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1	Reality Through the Arts more books like this by Dennis J Sporre add to wishlist For One-Semester Introduction to the Humanities and General Humanities courses. Reality Through the Arts provides a comprehensive introduction that covers both arts history and aesthetic perception in western and non-western cultures by covering all the artistic disciplines: drawing, painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture, architecture, ... see all copies from £3.95! new only from £6.16! \| first editions
2	Drawing from Observation more books like this by Brian Curtis, Curtis Brian add to wishlist Perceptual drawing, in which one renders the physical world as it appears to an observer, is the focus of this new text for the introductory drawing course. "Drawing from Observation" offers a balanced mix of hands-on technique and perceptual theory while making a compelling argument for the long-term value of studying perception-based drawing. see all copies from £11.45! new only from £37.11!
3	Realism, Rationalism, Surrealism: Art Between the Wars more books like this by David Batchelor, Paul Wood, Briony Fer add to wishlist This volume is part of a four-volume series about art and its interpretation in the 19th and 20th centuries. The books provide an introduction to modern European and American art and criticism that should be valuable both to students and to the general reader. The book begins by considering responses by French artists to the World War I, showing ... see all copies from £9.00! new only from £16.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	Rackstraw Downes more books like this by Sanford Schwartz, Robert Storr, Rackstraw Downes add to wishlist Rackstraw Downes paints down-to-earth, often gritty features of today's American environment in an unflinching and highly realistic style. This book is the first to provide a multifaceted picture of his work, its intellectual foundations, and its place in the history of art - from both outside commentators and Downes himself. Beautifully ... see all copies from £22.90! new only from £29.86! \| first editions
5	Antonio Mancini: Nineteenth-Century Italian Master more books like this by Ulrich W Hiesinger add to wishlist One of Italy's greatest modern painters, Antonio Mancini (1852-1930) is best known for his daring and innovative painting methods. This overview of his career - the first comprehensive study in English - follows upon the Philadelphia Museum of Art's recent acquisition of fifteen major oil paintings and pastels by Mancini, including the famous Il ... see all copies from £183.78! new only from £183.78!
6	Paint Radiant Realism in Watercolor, Ink & Colored Pencil Paint Radiant Realism in Watercolor, Ink & Colored Pencil more books like this by Sueellen Ross add to wishlist Using a combination of drawing and painting, Sue Ellen Ross attracts artists to her classes to help watercolour artists draw better and pen and ink devotees enter the world of painting safely. This guide explains her unique techniques and styles.' see all copies from £10.35! new only from £57.54!
7	An American Vision: Three Generations of Wyeth Art: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, James Wyeth more books like this by James H Duff, Thomas Hoving, Andrew Wyeth (Photographer) add to wishlist A stunning examination of the remarkable Wyeth family artistry, presenting the work of N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and James Wyeth, whose paintings are now part of a major exhibition opening in Moscow and coming to the U.S. Profusely illustrated with color plates and rare family photographs. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £29.09! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Drawing from Observation: An Introduction to Perceptual Drawing more books like this by Brian Curtis add to wishlist Perceptual drawing, in which one renders the physical world as it appears to an observer, is the focus of this new text for the introductory drawing course. With an emphasis on progressive skill development, "Drawing from Observation" offers a balanced mix of hands-on technique and perceptual theory while making a compelling argument for the long ... see all copies from £32.19! new only from £63.13!
9	Bringing Textures to Life more books like this by Joseph Sheppard add to wishlist A lavishly illustrated book teaching artists how to render dozens of textures in oil. Features some of the most thoroughly documented sequences of step-by-steps of the painting process ever published. see all copies from £8.61! new only from £25.14! \| first editions
10	Art and China's Revolution more books like this by Melissa Chiu add to wishlist Although numerous books on the Cultural Revolution have been published, they do not analyze the profound shift in aesthetic values that occurred in China after the Communists took power. This fascinating book is the first to focus on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership, and argues that important ... see all copies from £24.45! new only from £28.96! \| first editions
11	William Bailey more books like this by Max Strand, Mark Strand add to wishlist A portrait of the artist William Bailey--a personal friend of Strand's--and an appreciation of his work. see all copies from £5.57! new only from £12.07! \| first editions
12 view cover	Drawing from Observation (Reprint) more books like this by Curtis Brian add to wishlist Perceptual drawing, in which one renders the physical world as it appears to an observer, is the focus of this new text for the introductory drawing course. With an emphasis on progressive skill development, "Drawing from Observation" offers a balanced mix of hands-on technique and perceptual theory while making a compelling argument for the long ... see all copies from £29.40! new only from £29.40!
13 view cover	Paint Radiant Realism in Watercolor, Ink & Colored Pencil more books like this by Sueellen Ross, Terry Isaac (Foreword by) add to wishlist Readers are taught to layer one medium over another in controlled stages, taking full advantage of the vividness of watercolours, the strength and contrast of ink, and the textures of coloured pencil. see all copies from £24.11! new only from £35.00!
14 view cover	The Rhetoric of Perspective: Realism and Illusionism in Seventeenth-Century Dutch Still-Life Painting more books like this by Hanneke Grootenboer add to wishlist Perspective determines how we, as viewers, perceive painting. We can convince ourselves that a painting of a bowl of fruit or a man in a room appears to be real by the way these objects are rendered. Likewise, the trick of perspective can prevent us from being absorbed in a scene. Connecting contemporary critical theory with close readings of ... see all copies from £16.20! new only from £16.20! \| first editions
15	Realism more books like this by Linda Nochlin add to wishlist see all copies from £3.93! new only from £23.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
16	American Realism and the Industrial Age more books like this by Marianne Doezema add to wishlist see all copies from £7.43! new only from £11.45! \| first editions
17 view cover	Socialist Realist Painting more books like this by Matthew Cullerne Bown add to wishlist An examination of socialist art and concerns in Russia, from the 18th century to the Gorbachev era. In an atmosphere where the government set down rigid rules regarding the form and content of artistic representation, innovative works of art did manage to slip by the authorities. The book contains many lesser-known works from museums and private ... see all copies from £128.11! new only from £406.61! \| first editions
18 view cover	Henriette Wyeth: The Artifice of Blue Light more books like this by Paul Horgan add to wishlist As one of the great women artists of the twentieth century, Henriette Wyeth (1907-1997) stood today at the head of the only true dynasty in American painting. Her father, the great N. C. Wyeth, taught Henriette her first lessons in form and light alongside her brother Andrew. Her husband, the artist Peter Hurd, contributed his own stock to this ... see all copies from £7.68! new only from £65.61! \| first editions
19	The Wanderers: Masters of 19th-Century Russian Painting: An Exhibition from the Soviet Union more books like this by Elizabeth K Valkenier, Richard R Brettell (Editor), Robert V Rozelle (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £22.87! new only from £116.55!
20	Romanticism and Realism more books like this by Charles Rosen, H Zerner add to wishlist see all copies from £7.43! new only from £198.31! \| first editions
21	Realistic Oil Painting Techniques more books like this by Kurt Anderson add to wishlist Using atelier method, learn still lifes, landscapes and the human figure and paint in the style of the old masters. see all copies from £11.50! first editions
22 view cover	American Realism more books like this by Edward Lucie-Smith add to wishlist This lavishly illustrated book explores the tremendous scope, richness, toughness sensibility and liveliness of the American realist tradition. Sixteen varied sections discuss and display the finest and most important work of different artists, groups, schools and periods - including American Impressionism, The Ashcan School, Precisionism, ... see all copies from £6.12! new only from £15.29! \| first editions
23	American Realism: A Picture Surv Fr EA more books like this by Francois Mathey, Pro add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57!
24 view cover	Edward Hopper: Light and Dark more books like this by Gerry Souter add to wishlist Edward Hopper, born in Nyack in 1882, remains one of the most important American painters. After studying to be an illustrator, he entered the famous New York School of Art, where he studied under the direction of Robert Henri, whose influence on Hopper's work was fundamental, as he was the one who encouraged Hopper to paint scenes from American ... see all copies from £8.17! new only from £8.17! \| first editions
25 view cover	Realism in 20th Century Painting more books like this by Brendan Prendeville add to wishlist This comprehensive survey the history of realist painting and argues that realism has had a continuous yet restlessly changing place in American and European painting throughout the 20th century. Artists discussed include Eakins, Bellows and Homer, Vuillard, Bonnard, Schiele, Morandi, Hopper and Giacometti, through to Balthus, Lucian Freud, and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24!

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