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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 notmade by Mozart. After all, art is rarely made by Mozart-like people; essentially-statistically speaking-there aren'tany people like that. Geniuses get made once-... ( read more)
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How to Read a Modern Painting: Lessons from the Modern Masters
by Jon Thompson
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Modern art, filled with complex themes and subtle characteristics, is a wonder to view, but can be intimidating for the casual observer to comprehend. In this accessible, practical guide, author and instructor Jon Thompson explores more than 200 works... ( read more)
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Conjunctions 52: Betwixt the Between (Conjunctions #52)
by Bradford Morrow and Brian Evenson
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Post-fantasy fiction that defies definition is at the center of a groundbreaking issue edited by Bradford Morrow and Brian Evenson in the Spring 2009 edition of Conjunctions.
Imagine an everyday world in which meat is grown in vats by men called... ( read more)
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Soul's Palette : Drawing on Art's Transformative Powers (02 Edition)
by Cathy A. Malchiodi
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Making art, according to Cathy Malchiodi, may be as important to your physical and spiritual health as balanced nutrition, regular exercise, or meditation. Expressing yourself creatively--through drawing, painting, sculpture, photography--allows you to... ( read more)
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Hybrid Cultures (06 Edition)
by Nestor Garcia Canclini
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When it was originally published, Hybrid Cultures was foundational to Latin American cultural studies. This now-classic work features a new introduction in which Nestor Garcia Canclini calls for a cultural politics to contain the damaging effects of... ( read more)
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Cabinet 33: Deception
by Sina (edt) Najafi
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Man is purported to be the only animal that can lie by telling the truth. Whether we are dealing with the confidence games of cheats and forgers, with pranksters whose stunts reveal unacknowledged contradictions in society or with apparently simple ways... ( read more)
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Manual for the Construction of a Cart as a Device to Elaborate Socail Connection
by Octavio (edt) Camargo
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The product of an international collective of artists, architects and writers who create collaborative projects and publications, this third edition of Surface Tension's Supplement series documents three years of artistic research, site-specific work and... ( read more)
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Gerhard Richter: Writings
by Gerhard Richter
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For a painter who has so successfully neutralized the declarative potential of his medium, Gerhard Richter has committed to print a surprisingly large amount of discussion on his work. Perhaps it is only natural that an artist whose painting incarnates... ( read more)
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Artists on Art: From the XIV to the XX Century
by Robert Goldwater
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Excerpts from the writings of painters and sculptors over a period of seven centuries present a highly personal and authentic history of art.... ( read more)
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The Mutant Flesh
by Denis Baron
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In recent years, new technologies have generated cultural and cognitive revolutions that have changed our relationships to our bodies and the world. In this volume, author, photographer and film critic Denis Baron reflects on the body--the fabrication of... ( read more)
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Art in Theory, 1900-2000 ((Rev)03 Edition)
by Charles Harrison
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Since it was first published in 1992, this book has become one of the leading anthologies of art theoretical texts in the English-speaking world. This expanded edition includes the fruits of recent research, involving a considerable amount of newly... ( read more)
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The Elements of Color
by Johannes Itten
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A useful simplification and condensation of Johannes ltten's major work. The Art of Color, this book covers subjective feeling and objective color principles in detail. It presents the key to understanding color in ltten's color circle and color... ( read more)
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Short Guide To Writing About Art 9TH Edition
by Sylvan Barnet
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Key Benefit: A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Eighth Edition, the best-selling book of its kind, equips students to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and prepares them with the tools they need to... ( read more)
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Ways of Seeing
by John Berger
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Examines the social implications and psychological impact of the images and conventions of modern and classical artists.... ( read more)
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Left to Right: The Cultural Shift from Words to Pictures
by David Crow
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The Picture Book takes readers on a journey through our increasingly visual culture--a journey that asks us to consider how technological change has influenced the way we think, the way we see, and the way we communicate. The trend in mass media... ( read more)
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Why Art Cannot Be Taught: A Handbook for Art Students
by James Elkins
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In this smart survival guide for students and teachers -- the only book of its kind -- James Elkins examines the "curious endeavor to teach the unteachable" that is generally known as college-level art instruction.<P>Elkins traces the development... ( read more)
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Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy
by Dave Hickey
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Air Guitar is renegade art critic and Art Issues editor Dave Hickey's assessment of the beauties and potentialities of American culture, "high" and "low, " presented in a series of reflections on his experiences as the child of a jazz musician, abortive... ( read more)
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The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure, and Human Evolution
by Denis Dutton
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In a groundbreaking new book that does for art what Stephen Pinkers The Language Instinct did for linguistics, Denis Dutton overturns a century of art theory and criticism and revolutionizes our understanding of the arts. The Art Instinct combines two... ( read more)
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Discoveries: Images of the Body (Discoveries)
by Phillippe Comar
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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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Let's See: Writings on Art from the New Yorker
by Peter Schjeldahl
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Seventy-five of Peter Schjeldahl's engaging pieces on art from The New Yorker, published together for the first time. Distinguished critic at The New Yorker since 1998, Peter Schjeldahl has been described as America's most influential writer on art... ( read more)
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