Art

Books that showcase particular types of art.

Ecstasy
The Ensemble
Blood Water Paint
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World
In Sight of Stars
The Curse of the Boyfriend Sweater: Essays on Crafting
Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World
The Little Book of Feminist Saints
Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide
Memento Park
Book Towns: Forty Five Paradises of the Printed Word
They Say Blue
Me, Frida and the Secret of the Peacock Ring
Geek Ink: The World's Smartest Tattoos for Rebels, Nerds, Scientists, and Intellectuals
Civilisations: How Do We Look & the Eye of Faith

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  • Pocket Art by Joanna Henly
    Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing: The Quick Guide to Mastering Technique and Style
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    Release date: Apr 24, 2018
    The instructions are quick visual exercises in Pocket Art: Portrait Drawing, the first book in the new Pocket Art series.

    This lively, graphic approach
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    Availability: 2 copies available, 755 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 12 - Jun 06, 2018

    Countries available: US

  • THE VISION OF DEATH by Davide Stefanacci
    THE VISION OF DEATH: Wax Sculpture in the Seventeenth Century
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    Release date: Mar 25, 2018
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    Availability: 7 copies available, 1367 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 05 - Jun 04, 2018

    Countries available: US

  • Autumn in Venice by Andrea di Robilant
    Autumn in Venice: Ernest Hemingway and His Last Muse
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    Release date: Jun 05, 2018
    Enter now to win a finished copy of the remarkable story of Hemingway's love affair with both the city of Venice and the muse he found there—a vivacio ...more
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    Availability: 1 copy available, 831 people requesting

    Giveaway dates: May 22 - Jun 05, 2018

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  • Still Lives
    I'll Give You the Sun
    The Long Way Home (Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, #10)
    Autumn
    The Ensemble
    The Animators
    The Muse
    Piecing Me Together
    Am I There Yet? The Loop-de-Loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood
    Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
    Awkward (Awkward, #1)
    A Paris Apartment
    The Paris Secret
    Harry Potter: A Journey Through A History of Magic
    My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #1)
    City of Ashes by Cassandra ClareThe Wicked Garden by Lenora HensonBeltane by Lenora HensonFirelight by Sophie JordanCity of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
    Girls with Red Hair
    241 books — 156 voters
    Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleMadeline by Ludwig BemelmansThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka
    Favorite picture books
    357 books — 241 voters

    1984 by George OrwellBeing and Time by Martin HeideggerGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Ecological Rift by John Bellamy Foster
    Best Books To Frame Thinking
    750 books — 970 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
    244 books — 225 voters

    Blood River by Tim ButcherMartin Heidegger by Rüdiger SafranskiAgainst the Flow by Peter AbbsConfessions by Jean-Jacques RousseauBeing and Time by Martin Heidegger
    Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
    1,393 books — 582 voters
    Torment by Lauren KateLinger by Maggie StiefvaterCrescendo by Becca FitzpatrickIncarceron by Catherine FisherMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
    Best Book Covers of 2010
    174 books — 280 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
    Seven Days in the Art World
    The Goldfinch
    Concerning the Spiritual in Art
    Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
    M.C. Escher: The Graphic Work
    History of Beauty
    Color: A Natural History of the Palette

    Chris Ware
    Chris Ware Building Stories
    His Favorite Concept Books: The cartoonist shares his favorite books that come in unique packages, not unlike his new graphic boxed set, Building Stories.
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “ Anybody can look at a pretty girl and see a pretty girl. An artist can look at a pretty girl and see the old woman she will become. A better artist can look at an old woman and see the pretty girl that she used to be. But a great artist-a master-and that is what Auguste Rodin was-can look at an old woman, protray her exactly as she is...and force the viewer to see the pretty girl she used to be...and more than that, he can make anyone with the sensitivity of an armadillo, or even you, see that t ...more ”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein

    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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    Dawn to Dusk
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    Stepping Out Of Your Artistic Comfort Zone
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