What Painting Is

Tales from My First 90 Years, Hardcover - Alpha C. Chiang

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Alpha C Chiang, a renowned economist, and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Connecticut, is best-known for his classic textbook ...

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Music of the Renaissance: Imagination and Reality of a Cultural Practice, Hardcover - Laurenz Lutteken

449,99 RON

DescriptionWhere previous accounts of the Renaissance have not fully acknowledged the role that music played in this decisive period of cultural hi...

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Light Science: Physics and the Visual Arts, Paperback - Thomas D. Rossing

438,99 RON

Intended for students in the visual arts and for others with an interest in art, but with no prior knowledge of physics, this book presents the sci...

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Rosemaling: The Hallingdal Idea Book: Inspire Me, Sketch Me, Paint Me, Hardcover - Leslie Landis

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Leonardo by Leonardo: Leonardo Da Vinci, Hardcover - Martin J. Kemp

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Leonardo by Leonardo is a landmark publication on Leonardo da Vinci, the immortal Renaissance artist universally considered one of the greatest pai...

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What Painting Is, Paperback - James Elkins

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DescriptionIn this classic text, James Elkins communicates the experience of painting beyond the traditional vocabulary of art history. Alchemy pro...

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Thomas Nozkowski, Hardcover - John Yau

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Contributor(s): Other: Barry SchwabskyAuthor: John YauThis book offers the first detailed account of the paintings of American artist Thomas Nozkow...

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New West: Innovating at the Intersection, Hardcover - Wolfgang Wagener

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Human Canvas, Hardcover - Art Wolfe

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DescriptionHuman Canvas combines Wolfe's world-famous photography with his exquisite painting to create a groundbreaking collection of body art. Wh...

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Michael Stipe, Hardcover - Michael Stipe

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Portraits of resilience and vulnerability, with QR-linked audio of comments and anecdotes from StipeIn this third, photo-based chapter of the Damia...

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Creative Activism: Conversations on Music, Film, Literature, and Other Radical Arts, Paperback - Rachel Lee Rubin

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DescriptionThis collection brings together interviews with a compelling range of musicians, artists, and activists from around the globe. What does...

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Retroactivity and Contemporary Art, Paperback - Craig Staff

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Contemporary art is often preoccupied with time, or acts in which the past is recovered. Through specific case studies of artists who strategically...

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Sanford Biggers: Codeswitch, Hardcover - Andrea Andersson

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"What I want to do is code-switch. To have there be layers of history and politics, but also this heady, arty stuff--inside jokes, black humor--tha...

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The Build: How the Masters Design Custom Motorcycles, Paperback - Jr. Hoekman, Robert

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At Home on the Great Plains of Texas: The Paintings of Laura Lewis, Hardcover - Laura Lynn Lewis

292,99 RON

With a laugh, Laura Lewis says of her art, "I am uncomfortable painting mountains, because they get in the way of the view." The challenge for this...

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The James T. Bialac Native American Art Collection: Selected Works, Paperback - Fred Jones Jr Museum of Art

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Pictures of Nothing: Abstract Art Since Pollock, Hardcover - Kirk Varnedoe

285,99 RON

"What is abstract art good for? What's the use--for us as individuals, or for any society--of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or p...

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Renaissance Composition and Painting Techniques, Hardcover - Chris Ridgway

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Reducere. "Renaissance Composition and Painting Techniques by Chris Ridgway" is a book for painters and fine artists who wish to learn the basics of composin...

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Mural Masters: A New Generation, Hardcover - Kiriakos Iosifidis

274,99 RON 294,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThe 21st century has seen a sea change in perceptions of public art. No longer limited to alleys and the shadows of overpasses, a new ge...

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Lighting the Way Home Family Bible-NKJV, Hardcover - Thomas Kinkade

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Reducere. For years, Thomas Kinkade touched the hearts of millions with an art style that captures the warmth and wonder of life. Now the art of the Painter ...

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What is 'Islamic' Art?. Between Religion and Perception, Hardback - Wendy M. K. Shaw

273,99 RON

Investigating what is Islamic about Islamic art through analysis of the Qur'an, Hadith, Sufi texts, ancient philosophy, and a rich corpus of transc...

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A Theory of Craft, Paperback - Howard Risatti

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Reducere. What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade cerami...

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Eddie Martinez: Inside Thoughts, Hardcover - Eddie Martinez

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Reducere. New paintings from lockdown, exploring erasure, palimpsest and the rich terrain between figuration and abstractionThis publication accompanies Broo...

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The Glass Painter's Method: Brushes, Paints & Tools, Hardcover - Williams &. Byrne

266,99 RON 285,99 RON

Reducere. Description Watch the trailer here.This book will serve you well if: You're new to traditional stained glass painting and are uncertain which brush...

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How to See Color and Paint It, Hardcover - Arthur Stern

266,99 RON 285,99 RON

Reducere. Learn to see and mix any color with extraordinary precision Many painters don't paint what they see, but what they expect to see, what they think t...

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Painting Surfboards and Chasing Waves, Volume 1: An Artist's Journey to Success, Paperback - Drew Brophy

252,99 RON 270,99 RON

Reducere. No matter what you create, someone is going to love it and someone is going to hate it. Focus on the people who love it. Drew Brophy This is the st...

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Ocean Sailing: The Offshore Cruising Experience with Real-Life Practical Advice, Hardcover - Paul Heiney

251,99 RON

DescriptionFully illustrated throughout, this authoritative reference brings together practical advice from the world's experts on ocean sailing, d...

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The Painting Trilogy, Hardcover - Kathleen J. Shields

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Reducere. What began as a therapeutic endeavor, a way to work through life's daily stresses and disappointments via creative writing, over time, morphed into...

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The Good Life: A Guided Visit to the Houses of Modernity, Paperback - Inaki Abalos

239,99 RON

What is the role of architecture if not to realize a shared vision of the "good life, " a vision that in the age of architectural modernism shaped-...

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Living Queer History: Remembrance and Belonging in a Southern City, Paperback - Gregory Samantha Rosenthal

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Reducere. Queer history is a living practice. Talk to any group of LGBTQ people today, and they will not agree on what story should be told. Many people desi...

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Pictures & Tears: A History of People Who Have Cried in Front of Paintings, Paperback - James Elkins

219,99 RON

DescriptionArt Does art leave you cold? And is that what it's supposed to do? Or is a painting meant to move you to tears? Hemingway was reduced to...

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The Virtual Window: From Alberti to Microsoft, Paperback - Anne Friedberg

211,99 RON

From the Renaissance idea of the painting as an open window to the nested windows and multiple images on today's cinema, television, and computer s...

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William Klein: Celebration, Hardcover - William Klein

211,99 RON 226,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionKlein by Klein: the photographer's homage to the mediumHere, looking back from the perspective of his 90 years, William Klein selects hi...

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Painting What (You Want) to See: 'Forty-Six Lessons, Assignments, and Painting Critiques on Watercolor and Oil', Paperback - Charles Reid

208,99 RON 223,99 RON

Reducere. If you have ever wanted to control your art so you can paint anything-and paint it well-this book is for youThe mediums are oil, watercolor, and co...

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Expressive Digital Painting in Procreate: Learn to draw and paint stunningly beautiful, expressive illustrations on iPad - Shirish Deshpande

208,99 RON 223,99 RON

Reducere. Learn to paint expressive illustrations on iPad.If you are a traditional media artist looking to try out the exciting digital medium, this is the d...

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Lightstream, Hardcover - Nigel Grierson

205,99 RON

DescriptionA new book from photographer Nigel Grierson, joint creator of the legendary 4AD visual identity Beautiful illusory photography, by way o...

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100 Masterpieces: Dutch and Flemish Art 1350-1750, Paperback - ***

205,99 RON

- A unique art reference, featuring 100 Dutch and Flemish masterpieces created between 1400 and 1750 - Selected by the experts from Codart, a netwo...

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Leonardo Da Vinci and Gian Giacomo Caprotti Called Sala: The Enigma of a Painting, Paperback - Maurizio Zecchini

200,99 RON 215,99 RON

Reducere. An exceptional discovery on the relations between the great master and his favorite assistant. "Salai" is the name that Leonardo da Vinci liked to ...

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Painting by Design: Getting to the Essence of Good Picture-Making (Master Class), Hardcover - Charles Reid

199,99 RON

Charles Reid is beloved as a teacher for his ability to guide students beyond the superficial and straight into the heart of what makes good painti...

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Josephine Wall's Palette of Dreams, Paperback - Susan D. Brandenburg

197,99 RON

This biography of Josephine Wall, the -Premier Spirit of Imagination Artist-, describes the who, what, where and how she creates her art. The book ...

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The Truth Is Always Grey: A History of Modernist Painting, Paperback - Frances Guerin

196,99 RON

Changing how we look at and think about the color grey Why did many of the twentieth century's best-known abstract painters often choose grey, freq...

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Picasso's Demoiselles: The Untold Origins of a Modern Masterpiece, Paperback - Suzanne Preston Blier

191,99 RON

DescriptionIn Picasso's Demoiselles, eminent art historian Suzanne Preston Blier uncovers the previously unknown history of Pablo Picasso's Les Dem...

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Art: A Visual History, Hardcover - Robert Cumming

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Reducere. Art: A Visual History is the complete visual guide to Western art, now updated and repackaged in a themed slipcase.How to tell Impressionism from E...

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Kosmoski's New Kustom Painting Secrets, Paperback - Jon Kosmoski

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Reducere. Jon Kosmoski - King of Kustom Painters and founder of House of Kolor paint - puts over four decades of experience into the new Kustom Painting Secr...

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Piero Della Francesca, Hardcover - Piero Della Francesca

183,99 RON

Widely considered the central figure of fifteenth-century painting, Piero della Francesca is also the most modern of all Renaissance painters. To o...

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Winter of Despair, Hardcover - Cora Harrison

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Wilkie Collins must prove his brother is innocent of murder in the second of the compelling new Gaslight mystery series. November, 1853. Inspector ...

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Towards Impressionism: Landscape Painting from Corot to Monet, Hardcover - Suzanne Greub

182,99 RON

Impressionism is often considered the final nineteenth-century precursor to the radical experimentation of modernism. But every style has a precurs...

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Rock Painting for Beginners: Learn How to Paint Rocks with 20 Easy Rock Painting Designs and Rock Painting Ideas with Pictures Included Rock Painti -

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Are you wondering what the stones you see around can do for you and your community? Or are you thinking of venturing into the art of beautifying ro...

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Art and Healing: Using Expressive Art to Heal Your Body, Mind, and Spirit, Paperback - Barbara Ganim

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The Essential Duchamp, Paperback - Matthew Affron

171,99 RON

DescriptionAn engaging and accessible introduction to one of the 20th century's greatest and most enigmatic artists This richly illustrated publica...

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Everything's Not Fine, Hardcover - Sarah Carlson

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Reducere. Seventeen-year-old Rose Hemmersbach aspires to break out of small town Sparta, Wisconsin and achieve her artistic dreams, just like her aunt Collee...

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The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity, Paperback - James C. Cobb

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Hooked: Art and Attachment, Paperback - Rita Felski

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How does a novel entice or enlist us? How does a song surprise or seduce us? Why do we bristle when a friend belittles a book we love, or fall into...

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Take Down Portraits: Drawings and Portraits by Larry Stanton, Paperback - Larry Stanton

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Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light and Color in Landscapes and Cityscapes, Hardcover - Michael Reardon

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"No other medium is as magical and enjoyable as watercolor." So says artist and author Michael Reardon. In Watercolor Techniques: Painting Light an...

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Airbrushing with Vince Goodeve: How to Airbrush 2 and 4 Wheel Hot Rods, Paperback - Vince Goodeve

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Airbrushing with Vince Goodeve from Wolfgang Publications is built around a series of painting sequences. The subjects include everything from a se...

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This Is Not a Pipe, Paperback - Michel Foucault

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What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? Ren Magritte's famous canvas provides the starting poi...

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Sunrise in Florence, Hardcover - Kathleen Reid

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Adornment: What Self-Decoration Tells Us about Who We Are, Paperback - Stephen Davies

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Elaborating the history, variety, pervasiveness, and function of the adornments and ornaments with which we beautify ourselves, this book takes in ...

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Lives of the Great Gardeners, Hardcover - Stephen Anderton

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Throughout history, great gardeners have risen from all walks of life. Some have been aristocratic amateur gardeners, others professional designers...

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Large Scale Warship Models: From Kits to Scratch Building, Hardcover - Kerry Jang

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DescriptionThe majority of warship modelers work in smaller scales most often based on plastic or resin kits. Many of these creators harbor ambitio...

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Whittling: Beginner Intermediate Guide to Whittling: Whittling and Woodcarving Compendium: How Start Whittling With a Simple Po - Ryan Feldman

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The Last Mona Lisa, Hardcover - Jonathan Santlofer

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Homo Aestheticus: Where Art Comes from and Why, Paperback - Ellen Dissanayake

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Description"Dissanayake argues that art was central to human evolutionary adaptation and that the aesthetic faculty is a basic psychological compon...

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The Complete Poems of Michelangelo - Michelangelo

151,99 RON 162,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThere is no artist more celebrated than Michelangelo. Yet the magnificence of his achievements as a visual artist often overshadow his d...

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Great Paintings, Paperback - DK

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Reducere. A sumptuous, visual guided tour of 66 of the world's greatest paintings, each examined in unrivaled depth. Ranging from works by Zhang Zeduan, a 12...

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Plowing the Dark, Paperback - Richard Powers

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Reducere. In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers race to complete the Cavern, an empty white room that c...

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Encaustic Materials and Methods: A facsimile edition, Paperback - Becca Fizell

147,99 RON

Out-of-print for more than 60 years and extremely rare, Frances Pratt and Becca Fizell's Encaustic Materials and Methods, first published in 1949, ...

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Saskatchewan Sentinels A to Z: The Prairie Art of Herman J. Friesen, Paperback - Herman Friesen

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Reducere. The images in this book have been organized in alphabetical order. As you journey through the alphabet, each image depicts a Saskatchewan town with...

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