Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Potter's Studio Handbook: A Start-to-Finish Guide to Hand-Built and Wheel-Thrown Ceramics


  • ISBN13: 9781592533732
  • Condition: New
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Like blacksmithing or hobby farming, pottery-making appeals to individuals who like to be creative, work with their hands, and donÆt mind getting a little dirty. However, it is a hobby that is largely underserved by the publishing industry, but difficult for someone to learn without a comprehensive guide because the tools and techniques are quite complicated. The PotterÆs Studio Handbook guides readers through the process of setting up their own studio an... More >>

Potter's Studio Handbook: A Start-to-Finish Guide to Hand-Built and Wheel-Thrown Ceramics

Thursday, June 25, 2009

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty



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A major figure in contemporary art, John Baldessari is widely considered one of the most influential artists to emerge since the mid-1960s. From his early text-and-image paintings to his more recent photo collages and installations, Baldessari has continued to make art that addresses the social impact of mass culture, often playfully through strategies of appropriation and deconstruction. Baldessari's lifelong interest in language, written and visual, and the inter... More >>

John Baldessari: Pure Beauty

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

The Methodologies Of Art: An Introduction



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Since the 19th century, when art history became an established academic discipline, works of art have been "read" in a variety of ways. These different ways of describing and interpreting art are the methodologies of artistic analysis, the divining rods of meaning.... More >>

The Methodologies Of Art: An Introduction

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives


  • ISBN13: 9780500203347
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Surveys the history and reception of outsider art, work produced outside the mainstream of modern Western art. From the spirit-guided Madge Gill to the schizophrenic Adolph Wolfli, the book explores how these individuals passionately and obsessively explore the pictorial expression of their vision.... More >>

Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Warman's Carnival Glass: Identification and Price Guide


  • ISBN13: 9780896895690
  • Condition: New
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Once considered the stepchild of the collectable glass community, today carnival glass, "poor man's Tiffany," is synonymous with class and exquisite artistry. This new edition of "Warman's[registered] Carnival Glass" includes a new price guide format, revamped from simple line listings to listings with dimensions, title, colour and price range. Plus, histories of major glass manufacturers, a guide to carnival glass colours, current collector pricing and detailed pat... More >>

Warman's Carnival Glass: Identification and Price Guide

Friday, June 12, 2009

The Artist Unique: Discovering Your Creative Signature Through Inspiration and Techniques



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So many of us struggle with finding our own voice and with knowing which skills and artistic direction to focus on in order to create a look that doesn't mirror everyone else's, but a look that we can feel good about as being uniquely our own. In this book, you are introduced to 15 contributing artists- each with a new art-making technique to share as well as a brief glimpse at their own stories of how they discovered how to make a look that is uniquely theirs. Thr... More >>

The Artist Unique: Discovering Your Creative Signature Through Inspiration and Techniques

Monday, June 8, 2009

A History of Illuminated Manuscripts



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This survey of illuminated manuscripts provides art historians, specialists and lay readers with a comprehensive view of book manufacturing and decoration, from late Antiquity to the Renaissance.... More >>

A History of Illuminated Manuscripts

Saturday, June 6, 2009

Mucha Posters Postcards: 24 Ready-to-Mail Cards


  • ISBN13: 9780486250809
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This card collection reproduces in sumptuous full color the Art Nouveau master's most famous posters and panels. Displaying his preference for gentle pastels, elaborate borders, and beautiful women, the pocket-size masterpieces include Zodiac, Sarah Bernhardt/La Plume, the richly decorative Rêverie, the rare Cognac Bisquit, and twenty other works of art.... More >>

Mucha Posters Postcards: 24 Ready-to-Mail Cards

Thursday, June 4, 2009

The Craft and Art of Clay



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The Craft and Art of Clay, by leading ceramics teacher Susan Peterson, is the most comprehensive available guide to modern ceramics, packed with step-by-step illustrations of ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic pieces from contemporary potters from around the world. This completely revised fourth edition contains more than 150 new illustrations and includes profiles of key ceramists who have influenced the field, new material on... More >>

The Craft and Art of Clay

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls


  • ISBN13: 9781904832355
  • Condition: New
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Presents celebrated works of Tiffany Studios in an entirely new context, focusing on the women who labored behind the scenes to create the masterpieces now inextricably linked to the Tiffany name.... More >>

A New Light on Tiffany: Clara Driscoll and the Tiffany Girls