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The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
by Betty Edwards
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When Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain was first published in 1979, it hit the New York Times bestseller list within two weeks and stayed there for more than a year. In 1989, when Dr. Betty Edwards revised the book, it went straight to the Times... (read more)

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Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
by David Bayles and Ted Orland
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"This is a book about making art. Ordinary art. Ordinary art means something like: all art not made by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially—statistically speaking—there aren't any people like that... (read more)

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Women, Art, and Society (World of Art)
Women, Art, and Society (World of Art)
by Whitney Chadwick
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This acclaimed study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule who transcended their sex to produce major works of art. While acknowledging the many women whose contributions to visual culture since the Middle Ages... (read more)

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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Watercolor (92 Edition)
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Watercolor (92 Edition)
by Marian E. Appellof
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Imagine an art school where more than 15 popular watercolorists teach, and you've imagined Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Watercolor, a full-to-the-brim 400-page anthology of Watson-Guptill's finest watercolor instruction from recent best... (read more)

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Rapid Viz : New Method for the Rapid Visualitzation of Ideas (3RD 06 Edition)
Rapid Viz : New Method for the Rapid Visualitzation of Ideas (3RD 06 Edition)
by Kurt Hanks
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Rapid Viz, Third Edition: A New Method for the Rapid Visualization of Ideas provides hands-on instruction on quick sketching skills and techniques that allow you to picture your ideas mentally, and then quickly convert those thoughts into visual reality... (read more)

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Japanese Ink Painting: The Art of Sumi-E
Japanese Ink Painting: The Art of Sumi-E
by Naomi Okamoto
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“This study of Japanese ink painting is as much about philosophy and poetry as it is about putting brush to paper. Artisan Okamoto clearly describes the unique materials and techniques involved, and she beautifully illustrates each lesson. The... (read more)

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Nothing If Not Critical (90 Edition)
Nothing If Not Critical (90 Edition)
by Robert Hughes
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The most controversial art critic in America--author of the bestselling The Fatal Shore and The Shock of the New--looks with love and loathing, wit and authority, at art and artists from the past to the present. Hughes evokes and defines the essences... (read more)

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The Shape of Content
The Shape of Content
by Ben Shahn
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In this brilliant book, which brings the many talents of Ben Shahn…into one crisp, clear, unified, astounding career, the primary focus is the exploration and explanation of the relationship between Shahn's paintings and photographs…The first... (read more)

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An Introduction to Art Techniques (DK Art School)
An Introduction to Art Techniques (DK Art School)
by Ray Smith
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Illustrating a complete range of art techniques through full-color, step-by-step photographs, this elaborately instructional art book covers figure drawing, watercolor, and oil painting, with a focus on the effect each has on the artwork as a whole.... (read more)

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Critique Handbook: Art Stud. Sourcebook (2ND 10 Edition)
Critique Handbook: Art Stud. Sourcebook (2ND 10 Edition)
by Kendall Buster
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This unique textbook is an invaluable tool for students in any art course requiring critiques.  The Critique Handbook is an excellent resource both for beginners and more experienced students.   This text was written to address an existing gap... (read more)

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Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner (03 Edition)
Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner (03 Edition)
by Claire Garcia
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Based upon the author's own successful workshops, Drawing for the Absolute and Utter Beginner helps new artists create competent, often eloquent drawings. A series of progressive lessons demonstrates such essential skills as recording edges, creating... (read more)

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How to Use Your Eyes
How to Use Your Eyes
by James Elkins
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I hope this book will inspire every reader to stop and consider things that are...so clearly meaningless that they never seemed worth a second thought.... Grass, the night sky, a postage stamp, a crack in the sidewalk, a shoulder. Ordinary objects of... (read more)

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Power of Images in the Age of Augustus (88 Edition)
Power of Images in the Age of Augustus (88 Edition)
by Paul Zanker
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Examines the imperial mythology that was reflected by Roman art and architecture during the rule of Augustus Caesar... (read more)

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Perspective Drawing (2ND 97 Edition)
Perspective Drawing (2ND 97 Edition)
by Kenneth W. Auvil
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This inexpensive supplement offers a concise introduction to the basics of linear perspective and provides a clear and proven method for learning perspective drawing.... (read more)

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Child Art in Context : a Cultural and Comparative Perspective (02 Edition)
Child Art in Context : a Cultural and Comparative Perspective (02 Edition)
by Claire Golomb
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"Child Art in Context examines the process of creative expression in child art from an innovative sociocultural and historical perspective. More than 100 drawings and sculptures illustrate the genesis and development of representational skill and its... (read more)

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A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, #2: The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts, #2: The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form
by Kenneth Clark
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From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form.... (read more)

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Perspective for Interior Designers : Simplified Techniques for Geometric and Freehand Drawing (85 Edition)
Perspective for Interior Designers : Simplified Techniques for Geometric and Freehand Drawing (85 Edition)
by John Pile
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Contents of Perspective for Interior Designers: • Basic Method • Special Situations • Freehand Perspective • Perspective with the Camera • Case Studies • Analyses of Finished Perspectives • Computer-Aided... (read more)

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Power of Art (2ND 09 - Old Edition)
Power of Art (2ND 09 - Old Edition)
by Richard L. Lewis
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Designed for art appreciation courses, THE POWER OF ART is the first book to truly integrate the study of art within a global historical context. It presents the story of art as part of the accumulated experience of humankind by examining connections... (read more)

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Composition in Art
Composition in Art
by Henry Rankin Poore
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Learn principles of composition, classical and modern, through analysis of works from Middle Ages to present — Goya, Cézanne, Hopper, many others. Excellent discussion on the importance of balance, entrance and exit, circular... (read more)

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Wall and Piece (07 Edition)
Wall and Piece (07 Edition)
by Banksy
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Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of  New York City's major art museums, he's also "hung" his... (read more)

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