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1000 Nudes: Uwe Scheid Collection by Uwe Scheid Publisher Comments Este libro contiene un comentario sobre la evolucin artstica y social de la representacin fotogrfica del cuerpo humano desde 1839 hasta 1939.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price: $15.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Manet by Gilles Nerét Publisher Comments Violently criticized during his lifetime for his supposedly provocative paintings, French painter Edouard Manet (1832-1883) is now considered a master of inestimable importance in the history of painting. His Déjeuner sur l?herbe remains one of the most... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Dian Hanson's: The History of Men's Magazines #04: History of Men's Magazines: Volume 4 by Dian Hanson Publisher Comments The definitive annotated and illustrated history of girlie periodicals (1958-1967) Volume IV concentrates on the emergence of California's specialty magazine industry and how it spawned the state's multi-billion dollar sex industry of today, but also... (read more) List Price $49.99 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Harvard Design School Guide to Shopping by Harvard Design School Graduates In Collaboration With Rem Koolhaas Publisher Comments For several years, Harvard's design graduates concentrated their studies on the phenomenon of shopping as a primary mode of urban life. As Sze Tsung Leong writes, "Not only is shopping melting into everything, but everything is melting into shopping... (read more) Your price: $65.00 Used - Flexible
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The Portrait by Norbert Schneider Publisher Comments This book is about the great age of European portrait painting, from its genesis in the late Middle Ages to the genre's greatest achievements in the Renaissance and the Baroque. Norbert Schneider interprets a wide range of major works, thereby... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price: $14.50 Used - Hardcover
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Gardens in France by Marie Franco Valery Synopsis France's most beautiful public and private gardens open their gates to us in every season of the year: from the classical French palace gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte down to humble domestic gardens in Normandy, from stylized Zen gardens in Provence to... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $16.95 Used - Hardcover
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Frida Kahlo: 1907-1954 Pain and Passion by Andrea Kettenmann Publisher Comments The Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) is one of the most important 20th century painters, and one of the few Latin American artists to have achieved a global reputation. In 1983 her work was declared the property of the Mexican state. Kahlo was one... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Design of the 20th Century (Taschen 25) by Charlotte Fiell Synopsis The bible of breakthroughs and inspiration (TASCHEN's 25th anniversary special edition) Poised at the start of the 21st century, we can see clearly that the previous century was marked by momentous changes in the field of design. Aesthetics entered into... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Flexible
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Women Artists by Uta Grosenick Publisher Comments Don't think that because there are no male artists in this book that it's any less a comprehensive guide to 20th-century art and art movements. And don't expect a quaint, lightweight offering: this hefty baby weighs in at 576 pages and features more than... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Luis Bunuel by Bill Krohn Synopsis Luis Bunuel, one of the most brilliant representatives of the surrealist movement, chose to make films and was able to make them with unflagging fidelity to his principles for fifty years. After an audacious Parisian showing of Un Chien Andalou in... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $13.95 Used - Flexible
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Howard Huang's Urban Girls by Howard Huang Publisher Comments Howard Huang’s anime-inspired glamour girls When photographer Howard Huang began shopping his fashion book around New York in 2002 he had no idea he was about to become the master of urban photography. Back then the Taiwanese immigrant thought... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Garden at Eichstatt: by Basilius Besler Synopsis Features painstaking reproductions of the rare original engravings from Basilius Besler's 1613 masterwork, "The Book of Plants". A total of 158 plates from the jumbo edition of this title have been brought together for a foray into the botanical... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Latin American Graphic Design by Julius Wiedemann Publisher Comments Latin America has been producing a very unique form of graphic expression for decades and this historical publication brings together the best examples from the 20th century as well as today. The book begins with an extensive historical essay about the... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Flexible
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Jasper Johns: The Business of the Eye by Barbara Hess Publisher Comments Though his work is often categorized as Pop Art for its use of popular iconography and household objects, Jasper Johns can also be described as a Neo-Dadaist. Using wax-based paint, plaster relief, collage, and even commonplace objects such as brooms and... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Tropical Fishes of the East Indies by Samuel Fallours Publisher Comments A stunning achievement in zoological illustration One of the first depictions of marine fauna comes from Samuel Fallours, who was in the service of the Dutch East India Company. On the island of Ambon, one of the Moluccas, he made drawings of fish and... (read more) List Price $69.99 Your price: $33.00 Used - Hardcover
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Henry Moore: 1989-1986 by Jeremy Lewison Synopsis The sensual, voluptuous shapes in the work of British sculptor Henry Moore (1989-1986) are the sign of his unmistakable signature style. Often depicting human or human-like forms--especially female--Moore's sculptures, with their abstract style, brought... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Flexible
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Power of Art Hundertwasser: The Painter-King with the 5 Skins by Pierre Restany Publisher Comments "The rigid, straight line is fundamentally alien to humanity, life and the whole of creation". Hundertwasser applies this philosophy not only to the famous Viennese buildings for which he is renowned, but all the media and art-forms he has experimented... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Paul Klee: 1879-1940 by Susanna Partsch Publisher Comments Designated as "degenerate" by the Nazis, Paul Klee (1879-1940) is today considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. His works stand out for the variety in their forms of artistic expression. His Tunisian water-colours depicting... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Movie Icons: Audrey Hepburn by F. X. Feeney Publisher Comments The Tiffany princess in the little black dress An unrivaled document of one of the 20th century's touchstone beauties, by one of Hollywood's greatest studio photographers. This Collector’s Edition is limited to 1,000 copies, numbered and signed by... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Flexible
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Architecture Now! Green Architecture by Philip Jodidio Publisher Comments TASCHEN's Architecture Now! 7 features an arching overview of today's architecture, from modern to radically avant-garde. As with previous books in the series, Architecture Now! 7 includes a broad variety of projects from around the world, as well as... (read more) List Price $39.99 Your price: $26.00 Used - Flexible
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