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  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.
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  Water Dance

  by Thomas Locker

  Travel with author-illustrator Thomas Locker and follow our planet's most precious resource--water--on its daily journey through our world.
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  Outside Lies Magic: Regaining History and Awareness in Everyday Places

  by John R. Stilgoe

  As striking in its originality as it is revealing, this fascinating pocket history of the American landscape dissects our visual surroundings, transforming the way we see everything--from the electrical grid over our heads to old railroad lines, from fences and lawns to main streets, malls, and empty lots.
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  Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print

  by Richard Lane

  From DJ Flap: Book is a history of the development of ukiyo-e in its sociological context and of the lives of its masters with emphasis on innovation in style and techniques. The work takes into account the followers and schools, a comprehensive view of one of the most important epochs in Japanese art, illustrated by over 900 drawings. (Description by http-mart)
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  D'artiste: Matte Painting

  by Alp Altiner, Dylan Cole, Chris Stoski

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  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.
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  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.
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  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)
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  France

  by Frederic Raphael, Michael Busselle

  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)
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  Painters Quick Reference - Trees & Foliage (Painter's Quick Reference)

  by Various

  With the Quick Reference Series, painters who need fast instruction and inspiration finally have the perfect resource. And with Trees & Foliage, they now have the broadest collection of sample trees, shrubs, leaves, and grasses available on the market. Regardless of experience, readers will benefit from: * Easy-to-follow directions with over 350 color photos providing step-by-step guidance * A wide... (more)
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  Land of Deepest Shade

  Photographs of the South

  by John McWilliams

  In 70 sharp-focus, black-and-white duotones, McWilliams ( Can You See Me? ) portrays ravaged landscapes, smoke-spewing factories and deserted towns and houses of the American South. Taken between 1973 and 1987, these haunting, melancholy photos portray a muddy river flowing through Washington County, Ga., the topsoil stripped from its bare banks; a burned-out tractor-trailer sitting on the Route 70 roadside of... (more)
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  Capturing nature's beauty : three centuries of French landscapes

  by Edouard Kopp

  This lovely book highlights key moments of the French landscape tradition from its emergence in the 1600s to its affirmation in the 1800s. The selected drawings from the Getty collection show a variety of techniques, functions, and styles, and include works by François Boucher, Jacques-Louis David, Vincent van Gogh, Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Camille Pissaro, and Georges Seurat. Together, these images reveal a... (more)
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  The National Parks: Our American Landscape

  America's national parks and historical sites embody the American spirit. They are windows to our past, homes to some of our rarest plants and animal species, and places where every American can go to find inspiration, peace, and open space. From the iron rails of Steamtown, Pennsylvania to the wilds of Yellowstone, America’s natural parks preserve our culture in as much as they shield our natural world from our... (more)
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  Creating luminous watercolor landscapes

  by Sterling Edwards

  How to paint your world in watercolor … and have fun doing it! The day Sterling Edwards watched an artist paint an entire sky with three deft brushstrokes was the day he committed to trading his tiny oil brushes and photorealistic style in favor of big, bold strokes of watercolor. In the years since, he’s developed not only a wonderfully fresh, luminous painting style, but also an approach that takes the... (more)
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  Bliss - Introducing Janeal Thompson

  by Janeal Thompson

  Bliss is an exhibit of original artwork by Artist Janeal Thompson whose art has been displayed along the Rocky Mountain front range in Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming, and the panhandle of Texas. Her work is noble and understated with a hint of home.
• Natural Landscapes of Maine: A Guide to Natural Communities and EcosystemsAndrew Cutko Susan Gawler

  

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  Natural Landscapes of Maine: A Guide to Natural Communities and Ecosystems

  by Andrew Cutko Susan Gawler

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  Oil Painter's Solution Book: Landscapes - Oil Painter's Solution Book: Landscapes

  In this indispensable guide, award winning artist and instructor Elizabeth Tolley draws on her expansive knowledge and experience to answer 100 of the most pressing questions artists have about painting the landscape in oils .
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  Paddle-to-the-Sea

  by Holling Clancy Holling

  A young Indian boy carves a little canoe with a figure inside and names him Paddle-to-the-Sea. Paddle's journey, in text and pictures, through the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean provides an excellent geographic and historical picture of the region.
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  Winslow Homer

  by Winslow Homer, Randall C. Griffin

  The First Major Critical Survey on the Artist in a Decade; Includes All Major Paintings. WINSLOW HOMER: AN AMERICAN VISION, by Randall C. Griffin, is the first major critical survey on the life and work of Homer, one of America's best-loved artists, in the last decade. The book features every one of his major paintings alongside a remarkable selection of his lesser-known etchings and woodcuts. ... (more)
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  Britain from the Air

  by Guy de la Bedoyere