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30 Millennia Of Erotic Art by Klaus H. Carl; Victoria Charles; Hans-Jürgen Döpp; Joe A. Thomas
Category: Art and Design | Series: 30 Centuries of Art Ser.
From the thousand-year-old statues celebrating fertility to the odalisques of the modern painters, erotic art has always held a prominent place in society, whatever their morals or cultural references.This work has assembled one thousand images of erotic artworks, from all times and all continents, to i ...Show more
365 Days of Creativity: Inspire Your Imagination with Art Every Day by SCOBIE LORNA
Category: Art Instructional | Series: 365 Days of Art Ser.
365 Days of Creativity is a thoughtful and inspiring book designed to help you carve out moments of self-expression and unlock your creative potential. Lorna Scobie shows you how to experiment, explore and let go of your artistic inhibitions, encouraging you to look for creative inspiration wherever you ...Show more
365 Days of Drawing: Sketch and Paint Your Way Through the Creative Year by Lorna Scobie
Category: Art Instructional | Series: 365 Days of Art Ser.
Get lost in your creativity with 365 Days of Drawing, a thoughtful and inspiring art journal designed to help you carve out moments of self-expression. Lorna shows you that drawing does not have to be scary - it can be done with any materials, in any color, in any style and can be done anywhere. Eac ...Show more
365 Days of Feel-good Art: For Self-Care and Joy, Every Day of the Year by Lorna Scobie
Category: Art Instructional | Series: 365 Days of Art Ser.
In 365 Days of Feel-good Art, Lorna Scobie explores art-based tasks which will help to boost your overall confidence, wellbeing and happiness.Full of tips that will encourage you to nurture your creativity, 365 Days of Feel-good Art teaches readers of all artistic levels how to tackle creative tasks, ev ...Show more
A Treatise on Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci; John Francis Rigaud (Translator)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
The much overused word genius aptly describes only a few people in the history of civilization. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) unquestionably belongs in this elite group. Anyone who has looked in amazement at the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, or the many drawings that sprang from his fertile imagination ma ...Show more
A Well-tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker
Category: Fiction | Series: Art of Hearing Heartbeats Ser.
"Originally published in German by Karl Blessing Verlag in 2012."
ABC OF ART by HILLYEAR Dianne
Category: unmapped | Series: Children's Art Ser. from the National Gallery of Victoria Ser.
Using examples of art from the National Gallery of Victoria's collection of international art, this book is an aid for children learning the alphabet.
ART NOUVEAU by JEAN LAHOR
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century Ser.
The Art Nouveau movement is distinguished as the decorative and architectural style that began, in response to the Industrial Revolution. The primary objective of this movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. Designs from this movement are ...Show more
Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
A superlative introduction to the diversity of Aboriginal art, this concise survey introduces the work of Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. For some 50,000 years, Aboriginal artists have built on traditions and worked in a variety of contexts, from the sacred and secret rea ...Show more
Abstract Art by Anna Moszynska
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context.Well-respec ...Show more
Age of Transition - Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World by Helen C. Evans (Editor); Robert Schick (Contribution by); Alan Gampel (Contribution by); Arnold E. Franklin (Contribution by); Gabriele Mietke (Contribution by); Lyle Humphrey (Contribution by); Lisa Brody (Contribution by); Carol Snow (Contribution by); Edward Bleiberg (Contribution by); Stephen Fine (Contribution by); Annie Labatt (Contribution by); Hieromonk Justin Hieromonk Justin of Sinai (Contribution by); Lawrence Nees (Contribution by)
Category: Books | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art (MAA) (YUP) Ser.
In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. During this time of historic upheaval, Christian and Jewish communities encount ...Show more
American Architecture - A Critical History by David P. Handlin
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser.
America has always presented a unique challenge to architects: should they emulate the Old World or respond to the demands of the New? David Handlin tells the complex story with lucidity and insight. Almost from its seventeenth-century beginnings, American architecture was subject to two apparently cont ...Show more