Illusion by Al Seckel Publisher Comments Astonishing creations by masters of the art, such as Escher, Dali, and Archimbolo; amazing visual trickery; and an illuminating foreword by the Pulitzer Prize--winning author Douglas R. Hofstadter make this 320-page, breathtaking collection the... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Music in Art (Guide to Imagery) by Alberto Ausoni Publisher Comments This abundantly illustrated, full-color volume provides an overview of the topic of music, musical instruments, and musical performance throughout the centuries, as depicted in Western works of art ranging from ancient sculpture to Renaissance paintings... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.50 Sale - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels by David A Berona Publisher Comments “Wordless books” were stories from the early part of the twentieth century told in black and white woodcuts, imaginatively authored without any text. Although woodcut novels have their roots spreading back through the history of graphic arts... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $23.95 Sale - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Cat: 3500 Years of the Cat in Art by Caroline Bugler Synopsis The cats reputation and place in society have been subject to twists and turns of fate that are all reflected in art. While cats were deified by the ancient Egyptians, they were vilified by the medieval Church, before the Renaissance and Baroque periods... (read more) Your price: $49.95 New - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
The Machine Age in America: 1918-1941 by Richard Guy Wilson Synopsis Originally published to accompany a landmark 1986 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, this now-classic book offers a comprehensive look at American art, architecture, photography, film, and industrial and graphic design in the years between the two... (read more) List Price $49.50 Your price: $27.00 Used - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Girls! Girls! Girls! in Contemporary Art by Lori Waxman Publisher Comments Since the 1990s, female artists have led the contemporary art world in the creation of art depicting female adolescence, producing challenging, critically debated, and avidly collected artworks that are driving the current and momentous shift in... (read more) List Price $50.25 Your price: $40.00 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
![120 Great Victorian Fantasy Paintings [With CDROM] (Electronic Clip Art)](http://covers.powells.com/9780486990040.jpg)
|
120 Great Victorian Fantasy Paintings [With CDROM] (Electronic Clip Art) by Jeff A Menges Publisher Comments The Victorians were enthralled by fairies and angels, and their fascination with benevolent spirits is reflected in their art. These full-color paintings from the 19th- and early-20th centuries feature Pre-Raphaelite, Symbolist, and Narrative works by... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $13.50 Sale - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines by Frank M Robinson Publisher Comments Pulp fiction's lurid adventures were vividly reflected on the magazines' eye-catching covers. Hard-boiled dames, bizarre monsters, dicks and ' tecs, sinister villains, and muscled warriors all appeared each month to tempt readers out of their hard-earned... (read more) Your price: $80.00 Used - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
Color Chart by Ann Temkin Publisher Comments Color Chart addresses the impact of standardized, mass-produced color on the art of the past 60 years. Taking the commercial color chart as its central metaphor, this volume chronicles an important artistic shift that took place during the middle of the... (read more) List Price $50.00 Your price: $18.74 Sale - Hardcover
add to wish list |
|
Human Anatomy: A Visual History from the Renaissance to the Digital Age by Benjamin A. Rifkin Publisher Comments Praised by Nature ("stunning"), the London Times ("remarkable"), and the Guardian ("mesmeric"), this lavishly illustrated book chronicles the remarkable history of anatomical illustration. Before the invention of photography, artists played an essential... (read more) Your price: $16.95 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
|
The Music of Painting: Music, Modernism and the Visual Arts from the Romantics to John Cage by Peter Vergo Publisher Comments Composers and artists have always borrowed from each other. Peter Vergo, for the first time, offers an in-depth study of how and why, in the modernist era, music and painting became intertwined. Artist-composer relationships examined include Debussy's... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
add to wish list |
Don't Miss
