The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

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While the Civil War raged in America, another revolution took shape across the Atlantic, in the studios of Paris: The artists who would make Impressionism the most popular art form in history were showing their first paintings amidst scorn and derision from the French artistic establishment. Indeed, no artistic movement has ever been quite so controversial. The drama of its birth, played out on canvas and against the backdrop of the Franco-Prussian War and the Commu... More >>

The Judgment of Paris: The Revolutionary Decade that Gave the World Impressionism

The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography

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This survey features more than 400 works from the Polaroid Collection along with essays by Hitchcock, who illuminates the beginnings and history of the Polaroid Corporation.... More >>

The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography

Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture

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Ideal for students studying visual culture for the first time, Practices of Looking explores the ways we use and understand images. Truly interdisciplinary, this comprehensive and engaging introduction can be used in courses across a range of disciplines including media and film studies, communications, art history, and photography. Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright examine the diverse range of recent approaches to visual analysis and lead students through key theo... More >>

Practices of Looking: An Introduction to Visual Culture

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

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At the same time Adolf Hitler was attempting to take over the western world, his armies were methodically seeking and hoarding the finest art treasures in Europe. The Fuehrer had begun cataloguing the art he planned to collect as well as the art he would destroy: "degenerate" works he despised.
In a race against time, behind enemy lines, often unarmed, a special force of American and British museum directors, curators, art historians, and others, called the Momu... More >>

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

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The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subjects: Art / History / General; Art / European; Art / History / Renaissance; Art / Individual Artist; Biography... More >>

The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti

Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists

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This collection in the popular Masters series, chosen and introduced by one of the world's top curators, offers field-defining work from 43 master book artists. The selections demonstrate conceptual, aesthetic, and technical excellence, as well as incredible beauty. Brief comments from the artists about their work, careers, and philosophies accompany the stunning images of their most innovative and technically accomplished book art achievements.
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Masters: Book Arts: Major Works by Leading Artists

The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern

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Like music, art is a universal language. Although looking at works of art is a pleasurable enough experience, to appreciate them fully requires certain skills and knowledge." --Carol Strickland, from the introduction to The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern* This heavily illustrated crash course in art history is revised and updated.This second edition of Carol Strickland's The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in A... More >>

The Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern