Art

Books that showcase particular types of art.

Paperbacks from Hell: A History of Horror Fiction from the '70s and '80s
Landscape with Invisible Hand
The Atlas of Beauty: Women of the World in 500 Portraits
What We See in the Stars: An Illustrated Tour of the Night Sky
The Mosaic
Big Machines: The Story of Virginia Lee Burton
The Art of Rick and Morty
Dare to Sketch: A Guide to Drawing on the Go
The Readymade Thief
Impossible Views of the World
The First Rule of Punk
Sargent's Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas
The Van Gogh Deception
The Color of Pixar
True to Life: British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s

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  • If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint by Diane Culhane
    If You Can Doodle, You Can Paint: Transforming Simple Drawings into Works of Art
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    Release date: May 01, 2017
    Doodle your way into a big painting!

    Doodling is really just mark making . . . marks that happen when you are otherwise occupied. These intuitive marks
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    Availability: 2 copies available, 353 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Oct 07 - Oct 22, 2017

    Countries available: US and CA

  • The Hand-Stitched Surface by Lynn Krawczyk
    The Hand-Stitched Surface: Slow Stitching and Mixed-Media Techniques for Fabric and Paper
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    Release date: May 15, 2017
    Written by noted surface designer Lynn Krawczyk, The Hand-Stitched Surface offers inspiring techniques and beautiful projects for creating richly laye ...more
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    Format: Print book

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    Availability: 2 copies available, 311 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Oct 07 - Oct 22, 2017

    Countries available: US and CA

  • Evidence of Flossing by Jennifer A. Payne
    Evidence of Flossing: What We Leave Behind
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    Release date: Oct 15, 2017
    Would God floss? Do spiders sing? Can you see the Universe in your reflection? Explore the answers to these questions and more in EVIDENCE OF FLOSSING ...more
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    Availability: 5 copies available, 181 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Sep 15 - Oct 15, 2017

    Countries available: US

  • Little Fires Everywhere
    Autumn
    A Piece of the World
    Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book
    The Girl You Left Behind
    I'll Give You the Sun
    You Say It First (Happily Inc, #1)
    Awkward (Awkward, #1)
    The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)
    The Muse
    A Fool and His Monet (Serena Jones Mystery, #1)
    The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
    The Sisterhood
    Landscape with Invisible Hand
    My Favorite Thing Is Monsters
    Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana TobosoPandora Hearts 1巻 by Jun MochizukiFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki TakayaKimi ni Todoke by Karuho ShiinaA Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru Mori
    Best Manga Art
    237 books — 217 voters

    Saga, Vol. 5 by Brian K. VaughanNimona by Noelle StevensonRat Queens, Vol. 2 by Kurtis J. WiebeLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by Noelle StevensonMs. Marvel, Vol. 2 by G. Willow Wilson
    Best Graphic Novels 2015
    129 books — 337 voters
    Take by Ella FrankFull Disclosure by Kindle AlexanderPaint the Sky by Lily G. BluntDangerously Happy by Varian KrylovBeing Sawyer Knight by Nicola Haken
    Best M/M Book Covers of 2014
    256 books — 552 voters

    Pure by Jennifer L. ArmentroutHalf-Blood by Jennifer L. ArmentroutOf Poseidon by Anna BanksStarcrossed by Josephine AngeliniSilence by Becca Fitzpatrick
    Breathtaking Book Covers
    268 books — 242 voters
    The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden by Henry David Thoreau
    A Journey Through Literary America
    131 books — 179 voters

    The Story of Art
    Wall and Piece
    Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative
    Girl with a Pearl Earring
    The Art Book
    The Artist's Way
    Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
    The Goldfinch
    Seven Days in the Art World
    M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work
    History of Beauty
    Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
    The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait
    The Art Forger
    On Photography

    Christoph Niemann
    Christoph Niemann Abstract City
    His Favorite Books that Combine Words and Images: This illustrator's quirky New York Times blog posts make up his new book, Abstract City. He recommends his favorite visual reads.
    More Good Minds Suggest…
    John Keats
    “ Do you not see how necessary a world of pains and troubles is to school an intelligence and make it a soul? ”
    ― John Keats, Letters of John Keats

    Rick Riordan
    “ You might as well ask an artist to explain his art, or ask a poet to explain his poem. It defeats the purpose. The meaning is only clear thorough the search. ”
    ― Rick Riordan

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