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The Art Book:  Mini Edition The Art Book: Mini Edition
by Phaidon

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This is a pocket-sized A-Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of typical work, accompanied by information on each image and its creator. Artists, styles and... (read more)

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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
by David Lynch

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In this rare work of public disclosure, filmmaker David Lynch describes his personal methods of capturing and working with ideas, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation. Over the last four decades, David... (read more)

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Complete Printmaker Complete Printmaker
by John Ross

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The most comprehensive up-to-date guide to printmaking on the market today, the revised, expanded, fully illustrated edition of this classic, containing 40 color plates and 600 black-and-white illustrations, covers every aspect of fine printing.... (read more)

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Street Art: The Spray Files Street Art: The Spray Files
by Louis Bou

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Stunning and vibrant artwork can be found on buildings, sidewalks, street signs, and other surfaces in cities from New York to London to Barcelona. Street Art presents a comprehensive overview of this movement that began in the late 1960s with anonymous... (read more)

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The Artist's Way:  A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity: A Course in Discovering and Recovering Your Creative Self
by Julia Cameron

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [223]-229) and index.... (read more)

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Artist's Complete Guide To Figure Drawing (00 Edition) Artist's Complete Guide To Figure Drawing (00 Edition)
by Anthony Ryder

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Many of us want to learn "how to draw", but as artist Anthony Ryder explains, it's much more important to learn what to draw. In other words, to observe and draw what we actually see, rather than what we think we see. When it comes to drawing the human... (read more)

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The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity
by Julia Cameron

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The Artist's Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. An international bestseller, millions of readers have found it to be an invaluable guide to living the artist's life. Still as vital today-or perhaps even more so-than it was when it was... (read more)

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The Nude Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist The Nude Figure: A Visual Reference for the Artist
by Mark Edward Smith

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For thousands of artists lacking access to figure classes with live models, this portfolio of superbly photographed models provides a life-drawing studio right at home. An extensive compilation of traditional life drawing poses includes female and male... (read more)

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H. C. Westermann H. C. Westermann
by Dennis Adrian

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The irony and antic sense of humor that animate the work of H. C. Westermann (1922-1981) and make it so accessible are evident on every page of this volume, the first comprehensive study of the artist in over 20 years. Published to accompany a major... (read more)

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Chinese Propaganda Posters Chinese Propaganda Posters
by Michael Wolf

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With his smooth, warm, red face which radiated light in all directions, Chairman Mao Zedong was a fixture in Chinese propaganda posters produced between the birth of the People's Republic in 1949 and the early 1980s. These infamous posters were, in turn,... (read more)

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Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence
by Nick Bantock

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It all started with a mysterious and seemingly innocent postcard, but from that point on nothing was to remain the same in the life of Griffin Moss, a quiet, solitary artist living in London. His logical, methodical world was suddenly turned upside down... (read more)

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The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Is Rediscovered The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Is Rediscovered
by Nick Bantock

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Nick Bantock spent over 100 weeks on the bestseller list with the original Griffin and Sabine trilogy, a captivating and heartfelt correspondence between two unusual souls. The enormous popularity of this epistolary series is easy to fathom. Dazzling and... (read more)

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The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon
by Dan Eldon

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By the time he was twenty-two, Dan Eldon had led a relief mission across Africa; worked as a graphic designer in New York; studied (intermittently) at four colleges; traveled through Europe, Africa, Japan, and the US; founded a charity for Mozambiquan... (read more)

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The Figure in Motion The Figure in Motion
by Thomas Easley

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Leaping, somersaulting, stretching, dancing figures animate this of marvelous action poses, photographed for artists of all levels to use as reference when portraying human figures in motion. Expertly composed and lit pictures of male and female models... (read more)

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Hand Job: A Catalog of Type Hand Job: A Catalog of Type
by Michael Perry

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In this digital age of computer-generated graphics and typography, ita (TM)s refreshing to find typographers who still believe in working by hand. No longer relegated to designera (TM)s sketchbooks, hand-drawn type has emerged from the underground as a... (read more)

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Envisioning Information Envisioning Information
by Edward R Tufte

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This book celebrates escapes from the flatlands of both paper and computer screen, showing superb displays of high-dimensional complex data. The most design-oriented of Edward Tufte's books, Envisioning Information shows maps, charts, scientific... (read more)

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Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues Sabine's Notebook: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin & Sabine Continues
by Nick Bantock

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"Griffin — Foolish man. You cannot turn me into a phantom because you are frightened. You do not dismiss a muse at a whim. If you will not join me, then I will come to you." — Sabine Sabine was supposed to be imaginary, a friend and lover... (read more)

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Artist's Color Manual Artist's Color Manual
by Simon Jennings

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Developed by the same team that created Artist's Manual and Art Class, both top-selling art reference books, Artist's Color Manual is the ultimate guide to color for visual artists. Whether they work in oils, acrylics, watercolors, pastels, colored... (read more)

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Collage Techniques: A Guide for Artists and Illustrators Collage Techniques: A Guide for Artists and Illustrators
by Gerald F Brommer

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After teaching the collage process -- from cutting and tearing to overlaying and finishing -- the author demonstrates use of papers, photos, and fabrics.... (read more)

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Woody Guthrie: A Life in Art Woody Guthrie: A Life in Art
by Woody Guthrie

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Contrary to popular mythology, it was with paint brushes in hand, not a guitar, that Guthrie hit the road for California. So begins Nora Guthrie's fascinating revelations about her father's vast body of artwork.... (read more)

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