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Good Mail Day: A Primer for Making Eye-Popping Postal Art
Jennie Hinchcliff, Carolee Gilligan Wheeler · back to the book
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Include books by the same authorThe Annotated Mona Lisa: A Crash Course in Art History from Prehistoric to Post-Modern
Carol Strickland · 222 pages
An illustrated tutorial of prehistoric to contemporary world art, from cave paintings to video art installations to digital and Internet media in an easy-to-understand format.
Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams
Diane Waldman · 152 pages
"Out of the fantasies that enriched a private, often reclusive life, Joseph Cornell created a "poetic theater of memory." His box constructions and collages feature such characters as a Medici princess, birds, ballerinas, and movie stars. Using the seemingly commonplace materials that he collected in five-and-dime stores and other shops in New York City - cordial glasses, mirrors, marbles, and ma
The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography
Steve Crist · 353 pages
Selection of photographs from the Polaroid Collections, representing what can be accomplished with Polaroid film.
The Steampunk Bible
Jeff VanderMeer, S.J. Chambers · 224 pages
Steampunk -- a grafting of Victorian aesthetic and punk rock attitude onto various forms of science-fiction culture -- is a phenomenon that has come to influence film, literature, art, music, fashion, and more. The Steampunk Bible is the first compendium about the movement, tracing its roots in the works of Jules Verne and H. G. Wells through its most recent expression in movies such as Sherlock H
Exploring Calvin and Hobbes: An Exhibition Catalogue
Bill Watterson · 151 pages
David Bowie Is...
Victoria Broackes, Geoffrey Marsh · 320 pages
David Bowie is a pioneering artist and performer whose career has spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He has sold over 140 million albums, and been cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts.
The Art and Making of Arcane
Elisabeth Vincentelli · 225 pages
Rembrandt, 1606-1669: The Mystery of the Revealed Form
Michael Bockemuhl · 96 pages
Georgia O'Keeffe
Georgia O'Keeffe · 134 pages
"Starting in the '20s - when Georgia was recognized as one of the most important protagonists of modernism in America - until his death, the artist and his works have attracted a great interest in the arts community and the American public. Despite the great gained recognition in America and Europe, only a few of his works have been exhibited to the European public. Artist and woman, Georgia O 'Ke
Mastering Manga with Mark Crilley: 30 drawing lessons from the creator of Akiko
Mark Crilley · 128 pages
Basic instructions and examples teach skills for drawing manga.
Artist to Artist: 23 Major Illustrators Talk to Children about Their Art
Eric Carle, Mitsumasa Anno, Quentin Blake, Ashley Bryan, Nancy Ekholm Burkert, Tomie dePaola, Jane Dyer, Mordicai Gerstein, Robert Ingpen, Steven Kellogg, Leo Lionni, Petra Mathers, Wendell Minor, Barry Moser, Jerry Pinkney, Alice Provensen, Matthew Reinhart, Robert Sabuda, Maurice Sendak, Gennady S · 105 pages
Twenty-three illustrators of children's literature discuss their lives, inspirations, and creative backgrounds and present photographs of themselves and their work spaces along with examples of their illustrations.
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Lucy Johnston · 224 pages
The Art of the Mass Effect Universe
Casey Hudson · 184 pages
Ways of Seeing
John Berger · 166 pages
How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever."Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we e
Picture This: How Pictures Work
Molly Bang · 96 pages
"Everyone knows that a picture tells a thousand words. But what about the elements that make up a picture? Using the tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an example, Molly Bang uses boldly graphic artwork to explain how images--and their individual components--work to tell a story that engages the emotions: Why are diagonals dramatic? Why are curves calming? Why does red feel hot and blue feel cold?
The Art of the Rise of the Guardians
Ramin Zahed · 156 pages
Gustav Klimt, 1862–1918: The World in Female Form
Gottfried Fliedl · 239 pages
Krazy Kat: The Comic Art of George Herriman
George Herriman, Patrick McDonnell, Karen O'Connell, Georgia Riley de Havenon · 224 pages