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  Photoshop CS2 Bible

  by Deke McClelland, Laurie Ulrich-Fuller

  If Photoshop CS2 can do it, you can do it too ... The Photoshop Bible has been completely overhauled to provide up-to-the-minute coverage of everything that's new with CS2. Here's essential information about the new Bridge for file organization, printing, and publishing; new tools, including the Spot Healing Brush and enhanced blur, sharpen, and distortion filters; support for 32-bit/channel images; and... (more)
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  Illustrator CS2 Bible

  by Ted Alspach, Brian Underdahl

  If Illustrator CS2 can do it, you can do it too ... With its array of enhancements, Adobe Illustrator CS2 has made this quintessential artist's tool even more indispensable. This comprehensive guidebook has been updated to help you take advantage of every one. Part 1 introduces each new element and walks you through Illustrator basics. Parts 2 and 3 take you deeper into mastery of Illustrator, while Part... (more)
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  The Uffizi: The official guide : all of the works (Firenze musei)

  by Gloria Fossi

  These official guidebooks to Florence's finest museums and art collections are sumptuously illustrated and filled with fascinating detail. This lavishly illustrated series provides readers with the official guides to some of the world's finest galleries and art collections. Packed with fascinating detail, historical insight, and fully up-to-date information, these guides are a must-have for planning their visit to... (more)
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  The Nude

  A Study in Ideal Form

  by Kenneth Clark

  From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form.
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  Living With Art

  by Rita Gilbert, William McCarter, Holly Solomon

  Over its five editions, Living with Art has become the "gold standard," the book against which all other art appreciation texts are judged. The uniquely clear and comprehensive discussion of the themes, purposes, and elements of art lays a solid foundation for majors and non-majors alike to progress to sections on art media and history. This was the first book to pay close attention to the coordination of the art... (more)
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  You Can Draw: From Pencil to Pastel in 15 Easy Lessons

  by Sheila Coulson

  Learn to draw in just 15 simple and fun lessons! This essential guidebook pairs easy-to-follow instructions with carefully planned lessons to lead you through the process of creating unique artwork. Capture still lifes, landscapes, and family portraits in no time!
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  The Illustrator 9 WOW! Book (With CD-ROM)

  by Sharon Steuer, Steven H. Gordon, Sandra Alves

  Like many long-time Illustrator artists, author Sharon Steuer and her team realized that this latest upgrade from Adobe was not "business as usual." With the addition of transparency as well as Adobe's Save for Web utility, multi-fills and strokes, changes to layers, and many other new and improved features, the book has also been radically revised in this new edition. The Illustrator 9 Wow! Book has grown... (more)
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  Art of Howard Terpning, The

  by Elmer Kelton

  More than one hundred color reproductions--accompanied by an illuminating text by Elmer Kelton--capture the rich history and culture of native Americans in artwork inspired by the traditions of the Crow, Sioux, Apache, Blackfeet, Nez Perce, and other native American groups.
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  Ready to Use Victorian Borders (Dover Clip Art)

  by Theodore Menten, Ted Menten

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  Nicolaides The Natural Way to Draw: A Working Plan for Art Study

  by Kimon Nicolai?des

  Great for the beginner and the expert, this book offers readers exercises to improve their work.
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  Blindspot

  by Jill Lepore, Jane Kamensky

  “Tis a small canvas, this Boston,” muses Stewart Jameson, a Scottish portrait painter who, having fled his debtors in Edinburgh, has washed up on America’s far shores. Eager to begin anew in this new world, he advertises for an apprentice, but the lad who comes knocking is no lad at all. Fanny Easton is a lady in disguise, a young, fallen woman from Boston’s most prominent family. “I must make this Jameson see my... (more)
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  World of Goya 1828

  by Richard Schikel

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  Oproep der kabouters. (English)

  by Wil Huygen

  An account of the life and work of gnomes, based on first-hand observations by the author and artist, who, themselves turned into gnomes, visited with gnomes in Lapland and Siberia.
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  The Art of Walt Disney

  From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom

  by Christopher Finch

  The Art of Walt Disney is one of Abrams' enduring classics. Thirty years and well over half a million copies after its first publication in 1973, it is still considered the definitive study of The Walt Disney Company's vast artistic achievements through the decades. The book tells the remarkable story of Walt Disney and the company he built, from Mickey Mouse to animated feature films to theme parks. Based on... (more)
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  Napoleon

  by Bernard Chevallier, Christophe Pincemaille

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  Library Lover's Mystery: Book 1

  Books Can Be Deceiving

  by Jenn McKinlay

  Lindsey is getting into her groove as the director of the Briar Creek Public Library when a New York editor visits town, creating quite a buzz. Lindsey's friend Beth wants to sell the editor her children's book, but Beth's boyfriend, a famous author, gets in the way. When they go to confront him, he's found murdered-and Beth is the prime suspect. Lindsey has to act fast before they throw the book at the wrong... (more)