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Sara Midda's South of France: A Sketchbook
by Sara Midda  Publisher Comments From Sara Midda, whose first book evoked all the pleasures of an English garden, comes a wondrous sketchbook of a year's sojourn in the South of France. This is a very personal journal, crammed with images, notions and discoveries of the day-to-day. In...
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Beloved Land: The World of Emily Carr
by Emily Carr Publisher Comments Emily Carr's passionate, vibrant nature paintings have made her one of Canada's best-known and best-loved artists, drawing favorable comparison to the work of Georgia O'Keefe, Edvard Munch, and Vincent van Gogh. She was also a popular writer whose books...
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Persian Rugs and Carpets: The Fabric of Life
by Essie Sakhai Publisher Comments This book shows the vast range and quality of carpets woven in Persia from about 1850 to 1980. In addition, there is a discussion of rugs woven in countries or areas adjacent to Persia itself, particularly those rugs which either fell or fall into the...
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Guyton, Price, Smith, Walker
by Beatrix Ruf Publisher Comments Wade Guyton (b. 1972, Indiana), Seth Price (b. 1973, Jerusalem), Josh Smith (b. 1976, Tennessee) and Kelley Walker (b. 1969, Georgia) work both together and apart in New York. They are not a formal artists group but the heart of a scene, ever changing...
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Method Meets Art: Arts-Based Research Practice
by Patricia Leavy Publisher Comments This book presents the first comprehensive introduction to arts-based research (ABR) practices, which scholars in multiple disciplines are fruitfully using to reveal information and represent experiences that traditional methods cannot capture. Each of...
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Great Exhibitions: The World Fairs 1851-1937
by Robert Wilson Synopsis A lively presentation of the great world's fairs - their histories, basic building architecture, highlights of decorative arts, medals, high points - tastefully illustrated...
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Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe
by Annamaria Giusti Synopsis This beautiful catalogue provides a comprehensive history of pietre dure, a virtuoso form of hardstone carving that reached an artistic peak in Italy in the 16th century and subsequently spread throughout Europe. The demanding practice of pietre dure...
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Guidelines for Online Success
by Julius Wiedemann Synopsis With chapters arranged by subject, a clear do/don't structure, and real-world examples of successful Web sites, this edition provides needed advice for turning a personal or business site into a streamlined and efficient specimen of good design....
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Artempo
by Jean-hubert Martin Publisher Comments As Albert Einstein said, The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and true science. This delightful, surprising and tactile exhibition catalogue examines the...
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Chicano Art (2009): A Showcase of Contemporary Chicana and Chicano Artists
by Bilingual Press Synopsis In coordination with Bilingual Press, Amber Lotus is proud to present the Chicano Art 2009 wall calendar, showcasing the works of contemporary Chicano and Chicana artists. These works bring into sharp focus the rich diversity of an art movement that is...
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Proust Was a Neuroscientist
by Jonah Lehrer Publisher Comments As Jonah Lehrer demonstrates in this sparkling debut, science is not the only path to knowledge. In fact, when it comes to understanding the brain, art got there first.Taking a group of nineteenth- and twentieth- century artists -- a painter, a poet, a...
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Buffalo Heads: Media Study, Media Practice, Media Pioneers, 1973-1990
by Peter Weibel Publisher Comments Images and texts document the legendary Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo when it set the world standard; a history of the program and examples of work by "Buffalo heads" James Blue, Tony Conrad, Hollis Frampton, Gerald O'Grady, Paul Sharits...
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Alexander Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933
by Joan Simon Synopsis In 1926, Alexander Calder (1898-1976) moved from New York to Paris and began to use time and motion as materials for animating line and space. Calder's years in Paris--an understudied part of the artist's career--is the focus of this marvelous...
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Ellsworth Kelly
by Christoph Grunenberg Publisher Comments Without aligning himself fully to any particular art movement, Ellsworth Kelly (b. 1923) has continued in his singular quest to create an original abstract vocabulary. Unlike many of his contemporaries, he has never maintained a sharp divide between the...
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Birds & Words (Pink): W Flamingo Print
by Charley Harper Synopsis Birds & Words is a true reflection of Charley Harper, that rare species of a man with twinkling eyes and smile, with wit as infectiously keen and light-hearted as his paintings. Harper the humorist is as captivating in the self composed stories that...
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E Pluribus Venom
by Shepard Fairey Synopsis E Pluribus Venom collects a large body of work produced by Shepard Fairey and presented at the Jonathan Levine Gallery during his massive exhibition in the summer of 2007. The title, which translates Out of many, poison is derived from E Pluribus Unum...
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Hammershoi
by Felix Kramer Publisher Comments This comprehensive survey, published to coincide with a major exhibition, explores the work of the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864–1916). In haunting interior scenes, Hammershøi dispensed with anecdotal detail, transforming his...
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Millais's Collected Illustrations
by Sir John Everett Millais Publisher Comments Collected from his work for Trollope, Tennyson, Collins, and the weekly periodicals over most of his long working life, these prints range from visionary romance to comedy of manners. Together they represent some of the finest black and white work of the...
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Basics Fashion Design: Textiles and Fashion
by Jenny Udale Publisher Comments The nuts-and-bolts of fashion design--great for everyone who loves clothes! * Fascinating case studies by industry pros * Inspiring illustrations plus no-nonsense text All fashion designers need a strong understanding of fabrics and their properties. How...
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Body Painting
by Doug Mitchel Publisher Comments Body Painting is a photo intense examination of the emerging art of painting bodies with non-toxic paints. From face painting children to the creation of painted “clothes” Doug Mitchel follows ten artists as they apply paint to skin. Each...
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