Art

Books that showcase particular types of art.

The Italian Teacher
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
Self-Portrait with Boy
The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America
The Strange And Deadly Portraits Of Bryony Gray
Left Bank: Art, Passion, and the Rebirth of Paris, 1940-50
Monster Portraits
Renoir's Dancer: The Secret Life of Suzanne Valadon
Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli
The Illustrated Vivian Stanshall: A Fairytale of Grimm Art
Why Art?
The Secret Kingdom: Nek Chand, a Changing India, and a Hidden World of Art
A Mouth Is Always Muzzled: Six Dissidents, Five Continents, and the Art of Resistance
The Optickal Illusion
Busted

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    The Warner Loughlin Technique: An Acting Revolution
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    Release date: Jan 12, 2018
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    Availability: 85 copies available, 193 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Mar 10 - Apr 09, 2018

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  • Beginner Pole Dancing by Danni  Peck
    Beginner Pole Dancing: For Fitness and Fun
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    Release date: Apr 29, 2017
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    Availability: 100 copies available, 189 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: Jan 20 - Apr 07, 2018

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    Memento Park: A Novel
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    Giveaway dates: Feb 27 - Mar 13, 2018

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  • Autumn
    I'll Give You the Sun
    Baby Monkey, Private Eye
    Piecing Me Together
    The Muse
    The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)
    Winter
    Awkward (Awkward, #1)
    The Paris Secret
    My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1
    The Noise of Time
    Blood Water Paint
    The First Rule of Punk
    This Adventure Ends
    Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers
    Mine Till Midnight by Lisa KleypasA Rogue by Any Other Name by Sarah MacLeanSeduce Me at Sunrise by Lisa KleypasUndone by Lila DiPasquaIn Bed with a Highlander by Maya Banks
    Best Historical Romance Covers
    452 books — 261 voters
    Radiance by Debra Jayne EastAdversity Builds Character; An Inspirational True Life Story ... by Tom UfertApart From Love by Uvi PoznanskyDigitus 233 by K.D. EmersonWitch Song by Amber Argyle
    Best Illustrated Book Covers
    664 books — 719 voters

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian SelznickIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice SendakThe Wolves in the Walls by Neil GaimanThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
    Picture Books With Amazing Art
    495 books — 191 voters
    Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantGirl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland
    Art & Artists in Fiction
    663 books — 970 voters

    On Writing by Stephen KingLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeBird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Artist's Way by Julia CameronBeing and Time by Martin Heidegger
    Best Books on Creative Life
    392 books — 575 voters
    Black Butler, Vol. 1 by Yana TobosoPandora Hearts 1巻 by Jun MochizukiFruits Basket, Vol. 1 by Natsuki TakayaA Bride's Story, Vol. 1 by Kaoru MoriKimi ni Todoke by Karuho Shiina
    Best Manga Art
    238 books — 222 voters

    The Story of Art
    The New Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
    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
    Concerning the Spiritual in Art
    M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work
    Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
    History of Beauty
    The Diary of Frida Kahlo: An Intimate Self-Portrait


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    “ A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. ”
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    “ Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. ”
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