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3 Books on Art: HOW TO DRAW THE HUMAN FIGURE; THE FLESH PAINTER; & DRAWING SELF-TAUGHT
by Various authors. Condition & Content: How To Draw the Human Figure: John R. Grabach. UNREAD 1963 Dell Laural paperback, fourth printing. Light edgewear. Wonderful paper - no tanning at all, even after all this time. B&W examples and how-to drawings The Flesh Painter: A biography of Paul Gauguin by Ad Gordon. UNREAD 1955 Lion paperback, first printing. Light edgewear. Interior clean & tight with pale tanning to page edges. Drawing Self-Taught: Arthur Zaidenberg. UNREAD 1954 Cardinal paperback, first printing. Again, wonderful paper - no tanning. B&W and color examples and how-to drawings. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 6.49 + $ 3.29 media shipping.

ACROSS FRONTIERS: Hispanic Crafts of New Mexico
by Dexter Cirillo. Color and B&W photos by Eric Swanson. Condition: NEW 1998 Chronicle Books soft cover, first edition, first printing. Content: Since the 1600s, the influence of the Spanish has manifest itself in the art and culture of Mexico and the U.S. This book covers the Hispanic craft movement in the Southwestern U.S., specifically in New Mexico. The work of the 80+ contemporary artists showcased here represents a new aesthetic derived from a rich tradition. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 10.59 + $ 3.29 media shipping.

AMERICAN ART POTTERY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART
by Barbara Perry. Color photos by Courtney Frisse. Condition: NEW 1997 Harry H Abrams, Inc.oversized hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Perfect. Content: American art pottery, whose heyday spanned the late 1880s through the late 1920s, has endured as one of the country's most popular styles in ceramic design. For this book, Barbara A. Perry, former curator of ceramics at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, has selected 100 examples of the finest American art pottery from the Everson's renowned holdings. 100 illustrations, 55 in color. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 11.59 + $ 3.65 media shipping.

AMERICAN ART POTTERY FROM THE COLLECTION OF EVERSON MUSEUM OF ART
by Barbara Perry. Color photos by Courtney Frisse. Condition: NEW 1997 Harry H Abrams, Inc.oversized hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Perfect. Content: American art pottery, whose heyday spanned the late 1880s through the late 1920s, has endured as one of the country's most popular styles in ceramic design. For this book, Barbara A. Perry, former curator of ceramics at Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, has selected 100 examples of the finest American art pottery from the Everson's renowned holdings. 100 illustrations, 55 in color. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 11.59 + $3.65 media shipping.

AMERICAN INDIAN ART: FORM AND TRADITION (Exhibition Book)
by various authors. B&W photos and maps. Condition: Gently pre-read, if at all, 1972 Dutton large soft cover (158 pages), no printing given. Light edge wear with name inside loose end page. Content: This is the exibition book from the 1972 Walker Art Center, Indian Art Association, Minneapolis Institute of Art showing. Wonderful B&W photos of the exhibit artifacts and recent art objects. Articles by Andrew Hunter Whiteford, Gerald Vizenor, Martin Friedman, David Gebhard, Vincent Scully, William Fenton, Robert Ritzenthaler, Ted Brasser, Frederick Dockstader, Richard Conn, Bill Holm, Ralph Coe, Dorothy Jean Ray, and a foreword by Ron Libertus. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 49.50 + $ 3.59 media shipping.

ANCIENT EGYPT (Drawing History series)
by Elaine Raphael & Don Bolognese. B&W and color drawings. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1996 Scholastic large soft cover, second printing. Light edgewear; interior clean & tight. Great "how-to" drawing guides plus color graphics of the completed drawings. Content: Learning how to draw ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and wall & stele art. Although geared to kids, adults can benefit as well. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ANTIBES GUIDE TO THE PICASSO MUSEUM
by Daniele Giraudy, Curator of the Picasso Museum. Color & B&W photos illustrate. Condition: Good+ 1987 Hazen (Paris) softcover, no edition given. Edgewear & simply pre-read book. Great selection of Picasso artwork reproduced or photographed. Content: Giraudy, Curator of the Picasso Museum, presents his artwork with descriptions of the work and it's "history." [1 copy available]
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ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL GREEK ART (Oxford History of Art series)
by Robin Osborne. Wonderful color photos & maps with some B&W drawings. Condition: UNREAD 1998 Oxford University Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Although very light, the book has had some "shelf wear handling." Content: This fascinating new account of what happened in Greece from c.800 to 323 bc shows how sculptors and painters responded to the challenges they faced in the extremely formidable and ambitious world of the Greek city-state. The numerous symbols and images employed by their eastern Mediterranean neighbours on the one hand, and the explorations of what it was to be human embodied in the narratives with which Greek poets worked on the other, helped produce the rich diversity of forms apparent in Greek art. The drawings and sculptures of this period referred so intimately to the human form as to lead both ancient and modern theorists to talk in terms of the 'mimetic' role of art. The importance of what occurred still affects the way we see today. Ranging widely over the fields of sculpture, vase painting and the minor arts, this book provides a clear introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. By looking closely at the context in which and for which sculptures and paintings were produced, Robin Osborne demonstrates how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city. [1 copy available]
$ 45.69 + $ 3.39 media shipping.

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN: A New Spirit in Architecture
edited by Dr. Andreas C. Papadakis. Color Photos and B&W plans, schematics. Condition: NEW 1991 Academy Ltd. (London) large softcover (96 pages) with tiny edgewear. Content: A look at the new wave in architecture of buildings, homes, etc. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ART OF THE ANDES: From Chavin to Inca
by Rebecca Stone-Miller. Beautiful color photos of artifacts plus B&W photos & De Poma drawings. Condition: NEW 1996 Thames & Hudson Trade Paperback, first printing. Content: This wide-ranging survey has established itself as the best single-volume introduction to Andean art and architecture. Now fully revised, it describes the strikingly varied artistic achievements of the Chavín, Paracas, Moche, Chimú, and Inca cultures, among others. Their impressive cities, tall pyramids, shining goldwork, and intricate textiles constitute one of the greatest artistic traditions in history. For the second edition, Rebecca Stone-Miller has added new material covering the earliest mummification in the world at Chinchorros, wonderful new Moche murals and architectural reconstructions, the latest finds from the Chachapoyas culture, and a greater emphasis on shamanism. Throughout, Stone-Miller demonstrates how the Andean peoples adapted and refined their aesthetic response to an extremely inhospitable environment. 185 illustrations, 35 in color. . A complete resource! Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE ART OF THE AZTECS
by Nigel Cawthorne. Beautiful color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1999 Octopus Publishing (London) hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no printing given. Content: An interesting presentation of Aztec art which is an integral part of the history of and our understanding ot the the dominant Ancient American culture. The book itself is a work of art, including special touches such as metallic papers and inks with printed trace paper inserts to highlight details. The artworks are presented by "city" or geographical area of the Aztec empire as well as type. Chapters are: Who Were the Aztecs? ; Architecture; Mountain Shrines and Cliff Reliefs; Sculpture; Codices; Jewellery; Textiles and Weaving; Pottery and Ceramics. [1 copy available]
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THE ART OF MESOAMERICA: From Olmec to Aztec (Revised Edition)
by Mary Ellen Miller. Wonderful color & B&W photos, maps, drawings. Condition: UNREAD 1996 Thames & Hudson Trade Paperback, revised edition. Content: This revised edition of a noted pre-Columbian art history book will satisfy various types of readers, including travelers, armchair archaeologists, museum goers, and art history students. Inspired by new discoveries in archaeology and by major museum exhibitions, Miller (history of art, Yale) covers Mesoamerica's broad range of cultures, from Olmec to Aztec; geographic areas, including Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Belize, and the Yucatan; and time periods, from archaic to postclassic. She explains how architecture, sculpture, painting, and ceramics relate to the dynamic forces of advance and decline within each culture and pays special attention to recent hieroglyphic decipherments and evidence for dating. The publication is enhanced by 193 pages of illustrations and beautiful color photography on quality paper. Covers all periods of the art of ancient Central America. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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BOB WADE'S COWGIRLS
photos by Bob Wade. Color-tinted photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2003 Gibbs Smith soft cover, first printing. Content: Capturing the evolution of the romantic era of the cowgirl-from her humble beginnings in ranch life to her trick-riding antics in Hollywood-is the hand-tinted art of internationally recognized painter and sculptor Bob Wade. Cowgirls emerge in pastel beauty from Wade's collection of vintage black-and-white photos. Here are the women who perfected freedom and equality before their time, lassoing the imagination of spellbound audiences in the rodeo stands and movie houses of America and Europe. [1 copy availaable]
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BORIS VALLEJO'S 3D MAGIC
by Boris Vallejo. Color illustrations by the Master. Condition: Good only, 1995 Stewart, Tabori, & Chang hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), no printing given. No major problems, just very well "read" or used. Content: At first the 26 paintings in this book may appear to be vintage Boris Vallejo: mythic places filled with heroes and villains, beasts, and spirits. But take another look - let your eyes go out of focus - and enter the stunning new world of his 3D magic where images leap from the page in fantastic three-dimensional perspective. [1 copy availaable]
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BORN IS HE, THE CHILD DIVINE: Images of the Christ Child in Art
by Amy Gelber. Color photos of art. Condition: NEW 1997 Metrobooks hardcover (pictorial boards). No edition given. Small binder's error top back spine. Content: Over 80 beautiful reproductions of Christian art from altar cuttings to fine art of Botticelli, Raphael, et al. with commentary. "This stunning gift book is a collection of exquisite fine-art reproductions of the Christian tradition's most beloved works of art -- images of the Christ child. The works of such masters as Michelangelo, Sandro Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio. Raphael, Albrecht Durer, and more, depicting Jesus as an infant and child, are featured in glorious full color." [1 copy availaable]
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CELTIC ART: The Methods of Construction
by George Bain. B&W line drawings & photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 1973 Dover softcover edition, no printing given. I'm sure this is a much later printing thatn 1973 - the condition of the book is too good for that date. But who knows. Tiny edgewear top cover edge. Content: Reviewer: "This is a good introduction to Celtic Art and patterns, plus he covers its history and shows you how to even difficult patterns. Drawing Celtic Artwork is not easy, a gifted artist and craftsman Bain makes it look easy but its not. Howeverf if you practice the basic patterns you can get pretty good at it in a reasonable period of time. I have several of Aidan Meehan's books and this one is by far the best for beginners imho. Use Meehans works when you can replicate a good many of the patterns found here. It is also a fine resource for the more elaborate patterns which are not covered very well in other works. Many of these patterns can be transferred to leather, clay etc, you name it. Overall if you only get one book on Celtic Art get this one and with a bit of practice your effort will be rewarded." [1 copy available]
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COWGIRL PIN-UPS
edited by Max Allan Collins (Introduction). Beautiful color reproductions. Condition: NEW 2002 Collector's Press (Artists Archives), first American Edition. No shelfwear & NOT a remainder. Content: Wonderful series of artworks from the golden years of illustration - mildly risque today but very controversial in the 40s and 50s. We used to call this "calendar art" - never seen outside a garage or a feed store! Artists represented: Ben-Hur Baz (really!), Bradshaw Crandell, K. O. Munson, Earl McPherson, Thompsons, et al.
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CREATING WOODEN VILLAGES: Designs for 18 Miniature Buildings (Small Town America sereis)
by Evan J. Kern. Color photos plus B&W designs. Condition: UNREAD 1997 Stackpole large softcover, first printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: How-to book on developing/creating a miniature wooden village. Plans, patterns, instructions with color illustrations for everything from train stations to mansions, churches, and barns. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE CROWN JEWELS & Coronation Ritual
by Col. Sir Thomas Butler. Beautiful color photos and artwork with a few B&W photos. Condition: UNREAD c. 1970-73 Pitkin Guides & Souvenir Books (UK) soft cover (stapled wraps), no printing given. Content: This is a wonderful detailed history of the English Family's Crown Jewels accompanied by even better color photos. Also covered is Coronation history and era artwork and B&W photos. Excellent for a souvenir book. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 7.29 + $ 3.19 media shipping. Priority shipping available.

DECORATIVE ART OF THE SOUTHWESTERN INDIANS
by Dorothy Smith Sides. B&W patterns. Condition: NEW Dover 1961 edition Trade Paperback, no printing given. Tiny edgewear. Content: Reviewer: "Nice basic reference book of documented southwest native american designs, primarialy focused on pottery designs. Some blanket and doll designs included as well. All renderings are black/white with reference to documentation. Great for art design projects for basic southwest decor. Designs are referenced to tribe and area and a little history included. Not a very indepth book, but a good basic starter for the southwest artist." Originally published in 1936. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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DEGAS: THE MAN AND HIS ART (Discoveries Series)
by Henri Loyrette. Beautiful color repros of Monet's paintings. Condition: UNREAD 1993 Henry Abrams soft cover, no printing given. Remainder. Interior perfect with wonderful glossy paper. Content: Degas is known as an artist passionately devoted to the avant-garde and a driving force behind Impressionism. This addition to the "Discoveries" series is an exploration of the man behind the art--his friends, his love of opera, his stubborn temper. Includes personal letters. 189 illustrations, 140 in full color. [1 copy available]
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DIAMONDS ARE A GIRL'S BEST FRIEND
by Sue Heady. Beautiful color photos of some of the most interesting and expensive diamond creations ever. Condition UNREAD 1999 Chartwell slim hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), assumed first printing. Tiny edgewear top DJ edge. Content: This book peers into the vaults of Christie's, one of the world's major auctio houses, to present some of the finest, most illustrious, and, of course, valuable jewelry ever to have come under the hammer at auction. Nice section on the colored diamonds - red (the most rare of all), yellow, pink (my favorite), and yellow. If you are deciding how to spend your lottery winnings, this is the book for you. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 6.39 + $ 3.09 media shipping.

ENCHANTMENT
stories by Doris Vallejo. B&W and color illustrations by Boris Vallejo. Condition: UNREAD, but not perfect, 1984 Ballantine large soft cover, second printing. Light edgewear and shelf wear with light tanning to page edges. Content: 100 of artist Boris Vallejo's finest sensual paintings come to life with gothic stories of desire, fantasy and sensuality mingle in a journey of the senses - a showcase of Boris Vallejo's provocative paintings of men and women set against gothic tales of romance. The artist's stunning illustrations of science fiction and fantasy have appeared on the covers of books by such writers as Frederik Pohl, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Larry Niven, Lin Carter, and Alice Chetwynd Ley, as well as in such well-known series as Conan the Barbarian, Doc Savage, and Tarzan. Vallejo's interest in bodybuilding and the human form is reflected in his art. In Enchantment, he painstakingly depicts every line and muscle of perfect human specimens in sharp, smooth detail. His subjects often transcend human beauty -- they have the wings of birds, the teeth of wolves, and the tails of serpents. Coupled with mythical stories of otherworldly costume balls, voyeurism, seductive vampires, and intoxicating angels, Vallejo's art celebrates eroticism and desire. [1 copy available]
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FABERGE FLOWERS
by Marilyn Pfeifer Swezey, et al. Stunning color photos illustrate. Condition: NEW 2004 Harry N. Abrams hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first ediiton, fist printing. Content: Well, ok, this art isn't in the class with the Faberge Eggs, but almost. In fact, some of the jewel flowers were placed on the Eggs. At one time, the royal families in Europe and Russia were accustomed to having their every whim satisfied, even apparently impossible desires like freezing and preserving nature in its most perfect form. This collection of photographs and essays documents Carl Fabergé’s attempts to do just that for the Russian Imperial Family and other aristocrats throughout Europe. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Fabergé (who’s best known for his extravagant jeweled Easter eggs) created delicate replicas of pansies, lilies of the valley, violets and other flowers and berries that were most often destined for glass display cabinets in the royal palaces of London and Moscow. In somewhat dry terms that draw heavily on sales ledgers and collection inventories, Swezey, a noted authority on the Russian Imperial Family, and a handful of decorative arts experts chronicle the history of the sculptures, from their genesis to the disappearance of many during the outbreak of the Soviet revolution. The lush color photos allow readers to get closer to the pieces than they could ever hope to otherwise, so close that one can see the real fuzz used to augment an intricately crafted dandelion puff and get a sense of how the jars were fashioned in order to look like they were filled with water. Fascinating! [1 copy available]
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THE ILLUMINATED ALPHABET: An Inspirational Introduction to Creating Decorative Calligraphy
by Patricia Seligman (text) and beautiful color illustrations & calligraphy by Timothy Noad. . Condition: NEW 2001 Sterling-Quantum soft cover [8.8 x 8.8 x 0.5 (160 pages)], first printing. Content: The art of illumination is re-examined in this richly illustrated publication. Each page is filled with eye-catching full-color examples of the illuminator’s art. This in-depth historical overview...begins with The Lindisfarne Gospels and moves through contemporary forms....[This] unique publication...[includes] hundreds of skillfully rendered full-color examples. A patient and attention-to-detail mindset is required for this exacting art form. [1 copy available]
$ 24.49 + $ 3.39 media shipping.

IMAGE AND IDOL: MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE (Musuem Exhibition Book)
by Richard Deacon & Phillip Lindley. Color photos plus B&W photos & drawings. Condition: NEW 2001 Tate Publishing large soft cover, no printing given. Content: This book is a companion to the Duveen Galleries exhibition in 2001 - 2002 showing 23 works from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries from churches across England and Wales. The authors offer essays on the sculptures which once inspired passionate devotion, intense disapproval and even physical violence. The book is lavishly illustrated throughout with color photos and B&W illustrations. Simply beautiful. [1 copy available]
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LADIES: Retold Tales of Goddesses and Heroines
retold by Doris Vallejo. Beautiful (as always) color fantasy art by Boris Vallejo. Condition: NEW 1992 ROC large soft cover, first printing. (The white cover.) Content: From mythology, the subjects are: Persephone, Gorgon, Ariadne, Coronis, Deianira, Medea, Circe, Eurydice, Arachne, and Pandora. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF CHAGALL (Young Adults)
by Nathaniel Harris. Beautiful color reproductions. Condition: NEW 1994 Shooting Star/Paragon (UK) hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), reprint. Content: Wonderful reproductions and history of Marc Chagall's greatest works. Written for Young Adults. [1 copy available]
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THE LIFE AND WORKS OF PICASSO (Young Adults)
by Nathaniel Harris. Beautiful color reproductions. Condition: NEW 2003 Paragon (UK) hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), reprint. Content: Wonderful reproductions and history of Picasso's greatest works. Written for Young Adults. [1 copy available]
$ 3.50 + $ 3.09 media shipping.

THE LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST (featuring Catholic Scripture and artwork in sassociation with the National Gallery, London)
by Regina Press. Color reproductions of religious artwork. Condition: Gently pre-read 1999 Regina Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. DJ shows light shelf wear to top edge. Content: This book uses scripture to illuminate the art work of the Masters depicting important incidents in the life of Jesus Christ. Lovely! Questions welcome. [1 copy availaable]
$ 4.19 + $ 3.19 media shipping.

LOOKING AT INDIAN ART OF THE NORTHWEST COAST
by Hilary Stewart. B&W photos and drawings illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1987 Douglas & McIntyre Trade Paperback, 8th printing. Tiny edge wear. Content: Reviewer: "The book does a very good job of going through the basic form and function of the lines, shapes and colors used in Northwest art and the similarities between the various tribes along the Pacific Coast. It also teaches one how to recognize an extremely abstract form and identify it based upon the few similar characteristics found for any animal or figure, no matter what shape or tribe it came from. All in all a very good reference book for a beginner trying to figure out the way of the coastal natives' art." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
$ 7.29 + $ 3.19 media shipping.

MAKEUP FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
by Elliot de Picciotto, CPP. B&W "how-to" photos, drawings, & charts illustrate. Condition: UNREAD 1993 Studio Press soft cover, no printing given. Content: From the cover: Everything you wanted to know about makeup, but didn't know whom to ask. The lotions, potions, and tools you need; the theory and anatomy of makeup; the practical application of makeup for photography. It's all here - everything you need to make up your clients for better portraits. Questions welcome. [1 copy availaable]
$ 9.19 + $ 3.19 media shipping.

MONET'S GARDENS (Themes & Reflections Series)
by Edmund Swinglehurst. Cover art: Monet's 1908 Nympheas (Waterlilies). Beautiful color repros of Monet's paintings. Condition: UNREAD 1997 Smithmark hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Interior perfect with wonderful glossy, sleek paper. Content: Claude Monet's passion for flowers and landscape began, as it did for other Impressionist painters, in a desire to paint directly from nature in the open air. The hours that Monet spent painting, often in the gardens or fields which surrounded the various houses he lived in, opened his eyes to the ever-changing tones and colors displayed by the countryside at different times of day. Color revealed by light, Monet discovered, created different worlds out of the same hills, trees and flowers. This book reproduces his wonderful nature paintings. [1 copy available]
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MONET: The Ultimate Impressionist (Discoveries Series)
by Sylvie Patin. Beautiful color repros of Monet's paintings. Condition: UNREAD 1993 Henry Abrams soft cover, no printing given. Interior perfect with wonderful glossy paper. Content: Throughout his long life, Claude Monet transformed light and color into art. In 1874 his renowned Impression, Sunrise caused an uproar among conservative art critics and gave birth to a revolution in painting. This new title in the "Discoveries" series features excerpts from the artist's letters and other writings. 236 illustrations, 195 in full color. [1 copy available]
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THE MOONLIGHT GARDEN: New Discoveries at the Taj Mahal
edited by Elizabeth Moynihan. Beautiful color photos & charts, B&W fold-outs, B&W "blueprints." Condition: NEW 2001 Univ. of Washington State Press soft cover, assumed first printing. Content: For 350 years, the Taj Mahal in Agra has reigned luminous and splendid as perhaps the most admired monument in the world. Visitors who gazed across the Yamuna River from the Taj pavilions have viewed what appears to be little more than farmers' fields and barren ground. But historical references as well as paintings from the time of Shahjahan (r. 1628-58) reveal that it was once densely covered by rectangular walled enclosures and lush vegetation. The Mughal emperor Babur built gardens here as a way of evoking the characteristic delights of the homeland he had abandoned when he moved from Central Asia into India in 1526. Eventually, as the Mughal Empire grew more powerful, the riverbank became lined with gardens belonging not only to the imperial family but also to important nobles. This definitive volume describes the discoveries of an international project documenting the surface remains of a long-abandoned Mughal garden, spectacularly located directly across the river from the Taj Mahal. The book is illustrated with new photographs of the Taj Mahal and the garden--now identified as the Mahtab Bagh, or Moonlight Garden--as well as with paintings from Shahjahan's era. Modeled after the Persian concept of earthly paradise, the pleasure gardens of 17th-century Mughal emperors exhibited elaborate renditions of cut-stone architecture, water chutes, standing pools, flowing fountains, and plantings intended to stimulate the senses. Well-ordered oases in an otherwise hot, dusty, and chaotic environment, these gardens were places of respite and enjoyment. The authors show that in plan, proportion, and directional alignment, the Moonlight Garden is indeed an integral part of the design of the gardens at the Taj Mahal, presenting an expansive new interpretation of one of the most famous buildings in the world. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT: A Story of the Nativity
by Marty Crisp and Floyd Cooper. Beautiful, warm color illustrations by Floyd Cooper. Condition: NEW 2006 Philomel hardcover (pictorial boards) and DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: This is such an interesting tale - of why the book was written. The fact that a white dog appeared again and again in the Nativity art of the Old Masters intrigued Crisp. The dog also appeared in later medieval religious art. Was it a symbol? A real dog? If so, what better companion could God turned man have? This story tells how Jesus became the owner of the white dog named Ra. It's beautiful! [1 copy left]
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PABLO PICASSO (Art For Children Series)
by Ernest Raboff. Color repros of Picasso paintings. Condition: Gently pre-read Doubleday hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ), no edition given. Content: A brief biography of the famous artist accompanies reproductions and analyses of several of his works. Detailed discussion of each phase of Picasso's work with explanation & examples of terms, i.e., "Cubism." Excellent for children's art classes. [1 copy available]
$ 3.19 + $ 3.29 media shipping.

PRECOLUMBIAN TERRACOTTAS
by Franco Monti. Translated from the Italian by Margaret Crossland. Beautiful color photos of artifacts. Condition: Very good, gently pre-read 1969 Paul Hamlyn (London) small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), new edition. No problems: just pre-read. Content: It is one of the mysteries of Precolumbian art that the earliest objects are as technically advanced as the later ones, a fact which can clearly be seen in the color illustrations. Franco Monti's erudite and fascinating text brings once more to life the civilisation destroyed by European conquerors. [1 copy available]
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SACRED SEXUALITY (The Sacred Arts series)
by A T Mann & Jane Lyle. Color photos througout. Condition: NEW 1995 Elements (UK) large softcover, first American printing. Simply beautiful color photos - some of artwork you may not have seen before. Content: Not all history has been written on the battlefield--there's been plenty of world-shaping action taking place in the boudoir as well! In this sizzling survey of sexuality and sexual mythology from around the globe, you'll find out how the pursuit of carnal pleasures and sensuality has played a pivotal cultural and historic role, from explaining humankind's origins to defining group morality and achieving communion with the divine. Meticulously researched text and hundreds of color photographs and illustrations expose the full spectrum of our sacred sexuality and its impact on civilizations and cultures across the ages. Egyptian fertility rites, Tantric Buddhism and sexual imagery in the Roman Empire are all featured. The sensual legends of such cultures as the Hindus, Greeks and Celts reveal yet another extraordinary link in the chain that binds us together as sensual beings whose highest expressions of ecstasy are grounded in the ultimate questions of existence and renewal. Interesting chapters on The Celts and the Aztecs. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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A SHORT GUIDE TO ST. CLEMENT'S, ROME
by Collegio San Clement's, Rome. Wonderful color photos with B&W layouts with see-through overlays & fold out maps. Condition: UNREAD 1989 Collegio San Clement's Rome soft cover. Unshelved ex-library book with some markings. Content: Not only an architectural tour of this beautiful cathedral, but a history of St. Clement's and his time. Questions welcome. [1 copy availaable]
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THE SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY WORLD OF TIM WHITE
by Tim White. Color and B&W illustrations. Condition: NEW 2000 Paper Tiger (UK) soft cover, reprint. Beautiful color repros and photos. Content: Well, WOW! Spectacular artwork for SciFi & Fantasy buffs. However, the art is very sexy - it makes Boris and D'Achelle look positively Amish. Perhaps not for younger kids. "im White’s paintings give shape to the fantastic, to the might-have-been and what-still-could-happen. With its frequently optimistic tone and obsessive attention to detail, White’s art offers a convincing landscape of the imagination. A collection of White’s vivid commercial works spanning a decade....the captivating paintings that transport the viewer from the outwardly familiar to the alien skies." Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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VATICAN TREASURES: Early Christian, Renaissance, and Baroque Art from the Papal Collections : An Exhibition in Honor of the Sesquicentenary of the Diocese of Cleveland
by Robert P.Bergman; Diane De Grazia; & Stephen Fliegel. Beautiful color photos with B&W photos, as well. Condition: NEW 1998 Cleveland Museum of Art large hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no edition given. Content: Through their patronage and the gifts accorded them by emperors, kings and other potentates, the almost 2,000-year succession of popes has inspired an extraordinary range of art made in the service of the sacred and the spiritual. Because they were designed for the apex of the Church's hierarchy, many of these works were commissioned from the most exalted artists and craftsmen of their time. The subsequent association of these works with the papacy has only added to their luster. Excellent Church history and wonderful illustrations. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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WILLIAM WEGMAN: Paintings, Drawings, Photographs, Videotapes
edited by Martin Kunz. Color photos, B&W drawings illustrate. Condition: Very Good+ pre-read exhibition catalog from 1990 (no edition given). Tiny edgewear & pale spine crease. Interior clean & tight. Content: William Wegman has been a force in the art world for 25 years, but this book is the first complete retrospective of his work in four mediums. A lively interview with the artist and essays by curators and critics offer fresh insights and information. "Great clarity and wit". Best known for his whiimsical fantasy dog photographs. The B&W drawings contain some erotica - that part of the book isn't for kids. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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WOMEN ARTISTS IN HISTORY: From Antiquity to the 20th Century (Second Edition)
by Wendy Slatkin. B&W photos and drawings illustrate. Condition: NEW 1990 Prentice Hall Trade paperback, second edition, second printing. Tiny edgewear. Content: The careers and accomplishments of women creators in western civilization are described in accessible and informtive manner. Over 60 artists, mostly painters and sculptors, are featured in this book. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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ZUNI FETISHES: Using Native American Objects for Meditation, Reflection, and Insight
by Hal Zina Bennett, Ph.D. B&W drawings. Condition: NEW 1994 HarperSanFrancisco large soft cover, 6th printing. Content: The Zuni have traditionally used small stone carvings of animal figures as power objects and mediators between themselves and the spirit world. Any object that has special meaning can be used as a fetish. In this fascinating, informative, and beautifully illustrated guide to the fetishes of the Zuni people of New Mexico, Hal Zina Bennett explores key principles of Native American spirituality and how early Zuni teachings can benefit us all today. He provides an excellent guide to Zuni traditions and an intriguing picture of their early life, along with detailed instructions for using fetishes for mediation, reflection, and insight in modern life. He describes key fetish figures, including the Guardian of the Six Regions, their legendary meanings, and the personal qualities each figure can support and help its owner develop. In explaining the nature of fetishes and the psychological and spiritual benefits that we can gain from their use, Bennett provides illuminating cross-cultural comparisons, stimulating exercises, and journaling opportunities. [1 copy available]
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ZUNI FETISHISM
by Ruth F. Kirk. B&W photos illustrate. Cover art by Don Eisenhour. Condition: NEW 1988 Avanyu Publishing soft cover, first printing. Content: This material is primarily articles reprinted from El Palacio plus some new material. This work, which studies 25 different pieces from ten categories of fetishes, provides significant insight into the life and minds of the Zuni people. [1 copy available]
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