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Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature

Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature

by Andrew Goldsworthy

Using a seemingly endless range of natural materials, Goldsworthy creates sculpture in the open that manifests a sympathetic contact with the natural world. 120 full-color photographs.

From the rugged cliffs and golden beaches of Brittany to the misty, sheep-cropped mountains of the Auvergne, from the dark forests of the Alsace to the perfumed shore of the Mediterranean, Michael Busselle has covered thousands of miles, exploring remote river valleys and tiny country roads to record the beauty of France. His images convey the subtle ways in which the scenery changes as one season gives way to the... (more)

The Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition

The Wondrous Strange: The Wyeth Tradition

by N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, Jamie Wyeth, Howard Pyle

A splendid look at the "wondrous strange" paintings of four great artists--Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and James Wyeth--published in conjunction with a major traveling exhibition, running from June 1998 through February 1999. 130 color illustrations.

D'artiste: Matte Painting

by Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole, Chris Stoski

The Pencil

by Paul Calle

Whether he's drawing a sports figure or an American Indian, a stately tree or a space rendezvous, illustrator and NASA artist Paul Calle's love for art shines through. In this book, Calle explores pencil drawing as a serious medium, rather than just a preliminary step in painting. He offers a brief history of the development of the pencil and its use and demonstrates various picture projects.

Landscape Quilts

by Nancy Luedtke Zieman

Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern

Rockwell Kent: The Mythic and the Modern

by Jake Wien, Rockwell Kent

Among the first generation of American modernist painters, Rockwell Kent rose to fame between the world wars as a visual poet of the natural world. This impressive volume includes a wide range of works from the Pushkin and Hermitage Museums in Russia, and illustrations for such literary classics as Canterbury Tales and Moby Dick. It also offers insights into the spiritual and intellectual influencesguiding... (more)

Salamina

by Rockwell Kent

New edition. Vivid depictions of a now-vanished Greenland and its people.

Alfred R. Waud (A Studio book)Frederic R. Ray

Alfred R. Waud (A Studio book)

by Frederic E. Ray

Neil Welliver: Prints

by Neil Welliver

Neil Welliver is well-known for his skill at capturing the intimate beauties of the Maine landscape on canvas. His huge oil paintings have been called "among the strongest im modern American art" by critic Robert Hughes. But Welliver's talent as a printmaker is less celebrated. In this book, for the first time, the artist's prints—and his process—are given the attention they deserve. Welliver's prints, like... (more)

EDWARD HOPPER CROWN ART LIB (Crown Art Library)

EDWARD HOPPER CROWN ART LIB (Crown Art Library)

by Edward Hopper, Gail Levin

This sumptuous book presents the full range of Edward Hopper's work and offers greater access to Hopper, the man, than any other single volume. This book goes beyond the standard evaluations of the man and his work to reveal a complex man, introspective and intellectual yet romantic, and to illuminate the many levels of meaning in the paintings of his maturity.

America Revealed ~ Tracing Our History Beneath the Surface and Behind the Scenes (Life)

America Revealed ~ Tracing Our History Beneath the Surface and Behind the Scenes (Life)

This book contains What the land tells us, the Coming of Inhabitants, the American Saga, Vanashing America, and American Images.

Picture Piecing: Creating Dramatic Pictorial Quilts

Picture Piecing: Creating Dramatic Pictorial Quilts

by Cynthia England

Philip R. Goodwin: America's Sporting and Wildlife Artist

Philip R. Goodwin: America's Sporting and Wildlife Artist

by Larry Len Peterson

Philip R. Goodwin (1881 1935), a contemporary and friend of Charles Russell, was a well-known artist in the early twentieth century. His illustrations and oil and watercolor paintings of wildlife, cowboys, lumberjacks, fishermen, and hunters graced calendars and the covers of magazines, including National Sportsman and the Saturday Evening Post. In 1903, at the beginning of his career, he illustrated the first... (more)

The Devil's Playground

by Nan Goldin

THE DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND is the most significant book published to date on Nan Goldin (b. 1953), one of the most prominent and influential contemporary photographers. It contains Goldin's latest works alongside earlier classics, including images from new series such as ELEMENTS, 57 DAYS, STILL ON EARTH, and FROM HERE TO MATERNITY, many of which are published here for the first time. This book is an intimate and... (more)

Landscape: The World's Top Photographers and the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images (Worlds Top Photographers)

Landscape: The World's Top Photographers and the Stories Behind Their Greatest Images (Worlds Top Photographers)

by Terry Hope

The World's Top Photographers: Landscape is packed with shots of beautiful landscapes. The work of contributors such as Charlie Waite, Michael Busselle, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Jim Brandenburg, and the late Galen Rowell graces the pages of magazines such as National Geographic and Geo, and is exhibited worldwide. In The World's Top Photographers: Landscape, they and other top photographers tell the stories behind... (more)

Landscapes of Colorado: Mountains and Plains

Landscapes of Colorado: Mountains and Plains

by Ann Scarlett Daley, Michael Paglia

Landscapes of Colorado features the efforts of artists who have used the state's natural beauty as inspirations for their paintings and photographs. Art curator Ann Daley selected the artists. Some lived in Colorado only briefly, while others have spent their entire careers in the state. Daley also provides an essay linking each artist to the impressive history of Colorado, where for over a century painters and... (more)

Die Woche mit Sara. Grossdruck

by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist

How to Photograph Absolutely Everything

by Tom Ang

This comprehensive step-by-step guide to photographing an unbelievably wide range of subjects includes hundreds of inspirational images, each of which is accompanied by detailed step-by-step instructions. From sporting events and safaris to family gatherings and flowers, this is the most comprehensive photography manual ever assembled.

Degas Landscapes

by Richard Kendall

This lavishly illustrated book is the first to deal with Degas' landscapes, relating them to his other work and to his evolving views of art. Features many previously unpublished works. Accompanies an exhibition of Degas' landscapes, opening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in January 1994. 120 colorplates. 100 illus.

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