Arts / Painting

Robert Kipniss: A Working Artist's Life

by Robert Kipniss

A successful working artist relates his passion for life and art

Catalogue of Paintings by Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida

by , Leonard Williams

Originally published in 1909, this classic book contains a wealth of information on the famous artist Joaquin Sorolla Y Bastida and his works, and will make a valuable addition to the bookshelf of anyone with...

I'll Be Your Mirror: The Selected Andy Warhol Interviews

by Kenneth Goldsmith, Reva Wolf & Wayne Kostenbaum

The Question-and-Answer interview was one of Andy Warhol’s favorite communication vehicles, so much so that he named his own magazine after the form. Yet, never before has anyone published a collection of...

Cities For A Small Planet

by Richard Rogers

"Nothing else damages the earth’s environment more than our cities. As the world’s population has grown, our cities have burgeoned, and their impact on the environment worsened. At the same time, citie"

No Innocent Bystanders: Performance Art and Audience

by Frazer Ward

The changing role of the spectator in contemporary performance art

Matisse And Picasso: The Story Of Their Rivalry And Friendship

by Jack Flam

The parallel lives of two compelling and competitive artists and their recurrent engagements with desire and mortality

Inside Bruegel

by Edward Snow

In this brilliant, original and lavishly illustrated book, Edward Snow undertakes an inquiry into a single painting by the Flemish master Peter Bruegel the Elder—the kaleidoscopic Children’s Games—in order...

2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market

by Mary Burzlaff Bostic

All the Tools You Need to Build a Successful Art Career!

2013 Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market is the must-have reference guide for any artist who wants to establish or expand a career in fine art, illustration...

La Venus de Milo

by , Félix Ravaisson

Cet ouvrage rare et original, paru à l'origine en 1871, constitue une appréciation de la célèbre sculpture grecque qui est actuellement conservée au musée du Louvre. L'auteur porte une attention particulière...

Letters from Linda M. Montano

by Linda M. Montano

Letters from Linda M. Montano is an anthology of writings by one of the seminal performance artists of the last century. It provides an autobiographical and historical record of Montano's artistic practice over...

Immaterial Architecture

by Jonathan Hill

This fascinating argument from Jonathan Hill presents the case for the significance and importance of the immaterial in architecture.

Architecture is generally perceived as the solid, physical matter that it...

Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural Life

by Steven J. Tepper & Bill Ivey

Engaging Art explores what it means to participate in the arts in contemporary society - from museum attendance to music downloading.  Drawing on the perspectives of experts from diverse fields (including Princeton...

The Postmodernist Turn: American Thought and Culture in the 1970s

by , Jr. Hoeveler

During the 1970s, the United States became the world's preeminent postindustrial society. The new conditions changed the way Americans lived and worked and even their perceptions of reality. In this reassessment...

Structures: Or Why Things Don't Fall Down

by J. e. Gordon

"Rich and readable...personal, witty and ironic." --Scientific American

Falling Upwards: Essays in Defense of the Imagination

by Lee Siegel

From renowned critic Lee Siegel--hailed as a model of "original thinking and passionate writing"--a sometimes scathing, always thrilling examination of the state of contemporary art and culture, and beyond

Great Singers: An Endangered Species

by Denes Striny

This book supplies detailed explanations for young singers, teachers, and professional singers with 'troubled' voices. Striny's previous book, Head First, discussed this process but without specific instructions...

The Triangle of Representation

by Christopher Prendergast

Moving deftly among literary and visual arts, as well as the modern critical canon, Christopher Prendergast's book explores the meaning and value of representation as both a philosophical challenge (What does...

Conservation of Easel Paintings

by Joyce Hill Stoner & Rebecca Rushfield

Conservation of Easel Paintings is the first comprehensive text on the history, philosophy, and methods of treatment of easel paintings that combines both theory with practice.

With contributions from an international...

Los secretos de la Capilla Sixtina

by Benjamin Blech & Roy Doliner

Preparese para desaprender todo lo que creia saber sobre la Capilla Sixtina y las obras maestras de Miguel angel. Este libro procurara desplazar siglos de prejuicio, censura e ignorancia de uno de los tesoros...

Glass Painted Projects

by Judy Balchin

Offering great techniques across 20 dazzling projects, this trove of ideas is perfect for crafters seeking new ways to expand their art. Featuring chic, stylish designs, each project is accompanied by step-by-step...