Quick view My Friend Van Gogh by Emile Bernard 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 Bernard The painter and poet Émile Bernard’s... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Inside Out: The Prints of Mary Cassatt MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: An intimate look at one of the most radical and groundbreaking printmakers of all time, the American Impressionist Mary Cassatt. This book examines the radical experimentation and innovation of one of the finest and most creative printmakers of the 19th... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cassatt: Mothers and Children MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Mary Cassatt's tender and profound paintings redefined portraiture and broke down barriers for women in art—both as artists and as subjects. This collection focuses on Cassatt's insightful portrayal of women and children living their everyday lives... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Innovative Impressions: Prints by Cassatt, Degas, and Pissarro MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: In 1879, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, and Camille Pissarro collaborated to found a periodical that would feature their prints. For much of their careers, this unlikely trio of artists used the medium of printmaking to inspire and challenge each other, and... MSRP: Now: $39.95 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 Mary Cassatt at Work MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: A new study of Mary Cassatt that explores the centrality of work to both her inventive technical practice and her distinctive approach to modern subjects. In her sensitive depictions of the social, intellectual, and professional lives of... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Stephen Burks: Shelter in Place MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Through essays, photo-essays, and a conversation between Black designer Stephen Burks (b. 1969) and the late cultural critic bell hooks, this book contextualizes Burks’s wide-ranging work while exploring design’s influence on politics, society, and... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hiroshige Basic Art Series 2.0 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 Simone Leigh MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Over the past two decades, Simone Leigh has created artwork that situates questions of Black femme-identified subjectivity at the center of contemporary art discourse. Her sculpture, video, installation and social practice explore ideas of race,... MSRP: Now: $75.00 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 Ruben's Spirit from Ingenuity to Genius MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Peter Paul Rubens was the most inventive and prolific northern European artist of his age. This book discusses his life and work in relation to three interrelated themes: spirit, ingenuity, and genius. It argues that Rubens and his reception were pivotal... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Michelangelo and the Viewer in his Time MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Today most of us enjoy the work of famed Renaissance artist Michelangelo by perusing art books or strolling along the galleries of a museum—and the luckier of us have had a chance to see his extraordinary frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mondrian A-Z MSRP: Now: $28.00 Was: Pivotal in modern art's move towards abstraction, Piet Mondrian's oeuvre is extraordinarily versatile and complex. Not only did he paint and draw, he also wrote extensively about his thoughts and theories on art and life. Moving from traditional Dutch... MSRP: Now: $28.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marie Laurencin Sapphic Paris MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: This book offers a long-overdue reassessment of the career of the Parisian-born artist Marie Laurencin (1883–1956), who moved seamlessly between the Cubist avant-garde and lesbian literary and artistic circles, as well as the realms fashion,... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Remarks on Color Eve Wood MSRP: Now: $32.95 Was: Artist, critic and poet Eve Wood has a ribald sense of humor and for decades has had a distinctive presence in the Southern California art world. This is her first monograph, featuring a collection of off-beat, imaginative color studies populated with... MSRP: Now: $32.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Leonardo da Vinci Self, Art and Nature MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: This incisive and illuminating biography follows the three themes that shaped the life of Leonardo da Vinci and, through him, forever changed Western art and imagination: nature, art, and self-fashioning. Nature and art helped form Leonardo. He spent... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Jan van Eyck within His Art MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Jan van Eyck (1390–1441) was one of the most inventive and influential artists in the entire European tradition. The realism of his paintings continues to astound observers more than six centuries on, even though our world is saturated by high-resolution... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
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 Cezanne A-Z MSRP: Now: $28.00 Was: Paul Cezanne’s incomparable, architectonic rendering of light and color provided the foundation of his reputation as a forerunner of modernism. Which specific locations left such vivid impressions on this scion of a provincial banker’s family? What and... MSRP: Now: $28.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cranach A-Z MSRP: Now: $28.00 Was: Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553) created around 500 works during his lifetime. With his portraits of Martin Luther and Philipp Melanchton, and in his position as court painter to Frederick the Wise, Cranach quickly became one of the most sought-after... MSRP: Now: $28.00 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 Botticelli: Artist and Designer MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: In this vivid account, Ana Debenedetti reexamines the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli through a novel lens: his business acumen. Focusing on the organization of Botticelli’s workshop and the commercial strategies he devised to make... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Camille Claudel MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Camille Claudel (1864–1943) was among the most daring and visionary sculptors of the late nineteenth century. Although much attention has been paid to her tumultuous life—her affair with her mentor, Auguste Rodin; the premature end to her career; her... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Albrecht Durer Art and Autobiography MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: The Italian Renaissance birthed the modern sense of self, and no artist from the period compares with Albrecht Dürer (1471–1528) in terms of the almost obsessive interest he displayed in his own life. Dürer’s works are filled with personal details from... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Donatello and the Dawn of Renaissance Art MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: The Italian sculptor known as Donatello helped to forge a new kind of art—one that came to define the Renaissance. His work was progressive, challenging, and even controversial. Using a variety of novel sculptural techniques and innovative... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Ellsworth Kelly: Postcards MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Over the course of more than 50 years, renowned American artist Ellsworth Kelly made approximately 400 postcard collages, some of which served as exploratory musings and others as studies for larger works in other mediums. They range from his first... MSRP: Now: $70.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Before the Borderless: Dialogues with the Art of Cy Twombly MSRP: Now: $36.00 Was: In 2018, just a few weeks after his father’s death, Dean Rader made a pilgrimage to the Gagosian Gallery in New York to see a retrospective of Cy Twombly’s work, In Beauty It is Finished: Drawings 1951-2008. The exhibit led to a poem that would become... MSRP: Now: $36.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view DRIFT MSRP: Now: $89.95 Was: The first and only monograph on the extraordinary work of multidisciplinary and experiential Dutch artist duo DRIFT DRIFT was established in Amsterdam in 2007 by Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta. In their installations and interactive sculptures,... MSRP: Now: $89.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Howardena Pindell: Reclaiming Abstraction MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: 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,... MSRP: Now: $60.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Passion By Design the Art and Times of Tamara de Lempicka MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: As F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed the mad glories of the 1920s on the printed page, Tamara de Lempicka (1898–1980) captured them on canvas. A seductive Garbo-esque beauty with an irresistible force of personality, this refugee of the Russian Revolution... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Vincent Van Gogh: Healing Power of Nature MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: '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... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Dorothea Tanning: Doesn't the Paint Say It All? MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: American Surrealist artist Dorothea Tanning (1910–2012) worked across painting, sculpture, printmaking, installation and writing over the course of seven decades, producing one of the 20th century’s most enigmatic oeuvres. Tanning’s work conjures... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view A Book of Days by Patti Smith MSRP: Now: $28.99 Was: A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids and M Train. More than 365 images chart Smith’s singular aesthetic -- inspired by her wildly popular Instagram. In 2018, without any... MSRP: Now: $28.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Matisse Masters of Art MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: 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... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Mina Loy: Apology of Genius MSRP: Now: $27.50 Was: Mina Loy was born in London in 1882, became American, and lived variously in New York, Europe, and finally, Aspen until she died in 1966. Flamboyant and unapologetically avant-garde, she was a poet, painter, novelist, essayist,... MSRP: Now: $27.50 Was: Quick view
Quick view Vermeer The Complete Works T40 series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Discover one of the most admired artists in history: Johannes Vermeer. Complete with crisp reproductions, details, and insightful essays, this monograph spans his entire repertoire, illuminating the artist’s outstanding ability not only to bear witness... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Caravaggio The Complete Works T40 Series MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: 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... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Shahzia Sikander Extraordinary Realities MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Pioneering Pakistani American artist Shahzia Sikander is one of the most influential artists working today. Sikander is widely celebrated for expanding and subverting miniature painting to explore gender roles and sexuality, cultural identity, racial... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sophie Taeuber-Arp: A life Through Art MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: An intimate look at the life and career of the Dada hero known for the unique joy of her work across mediums, authored by her great-niece and buttressed with archival material. Even when performing at Zurich’s Cabaret... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Andrew Wyeth: Life and Death MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: 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... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Courbet's Landscapes: The Origins of Modern Painting MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: A groundbreaking insight into Gustave Courbet and his bold experiments in landscape painting. Between 1862 and 1866 Gustave Courbet embarked on a series of sensuous landscape paintings that would later inspire the likes of Monet, Pissarro, and Cézanne... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Faith Ringgold: American People MSRP: Now: $79.95 Was: Faith Ringgold is a critically acclaimed and key figure of postwar American art, whose unique methods of visual storytelling have documented and advanced art historical, feminist, and civil rights movements for more than half a century... MSRP: Now: $79.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Alice Neel An Engaged Eye MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: One of the greatest portrait artists of the 20th century, Alice Neel's vibrant, expressionistic paintings revealed a breath-taking depth of emotion within her subjects. From works exploring loss and grief, to communist political art, Neel's work pushed... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Marcel Duchamp text by Robert Lebel 1959 facsimile MSRP: Now: $125.00 Was: 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... MSRP: Now: $125.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Lee Friedlander: The Mind And The Hand MSRP: Now: $45.99 Was: $90.00 Friedlander's social landscape is a who's who of postwar American photography. In the 1960s and '70s, Lee Friedlander (born 1934) developed his signature approach to documenting the American “social landscape”: deadpan,... MSRP: Now: $45.99 Was: $90.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Richard Benson: The World Is Smarter Than You Are MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 A wide-ranging retrospective that reveals a master printer’s own photographs to be technically brilliant work of remarkable breadth and complexity.This book presents the first in-depth survey of photographs by Richard Benson (1943–2017), who... MSRP: Now: $22.50 Was: $45.00 Quick view
Quick view Philadelphia Inquirer's Walking Tours of Historic Philadelphia 4th ed MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: Philadelphia—where more than three centuries of history come alive—is not one but several cities and you can experience all of them if you know where to look. Tucked amid the glass-and-steel skyscrapers stand the brick-and-mortar buildings of the... MSRP: Now: $19.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Encyclopedia of 5,000 Spells: The Ultimate Reference Book for the Magical Arts MSRP: Now: $34.99 Was: For serious readers and dabblers alike, the acclaimed author of the Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells offers the essential book for working with supernatural beings. Spirits permeate every corner of our culture, and the Encyclopedia of Spirits explains who... MSRP: Now: $34.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: AMC's Best Day Hikes Near Philadelphia offers 50 of the region's best hikes for all levels. Ideal for families, tourists, and locals alike, this easy-to-use guide will help hikers explore Eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware year-round, from... MSRP: Now: $18.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: In this remarkable, inspiring collection of essays, acclaimed writer and critic Olivia Laing makes a brilliant case for why art matters, especially in the turbulent political weather of the twenty-first century. Funny Weather brings together a career’s... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Ways of Seeing MSRP: Now: $17.00 Was: John Berger's Ways of Seeing is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. First published in 1972, it was based on the BBC television series about which the Sunday Times critic commented: "This is an eye-opener in... MSRP: Now: $17.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Chagall: Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: For Marc Chagall (1887–1985), painting was an intricate tapestry of dreams, tales, and traditions. His instantly recognizable visual language carved out a unique early 20th-century niche, often identified as one of the earliest expressions of psychic... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Jasper Johns: Mind/Mirror MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: $60.00 Jasper Johns (b. 1930) is one of the most influential artists living today . Over the past 65 years, he has produced a radical and varied body of work marked by constant reinvention. Inspired by the artist’s long-standing fascination with mirroring and... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: $60.00 Quick view
Quick view Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Extra Bold is the inclusive, practical, and informative career handbook for designers that we've all been waiting for. Written collaboratively by a diverse team of authors, the book opens with critical essays that rethink design principles and practices... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Joel Meyerowitz: How I Make Photographs MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: The 'Masters of Photography' series is a new approach to photography how-to. Each volume is dedicated to the work of one key photographer who, through a series of bite-sized lessons and ideas, tells you everything you always wanted to know about their... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Design is Storytelling MSRP: Now: $17.95 Was: Good design, like good storytelling, brings ideas to life. The latest book from award-winning writer Ellen Lupton is a playbook for creative thinking, showing designers how to use storytelling techniques to create satisfying graphics, products, services... MSRP: Now: $17.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Start with a House, Finish with a Collection MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Offers a unique personal perspective on the journey of collecting American art and antiques Start with House, Finish with a Collection is the story of how a couple's use of American art and antiques evolved from furnishing a house into a... MSRP: Now: $75.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view When America First Met China MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Brilliantly illuminating one of the least-understood areas of American history, best-selling author Eric Jay Dolin now traces our fraught relationship with China back to its roots: the unforgiving nineteenth-century seas that separated a brash, rising... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Home Computers: 100 Icons that Defined a Digital Generation MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Today, people carry powerful computers in our pockets and call them “phones.” A generation ago, people were amazed that the processing power of a mainframe computer could be contained in a beige box on a desk. This book is a celebration of... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view How to Rule at Photography: 50 Tips and Tricks for Using Your Phone's Camera MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: How to Rule at Photography features 50 bite-size tips and tricks to help you improve your photo skills with your phone's camera. Creating brilliant photos with your phone isn't as hard as you might think, and the easy-to-follow advice in this book goes... MSRP: Now: $19.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Many scholars have called Linda Nochlin’s seminal essay on women artists the first real attempt at a feminist history of art. In her revolutionary essay, Nochlin refused to answer the question of why there had been no “great women... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Backyard Birdwatcher's Bible MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: The Backyard Birdwatcher’s Bible is that rare type of book, one that is as packed with information as it is pleasing to look at. An elegant aesthetic is paired with practical tips on identifying, attracting, and caring for backyard birds, as well as... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Rookwood Pottery at the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $14.99 Was: $30.00 The Rookwood Pottery was probably the most famous company making art pottery in the United States in the late nineteenth century into the twentieth century, achieving an international reputation and consistently promoting artistic innovation. Proud that... MSRP: Now: $14.99 Was: $30.00 Quick view
Quick view Senga Nengudi: Topologies MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: For almost fifty years, Senga Nengudi has shaped an œuvre that inhabits a specific and unique place between sculpture, dance, and performance. And that work has been widely recognized as groundbreaking. Her iconic R.S.V.P... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Werner's Nomenclature of Colours MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: In the late eighteenth century, mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner devised a standardized color scheme that allowed him to describe even the subtlest of chromatic differences with consistent terminology. His scheme was then adapted by an Edinburgh... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Zaha Hadid Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Discover the audacious futurism of Zaha Hadid. As the first woman to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, Hadid broke the rules and re-defined the game, despite some saying her designs were unbuildable... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view F. L. Wright Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Acclaimed as the “father of skyscrapers,” the quintessentially American icon Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect of aspiration. He believed in giving cultivated American life its fitting architectural equivalent and applied his idealism to structures... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Le Corbusier Basic Architecture MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Even in his unrealized projects, Le Corbusier redefined modern living, synthesizing functionalism, expressionism, and expansive urban thinking from Switzerland to Chandigarh, India. This book provides a succinct introduction to his... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Kandinsky Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Over the course of his artistic career, Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) transformed not only his own style, but the course of art history. From early figurative and landscape painting, he went on to pioneer a spiritual, emotive, rhythmic use of color... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Rothko Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: 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... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Rivera Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Painter, and Marxist activist, Diego Rivera was not just the husband of Frida Kahlo. He is renowned as much for his active politics as for his monumental mural paintings. This introduction explores his unique and visionary renderings of a modern... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Monet: The Triumph of Impressionism MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Few artists tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840–1926) to capture light itself on canvas. The painter of whom Cézanne said “only an eye, but my God what an eye!” he stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, painting... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Lewis W. Hine America at Work MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: More than 300 photographs by Lewis W. Hine, whose trailblazing documentary images of early 20th-century working conditions helped to transform United States labor laws. This book covers all eras of Hine’s work, including his pictures of child... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Impressionism 1860 - 1920 MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: It was a dappled and daubed harbor scene that gave Impressionism its name. When Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet was exhibited in April 1874, critics seized upon the work’s title and its loose stylistic rendering of light and motion... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Paintings MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Meet Vincent van Gogh, one of the most famed tragic figures of 19th‑century art. This lush tome collects all his 871 paintings, alongside writings and essays, charting the life and work of a master who continues to tower over art. Today, the works of... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Abstract Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: While it is considered by many artists to be a pure and simplistic form of expression, abstract art is also often thought of as vague or exceedingly theoretical. This new installment in the Art Essentials series demystifies the concept and history... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Street Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Street art is a phenomenon and subculture movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous international art fairs. Despite having earned a place in the canon of twentieth-century art history, its qualifications... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Impressionism MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: It is often forgotten just how provocative and unsettling impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. Critics, professional artists, and gallery visitors alike were shocked to encounter the unorthodox paintings on... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Pop Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Pop Art refers to a post-war movement connecting art with popular culture. Billboard signs, comic books, and movie stars were just some of the subjects chosen by pop artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view The Art of the Peales: Adaptations and Innovations MSRP: Now: $32.50 Was: $65.00 Active from the late 1700s through the early twentieth century, the Peale family was America’s first artistic dynasty. This overview of the art of the Peales presents more than 160 works in a variety of media from the renowned collection of the... MSRP: Now: $32.50 Was: $65.00 Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Modern Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Modern Art guides the reader through individual movements from Impressionism to Conceptual Art, situated within five broader chronological eras. Starting with Impressionism in 1860, art historian Amy Dempsey explains the essentials of... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Eugene Atget: Paris MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Take an intimate promenade through Paris with some 500 images from Eugène Atget. Down main streets and side streets, through courtyards, arcades, and the city’s 20 arrondissements, we find a unique portrait of a beloved city and the making... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Surrealism MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Surrealism was launched as a literary and artistic movement by French poet Andre Breton in 1924, and by the time of his death in 1966 it had become one of the most popular and recognizable art movements of the twentieth century... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Symbols In Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Iconography, or the study of symbols—be they animals, artifacts, plants, geometric shapes, or gestures—is an essential aspect of interpreting art. One of the most consistent features of human society throughout time has been the use of... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art Essentials: Key Moments In Art MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Art lovers can list history’s most important art objects, but what many don’t know are the dramatic, funny, and sometimes bizarre stories behind these most famous works. Spanning the last 500 years of art history, this book revisits... MSRP: Now: $16.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Beauty of Everyday Things MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Our lives are filled with objects. Everyday things used in everyday settings, they are our constant companions. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should be made with care and built to last, treated with respect and even affection. They should be... MSRP: Now: $16.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Hollywood Arensberg: Avant-Garde Collecting in Mid-Century LA MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: This comprehensive reconstruction and interpretation of Louise and Walter Arensberg’s groundbreaking collection of modern and pre-Columbian art takes readers room by room, wall by wall, object by object through the couple’s Los Angeles home... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Pontormo, Bronzino and the Medici MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: This book accompanied an exhibition of the same name held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art upon the completion of conservation of Pontormo's famous portrait of Duke Alessandro de' Medici. Centering on that painting and Agnolo Bronzino's... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Library of Esoterica: Tarot MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view Long Light: Photography by David Lebe MSRP: Now: $17.50 Was: $35.00 Throughout the 1970s and 1980s David Lebe (b. 1948) pushed the boundaries of photography, creating nuanced and visually complex images using innovative techniques. Often enhancing his prints with hand-coloring, Lebe made experimental pinhole photographs,... MSRP: Now: $17.50 Was: $35.00 Quick view
On Sale Quick view Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: $30.00 This important publication offers the first in-depth exploration of contemporary artist Bruce Nauman's monumental works Contrapposto Studies, I through VII and Contrapposto Studies, i through vii of 2015/2016. The book surveys Nauman's... MSRP: Now: $15.00 Was: $30.00 Quick view
Quick view Young Gifted and Black: A New Generation of Artists MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: This book surveys the work of a new generation of Black artists, and also features the voices of a diverse group of curators who are on the cutting edge of contemporary art. As mission-driven collectors, Bernard I. Lumpkin and Carmine D. Boccuzzi have... MSRP: Now: $49.95 Was: Quick view
On Sale Quick view American Furniture: 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: $50.00 American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Philadelphia and southeastern... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: $50.00 Quick view
Quick view How to Read European Armor MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: This engaging book offers an introduction to and overview of armor in Europe from the Middle Ages through the 17th century, focusing in particular on the 16th century when plate armor reached its peak of stylistic beauty and functional... MSRP: Now: $25.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Knightly Art of Battle MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: This volume offers an intriguing glimpse into the world of late medieval martial arts, from wrestling to fencing with the longsword to the subtle tricks that could be employed when jousting on horseback. Using superb details of lively... MSRP: Now: $14.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Duchamp Basic Art 2.0 MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: When is a urinal no longer a urinal? When Marcel Duchamp (1887–1968) declared it to be art. The uproar that greeted the French artist’s Fountain (1917), a porcelain urinal installed in a gallery, sent shock waves through the art world... MSRP: Now: $20.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: In a sustained exploration of the possibilities of abstraction, Sean Scully (b. 1945) has created a rich body of work throughout his 50-year career. Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas sets his entire output within a detailed biographical framework, closely... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view