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Author
Publisher
Abrams Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings—some long, some short—that taken together forma group portrait of many of the world's most significant and interesting artists. From Pablo Picasso to Cindy Sherman, Old Masters to contemporary masters, paintings to comix, and saints to charlatans, Schjeldahl ranges widely through the diverse and confusing art world, an expert guide to a dazzling scene. No other writer enhances the...
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xi, 169 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"His novel, The Art Thief, was a bestseller in five countries and is translated into 17 languages. His The Art of Forgery, Stealing the Mystic Lamb and Slovenology were international bestsellers. His book Collector of Lives: Giorgio Vasari and the Invention of Art was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Charney is now a professor at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia, where Charney has lived for many years"--
Interested in art but feel under-informed?...
Publisher
Phaidon
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
1 v. (various paging) : col. ill., col. maps, ; 43 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This unique book was created with a global team of specialists in all fields of art, including museum curators and educators, who have collected together important works as they might be displayed in the ideal museum for the art lover... Features 992 oversized pages of nearly 2,700 works of art"--Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Language
English
Formats
Description
Like a song that feels written just for you, Larissa Pham's debut work of nonfiction captures the imagination and refuses to let go. Pop Song is a book about love and about falling in love--with a place, or a painting, or a person--and the joy and terror inherent in the experience of that love. Plumbing the well of culture for clues and patterns about love and loss--from Agnes Martin's abstract paintings to James Turrell's transcendent light works,...
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
612 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm.
Language
English
Description
Within each time period, provides examples of significant works in painting, sculpture, drawing and other media. Highlights themes that were important at various times such as nudes, landscape, still life, and love. Includes brief biographies of some artists and a "closer look" in depth for the most significant works.
Publisher
Walter Foster Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
376 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
From learning about the genesis of art and its transformation over the centuries to understanding its relevance in the world's cultures of today, art aficionados won't want to miss a single day's readings.
Author
Publisher
David R. Godine, Publisher
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
220 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A visit to a museum can be overwhelming, exhausting, and unrewarding. Lincoln Perry wants to change that. In sixteen essays--each framed around a specific theme--he provides new ways of seeing and appreciating art. As Perry says, 'I'll try to evoke what I've come to love not because I believe it's what you should love, but, rather, because I hope my enthusiasm might inspire you to find what you love.' Perry is a disarmingly charming tour guide to...
Author
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
32 p. ; 34 cm.
Language
English
Description
Invites the reader to take a closer look at paintings by such artists as Botticelli, Bruegel, Velasquez, Copley, and Van Gogh, providing information about the artist, subject, and medium of each work of art.
16) Stories
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1991
Physical Desc
22 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Isolates the artistic element of story, what is happening in a painting, and discusses how story contributes to a work of art through several examples from the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
17) Living with art
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
c1985
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 465 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Harry Abrams
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
288 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
This guide explains world art from Paleolithic cave paintings to ancient Greek temples, Byzantine icons, Japanese architecture, Oceanic sculpture, African murals, and the 20th century avant-garde.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books, Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of 32 plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Artists are expert lookers: they have learned to pay attention. The rest of us spend most of our time on auto-pilot, rushing from place to place, our overfamiliarity blinding us to the marvellous, life-affirming phenomena of our world. But that doesn't have to be the case. In his inimitable engaging style, Will Gompertz takes us into the minds of artists--from contemporary stars to old masters, the well-known to the lesser-so, and from around the...
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