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Quick view Women in the Middle Ages: Illuminating the World of Peasants, Nuns, and Queens MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: A magnificently illustrated oversized book that uses art to illuminate the lives of medieval women, from peasants to queens Medieval women ruled over kingdoms, abbeys, and households; produced stunning works of art and craft; and did the hard work that... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view El Anatsui: Art and Life MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: This expanded and revised edition celebrates the work of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui by exploring the artist's life and the trajectory of his remarkable career. El Anatsui: Art and Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the essential resource on the Ghanaian... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: The product of more than 30 years of research, this astounding and authoritative volume reveals the political metaphors underpinning El Anatsui’s magnificent abstract sculpture Authored by two acclaimed scholars, Okwui Enwezor and Chika... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Travelling with Vincent - Van Gogh in Drenthe MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Vincent van Gogh boarded the last train from The Hague to Hoogeveen on Tuesday, September 11, 1883. He stays there for several weeks, then moves to Nieuw-Amsterdam/Veenoord and visits Zweeloo. The landscape makes a deep impression on him. Everywhere... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hans Memling in Bruges MSRP: Now: $49.00 Was: The Flemish Primitive artist Hans Memling (c. 1435–1494), who played a crucial role in early Netherlandish painting, is inextricably associated with Bruges. Among his most impressive creations are the St John Altarpiece and the St Ursula Shrine, which he... MSRP: Now: $49.00 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: A celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Women Pioneers of the Arts and Crafts Movement is a celebration of the work and ambition of the women who were at the heart of the most influential... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view 1000 Lights - Bibliotheca Universalis Series MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Light up your life Luminary design of the 20th century Designed to be a companion to our classic title 1000 Chairs, this edition contains an awesome selection of over 1000 lights. Presented chronologically by decade are the 20th century’s most... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Afterglow: Frederic Church and the Landscape of Memory MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Afterglow brings together the known memorial paintings by Frederic Edwin Church (1826–1900) for the first time, unveiling how Church returned to the medium of landscape throughout his career to create solace in times of loss. This book presents new... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Opinionated Guide to Photography MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: In a world of infinite images here is a guide to 65 of the best ever taken. From early experiments with light and form through Leica masterpieces and now artificially generated images, take it or leave it, this is our opinion as to why these particular... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Opinionated Guide to Women Painters MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: For as long as there’s been paint, there have been women painters – these are the painters you may not have heard of who have shaped the way we see. From artists at the forefront of the Dutch Golden Age to avant-garde radicals in Soviet Russia and... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Digital Art: 1960s to Now MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: A new history of digital art from the 1960s to the present day, with decade-by-decade essays exploring evolving digital art practices, alongside interviews with artists, gallerists, museum curators, and collectors. This new, image-led history of global... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Lucy R. Lippard on Pop Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Explore the dynamic world of 1960s pop art through Lucy Lippard's insightful analysis of this groundbreaking international art movement. Surprising, questioning, challenging, enriching: the Pocket Perspectives series presents timeless works by... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Acts of Resistance: The Power of Art to Create a Better World MSRP: Now: $17.99 Was: What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? Can it be a genuine form of political resistance? What is the purpose of art in a world on fire? In this exhilarating and deeply inspiring work, Amber Massie-Blomfield considers the work of artists,... MSRP: Now: $17.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Ingenious: A Biography of Benjamin Franklin, Scientist MSRP: Now: $29.99 Was: The dramatic story of an ingenious man who explained nature and created a country. Benjamin Franklin was one of the preeminent scientists of his time. Driven by curiosity, he conducted cutting-edge research on electricity, heat, ocean currents,... MSRP: Now: $29.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view What To Draw and How To Draw It MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: This step-by-step drawing guide from acclaimed cartoonist E.G. Lutz has helped budding artists hone their skills since 1913. E.G. Lutz provides simple, step-by-step instructions for constructing over one hundred distinct drawings, including lighthouses,... MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: 'An encyclopedic necessity for anyone interested in contemporary art.' - Vanity Fair 'We want people to see themselves… We want you to see the giants on whose shoulders we stand.' - Alicia Keys Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz... MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Wangechi Mutu MSRP: Now: $54.95 Was: The first monograph on the work of celebrated and influential Kenyan-American artist Wangechi Mutu Wangechi Mutu's remarkable body of work touches on such issues as sexuality, ecology, politics, and the rhythms and chaos that govern the world. Her... MSRP: Now: $54.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Soul of a Nation Art in the Age of Black Power MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: African American art in the era of Malcolm X and the Black Panthers In the period of radical change that was 1963–83, young black artists at the beginning of their careers confronted difficult questions about art, politics and racial identity. How... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Amy Sherald: The World We Make MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This is the first comprehensive monograph on acclaimed painter Amy Sherald, whose distinctive style of simplified realist portraiture features African American subjects rendered against colorful monochrome backdrops or in everyday settings. Sherald rose... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Claudette Johnson: Line, Rhythm, Space MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Tender yet compelling, Johnson's portraits of herself, her friends and her relatives are touchstones of Black figuration. A founding member of the Black British Arts Movement, Claudette Johnson (born 1959) creates large-scale drawings of Black people... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view African Art Now: 50 Pioneers Defining African Art for the Twenty-First Century Osei Bonsu MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: This deluxe hardcover survey, featuring profiles of 50 artists on the rise, is the definitive guide to contemporary African art. With African artists attracting sizable audience numbers to museums, setting sky-high auction records, and appearing in... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view SEEN 007 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Seen is a journal of film, art, and visual culture, dedicated to platforming nuanced and rigorous writing by and about Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities globally. Issue 007 highlights include: Ja’Tovia Gary and philosopher Dr. Joy James... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Frank Lloyd Wright - 40th/45th Edition Series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Wright on The star pieces of America’s greatest architect A building by Frank Lloyd Wright (1867–1959) is at once unmistakably individual and evocative of an entire era. Notable for their exceptional harmony with their environment, as well as for their... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Morpho: Mammals MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Improve your skills and techniques for drawing mammals! This small, portable book presents more than 500 drawings for 100 species of mammals, collected into categories of habitat—land, water, and air. In this book, artist and teacher Michel... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Morpho: Simplified Forms MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: The must-have guide for all artists who draw the human figure! This small, portable book presents a unique perspective on the human body for artists to study and implement in their drawing work. In this book, artist and teacher Michel Lauricella... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Looking at Photographs MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: A new introductory guide to the art of looking at and engaging with photography. Photographs, even the most iconic, often have something seemingly obvious about them. They appear to represent the "real" world and our first instinct is that they can be... MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Korean Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and Legends MSRP: Now: $25.95 Was: A fascinating introduction to the world of Korean myth and legend. The myths of Korea may seem a complex and intriguing mix of ghosts, spirits, and superstition, but they form the bedrock of one of the most vibrant global cultures today. In the... MSRP: Now: $25.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view This Morning, This Evening, So Soon: James Baldwin and the Voices of Queer Resistance MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Portrayals of James Baldwin and others in his circle highlight the iconic writer’s activism The American writer and activist James Baldwin (1924–87) considered himself a “witness” as he challenged perspectives on America and its history through his work... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Latinx Photography in the United States: A Visual History MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: Showcases the exceptionally diverse photographic work of Latinx artists Whether at UFW picket lines in California's Central Valley or capturing summertime street life in East Harlem Latinx photographers have documented fights for dignity and... MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Latin American Artists: From 1785 to Now MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: The essential survey showcasing the work of more than 300 modern and contemporary artists born or based in Latin America Latin American artists have gained increasing international prominence as the art world awakens to the area’s extraordinary art... MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Great Women Sculptors MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: A celebration of more than 300 groundbreaking women sculptors that surveys 500 years of creative ingenuity from around the world Presenting a more expansive and inclusive history of sculpture, Great Women Sculptors surveys the work of more than 300... MSRP: Now: $69.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Scandinavian Design - 40th/45th Edition Series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: The best design from the Nordic region Scandinavia is world famous for its inimitable, democratic designs which bridge the gap between craftsmanship and industrial production, organic forms and everyday functionality. This all-you-need guide includes a... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Aperture Issue 245: Latinx MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: In “Latinx,” Carribean Fragoza traces Laura Aguilar’s influence on queer artmaking. Joiri Minaya remixes postcards from the Dominican Republic to unveil the fantasy of tourism. Christina Catherine Martinez profiles Reynaldo Rivera, who chronicled... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: The Pulitzer Prize–winning art critic’s gripping account of the “Terrible Year” in Paris and its monumental impact on the rise of Impressionism From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the “Terrible Year” by Victor Hugo, Paris and... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Friedrich - Masters of Art Series MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: The hauntingly beautiful work of Germany’s most renowned Romantic painter springs to life in the pages of this beautifully produced overview featuring famous and lesser-known works in full and in detail.Considered one of the most important figures... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Reframing the Black Figure MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: This visual gift book introduces readers to the field of Black figuration by highlighting key works from the National Portrait Gallery exhibition The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure. The selections included in this brief introduction... MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Rubens - Masters of Art Series MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draftsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Munch - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 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: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Toulouse-Lautrec - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: In our imaginings of Paris, painter and graphic artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec (1864–1901) has no small role to play. In his prints, posters, paintings, and drawings, the artist immortalized the city’s Belle Époque nightlife and put the northern... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view O'Keeffe - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 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: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Miro - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Like Dreamers Do The lyrical mark-making of a modern maestro With a career spanning seven decades, Catalan-born Joan Miró (1893–1983) was a polymath giant of modern art, producing masterworks across painting, sculpture, art books, tapestry, and ceramics,... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Walter Gropius: International Architecture Bauhausbücher 1 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: The first installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series: Gropius' overview of mid-1920s architecture defined the International Style When the Bauhaus moved to Dessau in 1924, it was finally possible to publish the first of the Bauhausbücher that... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Paul Klee: Pedagogical Sketchbook Bauhausbücher 2 MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: The second installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series, presenting Paul Klee’s legendary Pedagogical Sketchbook Active at the Bauhaus between 1920 and 1931, teaching in the bookbinding, stained glass and mural-painting workshops, Paul Klee... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Kasimir Malevich: The Non-Objective World Bauhausbücher 11 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: A facsimile of the gorgeous Bauhaus edition of Malevich's classic treatise on Suprematism Kasimir Malevich (1879–1935) debuted his new creative theory of basic geometric shapes with the publication of his Suprematist manifesto in 1915. He later published... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view László Moholy-Nagy: Painting, Photography, Film Bauhausbücher 8 MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: "It is these authentic writings, the Bauhaus' original publications, that illuminate its legacy in the most accurate way."–Daniellaondesign Offered a position at the Weimar Bauhaus in 1923, László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) soon belonged to the inner circle... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Piet Mondrian: New Design Bauhausbücher 5 MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: The fifth installation in the Bauhausbücher facsimile series, revisiting Piet Mondrian’s influential essays on art theory Although Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was not an active member of the Bauhaus, his name is often mentioned in... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Wassily Kandinsky: Point and Line to Plane Bauhausbücher 9 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: A facsimile edition of the Russian abstractionist’s legendary text on form and its emotional effects on the viewer In 1911, Russian painter and theorist Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) published his seminal treatise Concerning the Spiritual in Art; over a... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sacred Sites The Library of Esoterica MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Spaces of Worship A Journey Through Spiritual Landscapes Taking us on a journey through the history of sacred art and architecture, Sacred Sites explores the myriads of ways in which we imbue our environments with profound and enduring meaning. From... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view 1920s Paris - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Back to the Années Folles A vivid cultural portrait of 1920s Paris Paris is the City of Light in all its facets. In the 1920s La Ville des lumières gleams especially bright and becomes a magnet for creative people from around the world. This is the... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Chinese Myths: A Guide to Gods and Legends MSRP: Now: $25.95 Was: An illustrated guide to the fantastic world of Japanese myths: retelling the stories and exploring how Japanese mythology has changed over time, as new gods, heroes, and spirits have entered the canon. While people around the world love Japan’s... MSRP: Now: $25.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view 1000 Chairs Bibliotheca Universalis Series MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Take a Seat An overview of exemplary chairs More than any other piece of furniture, the chair has been subjected to the wildest dreams of the designer. The particular curve of a backrest, or the twist of a leg, the angle of a seat or the color of the... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Christina Ramberg: A Retrospective MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Christina Ramberg (1946–1995) first gained renown for her acrylic-on-board paintings from the 1960s and 1970s that feature stylized fragments of female figures. Often associated with Chicago Imagism, Ramberg’s distinct linear approach was informed by a... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Barkley L. Hendricks: Solid! MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Barkley L. Hendricks is rightly known as one of the foremost American painters of the late 20th century. His six-decade artistic oeuvre encompasses not only portraits but also includes evocative landscapes, hard-edged geometric abstractions, lush... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hiroshige & Eisen. The sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaido - 40th/45th Edition Series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: This edition reprints Keisai Eisen and Utagawa Hiroshige's legendary series The Sixty-Nine Stations along the Kisokaidō, a stunning representation of the historic route between Edo and Kyoto. This vivid tapestry of 19th-century Japan is in equal parts a... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Rousseau - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Henri Rousseau (1844–1910) was a clerk in the Paris customs service who dreamed of becoming a famous artist. At the age 49, he decided to give it a try. At first, Rousseau’s bright, bold paintings of jungles and exotic flora and fauna were dismissed as... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Turner - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Enter a world of ravishing light and color. English Romanticist J. M. W. Turner transformed the essence of landscape painting from serene contemplative scenes to pictures pulsating with life, as if the sun itself were gleaming out of his canvases... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
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Quick view World Textiles - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: An updated edition of this indispensable reference, surveying the history of textiles from twenty-five thousand years ago to the present. The history of textiles, more than that of any other artifact, is a history of human ingenuity. From the... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Bauhaus (Second Edition) - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $21.95 Was: Reissued to mark the one hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Bauhaus, this book explores one of the most important art schools of the last hundred years. The Bauhaus, a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, informed the aesthetic... MSRP: Now: $21.95 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Women, Art, and Society - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: A new edition of the groundbreaking book by Whitney Chadwick maps the complete history of women artists from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to today. Art historian Whitney Chadwick’s acclaimed bestselling study challenges the assumption that great... MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mapplethorpe Flora MSRP: Now: $100.00 Was: The definitive collection of Robert Mapplethorpe’s flower photographs in a sophisticated new edition. Robert Mapplethorpe is one of the twentieth century’s most important artists, known for his ground-breaking and provocative work. He studied painting,... MSRP: Now: $100.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view About Face: Stonewall, Revolt and New Queer Art MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: A unique survey of 350 artworks by a global and diverse array of LGBTQ+ artists – many underrecognized and overlooked – from the last 50 years Though the Stonewall Riots might now be shorthand for the start of the gay rights movement, so much of... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view From Slave Ship to Harvard MSRP: Now: $26.95 Was: From Slave Ship to Harvard is the true story of an African American family in Maryland over six generations. The author has reconstructed a unique narrative of black struggle and achievement from paintings, photographs, books, diaries, court records,... MSRP: Now: $26.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: Black Philadelphians have shaped Philadelphia history since colonial times. In Black History in the Philadelphia Landscape, Amy Cohen recounts notable aspects of the Black experience in Philadelphia from the late 1600s to the 1960s and how this history... MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Islamic Art and Architecture (Second Edition) - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: A bold, readable, and beautifully illustrated introduction to Islamic art and architecture, this renowned book is now available in an updated and revised edition featuring color illustrations throughout. Including over a thousand years of history and... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Outsider Art: Art Brut and its Affinities - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: The updated edition of this comprehensive overview of outsider art, distinguished by its wider international scope and inclusion of global developments since 2000. Outsider art is the work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Georgia O'Keeffe - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $21.95 Was: A revised edition of this classic survey that presents a thorough overview of Georgia O’Keeffe’s life and work. Georgia O’Keeffe (1887–1986) was a major figure in American art for seven decades. Throughout that long and prolific career she... MSRP: Now: $21.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century (A Concise History) - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: A new edition of a seminal book on the history of graphic design in the twentieth century by one of the leading authorities in the field. The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and important developments in twentieth-century visual... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art and Climate Change - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: An overview of ecologically conscious contemporary art that responds to today’s environmental crisis, from species extinction to climate change. Art and Climate Change collects a wide range of artistic responses to our current ecological emergency... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Body Art - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $21.95 Was: An illuminating and authoritative survey of body art by a world expert on the subject This informed and accessible book explores the wide-ranging history of body art, from its expression of tribal affinities and cultural identity to its role in... MSRP: Now: $21.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Digital Art - World of Art Series MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: The fourth edition of the essential introduction to digital art, one of contemporary art’s most exciting and dynamic forms of practice. Digital art, along with the technological developments of its medium, has rapidly evolved from the "digital... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Kenya Hara: Designing Japan A Future Built on Aesthetics MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: As Art Director for Muji since 2002, Japanese graphic designer Kenya Hara (born 1958) and his aesthetic of pared-back, beautifully functional objects have taken the world by (quiet) storm. With Kenya Hara: Designing Japan, the designer presents his... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Book of Bibles - 40th/45th Edition Series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: This gorgeous edition brings together 50 of the finest medieval bible manuscripts from the Austrian National Library. With examples from every epoch of the Middle Ages, the collection explores visualizations of the bible in various theological and... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Any Day Now: Toward a Black Aesthetic Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Larry Neal, a poet, dramatist, and critic, was a founding figure of the Black Arts Movement in the 1960s and 1970s in New York. Writing as the arts editor for Liberator magazine, a radical journal published in Harlem, Neal called for Black artists to... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view My Friend Van Gogh by Emile Bernard Ekphrasis Series MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: “I exaggerate, I sometimes make changes to the subject, but I still don’t invent the whole of painting; on the contrary, I find it ready-made—but to be untangled—in the real world.” —Vincent van Gogh to Émile... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories MSRP: Now: $29.99 Was: Through a focus on Lenape art, culture, and history and a critical examination of historical visualizations of Native and European American relationships, Never Broken explores the ways in which art can create, challenge, and rewrite history. This richly... MSRP: Now: $29.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Digging in the City of Brotherly Love MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Historic Philadelphia has long yielded archaeological treasures from its past. Excavations required by the National Historic Preservation Act have recovered pottery shards, pots, plates, coins, bones, and other artifacts relating to early life in the... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Raphael - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: In just two decades, Raphael Santi painted his way to legendary greatness. This essential introduction to the artist we know simply as Raphael presents the mastery of figures, forms, and space hat secured his place not only alongside Michelangelo and... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Melissa Shook Daily Self-Portraits 1972-1973 MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Melissa Shook (April 18, 1939 – August 27, 2020) was an American photographer, artist and educator. Her photographs are part of an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Invitation Only: Photographs by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Basilius Besler: The Garden at Eichstatt MSRP: Now: $200.00 Was: The 367 exquisite hand-colored plates of the Hortus Eystettensis, published in 1613 with elaborate descriptions to record the palatial gardens in Eichstätt, Bavaria, were a landmark in botanical illustration. This facsimile edition, featuring... MSRP: Now: $200.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Indigenous Present MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: This landmark volume is a gathering of Native North American contemporary artists, musicians, filmmakers, choreographers, architects, writers, photographers, designers and more. Conceived by Jeffrey Gibson, a renowned artist of... MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hiroshige - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Utagawa Hiroshige (1797–1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world,” ukiyo-e was a particular woodblock print genre of art that flourished between the 17th and 19th centuries... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Berthe Morisot MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Berthe Morisot won over the Impressionists with her talent and became the first woman of the group alongside Monet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, and Sisley. Likewise, she was heralded by the greatest writers of her time; in this tribute to her, an anthology... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Van Gogh in Auvers-sur-Oise: His Final Months offers a unique and impressive overview of the paintings and drawings that Vincent van Gogh created during the last seventy days of his life. He produced no fewer than seventy-four paintings and over thirty... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view On the Necessity of Gardening MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Organized as an inventive abecedarium, On the Necessity of Gardening tells the story of the garden as a rich source of inspiration. Over the centuries, artists, writers, poets and thinkers from Capability Brown to Derek Jarman have each described,... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
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Quick view Kiki Man Ray Art Love and Rivalry in 1920's Paris MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: In freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the likes of Jean Cocteau and Marcel Duchamp. Her... MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Japanese Prints the Collection of Vincent van Gogh MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: One hundred and fifty years ago, Vincent van Gogh fell under the enticing spell of Japanese printmaking while working in Paris. He bought over six hundred Japanese prints and displayed them in his studio as inspiration.Van Gogh admired the prints’... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Vincent Van Gogh Creative Inspiration MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: A beautiful and delightfully handy art book that is designed to inspire, this collection of 150 beautifully reproduced Vincent Van Gogh images makes a stylish gift. His writings have been edited and selected to create an enlightening, uplifting, and... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Chivalry and Courtesy Medieval Manners for A Modern World MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Medieval people are often portrayed as having poor hygiene and table manners—licking their knives or throwing chicken bones on the floor. In the Middle Ages, however, such behavior was not tolerated. Medieval society cherished order in nearly every facet... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Exquisite Dreams: The Art and Life of Dorothea Tanning MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Exquisite Dreams is the first full account of the art and life of Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012). Rather than only focusing on her well-known surrealist paintings, this book gives equal weight to Tanning’s lesser-known but equally powerful sculptures,... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: History of African Art MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: This indispensable introductory guide explores the art of the African continent from its early origins over 75,000 years ago to the contemporary, set in the context of postcolonial debates, the restitution of cultural objects and artifacts, and the... MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view On the Turtle's Back MSRP: Now: $25.95 Was: The Lenape tribe, also known as the Delaware Nation, lived for centuries on the land that English colonists later called New Jersey. But once America gained its independence, they were forced to move further west: to Indiana, then Missouri, and finally... MSRP: Now: $25.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989 MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Focusing on the work of 33 artists, this volume examines the ways contemporary Korean art reflects the dynamic changes in the country following the 1980 Gwangju Uprising and 1988 Seoul Olympics, when a newly democratic South Korea opened up to the rest... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Rodin - Basic Art Series MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: While anchoring his practice in the traditions of antiquity and the Renaissance, Auguste Rodin paved the way for modern sculpture. From a very early stage, he was interested in movement, the expression of the body, chance effects, and the incomplete... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Fashion Designers A-Z - 40th/45th Edition Series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Celebrating over a century of fashion’s greatest talents, from Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent. From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view