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Art of Animal Drawing : Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (93 Edition)
Art of Animal Drawing : Construction, Action Analysis, Caricature (93 Edition)
by Ken Hultgren
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Former Disney animator offers expert advice on drawing animals both realistically and as caricatures. Use of line, brush technique, establishing mood, conveying action, much more. Construction drawings reveal development process in creating animal... (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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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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Pink Glass Swan : Selected Feminist Essays on Art (95 Edition)
Pink Glass Swan : Selected Feminist Essays on Art (95 Edition)
by Lucy R. Lippard
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Selected writings from America's leading feminist art critic.... (read more)

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Proust Was a Neuroscientist
Proust Was a Neuroscientist
by Jonah Lehrer
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The young Lehrer's keen portraits make for a winning read. Using Woolf, Stravinsky, Cézanne, Whitman, and a handful of others, he shows how art has given us as much insight into the human mind as science has.... (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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Digital Texturing & Painting with CDROM
Digital Texturing & Painting with CDROM
by Owen Demers
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [324-325]) and index.... (read more)

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Highbrow Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America
Highbrow Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America
by Lawrence Levine
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In this unusually wide-ranging study, spanning more than a century and covering such diverse forms of expressive culture as Shakespeare, Central Park, symphonies, jazz, art museums, the Marx Brothers, opera, and vaudeville, a leading cultural historian... (read more)

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Situation (09 Edition)
Situation (09 Edition)
by Claire (ed.) Doherty
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Key texts on the notion of "situation" in art and theory that consider site, place, and context, temporary interventions, remedial actions, place-making, and public space.... (read more)

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Drawing As Expression: Technique and Concepts (2ND 07 Edition)
Drawing As Expression: Technique and Concepts (2ND 07 Edition)
by Sandy Brooke
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Benefiting all visual artists regardless of their level of expertise, this instructional guide to drawing covers all aspects of the craft–from basic skills and formal elements to introductory figure drawing and the advanced concepts of... (read more)

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Freehand Sketching (04 Edition)
Freehand Sketching (04 Edition)
by Paul Laseau
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From basic skills to sketch construction using grids, frames, and shapes to the creation of tone, texture, color, and detail, and experimentation with digital rendering, Freehand Sketching helps you build your drawing skill and confidence through mastery... (read more)

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The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (World of Art)
The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec (World of Art)
by Mary Ellen Miller
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Mary Ellen Miller evocatively surveys the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations—Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, Aztecas well as those of their less well-known contemporaries. Their pyramids and palaces, jades and brightly... (read more)

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Sketching and Drawing Bible (05 Edition)
Sketching and Drawing Bible (05 Edition)
by Marylin Scott
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This hardcover book with internal wire-o binding is 6.5in x 8in, a perfect size for readers to keep handy and reference often. The stylish design of this book, along with the interior photographs, illustrations and diagrams, make the learning process... (read more)

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Exploring the Basics of Drawing (05 Edition)
Exploring the Basics of Drawing (05 Edition)
by Victoria Vebell
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Practical instruction is at the core of this new book, authored by a highly accomplished illustrator and full-time instructor, who is admired for her artistic talent. It imparts a logical, step-by-step process to the art of drawing realistically that not... (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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Arts in Prehistoric Greece (78 Edition)
Arts in Prehistoric Greece (78 Edition)
by Singlair Hood
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The Art In Prehistoric Greece is a comprehensive survey of how the Aegean peoples expressed themselves during a period of some five thousand years after the end of the Bronze Age ( c. 1100 B.C. ), and before the rise of Greek Art, Work produced in the... (read more)

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Drawing in Pen & Ink (First Steps)
Drawing in Pen & Ink (First Steps)
by Claudia Nice
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Got a yearning to pick up a pen and see what you can do? Go for it But don't sketch alone - let popular artist and teacher Claudia Nice be your guide. She'll make your first steps fun and successful In her trademark style - friendly and encouraging... (read more)

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Chicana and Chicano Art: Protestarte (09 Edition)
Chicana and Chicano Art: Protestarte (09 Edition)
by Carlos Francisco Jackson
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This is the first book solely dedicated to the history, development, and present-day flowering of Chicana and Chicano visual arts. It offers readers an opportunity to understand and appreciate Chicana/o art from its beginnings in the 1960s, its... (read more)

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Grove Book of Art Writing : Brilliant Words on Art From Pliny the Elder To Damien Hirst (98 Edition)
Grove Book of Art Writing : Brilliant Words on Art From Pliny the Elder To Damien Hirst (98 Edition)
by Martin Gayford
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A collection of thoughts and ideas about art spanning thousands of years, from Pliny the Elder to Picasso.... (read more)

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Prehistoric Art and Civilization (98 Edition)
Prehistoric Art and Civilization (98 Edition)
by Denis Vailou
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Well-written, loaded with information, and with a rich assortment of illustrations, each Discoveries "RM" volume is a look at one facet of art, archaeology, music, history, philosophy, popular culture, science, or nature. These innovatively designed... (read more)

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