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  • Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs new ed Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs new ed

    Read This If You Want to Take Great Photographs new ed

    $19.99
    Photography is now more popular than ever thanks to the rapid development of digital cameras. Read This if You Want to Take Great Photographs is ideal for this new wave of snap shooters using DSLR, compact system and bridge cameras. It contains no...
    $19.99
  • Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty Ekphrasis Series Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty Ekphrasis Series

    Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty Ekphrasis Series

    $15.00
    A compilation of esoteric musings, Kandinsky: Incarnating Beauty explores Alexandre Kojève’s philosophical approach to the relationship between art and beauty.   A teacher to Jacques Lacan, André Breton, and Albert Camus,...
    $15.00
  • American Indian Stories American Indian Stories

    American Indian Stories

    $15.00
    Bright and carefree, Zitkála-Šá grows up on the Yankton Sioux reservation in South Dakota with her mother until Quaker missionaries arrive, offering the reservation’s children a free education. The catch: They must leave their...
    $15.00
  • Cathedral is Dying by Rodin Ekphrasis Series Cathedral is Dying by Rodin Ekphrasis Series

    Cathedral is Dying by Rodin Ekphrasis Series

    $15.00
    Master sculptor Auguste Rodin’s illuminating writings on cathedrals in France are especially relevant and significant following the recent fire at Notre Dame.    In this volume, the writer and Rodin scholar Rachel Corbett selects...
    $15.00
  • Herman Miller: A Way of Living Herman Miller: A Way of Living

    Herman Miller: A Way of Living

    $125.00
     There have been many books about Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and furniture, but none as comprehensive as this.’ – Interior Design The acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovative furniture company, from its...
    $125.00
  • Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons

    Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons

    $29.99
    For true believers only, a lavishly illustrated reproduction of a legendary volume by the world’s most distinguished dragonologist. Don’t let it fall into the wrong hands! Do you believe in dragons? Now, for the first time, the long-lost research of...
    $29.99
  • Story of Art Without Men Story of Art Without Men

    Story of Art Without Men

    $45.00
    The story of art as it’s never been told before, from the Renaissance to the present day, with more than 300 works of art. How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what...
    $45.00
  • BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered

    BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered

    $35.00
    African American history has produced countless exceptional heroes, leaders, and role models. The graphic novel, BLAM! Black Lives Always Mattered!, tells  the inspiring stories of 14 important Black Philadelphians, such as opera singer Marian...
    $35.00
  • Souls Grown Deep Like Rivers Souls Grown Deep Like Rivers

    Souls Grown Deep Like Rivers

    $35.00
    For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, and recycled and cast-off objects that...
    $35.00
  • Between Worlds the Art of Bill Traylor Between Worlds the Art of Bill Traylor

    Between Worlds the Art of Bill Traylor

    $85.00
    Bill Traylor (ca. 1853–1949) came to art-making on his own and found his creative voice without guidance; today he is remembered as a renowned American artist. Traylor was born into slavery on an Alabama plantation, and his experiences spanned multiple...
    $85.00
  • Art Essentials: Photography Art Essentials: Photography

    Art Essentials: Photography

    $16.95
    Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate presents iconic...
    $16.95
  •  Library of Esoterica: Plant Magick  Library of Esoterica: Plant Magick

    Library of Esoterica: Plant Magick

    $40.00
    Celebrating the magick of the natural realm, Volume IV of The Library of Esoterica, delves into the symbolism, ceremony, and our ritual relationships with the botanical world. A visual journey through our interdependent evolution with nature, Plant...
    $40.00
  •  Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction  Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction

    Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction

    $60.00
    Exploring the art and life of this important American artist whose work bridged the gaps between abstraction, feminism, and Blackness Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction is a fascinating examination of the multifaceted career of artist, activist,...
    $60.00
  •  Vincent Van Gogh: Healing Power of Nature  Vincent Van Gogh: Healing Power of Nature

    Vincent Van Gogh: Healing Power of Nature

    $16.95
    'Sometimes I long so much to do landscape, just as one would for a long walk to refresh oneself, and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and a soul.' Vincent van Gogh saw nature and art as inseparably linked. In The Healing Power...
    $16.95
  •  Hidden Language of Symbols  Hidden Language of Symbols

    Hidden Language of Symbols

    $45.00
    The Hidden Language of Symbols covers a wide-ranging selection of visual culture and art under one unified theme: symbols. Often not immediately apparent, our day-to-day lives abound with symbols of various kinds, from national emblems to emojis,...
    $45.00
  •  Bosch Masters of Art  Bosch Masters of Art

    Bosch - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    Explore Hieronymus Bosch's fantastic illustrations of the afterlife and other religious concepts and narratives. Although Bosch's known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on...
    $14.95
  •  Schiele Masters of Art  Schiele Masters of Art

    Schiele - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    An elegant introduction to Egon Schiele’s career, this book untangles the mysteries and misunderstandings behind his genius. Egon Schiele left an enormous artistic legacy that is all the more powerful for the brevity of his career. Isabel Kuhl’s lively...
    $14.95
  •  Picasso Masters of Art  Picasso Masters of Art

    Picasso - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    Discover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades--and included thousands of paintings,...
    $14.95
  •  Kahlo Masters of Art  Kahlo Masters of Art

    Kahlo - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    Discover the life and work of Frida Kahlo in this introduction to the iconic Mexican artist. Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and...
    $14.95
  •  Holbein Masters of Art  Holbein Masters of Art

    Holbein - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This introduction to the work of the 16th-century master portraitist Hans Holbein reveals the impressive and surprising scope of his career. 16th-century Europe was a time of unprecedented economic expansion, cross-cultural trade, religious upheaval,...
    $14.95
  •  Degas Masters of Art  Degas Masters of Art

    Degas - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Best known for his depictions of young dancers on the stage and in the studio, Degas was an accomplished...
    $14.95
  •  Magritte Masters of Art  Magritte Masters of Art

    Magritte - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This revelatory examination of the Surrealist master updates prevailing theories about Magritte’s life and beliefs, and offers a surprising new assessment of an artist who strived for anonymity rather than fame. Throughout his career, Magritte subverted...
    $14.95
  •  Klimt Masters of Art  Klimt Masters of Art

    Klimt - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    The story of Klimt’s astonishing artistic career is told in this beautifully produced collection of reproductions, photographs and drawings with an accompanying text that places the artist in a unique historical moment and reflects his fierce appetite...
    $14.95
  •  Monet Masters of Art  Monet Masters of Art

    Monet - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This generously illustrated volume on the work of Monet makes the world’s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Monet’s dazzling depictions of flowers, sunsets, fields, and oceans, in which line and shape are suggested...
    $14.95
  •  Botticelli Masters of Art  Botticelli Masters of Art

    Botticelli - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This generously illustrated volume on the work of Botticelli makes the world’s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. The Florentine painter Botticelli personifies the Golden Age of the early Renaissance. Best known for The...
    $14.95
  •  Van Gogh Masters of Art  Van Gogh Masters of Art

    van Gogh - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This generously illustrated volume on the work of Vincent van Gogh makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Tracing the arc of van Gogh's career, this volume presents his portraits and self-portraits,...
    $14.95
  •  Caravaggio Masters of Art  Caravaggio Masters of Art

    Caravaggio - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This generously illustrated volume on the work of Caravaggio makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. This monograph explores Caravaggio's entire life and career by focusing on the most important of his works...
    $14.95
  •  Bruegel Masters of Art  Bruegel Masters of Art

    Bruegel - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    This generously illustrated volume on the work of Pieter Bruegel makes the world’s greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. A Renaissance painter and printmaker best known for his landscapes and peasant scenes; Bruegel’s...
    $14.95
  • Museum Exclusive
    Philadelphia Museum of Art Frank Lloyd Wright Casement Window Bookmark Philadelphia Museum of Art Frank Lloyd Wright Casement Window Bookmark

    Frank Lloyd Wright Casement Window Bookmark

    $16.00
    Frank Lloyd Wright designed original and innovative offices, churches, schools, skyscrapers, hotels, museums, and other commercial projects. Wright-designed interior elements included leaded glass windows, floors, furniture and even tableware that were...
    $16.00
  • Just Enough Design Just Enough Design

    Just Enough Design

    $16.95
    A Japanese designer offers a compelling alternative way to engage with our possessions, our history, our environment, and each other. The Japanese phrase "hodo-hodo" originates in ancient times. When contemporary designer Taku Satoh applies it to his...
    $16.95
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    1000 Design Classics 1000 Design Classics

    1000 Design Classics

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    The most innovative, iconic, and influential products ever designed - from 1663 to the present day Originating from the highly acclaimed and groundbreaking three-volume Phaidon Design Classics, this new book presents 1,000 of the world's greatest objects...
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  • Sonia Delaunay Sonia Delaunay

    Sonia Delaunay

    $30.00
    Sonia Delaunay was a true pioneer of modernist abstraction; breaking with the figurative vocabulary that subordinated color to subject matter, she placed dynamic color interaction at the core of her vision, whether expressed through painting, book...
    $30.00
  • Matisse Masters of Art Matisse Masters of Art

    Matisse - Masters of Art Series

    $14.95
    From his earliest pointillist-influenced paintings to this mature and playful paper cut-outs; from enormous, ebullient murals to reverent stained glass--Henri Matisse was renowned for his dramatic use of color and fluid draftsmanship. Thirty of Matisse's...
    $14.95
  • Phantoms of Fairmont Phantoms of Fairmont

    Phantoms of Fairmount

    $12.00
    Philadelphia is a city of neighborhoods and Fairmount is among its most famous.  But you know it for the Parkway and the museums.  Did you know it is also home to a ghostly history?  Eastern State Penitentiary has had countless reports of...
    $12.00
  • Museum Exclusive
    Philadelphia Museum of Art Rousseau Carnival Evening Bookmark Philadelphia Museum of Art Rousseau Carnival Evening Bookmark

    Rousseau Carnival Evening Bookmark

    $16.00
    What better to keep your place in the latest page-turner by your bedside with our bookmark reproducing Rousseau's Carnival Evening! An air of mystery pervades this wintry forest landscape. Dressed in festive carnival costumes, a lone couple stands in...
    $16.00
  • Caravaggio The Complete Works T40 Series Caravaggio The Complete Works T40 Series

    Caravaggio The Complete Works - 40th/45th Edition Series

    $30.00
    Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571–1610), was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of Italian painting, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial: violent in temper, precise in technique, a creative master, and a man on the...
    $30.00
  • Covered with Night Covered with Night

    Covered with Night

    $20.00
    The Pulitzer Prize-winning history that transforms a single event in 1722 into an unparalleled portrait of early America.  In the winter of 1722, on the eve of a major conference between the Five Nations of the Haudenosaunee (also known as the...
    $20.00
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    Amish Butters, Salsas and Spreads Amish Butters, Salsas and Spreads

    Amish Butters, Salsas & Spreads

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    The Amish are known for their canning practices, which are essential to  communities of large families and even larger gardens. Written by Amish  writer Laura Anne Lapp, Amish Butters & Salsas offers sixty classic recipes for all varieties...
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  • Japanese Myths A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits Japanese Myths A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits

    Japanese Myths: A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits

    $25.95
    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...
    $25.95
  • Graphic Design The History 40th Edition Series Graphic Design The History 40th Edition Series

    Graphic Design: The History - 40th/45th Edition Series

    $30.00
    In this volume, Jens Müller traces 130 years of graphic design,  designers, and developments from the late 19th century through the economic boom after World War II until today. Year-by-year spreads are combined with in-depth features on dozens of...
    $30.00
  • Japanese Woodblock Prints 40th Edition series Japanese Woodblock Prints 40th Edition series

    Japanese Woodblock Prints 40th Edition series

    $30.00
    The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent. Breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons torment the living, and sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors are rock stars. This condensed edition...
    $30.00
  • Psychology of an Art Writer Ekphrasis Series Psychology of an Art Writer Ekphrasis Series

    Psychology of an Art Writer Ekphrasis Series

    $15.00
    Though she was widely known for her supernatural fictions, Lee hasn’t gained the recognition she so clearly deserves for her contributions in the fields of aesthetics, philosophy of empathy, and art criticism. An early follower of Walter Pater, her...
    $15.00
  • Cats in Spring Rain Cats in Spring Rain

    Cats in Spring Rain

    $12.95
    This delightful little book pays homage to the cat through artfully curated Japanese poetry and prints. No one captures the graces and idiosyncrasies of cats quite like the painters, printmakers, and haiku masters of Japan. From the Edo to the Showa...
    $12.95
  • Artists on Art Artists on Art

    Artists on Art

    $17.99
    Through a carefully curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Artists on Art  reveals what matters most to the masters. You'll discover how the  giants of the different artistic genres developed their distinctive  visual...
    $17.99
  • Andrew Wyeth Life and Death Andrew Wyeth Life and Death

    Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death

    $40.00
    Presenting recently rediscovered drawings, Life and Death explores what it means for an artist to picture their own death, in both the context of Wyeth’s late career and contemporary American art. This volume presents for the first time a recently...
    $40.00
  • Barbara Chase-Riboud Malcolm X Steles

    Barbara Chase-Riboud Malcolm X Steles

    $25.00
    Bringing together more than forty works from the United States and Europe, this exhibition examines Barbara Chase-Riboud’s artistic career, focusing primarily on her important Malcolm X sculptures. Five works from that series—among them the Museum’s...
    $25.00
  • Dali Basic Art Series 2.0 Dali Basic Art Series 2.0

    Dali - Basic Art Series 2.0

    $20.00
    From soft watches to burning giraffes, this book celebrates the fantastical world and flamboyant personality of Salvador Dalí, one of  the most visionary and prolific artists of the 20th century.  Painter, sculptor, writer, filmmaker, and...
    $20.00
  • The Making of Rodin The Making of Rodin

    The Making of Rodin

    $55.00
    Auguste Rodin (1840–1917) was a radical sculptor whose unorthodox approach to multiplication, assemblage, industrial production, and serial repetition challenged classical sculptural traditions and provided a definitive break in the history of art...
    $55.00
  • Marcel Duchamp text by Robert Lebel 1959 facsimile Marcel Duchamp text by Robert Lebel 1959 facsimile

    Marcel Duchamp text by Robert Lebel 1959 facsimile

    $125.00
    Marcel Duchamp, the artist’s first legendary monograph and draft catalogue raisonné, was written by art historian and novelist Robert  Lebel and published in French in 1959; later that same year, it was  translated into English by George Heard...
    $125.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Funny Weather Art in an Emergency Philadelphia Museum of Art Funny Weather Art in an Emergency

    Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Ways of Seeing Philadelphia Museum of Art Ways of Seeing

    Ways of Seeing

    $17.00
    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...
    $17.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Matisse Basic Art Series 2.0 Philadelphia Museum of Art Matisse Basic Art Series 2.0

    Matisse - Basic Art Series 2.0

    $20.00
    Through eye-popping colors and simple forms, rejoice in the restless creativity and infectious energy of Henri Matisse, the artist who never stopped making art, and whose vivid palette gave nudes, landscapes, and interior views a whole new modernity...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Chagall Basic Art 2.0 Philadelphia Museum of Art Chagall Basic Art 2.0

    Chagall - Basic Art Series

    $20.00
    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...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Design is Storytelling Philadelphia Museum of Art Design is Storytelling

    Design is Storytelling

    $17.95
    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...
    $17.95
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Start with a House, Finish with a Collection Philadelphia Museum of Art Start with a House, Finish with a Collection

    Start with a House, Finish with a Collection

    $75.00
    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 full-blown...
    $75.00
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    Philadelphia Museum of Art Pennsylvania German Hasp Bookmark Philadelphia Museum of Art Pennsylvania German Hasp Bookmark

    Pennsylvania German Hasp Bookmark

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    Keep your place safely marked in any book with our bookmark inspired by a painted wrought iron hasp in our Pennsylvania German collection!  This Pennsylvania German hasp with slot for locking loop would have been used to keep safe the contents of a...
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  • Philadelphia Museum of Art The Design Book Mini Edition Philadelphia Museum of Art The Design Book Mini Edition

    Design Book: Mini Edition

    $24.95
    Discover more than 500 of the most innovative, influential, and enduring products from the last five centuries in this fully revised and expanded edition of Phaidon's much-loved companion to the best of design Take an extraordinary journey through...
    $24.95
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Werners Nomenclature of Colours Philadelphia Museum of Art Werners Nomenclature of Colours

    Werner's Nomenclature of Colours

    $14.95
    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...
    $14.95
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Zaha Hadid Basic Architecture Philadelphia Museum of Art Zaha Hadid Basic Architecture

    Zaha Hadid - Basic Architecture Series

    $20.00
    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...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art F L Wright Basic Architecture Philadelphia Museum of Art F L Wright Basic Architecture

    F. L. Wright - Basic Architecture Series

    $20.00
    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...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Le Corbusier Basic Architecture Philadelphia Museum of Art Le Corbusier Basic Architecture

    Le Corbusier - Basic Architecture Series

    $20.00
    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...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Kandinsky Basic Art 2.0 Philadelphia Museum of Art Kandinsky Basic Art 2.0

    Kandinsky - Basic Art Series

    $20.00
    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...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Rothko Basic Art 2.0 Philadelphia Museum of Art Rothko Basic Art 2.0

    Rothko - Basic Art Series

    $20.00
    Shimmering, pulsating color masses characterize the Abstract Expressionist masterpieces of Mark Rothko. Like no other artist in his generation, Rothko developed his own stylistic vocabulary, creating ceiling-high canvases that were to be experienced as...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Rivera Basic Art 2.0 Philadelphia Museum of Art Rivera Basic Art 2.0

    Rivera - Basic Art Series

    $20.00
    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...
    $20.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Impressionism 1860 - 1920 Philadelphia Museum of Art Impressionism 1860 - 1920

    Impressionism 1860 - 1920

    $25.00
    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...
    $25.00
  • Vincent van Gogh The Complete Paintings Vincent van Gogh The Complete Paintings

    Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings

    $50.00
    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...
    $50.00
  •  Art Essentials: Abstract Art  Art Essentials: Abstract Art

    Art Essentials: Abstract Art

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  •  Art Essentials: Street Art  Art Essentials: Street Art

    Art Essentials: Street Art

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  •  Art Essentials: Impressionism  Art Essentials: Impressionism

    Art Essentials: Impressionism

    $16.95
    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...
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  •  Art Essentials: Pop Art  Art Essentials: Pop Art

    Art Essentials: Pop Art

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  •  Art Essentials: Modern Art  Art Essentials: Modern Art

    Art Essentials: Modern Art

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  •  Art Essentials: Looking at Pictures  Art Essentials: Looking at Pictures

    Art Essentials: Looking at Pictures

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  •  Eugene Atget: Paris  Eugene Atget: Paris

    Eugene Atget: Paris

    $25.00
    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...
    $25.00
  • Art Essentials Surrealism Art Essentials Surrealism

    Art Essentials: Surrealism

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  • Art Essentials Symbols In Art Art Essentials Symbols In Art

    Art Essentials: Symbols In Art

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  • Art Essentials Key Moments In Art Art Essentials Key Moments In Art

    Art Essentials: Key Moments In Art

    $16.95
    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...
    $16.95
  • Beauty of Everyday Things Beauty of Everyday Things

    Beauty of Everyday Things

    $16.00
    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...
    $16.00
  • Drawn From Life Drawn From Life

    Drawn From Life

    $22.95
    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...
    $22.95
  •  Tarot  Tarot

    Library of Esoterica: Tarot

    $40.00
    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...
    $40.00
  • Philadelphia Museum of Art Long Light: Photography by David Lebe Philadelphia Museum of Art Long Light: Photography by David Lebe

    Long Light: Photography by David Lebe

    $25.00
    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,...
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