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  • Supermodels

    Discovered

    The question that every supermodel gets asked repeatedly is 'how were you discovered?' Fans love to hear how, where and why their icons were plucked from reality and thrown into the hyper-glamorous world of high fashion. Many of the most famous women in the industry have fairytale-like origin stories. Several faced challenging upbringings, coming from obscurity or poverty before being scouted by ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Pattern Cutting Deconstructed

    Wearable Art

    Taking paintings by influential international artists from the early 20th century to the current day as a starting point, fashion designer and educator Monisola Omotoso offers an exciting alternative approach to developing patterns and draping on the dress form. Just as abstract art transforms reality, abstract art can be transformed into real, wearable fashion pieces.Each project begins with a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Discipline of Inspiration

    The Mysterious Encounter with God at the Heart of Creativity

    by Carey Wallace ...
    Learn where inspiration comes from and how to harness it in your creative work.We all know the feeling of inspiration. It’s what tells a painter what to paint and a singer how to sing—and what prompts us to throw a handful of something new into an old recipe.But what is inspiration? When we train artists, we pick them based on talent and train them in technique. We talk very little about the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

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  • Albert Kahn Inc.

    Architecture, Industry, and Labor, 1905–1961

    A study of Albert Kahn Incorporated—the architecture firm closely associated with the Ford Motor Company and other auto companies—that explores capitalism and political economy through the built environment of industry and culture.In Albert Kahn Inc. Claire Zimmermanprovides a history of second-wave industrialization associated with the growth and development of the United States’ auto industry ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

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  • My Happy Marriage Art Book

    Series series My Happy Marriage
    Delve deeper into the magic of My Happy Marriage and feast your eyes on beautiful art wrapped in a gorgeous, delicately designed package! A gem of an art collection jam-packed with lush illustrations, exclusive short stories, and behind-the-scenes revelations that no fan of My Happy Marriage will want to miss!This luxe art book is absolutely essential to any My Happy Marriage fan's collection! ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Watercolor in the Woods

    Paint a Whimsical World of Forest Animals, Botanicals, Toadstools and More

    by Jane Carkill ...
    Transport yourself to an idyllic realm with these beginner-friendly art tutorials from artist Jane Carkill. Her unique style of cottagecore artwork, reminiscent of the Beatrix Potter books we all grew up reading, is featured with easy-to-follow instruction that is as enchanting as it is simple. These gorgeous projects are just waiting to bring readers into a storybook world and add their own ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Playframes

    How Do We Know We Are Playing?

    by Celia Pearce ...
    An exploration of how we know we’re playing and what happens when we don’t.Playframes builds on the work of Gregory Bateson and Irving Goffman to take a deep dive into his primary question: How do we know we’re playing? In this book, Celia Pearce addresses this question by building a comprehensive theory of the specific mechanisms that metacommunicate the message “this is play.” This “big tent” ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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  • The Lies of the Artists

    Essays on Italian Art, 1450-1750

    Luminous essays on artists of the Italian Renaissance by one of our most inspired writers on the history and making of art.In the three centuries from 1450 to 1750 painters, sculptors, and architects emerged from the medieval craft guilds of Italy to claim a new social status as creators, whose gorgeous handiwork, now called “art,” expressed lofty inspiration as much as manual skill. In The Lies ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • Die Kunst des Mittelalters Band 1: 800 bis 1200

    Series Book 2554 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Dieser Band führt sachkundig und lebendig in die Gattungen und Formen der Kunst zwischen 800 und 1200, der Zeit der Vorromanik und Romanik, ein. Die europäische Kunst diente in dieser Epoche vorrangig der christlichen Religion und der Repräsentation von Herrschaft. Bruno Reudenbach stellt die Künstler und Auftraggeber vor, erklärt, wie Kunst damals entstanden ist und wie sie gewirkt hat, und macht ... Read more

    $9.74 USD

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  • Die Kunst des Mittelalters Band 2: 1200 bis 1500

    by Klaus Niehr ...
    Series Book 2555 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Zwischen 1200 und 1500 entfaltete die Gotik ihren Glanz in der Architektur, der Skulptur wie der Malerei und breitete sich in ganz Europa aus. Klaus Niehr stellt in seinem anschaulichen Überblick die Entwicklung des Kirchenbaus dar und erklärt, welche Funktionen die Bilder in dieser Zeit erfüllten, was sie darstellten und wie sie an den Betrachter appellierten. Darüber hinaus beschreibt der Band ... Read more

    $9.84 USD

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  • Ungläubiges Staunen

    Über das Christentum

    by Navid Kermani ...
    Series Book 6410 - Beck Paperback
    Was geschieht, wenn einer der bedeutendsten deutschen Schriftsteller, der selbst ein Muslim ist, sich in die christliche Bildwelt versenkt? Navid Kermani sieht staunend eine Religion voller Opfer und Klage, Liebe und Wunder, unvernünftig und abgründig, zutiefst menschlich und göttlich – ein Christentum, von dem Christen in dieser Ernsthaftigkeit, Kühnheit und auch Begeisterung nur noch selten ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Was ist Kunst?

    Positionen der Ästhetik von Platon bis Danto

    Series Book 1254 - Beck Paperback
    Ist die Aufgabe der Kunst das Wahre, Gute und Schöne oder doch eher die Darstellung ihrer eigenen Künstlichkeit? Michael Hauskeller stellt in diesem Buch sechzehn Theorien über Kunst vor. Die brillanten Kurzessays ergeben zusammen eine kleine Geschichte der Ästhetik von der Antike bis in die Gegenwart – knapp, pointiert und allgemein verständlich. ... Read more

    $10.28 USD

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  • Das Bauhaus

    Werkstatt der Moderne

    Series Book 2883 - Beck'sche Reihe
    Das Bauhaus – heute ein Synonym für Architektur und Design der klassischen Moderne – wurde 1919 von Walter Gropius als Reformschule in Weimar gegründet. Zu den Mitgliedern zählten so berühmte Namen wie Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee, Marianne Brandt und Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Sie alle wirkten mit, ein ganzheitliches Konzept zu entwickeln, um Kunst und Design, Handwerk und Technik miteinander zu ... Read more

    $9.74 USD

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  • Fragments of Repair

    A handbook that activates Kader Attia’s proposition of decolonial repair, featuring original essays and conversations from diverse global contributors.Today’s entwined crises, from ecological catastrophe to the COVID-19 pandemic to wars in Ukraine and across the world, reveal deep-seated wounds that issue from historical colonialisms and present-day authoritarianisms, economic disparity and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Cuba by Korda

    Photographs

    by Alberto Korda ...
    Cuba's greatest photographer captures the spirit of the Cuban Revolution—and of Cuba itself—in unforgettable images and text.Korda’s photographs and breathtaking reminiscences capture some of the 20th-century’s greatest moments with unprecedented intimacy as no other book ever could or will.In the first weeks of 1959, Korda joined the staff of the newly created daily newspaper of Cuba, Revolución. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

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  • Paradise, Volume 3

    The Trash Project

    by Ken Hollings ...
    The third and final volume of Ken Hollings’ personal reflections on Trash Aesthetics.In Paradise, Hollings tells the story of three kings who squandered everything they had in a grandiose spectacle of waste.King Ludwig II of Bavaria, "King of Rock 'n' Roll" Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop," all shared the same doomed innocence. Their lives and early deaths were connected ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Portraits in Life and Death

    by Peter Hujar ...
    A new edition of the cult classic photography book by the legendary Peter Hujar, featuring a foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Benjamin Moser.The 1976 publication of Peter Hujar’s Portraits in Life and Death, with an introduction by Susan Sontag, “was and remains one of the most somberly beautiful and influential photography collections of its era” (Holland Cotter, senior art critic of the New ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

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  • Guide to the TidalWave Universe: Omnibus

    Experience over 300 pages of content from some of the most prominent comic book artists in the industry! This series serves as the ultimate guide for every TidalWave fan, delving into the extensive publishing history of the brand's characters. Featuring encyclopedic entries accompanied by stunning art from industry leaders, you'll explore the origins of your beloved characters. Have you ever ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Easy Watercolor Florals

    50 Stunning Projects for Beginners

    by Bianca Rosen ...
    Build your watercolor confidence and step into your inner artist while learning to paint beautiful flowers alongside watercolor expert Bianca Rosen, founder of the popular art account @artbybianca. Bianca is with you every step along the way to guide you through painting a playful pansy or a sacred lotus. From wildflowers to garden flowers to desert and tropical blooms, each project tutorial ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • Watercolor Alchemy

    A Guide for Mastering the Art of Mixing Any Color

    Bring your watercolor art to new depths with this helpful guide to mastering color theory and applying it to your practice. These beginner-friendly lessons teach you the basics of color theory through fun and intuitive painting projects, so you can build up your skill with each mini masterpiece you create. And with essential color recipes that show you how to perfectly mix vibrant, cool and ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

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  • CABIN

    Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman

    A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece.Wit’s End isn’t just a state of mind. It’s an address, for a run-down off-the-grid cabin, 120 shabby square feet of fixer-upper Patrick Hutchison purchased on a whim in the mossy woods of the Cascade Mountains in Washington state.To say Hutchison ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Wearable Utopias

    Imagining, Inventing, and Inhabiting New Worlds

    A collection of thought-provoking interviews with cutting-edge designers who transform ordinary wearables into extraordinary sites of personal expression, public engagement, and radical political action.Is the revolution hanging in your closet? Wearable Utopias explores the promise of wearables for reimagining social and political problems of today into diverse and inclusive worlds for tomorrow. ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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  • Lost Days, Endless Nights

    Photography and Film from Los Angeles

    by Andrew Witt ...
    A critical study and artist’s book on the history of photography and film from Los Angeles.Lost Days, Endless Nights tells a history from below—an account of the lives of the forgotten and dispossessed of Los Angeles: the unemployed, the precariously employed, the evicted, the alienated, the unhoused, the anxious, the exhausted. Through an analysis of abandoned archival works, experimental films, ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

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  • Atlas: Finding Home trade paperback

    by Todd Matthy ...
    Atlas comprehends the weight of specific defeats. Formerly leading Titans against Olympians, he's now bound to hold the sky. His narrative: a lone god combating Olympus' tedium. Witnessing Earth's progress, he notes rising caped heroes. Restlessness awakens – Atlas transforms into Earth's bold savior. Featuring special appearances by Judo Girl and Venus! ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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