Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
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Winslow Homer: American Passage
$50.00 Read moreThe definitive life of the painter who forged American identity visually, in art and illustration, with an impact comparable to that of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain in poetry and prose–yet whose own s
- Author: Cross, William R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0374603790
- Language: English
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101 Great Illustrators from the Golden Age, 1890-1925
$39.95 Read more“Author Jeff A. Menges has done a superb job of choosing a fantastic array of artists, providing representative and dazzling examples of their work and presenting them with succinct, erudite commentar
- Author: Menges, Jeff A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: February 15 2017
- ISBN10: 0486430812
- Language: English
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1000 Turn-Of-The-Century Houses: With Illustrations and Floor Plans
$24.95 Read moreA remarkable presentation of the “finished ideas of a practicing architect of high rank in his profession,” this early-twentieth-century showcase of homes features a wide range of designs from a Midwe… [more below]
- Series: Dover Architecture
- Author: Chivers, Herbert C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: May 11 2007
- ISBN10: 0486455963
- Language: English
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The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites
$0.00 Read moreThough always controversial in art circles, the Pre-Raphaelites have also always been extremely popular with museum goers. This accessible new study provides the most comprehensive view of the movemen
- Author: Prettejohn, Elizabeth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: November 12 2000
- ISBN10: 0691070571
- Language: English
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Correspondence: Georges Bataille and Michel Leiris
$24.50 Read moreIncluding a number of short essays by Bataille and Leiris on aspects of the other’s work as well as excerpts on Bataille from Leiris’ diaries, this collection of correspondence throws new light on two… [more below]
- Series: The Seagull Library of French Literature
- Author: Bataille, Georges
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 312
- Publish Date: February 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1803091916
- Language: English
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Fidelia Bridges: Nature Into Art
$49.99 Add to cartFidelia Bridges (1834-1923) painted pictures that critics praised for their ability to exude the fragrance of field flowers and glow with the plumage of birds. Raised in Salem and long residing in Con… [more below]
- Series: Northern Lights
- Author: Manthorne, Katherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: April 30 2023
- ISBN10: 1848225482
- Language: English
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Art for War and Peace: How a Great Public Art Project Helped Canada Discover Itself
$28.00 Read moreThe Sampson-Matthews print program was the largest public art project in Canadian history. Launched at the start of the Second World War, it lasted 22 years and cost tens of millions of dollars. The e… [more below]
- Author: Sigvaldason, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1927018803
- Language: English
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Ornament Is Crime: Modernist Architecture
$49.95 Read moreAn unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day
- Author: Hill, Albert
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: June 19 2017
- ISBN10: 0714874167
- Language: English
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Art History for Dummies
$34.99 Read moreReady to discover the fascinating world of art history? Let’s (Van) Gogh!
Fine art might seem intimidating at first. But with the right guide, anyone can learn to appreciate and understand the stimula
- Author: Wilder, Jesse Bryant
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 19 2022
- ISBN10: 1119868661
- Language: English
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Mondrian’s Dress: Yves Saint Laurent, Piet Mondrian, and Pop Art
$49.95 Read more- Author: Troy, Nancy J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: October 24 2023
- ISBN10: 0262048353
- Language: English
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Basic Art Series. Ten in One. Impressionism
$40.00 Read more“These seductive books have slick production values, excellent illustrations, and smart texts. Each one is a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand.” – The New York Times Book Review
With blo
- Author: Taschen
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1004
- Publish Date: January 02 2020
- ISBN10: 3836576236
- Language: English
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A Forest of Symbols: Art, Science, and Truth in the Long Nineteenth Century
$41.00 Read moreIn this groundbreaking book, Andrei Pop presents a lucid reassessment of those writers and artists in the late nineteenth century whose work merits the adjective “symbolist.” For Pop, this term denote
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Pop, Andrei
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: October 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1935408364
- Language: English
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Modigliani Up Close
$50.00 Read moreAn in-depth exploration of how the iconic artist created his works over the course of his full career
Among the most celebrated figures of modern art, Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) has been the subje- Author: Buckley, Barbara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 29 2022
- ISBN10: 0300267185
- Language: English
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Gustav Klimt: The Interiors
$50.00 Read moreThis unique and utterly fascinating appreciation of Gustav Klimt’s oeuvre reveals some of his most famous works in their original settings and offers valuable historic insight into his artistic vision… [more below]
- Author: Natter, Tobias G.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 140
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 379137978X
- Language: English
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Buffalo Art Deco
$23.99 Read moreSeveral movements helped to define the era known as the Roaring Twenties. Prohibition brought about the speakeasy, moonshine, the flapper, and the arrival of the jazz age, while the elegance and glamo… [more below]
- Series: Images of America
- Author: Charles, Trisha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1467107433
- Language: English
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The Sagrada Familia: The Astonishing Story of GaudÃ’s Unfinished Masterpiece
$28.00 Read moreAn illuminating biography of one of the most famous–and most famously unfinished–buildings in the world, the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona.
The scaffolding-cloaked spires of Antoni Gaud?’s masterpiec- Author: Van Hensbergen, Gijs
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: July 25 2017
- ISBN10: 1632867818
- Language: English
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A Short Biography of Mary Cassatt
$9.95 Read moreMary Cassatt (1844-1926) was an American painter known for insightful and appealing images of women and children. Her work is beautiful and sensitive; Cassatt used her art to break ground in a male do… [more below]
- Series: Short Biographies
- Author: Sadoyan, Lilit
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: May 11 2017
- ISBN10: 1944038124
- Language: English
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Nothing Permanent: Modern Architecture in California
$39.95 Read moreA critical look at the competing motivations behind one of modern architecture’s most widely known and misunderstood movements
Although “mid-century modern” has evolved into a highly popular and ubiq
- Author: Cronan, Todd
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: June 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1517915201
- Language: English
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French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur
$19.95 Read moreGet swept up in the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera as author and filmmaker John Baxter takes readers on a whirlwind tour through the star-studded cultural history of the C te d’Azur that’s su… [more below]
- Author: Baxter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1940842050
- Language: English
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Architects of an American Landscape: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, and the Reimagining of America’s Public and Private Spaces
$30.00 Read moreA dual portrait of America’s first great architect, Henry Hobson Richardson, and her finest landscape designer, Frederick Law Olmsted–and their immense impact on America
As the nation recovered from a
- Author: Howard, Hugh
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0802159230
- Language: English
