Quick view Japanese Woodblock Prints: 1680-1940 MSRP: Now: $200.00 Was: The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent, one where breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotica; where demons and otherworldly creatures torment the living; and where sumo wrestlers,... MSRP: Now: $200.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Before Easter After MSRP: Now: $700.00 Was: Before Easter After documents a defining period in Smith’s career through Goldsmith’s probing and empathetic lens. Riding on the critical success of Horses, Smith released the uncompromising Radio Ethiopia and, just two years later, Easter—her most... MSRP: Now: $700.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Staatliches Bauhaus in Weimar 1919-1923 MSRP: Now: $85.00 Was: In 1919, the state art school in Weimar was reopened as the Bauhaus, under the direction of Walter Gropius and with a radical new teaching approach. Four years later, the first Bauhaus exhibition was held, presenting the school’s novel... MSRP: Now: $85.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Craft Capital Philadelphia's Cultures of Making MSRP: Now: $39.99 Was: How can a broken artifact represent a city? The Liberty Bell cracked on the very first attempt to make it sound, and had to be recast twice and remolded with additional copper to improve its alloy. Today, it hangs in Independence Hall, where it... MSRP: Now: $39.99 Was: Quick view
Quick view In Wildness is the Preservation of the World MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Eliot Porter masterfully created color photographs of the New England woods to pair with the writings of Henry David Thoreau. Both Porter and Thoreau, although they lived a century apart, worked endlessly to preserve nature and protect it from man... MSRP: Now: $24.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view An Atlas of Rare & Familiar Colour MSRP: Now: $38.00 Was: The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at the Harvard Art Museums encompasses over 2,500 of the world’s rarest pigments. Museum director Edward Forbes started the collection at the turn of the 20th century, in order to preserve... MSRP: Now: $38.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Truth Bomb: Inspiration from the Mouths and Minds of Women Artists MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: If anyone can teach readers how to pursue the life and work of an artist, it is the twenty-two amazing artists included in Truth Bomb.This colorful compilation of pioneering and established women artists from around the world motivates and empowers... MSRP: Now: $34.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Protest! A History of Social and Political Protest Graphics MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Throughout history, artists and citizens have turned to protest art as a means of demonstrating social and political discontent. From the earliest broadsheets in the 1500s to engravings, photo-lithographs, prints, posters, murals, graffiti, and political... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Anni Albers: Notebook 1970-1980 MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Enjoy a rare glimpse into the actions of a working artist. Beginning in 1970, Anni Albers filled her graph-paper notebook regularly until 1980. This previously unpublished document of her working process contains intricate drawings for her large body of... MSRP: Now: $30.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Art & Queer Culture MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: In a compact, reader-friendly format, this volume traces a spectacular history of queer life and creativity in the modern age. It traces the rich visual legacy of art's relationship to Queer culture, from the emergence of homosexuality as an identity in... MSRP: Now: $39.95 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cats by Kuniyoshi: Ukiyo-e Paper Book MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Imagine life in Edo, Tokyo, from the 17th-19th century. In the early modern period there were many Ukiyo-e shops which sold woodblock prints displaying then-current styles and fashions much like our fashion photography and magazines today. Each Ukiyo-e... MSRP: Now: $29.95 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 Paul Klee: Life and Work MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: The first artist to "take a line for a walk"! Paul Klee: Life and Work, draws on a wealth of new resources including the Klee family’s archives, much of which is published here for the first time. Life and work are truly... MSRP: Now: $55.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Cy Twombly: Making Past Present MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Cy Twombly's first visit to Italy as a young man ignited a lifelong passion for classical culture that is everywhere present in his art. Taking on myths and heroes as personal guides, he created a psychologically complex dialogue with... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Philadelphia: Portraits of the City MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: "Our Philadelphia, as is all our history, is made of these moments: photographs and stories. And in our effort to find and delineate these moments we also recognized that we approached a sense of place. Circling ever closer to a shared... MSRP: Now: $65.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Almost Lost Arts: Traditional Arts and the Artisans Keeping Them Alive MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: Almost Lost Arts features the stories of 20 artisans who have devoted their lives to preserving traditional techniques. From globe makers and book menders to cassette tape manufacturers and neon sign makers, the profiled artisans represent a... MSRP: Now: $35.00 Was: 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
Quick view American Furniture 1650-1840 Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Philadelphia and southeastern... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Horace Pippin, American Modern MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: By Anne Monahan West Chester, PA's own Horace Pippin was arguably the most successful African American artist of his day. Pippin (1888–1946) taught himself to paint in the 1930s and quickly earned international renown for depictions of World War I,... MSRP: Now: $50.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Louise Bourgeois: The Spider and the Tapestries MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Louise Bourgeois' tapestry and needlepoint work deals with reparation in both a literal and metaphorical sense. In many of the works, fragmented tapestries are pieced together and repaired to create new sculptural forms. The recurring... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view The Recurrent, Haunting Ghost: Essays on the Art, Life and Legacy of Marcel Duchamp MSRP: Now: $125.00 Was: By Francis M. Naumann Francis M. Naumann has been writing about the art and ideas of Marcel Duchamp for nearly forty years. The present compilation consists of articles he has published in various scholarly catalogues and journals,... MSRP: Now: $125.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: By Timothy Rub and Amanda Sroka 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... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Faith Ringgold MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Famed for her narrative quilts and her brightly colored paintings of African American life, New York artist Faith Ringgold has consistently challenged perceptions of identity and gender inequality through the lenses of the feminist and... MSRP: Now: $29.95 Was: Quick view
Special Offer Quick view Arms and Armor: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Celebrate the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s world class Arms and Armor collection and the release of our new book with a special offer for Members only. For a limited time, members will receive a free enamel helmet pin with the purchase of Arms... MSRP: Now: $45.00 Was: Quick view
Quick view Designs For Different Futures MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Designs for Different Futures records the concrete ideas and abstract dreams of designers, artists, academics, and scientists exploring how design might reframe our futures, socially, ethically, and aesthetically. Encompassing nearly one hundred... MSRP: Now: $40.00 Was: Quick view