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Lord of the Rings
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J R R Tolkien
THE LORD OF THE RINGS is regarded by many to be the most important and influential work of fantasy of the 20th century. It generated the fantasy novel industry practically single-handedly, inspiring a multitude of novels concerning elves and dwarves on quests to conquer ultimate evil despite overwhelming odds. Although Tolkien had always intended ...
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Faeries
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Brian Froud (Illustrator), Alan Lee
In celebration of "Fairies" anniversary, this special edition features eight new pages and 20 new pieces of art along with new Introductions by the authors. 205 illustrations.
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Lives of the Artists
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Giorgio Vasari
Giorgio Vasari's "The Lives of the Most Excellent Painters, Sculptors and Architects" was first published in Florence in 1550. Vasari, a painter and architect, had traveled throughout Italy sketching the buildings and art works he encountered when he contemplated compiling a record of great Italian artists and their work. The "Lives" was revised ...
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Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups
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Dr. Charles G Martignette, Louis K Meisel
Post-depression America was in desperate need of a defining iconography that would lift it out of the black and white doldrums, and it came in theform of Gil Elvgren's Technicolor fantasies of the American dream. His technique-which earned him a reputation as "The Norman Rockwell of cheesecake"-involved photographing models and then ...
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The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece
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Jonathan Harr
Prizewinning author Harr embarks on a spellbinding journey to discover the long-lost painting known as "The Taking of Christ." The fascinating details of the artist Caravaggio's strange, turbulent career and the astonishing beauty of his work come to life in these pages.
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Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec
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Mary Ellen Miller
This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries.
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Life with Picasso
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Francoise Gilot
At 21, Gilot met 62-year-old Picasso. For nearly a decade, she shared her life with this complex artist, giving birth to two of his children. In her recollections, she describes the exuberant, if exhausting, world they knew together. 10 photos.
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The medium is the massage
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Marshall McLuhan, Quentin Fiore
30 years after its publication Marshall McLuhan's The Medium is the Massage remains his most entertaining, provocative, and piquant book. With every technological and social "advance" McLuhan's proclamation that "the media work us over completely" becomes more evident and plain. In his words, Uso pervasive are they in their personal, political, ...
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The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again
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Andy Warhol
In this uplifting book, artist Andy Warhol shares his off-the-wall viewpoints of numerous topics, including love, beauty, fame, creating art, and employment.
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The gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing
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Edward Gorey
"The Gashlycrumb Tinies" is a chilling and hilarious journey through the alphabet unlike anything seen on "Sesame Street".
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The secret life of Salvador Dali
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Salvador Dali
This startling early autobiography takes Dali through his late 30s and "communicates the...total picture of himself (Dali) sets out to portray" -- "Books." Superbly illustrated with over 80 photographs and scores of drawings.
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Concerning the Spiritual in Art
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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.
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Salvador Dali
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Robert Descharnes
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Duveen
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S. N. Behrman
Originally published as a serial in "The New Yorker, " this dramatic true-life story of Joseph Duveen--called "the Most Spectacular Art Dealer of All Time"--chronicles how he single-handedly built some of the world's great art collections.
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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
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Andy Goldsworthy
Using a seemingly endless range of natural materials, Goldsworthy creates sculpture in the open that manifests a sympathetic contact with the natural world. 120 full-color photographs.
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Doubtful Guest
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Edward Gorey
An allegory, illustrated with Gorey's eccentric, mysterious, and completely wonderful drawings.
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Sacred Mirrors: The Visionary Art of Alex Grey
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Alex Grey, Carlo McCormick, Ken Wilber
Grey's art takes us through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self, revealing the core of human existence as he brings us face to face with ourselves.
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Ansel Adams: An Autobiography
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Ansel Adams
The life story of one of America's best-loved artists: six decades of Adams's work as teacher, musician, crusader, photographer, environmentalist.
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John Singer Sargent
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Carter Ratcliff
An examination of John Singer Sargent's enduring popularity and the beautiful results of his life-long devotion to art. Over 300 illustrations, 113 in full-color.
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S, M, L, XL: Small, Medium, Large, Extra-Large
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Rem Koolhaas, Bruce Mau, Jennifer Sigler (Editor)
A substantial text--over 1,000 pages--documenting the career of architect Rem Koolhaas. Winner of an American Institute of Architects International Architecture Book Award for 1996.
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Boundaries
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Maya Lin
Maya Lin writes about what followed after her sculpture was chosen for the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington when she was a Yale undergraduate in 1982. Caught up in controversy about her Asian heritage, her youth, and her gender, Lin was forced to defend herself to the government, veterans' organizations, and the press. She also writes about her ...
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The Art of Richard Diebenkorn
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Jane Livingston
Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California. Published to coincide with the first retrospective of Diebenkorn's work since his death, this catalog is the most comprehensive volume on the artist now available. 192 color illustrations.
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Matisse
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Gilles Neret
There are many monographs on Matisse, but his works are among the most difficult to reproduce satisfactorily. Tachen's "Matisse" will be an essential work of reference for many years due to the extraordinary care that has gone into each reproduction. The collaboration of Matisse's grandson, Claude Duthuit, has ensured the greatest possible tonal ...
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Prohibited
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Luis Royo (Illustrator)
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Georgia O'Keeffe
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Georgia O'Keeffe
O'Keeffe supervised this collection of her works, with 108 full-color reproductions.
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