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The Art of Ivan Gantschev: the Sun, the Moon, and Other Things

By: N/A

Price: $16.56

Publisher: San Francisco, California, U. S. A., North South Books: 1994

Seller ID: 001787

ISBN: 1558582312

Condition: New in Near Fine dust jacket

Gantschev's beautiful, sometimes abstract artwork is featured here along with a small note of the medium (s) used. Often paints are done in water color, often colored pencil is added. "The world is wonderful and I want to paint it again and again. We walk through this world with our three-dimensional faculty of thought. Some say that there is a fourth dimension. Is it possible to make the invisible visible by painting the visible, concrete things? Is that the fourth dimension or is that art?" About half of the illustrations were done for books, and as such are particularly inventive. T...
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Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities

By: N/A

Price: $46.00

Publisher: Museum of Arts and Design: 2011

Seller ID: 004487

ISBN: 0983298319

Condition: New in New dust jacket

This book is still wrapped in publishers plastic. Featured is contemporary work by about 35 preeminent visual artists who have generated new interest in this art form. It is a diverse group of international practitioners, ranging from sculptors and painters to photographers and videographers. This fully illustrated book includes an essay by exhibition curator David McFadden, which traces dioramas and visual illusions in the history of visual arts. Also included are artist biographies and statements. McFadden also includes a critical analysis of the works in this exhibition. The front of the bo...
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Oceanic Art

By: Ambesi, Alberto Cesare

Price: $8.74

Publisher: United Kingdom, Hamlyn Publishing Group: 1970

Seller ID: 001903

ISBN: 0600367029

Condition: Fine in Near Fine dust jacket

From the time of the first Pacific explorers, the Western World has been fascinated by the romance of the South Seas. The natives of this earthly paradise inhabit a world of surprising complexity. Their lives are bounded by myths and legends which vary from area to area but are intimately dependent on the power of supernatural forces. This book is the key to this enthralling world where a prow ornament becomes the guardian spirit of a ship, a statuette becomes an ever-watchful ancestor and a painted mask becomes the temporary residence of a god. 159 pages, including 71 full color plates that d...
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Fauve Birds, Butterflies, and Flowers

By: Artists

Price: $14.72

Publisher: Germany, Konemann: 1999

Seller ID: 003905

ISBN: 382903895X

Condition: New

NEW-The Fauves were the sensation of Paris in the early years of the 20th century. A group of artists surrounding Matisse, they earned their name - which literally means "wild beast" - for their use of intense, arbitrary color. When Diaghilev's Ballets russes took Paris by storm in 1909, , the costumes designed by Leon Bakst in a Fauvist manner set off a fashion rage that was to last through the 1920s. These brilliant textile designed, created mostly in Paris betweeen 1910 and 1920, capture the spirit of those adventurous times. Includes twelve full-color designs; each tear-out sheet i...
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How to Get Hung: a Practical Guide for Emerging Artists

By: Barnes, Molly; Hilton, Pat

Price: $10.12

Publisher: Boston, MA, Journey Editions: 1994

Seller ID: 003582

ISBN: 188520308X

Condition: New

In this accessible, easy-to-read, detailed guide for artists, students, and aspiring art professionals, Molly Barnes takes the mystique out of "how to get hung. " Readers learn how to present their work and themselves to the professional art world step by step. Molly Barnes explains the details, including how to know when your body of work is ready to be presented, networking and strategizing in the art community, how to work and communicate with gallery owners, marketing the work once the dealer says "yes, " hanging the show (best methods for diplaying pieces in the space, fro...
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10

By: Bataille, Marion

Price: $14.72

Publisher: New York, Roaring Book Press: 2011

Seller ID: 004543

ISBN: 1596436824

Condition: New with No dust jacket as issued

This is a simple counting book turned into a technical marvel, as one number mutates into another as we count from one to ten and back again. The gorgeous simplicity and playful intelligence of 10 will enchant readers of all ages. The book is printed on heavy paper and provided in a bright red slipcase, in the original publisher's wraps. ; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; Unpaginated pages
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Masterpieces from the Collections of the Prince of Liechtenstein Sculpture, Decorative Arts, Weaponry

By: Bã¼ckling, Mariake; Syndram, Dirk; Ramharter, Johannes (Commentary by)

Price: $59.80

Publisher: Switzerland, Benteli: 1997

Seller ID: 003500

Condition: New in New dust jacket

NEW - Quite heavy and oversized. This book presents in text and pictures the most beautiful and important masterpieces of sculpture, decorative arts, and weaponry in the Collections of H. S. H. The Reigning Prince Hans Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein. The thoughtful selection of exquisite pieces, photographed with the greatest care, includes bronze statuary, ceramics, ivory, silver and enamel objects, stone carvings and intarsia of breathtaking delicacy, as well as sumptuously decorated hunting weapons, made between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries by the greatest master craftsmen in Eu...
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Signed, Abiah Rose

By: Browning, Diane

Price: $14.72

Publisher: Berkeley, California, U. S. A., Tricycle Pr: 2010

Seller ID: 003897

Condition: As New in As New dust jacket

Abiah Rose has always wanted to paint pictures. Everyone told her it was not a good thing to do. Serious painting is "not girl's workd. " Best not show your paintings. Best not sign them either. But still Abiah continues to make her mark on each of her paintings: A small, hidden rose. A moving story of feminine strength and perseverance, Signed, Abiah Rose honors the everyday struggles of anonymous women artists whose only encouragement was their own inborn drive to create. Pictorial cover same as dust jacket.; 4to - over 9Â¾ - 12" tall
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The Century of the Impressionists

By: Cogniat, Raymond

Price: $18.40

Publisher: New York, NY, Crown Publishers, Inc.: 1978

Seller ID: 003847

Condition: Fine in Fine dust jacket

This volume is more than just beautiful reproductions of impressionist art. In his informative, succinct text, Raymond Cogniat demonstrates the mutual interdependence of art and ideas. His study is directed particularly toward interested art-lovers who wish to appreciate more fully the outstanding works of art in this distinguished period and to understand more fully the colorful period in which they were created. Included are 110 reproductions in color and 64 two-color drawings. Binding is red cloth with gold lettering. Includes biographical notes, bibliography, and list of illustrations. Ove...
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Mummies & Magic: the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt

By: D'Auria, Sue; Lacovara, Peter; Roehring, Catharine H.

Price: $14.72

Publisher: Dallas, Texas, U. S. A., Dallas Museum Of Art: 1992

Seller ID: 002339

ISBN: 0878463038

Condition: New with no dust jacket

This exhibit was originally conceived and shown at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Working with the Dallas Museum of Art, they developed a long-term loan of the many Egyptian articles that Boston had no space to show. This catalog is a reprint of the Boston show, containing additional color images included in the Dallas exhibit. The topic embraces a broad spectrum of Egyptian life, and the Egyptians' beliefs about death and the dead. Through the study of actual mummies we can learn their ages at death, their medical and dental histories, and the diseases from which they suffered. By extension...
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I Paesaggi (Landscapes)

By: Delafosse, Claude

Price: $26.68

Publisher: 1994

Seller ID: 003821

ISBN: 8870686736

Condition: Near Fine with no dust jacket

This is a wonderful little art book, one of a set, that features Landscapes. Written in Italian, most of the pages include a landscape from a famous artist (indicated) . Some have different views on each page, and the middle page has a window to view the same area in different ways. There are a few pages that are cleart for interesting parts or the whole of a painting; one Magritte painting shows how he perfectly paints a scene out of the window. All are very interesting and incorporate humor; in the back is a listing of each artist, work included from that person, and the museum or private co...
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M. C. Escher the Graphic Work Introduced and Explained by the Artist

By: Escher, M. C. ; Brigham, John E. (English translation)

Price: $9.20

Publisher: Cologne, Taschen: 2001

Seller ID: 003373

Condition: New

I consider my work the most beautiful and also the ugliest. " M. C. Escher. This book on Escher's work is well-illustrated in black & white and color. He wrote the introduction, followed by a classification and description of his works. 76 illustrations are included, along with bibliographical notes. 7 1/4" x 9" high; Octavo (standard book size)
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Klimt

By: Forty, Sandra

Price: $22.08

Publisher: United Kingdom, Taj Books: 2011

Seller ID: 004561

ISBN: 1844061698

Condition: New in Near Fine dust jacket

This beautiful book has a pictorial cover with matching jacket. The jacket has a diagonal crease that ends in a 1" tear at the top near the gutter. ; Gustav Klimt was raised in poverty in mid-nineteenth century Vienna, but his precocious artistic talent raised him from the gutter to the heights of Austrian society. He was initially a generic painter of historical scenes, but soon devised his own unique style featuring semi-nude women in mystical, gold-wrapped abstract landscapes that either enchanted or outraged his audience. His exotically beautiful women captured the sensuality and excit...
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Russian Jewish Artists in a Century of Change: 1890-1990

By: Goodman, Susan Tumarkin (editor)

Price: $36.80

Publisher: New York, Prestel-Verlag: 1995

Seller ID: 002352

ISBN: 379131601X

Condition: New in New dust jacket

Under Tsarist rule, Russian Jews interested in pursuing artistic careers were educated locally, finding opportunities to attend urban academies severely limited. Nonetheless, a significant Jewish presence existed on the Russian art scene before the Revolution. Most artists welcomed the Revolution and the lifting of sanctions, and found jobs in culture, or as influential teachers, designers and photographers. Given the present state of research into the Jewish artists of Russia, this book - which documents an exhibition organized by The Jewish Museum, New York - purposely proposes more question...
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Vincent Van Gogh

By: Grange Books

Price: $9.20

Publisher: Hoo, United Kingdom, Grange Books: 2005

Seller ID: 003753

ISBN: 1840135638

Condition: New with no dust jacket

Beautifully illustrated on heavy paper with not only Van Gogh's most popular works but many lesser known pieces. Each has a description with the name, year, size, and who the painting is owned by. Essays are included regarding his life and work and how intertwined they were. Van Gogh is considered the incarnation of the suffering, misunderstood martyr of modern art, the emblem of the artist as an outsider. The works are recreated faithfully with rich coloring. The book is square. ; 8vo - over 7Â¾ - 9Â¾" tall
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Frida Kahlo; the Still Lifes

By: Grimberg, Salomon; Foreword by Hayden Herrera

Price: $55.20

Publisher: New York, Merrill: 2008

Seller ID: 004605

ISBN: 1858944376

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

This is a beautiful volume of Frida Kahlo's Still Lifes. Salomon Grimberg offers original interpretations and a unique insight into the life and work of this extraordinary artist. New in shrink wrap. Likely a first edition but I don't know as it has not been opened. ; Color Paintings; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 175 pages
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Secrets of the Ocean Realm

By: Hall, Michelle and Howard; Benchley, Peter (Foreword by)

Price: $19.32

Publisher: London, Trident Press: 1999

Seller ID: 003147

ISBN: 1900724189

Condition: New in New dust jacket

Written and photographed by Emmy award-winning Michelle and Howard Hall, this is more than just a collection of stunning photographs; it is a revelation of the sea creatures' complex and mysterious cycles and patterns of behavior. The reader is presented with striking images of all manner of marine life engaged in the vital activities of mating, threat-displays, hunting, and feeding. These remarkable photographs are complemented with fascinating and engaging stories of marine animals. Fully illustrated in color; bound in black cloth. ; 4to - over 9Â¾ - 12" tall
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Japan: a History in Art

By: Jansen, Marius B. ; Asana, Nagatake

Price: $27.60

Publisher: New York, NY, Simon & Schuster: 1964

Seller ID: 003980

Condition: Fine in Very Good dust jacket

This beautiful book presents the history of Japan through twenty centuries - as seen, remembered and recorded by her artists. The Japanese vision of life, in its richness, delicacy and complexity of pattern, is captured and clarified here as never before. Japan's history is projected not only through a brilliant historical narrative but also an array of art treasures newly photographed in color in Japan's museums, Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and private collections, including that of the Imperial Household. The art included encompasses the rise and fall of dynasties, sweep of religious an...
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Anne Vallayer-Coster Painter to the Court of Marie-Antoinette

By: Kahng, Eik; Roland Michel, Marianne

Price: $36.80

Publisher: New Haven, CT, Yale Univ. Pr: 2002

Seller ID: 003409

Condition: New in New dust jacket

NEW - STILL IN PUBLISHERS PLASTIC. Anne Valleyer-Coster (1744-1818) was a French rococo-era painter, which is a light, elaborate and decorative style of art. Despite the negative reputation that still-life painting had at this time, Vallayer-Coster's highly developed skills, especially in the depiction of flowers, soon generated a great deal of attention from collectors and other artists. Her "precocious talent and the rave reviews" earned her the attention of the court, where Marie Antoinette took a particular interest in Vallayer-Coster's paintings. These are paintings that Vallayer-...
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The Rodin Museum, Seoul

By: Kennon, Kevin; Gandelsonas, Mario; Butler, Ruth

Price: $9.20

Publisher: New York, New York, U. S. A., Princeton Architectural Pr: 2001

Seller ID: 001651

ISBN: 1568982356

Condition: New in New dust jacket

This museum was intended to house two major works and is, therefore, not very big. But the beauty is in the design - one gets the feeling that there is light all around because the small building is made of varying amounts of translucent glass. This book shows not only photographs of the beautiful finished product, but of the steps taken and drawings of the proposed museum. It is tucked into a corner over which there is a tall building, but it is not affected by the building, nor the 8 lanes of expressway traffic zooming past (there's an amazing photo of this! ) . It is meant to be a place of ...
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Category: ART