Artists, Architects, Photographers
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The Paper Garden: An Artist Begins Her Life’s Work at 72
$28.00 Add to cartIn 1772, upon the death of her second husband, Mary Delany arose from her grief, picked up a pair of scissors, and, at the age of seventy-two, created a new art form: mixed-media collage. Over the nex… [more below]
- Author: Peacock, Molly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 01 2012
- ISBN10: 1608196976
- Language: English
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The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis
$29.95 Read moreMaud Lewis (1903-1970) was recognized and revered in her own lifetime. She offered her endearing images to the passing world through her roadside sign, “Paintings for Sale,” and was rewarded by the en
- Author: Brooks, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: January 12 1996
- ISBN10: 1551092174
- Language: English
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William Blake vs. the World
$28.95 Read moreA wild and unexpected journey through culture, science, philosophy, and religion to better understand the mercurial genius of William Blake.
Poet, artist, and visionary, William Blake is an archetypal- Author: Higgs, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: May 03 2022
- ISBN10: 1639361537
- Language: English
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Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects (Peanuts Comics, Comic Strips, Charlie Brown, Snoopy)
$50.00 Read moreWinner of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Award for the BEST COMICS-RELATED BOOK 2023!
In 100 iconic objects and artifacts, Charles M. Schulz explores and explains the life and times of the creator of- Author: The Charles M. Schulz Museum
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1681888602
- Language: English
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Michelangelo and the Pope’s Ceiling
$19.99 Read moreFrom the acclaimed author of Brunelleschi’s Dome and Leonardo and the Last Supper, the riveting story of how Michelangelo, against all odds, created the masterpiece that has ever since adorned the cei
- Author: King, Ross
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: October 14 2014
- ISBN10: 1620408406
- Language: English
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Evelyn Hofer: Dublin
$58.00 Read moreA newly conceived edition of Evelyn Hofer’s 1967 photographic portrait of Dublin
The starting point for this book is Evelyn Hofer’s Dublin: A Portrait, which enjoyed great popularity upon its original
- Author: Hofer, Evelyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: January 23 2024
- ISBN10: 3958296327
- Language: English
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Staying Afloat in Santa Fe
$16.95 Add to cartMarie Romero Cash, an artist in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has survived over half of her eighty years propelling herself through the decades with courage and determination, using her creative skills every … [more below]
- Author: Cash, Marie Romero
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 232
- Publish Date: May 14 2024
- ISBN10: 1684921651
- Language: English
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One Week in January: New Paintings for an Old Diary
$22.95 Add to cart“Feels like reading a love story that doesn’t quite know it’s a love story yet, and a success story that doesn’t know it’s made it.”
—Emma Straub, New York Times-bestselling author of This Time Tom… [more below]- Author: Ellis, Carson
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 80
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 1797216953
- Language: English
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Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life and Sudden Death
$20.99 Read moreNamed a Top 100 Must-Read Book of the Year by Time and a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker * Winner of the 2024 Writers’ Prize for Nonfiction * Shortlisted for the Inaugural Women’s Prize for No… [more below]
- Author: Cumming, Laura
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1982181753
- Language: English
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Uncanny: The Origins of Fear
$28.00 Add to cartFor the first time since his debut 35 years ago, horror master Junji Ito reveals exactly how he creates his unique worlds.
Why are we drawn to fear? Horror manga legend Junji Ito has fascinated the wo- Series: Junji Ito
- Author: Ito, Junji
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1974747301
- Language: English
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Monet: The Restless Vision
$45.00 Add to cartA groundbreaking look at the life and art of one of the most influential, modern painters of the late nineteenth century and founder of the Impressionist movement
“Wullschläger emerges with a striki- Author: Wullschläger, Jackie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1101875372
- Language: English
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From the Back of the House: Memoir of a Broadway Theatre Manager
$14.99 Add to cartMy name is Dan Landon, and I was a Broadway theatre manager for 37 years. 1 worked on fifty shows. Over 9000 performances.
This is my love letter to Broadway, and all the stars and luminaries my job al
- Author: Landon, Dan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 13 2024
- ISBN10: 1956672230
- Language: English
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Stitched & Sewn: The Life-Saving Art of Holocaust Survivor Trudie Strobel
$26.99 Read moreThe richly illustrated story of a woman who, late in life, copes with the buried trauma of her childhood as a Holocaust survivor by becoming a master needlework artist like her mother, who saved both … [more below]
- Author: Savin, Jody
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 9798887980348
- Language: English
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Christopher Isherwood Inside Out
$45.00 Add to cartA stunningly intimate exploration of the writer and gay cultural icon and of his lifelong search for authenticity.
The story of Christopher Isherwood’s life is one of pilgrimage: away from the constra- Author: Bucknell, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: August 27 2024
- ISBN10: 0374119368
- Language: English
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The Portraitist: Frans Hals and His World
$35.00 Read moreA biography of the great portraitist Frans Hals that takes the reader into the turbulent world of the Dutch Golden Age.
Frans Hals was one of the greatest portrait painters in history, and his styl- Author: Nadler, Steven
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: October 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 022669836X
- Language: English
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Where They Were Then: Sportscasters
$18.99 Add to cart15 sportscasters who made it to the big leagues. 15 different paths to success. 15 unique, unbelievable, and previously untold stories.
“This is fascinating stuff.” –Bob Costas, Hall of Fame broadcast
- Author: Reiss, Scott
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: November 08 2021
- ISBN10: 1737717875
- Language: English
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Desperately Seeking Basquiat
$19.95 Add to cartJean-Michel Basquiat is one of the few artists who have achieved mythic status. His work is instantly recognizable; like Picasso, Warhol or Frida Kahlo, his look is imprinted on our psyche. But how mu… [more below]
- Author: Castello-Cortes, Ian
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 19 2019
- ISBN10: 3943330451
- Language: English
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Groucho and Me
$19.99 Add to cart“An important contribution to the history of show business and to the saga of American comedy and comedians, comics and comicality.”–James Thurber
With impeccable timing, outrageous humor, irreverent- Author: Marx, Groucho
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 376
- Publish Date: August 22 1995
- ISBN10: 0306806665
- Language: English
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Walker Evans: Last Photographs & Life Stories
$45.00 Add to cartIn 1973, Michael Lesy was a young scholar whose first book had just been published. In the soon-legendary Wisconsin Death Trip he combined 1890s photographs and newspaper clippings to evoke a devastat… [more below]
- Author: Lesy, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 28 2022
- ISBN10: 0922233527
- Language: English
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Portrait of a Woman: Art, Rivalry, and Revolution in the Life of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard
$29.95 Read moreDiscover the story of Ad?la?de Labille-Guiard–a long-ignored artist and feminist of eighteenth-century France–in this imaginative and illuminating biography from an award-winning writer.
Summer in P- Author: Quinn, Bridget
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 16 2024
- ISBN10: 1797211870
- Language: English
