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1	Short Guide to Writing about Art more books like this by Sylvan Barnet Key Benefit: "A Short Guide to Writing About Art, Eighth Edition," the best-selling book of its kind, equips students to analyze pictures (drawings, paintings, photographs), sculptures and architecture, and prepares them with the tools they need to present their ideas in effective writing. Key Topics: This concise yet thorough guide to "seeing and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.98! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Ways of Seeing more books like this by John Berger WAYS OF SEEING (1972), one of John Berger's best known works, began as a series of BBC programs. Both TV shows and book attempt to popularize some of Berger's very anti-establishment ideas about art, particularly his proto-feminist way of looking at the nude, his appreciation of photography and other mechanically reproduced art, and his ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $9.04! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Art & Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking more books like this by David Bayles, Ted Orland Written by artists, for artists, this survival guide explores the way art gets made, the reason it often doesn't get made, and the nature of the difficulties that cause so many artists to give up along the way. see all copies from $2.92! new only from $8.01! \| SVS
4	Understanding Art more books like this by Lois Fichner-Rathus This widely-adopted introductory appreciation book communicates the excitement, mystery, relevance, and beauty of art by teaching readers to understand and analyze art. This is all done through stimulating discussions on the elements, media, methods, content, composition, and style of art. Along with discussions on the purpose of art (Ch. 1-9), a ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The art spirit more books like this by Robert Henri The classic work of art criticism, in a beautiful new edition see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.88! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture more books like this by Marita Sturken, Lisa Cartwright Ideal for students studying visual culture for the first time, Practices of Looking, Second Edition, explores the ways we use and understand images. Truly interdisciplinary, this comprehensive and engaging introduction can be used in courses across a range of disciplines including media and film studies, communications, art history, and ... see all copies from $27.26! new only from $52.78!
7	Reality Through the Arts more books like this by Dennis J Sporre Expanding the previous edition's inclusion of art from a variety of cultures, this edition offers more material to enhance our understanding of other people's ethnic perspectives-for example, a short story by Alice Walker and a discussion of Nigerian ritual masks. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Creative Impulse: An Introduction to the Arts more books like this by Dennis J Sporre This comprehensive volume covers visual arts, architecture, literature, music, theatre, dance, and film, of the Western tradition, complimented with most up-to-date artistic movements and achievements such as young contemporary realist painters, ethnic and social alternative theatre, and performance art. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.00! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Concerning the Spiritual in Art more books like this by Wassily Kandinsky Pioneering work by the great modernist painter, considered by many to be the father of abstract art and a leader in the movement to free art from traditional bonds. 12 illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.92! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Art of Seeing more books like this by Paul Zelanski This best-selling exploration of traditional and contemporary art and artistic media focuses on art from the artistsO point of view." KEY TOPICS: " Using an engaging, readable style, this book quotes artists themselves who explain what they were trying to do in their art. Emphasizing aesthetics and art techniques, the book also covers the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Perceiving the Arts: An Introduction to the Humanities more books like this by Dennis J Sporre KEY BENEFIT: Written for individuals who have little or no knowledge of the arts, "Perceiving the Arts" has a specific and limited purpose: to provide an introductory, technical, and respondent-related reference to the arts and literature. KEY TOPICS: Intended to give basic information about each of the arts disciplines-drawing, painting, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Color more books like this by Paul Zelanski Addressed to artists and art students in all media --in both fine and applied arts -- this book provides an introduction to the many different approaches to understanding color and its uses -- including aesthetics, science, psychology, and history. KEY TOPICS: " Covers Color Basics; Perceiving Colors; Psychological Effects of Color; Compositional ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $20.16! \| first editions
13 view cover	Greek Art more books like this by John Boardman This book will do for the next generation of students and general readers what its predecessor has done for the last - provide and authoritative and readable guide to the history of Greek art. It is a considerably enlarged and rewritten version of a work that has a considerably enlarged and rewritten version of a work that has served hundred of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The nude; a study in ideal form more books like this by Kenneth Clark From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $21.49! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Art as Experience more books like this by John Dewey Based on John Dewey's lectures on esthetics, delivered as the first William James Lecturer at Harvard in 1932, "Art as Experience" has grown to be considered internationally as the most distinguished work ever written by an American on the formal structure and characteristic effects of all the arts: architecture, sculpture, painting, music, and ... see all copies from $3.92! new only from $6.84! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Exploring Art: A Global, Thematic Approach more books like this by Margaret R Lazzari EXPLORING ART offers a thematic and global approach to teaching art appreciation. It balances Western and non-Western approaches to art, unlike competing books, which concentrate much more on Western art, artists, and historical styles. This global approach acknowledges the diverse backgrounds of today's art students, and explores the similarities ... see all copies from $5.98! new only from $28.27! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The story of painting more books like this by Wendy Beckett, Sister This collection of Western art spans the major historical eras, with hundreds of photographs, illustrations, documents, and drawings. Sister Wendy Beckett is a British nun and self-taught art critic whose books and television art tours have made her internationally renowned and beloved. see all copies from $5.19! new only from $32.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Painted Word more books like this by Tom James Wolfe In this collection of satiric essays, Tom Wolfe slings mud at the masters of the 1990s avante-garde scene. He burlesques famous critiques of various works and deems renowned art theorists, such as Harold Rosenberg and Leo Steinberg, to be charlatans who are more influential than the artists themselves. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.42! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Artspeak: A Guide to Contemporary Ideas, Movements, and Buzzwords more books like this by Robert Atkins An essential reference to the ideas, movements, and themes associated with contemporary art in America and Europe since 1945. The book contains nearly 120 entries accompanied by illustrations, concise essays, and a historical timeline. see all copies from $2.68! new only from $8.50! \| first editions
20 view cover	Leonardo's Notebooks more books like this by Leonardo da Vinci, H Anna Suh (Editor) A compilation of da Vinci's most fascinating studies, this monumental volume demystifies his insights and clearly illustrates his ideas, experiments, and observations with hundreds of his original sketches, line drawings, and paintings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.30! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Shape of Content more books like this by Ben Shahn see all copies from $3.19! new only from $12.09! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Art & Physics: Parallel Visions in Space, Time, and Light more books like this by Dr. Leonard Shlain Art interprets the visible world; physics charts its unseen workings--and so the two disciplines seem constantly opposed. In this remarkable book, Shlain examines the radical breakthroughs in art and physics side by side, throughout history, in every era, and reveals astonishing similarities of vision. "A fascinating study of common archetypes in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Power of Art more books like this by Simon Schama "Great art has dreadful manners," Simon Schama observes wryly at the start of his epic and explosive exploration of the power, and whole point, of art. "The hushed reverence of the gallery can fool you into believing masterpieces are polite things; visions that soothe, charm and beguile, but actually they are thugs. Merciless and wily, the ... see all copies from $22.25! new only from $32.13! \| SVS
24 view cover	Adventures in Art more books like this by Laura H Chapman see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| first editions
25 view cover	African-American Art more books like this by Sharon F Patton From its origins in early 18th century slave communities to the end of the 20th century, African-American art has made a vital contribution to the art of the United States. This book provides a major reassessment of the subject, setting the art in the context of the African-American experience. 70 color illustrations. 5 linecuts. see all copies from $10.45! new only from $17.65! \| SVS

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