Quick view Aperture Issue 240: Native America MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Native America is a special issue about photography and Indigenous lives, guest edited by the artist Wendy Red Star. As debates around nationalism and borders in North America reach a fever pitch, Aperture magazine releases “Native America,” a special... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Communication Arts Typography: January/February 2021 MSRP: Now: $24.00 Was: Communication Arts Typography Annual 11 features the award-winning projects from their 11th Annual Typography Competition, plus in-depth profiles of Prague-based photographer Bet Orten, Portland, Oregon–based design firm OMFGCO, Brooklyn-based... MSRP: Now: $24.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century. Funny Weather brings together a career’s... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Ways of Seeing MSRP: Now: $17.00 Was: John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in... MSRP: Now: $17.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Chagall: Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: For Marc Chagall (1887–1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved out a unique early 20th-century niche, often identified as one of the earliest expressions of psychic... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: $60.00 Jasper Johns (b. 1930) is one of the most influential artists living today . Over the past 65 years, he has produced a radical and varied body of work marked by constant reinvention. Inspired by the artist’s long-standing fascination with mirroring and... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: $60.00 Quick view
Quick view Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative career handbook for designers that we've all been waiting for. Written collaboratively by a diverse team of authors, the book opens with critical essays that rethink design principles and practices... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Joel Meyerowitz: How I Make Photographs MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: The 'Masters of Photography' series is a new approach to photography how-to. Each volume is dedicated to the work of one key photographer who, through a series of bite-sized lessons and ideas, tells you everything you always wanted to know about their... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Design is Storytelling MSRP: Now: $17.95 Was: Good design, like good storytelling, brings ideas to life. The latest book from award-winning writer Ellen Lupton is a playbook for creative thinking, showing designers how to use storytelling techniques to create satisfying graphics, products, services... MSRP: Now: $17.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Start with a House, Finish with a Collection MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Offers a unique personal perspective on the journey of collecting American art and antiques Start with House, Finish with a Collection is the story of how a couple's use of American art and antiques evolved from furnishing a house into a... MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view When America First Met China MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Today, people carry powerful computers in our pockets and call them “phones.” A generation ago, people were amazed that the processing power of a mainframe computer could be contained in a beige box on a desk. This book is a celebration of... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Pencils You Should Know MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: This a great book for pencil collectors, admirers, historians, artists, writers—anyone who gets excited about the new Palomino Blackwing, the Philadelphia Museum of Art exclusive Diana pencil for example, or a perfectly sharpened No. 2 Ticonderoga ... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view How to Rule at Photography: 50 Tips and Tricks for Using Your Phone's Camera MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: How to Rule at Photography features 50 bite-size tips and tricks to help you improve your photo skills with your phone's camera. Creating brilliant photos with your phone isn't as hard as you might think, and the easy-to-follow advice in this book goes... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Many scholars have called Linda Nochlin’s seminal essay on women artists the first real attempt at a feminist history of art. In her revolutionary essay, Nochlin refused to answer the question of why there had been no “great women... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Backyard Birdwatcher's Bible MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: The Backyard Birdwatcher’s Bible is that rare type of book, one that is as packed with information as it is pleasing to look at. An elegant aesthetic is paired with practical tips on identifying, attracting, and caring for backyard birds, as well as... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Michelangelo Pistoletto: From One to Many, 1956 - 1974 MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: $40.00 One of Europe’s most influential contemporary artists, Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933) has persistently investigated and expanded the role of the spectator in art since the 1950s through painting, sculpture, and performance. His present... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: $40.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Adventures In Modern Art: The Charles K. Williams II Collection MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 This fully illustrated catalogue features entries on more than one hundred significant works by artists including Stieglitz Circle painters Georgia O'Keeffe, John Marin, Marsden Hartley, and Arthur Dove; Precisionists Charles Demuth, Ralston... MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Quick view
Quick view Senga Nengudi: Topologies MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: For almost fifty years, Senga Nengudi has shaped an œuvre that inhabits a specific and unique place between sculpture, dance, and performance. And that work has been widely recognized as groundbreaking. Her iconic R.S.V.P... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Werner's Nomenclature of Colours MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: In the late eighteenth century, mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner devised a standardized color scheme that allowed him to describe even the subtlest of chromatic differences with consistent terminology. His scheme was then adapted by an Edinburgh... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Zaha Hadid Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Discover the audacious futurism of Zaha Hadid. As the first woman to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, Hadid broke the rules and re-defined the game, despite some saying her designs were unbuildable... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view F. L. Wright Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Acclaimed as the “father of skyscrapers,” the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect of aspiration. He believed in giving cultivated American life its fitting architectural equivalent and applied his idealism to structures... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Le Corbusier Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Even in his unrealized projects, Le Corbusier redefined modern living, synthesizing functionalism, expressionism, and expansive urban thinking from Switzerland to Chandigarh, India. This book provides a succinct introduction to his... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Kandinsky Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Over the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went on to pioneer a spiritual, emotive, rhythmic use of color... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Rivera Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Painter, and Marxist activist, Diego Rivera was not just the husband of Frida Kahlo. He is renowned as much for his active politics as for his monumental mural paintings. This introduction explores his unique and visionary renderings of a modern... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Lewis W. Hine America at Work MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: More than 300 photographs by Lewis W. Hine, whose trailblazing documentary images of early 20th-century working conditions helped to transform United States labor laws. This book covers all eras of Hine’s work, including his pictures of child... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Impressionism 1860 - 1920 MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work’s title and its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mid-Century Modern Women in the Visual Arts MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Wit, wisdom, and willfulness abound on page after page of this vibrant anthology. A great pick for mid-century architecture, design, and lifestyle fans. Includes a brilliant range of well-known women and those who certainly should be. Discover Edith... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Children Draw MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: Children Draw is a concise, richly illustrated book, aimed at parents, teachers, and caretakers, that explores why children draw and the meaning and value of drawing for youngsters—from toddlers to pre-adolescents. It offers parents tips... MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: Quick view
Quick view Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Meet Vincent van Gogh, one of the most famed tragic figures of 19th‑century art. This lush tome collects all his 871 paintings, alongside writings and essays, charting the life and work of a master who continues to tower over art. Today, the works of... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Abstract Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: While it is considered by many artists to be a pure and simplistic form of expression, abstract art is also often thought of as vague or exceedingly theoretical. This new installment in the Art Essentials series demystifies the concept and history... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Street Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Street art is a phenomenon and subculture movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous international art fairs. Despite having earned a place in the canon of twentieth-century art history, its qualifications... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Impressionism MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: It is often forgotten just how provocative and unsettling impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. Critics, professional artists, and gallery visitors alike were shocked to encounter the unorthodox paintings on... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Pop Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Pop Art refers to a post-war movement connecting art with popular culture. Billboard signs, comic books, and movie stars were just some of the subjects chosen by pop artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view The Art of the Peales: Adaptations and Innovations MSRP: Now: $32.50 Was: $65.00 Active from the late 1700s through the early twentieth century, the Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. This overview of the art of the Peales presents more than 160 works in a variety of media from the renowned collection of the... MSRP: Now: $32.50 Was: $65.00 Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Modern Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Modern Art guides the reader through individual movements from Impressionism to Conceptual Art, situated within five broader chronological eras. Starting with Impressionism in 1860, art historian Amy Dempsey explains the essentials of... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Looking at Pictures MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Looking at pictures can be an exciting or moving experience, but some pictures—often the most rewarding—require some explanation before they can be fully understood. Delving into the origins, designs, and themes of over one hundred... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Eugene Atget: Paris MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Take an intimate promenade through Paris with some 500 images from Eugène Atget. Down main streets and side streets, through courtyards, arcades, and the city’s 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Surrealism MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Surrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet Andre Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 it had become one of the most popular and recognizable art movements of the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Symbols In Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Iconography, or the study of symbols—be they animals, artifacts, plants, geometric shapes, or gestures—is an essential aspect of interpreting art. One of the most consistent features of human society throughout time has been the use of... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Key Moments In Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Art lovers can list history’s most important art objects, but what many don’t know are the dramatic, funny, and sometimes bizarre stories behind these most famous works. Spanning the last 500 years of art history, this book revisits... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Beauty of Everyday Things MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Our lives are filled with objects. Everyday things used in everyday settings, they are our constant companions. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be... MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Mid-Century LA MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: This comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of Louise and Walter Arensberg’s groundbreaking collection of modern and pre-Columbian art takes readers room by room, wall by wall, object by object through the couple’s Los Angeles home... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Drawn From Life MSRP: Now: $22.95 Was: One of our customer favorites, Drawn from Life is finally back in print! This ideally shaped and sized book offers bite-size lessons that will help anyone master the classic practice of life drawing. Over 100 pieces of art by contemporary artists... MSRP: Now: $22.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Pontormo, Bronzino and the Medici MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: This book accompanied an exhibition of the same name held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art upon the completion of conservation of Pontormo's famous portrait of Duke Alessandro de' Medici. Centering on that painting and Agnolo Bronzino's... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Library of Esoterica: Tarot MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Long Light: Photography by David Lebe MSRP: Now: $17.50 Was: $35.00 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s David Lebe (b. 1948) pushed the boundaries of photography, creating nuanced and visually complex images using innovative techniques. Often enhancing his prints with hand-coloring, Lebe made experimental pinhole photographs,... MSRP: Now: $17.50 Was: $35.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: $30.00 This important publication offers the first in-depth exploration of contemporary artist Bruce Nauman's monumental works Contrapposto Studies, I through VII and Contrapposto Studies, i through vii of 2015/2016. The book surveys Nauman's... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: $30.00 Quick view
Quick view Young Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: This book surveys the work of a new generation of Black artists, and also features the voices of a diverse group of curators who are on the cutting edge of contemporary art. As mission-driven collectors, Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi have... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view American Furniture: 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: $50.00 American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Philadelphia and southeastern... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: $50.00 Quick view
Quick view Caravaggio MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: The life and work of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, (1571–1610) is more fascinating than that of almost any other artist of his time. He overcame the conventions of the Renaissance. He was not interested in ideal beauty and... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view How to Read European Armor MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Knightly Art of Battle MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: This volume offers an intriguing glimpse into the world of late medieval martial arts, from wrestling to fencing with the longsword to the subtle tricks that could be employed when jousting on horseback. Using superb details of lively... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Alchemy & Mysticism MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Fables, folklore, and fantasy—this compendium of all things alchemical and mystical gathers centuries of esoteric mythology in the form of writings, drawings, paintings, and prints. From early Christian mystics to the illustrations of... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Gainsborough MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Thomas Gainsborough was one of the great English portrait and landscape painters of the eighteenth century. His modern manner of painting based on emotions was criticized by contemporaries such as Joshua Reynolds, but it gave... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Gustav Klimt (Taschen) MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Fall under the spell of Gustav Klimt. A century after his death, the Viennese artist still startles with his unabashed eroticism, dazzling surfaces, and artistic experimentation. Master of 19th-century Viennese art and pioneer of the Secessionist... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hiroshige: One Hundred Famous Views of Edo MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: A dazzling reprint of Hiroshige's views of Edo (modern-day Tokyo), one of the masterpieces of the ukiyo-e woodblock tradition and a paradigm of the Japonisme that inspired Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Art Nouveau artists, from Vincent van Gogh... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Bauhaus MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: In a fleeting 14-year period between two world wars, Germany’s Bauhaus school of art and design changed the face of modernity. With utopian ideas for the future, the school developed a pioneering fusion of fine art, craftsmanship, and... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Photographers A to Z MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopedia features every major photographer of the 20th century alongside her or his most significant monographs. From the earliest representatives of classical Modernism right up to... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Florilegium: The Book of Plants MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: In 367 exquisite plates, this treasure of botanical literature records the flowers of the palatial grounds at Eichstätt, Bavaria, once some of the most beautiful gardens in history. The illustrations are organized by season and, following the... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Leonardo: The Complete Drawings MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world’s most famous paintings, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Modern Art MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brushwork. They turned to everyday street... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Dalí: The Paintings MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) was one of the century’s greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics—and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Painting With Picasso MSRP: Now: $7.99 Was: By Julie Merberg and Suzanne Bober Set against the backdrop of well-known works by the artist, Pablo Picasso, rhyming text explores the expressions and activities of a variety of people, from a young girl catching a dove to a serious boy steering a... MSRP: Now: $7.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Duchamp Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: When is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) declared it to be art. The uproar that greeted the French artist’s Fountain (1917), a porcelain urinal installed in a gallery, sent shock waves through the art world... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: In a sustained exploration of the possibilities of abstraction, Sean Scully (b. 1945) has created a rich body of work throughout his 50-year career. Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas sets his entire output within a detailed biographical framework, closely... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Arms and Armor: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Through the exceptional permanent collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this book looks at arms and armor as art—from warfare to war games, from hunting to the pursuit of glory. The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s holdings of arms and... MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Designs For Different Futures MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: $40.00 Designs for Different Futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists exploring how design might reframe our futures, socially, ethically, and aesthetically. Encompassing nearly one hundred... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: $40.00 Quick view
Quick view Mr. Waffles Loves Design MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: By Lisa Roberts At four months old Mr. Waffles was rescued from a shelter by a family who collects contemporary design. Luckily for everyone involved - Mr. Waffles Loves Design! Take a tour through a history of design with this very smart and curious cat... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Off The Wall: American Art To Wear MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Edited by Dilys E. Blum with essays by Dilys E. Blum and Mary Schoeser, and a contribution by Julie Schafler Dale This is the first publication to consider art to wear, also known as wearable art, as a discrete American movement that mirrored the... MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Quick view
Quick view Impressionism And Post-Impressionism: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: By Jennifer A. Thompson with contributions by Joseph J. Rishel and Eileen Owens Featuring ninety highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s stellar collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist art, this handsome volume includes iconic works... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Art Of China: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 By Hiromi Kinoshita This richly illustrated catalogue of highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s wide-ranging collection of Chinese art, spanning antiquity to the present day, includes such gems as Ming gold vessels and imperial court robes, a... MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Quick view
Quick view Cy Twombly: Fifty Days At Iliam MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Edited by Carlos Basualdo with essays by Carlos Basualdo, Olena Chervonik, Richard Fletcher, Emily Greenwood, and Nicola Del Roscio This revelatory publication provides a comprehensive and multifaceted account of Cy Twombly’s masterpiece Fifty Days at... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view American Modernism: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $17.50 Was: $35.00 Jessica Todd Smith (Author) With an emphasis on painting and sculpture made in the United States between 1910 and 1950, this gorgeously illustrated volume offers a rich introduction to American modernism through the world-class collection of the... MSRP: Now: $17.50 Was: $35.00 Quick view
Quick view Frida Kahlo MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Foreword by Kathy Halbreich. lizabeth Carpenter (Editor). Hayden Herrera (Contributor) , Elizabeth Carpenter(Contributor), Victor Zamudio-Taylor(Contributor) Few artists have captured the public's imagination with the force of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view The Enchanted World Of German Romantic Prints: 1770 - 1850 MSRP: Now: $32.50 Was: $65.00 John Ittmann (Editor), Cordula Grewe (Editorial Consultant) From the 1770s through the 1840s, German, Austrian, and Swiss artists used the medium of printmaking to create works that synthesized poetry, literature, music, and the visual arts in new and... MSRP: Now: $32.50 Was: $65.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Marcel Duchamp: Étant donnés: Manual Of Instructions MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: $30.00 Out of print for a number of years, this facsimile of Marcel Duchamp’s Manual of Instructions was prepared by the artist for the disassembly of Étant donnés in his New York studio and its reassembly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. First published more... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: $30.00 Quick view
Quick view Classical Splendor: Painted Furniture for a Grand Philadelphia House MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley (Author), Peggy A. Olley (Author) with an essay by Jeffrey A. Cohen This handsome book explores in depth a group of stunning painted and gilded furniture designed by the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe, best known for... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Embracing The Contemporary: The Keith L. And Katherine Sachs Collection MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Carlos Basualdo (Editor, Contributor), Anna Mecugni (Editor, Contributor), Timothy Rub (Foreword), Katherine Sachs (Contributor), Joseph J. Rishel (Contributor), Peter Barberie (Contributor), Erica F. Battle (Contributor), Adrianne O. Bratis... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view A Guide To Philadelphia's Public Art MSRP: Now: $10.00 Was: This beautifully illustrated city guide attests to Philadelphia's long-standing commitment to public art. Complete with color photos, introductory essays, and fun facts, this book is a must-have for any modern-day flaneur and art lover in the... MSRP: Now: $10.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view 642 Tiny Things To Draw MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: This pocket-sized drawing journal is packed with just as much clever, imaginative fun as the original bestselling 642 Things to Draw. All 642 drawing prompts invite doodlers to draw teeny-tiny things—from "a keyhole" and "a marble" to "an atom" and "your... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Drawn From Courtly India: The Conley Harris And Howard Truelove Collection MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $25.00 By Ainsley M. Cameron and Darielle Mason This publication presents the first in-depth survey of the Conley Harris and Howard Truelove Collection of Indian Drawings, which was recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. This exceptional... MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $25.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $25.00 Kathleen A. Foster (Author) and Mark Tucker (Author) Thomas Eakins is acknowledged as one of the preeminent American painters of the 19th century. As a young artist in 1875 he prepared a monumental painting for the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia... MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $25.00 Quick view
Quick view Kahlo Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: The arresting paintings of Frida Kahlo were in many ways expressions of trauma. Through a near-fatal road accident at the age of 18, failing health, a turbulent marriage, miscarriage and childlessness, she transformed the afflictions into revolutionary... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Drawn With Spirit: Pennsylvania German Fraktur MSRP: Now: $54.00 Was: By Lisa Minardi, with an interview by Ann Percy Among the most beloved forms of American folk art, fraktur is a Germanic tradition of decorated manuscripts and printed documents noted for its use of bold colors and whimsical motifs. This publication... MSRP: Now: $54.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Treasures From Korea: Arts And Cultures Of The Joseon Dynasty, 1392 - 1910 MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Edited by Hyunsoo Woo; with essays by Insoo Cho, Hongkyung Kim, Woollim Kim, So-hyun Kwon, Dongsoo Moon, Unsok Song, and Hyunsoo Woo and a chronology by Rose E. Lee Treasures from Korea is the first major publication outside of Korea to survey the... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view A History Of Photography: From 1839 To The Present MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: George Eastman’s career developed in a particularly American way. The founder of Kodak progressed from a delivery boy to one of the most important industrialists in American history, and a crucial innovator in photographic history. Eastman died in 1932,... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Rodin Museum Catalog MSRP: Now: $9.99 Was: $19.95 Jennifer A. Thompson (Author) The official guide to the Rodin Museum, complete with full-color photos, illustrations, and illuminating essays. MSRP: Now: $9.99 Was: $19.95 Quick view
On Sale Quick view The Art Of German Stoneware: From The Charles W. Nichols Collection And The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $5.99 Was: $8.99 By Jack Hinton Beautiful and eminently useful, stonewares produced in the German-speaking lands from the Middle Ages onward were highly valued for their durability and suitability for a range of domestic and social uses. Widely traded throughout Europe,... MSRP: Now: $5.99 Was: $8.99 Quick view
Quick view The Book Of Symbols: Reflections On Archetypal Images MSRP: Now: $39.99 Was: Archive for Research in Archetypal Symbolism (ARAS) (Author) Handbook of visual experience: An exploration of symbols and their meanings throughout history The Book of Symbols combines original and incisive essays about particular symbols with... MSRP: Now: $39.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Philadelphia: Pictorial Map And Walking Guide MSRP: Now: $6.95 Was: This pictoral map of Philadelphia features detailed illustrations of points of interest, as well as historical information and sight seeing reccomendations. It incorporates antique imagery and architectural renderings of Philadelphias most renowened... MSRP: Now: $6.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Princely Armor In The Age Of Dürer: A Renaissance Masterpiece In The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $5.99 Was: $12.00 Pierre Terjanian (Author) This striking publication examines two masterful armors for man and horse recently acquired by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Among the earliest complete European examples in existence, these German works demonstrate the... MSRP: Now: $5.99 Was: $12.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Paris Through The Window: Marc Chagall And His Circle MSRP: Now: $5.99 Was: $12.50 By Michael R. Taylor This scholarly catalogue provides an engaging analysis of Chagall’s life and career in the early decades of the twentieth century. Featured throughout are the paintings and works on paper that the artist created during these years,... MSRP: Now: $5.99 Was: $12.50 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Roberto Capucci: Art Into Fashion MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: $39.95 By Dilys E. Blum Italian couturier Roberto Capucci (born 1930) is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of color and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form" and draws... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: $39.95 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Thomas Chambers: American Marine And Landscape Painter, 1808 - 1869 MSRP: Now: $12.48 Was: $24.95 By Kathleen Foster Labeled as a traveling American folk artist when he was rediscovered in the mid-20th century, the mysterious Thomas Chambers here receives a fresh and creative reassessment. Although his distinctive sea and landscapes appear in many... MSRP: Now: $12.48 Was: $24.95 Quick view
On Sale Quick view American Presidential China: The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Collection At The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $17.99 Was: $35.00 By Susan Gray Detweiler, with an introduction by David L. Barquist The china used by First Families, both at the White House and in their private homes, reveals a fascinating story of culture and society as they have evolved in the United States since... MSRP: Now: $17.99 Was: $35.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Gabriel Orozco: Photogravity MSRP: Now: $14.99 Was: $29.95 By Ann Temkin, Gabriel Orozco and David Sylvester In 1993 Gabriel Orozco removed a lengthwise section of a Citroën DS and reconnected the two sides, making the car’s fleet form look lighter yet. Orozco continues his experimentations with perceptions of... MSRP: Now: $14.99 Was: $29.95 Quick view
Quick view Worldly Goods: The Arts Of Early Pennsylvania, 1680 - 1758 MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Jack Lindsey(Author) with essays by Edward C. Carter ll, Richard S. Dunn, and Richard Saunders Focusing on Philadelphia's prominent role in the history of Colonial America, this exhibition catalogue surveys the decorative and fine arts produced during... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Women Artists MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: By Flavia Frigeri In 1971, in an essay that has now become one of the touchstones of feminist art history, Linda Nochlin raised the question heard round the world: “Why have there been no great women artists?” Since the 1970s, as a result of this kind of... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view