Arts / Painting

The Psychology of Beauty

by Ethel D. Puffer

What do we mean we call something -- or someone -- beautiful? Which mental and cognitive processes play a role in making aesthetic judgments? Trailblazing female psychologist Ethel Puffer tackles these questions...

Concerning the Spiritual in Art

by Wassily Kandinsky

Kandinsky sees the spiritual life of humanity as a pyramid. The artist must lead the layman to the top of this pyramid through the soulful exercise of art. Kandinsky differentiates between the superficial pleasure...

Art and Poetry

by Jacques Maritain

Originally titled Frontières de la poésie (1935), This book by Jacques Maritain, whose philosophical writings read as interestingly as a novel, will be welcomed by all who are seeking a better understanding...

Thinking in Pictures, Expanded Edition: My Life with Autism

by Temple Grandin

Temple Grandin, Ph.D., is a gifted animal scientist who has designed one third of all the livestock-handling facilities in the United States. She also lectures widely on autism—because Temple Grandin is autistic,...

Watercolor Sketching

by Mark McGinnis

Mark W. McGinnis' approach to Watercolor Sketching. The book discusses materials, design, techniques, content, style, and the sketch.From the conclusion:I wish I had discovered watercolor sketching long ago,...

Donna Dewberry's Essential Guide to Flower and Landscape Painting: 50 Decorative and One-Stroke Painting Projects

by Donna Dewberry

50 of Donna's favorite projects in one gorgeous book!

Donna Dewberry flowers are beautiful to behold, and they are beautifully simple to create. You can achieve the same loveliness using her easy-to-master One-Stroke...

The Artist's Way Every Day: A Year of Creative Living

by Julia Cameron

This new book from the author of the international bestseller The Artist’s Way guides readers through a year of cultivating a deeper connection to their creative selves.

The Artist’s Way has touched the...

The Renaissance: Studies of Art and Poetry

by Walter Pater

The era now referred to as the Renaissance represented an unparalleled blossoming of art and culture. Take a tour of the period through the imagination of Walter Pater, one of England's most renowned art historians...

How Art Made the World: A Journey to the Origins of Human Creativity

by Nigel Spivey

By the charismatic host of the PBS miniseries “How Art Made the World,” a compelling and gorgeously illustrated account of how humans made art and how art makes us human

The Mind of the Artist: Thoughts and Sayings of Painters and Sculptors on Their Art

by George Clausen & Laurence Binyon

Get a fascinating glimpse into the creative process with this inquiry into what makes artists "tick." The Mind of the Artist, by famed British poet, critic, and art scholar Laurence Binyon, presents a series...

Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green: A Year in the Desert with Team America

by Johnny Rico

Outrageous, hilarious, and absolutely candid, Blood Makes the Grass Grow Green is Johnny Rico’s firsthand account of fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, a memoir that also reveals the universal truths about...

Total Tattoo Book

by Amy Krakow

The most comprehensive book yet on this unique art form. Whether flaunted or hidden, sought as art or curiosity, the tatoo has left its mark on generations. From its beginnings as a pagan ornament to today's...

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb

by Robert Jacobs

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future presents an international collaboration of scholars and artists who examine multiple reactions of popular culture and the arts to the advent of nuclear weapons. Featuring...

The Silver Drawing Test and Draw a Story

by Rawley Silver

This book draws on Rawley Silver's years of experience using therapeutic art with hearing-impaired children, stroke patients, and others with learning disabilities or emotional disturbances. Thoroughly updated...

Artistic Citizenship

by Mary Schmidt Campbell & Randy Martin

This volume identifies the question of artistic citizenship to explore civic identity. Featuring contributions from experts in the field, this book is indispensable to anyone involved in arts education or the...

Reading Rock Art

by Grace Rajnovich & Wayne Yerxa

More than 400 rock paintings adorn the Canadian Shield from Quebec to Saskatchewan, the legacy of the Algonkian-speaking Cree and Ojibwa.

How to Do Everything Digital Photography

by Jason R. Rich

Take Great Digital Photos Every Time!

Filled with high-color photographs, How to Do Everything: Digital Photography shows you how to capture professional-quality photos using any digital camera--from a smartphone...

Seven Discourses on Art

by Sir Joshua Reynolds

In the past, the distinctions between art and science weren't as clear-cut as they are today, and philosophers, researchers, and artists often shared insights and ideas. It was in that heady atmosphere that...

A General Theory of Institutional Change

by Shiping Tang

A general theory of institutional change lies at the heart of social science. The book provides insight into the process of institutional change.

Egg Tempera Painting, Tempera Underpainting, Oil Emulsion Painting - A Manual Of Technique

by Vaclav Vytlacil

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern...