Art
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Masterworks of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Hardcover
ISBN: 0810981181
This lovely volume features an informative text complemented by beautiful illustrations of Tiffany's stunning accomplishments, including the famous lamps, stained-glass windows, mosaics, jewelry, paintings, enamels, bronzes, and much more.
The Illustrator's Bible
The Complete Sourcebook of Tips, Tricks, and Time-Saving Techniques in Oil, Alkalyd, Acrylic, Gouache, Casein, Watercolor, D
Paperback
ISBN: 0823025322
Surveys useful tools, materials, and techniques for the professional illustrator
The Art of Southeast Asia
Cambodia Vietnam Thailand Laos Burma Java Bali
Paperback
ISBN: 0500200602
Briefly discusses the history of styles of painting, sculpture, and architecture in the countries of Southeast Asia
Living Materials
A Sculptor's Handbook
Paperback
ISBN: 0520064526
Covers clay, plaster building, mold-making, cement, stone carving, wood, plastic, metals, welding, bronze casting, and sand casting
It's All Downhill from Here
Paperback
ISBN: 0836220935
Cartoons offer a humorous look at camping trips, school, volunteer work, community protests, pierced ears, houseplants, Halloween, costume parties, weddings, Christmas, and friendship
Sacred Mirrors
The Visionary Art of Alex Grey
Paperback
ISBN: 0892813148
Surreal paintings combine the detail of anatomical illustrations with the spiritual images of Buddhism
Illuminating Video
An Essential Guide to Video Art
Paperback
ISBN: 0893813907
Gathers together essays on video art, covering such aspects as its history, and its relationship to the media, fine arts, and culture
Jan Vermeer
Hardcover
ISBN: 0810917378
Provides a comprehensive study of Vermeer's life and work, presents commentaries on his painting techniques, and examines each one of the Dutch artist's authenticated paintings
Use and Abuse of Art
Paperback
ISBN: 0691018049
The lecturer traces the historical development of attitudes toward the arts over the past 150 years, suggesting that the present is a period of cultural liquidation, nothing less than the ending of the modern age that began with the Renaissance.
A Concise History of American Architecture
Paperback
ISBN: 0064300862
Explores the factors and influences that have enriched American architecture throughout its development from colonial times to the present, covering houses, apartments, factories, and office buildings and the architects who designed them
