Artists, Architects, Photographers
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Creators: From Chaucer and Durer to Picasso and Disney
$17.99 Add to cart“Johnson emphasizes the rarity of truly visionary artists . . . his approach is unfailingly generous. . . . Genuinely revealing.” —Publishers Weekly
From celebrated journalist and historian Paul Johns
- Series: P.S.
- Author: Johnson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: May 01 2007
- ISBN10: 0060930462
- Language: English
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Everything She Touched: The Life of Ruth Asawa
$29.95 Read moreEverything She Touched recounts the incredible life of the American sculptor Ruth Asawa.
This is the story of a woman who wielded imagination and hope in the face of intolerance and who transformed ev- Author: Chase, Marilyn
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 07 2020
- ISBN10: 1452174407
- Language: English
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Schulz and Peanuts: A Biography
$19.99 Add to cartCharles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now, acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us th
- Author: Michaelis, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: December 13 2013
- ISBN10: 0060937998
- Language: English
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If Walls Could Speak: My Life in Architecture
$32.50 Add to cartOne of the world’s greatest and most thoughtful architects recounts his extraordinary career and the iconic structures he has built–from Habitat in Montreal to Marina Bay Sands in Singapore–and offe… [more below]
- Author: Safdie, Moshe
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: September 20 2022
- ISBN10: 0802158323
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo: An Illustrated Life
$21.95 Read moreOne of the most important artists of the twentieth century and an icon of courageous womanhood, Frida Kahlo lives on in the public imagination, where her popularity shows no signs of waning. She is re
- Author: Hesse, María
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: September 04 2018
- ISBN10: 1477317287
- Language: English
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Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over
$17.95 Add to cartA finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, this memoir of one woman’s later in life career change is “a smart, funny and compelling case for going after your heart’s desires, no matter you… [more below]
- Author: Painter, Nell
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 27 2019
- ISBN10: 1640092005
- Language: English
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Caravaggio
$20.00 Add to cartMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) was always a name to be reckoned with. Notorious bad boy of the Italian Baroque, the artist was at once celebrated and controversial, violent in temper, p
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Lambert, Gilles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 31 2015
- ISBN10: 3836559935
- Language: English
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The Fairy Tale Girl
$28.95 Add to cartBased on the diaries Susan Branch has kept since she was in her twenties, The Fairy Tale Girl is an illustrated memoir, designed in Susan’s trademark style with original watercolors and personal photo… [more below]
- Author: Branch, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: October 30 2015
- ISBN10: 0996044019
- Language: English
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Rembrandt
$20.00 Add to cartRembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) never left his homeland of the Netherlands but in his massive body of painting, drawing, and etching, he changed the course of Western art. His prolific oeuvre encompass
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Bockemühl, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 29 2016
- ISBN10: 3836532131
- Language: English
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Akiane: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry: Her Life, Her Art, Her Poetry
$29.99 Add to cartExperience the wonder of child prodigy Akaine Kramarik’s divinely inspired artwork firsthand.
Akiane’s nonreligious parents were bewildered when their four-year-old daughter started sharing her dreams
- Author: Kramarik, Akiane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: September 12 2017
- ISBN10: 0718075862
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo: Sus Fotos: Frida Kahlo: Her Photos, Spanish Edition
$45.00 Add to cartCuando Frida Kahlo muere Diego Rivera, marido, ex marido y viudo de Frida, le pide al poeta Carlos Pellicer que convierta la Casa Azul en un museo para que el pueblo de México pueda visitarla y admir
- Author: Monasterio, Pablo Ortiz
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: January 01 2010
- ISBN10: 8492480742
- Language: English
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Daybook: The Journal of an Artist
$18.00 Add to cartA “touchstone for aspiring artists and writers” (Megan O’Grady, The New Yorker), Daybook is a classic work about reconciling the call of creative work with the demands of daily life.
Renowned American- Author: Truitt, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 08 2013
- ISBN10: 1476740984
- Language: English
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Negative Space
$16.95 Add to cartDespite her parents’ struggles with addiction, Lilly Dancyger always thought of her childhood as a happy one. But what happens when a journalist interrogates her own rosy memories to reveal the instab… [more below]
- Series: Sfwp Literary Awards
- Author: Dancyger, Lilly
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 234
- Publish Date: May 01 2021
- ISBN10: 195163103X
- Language: English
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Van Gogh: The Life
$30.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – “The definitive biography for decades to come.”–Leo Jansen, curator, the Van Gogh Museum, and co-editor of Vincent van Gogh: The Complete Letters
Steven Naifeh and Gregory … [more below]- Author: Naifeh, Steven
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 976
- Publish Date: December 04 2012
- ISBN10: 0375758976
- Language: English
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Gwen John: Art and Life in London and Paris
$39.95 Add to cartGwen John was one of the most significant British artists of the early to mid-twentieth century, active in Paris and London, and featured inthe highly influential avant-garde Armory Show in New York i
- Author: Foster, Alicia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 25 2023
- ISBN10: 0500025576
- Language: English
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A Choice of Weapons
$18.95 Add to cartGordon Parks (1912-2006)–the groundbreaking photographer, writer, composer, activist, and filmmaker–
was only sixteen in 1928 when he moved from Kansas to St. Paul, Minnesota, after his mother’s deat… [more below]- Author: Parks, Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 15 2010
- ISBN10: 0873517695
- Language: English
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Art Sex Music
$16.95 Read moreROUGH TRADE AND PITCHFORK MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR
Musician and artist Cosey Fanni Tutti has continually challenged boundaries and conventions for four decades. As a founding member of the hugely influe- Author: Tutti, Cosey Fanni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: July 03 2018
- ISBN10: 0571328520
- Language: English
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Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny
$30.00 Add to cartThe “astonishing” (People) and definitive biography that unlocks the “riveting” (Vogue) story of Vivian Maier, the nanny who lived secretly as a world-class photographer, featuring nearly 400 of her i… [more below]
- Author: Marks, Ann
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1982166738
- Language: English
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Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York
$20.00 Add to cartA National Book Critics Circle finalist – One of Vogue‘s Best Books of the Year
A dazzling biography of one of the twentieth century’s most respected painters, Helen Frankenthaler, as she came of age- Author: Nemerov, Alexander
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: March 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0525560203
- Language: English
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Down Below
$16.95 Add to cartA stunning work of memoir and an unforgettable depiction of the brilliance and madness by one of Surrealism’s most compelling figures
In 1937 Leonora Carrington–later to become one of the twentieth c- Series: Nyrb Classics
- Author: Carrington, Leonora
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 1681370603
- Language: English
