Quick view Women in Art: 50 Fearless Creatives Who Inspired the World MSRP: Now: $16.99 Was: A charmingly illustrated and inspiring book, Women in Art highlights the achievements and stories of 50 notable women in the arts. The artists range from well-known figures like painters Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keefe, to lesser-known... MSRP: Now: $16.99 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 Meier: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Ever since his self-proclamation as part of the “New York Five,” Richard Meier has risen through one top commission after another to the dizzy heights of architectural stardom. From Madison Square Garden to Shenzhen, China, his sleek, luminously... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Zaha Hadid: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 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: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Eames: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The creative duo Charles Eames and Ray Kaiser Eames transformed the visual character of America. Though best known for their furniture, the husband and wife team were also forerunners in architecture, textile design, photography, and film. The... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view F. L. Wright: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 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... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mies van der Rohe: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Mies van der Rohe’s philosophy was one of underlying truth in pure forms and proportions. With the help of contemporary technological and material developments, he sought a stripped-down purity to architecture, showcased by the likes of the Seagram... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Le Corbusier: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 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 trailblazing... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Breuer: Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: In 1956, TIME magazine called him one of the defining “form-givers of the 20th century.” Today, Marcel Breuer remains a locus classicus of modernism for architects and designers alike. From his landmark tubular furniture to “binuclear”... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Munch: Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: A hairless, ghostly figure on a bridge. The sky orange-red above him. His hands raised to his ears, his mouth wide in a haunting wail. In painting The Scream, Edvard Munch created Mona Lisa for our times. The shriek of his iconic figure... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view O'Keeffe: Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: From majestic desertscapes to magnified lilies and irises, survey the unique and luminous oeuvre of Georgia O’Keeffe, a seminal figure in modern American art and radical pioneer of abstraction. This book follows the artist through her pioneering... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view American Utopia MSRP: Now: $24.00 Was: A joyful collaboration between old friends David Byrne and Maira Kalman, American Utopia offers readers an antidote to cynicism, bursting with pathos, humanism, and hope, it features his words and lyrics brought to life with more than 150 of her... MSRP: Now: $24.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The ABC'S of Bauhaus: The Bauhaus and Design Theory MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: The Bauhaus, the legendary school in Dessau, Germany, transformed architecture and design around the world. This book broke new ground when first published in 1991 by introducing psychoanalysis, geometry, early childhood education, and popular... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Lewis W. Hine: America at Work MSRP: Now: $20.00 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: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Peale Family: Creation of A Legacy: 1770-1870 MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Artist and prominent early American Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) willed his passions to his equally remarkable children, nieces, and nephew. This engaging pictorial study reveals in-depth these two generations of artists, naturalists, and... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Before Easter After MSRP: Now: $700.00 Was: Before Easter After documents a defining period in Smith’s career through Goldsmith’s probing and empathetic lens. Riding on the critical success of Horses, Smith released the uncompromising Radio Ethiopia and, just two years later, Easter—her most... MSRP: Now: $700.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Craft Capital Philadelphia's Cultures of Making MSRP: Now: $39.99 Was: How can a broken artifact represent a city? The Liberty Bell cracked on the very first attempt to make it sound, and had to be recast twice and remolded with additional copper to improve its alloy. Today, it hangs in Independence Hall, where it... MSRP: Now: $39.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Crafted: A Compendium of Crafts - New, Old and Forgotten MSRP: Now: $29.99 Was: Crafted is a celebration of craft in the 21st century – a definitive visual guide to all things handmade. Featuring 80 of the most popular and well-established crafts, Sally Coulthard explores their history, materials and techniques as she offers a... MSRP: Now: $29.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Atlas of Rare & Familiar Colour MSRP: Now: $38.00 Was: The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums encompasses over 2,500 of the world’s rarest pigments. Museum director Edward Forbes started the collection at the turn of the 20th century, in order to preserve... MSRP: Now: $38.00 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 Medieval Knight MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: The traditional “knight in shining armor” has become a staple figure in popular culture and the images of bloody battlefields, bustling feasting halls, and courtly tournaments have been creatively interpreted many times in film and fiction... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Truth Bomb: Inspiration from the Mouths and Minds of Women Artists MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: If anyone can teach readers how to pursue the life and work of an artist, it is the twenty-two amazing artists included in Truth Bomb.This colorful compilation of pioneering and established women artists from around the world motivates and empowers... MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Protest! A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Throughout history, artists and citizens have turned to protest art as a means of demonstrating social and political discontent. From the earliest broadsheets in the 1500s to engravings, photo-lithographs, prints, posters, murals, graffiti, and political... MSRP: Now: $39.95 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
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: $20.00 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: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Story of Art: Pocket Edition MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: The Story of Art, one of the most famous and popular books on art ever written, has been a world bestseller for over half a century. Attracted by the simplicity and clarity of his writing, readers of all ages and backgrounds have found in Professor... MSRP: Now: $24.95 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 I See Faces MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: The perfect gift book for people who see faces everywhere. A funky, funny, gift book with a twist. The psychological impulse to discern faces in random patterns on inanimate objects is known as pareidolia. It has brought us the Virgin Mary on a cheese... MSRP: Now: $19.95 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 Art A World History MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: This lavishly illustrated and super-condensed history of world art is the perfect gift for any art lover. A pocket-sized book bursting with 900 illustrations, it takes the reader from the beginnings of art in prehistory to the... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Vintage Philadelphia Postcard Notecard Set MSRP: Now: $14.99 Was: $22.00 Greetings from Philadelphia! This notecard set features 2 quality reproduction vintage postcard images of Philadelphia landmarks and the Museum. The perfect notecard to catch up or say thank you from Philadelphia. Museum exclusive 8... MSRP: Now: $14.99 Was: $22.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Vintage Philadelphia Postcard Booklet MSRP: Now: $9.99 Was: $14.00 Greetings from Philadelphia! This postcard booklet features 8 quality reproduction vintage postcard images of some of Philadelphia’s most celebrated landmarks. Send them to family and friends as a reminder to visit some day soon. ... MSRP: Now: $9.99 Was: $14.00 Quick view
Quick view Philadelphia: Portraits of the City MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: "Our Philadelphia, as is all our history, is made of these moments: photographs and stories. And in our effort to find and delineate these moments we also recognized that we approached a sense of place. Circling ever closer to a shared... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Long Light: Photography by David Lebe MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: 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: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Dorothea Tanning Birthday, 1942 Archival Poster MSRP: Now: $39.00 Was: In Birthday, Dorothea Tanning filters the dreams and desires of the Surrealist vision through a self-portrait. Yet although the likeness of the face is astonishing the artist does more to create a character than to reveal one who already... MSRP: Now: $39.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Obama Portraits MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: From the moment of their unveiling at the National Portrait Gallery in early 2018, the portraits of Barack and Michelle Obama have become two of the most beloved artworks of our time. Kehinde Wiley’s portrait of President Obama and Amy... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view American Furniture 1650-1840 Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: 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: $50.00 Was: Quick view
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On Sale Museum Exclusive Quick view Vintage Exhibition Posters 2021 Wall Calendar MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $26.00 Our exhibition posters have been collectibles since we first started printing them. Energetic and inviting, twelve of the best from our past, dating from 1938, are now available in this long calendar format. See what a varied and exciting... MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $26.00 Quick view
On Sale Museum Exclusive Quick view Vintage Philadelphia Postcards 2021 Wall Calendar MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $26.00 Did you know Philadelphia was such a beautiful and scenic city? This exclusive wall calendar has twelve vintage views of the architectural and cultural icons of the city. The Benjamin Franklin Parkway opened in 1918 as Philadelphia's answer... MSRP: Now: $12.99 Was: $26.00 Quick view
Quick view Rachel Rose: Wil-o-Wisp; The Future Fields Commission in Time-based Media MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: The publication will feature new, unpublished material related to the concept, filming, post-production, and installation of a new work by artist Rachel Rose (American, b. 1986). This new work, jointly commissioned and acquired by the Philadelphia Museum... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Indian Block Prints Letter Writing Set MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Express your hand with the bold patterns and intricate design of this Indian Block Print Letter Writing Set. In this day and age, receiving a letter is in fact like receiving a gift. Block printing is known to have been used in India since at... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Horace Pippin, American Modern MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: By Anne Monahan West Chester, PA's own Horace Pippin was arguably the most successful African American artist of his day. Pippin (1888–1946) taught himself to paint in the 1930s and quickly earned international renown for depictions of World War I,... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Louise Bourgeois' tapestry and needlepoint work deals with reparation in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In many of the works, fragmented tapestries are pieced together and repaired to create new sculptural forms. The recurring... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hilma Af Klint Paintings for the Future MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: When Swedish artist Hilma af Klint died in 1944 at the age of 81, she left behind more than 1,000 paintings and works on paper that she had kept largely private during her lifetime. Believing the world was not yet ready for her art, she... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Barkley L. Hendricks: Works on Paper MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: This first installment in Skira and Jack Shainman Gallery's five-volume publication project on Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) presents for the first time the artist's works on paper. These images—of flowers and plants, bananas, a... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Fashion and Armour in Renaissance Europe MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Of all the riches of the sixteenth-century European nobleman, none spoke more powerfully of his heroism, wealth, and taste than his armor, clothing, and weapons. Drawing on the Victoria and Albert Museum’s popular arms and armor... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Templars by Dan Jones MSRP: Now: $18.00 Was: In 1119, a small band of knights seeking a purpose in the violent aftermath of the First Crusade set up a new religious order in Jerusalem, which was now in Christian hands. These were the first Knights Templar, elite warriors who swore vows... MSRP: Now: $18.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Crusaders by Dan Jones MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: For more than one thousand years, Christians and Muslims lived side by side, sometimes at peace and sometimes at war. When Christian armies seized Jerusalem in 1099, they began the most notorious period of conflict between the two religions... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Knight Who Saved England: William Marshal and the French invasion, 1217 MSRP: Now: $17.95 Was: This is the fascinating story William Marshal who negotiated the brutal realities of medieval warfare and the conflicting demands of chivalric ideals, and who against the odds defeated the joint French and rebel forces in arguably the... MSRP: Now: $17.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Theuerdank the Epic of the Last Knight MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: The amazing tales of the knight Theuerdank and his companion Ehrenhold constitute the last great epic verse of the late Middle Ages. The courageous knight’s journey to woo his future wife, Mary of Burgundy, and his triumph in battles... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The History of Chivalry and Armour MSRP: Now: $22.95 Was: A visual and literary feast, The History of Chivalry and Armour is a study of medieval knights in all their grandeur, fully displaying their instruments of siege, ornaments, and entertainments. Reproduced from a rare nineteenth-century masterpiece, here... MSRP: Now: $22.95 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
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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 Toulouse-Lautrec MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec recorded unforgettable images of belle-époque Paris in his paintings, lithographs, and posters. The posters created by the painter and graphic designer for the Moulin Rouge club in Montmartre remain extremely... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Pissarro MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: The father of impressionists, Camille Pissarro, was groundbreaking for the modern age. Whether it was painting or graphics, impressionism or pointillism, portraits or the worker genre—his work was extraordinarily versatile and full of... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mondrian MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: The work of Piet Mondrian is highly eclectic: from impressionist landscapes to cubism and abstracts, in the final years of his working life. This volume, enriched with images, provides a fascinating analysis of the Dutch artist’s... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mucha MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Art Nouveau, elegant ornamentation, and sensual women. Hardly any other artist proved a greater virtuoso in this style than Alphonse Mucha. Discover not only the most beautiful of the Czech artist’s posters, but also many of... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Egon Schiele MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: An eccentric exhibitionist, Egon Schiele documented the discord of his time in furious paintings of people and self-portraits. Schiele’s artistic universe is ready to be rediscovered with these many illustrations of drawings,... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Kirchner MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: The artistic work of Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) is considered a milestone of international modernism and the climax of German Expressionism. This volume documents the development of the multi-faceted oeuvre from the epoch-making... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Claude Monet MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Claude Monet’s extensive work is revealed in numerous images. He was a painter who like no other moved perception to the center of his artistic activities. Nature became his own studio. This resulted in fascinating landscapes of different... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hokusai MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: His Great Wave off Kanagawa is the most famous work in East Asian art. Hokusai, a self-confessed eccentric and obsessive, created with his pictures of the floating world a veritable encyclopedia of Japanese daily life and thus became a... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hiroshige MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Hiroshige is one of the most important artists of the Japanese woodblock print and is considered a master of “ukiyo-e,” the “pictures of the floating world.” His evocative illustrations show mainly landscapes and scenes from the capital... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Gustav Klimt MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: "The Lady in Gold" was not his only painting! Gustav Klimt, the most controversial artist of his time, enjoys incomparable popularity to date. This book offers a fascinating insight into the extensive work of this remarkable artist... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Paul Klee MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Including more than 200 examples of both popular and lesser known works from private collections, this book captures all periods of Klee’s oeuvre, representing each stylistic metamorphosis and painting technique used by the artist. The... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Van Gogh MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Misunderstood during his lifetime and branded as “the crazy man with the red hair," Vincent van Gogh is one of the most famous artists of all time. As one of the founders of modern art he created a unique body of work, against all odds,... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cezanne MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Few painters are as well-known and admired as Cézanne. His work focuses on subjects popular since the Renaissance: portraiture, figure studies, landscapes, and still lifes. However, the way the artist transformed these traditional... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Edvard Munch MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Edvard Munch is the most important Scandinavian artist and a pioneer of Expressionism. With him, the existential fear, the loneliness of man, and the unpredictability of his feelings are drawn into art. With a novel and experimental painting... MSRP: Now: $9.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marcel Duchamp: Boîte-en-valise (or of Marcel Duchamp or Rrose Selavy) Facsimile MSRP: Now: $240.00 Was: By Mathieu Mercier "Everything important that I have done can be put into a little suitcase," Duchamp said in 1952: finally that suitcase is available to all. One of the most important and enigmatic pieces of modernist art,... MSRP: Now: $240.00 Was: Quick view
Special Offer Quick view Arms and Armor: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Celebrate the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s world class Arms and Armor collection and the release of our new book with a special offer for Members only. For a limited time, members will receive a free enamel helmet pin with the purchase of Arms... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view In Pursuit Of History: A Lifetime Collecting Colonial American Art And Artifacts MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: This book showcases highlights from the Dietrich American Foundation, established in 1963 by H. Richard Dietrich Jr. and focused on 18th-century American fine and decorative arts. Essays explore the formation of the collection and its many areas of... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Designs For Different Futures MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: 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: $40.00 Was: 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
Quick view Off The Wall: American Art To Wear MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: 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: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Impressionism And Post-Impressionism: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Jennifer A. Thompson (Author) 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... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Of China: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Hiromi Kinoshita (Author) 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... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Essential Duchamp MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Matthew Affron (Author) With contributions by Cécile Debray, Alexander Kauffman, Michael R. Taylor, and John Vick This book offers an engaging and accessible introduction to one of the twentieth century’s greatest and most enigmatic artists, Marcel... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cy Twombly: Fifty Days At Iliam MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Carlos Basualdo (editor) 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
Quick view American Modernism: Highlights From The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: 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: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Building The City Beautiful: The Benjamin Franklin Parkway And The Philadelphia Museum Of Art MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: David B. Brownlee (Author) Building the City Beautiful by historian David Brownlee, originally published in 1989, is the definitive book on the history of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia. Between 1871 and 1929, Philadelphia planned and... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: 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
Quick view Philadelphia Skyline Bookmark MSRP: Now: $14.00 Was: When you've got to put down that page-turner, you'll be glad to see the Philadelphia Skyline where you left off. Museum Exclusive Solid brass, electro-plated with non-tarnishing silver finish, giclee print Bookmark measures 1" x 3 1/2";... MSRP: Now: $14.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Enchanted World Of German Romantic Prints: 1770 - 1850 MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: 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: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Degas And The Dance MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Jill DeVonyar (Author), Richard Kendall (Author) Among the supreme masterpieces of 19th-century art are Edgar Degas's dramatic, incisive, and often brilliantly colored pictures of the ballet. Yet despite his enormous popularity as the foremost artist of... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marcel Duchamp: Étant Donnés (paperback) MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Michael R. Taylor (Author) with essays by Andrew Lins, Melissa S. Meighan, and Beth A. Price, Ken Sutherland, Scott Homolka, and Elena Torok In his early thirties, Marcel Duchamp convinced everyone that he had abandoned making art in favor of playing... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: 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 Philadelphia Architecture: A Guide To The City MSRP: Now: $28.00 Was: By John Andrew Gallery Divided into four sections, Philadelphia Architecture proceeds chronologically from the founding of the city in 1682 into the early Federal period, through its industrialization in the 19th century and its growth as a metropolis... MSRP: Now: $28.00 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 Drawn From Courtly India: The Conley Harris And Howard Truelove Collection MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Ainsley M. Cameron (Author) and Darielle Mason (Author) 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... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Eakins Masterpiece Restored: Seeing The Gross Clinic Anew MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: 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: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Wrath Of The Gods: Masterpieces By Rubens, Michelangelo, And Titian MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Christopher D.M. Atkins (Author) Peter Paul Rubens proudly described his monumental painting Prometheus Bound as first among “the flower of my stock.” This singular work demonstrates how Rubens engaged with and responded to his predecessors Michelangelo... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view