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The gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing

The gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing more books like this

by Edward Gorey

An alphabetical phantasmagoria in which a succession of infants meet dreadful ends.

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Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups

Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups more books like this

by Dr. Charles G Martignette, Louis K Meisel

The perfect moral-boosting eye-candy for every homesick private Post-depression USA was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in the form of Gil Elvgren's technicolor fantasies of the American dream. From the Forties to the Sixties his painted adverts and posters for, among ...

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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again more books like this

by Andy Warhol

In this uplifting book, artist Andy Warhol shares his off-the-wall viewpoints of numerous topics, including love, beauty, fame, creating art, and employment.

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Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec more books like this

by Mary Ellen Miller

This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries.

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The lives of the artists

The lives of the artists more books like this

by Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari's "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects" was first published in Florence in 1550. Vasari, a painter and architect, had traveled throughout Italy sketching the buildings and art works he encountered when he contemplated compiling a record of great Italian artists and their work. The "Lives" was revised ...

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Amphigorey Also

Amphigorey Also more books like this

by Edward Gorey

Edward Gorey's unique and whimsical drawings accompany verses such as "The Glorious Nosebleed", "The Utter Zoo", "The Epileptic Bicycle", and fourteen other selections.

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Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey

Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey more books like this

by Alex Grey, Carlo McCormick (Editor), Ken Wilber (Editor)

Grey's art takes us through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self, revealing the core of human existence as he brings us face to face with ourselves.

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Obata's Yosemite: The Art and Letters of Chiura Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927

Obata's Yosemite: The Art and Letters of Chiura Obata from His Trip to the High Sierra in 1927 more books like this

by Yosemite Association, Janice T Driesbach, M.A. (Editor), Susan Landauer, Ph.D. (Editor)

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Renoir, My Father

Renoir, My Father more books like this

by Jean Renoir

In this delightful memoir, Jean Renoir, the director of such masterpieces of the cinema as "Grand Illusion" and "The Rules of the Game," tells the life story of his father, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, the great Impressionist painter. Recounting Pierre-Auguste's extraordinary career, beginning as a painter of fans and porcelain, recording the rules of ...

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Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far

Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far more books like this

by Stefan Sagmeister, Daniel Nettle, Ph.D. (Contributions by), Steven Heller (Contributions by)

The projects in this book began as a list Stefan Sagmeister found in his diary under the title 'Things I have learned in my life so far'. Given an incredible amount of freedom by some of his clients, he began transforming these 21 aphorisms into typographic works; they have since appeared as French and Portuguese billboards, a Japanese annual ...

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The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book more books like this

by Robert Crumb

Here are Crumb's famously wacky characters--Fritz the Cat, Mr. Natural, Snoid, Devil Girl, and all the rest--in a lavish volume suitable for the coffee table, including unpublished rarities, pages from Crumb's sketchbook, juvenilia, and photos. Crumb introduces each section of comic strips with a short, thoughtful essay exploring various aspects ...

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The Artful Dodger: Images and Reflections more books like this

by Nick Bantock

"The Artful Dodger" surveys the vast and varied territory that Bantock's work encompasses: from his English art-school days to paperback covers, pure abstract experimentation to pop-up books, "Griffin & Sabine" to his most recent work. His own words lend a highly personal, often revealing angle to more than 350 color images.

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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography more books like this

by Ansel Adams

The life story of one of America's best-loved artists: six decades of Adams's work as teacher, musician, crusader, photographer, environmentalist.

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The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Vol. 1 more books like this

by Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci, Leonardo De Vinci

Volume 1 of 2-volume set. Total of 1,566 extracts includes writings on painting, sculpture, architecture, anatomy, mining, inventions, music. Dual Italian-English texts, with 186 plates plus over 500 additional drawings.

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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece more books like this

by Jonathan Harr

Prizewinning author Harr embarks on a spellbinding journey to discover the long-lost painting known as "The Taking of Christ." The fascinating details of the artist Caravaggio's strange, turbulent career and the astonishing beauty of his work come to life in these pages.

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The Art of Looking Sideways more books like this

by Alan Fletcher

Describing himself as a "visual jackdaw", master designer Alan Fletcher has spent a lifetime collecting images, useless information, quotations and scraps that take his fancy. This work distils this collection into a quirky and entertaining feast for the eyes and the mind. Loosely arranged in 72 "chapters", the book explores the workings of the ...

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Gonzo, the art more books like this

by Ralph Steadman

Ralph Steadman is a "social" artist and creator of the art style known as Gonzo. This book follows his highly individual style from the late-1960s to the present day, illustrating both published and unpublished work. Steadman's accompanying text places his art in its context and time.

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Jenny Saville more books like this

by Rizzoli Publications (Creator)

At thirty-two, Jenny Saville has had a career most artists twice her age would envy. In 1992, the year she completed her studies at Glasgow School of Art, her graduation exhibition sold out. Most notably, one painting was bought by Charles Saatchi and, since then, her international reputation has grown at a rapid and steady pace.Jenny Saville is ...

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The Art of Richard Diebenkorn more books like this

by Jane Livingston

The art of Richard Diebenkorn is identified with California, but is valued throughout the US. This catalogue is published to coincide with the first retrospective of his work since his death in 1993. The three essays provide insights into the artist's life and work.

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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature more books like this

by Andy Goldsworthy

Illustrates outdoor sculptures created with a range of natural materials, including snow, ice, leaves, rock, clay, stones, feathers, and twigs.

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Boundaries more books like this

by Maya Lin

Maya Lin writes about what followed after her sculpture was chosen for the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington when she was a Yale undergraduate in 1982. Caught up in controversy about her Asian heritage, her youth, and her gender, Lin was forced to defend herself to the government, veterans' organizations, and the press. She also writes about her ...

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Georgia Okeeffe more books like this

by Roxana Robinson

A highly acclaimed biography of Georgia O'Keeffe that emphasizes her ongoing struggle for autonomy.

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Mrs. Jack: A Biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner more books like this

by Louise Hall Tharp

A biography of Isabella Stewart Gardner of Boston in the 19th century. An American charmer and art collector, Isabella Stewart Gardner and her husband Jack kept company with the leading men of the day including Henry James, Henry Adams, John Singer Sargent and Whistler. The Stewart Gardners' Boston home, which was modelled after a Venetian

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The Watercolors of John Singer Sargent more books like this

by Carl Little

This text places the accomplishments of artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) in the context of his life and time and discusses his extraordinary watercolour technique.

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Bitter with Baggage Seeks Same: The Life and Times of Some Chickens more books like this

by Sloane Tanen, Stefan Hagen (Photographer)

Chickens show off their human side in Tanen's irresistible dioramas. With more personality than most people have to spare, the New York artist's tiny yellow chickens negotiate the tricky modern world, filled with three-headed blind dates, menacing KFCs, playground popularity battles, and annoyingly crowded yoga classes.

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