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1	Painting Houses, Cottages and Towns on Rocks more books like this by Lin Wellford add to wishlist With acrylic paint and imagination, anyone can turn ordinary rocks into charming cottages, country churches, Victorian mansions, entire rock villages. Each of the eleven projects, suitable for all ages, comes with easy to follow step-by-step photographs and diagrams. see all copies from $6.95! new only from $54.05! \| first editions
2	Drawing and Painting Fantasy Landscapes and Cityscapes more books like this by Rob Alexander, Martin McKenna (Contributions by) add to wishlist Artists interested in graphic novels and comic book illustration will find all the guidance and inspiration they need to draw and paint landscapes that evoke myths and legends, lost empires, futuristic planets, dramatic dreamscapes, underwater worlds, and subterranean cities. Easy-to-follow instructions and step-by-step illustrations demonstrate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.58! \| SVS
3	Cezanne in Provence more books like this by Evmarie Schmitt add to wishlist Paul Cezanne's life and work were deeply rooted in his native Provence. Some 50 oil paintings and several watercolors and drawings are reproduced in this volume, which focuses on the artist's landscapes, but also discusses his "Bathers" and still lifes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
4	Charming Village Scenes You Can Paint more books like this by Catherine Holman add to wishlist Quaint villages and old, interesting buildings are what interest Catherine Holman as an artist. In a series of projects she shows how to decorate a range of objects with acrylic paint to create nostalgic and beautiful pieces.' see all copies from $5.70! new only from $65.54! \| signed copies \| first editions
5	Making Miniature Villages in Polymer Clay more books like this by Gail Ritchey add to wishlist Combining the charm of miniature houses with polymer clay modelling, Gail Ritchey''s book of projects is an easy-to-follow introduction to a fun hobby that everyone can enjoy.' see all copies from $14.99! new only from $32.28!
6	The Good Ol' Days more books like this by Charles Wysocki add to wishlist The beloved, intricate, and vibrant Americana art of Wysocki is easily recognized from his top-selling calendars, prints, and collectibles. From his countless works comes this selection of favorite paintings that reflect quaint, 19th-century town-and-country scenes joined by charming memories, stories, inspirational quotations, and Scripture ... see all copies from $5.19! new only from $11.00! \| first editions
7	Capture the Charm of Your Hometown in Watercolor more books like this by Frank Loudin, Marcia Spees add to wishlist Frank Loudin shares his effective approach to creating vibrant, nostalgic hometown scenes in watercolor. see all copies from $3.75! new only from $18.93! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	Drawing and painting the city more books like this by Mario Cooper add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Heritage Village Collection: Cross Stitch Patterns more books like this by Cy Decosse Inc add to wishlist The timeless fascination of its Heritage Village Collection "RM" has made Department 56 "RM", Inc. into America's leading designer and distributor of quality giftware and collectibles. Now the nostalgic charm and colorful detail that drives the popularity of the Heritage Village Collection has been captured in an exclusive new series of cross ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00!
10	The Impressionist and the City: Pissarros Series more books like this by Dr. Richard R Brettell, Joachim Pissarro add to wishlist Camille Pissarro is perhaps best known for the landscape paintings of his early career, yet in the final decade of his life (1893-1903) he began to depict urban scenes and his paintings from this period, of Paris, Rouen and the busy ports of Dieppe and Le Havre formed an important component of his artistic output. At this time Pissarro, like Monet ... see all copies from $7.70! new only from $23.66! \| first editions
11	Venise more books like this by Burgin Victor, Victor Burgin (Illustrator) add to wishlist In Venise Victor Burgin pursues ideas of "desire in and for a city, and in a sense, desire of a city, " ideas first explore in his video Venise, which was made for the city of Marseilles and reflects on the relationship between San Fransisco and Marseillies. see all copies from $5.27! new only from $8.78! \| first editions
12 view cover	Not Here, Not There: Photographs by Harvey Benge more books like this by Harvey Benge, Peter Turner (Introduction by) add to wishlist This collection combines humour and mystery to present a view of contemporary urban life. It features photographs from many cities including London, New York, Paris, Rome, Auckland and Sydney. Directed by signs, lights, warnings, we are encouraged to conform. But there are signs of dissent - small anarchies for the observant - unexpected ... see all copies from $4.76! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
13 view cover	How artists see cities : streets, buildings, shops, transportation. more books like this by Colleen Carroll add to wishlist With this volume, Abbeville continues its series of interactive, inquiry-based books designed to teach children about the world by looking at art, and about art by looking at the world. see all copies from $2.90! new only from $3.75! \| first editions
14 view cover	Urban Space and Cityscapes: Perspectives from Modern and Contemporary Culture more books like this by Christoph Lindner (Editor) add to wishlist From the verticals of New York, Hong Kong and Singapore to the sprawls of London, Paris and Jakarta, this interdisciplinary volume of new writing examines constructions, representations, imaginations and theorizations of 'cityscapes' in modern and contemporary culture. With specially commissioned essays from the fields of cultural theory, ... see all copies from $38.00! new only from $46.70! \| first editions
15 view cover	Henri Cartier-Bresson: City and Landscapes more books like this by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Erik Orsenna (Foreword by), Gerard Mace (Afterword by) add to wishlist In more than 100 landscape photographs taken in locations on many continents -- particularly Europe, Asia and the U.S. -- each image in the book represents one of Cartier-Bresson's "decisive moments". Although some photographs contain people, the focus is on outdoor surroundings, from majestic mountains to flowing rivers, narrow canals and lush ... see all copies from $41.94! new only from $49.50! \| first editions
16 view cover	Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City & Country more books like this by Karen Levitov, Richard Shiff add to wishlist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) was a ceaseless innovator and organizer whose ideological concerns were as profound as his aesthetic interests. "Camille Pissarro: Impressions of City and Country" examines how Pissarro's artistic theories and social convictions influenced his Impressionist and Neo-Impressionist work. Pissarro espoused an anti ... see all copies from $11.85! new only from $12.62!
17 view cover	Impressionism and the Modern Landscape: Productivity, Technology, and Urbanization from Manet to Van Gogh more books like this by James H Rubin add to wishlist This book offers a major reevaluation of one of art history's most popular and important art movements. In "Impressionism and the Modern Landscape", James Rubin shifts the focus from familiar scenes of pleasure - the beautiful countryside, people at leisure - to a landscape changing as the result of productivity, technology, and urbanization. He ... see all copies from $26.95! new only from $42.49! \| SVS
18 view cover	Richard Estes more books like this by Professor John Wilmerding add to wishlist Richard Estes (b.1932) is one of America's leading photorealist painters. This new large-format book will cover fifty-five years of Estes's work, from 1950 to 2005, and will include paintings, watercolors, and preparatory sketches. Estes is regarded as one of the most important painters of the New York urban landscape. The crisp clarity of Estes's ... see all copies from $20.69! new only from $53.62! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Global Cities: Cinema, Architecture, and Urbanism in a Digital Age more books like this by Linda Krause (Editor), Patrice Petro (Editor) add to wishlist In this volume, scholars from an array of disciplines critique the growing body of literature on the current process broadly known as "globalization". This interdisciplinary focus enables the authors to explore the complex geographies of modern cities, and to offer possible strategies for reclaiming a sense of place and community in these ... see all copies from $15.39! new only from $21.70! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Visions of the Modern City: Essays in History, Art, and Literature more books like this by Professor William Chapman Sharpe, Professor Leonard Wallock add to wishlist The relentless pace of urbanization since the industrial revolution has inspired a continuing effort to view, read, and name the modern city. "We are now at a point of transition to a new kind of city", write William Sharpe and Leonard Wallock, "and thus we are experiencing the same crisis of language felt by observers of nineteenth- and early ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $24.49! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	George Bellows and Urban America more books like this by Ms. Marianne Doezema add to wishlist A book which explores why it was that Bellows' paintings - despite being considered coarse in technique and subject matter - were acclaimed by critics and patrons, by conservatives, progressives and radicals alike. see all copies from $35.95! new only from $72.48! \| first editions
22	Townscape painting and drawing more books like this by J. G. Links add to wishlist see all copies from $7.95! first editions
23	Urban Verbs: Arts and Discourses of American Cities more books like this by Kevin R. McNamara add to wishlist Speaking to the ongoing debate over the development of urban space and culture, this book demonstrates the centrality of the physical and social being of cities to American literature and other arts in the twentieth century. The author s reading of aesthetic texts alongside urban planning, economics, sociology, law, and historiography discourses ... see all copies from $14.85! new only from $42.19! \| SVS
24	Beningfield's English villages more books like this by Gordon Beningfield add to wishlist Gordon Beningfield went in search of traditional village life, finding special places with interesting architecture, wildlife and country characters. In this book he records, in words and pictures, what he found. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $21.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Richard Estes: The Urban Landscape more books like this by John Arthur, Richard Estes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions

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